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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
8
Special exhibition of shoe making operations draws much interest in the Howland department store display. Demonstrations highlight steps from design to finishing, attracting curious shoppers and praised for educational value and practical insight.
A dry goods department features a footwear display tracing shoe evolution from leather and thread to finished product. It showcases 210 handlifts and 170 machine steps, with a live booth where a young woman rapidly constructs a rubber shoe in three minutes. Eskimo boots from Captain MacMillan’s 1923 24 Arctic expedition are on view alongside global footwear.
President Coolidge told a delegation from 11 north central states that he expected Congress to enact agricultural relief this session. He reviewed the farm situation for a half hour with his callers, including lawmakers and representatives of the agricultural congress from Des Moines meeting in December. He did not discuss specific proposals, but expressed belief that a measure receiving broad farmer support would move forward.
Fire swept Lancaster Ontario about 90 miles from Ottawa early today destroying several business places and leaving many homeless. No casualties were reported.
New York March 8 AP King Vidor, famed for The Big Parade and La Boheme, plans two special musical scores for his next film. He stresses tempo's crucial role in conveying emotion and atmosphere, outlining a symphony of movement across scenes. He notes personal path from apprentice to director and his preference for music over color or sound upgrades to preserve artistry.
New Canaan notes from March 1 recounts 200 fathers and sons at a Boy Scout or YMCA Father and Son banquet hosted by the Methodist church hall. Henry W Saxe presided as toastmaster. speakers included Saxton from the county, Al Lavery of Bridgeport, and Rev Noyes of Brooklyn, who spoke on home life of the dog. The piece also covers a planning association event, a sewing club card party plans, a small fire, Bowles funeral, engagements, travel plans, a hospital operation, and town road conditions amid snow and frost.
Creditors of John W Worthington the Wolf of LaSalle Street may have difficulty seizing his estate assets. The will provides $2,000,000 in bequests but the location of the assets is a mystery. Inventory has been invealed and may never be filed.
Attorney Robert L. Cohen, who drew the will last October, testified in court as the subject of the case concerned with the wolf’s return from Mexico and surrender to federal authorities.
Milford Daily News building in Milford Massachusetts suffered about 5000 dollars in damage when a basement blaze broke out around noon. Flames spread to the first floor causing further damage to the business office and print production. The newspaper will be printed today on the Farmingham Events News press.
Kansas City editor Irwin R Kirkwood inherits the $2,000,000 estate of his wife Laura Nelson Kirkwood after minor bequests. She died in Baltimore last week. the will filed for probate directs the sum be used and invested by him as he sees fit.
Upon his death the decedent's one third share of the W1IT estate is converted to cash to finance a building designed to house the collection of artworks. The plan envisions a dedicated museum space financed from the estate distribution.
Henry R. Robinson, president of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance since 1918, died today in Nassau Bahamas at age 57, according to a message received by his family in Hartford.
March 3 AP reports clock shop workers quit after fearing radium in dial finishing fluid. Management announced a medical inquiry to reassure workers and stated no known harmful effects from radium compounds like the one used.
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