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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1926
Page
9
In Pikeville, Kentucky, 30-year-old Mrs. Sarah Lester died after a quarrel over a waterbucket with 30-year-old Mrs. Armina Hall. Hall reportedly planned to swear out a theft warrant as Lester approached. Hall fired a revolver at Lester within 10 to 15 feet, killing her. Hall was arrested and held for preliminary hearing.
Special Cable Dispatch reports Alice Kip Rhinelander arriving at Waterloo station with her mother from the Majestic. They avoided press as Alice expressed continuing affection for Kip and planned visits to her father’s relatives in Bradford, Yorkshire.
Easton news item lists Sunday church services with Rev. Warren at Lee and Center Streets and Rev. Sylvester at Congregational and Baptist churches. Epworth League service at Lee M E. Grange meeting July 27. Socials include 4H sewing club lesson by Miss Clarke, and a large rotation of local guests and visits from Stratfield Bridgeport Fair_fields Saybrook and Greenfield residents.
The prohibition enforcement force in the state grows with John A. Holtz of West Haven and Stewart A. Hinman of Shelton assigned as day agents after a five month lapse due to funding shortfalls.
Paris reports say Prince Carol has not called on King Ferdinand, and the king’s entourage expects no reconciliation. Ferdinand stays at the Ritz, walks or rides alone, and plans to continue in Paris under a physician’s care before a three week cure at Bagnoles de l’Orne. Queen Marie declines to join him in France.
A special meeting is set for Sunday at Judson Street grounds to organize distribution of 100 pheasants. Members are urged to attend as shooting hours run from 1 to 6 pm. Nearby notes mention visits, medical staff, and weekly clinics for mothers under the district nurse program.
For 24 hours residents endured a scorching spell with thermometers reaching 112 in the borough and 115 at Botsford station. Water outings at Lake Zoar offered relief while hundreds rode the streets seeking a night breeze. Local baseball, Misses Gesner, and motor trips mark a quiet busy week amid the heat.
William Muassin seventy of Lachine in Montreal drowned in the canal at Lachine locks after declaring he was tired of life. Two constables in a rowboat failed to save him despite efforts.
Eleanor Brewster ignored a $200000 judgment obtained in New York last March against film actress Collins Palmer for alleged theft of Eugene Brewster's affections. Palmer has lived in Hollywood years, with the publisher spending much time in motion picture city, and Brewster seeks enforcement of the judgment.
Fred H. Flamang, 22, was electrocuted in Bristol after picking up a ground grounded live telephone wire sparked by contact with Connecticut Light & Power lines. He had been helping James Peckham fight a house fire stemming from a previous wire incident when the fatal shock occurred. Firemen used a pulmotor but Flamang showed no signs of life.
July 23 Stamford. Miss Ella Polasko and Miss Al Hohdick of Seaside Avenue were canoeing on Cove Pond when a sudden gale struck. Frightened, one girl fell overboard. Reginald Pight of Weed answered their calls and brought both to shore safely.
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