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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
7
B H Rouy, a San Francisco traveling man, admitted involvement in the Mount Heistein case after five days of holding the center of interest. The event concerns a reported murder at Mount Clifton, Arizona, and Rouy’s statements mark a shift in the mounting case narrative.
An advertising fragment promotes a knee and joint remedy claiming to ease swelling and inflammation. It urges readers to ask for Joint at drugstores and promises quick relief from painful joints, praising the product as a new cure all.
Members of the Loans Club report progress in a week long drive to fund a visiting nurse summer home for convalescent children. About $2,000 had been raised by Tuesday with over $2,500 received from private subscriptions and a few merchants pledging help. The campaign aims to reach nearly $5,000 and expects another $1,000 to be collected as the week continues.
A man believed to have escaped from the County jail at New Haven was captured in Elm City. Police say Carill, who was reported to have worn women's clothing during the escape, is charged as a fugitive from justice. He had been sentenced Friday in New Haven to five years for selling narcotics to a hotel.
Nine men trapped by a raging fire along a loan river were rescued when heavy rain arrived, lowering death risk. Telegraph lines report the weather aid enabled escape and lighter injuries. state rangers confirm the incident near Honolake.
Judge Neustien granted the state's motion to dismiss the murder charge against prize fighter Williams Hailer and two other men after taking the case from the jury. The ruling came when the judge instructed the state to drop the charge.
President Harding tours toward Alaska will deliver his first nationwide radio address from St Louis at 10 p.m. Central Standard Time. Stations across the country will participate as a test to assess nationwide audibility with KSD WHI and other outlets involved. Listeners are asked to report reception to the St Louis Post Dispatch Radio Editor.
New York June 20 The Leviathan was sent on its trial trip to Bermuda waters by the Shipping Board on expert advice borrowed from a British steamship company Representative HL La Guardia released a letter from former Chair man Lasker opposing La Guardia’s description of the voyage as a Joy Ride Lasker says arrangements align with British experts and the board had no part in them La Guardia refused to name the British company involved.
Immigration officials at Ellis Island acknowledged British Commons statements about Britons of various races sharing sleeping quarters but said no remedy exists without a gigantic building. They described current classes by sex and status and insisted policy is to treat all alike while noting Britain expects special consideration.
London June 10 Associated Press reply to a statement by Robert P Skiener American consul general here accusing steamship lines of giving emigrants misleading quota information. Companies say U S authorities never hinder movement of entrant traffic and deny the charge.
In a grim incident at Hickiman on release from South Parts jail, Edward Rumpforr allegedly struck his wife with a flat iron, killing her. He then apparently took his own life by throat as police report. The couple had three children.
Fragmentary report describes a man fatally shooting his son and daughter before turning the gun on himself in Winnsboro. The exact names, timelines, and circumstances are unclear due to the damaged text. Further confirmation needed from complete sources.
Reports say Mick John O'Brien of Shelesp netor suffered a nervous breakdown and took his own life on a dock last night in Alpena. The incident followed a period of distress and a public disturbance nearby.
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