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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1926
Page
15
Funeral details for Belle Strauss Levy fifty five to sixty five years old and others including Miss Anna McWelvey, Mrs Beardsley, Nellie Tidboald Carey, Henry Cobb, Lor M Eliza Dixon, John J Flynn, Donato Caserio, Caleb T D Tuttle, and family survivors. Services at homes churches and temples with burials in Washington Cemetery Brooklyn St Michael's Milford Waycross Paris Milford.
The notices report multiple funeral services. Patrick O Neill of 204 Breach Street dies Wednesday and funeral today from M J Gannon Funeral Home to St Charles Church, burial in St Michael's Cemetery. M Stormes dies aged seventy four of Stratford, funeral tomorrow 2:30 PM from Cut Spring Road home, burial Lakeview Cemetery. Mrs Catherine Flanagan Keefe of 123 Harral Avenue dies Tuesday night, funeral today 8:36 AM from home and 9:00 AM at St Augustine's Church, burial St Michael's Cemetery. Clarence L 87 of 163 Fifth Street, Singer Manufacturing clerical employee, died Tuesday, funeral held privately yesterday, burial Park Cemetery.
Ezra Turtle eight four of 1256 Noble Avenue died Wednesday morning. The funeral from his home at 2 o'clock with Rev T I Rutledge Meale of Park Street Congregational Church officiating. Burial at Lakeview Cemetery. Delegates from Samuel IL, ifarria jodge, I C GQ F will attend. He was a member of St John’s Lodge, A I and A W F.
The obituary notes the funeral arrangements for James and for Mrs Werthetuy widow of Mr Werthetuy. Services will be held at 9 o clock in the morning from the Blessed Sacrament church and from the Wilmer Road rooms. Burial will be in St. widow cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Washington March 11 AP The government urged that bootleggers must keep records of sales for inspection to prosecute accomplices. Justices questioned breadth of the Volstead act and possible prosecutions from a single transaction as they considered whether illicit sellers could be charged with conspiracy alongside customers.
The New England Steamship Company announces a daily freight service change. Bridgeport will be served directly from New York by a freight carrier, leaving New York at 6 PM and arriving Bridgeport at 8 PM, with return trips via the Naugatuck at 2 AM to New York by 7 AM. The City of Taunton service to New Haven is replaced. departures shift to 2 PM from New York and 1 AM from New Haven, with New York arrival at 7 AM.
The Chamber of Commerce automotive committee led by James I McIntyre met after noon at the Chamber to organize the city's automobile club. They plan to sign 100 charter members to meet American Automobile Association requirements, a process likely to take about a week. Committee members say a local club is needed and project first year membership could reach about 21,800.
The seasgoing tugboat and dense rammed the sunken wreck at Yellow Harbor entrance Tuesday night and was hauled for repair. It was relaunched last night at lock, coal loaded, and to depart for Port Chester Illinois. Initial reports say it was bound for Boston and Port Chester and remained stranded for 19 hours before tugs freed it.
Patrick I Rowe of Stratford a tenor from Blessed Sacrament church choir will air a program of Irish songs on WAY New York City radio this Wednesday at 3 pm. Rowe known for a sweet lyric voice, recently earned the engagement from twenty applicants and has performed across the state during the Alta Hanah Skiftington tour. He studies under Professor Micheel J Grat tan in this city.
Paris reports Black Prince Barbou Stirbey dubbed Rasputin of Roumanian royalty shaped the plot to force Crown Prince Carol from succession. Stirbey and Premier Bratianu pressed a renunciation, aided by Stirbey's influence with King Carol, with Carol to reside in Vienna amid ongoing negotiations.
Mrs Charles W Crispell of Clinton Avenue becomes Isridgeport Junior League’s first recipient to obtain a Braille certificate from the No Right Crowns in Washington D D pradeichy in the Grate w for the blind. The Braille method, invented in 1820 by Louis Braille, is difficult to learn and requires time. Crispell transcribed two books and passed 10 tests, 60 pages with no mistakes, a rare achievement signed by President Coolidge. The Central Red Cross leaders and executives endorsed the honor.
Washington March 11 The McFadden bill to equalize taxation of National banks by states to align with diverse state laws was favorably reported today by the Banking and Currency Committee. The measure seeks uniform taxation across jurisdictions and drew support from committee members.
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