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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1924
Page
8
Stratford May 25 Special Telegram Mrs Anna Auld aged 96 died today after a stroke at the home of her daughter Mrs M J Watrous at Blakeman place. Auld born in Ireland and formerly of Devon. Funeral Tuesday at 8 40 from Watrous home with Rev J M Guggenstein officiating. Body to be taken to Philadelphia for interment. Auld noted for remarkable vitality and preserved her faculties until death.
Slight improvement in the condition of Theresa More, 34, of 249 Spruce Street, injured in an automobile crash yesterday morning. She may have a fracture of the jaw. Miss More rode in a car driven by Mike Vass, 28, of Union City. The vehicle, which crashed into a Bostwick avenue intersection, turned over. Vass was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
The page announces acts at Marguerite Pedula including Eddie Mahoney and Boots McKenna, and new vaudeville acts plus a Quadrille novelty. It previews film festival entries at Poli and Majestic theatres with stars such as Helene Chadwick and Valentina Zimina Chevalier, detailing plots involving divorce, revolutions, and dramatic performances.
A vivid profile recounts Abe Buzzard, an infamous outlaw who spent most of his life behind bars after a desperate start in the Welsh Mountains. The narrative traces his childhood hardship, repeated escapes from Lancaster and Western Penitentiaries, escapes with his brother John, botched schemes, and eventual returns to crime in pursuit of basic needs, ending with a high-profile jailbreak and long incarcerations.
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