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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1921
Page
5
An attempt to wreck an American Railway Express train near Cleveland is reported by the Associated Press. No injuries are mentioned and details are sparse, with the incident described as an attempted act of sabotage.
Detectives report a Pennsylvanian company train derailed near Willoughby when a nets t setup damaged track causing 14 cars to jump the rails. Tools were removed from a nearby tool house and spikes pulled to derail the York Central line. No injuries reported. two cars derailed but no farther wreckage observed.
A report warns former German emperor Wilhelm II, living quietly in Doorn, faces heavy Dutch taxes and dwindling funds as the Floren Gollern family dispute unsettles a financial settlement. Observers say he manages no affairs and lacks trusted agents in Holland. Taxed money and large sums in gulden to marks complicate his finances, with a lodge gate project cited as a multi million mark expense. The dispute between the Frehen zellers family and Germany over private property remains unresolved.
Florence Ligh of this city was granted a divorce with custody of her minor son from Arthur Jalehty of Philadelphia by Judge Jona Keeler in the Sopegies Court yesterday afternoon. Desertion and nanosupper were charged. Walter Jr. Birmingham, a slave dealer of 39 Cannon Street, had known the plaintiff for several years, during which she supported herself.
In New York Jute Cunnis linked to Korney s office left for Indiana with a warrant for the arrest of Mrs Emma Burkett on a forgery charge connected to filing a note for 59 000 against the Roosevelt estate. Officials said Mrs Burket would protest removal here.
Washington rumor spread by House military subcommittees about abandoning army camps and posts is unfounded. Chairman McKenzie stated the committees lack jurisdiction to take such action and no abandonment recommendation was made.
Historic Frog Pond on Boston Common has become a wading pool replacing the former muddy bottom. Tenements children once played in the area while Beacon Hill residents helped expand its use. the scene shifts as attendants now oversee the new wading environment.
An old advertisement promises to remove freckles with Odine double strength. It urges readers to apply a small amount nightly, claiming even severe freckles fade and lighter spots vanish. The ad touts a money back guarantee if freckles do not disappear and notes most users need no more than an ounce.
The Methodist Episcopal Church plans immediate establishment of nature science courses across twenty high schools in India. Native teachers trained in scientific inquiry will teach, under Rev Dr L A Kenyon, with the mission trial school at Allahabad guiding the program after extensive tours of the Himalayas and Indian hill stations.
Boston police officer Harris Wilbur Ey Paty Id was taken into custody after detectives recovered clothing and suits in his south end home. He had served 24 years and was suspended by Police Commissioner Curtis following an exchange of gunfire while responding to a noise in the building.
A garbled excerpt from an old newspaper item shows disjointed phrases about a catastrophe and a flight pause. Names, dates, and coherent details are missing, leaving only stray fragments such as an exclamatory address and references to a car and a suit. The source lacks clear subject and event.
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