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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1924
Page
11
J C L Dennis will address the Kiwanis Club at noon today on fraternalism and the Order of which he is promoter. His talk, What Would You Do to Face, will be followed by prize attractions as others from Kawaniang join the order.
Fifty mounted Shrine nobles in desert costume’ll join a grand parade at Pyramid Temple in Breasure Beach July 1. Salem Temple Newark and Pyramid Temple units from Bridgeport and Newark plan bands chanters drum corps and other honor groups. Costume details feature Arab Patrol Hedouls patrol and Pyramid Temple fife and chantars in full regalia.
A defendant charged with a statutory crime faced a long jury delay as the panel deliberated fourteen hours. With no verdict in sight, he pleaded.
An advertisement touts a revolutionary hair removal product, claiming painless action with roots and all removed as easily as cold cream. It promises a white skin finish, no odor, and satisfaction guaranteed by Windle Drug Co and Lever ty Drug Co, urging readers to try the item through national beauty specialists.
Hundreds from many states attended the funeral of Thomas L. Reilly former high sheriff congressman and newspaper man. The service began at St Brendan's church in Haven with officials from Meriden and New Haven civic and fraternal groups present. Police escorts and half mast flags marked the solemn procession through Meriden and New Haven en route to Sacred Heart cemetery.
Senator James Couzens announces his candidacy for renomination to succeed himself and refuses to pledge full support to President Coolidge or the party platform. He challenges party bosses to dictate his actions and appeals to Michigan electors based on his past record with no apologies to offer.
Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Field predicted at a banquet that petty differences between England and America would melt away as the two nations fraternize on U S soil for the first time in 40 years. He spoke after officers and bluejackets of the British navy were honored by about 500 guests in San Francisco Bay.
A fragment quotes the Detroit Free Press asking if many diseases can occur at once and questions capital and labor. It contrasts workers willing to pay good wages with those eager to work faithfully for fair pay, noting the tension in industrial labor.
Radium tablets marketed with claims of rapid relief from a wide range of ailments including nervous weakness stomach and kidney issues. Promises guaranteed results or money back and a $5000 reward if proof of genuine radium is not in the preparation.
San Pedro reports 800 vessels ready for the tuna season from June to September. May brought 13,014 pounds of yellowfin and yellowtail tuna, with about 2,000,000 pounds of fish delivered to markets in the month.
London July 9 The lord chief justices and a special jury began a breach of promise suit for 20000 pounds brought by Mrs Frances Mendhan an American widow living in London against Robert Tebaudy son of Jules Lebaudy and brother of Jacques Debaudy self styled Emperor of the Sahara who was slain by his wife on Long Island U S A counsel for plaintiff said the promise was made in 1918 and repeated several times thereafter defense denied lairs of France would govern if made and not enforceable in Britain The hearing adjourned
Tar ry Trout of Upper Darby police was dismissed after identification as one of ten men who burned a cross near a woods camp to terrorize a troop of negro boy scouts. Two witnesses said two hooded men were involved and that shots were fired. Warrants for inciting to riot and illegal firearm use were to be issued.
Five adult copper colored Indians accompanied a Panama expedition and Ina Paguinia, but Panamanian authorities refused his permit. The party endured exposure and danger in the Darién region while navigating the Chucunaque river by dugouts. After quarantine, the group watched New York skyline from Bills Island and hotels, while a convoy of reporters documented the visit. Captain Jack Sheridan gave the White boy a whistle. the Indians showed curiosity and began to relax around photographers and reporters.
Theodore De Bouas, age 2, was arrested in Ansonia after a stabbing at a Brimfield construction camp. Two injured men remain in critical condition at a hospital. Massachusetts police traced the suspect to Ansonia and arranged his return without requesition papers, then departed for Springfield.
Hamburg July 9 German shipping reports progress in regaining strength after wartime losses. Roederman of the League of German Ship Owners cites tonnage rising to 2,800,000 GRT or 4% of world total, about half prewar, with Germany moving from eleventh to seventh in world ranking by 1924. The article notes indemnity limits, state loans, and new companies, detailing rebuilds and shifts toward mixed cargo ships, reduced routes, and ongoing reconstruction pace despite debt and inflation challenges.
July Ferguson who died in April left an estate valued at about 4.9 million dollars. He resided at 5 Conn. and divided his estate among his wife Julia and his sons Walton, Alfred Leo and Henry J. Ferguson, and his daughters Helen de Th'st and Grace C. Garter. The report notes connections to National Bank and Stamford lines.
Four teen Chinese and 12 Hungarians aboard the schooner Abeona were captured by a coast guard cutter after a six hour chase from Barataria Bay to La Ville on the Louisiana coast. They were held at the immigration station in Algiers for deportation. Captain Henry Chimuts, commander of the schooner, en route from Havana, was under arrest as federal authorities investigate possible links to larger organizations with leaders in New Orleans and Havana.
Charles Ny Wilcoxson 68 once led the Chicago Lake Shore and South Shore line between Chicago and South Bend. Neighbors heard a struggle at their Long Beach Indiana home Monday night and found the couple dead. Police say dementia may have contributed to the crime and subsequent suicide.
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