Pie Eating Champ Crowned In Three Minute Victory
Angelo Annugsi won the pie eating championship finishing in under three minutes. John Motartnes and Leroy Stack trailed in a field of ten contestants as spectators urged the competitors. In the girls event Marie Brandies defeated Mary Divarto and Evelyn McGuire for the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Annugsi
Bunnell Street
John Motartnes
Jefferson Attect
Leroy Stack
Smith Street
Angelo
Marie Branides
Parkview Avenue
Mary Divarto
Raverree
Evelyn McGuire
Newfrekd Avenue
Seroma
Marie
Unclear Contest Descriptions Spark Lighthearted Claims
Fragments describe a home practice scene during an interim period and a near miss by Mary Dicanto in a pie event. A third winner is noted for a distinctive berry hair style at the finish. Plans for a watermelon contest are announced for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dicanto
Funeral arranged for George E. Cleaveland
George E. Cleaveland aged 77 of 204 Gilbert Street died Tuesday after a long illness. The funeral will be tomorrow afternoon at 2 oclock from his home with Rev. Forrest J. Knapp officiating. Burial will be in Long Hill Cemetery. He leaves a daughter Mrs Stanley Bullard of Fairfield a wife Stella and a sister Mrs Mary Cleaveland Stratford. He ran a Broad Street grocery for years before its removal for the new library and had retired several years ago. He had been ill for some time and moved to Silver Street 43 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Cleaveland
Gilbert Areet
O'Clark
Forrest J. Knapp
United Church
Long Mil
Arcanum Lodge
United Order of the Croiden Cross
Stanley Bullard
Fairfeld
Sunley Bulrt Machine Tool Company
Stella
Mary Cleaveland
Stratford
George E. Cleaveland
Broad Street
Cleaveland
Silbert Street
Connecticut Corporation Tax Revenue Slips to $2.63 Million
Hartford reports for year ending June 30 last the income tax on miscellaneous corporations brought in 2,626,842.35. The 1928 tax results were compiled by the tax commissioner with expectations for 1926 returns near 500,000 to 700,000 more than this year. Prior years show 1924 tax at 2,158,947.40, down 47,998.45 from 1925, and a Connecticut company remitted 705,759.18 in taxes including 414,232.70 for 1924 and 291,426.44 in back taxes.
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Hartford
Connecticut Company
Woman Struck by Car Injures Pedestrian in City
Mrs. Ernestine Graham of 247 Stillman Street was hit by a car driven by Francia M. Morasky at the corner of State Street and Hancock Avenue yesterday at about 7 am. She suffered minor cuts and bruises and was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. Morasky claimed the woman darted into his path. no arrest was made.
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Ernestine Graham
Stillman Street
Francia M. Morasky
Dalewood Avenue
Pairfield
State Street
Hancock Avchive
St. Vincent's Hospital
Morasky
Bishop Seeks Opinion on Right to Wed Couples in Mass
New Bedford Massachusetts July 15 AP Bishop Wilson Br Stearly of Newark New Jersey asks Bristol County clerk for ruling on his eligibility to perform a marriage in Massachusetts. He resides in the state part of the year and pays taxes there while teaching services at the Houghton estate Episcopalian chapel. He has been invited to wed in September and seeks legal clarity on whether the law allows him to officiate.
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New Bedford
Mass
Wilson BR. Stearly
Newark
NX. J
Solters Point
Chy
Swan
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Steariy
Salters Point
Bristol County
Houghton Estate
Court of St. James
Counsel Confer To Stop Injunction In Stamford Case
In Stamford on July 15 a motion to dissolve an injunction against Albert Lavra and Albert Larra Jr who evicted Mr and Mrs Griffiths and daughter Daisy from Finver lodge was continued after counsel for both sides sought settlement. The Lazras lease the property as an apartment hotel and proposed paying 10 percent of gross receipts bi weekly. Mrs Griffiths had received only 40 dollars and claimed lease breach. On July 6 an injunction had barred them from the premises and she was fined 250 for contempt but the fine was suspended if she vacated by afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Albert Lavra
Albert Larra, Jr
Griffiths
Daisy
Finverlodge
Dagras
False Teeth Fail to Save Broker From Jail
John 8. Ogilvie an insurance broker from Bronxgil was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading that false teeth impaired his ability to drive under the influence of liquor. He admitted drinking three or four drinks before the July 11 accident and removed his teeth in court to show their effect on his speech.
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Flan
Ogilvie
Toston Post Road
Crossing Crash Victims Reported Improving
Joseph Pavone, 33, of Highland Avenue, injured in a Grand Street crossing collision, is improved at St Cent Hospital with a fractured arm and multiple cuts. Isadore Gremaber, 32, of Jackson Avenue, rescued after near drowning at Seaside Park, recovers at St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Joseph Pavone
Highland Aveneu
St Cents Hospital
Brukes
Utter
Jukn Ricsia
Grand
Isadore Gremaber
Jackson Averue
Walters
Seaside Park
St. Vincent's Hospital
Danbury Residents Fret Over Suspect Hiding Nearby
Danbury residents believe murder suspect Philp Knox Knapp may be in Ridgebury after sightings and food and work requests. Police from Connecticut and New York join a statewide hunt as locals confuse sightings with overblown publicity.
Some sidelights of the Mill End sale
Crowds attend the Mill End Sale and wonder at the steady turnout. The items are big lots of fresh stylish goods direct from makers not a mere close out. If a lot sells out they replace it to avoid disappointment, and customers clip items from the yellow circulars.
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Howland’s
Brainard heads courthouse body in Hartford meeting
Morgan Brainard president of Aetna Life Insurance was elected chairman of the county courthouse building commission at its organization meeting in Hartford. County Commissioner Samuel H. Graham was elected secretary. A subcommittee including Raymond A. Johnson Henry A. Woltott and Charles Tl. Goodrick was formed to meet judges lawyers and other courthouse users to discuss accommodations for the new building between Washington and Lafayette streets.
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Harticord
Ap) Morgan
Brainard
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Samuel H. Graham
Suffield
Raymond A. Johnson
Manchester
Henry A. Woltott
Weat Hartford
Charles Tl. Coodrick
Glastonbury
Freckled Faced Girls Hope for Quick Freckle Cure
An advertisement promises a miracle cream Flyte from Hindies Drug Stores to remove freckles in four days. It claims brown spots dissolve and skin becomes clean and velvet soft. If freckles linger, money back guarantee.
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Hindies Trrug
Hindles Drug
Bumsteads Worm Syray Ere After RS Grows
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at a local event involving Bumsteads and a disease or pest issue. Names and places are unclear, with possible references to Vienna and Phileddohie. The readable portion suggests a garden or crop problem connected to RS growth.
Howland Dry Goods Co Explores Elm Bark Rheumatism Cure
The advertisement describes a new preparation named Rheuma that blends elm bark with other ingredients to quickly ease rheumatic pains. It claims immediate action on the causes of pain, with visible elm bark in each bottle and a guarantee of refund if relief is not achieved. The product is sold at Hindles and Leverty Drug Stores and other outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindles
Leverty Drug Stores
Zemo Promises Quick Eczema Relief and Clear Skin
An advertisement claims Zemo stops eczema itching pimples rash and skin disorders quickly with a penetrating antiseptic formula. It promotes a five cent trial bottle and a one dollar large bottle along with Zemo Soap and antiseptic cleansing products.
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Tivenaent
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Angelo Annuzzi
G. E. Cleaveland
Opera
Biome
Fan Cail
New Jersey
Danbury
Knapp
Ridgebury
Philp Knox Knapp
Thrillter
Laula Panella
Hempstead
L. I
Ois
Long Island Heads
New York
Theodore Reynolds
Brewster
Reynolds
Iun
Mid Plain
Stenson
Reynolds Farm
Connecticut
Jowland's
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Wemher
China
Ahape Ideca
Hc Ea
ACME
Almast
Edison Alecfric
Amoe Pan
Universal
Victrolas
VLOOR
Bissell
Tandard
Russia
Flyte
Boston
Sunbright Cleanser, &Tel
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