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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1923
Page
11
The State Department of Health issues a warning as weekly reports show increasing colds, influenza, and pneumonia cases in late winter and early spring. The morbidity summary highlights pneumonia as a leading fatal concern over the past five years, urging caution.
A Superior Court jury with Judge John W. Banks presiding returned a verdict in under ten minutes favoring the defendant Conn Co in a 15000 dollar action brought by Howard N. Wakeman as administrator of the estate of Howard Griffin. Griffin was killed by a trolley car on Fairfield Avenue near Herrison Street prompting the case.
Abraham Lodge number 9 and LO 3. Be will hold its 56th annual ball February 10 at the Stratfield. Dinner served during intermission. Elaborate program arranged by committee with an entertaining program. Rooms decorated with palms and ornaments. Henry Greenstain chairman. Mark Weinstein, newly elected president, assists committees to ensure success.
An overheated furnace caused a fire at Barnum school in Greenwich last night. Firefighters from Greenwich and Port Chester responded and saved the building from total destruction as no rooms were destroyed.
Luxor reports a crowded workshop storing most Tutankhamen relics with artifacts from the tomb arranged for treatment. A child’s gold glove, royal robes, and a leopard skin with gold head illustrate the lavish funeral gear prepared years before burial. Earl Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn Herbert arrived with Mr. Carter.
Reported progress near the Theban tomb of Tutankhamen as a caravan of convicts labors on a jungle road project toward the desert, while Lord Carnarvon’s party and cinema workers join the expedition amid nightly vigils for the inner chamber opening.
The record lists Andrew I. Unbehagen 79 of Stratford and multiple other obituaries. It notes Civil War service in Company 32 New York Infantry, a wife and several children among survivors. Funeral services and burial plans are listed, with additional notices for Mrs. Laura Hackett, Mrs. Florence C. Davidson, Mrs. Ellen Wester, Francis J. Hagan, and many more, detailing service times and burial locations. Also includes death notices for Cecilia M. Dennison, Patrick J. Coughlin, Leroy F. Brady, Mrs. Caroline Jernay, Elizabeth Thompson, Thomas J. O’Brien Jr., and Rogers Beagleon among others in Bridgeport and surrounding areas.
Committees in charge organize a formal social event Friday night hosted by the American Bank ing State chapter. A large delegation from South Norwalk, many from local banks, will attend with music by the AT& T. B Orchestra. Invitations extended to a hundred couples.
The Ladies of Charity St Vincent de Paul announce a whist party at the Nurses' home Saturday afternoon with several reservations confirmed. Committees include Mrs. M J Sullivan, Mrs Lynch, Miss Mary Hauvey, Mrs Traneig Arnold, Mrs Dolim Wf, and numerous other listed members.
Aged community figures are mourned as funeral services proceed for Sherman J Turner of Milford and Dennis M Dunn of Danbury. Turner, a church member and local official, is survived by wife and three children. services at his daughter’s home in Milford then burial in Milford Cemetery. Dunn, a veteran employee of American Hatters and Farriers Corp, dies after pneumonia, with services in Danbury and burial pending. Nearby mentions include a note on double digit forgeries and a rare finding of four Talens in the Declaration of Independence room.
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