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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1927

Page

4

Bonds Gone After Official's Death by Own Action

Boston report says securities entrusted to Charles L. Talbot, treasurer of Lockwood Greene Co. thrift fund, are missing after his death. Officials noted no clear irregularities in company accounts. Audit incomplete. total loss undetermined. Trustees hope cash and company contributions may be restored or deferred. Talbot also served as comptroller. Talbot's body found in a gas-filled room in Weymouth.

Boston Charles L. Talbot Lockwood Greene and Co. Inc Cooperatise Everett A Greene Talbot Orth Weymouth

Vague reference hints at mishap during business trip

A fragment notes a man preparing for a New York business trip with his wife watching, while an official at first attributed his act to overwork. The incomplete text leaves the precise event unclear.

New York Offlelila Theompany

Robert Purdy Darien Ex Selectman Dies at 80

Robert H Purdy a former Darien selectman and state legislator died at his home after a battle with pneumonia He was eighty born in New York City and moved to Noroton He worked as a construction engineer for the Cornelia Vanderbitt estate on the Grand Central Terminal project He is survived by his wife and a son Clayton Purdy

Darien Rovert H Purdy Jegialation Ile Wad New York City Noroton Purdy Cornellia Vanderbitt Grand Central Terminal Clayton Purdy

Hoisting Cable Breaks Leaves 400 Miners Stranded

Libertyville Ind March 17 AP a broken hoisting cable at Shirkle No 1 mine trapped 400 workers at shaft bottom forcing them to walk out rather than ride the cage. initial reports claimed entombment but details circulated, leaving miners stunned.

Libertyville Ind Shirkle No 1

Explorer Gow Smith Missing in Brazil Field Study

New York dated dispatch reports Francis Gow Smith has not been heard from in four months after traveling from the Museum of the American Indian Heys foundation to study unknown Brazilian tribes. His last letter described primitive Nambliku ara on the Roosevelt River of Doubt trail, sleeping on the ground and eating raw food.

New York Trancis Gow-Smith Brazil Museum of the American Indian Heys Foundation Gow-Smith Jrueni

True Matrimony A State of Mind Confession Of Hatred

A fragment suggests a sardonic take on marriage as a mental state, ending with a woman’s confession of hatred toward a perceived pi. The snippet hints at social commentary on marital expectations and personal dissatisfaction within union narratives.

Edison Pursues US Rubber Venture at Caloosahatchee

Fort Myers March 17 Edison concentrates on a American rubber program at Seminole Lodge near the Caloosahatchee River. He and Ford discuss domestic rubber amid fields at Labelle and the aim to grow a commercial plant in the United States. Edison notes high labor costs abroad and suggests war spurred the project as he studies rubber producing plants through microscopes with Fred Ott.

Horace V Wilkins Fort Meyers Florida Caloosahatchee Thomas Addison Menlo Park Og Ha Cone Edison Edigon Seminole Lodge Edieén Fred Ott Henry Ford United States Ford Labelly Harrson Uiftea Mr. Halburt Uttchcock Pittaburgin Orld Labelle Harvey Firestone Firestone Liberia Africa

Painter Ends His Life in New York Tragedy

In New York on March 17 AP reports painter Conrad Glasser, driven by the deaths of his infant child and a nephew, killed his wife with a kitchen knife at her sister’s home and then fatally cut his own throat.

New York Conrad Glasser

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