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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1923
Page
2
At a Wednesday county Y M C A meeting, A E Lavery was chosen as head to succeed Mads Jodi Py Bl of South Norwalk. The vote included fourteen members and followed Lavery’s long service with Rotary and local business circles.
Startling new facts claim high blood pressure stems from poor digestion and toxin buildup. The ad promotes Bi a lin as a mild, pleasant remedy dispensed by Hart O. Love Drug Stores, promising relief after first bottle with a money return option.
Dorothy Merritt, killed in a home robbery, left a contested will. Holm, the Newark lawyer, claims no divorce exists and may contest the will. Edna Merritt and Florence Stammel dispute the assertion. proof of divorce is to be produced. Estate valued around 7 000 to 8 000 dollars, thieves remain at large after a 3 000 dollar diamond ring theft.
Explorer Gantrin Mdward A. Salish reports from the Bay of Deng that the Anda islands enforce absolute prohibition. The crew aboard the yacht Wisdom toured the South Seas and found the natives uninterested in intoxicants as grog was offered but rejected as devilish by local tribes.
Michat Noonan sought reimbursement from the city after his truck crossed a collapsed Greek bridge on the Island. Tudger Roy asked $150 for injuries from a May 6 fall on Arch Street, citing poor sidewalk and lighting. The committee also heard tax abatement petitions as reports are planned.
Mrs Jennie Windridge sues Arthur Windridge for divorce on cruelty grounds in Superior court. The husband argued the wife has a microscope mind and claimed dreams influenced her. a physician may be summoned as a witness. The case was continued to Tuesday morning at 10 40. Windridge denied threats with a revolver and throwing her off a rear porch and denied excessive drinking.
In the Criminal Common Pleas court Judge William Booth presided as Nicholas Russo was found not guilty of reckless driving in a collision between his jitney bus and a Sterling fire truck on Sterling and Kossuth streets in April. Four firemen and eight passengers were injured, the fire truck sustained $600 damage, and the bus was nearly demolished. Russo was arrested, fined in the lower court, and appealed the decision.
Federal and county officers in Detroit District issued injunctions against owners of about 20 near bear saloons roadhouses and others alleged to sell liquor. The government seeks padlocks on doors and boards across windows to bar midnight entries for liquor drinkers and limit access to these resorts in Detroit and suburbs.
College entrance examinations will begin next week under the State board. Last year 3,537 candidates from 100 Connecticut schools took part in the preliminary or final tests. Cities listed include Bridgeport New Haven Hartford Norwalk Stamford Derby Greenwich Meriden and others.
The will of Walter Denison of Groton a traveler and lecturer leaves 2400 dollars to Groton Heights Baptist Church 600 to Starr Cemetery association in Groton and in valued reliction of paintings by noted masters as well as gifts to Groton Heights school
Obituary items list the funeral arrangements for Josephine Mortimer who died yesterday with service at Saint Peters and burial at Lakeview. Also noted are services for Benjamin Powell who died Wednesday with funeral at his mother Mary Powell’s home on Stratford Avenue and burial at Lakeview. Brief entry for Robert Cremin and Daniel Cremin funeral from their parents’ home with burial at St Michael's cemetery.
A prominent maker offers printed silk crepes in Paisley and Egyptian designs. On sale Friday at counter No. 2 on the main floor, the yard price is $2.65, a value for fabrics priced higher elsewhere.
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