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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1926

Page

15

German Village Marks Purchase Of Old New York

In Wesel Germany May 4 APB marks the 350th anniversary of the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans by Peter Minuit for about 24 guilders. The ceremony honored Minuit's journey, his role in New Netherland, and the spread of Dutch colonial history to the modern city of New York.

Old New York Wests Germany Manhattan Island Peter Minuit Stoneland Lawn Wesel Minuit New Netherlands New York Holland France West Indies New Sethernlands Cowayan Manbertin

Entertainer Arthur Clifford to head local concert show

Arthur Clifford leads a Mang cloh of Christ Episcopal Church fund concert at Central High School tonight. Leslie Vaughn's student orchestra opens at 5 15 p.m. with two pieces, followed by Toe Pimpernels vaudeville acts. Featured performers include Clement Matthews Lewis Fenton Arthur Clifford Charles Kessell Jr Osteven Brothers Ernest Ci ate Jr and Sr A C Flather Arthur Beretsen Allan Ashcroft Freehorne Mass Lilian Hartley and Mrs Mildred Fenton as accompanists.

Arthur Clifford Toe Pimpernels Central Figh Mang Cloh Christ Episcopal Church Clement Matthews Leslie Vaughn Pimpernels Lewis Fenton Charles Kessell Osteven Brothers Ernest Ciate, Jr A.C Flather Arthur Beretsen Allan Ashcroft Freehorne Mass Lilian Hartley Mldred Fenton

Experienced flyers to command bases in Washington May Day

The Navy ordered thirty-two officers to assume command of aviation detachments at Pensacola and Tackeen Training Center. The move places veteran flyers in charge of base aviation operations and related detachments, strengthening managerial control over base air units.

Washington Navy Rink Truare Penshela Fly Sheing School Tackeen Mma Fivat

Two Hartford Elevator Operators Arrested in $1500 Theft

War rants issued for Harry Green and Walter Shea, elevator operators at Hartfield-Connecticut Trust building, charged with stealing a locked box containing 1500 dollars from a bank area. The box was to be moved to the bank for Monday, with the watchman unaware of the missing funds.

Hartford Harry Green Walter Shea Hartfield-Connecticut Trust Company George Cordone Conlone

When To Do Nothing As Children Grow Up

Our Children reflects on adolescence when parents must step back. It warns against forcing plans and instead urges patience as teens drift toward independence. The piece stresses that the most guidance may be no direct action and that growth occurs beyond parental control. It emphasizes individual paths and accepting outcomes.

Tech Sayas Jess

Deposed Sultan Opposes Naming Of New Caliph

Former Turkish sultan Mehmed Khan, who fled in 1922, protests a Cairo Islam conference planned for May 3 to pick a caliph. He says only he can convoke such a congress and rejects any decision by Mustafa Kemal Pasha as binding. The Cairo congress, led by the Cairo University rector, says the meeting will discuss the caliphate, not name a caliph.

San Remo Italy Mehmed Khan Turkey Natinal Assembly Meynllin I Glamic Chira Salim Mustapha Kemal Pasha Congress of Islam Cairo Sylphate Aghar University

Coroner Inquires Into Baby Death In Bridgeport Hospital

Coroner John H Fhelan will hold an inquest at 2 p m today into the death of Krank In etsane an 8 month old infant of 89 Hallett Street. The child died in bridgeport hospital Sunday noon after being strangled in the crib. The funeral was held yesterday at 3 o clock from his home and from St Mary's Church with a requiem mass. The report notes the infant's length and the crib opening measurements. The article also mentions a separate note about the British government revenue from a grape vine at Hampton Court Palace and gifts of grapes to hospitals.

John H. Fhelan Krank Etsane Hallett Street Bridgeport Hospital Jer. Itta St. Mary's Church Ernest Wilson Rusla St. Michael's Cemetery Hampton Court Palace Hospitala

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