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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
18
A one man committee investigates center city waste receptacles with advertising. He proposes removing trims and advertising to better mark them as waste paper holders. Board of Health boxes replaced open cans and now have small top apertures with signs that are hard to read.
Evidence in Mrs Helen Stokes divorce suit includes letters by W E D Stokes to detective Harrison seeking details on Stokes’s wife past marriages and associations in Chicago Denver and at hotels The letters were admitted conditionally in court seen as a victory for Mrs Stokes and reveal how investigators pursued alleged former ties and witnesses while two defense witnesses faltered in testimony.
Charles Sammis and Victor Lafield, painters, fell about fifty feet from the Thomas P. Taylor factory roof at Harral and Sanford avenues. Sammis, 44, of 62 Rennell Street, was in serious condition at St. Vincent’s with internal injuries. Lafield, 18, of Long Hill, suffered a scalp laceration and possible skull fracture. both were treated after the fall yesterday morning.
Governor Lake announced at the capitol new appointments including harbor masters for three years Thomas A. Scott New London Edward T. Avery New Haven Walter W Hubbell Stratford Herman Jackel Jr Norwich George P Mewitt Hartford G G Fllsworth Meech Middletown Oscar F Pendleton Stonington George Wy Brobs Greenwich Alonzo W Burns Milford Edward B Palmer Stamford F W Morgan Noank Deputy harbor masters Frederick S Brush Greenwich Alonzo W Burns Milford Edward B Palmer Stamford F W Morgan Deputy harbor master S Perry New London Wil Dawley Norwich Thomas J McCormick Stonington State board of examiners of barbers Edward H Landers Waterbury A H Harrenstein Oakville Alphonse Bordeau Plainville State chemists William Cutter Hast Lynn Henry L Borg Stamford James A Newlands Hartford State board of embalmers James J Lenehan Hartford William H Allen Norwich Commissioner of pharmacy I W Moreland New Britain
Two small cases appear in the Common Pleas docket with sums of 440 and 5509. Joseph Apjuk sues Franz Phillip for 500 on a 3200 note due since October 20, 1920. A Parejas seeks 440 on a 250 debt owed by Charles and Philip Phillipian of Bridgeport. London is cited for a pedigree searcher and other trades are listed.
Bridgeport reports growing interest in lawn tennis as public courts in Seaside and Beardsley Parks see high demand. The Board of Recreation issues one hour permits per player weekly to balance demand, with courts opening at 8:15 am and the last permit at 6:15 pm. Park crews upgrade facilities, adding courts at Idsiy Park, and aim to provide morning play before the busy evening period.
A former soldier distributes food to Stratford students and needy families from a truck sent by Empire Food Products of New York. The effort includes powdered milk and other nourishing items, with ongoing supplies planned and the donor requesting anonymity.
City council voted to reduce coat requirements, changing minimum outerwear from six layers to four as part of a broader dress code update. Officials cited safety concerns and practical heating costs readings. The measure focuses on public spaces and school guidelines.
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