Jersey Woman Excused From Jury Duty After Strain
Trent on March 17. Judge Mat of the Mercer circuit excuses Mrs Anna Cunningham from further jury service after two mixed juries within a week left her exhausted and nervous. He noted illness in 16 years and said jury duty assaults natural modesty and reserve, urging others to know what to expect if they serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
X. J
Associated Press
Mat
Shell
Mercer
Court of Common
Anna Cunningham
James
Ten Thousand Troops Parade Through Boston Harbor District
In Boston on March 17, thousands attended the peninsular South Boston celebration of the 346th anniversary of evacuation by British forces. A parade featured ten thousand regular and veteran troops with a reviewing stand for notable guests including Stanley of Kentucky, Governor Cox, and Mayor Curley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Seratop Stanley
Kentucky
Cox
Curley
Vespucci Called Swindler by German Geographer
Berlin March 17 A German writer in Geographical Magazine declares Amerigo Vespucci a fraud, alleging he never reached America and that America was named for a swindler. The piece mocks his voyages, cannibal lore, and dates, noting Waldseemüller coined America to honor Vespucci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl H von Wiegand
Berlin
Amerigo
Americ
America
New Madrid
Ahip
Vexspucci
Maanhhausen
South America
Hue
Bridgeport Patents Issued This Week in Hat’s Office List
Patents awarded to Bridgeport residents include George M. Eames clutch and stop mechanism Harry C Ives toy boat Acme Shear Company trade mark cast iron scissors and shears and Raybestos Company trade mark break lining Other state names follow Hector W Lough Hartford power transmitting device Guy C Claypools Harden pipe wrench Irving C Jennings South Norwalk float controlled valve operating mechanism Simon Lake Milford conduit construction Frank A Myers Plainville butt hinge Adelura E B Ravenelle Norwich fly mark preventer Arnold Ly Schavoir Stamford hydraulic power Ernest W Slingsby Saybrook pedal operated musical instrument Ludwig St Stendahl Fairfield screw retainer Charles L Tarker Waterbury fuse or cable union Designs Ciriaco Marra Middletown rocking chair Cephas B Rogers Danbury electric light bracket Trade marks Nash Engineering Co South Norwalk vacuum heating and condensation pumps Stollwerck Brothers Inc Stamford Mikkawa Coch milk chocolate and unsweetened chocolate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Partiga
Wooster & Davis
Bridgeport
George M. Eames
Harry C. Ives
Acme Shear Company
Raybestos Company
Hector W. Lough
Hartford
Guy ¢C
Claypools
Harden
Irving C. Jennings
South Norwalk
Simon Lake
Milford
Constructus
Frank A. Myers
Plainville
Adelura EB
Ravenelle
Norwich
Aronld
Ly Schavoir
Stamford
Wilbur L. Shepard
Elmwood
Ernest W. Slingsby
Saybrook
Ludwig St. Stendahl
Fairfield
Charles L. Tarker
Waterbury
Fino
Cable Union
Ciriaco Marra
Middletown
Cephas B. Rogers
Danbury
Nash Engineering Company
Stollwerck Brothers, Inc
Mikcacwa, Coch
Freight cars seized in Florida with liquor stocks
County sheriffs and railroad police halted two Florida East Coast freight cars last night finding 437 cases of assorted liquor and 200 cases concealed in a vegetable shipment. The seizure occurred on the tracks near Miami amid a sweep against illicit liquor consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Frs
Florida East Coast
Committee to Meet Irish Envoys in New York Today
Simon Crehan of Fremont street and Madwiney council members join the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for a conference with Austin Stack and J J O Kelly in New York. They plan a countrywide tour with first addresses at the Marpoonnetta state convention in Boston, then Hartford, with possible Bridgeport dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Crehan
Fremont Street
Madwiney Council
American Association For the Recognition
New York
Austin Stack
J. J. O'Kelly
Irish Republican Party
Ireland
Aquitania
Messrs. Stack
O'Kelly
Marpoohinetta
Boston
Hartford
Bridgeport
Obituary notices from March 1922 list several local funerals
A batch of notices records funeral plans for multiple residents including Crowley, Boettger, Bundock, Cotter, Eadie, Gallbronner, Graether, Hosefson, Swamu, and Gillane. Entries specify birth ages, residence addresses, service times, and interment sites such as St Michael's Cemetery, Park Cemetery, Lakeview Cemetery, and Mountain Grove, with final thanks from the Gillane family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundock
Mary Bundock
George Bundock
Central Avenue
St. Michael's Cematery
Cotter
Thia City
David H. Cotter
Capitol Avenue
St. Patrick's Church
St. Michael's
St. Patrick’s Church
Hla Gau Eadde
Hermann Kallenbach
Grasmare Avenue
Pairfeld
Graether
Charles, Graether
Cottage Street
Fark Cemetery
Newark
N. J
Hosefson
Magnug Toxelsen
Priengg
Linwood Ue
Swedish Congregational Church
Cor
Morgan Urges Full Payment for New Haven Bonds
Boston March 1 J 2 Morgan conferred with bankers to press for a full 100 percent cash payment on New York New Haven and Hartford debentures due April 1 The plan proposes 10 percent cash and 90 percent extended to 1925 with 7 percent interest and government loans to cover the initial cash. Debenture holders urged to deposit notes with Bankers Trust Company before March 27 1922 to activate the plan or face possible receiver ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
J. 2
Morgan
Bankery
New York
New Haven
Hartford Bate
New England
Bankers Trust Company
United States
Ghoan Tha
Itis
Ite
Intersting Commerce Commission
Sheffield silverware definition debated by manufacturers
Washington March 17 The Associated Press reports silverware makers notify the Federal Trade Commission they favor a formal definition of Sheffield plate. They describe it as bare metal or nickel silver with at least 10 percent nickel, possibly mixed with Britannia or melt. The commission has not decided whether to grant the term as a trademark or its use in trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Federal Trade Commission
Brittania
Inge
Sheffield
Springfield Man Is Given Jail Sentence
Greenwich, March 17. John Brune of Springfield was found in possession of a car said to have been stolen from that city and was sentenced to bail for six months by Judge Y R Mead on a charge of concealing weapons in his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
John Brune
Springfield
Y R. Mead
Police move seized liquor to Government warehouse
Waterbury police today transferred a truckload of seized liquor from the station to the Government warehouse in New Haven for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
New Haven
Auction Sale Sees Societa Cristofaro Colombo Buy City Station
The Societa Cristofaro Colombo bought the old Second precinct station at Walter and Green streets for 5750 dollars in an auction led by City Sheriff Jamoa J. Leon. Bidders included Rev. Henry B. Kelly and D. Fairchild Wheeler. Built in 190? the station ward was closed in 1918 after 22 years of service. society plans to convert it into clubrooms.
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Societa Cristofaro Colombo
Bose
Walter and
Green U
Jamoa J. Leon
Henry B. Kelly
St. George's Plycopal Church
Anit D. Faircchild Wheeler
Bourg Waa
Purchasing Society
Girl Writer of Hawaii to Enter Columbia
Ban Francisco March 17 Miss Cynthia Brown 16 a former pages handler for Hawaiian newspapers arrives on the army transport Sherman en route to Columbia University New York as a junior journalism student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BAN
Prancisco
Aagouizled Press
Cynthia Brown
Hondiuln
Sherman
Columbia University
New York
Journaligi
Food Prices Fall 0.8 Percent in February
Retail food costs for the average U S family dropped 0.8 percent from January, a Labor Department computation shows. Reductions ranged up to 48 percent for rye and granulated sugar, while prices rose as much as 1.79 percent for onions. A Kentucky man ran off with his mother in law who was visiting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marchlin
Agdaulated Press
United States
Department. of Labor
Kentucky
Fraternal Meetings Set For Multiple Lodges Tonight
A notice lists meeting dates for Fraternal MdNer and lodges including The THe gram at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Encampment 10 0 wr 164 State Street Canton Park Lo0 0 F 4089 Broad Street OMe 0 BR ME Schitler lodges U Humboldt Stamm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Stree
Bridgeport
State Street
Canton Park
Broad Street
Schitler Lodges
Humboldt Stamm
Salvation Army Aid Reaches Hundreds in February
The Salvation Army report shows relief work in the city during February. Free meals fed the homeless. 12 destitute men received temporary employment and three obtained permanent work. Goods distributed included 165 people in 40 families receiving groceries and 75 meals provided.
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Salvation Army
Army
Plunge Down Stairs at Party Ends in Fatality
Norwalk March 11 AdSIPRE Erranee died today in Norwalk hospital from injuries sustained when he fell downstairs at the Midmary Inn during a celebration for mortgage payment. The incident occurred February 1 and the case is being investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalic
Adsipre Erranee
Norwalky Hospital
Midmary Inn
Ce Atery
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Herriage
Lacon
Pilny
Maecenas
Venpucel
Japan
Flovence
Olly
Dante
Michaac Angelo
Waldseemueller
Florida
Main ST
Elm
Paris
A. R
St. Peter's Church
Tusband
Thomas J Gillane
Mbs
Giulane
Hughes & Chapman Co
Stratford Ave
Conn
Peat Deel
Societa Crisofaro Colombo
Hawaii
Columbia
Hugh J. Koenig
Pres
Treas
Rockwell & Co
Rockwell
Journal Patterns
Moie Bags
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