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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1924
Page
11
An automobile left the Still River bridge area yesterday and plunged down an embankment, coming to rest with wheels in the air. The driver, said to be Mr. Murphy of Milford, escaped injury and was cared for at a nearby house before being taken home. The wrecked car remained at the scene into the afternoon.
Obituary notes honor RB Allen a sea captain who died yesterday morning at 269 State Street. Survived by six children and five daughters. Funeral Thursday at 9 from M J Gannon Inc Home and 3% circle to Sacred Heart Church with high mass. Burial in St Michael's. Also noted are deaths of Anna McCarthy Richard Fagan Mary Fitch Catherine Fitzgerald Lena Arnold and other local residents with funeral details and burial sites in St Michael's cemetery and St Patrick's church. Patrolman Joseph F P McGarrigle dies after sudden collapse. service set for 8:30 and 9:00 at St Augustine's with burial in St Michael's cemetery. Deaths attributed to health and heart conditions. multiple survivors listed.
Thousands of thin people are urged to stop worrying and gain weight using McCoy s Cod Liver Oil Tablets. They are easy to swallow like candy and promise at least 5 pounds gain in 30 days or money back. Sold by Hindle Leverty Drug Stores and pharmacists nationwide.
Frank Bosworth Brandegee, completing his nineteenth year as a U.S. senator from Connecticut on May 6, turns 60. A former congressman and former speaker of the Connecticut House, he chairs the Senate judiciary committee and serves on foreign relations, deemed a powerful figure and Coolidge confidant though he did not back the president in the last session. His current Senate term ends March 3, 1927, with re-election possible two years hence.
Patrolman John Dolan, booked as a later Westport appointee, resigns from the Police Department to the Board of Selectmen. He cited a lack of police work appeal and planned to take a job with the Locomobile firm in Bridgeport after prior work at Bridgeport Brass.
Stanley Fa Osborn of the state Department of Health announced the Bureau of Laboratories would relocate from New Haven to Hartford within two weeks. All physicians and health officers across the state will be notified when the exact moving date is set.
At a special meeting Westport voters rejected a no parking bill aimed at easing center traffic congestion. A committee will approach the trolley company to adjust schedules. The town also appropriated 500 for volunteer life guards at Compo Beach amid other notes.
Patrick Muinn, 55, a carpenter at Rubber Refrigerating, was struck by a southbound New Haven trolley near Kennedy's switch in Naugatuck about 10 pm. He lived in Watertown and was taken to Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, with a probable skull fracture. the motorman was Richard J. Curby of Waterbury.
Police say they arrested Mrs. Mary Lasko 27 of 1017 Boston Avenue the citys first bootlegger. She faces a state liquor law charge with drinks sold at high prices. Some evidence lies at Second Precinct station. Bond set at 800 awaiting City Court hearing.
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