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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
2
An assembled group plans to speed up their agenda by hearing from representatives and discussing options. The absence of key leaders in Indianapolis prompts potential shifts as the elders of the industry weigh next steps. John L Lowe and Voe Pus te are noted among attendees.
The obituary notices list multiple local deaths with funeral details. Included are Mrs Livewth Liehh of Kishid Creek Waie, George Frederick Dawson of 42 Commer filsiiet, Anna Paige of 39 Hough avenue, Mildred Larson daughter of Charles Larson, Kate Kenny of Trans an avenue, Thomas H Wilkins of Wheeler avenue, Samuel Veres Lightveres son, and other relatives. Services occur at various churches and burial at Mountain Grove, Milford, or Lakeside cemeteries. Funeral times range from 208 oclock to 239 oclock, with home tones and parish ceremonies noted.
Fragmented text mentions health builders and digestive content with garbled references to towns such as Westport Fairfield and real health themes. It lists unclear terms like Old Hidle Dug Sores and Leverty Driur with vague mentions of drugs, clinics, and pharmacies.
An advertisement touts a preparation for removing freckles claiming double strength and dramatic results. It promises rapid fading, a blemish free look, and urges trial with money back assurances. The copy features dubious chemistry and sensational statements.
The Scopes trial unfolds with Walter White and Clarence Darrow questioning expert witnesses on evolution and creation. Debate centers on teaching biology in schools and the validity of the anti evolution law amid courtroom procedures and testimony.
The article details Judge Taulston’s ruling on the Tennessee school text book case over teaching evolution. It covers arguments about act caption versus body, constitutional rights to worship, teachers' rights, and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The report details Oath and salary disputes for city tax officials led by Edward Kelly and Edward Delaney. It notes that the Board of Apportionment and Taxation must authorize proper transfers before checks can be drawn, with nine officers’ nine-day pay calculations and checks prepared by City Clerk and auditors.
The text discusses the authority of the legislature to require designated series of boots for use in schools and the constitutional limits. It notes a rule of construction favoring constitutional alignment and the burden on the defendant to plead further. Frank McKinee and Thea cvi reference Jones’s elisement in the defense and an exception.
Stratford July 15 Special The wedding of Joseph Cullen to Hazel Molyneaux was solemnized at St James church. The ceremony featured Rev James Dolan and a nuptial mass at nine. Attendants included Miss Viola Molyneaux, Kenneth Clabby, Bernard Neary, and Thomas Broadrick. The couple will honeymoon at Lake George and reside at 22 Capital Avenue Bridgeport.
In Norwalk on July 15 Mrs Wallace T Woundy tripped while crossing paths with a black cat. She stumbled, fell, and broke her arm, turning superstition into a verified mishap for this case.
Subpoenas served on City Auditor Walter Woganty and City Engineer James A McTilroy demand production of records on Warren Bros pavement work in Warren and Brinneport since 1912. Sheriff Kiernin authorized seven dollar daily allowances for travel to Winsted as officials face questions over bids and payments to Warren Bros and others for concrete and brick pavement.
The Mena Republican club in Norwalk met to choose officers for the coming fall election. Elected were President Judge Freeman Light first vice president Frank Gnody recording secretary Edward Stevens financial secretary William Allwright treasurer Edward Joycett. Mayor Thomas Robins was endorsed for reelection as the GOP faces a Democratic council with five members to three. The Democrats plan to nominate John Cavanaugh for mayor.
July 15 was last day to file for the Fairfield Township bridge and roads superintendent. The clerk of the board withheld applicant names citing mail rules while plans show Charles Rawe as a willing candidate and Christian Haas of Greenfield Hit Robert Dickey and N oR Pearson among others. about twenty names reportedly offered.
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