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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
9
The Irish Free State plans a March 17 start for a new liquor law changing St Patrick s Day from dry to wet. Details shift as authorities decide on shop numbers and hours of sale. Officials estimate about 4 000 of 13 000 pubs may close or alter operations over ten years.
Former Congressman J O Sullivan spoke at a St Patrick's Day Kiwanis dinner in Scratfield hotel ballroom. He recalled attending a Jefferson Day event with Senator Olle James and critiqued intolerance. The program featured Irish songs, dance numbers, and Wayburn troupe performances, with green attire and festive pageantry.
Augusta Nichols Camp widow of Daniel N. Camp died last night at her daughter Grace Anderson's home in Pittsburgh after months of illness. She was 88, celebrated Washington's Birthday, lived 25 years in Pittsburgh, survived by daughter Clyde Anderson, two grandchildren Betty and Don Anderson, three sisters and a brother. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church Newtown Saturday at 11. Interment Newtown Village cemetery.
In Macon Georgia on March 17 three young men were jailed as suspects in the slaying of wealthy cotton broker J. B. Hogan. Mrs. Tanner identified one suspect as Douglas Weaver, with a coroner's inquest heard and two cars found near the scene. The coroner’s jury ruled death by unknown parties as investigators pursue a gang of thieves connected to the crime.
Plainville reports Archie Pilon fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving after his car hit a train on January 1. He also paid costs on a concealed weapon charge, with no proof, and was discharged on intoxication. Passengers include James Cunningham Mrs Emily Schutte and another woman. Schutte in hospital six weeks. Pilon injured along with him.
York March 17 CAP S Gifford president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company denied rumors of a stock split accompanying an 8 1 4 point jump to 165 1 2 the highest price since 1303 No action is under consideration He said the suggested corporate reorganization stock split and increased dividend in the morning paper is absurd and out of harmony with the company’s aims
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