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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1925
Page
4
Readable fragments show numbers and city names including Stratford Bridgeport New Haven Newtown Middlefield and Huntington in what appears to be a table of scores or distances. The data includes multiple Connecticut towns with associated figures and a few abbreviations, suggesting a local统计 or standings snippet from a 20th century page.
Chicago July 6 AP sixteen railroads using three scattered stations agree after thirteen years of negotiations on street extensions. They target a proposed $300,000,000 railroad passenger terminal involving Grand Central LaSalle street and Polk street stations, marking a vital step toward construction.
Long Hill July 6 Special The first session of the Bible School of the ME Church began Monday at 9 o'clock The Junior Department led by Mrs Malcolm and assistants Primary directed by Miss Dorothy Wedge of Bridgeport A certificate for perfect attendance The school closes Friday July 17 and the Sunday school picnic may be held at Seaside Park Epworth League activities suspended until September July 25 Outing planned at Lake Quasapaug Attendees included Richard Edwards Arthur J Hull Charles Randall two sons Viola Randall Rev Webster D Melcher Harold Wright Louis Randall Caroline Sherwood and Mrs Randall of Stepney Mrs Samuel G Seeley hosted a Fourth of July social Swampcott and Monroe visitors Mrs Arthur S Wales and daughter Barbara Wales discussed at home Others on vacation in Maine and Stratford extended visits.
Danbury starts construction on an 85,000 dollar cast iron water main from the Westlake reservoir to the city mains. The project replaces the failing wooden stave pipe laid with the reservoir, reducing repair costs and the risk of bursts. Completion is expected to take most of the summer.
Judge Samuel Young issued an injunction banning use of part of the Belio building at Carnal and Pacific streets for four months from July 1 after prosecutors alleged the site served liquor sales and was a common nuisance. Hinaldi jailed, fines set. son Joseph Rinaldi charged with assault after a drunken incident, fined $25 and costs.
Matorbury July. Joseph Delangi of 101 Russell Street is hospitalized with a bullet in his right arm from Patrolman Edward Dunoale’s revolver. Delangi faces a theft charge for an automobile when discharged. The officer encountered Delangi and three companions fleeing a car with a Pennsylvania plate and fired four shots as they fled.
For warm weather nights Sleevelags pajamas use a yellow alk jersey hand painted with a chrysanthemum motif. They are described as cool and comfortable.
John Wheway of 43 Hosedale street is honored as an industrial veteran of Bridgeport for 85 years of continuous service with Armstrong Manufacturing Company. A tool grinder born in England, he naturalized at 22 and has a wife and four children. He joined the firm in 1889, witnessing its early stock and tie business rise and a shift from suspenders and other elastic products to newer lines.
In Hartford, July 6 AP reports a basement fire at the Music Box company on Main Street near Pearl overwhelmed a girl and several firemen. Dense smoke from burning phonograph records hampered efforts. the blaze also affected a nearby shoe store. Cashier Madson Chapin of Alderman Drug were revived after being overcome. Firemen briefly rested before resuming work. cause and damage estimates were not available.
An Argentine sailor named Hiromuli Cora, aboard the battleship Rivadavia, is sought after a car crash in East Brainiere that killed one man and severely injured another. The ship captain refused to surrender him, saying he would be held aboard and a request would go to the Argentine Embassy for instructions. Police say charges include reckless operation and leaving the scene, with possible manslaughter pending responsibility.
Charles A Willard returned to the city after a three week vacation and formally assumed his new duties as head of the Industrial Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. He relinquished his former post as assistant secretary. His salary is reported to be 4000 dollars annually. The Chamber also announced Samuel W Davis has joined to handle membership and routine matters under Secretary Robert A Crosty.
A truckload of allegedly stolen beer from a courthouse jail yard caused a ferment of blame among federal officers in Syracuse New York. The case moved quickly to Divisional Director Captain R Q Merrick in New York as investigators prepared to review the seizure.
Newtown on July 6 announces a mid-summer musicale at 7 30 PM on the Congregational church lawns led by Hobart C Warner. Featured are Nanchen Adams Rosan soprano, William F DeMangin lyric tenor, Arthur Ekins baritone, Doroth Oyfeldson Callandro violin, Alma Rosan Ekins and La Verne Clarkson in readings, G Herbert Ekins at piano. An orchestra will perform, with Cornel Beard and others, and Mrs Charles W Platt of Bridgeport reports the birth of a seven pound son, Gordon Williams, with mother and child thriving.
Danbury dispatch reports Battery D of the 182nd Field Artillery leaving for Tobyhanna Pennsylvania for a two week camp. The unit, the city’s largest, comprises four officers and 95 enlisted men. They will train on 155 mm howitzers at the big gun range and sleep under canvas. Captain George J Schoen, commander, says he expects the unit to again win top honors on the range.
In Waterbury City Court three men Anthony Savina Antonio Caputo and Salvatore Porsone were fined 169 each for violating game laws by shooting song birds. They were found with 14 song birds and one rabbit when checked by a game warden and appealed their fines.
Stamford July 6 Special Battery Bool 2d Field Artillery and HQ Combat began a training tour of duty at Camp Pennsylvania. About 100 men formed the local unit under Major Alfred “No Philip” Jr. The article notes city leadership and mayoral involvement in the training effort.
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