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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1926

Page

8

Stratford Flood Delays Traffic In July Storm

Stratford suffers three foot flood depths under Main street railroad viaduct after Friday rain causing trolley and auto delays. Trolleys issued transfers while motorists faced floodwater. Floral Park residents waded ankle deep. Fire, street renaming hearings, and festival prep at Avon park follow floods as town plans hearings and public notices.

Stratford Main Street Stratford Center Bridgeport Floral Park Sherwood Place Fale Street Broad Street

Local notes highlight tax receipts rise and society meeting hopes

The report notes a surge in personal tax receipts after Prosecutor William & McGrath warned delinquents. June 1923 saw $792 collected versus $94 in June 1925. The Business Men's association postpones a children’s field day but C. J. Kraus predicts renewed interest in September. Fishing reports cite Housatonic river and Lordship, blue fish and flounders upcoming. Miss May Morehouse town clerk departs for a two week vacation with Mrs Bruce A Cyre of New York.

Misa Altice Judson East Broadway William & McGrath Academy Hill Business Men's Association C. J. Kraus Housatonic River Lordship May Morehouse Green New England Bruce A. Cyre New York

Bank Awarded $12,000 in Suit

The American Bank & Trust of Bridgeport won a civil suit to recover 12,427.46 plus interest and protest fees from Feeney Tool Co. The decision by Judge Alfred Co. Baldwin held the bank entitled to the proceeds from a sale at 751 Central Avenue and a deficiency judgment for the remaining balance.

American Bank &Trust Company of Bridgeport Feeney Tool Company Alfred Co. Baldwin Chim Frank L. Wilder Stemington Arms City National Bank Gaynor Manufacturing Baldwin Wrank B. Lukas Central Avenue Tool Company

Drivers Held After Greenwich Collision

Greenwich July 16 Special reports B Naramore of 42 Jackson Avenue and David M Houghton of Highland Place Stamford were arrested on reckless driving charges after a collision at Lafayette Place and East Putnam Avenue. Both drivers blamed each other. Houghton faces additional charges for illegal markers on his car.

Greenwich B. Naramore Jackson Avenue David M. Houghton Highland Place Stamford Lafayette Place East Putnam Avenue Houghton

La Follette Attacks Coolidge Policy In Wisconsin Speech

Senator Robert LaFollette opened in Randolph praising Progressive Republican candidates for U S Senate and state offices. He condemned the Coolidge Mellon regime, urged repeal of Esch Cummins law and tariff measures, opposed World Court and League of Nations, and backed Governor Blaine and other Progressive nominees in September primaries.

Randolph Wis Robert M. LaFollette Wisconsin Brookhart Cummins Middle West United States Power Trust Muscle Shoals League of Nations Latollette John Blaine Lemont

Red Lantern Thief Sought by Police

Stamford July 16 A local police appeal for information follows reports that a thief has endangered motorists by removing catch basin covers and red warning lanterns on country roads. Five covers were taken from Hacketts Hill last night and several lanterns guarding road openings were also removed.

Stamford William R. Michaels Hacketts Hill

Stamford Police Seek Fake Fire Inspector

Stamford July 16. Police and firemen search for a man who posed as an inspector sent by the fire department to inspect buildings. He acted without authority and several inquiries have reached the fire department. no other wrongdoing attributed yet.

Stamford Sperial Fire Department Welt

Founder of School for Girls Dies at 72 in Greenwich

Greenwich July 16 Special Arthur H. Ely retired lawyer and educator died in his bed at Ely Court North street He was treasurer and incorporator of the Ely Court School for Girls which has been in Greenwich for 20 years He was a Yale graduate 1876 Yale Law School alumnus and brother to Miss Elizabeth Fly and Mrs William Parsons He helped found the Ely school in Brooklyn in 1886 and remained involved after the Greenwich relocation Funeral set for Sunday at 4 p m at the North Street house.

Greenwich Spetiald Arthur H. Ely Ely Court North Street Ely Fm Girls Elizabeth Fly Wiliam Parsons Rye N.Y Connecticut Bar Association George B Caroline Boies Ely Michigan Yale, University Yale Law School Yale Ely Schol Brooklyn North Street House

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