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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1927
Page
15
The business world stresses breakfast as essential to morning productivity. Quaker Oats is promoted for a balanced protein and carbohydrate mix with vitamin B and laxative bulk. Quick Quaker serves two varieties. grocers offer ready-to-cook options, urging customers to buy today for better mornings.
An old advertisement touts Marmola as a science backed, gland-targeted method for rapid fat loss needing no exercise or diet changes. It hawks a one dollar box with a pamphlet claiming doctors and readers endorse it and offers a dubious weight loss promise despite lack of credible medical support.
An old advertisement fragment touts nerve relief methods promising comfort and sleep from neuritis. It mentions various potions and tonics, urging readers to seek quick relief and steady rest, with scattered references to dosages and product names. The text is garbled but centers on advertised nerve care.
Fragmentary obituary notes an elderly landowner, Shaddeos Po Hanuttan, who held property as the city faced resource concerns. The piece references aging residents, a long life in Den resourds, and mentions neighbors and relatives in a brief local notice.
President Borne, in a dispatch to the Associated Press, reaffirmed Haiti’s policy to bar U.S. Senator King of Utah from entering Haiti. The move followed indications the senator planned to land in Santo Domingo to join local opposition leaders. Haitian officials described the measure as a defensive act to protect sovereignty and avoid external interference in domestic politics.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions an ambassador with unclear actions and a test bot. It references Westington, a post, and relations with Pern Me Sea and Catia Bra. Details are unreadable. no coherent event emerges.
Danbury teachers petition the school board for higher department head salaries from 2500 to 2800 and for other teachers from 2300 to 2400. Superintendent’s pay rose to 6000 amid plans to open the former high school as an intermediate school next September, transferring seventh and eighth graders from 11 schools. All teachers face re-engagement and offers will be made at the next meeting.
Rosie Kornish 42 of 494 T Win Street fined 25 dollars and costs for shoplifting at a downtown store near the city center. Other locals faced fines or investigations for breaches of peace, disorderly conduct, and related offenses. Kenneth Snipot 39 of 382 Atlantic Street held for investigation after drunken incident at 10 Lessinton venue.
Katherine Drexel, heir to the late Joseph Drexel fortune, married Eaton Cromwell, son of Mrs Edward T Stotesbury, in a Swiss ceremony. The bride, prominent in New York and Philadelphia, was previously Mrs Richard Smith Lemuel Beals’s granddaughter.
About 3000 passengers aboard the Giuseppe Verdi, the Lort Victor, and the Carby were delayed by dense fog delaying their landing in New York. The ships were to reach Quirinanine Bay at 3 30 am but did not clear to port until later in the day. Long Island Sound steamers Plymouth and Lexington anchored off Flushing Island as fog stalled operations.
A joint conference of miners and operators in Ohio plans a wage parley to avert a potential strike. The union and management agreed on a unified approach, aiming to prevent a statewide shutdown and to set wage terms for coal workers.
Fragment shows garbled text about a wedding, a person named Creer of ML Vestas, a boat, alligators, and a coffee morning. Details are unreadable and names unclear.
A fatal shooting and wounding erupted during a dispute over the city health department. Dr C W Goddard shot and killed Munatchim Johnson after a confrontation at Johnsen’s office. Goddard was later found dead in a city jail cell from self inflicted wounds. Investigations and political fallout followed as officials debated accountability and the future head of the health department.
Reniter Greene of Vermont refuses to accept a $7,500 expense allowance tied to his medical bills after being shot during a long battle between bootleggers and prohibition agents. He says it would be improper to burden others with costs from his personal misfortune. Greene still walks with a limp from injuries once deemed potentially fatal.
A plea for executive clemency for Warren W. McCray, former Indiana governor now at Atlanta penitentiary, was quietly presented to President Coolidge by Representative Wood. Indiana leaders signed and urged action, with McCray sentenced to ten years for mail fraud. He becomes parole eligible August 1.
A lottery ticket purveyor, Levy, was bound over to the Supreme Court after a city court arraignment. Readiness exams and allegations tied to the printing of lottery tickets in a district near Staite Street are noted as investigators questioned others involved in the alleged scheme.
In a dispatch from AP, Chilean Communists are sent to an island exile location. Reported details describe transport by army vessel and confinement on a remote Pacific outpost, with authorities asserting political dispersion as part of security measures.
Special policemen report today at a platform where officers prepare and employ staff, noting procedures and roles. The text describes a formal briefing and use of aides in patrolling, with references to equipment and actions undertaken by the unit.
Two men receive compensation for workplace injuries. One man, 72, a bank janitor, sustained a back strain while lowering a heavy cement box at a Torrington site, with a $728 settlement under a voluntary agreement. The other case involved a 14d old disability claim linked to a Park Avenue incident in New Haven, with weekly benefits and time limits under the law.
In Madison a reform slate member won the probate judge seat succeeding Arthur W Marsden. Eleven ballots were cast for Avarts and Vendleton while others were disqualified. The vote totals show Independent Republican 405 for Evants and Republican 14 for Arta W Musden. Marsden resigned earlier, with turnout far below the last state election.
In West Palm Beach a bank run followed multiple closures as Citizens Bank remained open to meet depositor demands while Farmers' Bank and Trust, First National Bank of Lake Worth, and Ocorn City Bank Delray closed. Officials urged calm and stated open banks could meet withdrawals. causes cited include real estate inactivity and blanket suspensions.
The U S Supreme Court without a written decision affirmed its 1917 stance prohibiting race based housing segregation. The New Orleans case argued that changing conditions justified broader interpretation to keep peace. officials claimed segregation would ease race tensions.
About 100 sportsmen attended at Remington Arma Company last night for a brief meeting. The group voted to pay the secretary 14 percent of dues and planned an inspection tour of the Remington Arms plant on Thursday afternoon. Seth Wait spoke on the History of Ammunition and traced its development from bows to modern high power rounds. The association extended thanks to Remington officials for hosting the gathering and plant visit.
Danbury resident Patrick W Connolley was reappointed as state factory inspector for a second fouryear term by Commissioner Hart with Sutton Mackenzie of Bethel noted. The post, effective July 1, carries a $3000 yearly salary. Connolley, a longtime labor figure, has served in the state labor department since 1911 with a break 1327 to 1419 and previously held the inspector role under governors Baldwin and Ogdillwin.
An informal opening of a water colors exhibition at the Art League features Hiss Palmer Payne of Westport and a guest list including Wis Payne recollections and remarks by committee members. A historic event reception is planned Friday evening with leaders and members assisting in organizing, honoring World War I era contributions and artistic displays.
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