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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1927

Page

13

Auction Bridge by Mudton Co Work

This article presents a bridge problem set from an informatory douse, focusing on how East should declare given a deal where South and North pass and No Trump is in play. It analyzes differences between two potential North doubles and outlines reasoning for East's optimal declaration with hands shown as A K X and A 10 X X, ending with answer blanks for November 8.

South West North Tavke Duerayee East Leith iDealer

Marmola tablets promise weight loss without heavy dieting

Modern science points to nutrition faults as the cause of excess weight and Marmola prescription tablets are marketed as the corrective method. The ad claims decades of use, urges readers to ask a druggist for a one dollar box, and promises why weight comes down and health improves.

New York Birth Rate Declines Cites War and Immigration

New York Health Commissioner Harris warns the city’s birth rate has fallen to a record low for the past quarter century, from 28 per thousand fifteen years ago to 21 last year. He blames World War I isolation and foreign immigration limits, noting prosperity does not prevent decline and warning of an aging population if births keep dropping.

New York Associated Press Harris United States Dr. Harris

Sailor Olaf Ragstad Buried at Sea off Long Island

Boston dispatch reports Olaf Ragstad, aged sixty eight, had his wish to be buried at sea fulfilled when the New York Met line steamship halted near Greenport Long Island for funeral rites. Harry Hagstad, his son, carried the copper urn aboard as 500 passengers watched a shipboard burial with the flag draped alongside a searchlight beam. Captain H W Robinson read the burial service as the urn was lowered into the water following the ship’s halt.

Boston Associated Press Olaf Ragstad New York Metropolitan Line Harry Hagstad Lfe Cornfield Taeland Ragstad Greenport L. I H. W. Robinson

Granite manufacturers raise 2500 relief fund for Barre flood

Quincy mass association wired Barre flood relief officials that members raised a 2500 fund for flood sufferers. The fund from the Quincy Granite Manufacturers' association is aimed at aiding Barre residents affected by the disaster.

Quincy Mass Associated Press Quincy Granite Manufacturers’ Association Today Barre, VI

Home and School Unite for Child Growth and Honor

The piece argues that home and school are the same core, each supporting the other in raising children. It stresses parent teacher partnerships, parental knowledge of teachers, and mutual understanding as essential for a child’s growth and happiness. It urges parents to respect and support schools and to engage actively in their children’s education.

Earth’s crust settling says Sir Oliver Lodge

London, Nov 7. Sir Oliver Lodge argues the earth’s crust is continually settling and that earthquakes tidal waves typhoons and floods reflect this process not new causes. He notes improved communications spread such news worldwide and compares distant events to cracks in a house where a fault can trigger shifts elsewhere.

London Associated Press Oliver Lodge Japan Mexico Black Sea Pacific

Birth and marriage notices from a New York area paper

Vital statistics list multiple births by couple and address with October dates and one November. Names include Wallent and Anna norko, Rudis, Merve, Astengo, Clements, Percy, Eckert, Hurley, Lupariello, Gallup, Leonowicz, Audrey, Noel, Wisnewsky, Heid, Mackey, Verespy, Milarda, and others. Marriages record Erik Erickson and Esther Westerdal, Ralph Williams and Dorothy Jennings, Joan Mitchel and Ethel Davis.

Wallent Anna Norko Booth Street Carl Mary Rudis West Avenue John Helen Merve Bunnett Street Raffaele Cancetta Astengo Catherine Street Floyd Edna Clements Orange Street Charles and Lena Percy Hough Avenue George and Lillian Ecker Arthur and Catherine Noel Ann Street Alexander Nora Wisnewsky Lesbia Street Arthur Agnes Heid Gregory Street Harold Catherine Mackey Denver Avenir Mary Verespy Halslett Street Louia Regine Milarda Central Avenue Erik Iver Erickson Lenox Avenue Esther Westerdal Howard Avenue Ralph Williams Barnum Avenue Dorothy Jennings Kossuth Street Joan Joseph Mitchel Ethel Margaret Davis Ooth Danbury

Circus in Florida Report by H H Jackson

Horace H Jackson recounts Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus in Florida. Long tied to Bridgeport as winter quarters, the update describes touring acts and scenes from the Florida stop of the famed show.

Ringling Brothes Barnum and Bailey’s Circus Bridgeport Florida Horace

Jackson Helps Bring Big Top to Orlando Circus Return

H Jackson, former alderman and city merchant, writes of 15 000 people flocking to Orlando for the first circus appearance since 1919. He met Charles Hutchinson once of the city and treasurer, and Tommy Lynch who has ridden with the show since 1876. Lynch recalls leaving Bridgeport as his winter home for 38 years and recounts a single accident in 51 years with the circus, when kicked by a horse in Berlin.

H. Jackson Tommy” Lynch Lynch Bridgeport Circus Berlin

Hall Mills Rendezvous Fire Destroys Farm House

The Hall MIlls rendezvous farm house in DeRosney's Jane, owned by DeRussey family, was destroyed by fire last night. Eleanor Mills, body found five years ago 300 feet from the site, was eight mound of ashes today. The case is tied to the notorious Hall Mills murders investigated by Associated Press.

Eleanor Mills New Brunswick N. J DeRussey Lane Associated Press Phillips Hall-Mills DeRosney Jane Betroua Edward W. Hall

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