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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
12
A garbled note urges protection through a robust blood condition and claims an herbal tonic can aid during colds. It mentions three days of work lost annually and references church and entertainment settings as risky when neighbors sneeze.
Fragmentary ad notes Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery at Eisreeete stores and druggists. Mentions digestion and blood effects, tablets priced around 65 cents to one dollar, with Buffalo New York referenced for Clinies and distribution.
May 19 Arkansas history notes the era of the slow train, with railroads noting faster, better equipped lines now run from St. Louis to El Paso and Memphis. Officials say Arkansas trains are no longer slower than peers, and the jokey “Slow Train” tag has faded from stock and publicity.
Greenwich May 19 Judge James R. Mead suspended a 20 day jail term and fined Raymond L Patriacca Seventeen of 161 Haskell Avenue Providence R I for transporting alcohol without a permit praising his model prisoner bearing and frankness Leniency was granted amid claims bootleggers sought money due to his ill mother and sister he refused to name them and Prosecutor Henry White recommended leniency emphasizing the boy’s background and privileges since the arrest last Friday.
Stamford police arrest Alphonse Saba, 36 Liberty Street, for slashing John McMahon, 7 Last Meadow Street, during a fight in a Waterbury coal yard. McMahon suffered facial injuries and was hospitalized. Saba sustained a fractured skull after being struck by a rock.
Acting Governor Edward Brainerd addressed about 800 members at the Lincoln Nepub Nean club in Stamford during a smoker and gathering. Speakers included C Russell Waterbury and Dr Dent Atkinson as entertainment and refreshments followed the event.
Policeman S Stamford testified in U S District Court against Louis Bramfield and Morris Rosenberg of 194 East Second Street New York. The suspects were arrested here on May 6 by Anderson and are prosecuted in New York for violation of the Dyer Act.
Special Motorcycle Officer George Anderson stopped a brand new car in Stamford after noticing odd behavior by the driver. Inside were Saul Sederman, 24, 20th Street, New York, and Aaron Lipskey, 22, Saratoga Avenue, Brooklyn. They could not answer questions and were arrested. The car had been reported stolen in New York last night and the duo are held for New York authorities.
City Sewer Committee accompanied by City Engineer James A McIlrox toured streets yesterday to review petitions for new sewers and related facilities. Reports will be presented at the adjourned Common Council meeting Monday night. Petitions include installations on Prescott, Montgomery, Center extension, State and Colonado, Harvard, Perth, Main, Charron, Beechmont, Haltock, Beatrice, and more, plus catch basins and a new sewer at Exeter and Judson places.
A Baltimore jury was completed to try Richard Reese Whittemore for the murder of Maryland penitentiary guard Robert H. Holtman, killed during Whittemore’s February 1925 escape. The five hour selection followed a court ruling limiting juror personal inquiry, defended by Whittemore’s counsel as an appeal aid.
Nome Alaska May 19 AP Captain Roald Amundsen leader of the Norge polar flight says Col Nobile Italian designer’s account is correct He read the narrative to be published in the Nome Nugget to approve potential denials Captain Wisting one of the Norge crew remains at Fluff Alaska after landing 75 miles from Nome. he is expected back soon
In Moscow on May 19, fifteen men were electrocuted when their loaded tools touched an overhead high tension line at a road crossing near Ekhal upive. The accident disrupted traffic as emergency crews responded. Authorities are investigating the cause and safety measures at the site.
Police seek Stephen Golasiewski twenty one of 71 Harbor street who disappeared May 17 authorities asked the public to help locate him with several leads explored and questions unanswered as of today
Miss Anelia Beardsley and Miss Johannah Ralph lead a slate of Bridgeport funerals today. Frederick Church, George E. Lover, John Lillis, Mary Elizabeth Collins, Thomas J. McGovern, Edith C. Dew, Margaret A Wood, Fred Stiles, and Mrs Harriet P Wyant are among the deceased with services at St Augustine's St Michael's and local churches, interments at Mountain Grove and Lakeview cemeteries, and relatives listed in obituaries.
August G Baker was laid to rest at Lakeview cemetery with Rev Foster Piper of the Newfield M B church officiating. Pallbearers included W Whitney C I Yeomans Rk Bight and J Burns.
Pennsylvania voters backed Vare amid Prohibition clashes as politicians from Tilson Edge to Tydings hailed the result as a push against national dryness. Wet and dry reps weighed the meaning for Coolidge policies and states rights.
The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles lists thirty-one operators whose licenses were suspended for one year for driving under the influence. Three cases were appealed. one operator was licensed in another state. Names include Lymar H. Keeler of Bridgeport and others from East Norwalk Southport and Bridgeport.
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