Voices Send Man to River then to Sanitarium
Richard Allen, 35, of 22 Woodland Avenue, Stamford, is in Dr. Barnes' sanitarium recovering from immersion in Stamford harbor and mental upset linked to prolonged heavy drinking. He wandered to the canal after dreaming voices urged self harm, met Officer Troy, and was deemed temporarily intoxicated before being committed.
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Stamford
Richard Allen
Woodland Avenue
F. H. Barnes
Frank McMahon
Haquor
Allen
Stamford Harbor
Ludlow Street
Thomas Troy
County to Raise 174000 by Taxes for 1926 27
Fairfield county will raise 174422.56 by taxation to cover administrative costs for the fiscal year starting October 1, 1926, ending September 30, 1927. The board of county commissioners estimates total expenses at 280942.60 with rece ipts of 110540.4. Major items include 75000 for the Norwalk County Temporary Home for Children, 25500 widows pensions, jail costs 56850, and interest on bonds.
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Fairfield County
Board of County Commissioners
John H. Hill
Charles H. Hart
Harvey M. Kent
Willam H. Blodgett
Norwalk
Fairfield County Farm Bureau
Banda
Jallanda
Court House
Sai
State
Board of Prisoners
Board of Children
Overdue cruiser Effie M Morrissey searched along Maine coast
Portland Maine May 28 AP search of the Maine coast failed to locate the cruiser Effie M Morrissey which left Bricus Newfoundland May 11 under Captain Robert A Bartlett and is a week overdue at New York. It had not been sighted at Eastport West Quoddy Rockland Bar Harbor Boothbay Harbor Machias or Portland the main call along the coast.
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Portland
Maine
Effie M. Morrissey
Bricus
N.ff
Robert A. Bartlett
New York
Greenland
American Museum of Natural History
Eastport
West Quoddy
Rockland
Bar Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
Machina
Moro Bandits Exterminated Expected In Tugaya Drive
Manila May 28 AP Advices from Lanao province say constabulary aims to wipe out remaining Moro outlaws in Tugaya region possibly by tomorrow. This week more than 60 Moro outlaws were killed with many wounded and several groups still defy authorities.
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Manila
Lanao
Tugaya
Vonstaluaty Logiea
Obituary notices for Gannon Beardsley Crossman Clark Torok Scott Gerlach
The city newspapers list multiple obituaries and funeral details including Mrs. Mary Hassett Gannon of 200 Hawley avenues, a daughter and two sons, and interment at St. Rose's cemetery. Other notices include Emma L. Beardsley of Danbury, Albert A. Crossman of 12% Anson Street, Anna E. Clark of 1276 Park Avenue, John Torok of 47 Fiske Place, William Scott of Cuba, and Edward A. Gerlach of Hartford with service times, churches, cemeteries, and surviving relatives.
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Mary Hassett Gannon
Simon Gannon
Hawley Avenues
St. Patricks Church
John Lynch
Michael Thompson
Charles Hasey
Mary Kelly Mehan
Emma L. Beardsley
Danbury
Beardsley
Georges
J. McAuliffe
W. Casey
Great Barrington
Lakeview Cemetery
Albert A. Crossms
Albert A. Crossman
Anson Street
Mr. Crossman
Beatrice
Lstera
H. Drieher
W. Bulkley
Southport
Oaklawn
Fairfield
Anna E. Clark
Leroy Clark
Park Avenue
Amgust
G. Baker
Stratford Avenue
Jennie Sherwood
Edward Reynolds
Campbell
Easton Cemetery
John Torok
Fiske Place
Fairfeld
Bridgeport Hospital
Louis Tateko
Joseph Selmon
Julia
Alice
Mary Selmon
Mary
Lizgie
Paul
Louie
Julia Latako
Frank
Louis
John
Joseph Torok
New York
William Scott
Wiliam Scott
Cuba
Erie Railroad
Catherine Scott
William
James Buckley
Hartford
Irs
John Mullaley
Waterbury
Misa Hester Scott
Bridgeport
Thomas J
Joseph P. Scott
John J. Scott
New York City
Mullins
Scott and Redgate
Golden Hills Street
St. Augustine’s Church
Mt. Bt. Benedict Cemetery
Conn
Edward IA. Gerlach
Edward A. Gerlach
Stephen
Elizabeth Gerlach
Stratford
Francis Avenue
Zion Hill
Margarey
Lach
Irene Gerlach
Jennie Franch
Mary Brien
Stephen Gerlach
Frederick
Albert Gerlach
New York Firm Wins Car Damages in Bridgeport Case
A New York City man, Harry Spath, won a $500 damages verdict against Heseman Transfer and Lighterage Terminal Inc of Bridgeport in superior court. The case stems from a July 11, 1925 collision on Broad Street that damaged a car. Heseman had sought $1,700, Spath a counterclaim of $2,500.
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L. P. Waldo Marvin
Harry Spath
New York City
Heseman Transfer and Lighterage Terminal, Inc
Bridgeport
Broad Street
Hegeman Company
Spath
One Dead and Another Wounded in Gang Shootings
New York May 2 AP One man was killed and another mortally injured in two shootings likely tied to an organized gang. William Dorsch 29 a stevedore died after his body was found bullet ridden at Calumbie and East Houston. Harry Bender 27 in Whushing Hospital said he was forced into a car and later found unconscious on the roadway.
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New York
William Dorsch
Calumbie
East Houston
Harry Bender
Whushing Hospital
Public School Association Formed in Stamford Row
The Stamford Public School Association was formed after a dispute over reappointing William E. Stark as superintendent. It aims to promote public education, with a non political stance but includes Democrats and Republicans on its officers and committees. Key leaders include Dr. Dean Foster and Mrs. A. H. Emery Jr.
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Stamford
Stamford Public School Association
William E. Stark
Ita
Association
Dean Foster
Dent
A. H. Emery, Jr
Repubican
Joast General Assembly
Walter Maguire
Raymond Gandy
Robert Fruin
W. F. Gillespie
Weber
Iast General Assembly
Gerald A. Cunningham
Three Men Executed in Kentucky M urders
In Kentucky three men were electrocuted at the state penitentiary within under an hour. Elisha Sloan Ed Lake and John Baker, all convicted of murder, walked calmly to the chair as witnesses including Dr Marvin Kingins relatives observed. Six prisoners received death sentences but stayed by Governor Fields.
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Epdyville
State Penitentiary
Elisha Sloan
Marving Kinging
Ed. Lake
Louisville
Mary Smith
John Baker
Sloan
Baker
Paul and
Carroll Ingins
Marvin Kingins
N Chancock
Kingins
Kankag City
Threy
Fields
People's Party Triumph in Roumania General Election
In Bucharest on May 28 the People's party of Premier General Averescu is assured of 2791 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The Motoanist Peasant bloc gains 74 seats while the Liberals headed by Bratianu have 18. The party hopes to control the Senate in the senatorial election to enable legislative changes favorable to foreign capital entry.
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Bucharest
Roumania
People’s Party
Averescu
Chamber of Deputies
Mato
Senate
Pauline the Mystic Swindles Many in New Hampshire
Portsmouth police sought a medium who posed as Thomas Porlint of Newburyport Massachusetts after disappearing with diamond rings jewelry and gold pieces from women seeking help with love business and health. He stayed about a week and lured mainly women with promises to relieve their troubles. Police were summoned as three women clients arrived seeking him.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Pauline
Thomas Porlint
Newburyport
Mass
Porlini
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