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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1924
Page
18
A Rehoboth Sun das Herald item notes salesmen may be cheerful yet lack product knowledge. It recalls a Central Ohio general store example where an apprentice struggles to sell cheesecloth, bringing a large New York creamery error and a humorous miscue.
October’s rain was scarce with only light showers on the 7th and 9th and trace on the 18th. The month averaged 0.0 inches, far below normal, leaving the year’s deficit at 66 inches by end of October and a rainfall percentage of 86. Outdoor work suffered as drought persisted and hunting season was suspended by order of Governor Templeton.
Washington November 3 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling that persons whose property was seized and sold inadvertently by the alien property custodian are not entitled to the increment from invested proceeds. The decision upheld $994,990 plus stock sale proceeds awarded to Helene Kay as executrix of Richard Kay. The government had withheld interest arguing no provision for such.
State and federal health officials moved to aid Los Angeles in combating a pneumonic plague outbreak in the Mexican quarter. Ten patients at General Hospital were reported critically ill as Dr W W Kellogg warned the situation remains serious but controllable. Police guard the area while food and essentials pass through a supervised cordon. Authorities urged rat and ground squirrel control, noting the outbreak’s link to wildlife and the high mortality rate.
Evanston May 3. Charles G Dawes once famous for the count and cadence of the phrase Hell and Maria during his 1919 vice presidential bid now shows fatigue. He reads and smokes a pipe at home while weighing a Washington march or returning to quiet study after heading the Reparation Commission experts committee.
Basile Maklakot, former Russian ambassador to France, leaves the embassy praising the United States for a correct stance toward Russia. He claims the US refuses weak bargains and notes Britain and France have recognized the Soviet, though he says Allied powers fear the Bolsheviks cannot fulfill promises.
New Haven reports Albert Beecher Crawford of Yale Bureau of Appointments notes rising trend of Yale graduates entering industrial and commercial fields. In 1924, 43 percent placed in industry. 40 of 117 teaching applicants in 1928 were placed. Crawford urges systematic data collection and vocational analysis to guide curriculum and emphasize service careers within higher education.
West Boylston Mass. Nov 1924 Mrs Emily W Parker who was 98 on Sept 14 received a letter from President Coolidge at the White House praising her continued public activity. He hopes she has many more years of engagement and she plans to vote for Coolidge.
Hanford news reports Charles Hatfield, famed for California rainmaking, drew Africa’s interest after Tunisi West Africa inquiry via the King’s County Chamber of Commerce. Farmers in the area reportedly paid Hatfield $8000 for mailings while rain fell 2.29 inches between March 16 and April 16 over a 76 mile diameter region after the rainmaking chemicals were released.
Naval authorities and steam cutters scoured Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis Md for Harriet Green 21, daughter of former State's Attorney Nicholas Green, and Lieutenant William Lands of the Navy, who were feared drowned after a canoe capsized in heavy gale. Lieutenant Claude, son of Mr and Mrs Dennis Claude of Annapolis, is reported missing.
A garbled Providence Journal note recounts a milk delivery driver stopped by Officer Marvin T. Oates after claiming police see too much. The driver protests the notion of officers seeing everything, asserting state enforcement lags and streets are not well maintained.
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