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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1926
Page
9
A vintage advertisement touts McCoy's Cad Liver Oil Tablets promising 15 to 20 pounds gained in a month. Available at Hindle Crug Stores and druggists, five dozen tablets priced at 69 cents with a 30 day money back guarantee if five pounds of flesh are not added.
Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport plans a June 5 show as a prelude to its September 3 and 4 main event. Events include saddle hacks by height, children's classes, horsemanship, manners, jumps up to 3 ft 6 in, polo horses height weight, and ladies riding. A complimentary dinner dance for members and guests is planned for Saturday evening.
Abd el Krim the Riffian chief is now in French custody at Taza Morocco with his family and belongings. He arrived under guard midday Sunday amid crowds, entering a house provided by the French, while troops deter visitors. Spain demands his delivery citing unaccounted Spanish officers and prior hostilities against Spain.
The funeral for Henry Harris, former Board of Charities member and Bridgeport mayoral era figure, will be held tonight at the mortuary chapel of Henry E. Bishop. He lived at Arden apartments and died while at his Fort Trumbull summer home, aged seventy, survived by his wife and daughter Mabel. Interment will be in Salem Yield, Brooklyn, at 12 o'clock Wednesday.
Elbridge Gerry Snow 3rd, president of the Home Insurance Company of New York and grandson of Elbridge Gerry Snow, remains in serious condition at Stamford Hospital after being thrown from his pony during a polo match at the Ox Ridge Hunt Club Saturday.
Miss Bessie Erhardt and John Doblas, Bridgeport instructors for Slovakian members of the American Sokol Gymnastics union, prepared to sail June 9 from New York for Prague. They will study in a gymnastic college and tour the country with 12 others, representing Bridgeport at the Prague international meet.
A meeting of the Peoples Presbyterian church is set for next Sunday night to act on Rev Henry Davenport s retirement request. The church plans to honor him as pastor emeritus after forty years of ministry in Bridgeport, though his exact retirement date remains undecided.
A division of troops mutinied Sunday under the military governor of Whibut I province near Loefa between Peking and Tientsin. Rebels halted railway communications by seizing rails and blocking lines this morning. An anniversary of Chinese student shootings in Shanghai in 1985 was marked with lectures at colleges. radical students urged demonstrations but were overruled and the day passed without incident.
London May 31 JAP Per eceval Gibbon novelist and short story writer died at Guernsey Channel Islands yesterday. Born in 1897 he was educated in Germany and worked as journalist and war correspondent traveling in Africa America and Europe. During the war he served as a major in the Royal Marines.
May 31 reports from Syracuse describe a massive gas well blast near Pulaski in Oswego County. A bubbling water spring, broken casing, and strong odor marked the scene as engineers note oil in the flow and potential petroleum significance.
The Italian government considers gifting the historic Villa Aurelia as a potential U.S. embassy site in Rome. Officials, including Finance Minister Count Voeth and Ambassador, inspected the palace deemed highly suitable and beautifully situated near central activity and within a stone’s throw of the American consulate.
Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Princess Louise visit New York for a two day festival of the American Union of Swedish Singers. Governor Smith and Mayor Walker attended as guests of honor. The event, at the Metropolitan Opera House, featured 68 male choruses from 58 groups across 54 United States, marking the festival’s second and final concert. Name Norden locally associated with Swedish singing groups.
Boston trustees of the late James J. Storrow favor the plan to provide reading room quarters for the Boston Newsboys in the new West End house funded by Storrow’s endowment. The Roosevelt Newsboys Association urged the move to relocate from Green street to Blossom street near the boys’ homes. Directors note the improved, safer environment and closer gathering place for Junior newsboys, enhancing their daily welfare.
Paris May 31 AP Premier Briand must fight another parliamentary battle to defend his government after a Thursday reconvened Chamber vote yielded 320 to 209 against him. Radicals led by former Herriot ministers oppose Finland's success, insisting the party divisions require rallying to topple the ministry or face exclusion.
A large multi motored airplane providing sleeping space for 35 passengers is being built in Amiot Morocco from designs by Dutch designer Anthony H. G. Fekker. It will have at least three motors with enough power for navigation despite engine out.
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