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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
20
Miss Margaret Parker Neil of New York received her diploma at Vassar college commencement in the college chapel this afternoon where the morning exercises were held and was married to Dr. A Wilbur Duries of Jersey City. The Rev A Duryes officiated as clergyman
Humorous remark from Uncle Ike about making a Rare den causing more trouble than expected. He says apading uncovers angle Worms and leads to fishing as the natural outcome. The line captures a rural, folksy tone.
Lordship and nearby coast faced dense fog as a heat wave broke. Lightkeeper Petrelt at Stratford Point Light took on relief duties with Assistant Dean away. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Joseph Taylor of Hartford, with multiple cottage occupants listed in Stratford's Lordship district. Crowds swarmed Short Beach despite heat, and local meetings were announced for Lordship Sunday School and the Women’s Auxiliary.
One of four brothers in a local musical comedy vanished from the theatre Saturday prompting police to fear amnesia. The missing man phoned his wife from Cleveland saying he would return tonight and claimed he had travelled from Buffalo by boat. His wife provided the report.
In the Pequonnock area a sunken cement filled barge on a mud bank near the Yacht Club creates a navigation obstacle. Government dredgers recently blew up a similar wreck at that spot and now a new derelict remains. Camp I No U on Black Rock Harbor Island announces season with many familiar and new campers, but park plans threaten the island camp’s privacy and may end the 15 year old colony when a future bridge is built.
Elisapointe of Greenwood Park Westport pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Superior Court to a first degree murder indictment for the slaying of his wife during a drunken incident at their home early Monday. He was remanded to jail to await trial on June 16.
Three Montreal men Albers Colleck Frank Leroy and Thomas McGulloch were arrested after Colleck tried to steal a sedan and confessed to organizing a gang planning wholesale car thefts into Canada. Frank Carpenter, once of this city, is held for transfer to Concord for bond default. Leroy admitted prior arrests to police.
In a Vermont federal case Colleck claimed he took responsibility to shield his companions. He said the attempted sedan theft was part of the gang's plan. Colleck fled with the car but was later captured with his accomplices.
Nine Moron fighters were killed and three Filipino constabularies wounded in a pitched battle on Lake Larao in Mindanao. The fighting stemmed from a Moro rebellion against Filipino authorities, reports said.
Stamford officials plan a joint inquest tomorrow into the death of John J. Phelan fireman on the New Haven line. The fatality occurred after his train car was derailed during a westbound run. He died several hours later at Mumford Hospital. The inquest will begin at 7 p.m. in the city courtroom.
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