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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
9
George F.P. Gunther of Westboro Mass and Mary G Day of New Haven, a niece, were each left 10000 in the will of the late Amelia B Gunther filed for probate. The estate total was stated as more than 10000 with other relatives and friends receiving from 5000 to 15000.
Fred Gottschalk of 1530 Noble Avenue collapsed at Hayes Fish Market 200 Fairfield Avenue when a ruptured artery in his leg bled profusely. He was removed to Bridgeport Hospital where he lost a large amount of blood but his condition is not serious.
A whist and pinochle party will be held at 308 Wood Avenue under the Fifth District Democratic club. William Jackson, entertainment committee chair, will oversee arrangements. Play begins at 8:30 PM.
Local musicians Maria Caselotti and Mrs Joss ephine Patuzzi will join Percy Boat in a concert conducted by A Louis Scarmolin at Emerson High School West Hoboken N J Sunday night. The program features Scarmolin works and grand opera arias, with Caselotti a coloratura soprano Patuzzi a lyric soprano and Boat a baritone.
An official notice announces Supreme Master Will A Narbis of the Ancient Order of United Workmen will attend the regular meeting of Farren Lodge No 67 in St George Hall Stratford avenue tonight Recorder John Williams says Grand Lodge of Connecticut officers are expected to be present at the event.
A string of funeral notices and obituaries from several towns reports Nora Beecher wife of John C Beecher of 289 Sterling Street dying after a lingering illness. It lists survivors including a daughter and siblings abroad and details funeral mass at St Marys and burial in St Michaels. Additional notices cover William Chestnut James Moran August Schneider Mary J McHale and others with service times locations and cemeteries across Bridgeport Greenwich Ansonia and Derby.
German Hall in Ansonia was destroyed by fire early today causing $80,000 in losses. The blaze forced more than a dozen residents to flee in nightclothes as adjoining buildings suffered damage from falling walls. Owner David Axelrod and workers face substantial financial setbacks including a $55,000 loss to the main structure and $2,500 due to a sub-contract payment. Police and fire officials conduct investigation while an angry mob threatened the owner. Fire origins uncertain, but embers from mortar heating may have sparked the blaze.
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