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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1925
Page
5
Thrift upholds the home as the nation’s foundation with women managing budgets and merchants delivering standard merchandise. Service and durable, well-made goods from reputable firms protect family budgets and ensure lasting value in the market.
Near East Relief worker Christopher C. Thurber praised Bridgeport for their generosity last year, noting gifts over $2,000 the largest in the state. Stamford also contributed, with $1,465.61 from public schools. Bridgeport students will donate Monday and Tuesday, with funds sent to E. Everett Cortright to forward to Hartford. Thursday is Old Clothes Day as students bring attire from home.
Paris date May 21 Le Matin recalls Rene Viviani words from Washington 1921 urging timely debt payment. The paper quotes Viviani saying France’s debt pledge resembles battlefield punctuality and notes American hints of a possible moratorium. It argues France trusts American friendship given Franklin’s 1780s debt delay request.
Clarence W Miller of Fitchburg arrested at Whalum Park on abduction charges. His companion Miss May Benson of Buffalo says she is 17. Miller produced a Niagara Falls marriage license claiming marriage on May 16. Benson’s age listed as 21. Miller has a long Fitchburg police record and is wanted in Battleboro, Vermont, on forgery charges.
Boston May 21 1924 The National Girl Scouts report shows a 21 percent rise in membership from 2722 in 1923 to 112 221 in 1904 though 1904 seems a misprint. Chairman Tirdsall Otia Edey says progress in securing trained leaders and a 5 percent increase in associate membership reflects higher leadership standards and trained volunteers.
AP reports Nutt head of the Prohibition narcotics unit has been notified at FlPago to appear Monday for the trial of Representative Langley of Kentucky on a whiskey conspiracy charge as a delegate to the American Mexican Anti-cauging conference.
Mrs. Mary Church and her son James shared the unusual honor of graduating in the same senior class at William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri after four years as classmates. Both earned A B degrees. James won an Austin Fellowship at Harvard and planned to begin graduate work there in the fall.
Providence Rhode Island Maya AP Arguments on reducing bail for master in chancery Leonard W Horton and partner Francis P Dougherty under 26 indictments for trafficking in the justice of Rhode Island courts to secure fraudulent divorces for wealthy New Yorkers were heard in Superior Court Judge J Jerome Hahn. Bail set at 50000 for Horton and 40000 for Dougherty. Attorney general Charles P Sisson urged moderate bail given gravity of offenses. Defendant counsel John J Fitzgerald argued trial would cover one indictment conspiracy to mislead justice and current bail is prohibitive.
About 100 girls from Bridgesport and surrounding areas plan to attend a reunion on Monday May 26 under the Fairfield County Council of Religious Education. Miss Clara Rotberg to host a program including welcome addresses from Miss Adelaide Sundstrom and Miss Lena Knapp, greetings from other districts, and talks on summer school and scholarships. Reservations may be made by calling the First M E Church.
Dorothy Ravin Towne of Stamford petitions Superior Court for divorce from Joseph Meredith Towne. She alleges intolerable cruelty and describes elopement, family tensions, religious conversion, and repeated abuse. Judge Elis reserved decision amid questions of corroboration and youth of the couple.
President Coolidge accepted an invitation to speak at Cambridge Massachusetts exercises on July 3 commemorating George Washington taking command. Mayor Quinn extended the invitation. Coolidge plans to travel from his Swampscott summer home. He also considered addressing the National Association of Life Underwriters convention in Kansas City on September 29.
Miss Kate Stoney, noted pioneer woman suffrage worker and ally of Dr Mary Walker, died at her Albany home. She had appeared before the State Legislature advocating women's suffrage and was a longtime advocate for gender equality.
May 21 Honolulu reports R. C. Brown, secretary of the territorial government, named chairman of a five member commission. The panel will travel to Washington next fall to seek greater cognition for all citizens of the islands, focusing on travel between Hawaii, the mainland, and foreign countries.
A medical claim describes piles as internal circulation problems and promotes Hemroid by Leonhardt M. 10 as a safe internal treatment. It asserts success in 1,000 cases and availability at Hindle and Leverty Drug Stores with a money back guarantee.
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