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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1926
Page
6
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a fast, penetrating heat treatment for sore stiff joints. It claims relief within minutes and urges readers to ask for the genuine product from Whitehall Pharmacal Co. in New York.
The Danbury board of finance set the town tax rate for the year at nineteen mills, a half mill rise from the prior year. Budget totals are 529,009.65 with 276,810 for schools and 259,799.55 for general town expenses, plus funds to cover interest on 500,000 in bonds for the new high school. Board members listed are A. A. Tledshon, George A. McKay, Sterling H. Fanton, John McCarthy and Patrick Durkin. William J. Rowse reports alias warrants issued for 34 delinquent taxes, prompting many payments and a new batch of 40 warrants to sheriffs. Also noted are corporate moves: Lines West of the New England Transportation Co. relocates to Hartford with a branch in Danbury run by H. W. Hall. Freda J. Swentzel to Providence as superintendent of maintenance. A. E. Stewart becomes superintendent. Hartford offices to remain at the Hartford station.
Paris, March 4. Mime Lupescu, companion of Prince Carol of Roumania in exile, would like to go to the United States but fears American immigration officials. She aids Carol during a meeting proposing he go to the US as an automobile racer. Lupescu speaks English fluently and wonders if she would face similar treatment as Countess Cathcart.
Dr George H Cohen of Hartford assistant United States District Attorney will speak at the fourth annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Bureau at Park Avenue Temple at 8 oclock Sunday evening March 7. He is Yale trained editor and active in Jewish affairs. The bureau funds relief work aiding about 65 families monthly and reports will be read with officers elected.
Atlantic City March 4 AP Bishop Edwin H W Hughes, presiding over the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal church annual conference, urged cordial ties between parents and children and between pastors and youth. He blamed adult criticism for estranging youth and dismissed current fashions as largely harmless, contrasting them with 1880s styles and recalling doctors warning mothers about corsets.
The Massachusetts New York lake bed dispute reached the U S Supreme Court as Rochester eyed a park site on a Genesee River parcel. Massachusetts grounds its claim on the Hartford treaty of 1786 arguing title to lands under Lake Ontario waters. New York counters accretion and sovereignty. Special master Wada H. Wills reported against Massachusetts.
Snowdrifts between North Adams and Berkshire County hindered Carmine Trombill of Agawam and Joseph Verteramo of East Longmeadow from appearing in Sea District Court to answer charges of stealing Attorney J. H. Madden's car. The chase across Berkshire roads ended with their capture and later arrest, while the car was identified as Madden's. Heavy snow, up to 73 inches in some spots, left the town largely unreachable.
Yale New Haven March 4 AP reports Yale college underclassmen caused damage during Tuesday night activities. The Yale News calls the incident a mix of chaotic celebrations and symbolic wreckage, jokingly noting “three world swimming records, five barrels of broken dish” and urging calmer family gatherings in future events.
Portland Maine March 4 AP Fred G Nicholson former trolley conductor turned Maine lottery agent for the original Louisiana lottery paid a 50 fine in police court today charged with disposing of lottery tickets His attorney said he planned to negotiate with the United States attorney that day and the government would take action
The article notes Nicholson is scheduled to appear in Westrook Municipal Court today on a charge similar to the one for which he was fined in this report.
State Tax Commissioner William J Blodgett will aid Hartford in verifying bank and insurance stockholder lists. He believes the issue can be settled without suit and will provide legitimate assistance to ensure credits are accurate.
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