Funeral procession for king sheltered by civic leaders
Distinguished citizens arrive from distant towns for the funeral service with Fire administration, Board of Apportionment, Republican Town committee and state's attorney's office represented. In the foreground stand William E. Burnham, John A. Laverty, Harry H. Pritchard, Miss Bridget A. Lester, Miss Rose McCarthy, Mrs Mary L. Lynch, Mrs Eloise Peabody. On the steps appear State's Attorney Williamt H. Comley, Mayor Behrens, Postmaster Connor, George S. Hill, City Attorney A. L. DeLaney.
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John O'Connell
Myrtle
George W. Wheeler
Wilam H. Comley
Clifford B. Wil Elmore S Panks
F. Connor
Frederic A Partlett
Behrena
Jamey C. Lannon
Samuel Dawe
Police Board
Elmer H. Havens
Board of Education
Sadie R. Leewith
John G Stevens
Willam E. Muirtin
Wiliam E Burnham, Pesident
John A Leverty
Monsigor
Panies
Mi Cioney
St Chines
Elks
Monsignoy
Piinkiel
MA King’s
Holy Name Society
John Durkin
Kilian
J. J. Kennedy
John J. Walsh
Thomas Griffin
John Lynch
Charilea Hosey
Michale Thompson
Thomas Gloster
T. A Byrne
Ernest Wilson
M. P. Ofely
Hey. O'Connor
Jopph Ford
Charlies Leddy
Thomas J. Sullivan
Races Guekrieto
Tatrick Quinlan
Peter H Melean
Robert Bowen
Alfred Driscoll
Joseph Ganley
James Dolan
Stratford
Blakes
Fairfield
Stephen Chernitzky
John Sullivan
Panik
Komara
Pankos
Golob
Walter Lyddy
New F Britain
Raymond Clabby
New Britain
Michael J. Guerin
Austin Fiunish
Dennis Moran
Gr John Anderson
St Thomas’ Seminary
Finton Terhan
Harry O’brien
Galligher
Hev. Mahan
Charles Ratajczak
Largest Funeral for John T King Leaves City in Mourning
The largest funeral in the city’s history honors John T King. Crowds line Myrtle Avenue and Prospect as a lengthy Catholic service led by Monsignor McGivney recalls Mr King’s civic and church ties. Officials, police, firemen, and hundreds attend from multiple states, with a procession to the cemetery and a solemn committal service.
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John T. King
Turing
King
St Paul
John
Uol
Courtland Jatreet
Fairtela Avenue
Stratford
Connecticut Avenue
Iking
Meo Wing
Thomas YP. Mooney
Mystic
Sacred Heart Church
John J. Cloonan
C. M
St. John’s College
Brooklyn
Mr. King
James F. Kennedy
C M
Mr. Bing
Kenney
St. John's
Bing
Charles A. Leddy
St. Peter's Church
Monaignor McGivney
John McGivney
Leo Finn
W. L. Blake
St. Thomas’ Church
Fairfeld
Charles Stuart Canfield
A J. Northav
J. Murray Johnson
Robert T Suynch
James T. Reynolds
M. J. Lawer
Waterbury
Frank D. Anderson
Carl F. Siemon
Henry €. Stevenson
George T McCarthy, Jr
Charles A. Wheeler
Police Department
Theodore Troosevelt
John T King
Israel
Tour youths in Stamford admit car theft and robberies
In Stamford youths detained by a traffic officer confessed at police headquarters to stealing the car they rode in from Malden Massachusetts and stealing from a store along the way. Waterbury police have been notified of the possible Waterbury theft. George T. Alley, 76, a drawbridge tender on the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn line, completed 50 years of service without a single missed day.
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Stamford
Malden
Mass
George TE. Alley
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn Allroad
Only One Rail System On Full Schedule In UK
London May 17 AP Most industries recover from the general strike but only one railway system ran a full schedule. Other lines operated at about 60 percent. Post offices are congested with mail and parcels. Parcel post service was halted during the strike and resumed with backlog. Miners dispute likely to be settled in days, coal supplies to railroads dwindling. Premier Baldwin proposals need miners' assent. mine owners still to be heard. Estimated strike costs: railway union £1,000,000. companies £5,500,000. The pound rises despite economic loss, shown as stability and prestige by Times and press. Morning papers return to normal size, four pages max, with larger editions promised.
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London
Baldwin
South Wales
National Union of Railwaymen
Great Britain
London Times
Times
Chinese Death Rites and Starvation to Honor the Dead
A Chinese worker in an American company faced pressure to provide elaborate funeral rites despite poverty. He borrowed 40 dollars to obtain a proper casket and bearers, but the company denied repayment as a benefit of long service, highlighting ancestral worship and face in Chinese custom.
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China
Lin
Admits Killing Farmer in Self Defense in New Hampshire
Joseph D. Owens known as Franks Owens confessed to killing Louis Jacobowitz a farmer in what he described as self defense Sheriff Devion Spinney announced Owens was being brought to Portsmouth after arrest in Derry on murder charges He claimed the farmer was placed on a pile of charred corn stalks near Jacobowitz home. In Hollywood California Jack Pickford and Marilyn Miller said they have separated but will not divorce or seek legal separation.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Louis Jacobowitz
Joseph D. Owens
Franks Owens
Derry
Owens
Jacobowitz
Atkinson
Devion Spinney
Ilollywiood
Cal
Jack Pickford
Marilyn Miller
Misa E Miller
Canada Business Failures Edge Down in Early 1926
Canada records show commercial failures in the first quarter of 1926 decreased from 1922 and 1924 levels, with 464 failures and liabilities of 6.936 million dollars. March saw improvement over February, while trading establishments led the months’ failures at 64, a 48 percent drop from March 1926.
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Ottawa
Canada
Hilldwellers Use Chaucer English in Kentucky Mountains
Lexington May 17 AP Local hillfolk recount old Chaucer era Anglo Saxon terms used today Ambeer tobacco juice cipherin enaping furrin er snooping revenover Ferninst oopposite gyarbre review river cover yeeth earth yeebin and other colorful phrases illustrating rural speech and social norms among mountaineers the list offers a glimpse of regional dialect and identity through dated vocabulary
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Lexington
Ambeer
Russian Visitors in Tokyo Guarded by Police
Noted Soviet writers and labor delegates arriving in Tokyo faced constant police attention. Writer Boris Pylinyak and his wife found Japanese authorities always present, described as guards of honor, as prominent Russians protested.
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Tokyo
Japan
Boris Pylinyak
Moscow
Pylingak
Coal dust wedding shocks London couple at registry office
In London on May 17 a coal truck driver and his bride wed as coal dust showered them instead of confetti. Friends hoisted the couple onto a coal laden truck and dusty newlyweds were held aloft on coal sacks by six workers as they left St Pancras Registry Office.
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London
England
St. Pancras Registry Office
Counile Ater
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