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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1925
Page
8
An old advertisement touts genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for sore throat tonsillitis. It claims two tablets dissolved in four tablespoonfuls of water, gargled thoroughly for throat relief within two hours if needed, emphasizing the Bayer Cross and a twelve-tablet tin box at a low cost.
Two Coast Guard sailors were severely burned and a third badly gashed when an oil pipe ruptured in the engine room of the destroyer Jouett during rail patrol in Long Island Sound. Alfred Filegner Carl Erickson and William Perrine were taken to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital with burns and inhalation injuries.
Wiss Grace Meeker of 70 Deer Haven Avenue was feted at a bridge party hosted by Mrs H F Brownles at 42 Main Street before her three month abroad trip. F L Wilson, president of F L Wilson Co. jewelers, rode Cunard Line ship Franconia from New York for a world voyage and plans to return by June 1.
Danbury police poured a large quantity of whiskey and home brew into the sewer from the home of Mike Sowan at 10 River Street after a court ordered destruction following a $390 fine. Captain George J. Schoen oversaw the demolition as onlookers watched. More liquor remained at police headquarters awaiting court orders to destroy it.
Nine year old Albert Mackowski of Water Street was hit by a vehicle driven by Louis Senitsky of Liberty Street near Canal Street. He suffered bruises and cuts and was taken to Griffin Hospital. Police investigate with no arrests reported.
Washington January 24 Frank B Kellogg who resigns as ambassador to Great Britain to become secretary of state on March 4 is expected to sail for the United States aboard the Berengaria February 18.
Connecticut Oil company saw its 1928 list assessment cut from 42860 to 26606 by the Common Council, a move State Tax Commissioner Blodgett says illegal absent an appeal to the Superior Court. City Attorney Delaney and city officials defend the settlement as justified to avoid court action.
Colonel Vincent M King of Danbury received the past grand chancellor’s jewel from Wooster lodge Knights of Pythias at his annual meeting. The surprise award marked 26 years of membership and his service in many offices from local chairs to state organization and supreme lodge judge roles.
The Board of Assessors voted to ask Senator Frank Wilder to introduce a bill repealing Charter 302 of the Public Acts of 1921. The act lets appellants appeal assessments to the Superior Court more than a year after taxes are due. Assessor Thomas McCormick chaired the meeting and urged repeal steps.
President Cochidge signals possible renewal of emergency authorization allowing naval air use for press and commercial purposes for a year and a half beyond June if private facilities remain unsuitable. He would oppose extending the privilege if private facilities exist and plans to review Navy Department views before acting.
Hartford January 23. Large turnout of Waterford and Manchester residents at a Public Utilities Commission hearing on the petition by Joseph Walkelwicz to establish a bus line between Waterford and Manchester. The Connecticut company opposed the petition citing competition concerns.
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