Plans Change in Library Building For Saving
General Henry A. Bishop announced changes to two plans for the new central library building to save between 38,900 and 10,900 in construction, electrical, and plumbing costs. Contracts were awarded to Wales Lines company and others with bids awaiting minor adjustments before signing. work to start after condemnation land is secured and be completed before November 1 for the National City Bank to take over the current library quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Library
Henry A. Bishop
Ho Wales Lines Company
Meriden
William H. Clark
Arthur D. Plass
Ca Art
Bishop
Wales Lines Company
Clark
Awarts
City National Bank
Jacob B. Klein
William Bui
Library Board
Indiana Executive Visits Coolidge in Swampscott
Gen Jackson of Indiana met President Coolidge at White Court in Swampscott on July 6 in a social visit. Mrs Jackson accompanied him as they planned to stay another day, marking the first anniversary of Calvin Coolidge Jr.’s death. The President and Mrs Coolidge intended a quiet day with a forthcoming meeting with Mrs John Jacob Bowers of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swampscott
Jackson
Indiana
Coolidge
White Court
Maine
Coalidge
Tomorre
Calvin
Plymouth
Tax Rate Cut in Greenwich
Greenwich officials vote to reduce the borough tax rate from 12 to 11 mills. Clerk and treasurer salaries rise to 1500 and 1200 dollars respectively, up from last year. A police pension fund is started at 1200 dollars with a previous year’s absence noted. Abatements are approved for the Israel Putnam House association, the Knights of Columbus hall, and the YMCA building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Greenwicch
Stuate
A Forneyes
Israel Putnam House Association
K. of. Hut
Meetings Tonight in Bridgeport Fraternal Groups
A dense listing shows Bridgeport clubs and lodges meeting this evening. Entries include Bridgeport Rifle Club State Army Detachment Mitra Lodge K of P Pythian Sisters and many fraternal orders with multiple street addresses across Main Broad Stratford and Cannon streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Rifle Club
State Army
Konckapotunauh Tribe
LO. RE. M
Main Street
Mithra Lodge
K. of P
Impc
Pythian Sisters
Ok Lodge
Oo. O. mm
Broad Street
Carpencers
Immediate Relief Association
Bread Street
I Bridgepor
Estinel. Dr
O. UU
Asl
Cannon Street
Jerusaem
Amon Soviety
Bridgenor’ Medical Association
Wellarr Ding Emmet Tiddle Street
Tunsa Sick Benefit
Bestwick Avenue
Fourty L Mens Republican Club
Stae Street
Colorads Avenue
South Ried Social
Wat
Caff & Joseph Socrny
Machen Ave
Union
Mar Street
Americus
Bortrats of the Marcahees
Main
Dorn Lodge
A.M Mag
Seaview Lodge
NOTO
Broad
Woodmen Elerie
Patedent Avenive Fee
Thaf Tin & Gearve
Stratford Avenue
Bridgenes
Order of de Masont Temple
Denmark Lodge
Wood
Sheridan
Bridgeport Council Probes Challenger and Kelly Rumors
Bridgeport common council adopts resolutions urging investigation of possible corrupt practices linked to Edward L. Kelly and Howard S. Challenger over tax attorney and tax collector appointments. The body criticizes newspaper rumors, notes authority limits, and votes to withhold Challenger’s bond approval pending inquiry while cutting ripper-era salaries for several officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard &. Challenger
Hartford County
Howard & Challenger
Harrison
John J. Farmer
City Burdick
Sanford
Counci
Ard
Kelly
Farmer
Edward L. Kelly
Connecticut
Edward J. Welly
Daily and Sunday New Papers
Bridgeport
Edward L. Kaily
Challenger
Howards. Challenger
Tistrict
Sail Edward I. Kelly
Common Council
Ripper
Girl Hit By Car Suffers Bruises In Bridgeport
Edith Wedge five daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester A Wedge 169 North Avenue was struck by a light touring car driven by Martin Gill 34 of Sylvan Avenue in front of 73 North Avenue yesterday afternoon about 415 She was badly bruised over the right eye and taken to Bridgeport hospital where her condition was not serious Motorcycle Policeman Beardsworth said Gill was driving slowly behind a trolley car when the girl ran from the curb into the path of the car Witnesses said Gill was not going over ten miles an hour He was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wedge
Chester A. Wedge
North Avenue
Martin Gill
Sylvan Avenue
Gill
Bridgeport Hospital
GHS
Beardsworth
Auto Crash Ends In Greenwich Injury For Clerk
Greenwich July report says Neil OBrien a Fisher's pharmacy drug clerk was injured when his car overturned at Railraag avenue and Mason street and he was transported to Greenwich hospital. In Rye depot a safe explosion caused about $2200 theft with dynamiting tools found outside. no suspects yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Neil O'Brien
Fisher
Railraag
Mason Street
Greenwich Hospital
Rye
N. Y
Rafe
Derby Driver Is Fined After Reckless Driving
Er nest Mutti of Naugatuck faced Judge Frank Clark in Derby court on reckless driving charges. Found guilty he paid a 23 dollar fine plus costs for an incident en route to Derby center from the shore. Phipps of Ansonia reported a sideswipe. his family was treated at Griffin hospital with non serious injuries. In a related note West Haven officer Walter Devanan received a four day jail term after a separate incident. A Masonic lodge ceremony in Od Fellows hall installed officers including Turney King MacKay Haugh Wheeldan Radcliffe Broarman and Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Ernest Mutti
Naugatuck
Frank Clark
New Haven
Avenir
Derby Center
George BK. Phipps
North State Street
Ansonia
Phipps
Walter
Daenovan
Main Street
West Laven
Derovan
Jai
oMrers
Quintan
Lore
Od Fellows Hall
Alexander G
Rum Laden Fleet Seen Near President Coolidge at Summer White House
Swampscott Massachusetts July 6 A fleet of rum laden ships prowled Rum Row near the summer White House as government rum chasers urged to prevent landings. Coast guardsmen ashore report at least three ships spotted within ten miles off shore and a patrol boat near White Court. President Calvin Coolidge watched from the veranda as authorities battle the smuggling attempt. Little’s Point near White Court has long served as a base for illegal liquor supply in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swampscott
Masa
Rum Row
White House
President Coolidge
White Court
Covoldge
Little's Point
New England
Town Manager Hunter Resigns Amid Stratford Talks
The Stratford town manager, R. H. Hunter, submitted his resignation at a long council meeting on Sept. 6 1926. He proposed a Sept. 1 1925 effective date and outlined plans for waste disposal and fire department improvements for the town budget years 1935 1928, praising council support and civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Oward
Probe in collapse of club and fire aftermath detailed
Testimony described the Pickwick club collapse after a fire last April and the excavation work nearby. Survivors recalled creaking and swaying before the ruin. Officials and witnesses including James Hendricks and Secretary of State Conk testified on investigations and rescue efforts. Anger over debris searches and a worker found money adds to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bloomberg
Winthrop
Bloomberg
D. Schulte Ang
Rowenthal
Joseph A. Tomasello
A. G. Tomasello
Pickwick Club
James J. Hendricks
Staf
Frederick W Conk
Timothy Leary
Southern District
Mike Hirecberg
Daniel F. Sennett
Ara
Angelo Cook
Bennett
Reverend Clark Leaves United Society After Forty Four Years
Reverend Francis B. Clark known as Father Endeavor resigns after 44 years as founder and president of the United Society of Christian Awake? status unclear in fragment. Clark's departure marks end of a long leadership period in Portland reporting by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Francis B. Clark
Clark
United Society of Christian Pakes
Ad Club Speaker Outlines Industry Issues at Bridgeport Meeting
Harold McGraw of New York advertising counselor for McGraw Hill will outline outstanding problems facing American industry with respect to wages and market determination. The talk is at a Bridgeport Advertising Club meeting to be held at the Stratfield Hotel this noon, preceded by luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Harold McGraw
New York
McGraw-Hill Company
Bridgeport
Stratfield Hotel
Counterfeit Bill Makers Active Across New England
Hartford July 6 AP officials report ongoing counterfeiting in New England with another $20 bill turned in by United States Security Trust. Secret Service agents probe in Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island as fakes flood in from multiple towns. The forgeries imitate Grover Cleveland, use light green ink and poor paper without security threads, and are easily detectable by touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
United States
George H. Cohen
United States Security Trust Company
New England
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Massachsetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Grover Cleveland
Treasury
Secret Service
Washington
Stratford Council Stands By Beach Lease Dispute
Stratford council backs a lease offering 400 feet of Short Beach to the YMCA in exchange for 40 Jacrea to fund park purposes. Opponents argue town ownership dates to 1684 deed from the General Assembly, while Burritt heirs claim adjoining deeds extend to the water. A public hearing and Supreme Court references weighed the case, with an October town election expected to address the issue among other unsettled items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M.C
A. W. Burritt
General Assembly
Burritt
Supreme Court
Mera
Jitney Players Stage Four Plays in Fairfield Moonlight
Madison Jitney Players presented four plays on Legion field Fairfield. Bushnell Cheney directed and opened the program with a prologue. The chanted first piece and the lighter School for Husbands drew strong applause from an appreciative audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Legion Field
Fairfield
Infanta
Deirdre
Husbands
Bushnell Cheney
Generou
Fairfield schools barred for outsiders amid bus plan
Fairfield July 8. Fairfield schools are for native children only, declared by Stanley H. Bullard at a town school committee meeting at Roger Ludlowe High. Two applications for out-of-town students were denied. The committee voted to use two trolleys to transport about 100 children this fall, with two men per trolley, noting trolley costs compare favorably to buses. The panel approved Bible classes by local churches and appointed Bullard and Wiliam E. Smith to review requests. Mrs. Mabel Ongood Wright was invited to plant trees on high school grounds, with H. H. Rennell to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Stanley H. Bullard
Roger Ludtows High School
Fairfield Schols
Firat Magyar Huntyerian
Holland Hinerhool
St. Stephen's Church of
Bridgeport
Bullard
Wiliam E. Smith
Plan to Attack Russia Forming
London reports from the House of Commons show Austen Chamberlain stating Britain has not protested to Russia over events in China and reserves liberty to act with other powers if required. He cited Soviet influence in forming trouble, mentioning undisclosed evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
China
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Chamberlain
M. Karakhban
Peking
Education Board Considers Bids On Lab Equipment
The board reviewed bids for plumbing connections and laboratory equipment including $3,812 for kitchen and lab work by Eames and company, $1,928.10 motion fixtures, and lower overall costs after prior purchases. They approved library murals and stage drapery fabrics and postponed decisions until Thursday.
Obituary notices for several Bridgeport residents
The obituary notices report the deaths of Hugh Mooney a 45 year old New Haven railroad worker killed on duty in New Haven Sunday night. Also detailed are the funerals of Richard J Kelly Mrs Susan F Marsh Elizabeth Irwin Grace A Munn Alice Mockler Margaret Mc Laughlin Richard Neupert and Daniel Sherwood plus a bank delinquency notice and public notices from Trumbull and CT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Mooney
William Street
New Haven
St. Mary's Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Nellie Crowley Mooney
Mary Mooney
John F. Bradley
Bridgeport
George
Felix
England
Mooney
Exonerating Wilson Highlighted by German Review
The Frankfurter Zeitung praises Theodore Hahn’s compilation of Wilson statements and writings, arguing gradual exoneration of President Woodrow Wilson whose reputation was damaged by the Treaty of Versailles. The review notes the book presents a reassessment of his policy and public statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Woodrow Wilson
Versalles
Frankfurter Zeitung
Theodore Hahn
Obituary notices from July 1925 city deaths and services
Deaths listed include Elizabeth Irwin 74 Richard J Kelly Susan E Marsh Hugh Mooney Alice Mockler Ralph S Munson Margaret Wise Richard Neupert and others with funeral times, residences and church services at St Michael s Blessed Sacrament St Patrick s and St Joseph s plus Masses and anniversaries noted for Elen Dunn and the Fagan family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McLaughlin
James McLaughllin
Connecticut Avenue
Blessed Sacrament Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
St. Patrick's Church
St. Michael's
Marsh
Stratford
Conn
Susan E
Henry A. Marsh
North Avenue
Union Cemetery
Mooney
Hugh Mooney
William Street
St. Mary's Church
Mockler
Alice
James L
Mary Mockler
Seaview Avenue
St. Michaels Cemery
St. Michael Cemetery
Newpert
Richard Neupert
Beechmont Avenue
St. Joseph's R. C
Mra
Elen Dunn
St. Patricks Church
Richard
Margaret Fagan
St. Patrick's Chare
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Council
Alcorn
Will Tiam
Connelly
Ansesno
Harry Hf. Pritchard
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
Ward A. Liven
Walter J. Ffer
Coner
Frew
Hartnett
Renee J Gill
Ordnance Ag
Siemens
Tak Valleetera
Ida V. Clough
Margaret Daley
Wiliam Cannon
Vons. Koehler
Behrens
Lipper
Board of Contract and Supply
Board of Assessors
Thomas McCormick
John Y. Calawell
William Chew
Goolidge
Hunter
Ramnene
Henao
H. Hunter
Ad Club
Harold W. M’graw
U. S
Stratford Council
Eames and Company Waas
Lee-Lash Studios
Hadley Company
Albert Pick Company
John B. Wynkoop
Wynkoop
Harvey C. Went
TeesLash Sit|ing
Sadie R Tae. With
Edward B. Caldwell
Richard J. Kelly
Fairview Avenue
Bullard Machine
St. Patrick’s Church
Mr. Kelly
Mary
John Robert
The
Crane Valve Co
American Legion
W. A. Anderson
Leonard R. Kelly
Joseph V
Bullard Co
Elizabeth V. Kelly
Park City Council
No. 16
Knights of Columbus
the Foresters of America
Court Pequonnock
Holy Name Society of St. Patrick's Church
Bullard Mutual Aid Society
Susan E. Marsh
Susan F. Marsh
R. B. Whitehead
Stratford Congregational Church
Bridgeport VY. M. C. A
Bridgeport Telegram
Elizabeth Irwin
John B. Darcy
Putnam Street
W. R
Dermott
Lakeview Cemetery
Grace A. Munn
George F. Munn
St. Vincent's Hospital
Maiden Lane
L. J. Long
Berean Memorial Church
Park Cemetery
Alice Mockler
James J
Blessed Sacrament School
St. Joseph's Church
Daniel Sherwood
Bunnell Streat
Daniel Hatch
New Fairfield
New Milford
Sherwood
Howard
Yunbury
Cather Plumb
Bunnell Street
Funta
Carrell
Washington Avenue
Frank Henscel, Jr
Frank
Mary Henscel
Bostwick Avenue
O'Cleve
St. Stephen's Church
North End Bank and Trust Company
Hanking House
United States and National Bank
Grou
Sairfield
Charles Edward Prior, Jr
Charles Edward Prior JR
Graves
Elizabeth St
Long Hill
Grace Barrett
Myron FE. Barrett
Wwieson
Reasonole
Hughes & Chapman Co
Charles L. Dennis
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