Community Chest Drive Faces Critical Worker Support Test
Bridgeport leaders say the 1925 fund drive depends on factory and store workers to share the burden as total goals top 350000 dollars. The public is assured funds are properly managed with a detailed 1925 budget listing agencies and campaign expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgcort Ig
Associated Charities
Boys’ Club of
Bridgeport
Boy Scouts of
Y. MT
C. A
Y. M
Election officers consider reply on machine appointments in town
The record notes the Sept 30 1924 letter naming Harry N Smith as Republican mechanician Walter G Austin as Democratic mechanician Frank E Thompson as Republican inspector and Albert H Quitman as Democratic inspector for the town election The letter says these men have served for years and were satisfactory to Democratic officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Martin
Harry N. Smith
Walter G. ‘Austin
Austin
Frank EE. ‘Thompson
Albert H. Quitman
Martin Ways
Fraternal and civic meetings listed in Bridgeport area
Local notices enumerate numerous lodges and unions meeting tonight across Bridgeport and nearby towns. Groups include Golden HIM council American Insurance union Aramid Patrol and Pride of Bridgeport council with addresses on State Cannoli Gilbert Main Broad and Stratford avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Him Council
American Insurance Union
State Street
Aramid Patrol
Masonic Temple
Pride of Bridgeport Council
Daughters of America
Cannoli Street
Joseph Dowdall
K. of P
Blain Street
Ashlar Lodge
A. M
iArcanum Lodge
Broad Street
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Gilbert Street
Wachinists
Main Street
iHarmony
Rebekah Lodges
Golden Gate Lodge
Main
Scandinavian Sick Benefit Society
Lee Avenue
Bridgeport
Stratford Avenue
Grenodue Lodge
Townhall
Stratford
Dewey Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Cannon Street
Grandmother Critical After St. Vincent’s Shooting
Mrs. Mary Margeson aged 69 remains listed as not improving by St. Vincent's Hospital doctors after being shot by her grandson Tuesday night at 98 King Street. The readable OCR also includes an unrelated advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine and a Baker's flavoring remark, indicating stale newspaper content mixed with the incident note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Margeson
St. Vincent's Hospital
Deck of Cards Decides Election Tie in North Dakota House
In Teshhnden North Dakota a tie in the 33rd Legislative district was settled by drawing cards after a recount left the vote even at 1598. W R Hartl a Nonpartisan Leaguer won the seat by drawing a Jack nine and five while Don Sellie Independent Leaguer drew a tad followed by deuces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartl
Sellie
Industrial Heads Report Election Result Favorable
Industrial leaders from 37 states at the National Industrial Council meeting say the election of President Coolidge and the blocking of radical trends have improved the tone of industry and business and created a sense of security for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
National Industrial Council
Prsident Coolidge
City plans destruction of cancelled bonds list
The record outlines numerous cancelled and deficiency notes and bonds across city departments. It lists Almshouse, School, Street Extension, Police and Fire, Public Clinic, Sewer Construction, Bridge, Park, and Construction bonds with varied series and amounts, plus defunct notes and re issue items. The document reads as a liquidation or cancellation ledger for municipal debt instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Avenue
Ve Public Clinic
West Washington Avenue
Emmons To Leave GE After Long Service
General Electric vice president in charge of manufacturing George B H Emmons announced his release from active duties. He requested retirement at the end of nearly four decades with the firm and its predecessors and said he will move to Pasadena California for his future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady N
George BH. Emmress
General Electric Company
Emmons
Pasadena
Cal
Plan to Protect Police From Bribery
New York November 18 Police Commissioner En Right announced a campaign to curb bribery of patrolmen and detectives. Bribe attempts are most frequent in liquor violations and speeding cases. A reward in the form of honorable mention recommendations and a three day vacation will be given to officers who obtain a bribery conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Enright
Brooklyn Bank Manager Admits Ten Year Embezzlement
Wallace Conner, longtime Brooklyn branch manager of Summer Savings Bank, pleaded guilty in county court to embezzlement of eighty thousand ninety dollars. He admitted stealing depositor funds for ten years at about eight thousand dollars annually, after being arrested last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wallace
Budget Director Urges Support in Cutting Expenses
Herbert M. Lord, director general of the budget, told the New York State Chamber of Commerce that ordinary government expenses have been cut in half in three years under budget control. He cited 1924 federal outlays minus 2.196 billion compared with Lobel’s last year and framed the savings against a range of economic measures. He said the goal is a surplus this year, noting presidential vetoes affected expenditures and that Coolidge instructed 1926 departmental estimates not exceed 1.8 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert M. Lord
Chamber of Commerce
State of
Jord
United States
Lord
Coolidge
Postal Service
Butler Favored for Massachusetts Senate Seat by White House
White House approves the appointment of William M. Butler to the Massachusetts Senate seat. Butler backed the Coolidge campaign and his selection is seen as adding a loyal administration ally and advisor to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Butler
Coolidge
Senate
Millionaire Estate in Litigation Over Will Validity
In New York on November 18 a Surrogate's court action was filed by Beatrice Provost Trenkman, granddaughter of late Whitlam Van Rengsaeler Smith, alleging William E. Smith lacked sound mind and that his marriage to Clair Eugenia Staley Smith was invalid, challenging the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitlam van Rengsaeler Smith
Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Merchants
Meriden Faces Hiccough Epidemic Report
Meriden reports ten authentic hiccough cases to date with unofficial claims of many more victims. Two local men recovered after three days of hiccups, another remains on day three, and several others have had two day episodes. Weather is blamed for the unusual spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hriden
Subway clash ends with four stab wounds in New York
Nov 18. George J. Bo, 21, was stabbed four times and fatally wounded after a dispute with Leroy Demuua, 27, a Black man, following an incident where Bo demonstrated with Derner for knocking down a passerby and a woman on a crowded subway platform, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New, Yoris
George J. Bo
Leroy Demuua
Derner
Woser
Denver Adopts Three-Round Boxing Format Popular Demand
The Denver scene supports three round bouts as a unique local rule. District Attorney Philip Vanics barred longer matches two years ago and later allowed three rounds with a potential fourth to decide winners. Promoters must cap prizes at $35 per fighter, with longer or higher paying bouts prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Discf
Philip Vanigs
Ausonia
White's bonds raised in serious statutory charges
Rearrest on a bench warrant. Anthony White of charged with statutory offenses by young girls. Bounded at $2,000 bond, raised to $5,000 due to seriousness. He was remanded to County jail after failing to post the additional 3,000 and to await December Criminal Superior Court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Aon
Booth
Anthony White
White
Black Hand Clue Found by Police in Post Office Blast
Federal agents probe the Grand Rapids post office explosion seeking a black hand letter received Monday. The Italian section is searched tonight for the sender of the threat to Samuel Baldwin and family, amid theories the blast was staged or connected to a larger plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Samuel
Burdick Predicts Unanimous City Convention Support
Alfred W. Burdick declares no dissents will derail the city convention and that the First district delegation will back the reorganization. The fight centers on delegates from districts Second through Sixth as both factions mobilize for tonight’s primary votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdick
Ale Fred. W. Burdick
Caeterday
Ordr
Republican Town Committee
Liberty Building
State Street
Gregory Street
Alfred Street
Colorado Avenue
North Avenue
Lyon Terrage
Park Street
East Washington Avenue
East Main Street
Union Avenue
Sven Svenson
Alfred W. Smith
John McCathron
Nicholas ‘Nesing
Lawrence J. McGough
Claude Burdick
Bertha Sprague
Nation
Williama
Three Scholarships Awarded to Yale University
Three scholarships of 666 dollars each were presented to Yale by the Board of Governors of the Phelps Association. The awards add to the Edward J. Phelps Scholarship and mark the fortieth anniversary of Wolf’s Head Society’s funding and the dedication of its new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale University
Theoard
Phelps Association
Edward J. Phelps
Wolf's Head Society
Portland Police Inspector Discharged After Hearing
In Portland Maine on November 13 Inspector Michael Reough was dismissed from the Police Department after a Civil Service Commission hearing. Governor-elect Ralph O Grewster had previously charged him with attempting to obtain money for information about alleged irregularities in the June 1 state primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Michael R.eough
Ralph O. Grewster
Police
Civil Service Commission
Jewel smuggling ring leader named by treasury
Arthur Medianski wholesale jeweler appeared before federal authorities claiming to be the ring leader in a large smuggling operation linked to the death of Mrs. Theregan Mors in Los Angeles. Officials note his expertise on gems and antiques and his prior role as purchasing advisor to the Morses in Vienna. Government operatives found valuable imports among Mrs. Mors’s effects after her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Medianski
Medianski
Treasury Department
Washington
Theregan Mors
Kid McCoy
Los Angeles
Mechangirl
Evesuge
Mors
Albert
Vienna
Mra
Plague Kills Two in Los Angeles
Two deaths from bubonic plague reported in Los Angeles with a 24 month old infant and a nine year old child among the victims. Since October 14 total plague deaths reach 34 with several cases caused by bubonic and pneumonia forms. Dr Walter M Dickie says officials have the situation under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angle
Cal
N Lb
Infmat
Walter M. Dickie
Sid
Workman Killed as Ditch Caves In
A trench collapse kills a worker and injures another in a rural area. Rescue crews recover the body after hours of digging while authorities investigate the cause and safeguards for future excavation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workman
Wesleyan Alumni Return for Weekend Ceremonies
About six hundred alumni and guests arrive at Wesleyan University for Initiation ceremonies and campus activities. The weekend includes banquets, alumni council and Athletic Council meetings, a final football game vs Bowdoin on Andrus Field, a Sunday chapel tribute to Dr. William Arnold Shanklin, and addresses by trustees, faculty, and alumni.
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Middletown
Conn
Ari Re Wesleyan University
Gymanasium
Andrus Field
Wesleyan
Bowsdein
All Wesleyan
Wesleyan Quartet
William Arnold Shanklin
New York
John Grhbei
Board of
William Nah Rice
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Sunday School Meet Hears Many Addresses
A second day of the Connecticut State Sunday School association convention in Waterbury drew even attendance. Afternoon sessions disposed of business and reports as officers addressed the gathering with half hour talks on Sunday School subjects and problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Connecticut State Sunday School Association
Protesting Innocence Slayer Is Executed In Indiana
Harry Diamond 26 was electrocuted at the state prison near Michigan City after being convicted of murdering his wife who was shot near Gary last February. He proclaimed his innocence to the end and was executed at 6:01 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Harry Diamond
Gary
Dtate
Postal Inspector on Trial as Bandit Figures in Idaho Heist
A jury was drawn on Nov 13 for the trial of former postal inspector William Fahy and associates James Murray and Walter Moomb over alleged complicity in the recent 2,000,090 dollar main train robbery at Kondow. Opening statements and initial testimony proceeded as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nada
Wiliam Fahy
James Murray
Walter Moomb
Kondow
Shot in Mouth Teeth Save Life of Woman
In November 1913 William Burns, a former Witt avenue bus driver, shot Miss Nellie Hansell at her employer Walton D. Tusten’s Fifth avenue jewelry office. The bullet hit her mouth but her teeth checked its path, knocking out only two teeth. Burns then shot himself. Miss Hansell, 25, was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “J. Burns
Witt Avenue
Nellie Hansell
Fifth
Avenue
Om~ Ployer
Walton
D. Tusten
Miss Hansell
Burns
Wealthy Youth Weds Daughter of Taxi Driver
New York society was startled as Leonard Rhinlander 22 son of Philip Rhinlander, a member of an old New York family, married Miss Alice Beatrica Jones 23 nursemaid daughter of George Jones a New Rochelle taxi driver on October 14. The ceremony was performed by Mayor Scott of New Rochelle in his office. The newlyweds reside at the bride's home with Mrs Rhinlander's two married sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Philip Rhinelander
Alice Beatrica Jones
George Jones
New Rochelle
Scott
Brookhart Reports Small Campaign Balance After Recount
Senator Brookhart of Town filed with the Secretary of the Senate that his re election campaign raised 227 dollars and spent 344 dollars. He notes he received free hospitality in hotels and halls and that some railroad tickets and trips were provided at no charge and not included in the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brookhart
Secretary of the
Senate
Search Started for North Ave Resident Boy
Polite in surrounding towns have been asked to search for J Knight Bacon seven year old of 1584 North avenue missing since 1 pm Wednesday. He left for the library with four books and was seen later in Stratford. Derby police asked to be on the lookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight Bacon
North Avenue
Stratford
Bacon Haarel
Derby
Boy Bandit Admits Series of Holdups
Ivor Lewis of Mount Vernon confessed to police that he bluffed his way through a string of holdups using a toy glass pistol. He was arrested after allegedly holding up actress Miss Mary Hendricks at her home entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ivor Lewis
Mount Vernon
Lewis
Mary Hendricks
Barber kills four then commits suicide in Memphis
Four parsons were shot and killed by Blakry Weber, a city barker, who then took his own life. The victims were his wife Mrs Henry Weber, Mr and Mrs L Suhader, and Mrs Thomas Alexander. The shooting happened at the Weber home in the eastern section of Memphis, according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Cenn
Parsons
Blakry Weber
Barker
Weber
Vane
Henry Weber
L. Suhader
Thomas Alexander
She Weber
Brookhart Wins Iowa Senate Race Narrow Victory
Official totals show Senator W. Brookhart, Republican, leading Democrat Daniel Steck by 642 votes in seven of Tew's 99 counties. Final tallies list Brookhart 447,403 and Steck 446,810.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tew
Smith W. Brookhart
Daniel ¥. Steck
Brookhart
Wrench Wielding Agent Captures Three Rum Runners
New York November 13 A dry agent armed with a small monkey wrench single handedly pursued and captured three young rum runners and a cache of $16,000 worth of whiskey near the North River. Inspector Michael Sweeney and two Coast Guards halted a speedboat and a crew valued at $11.66 before the chase. The pursuit involved the Rose Marie and the Man of War as boats fled by the Statue of Liberty before surrendering at the barge race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New ‘York
North River
Michael Sweeney
Sweeney
Sean
Coast Guards
Rose Marie
Merritt Viewed as Better Nominated Over Tilson
The state organization with King county support weighs Merritt’s chances for the nomination against his rival Congressman John Q Tilson of New Haven. Merritt’s ties to the insurgent Usman faction in that county bolster his position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Merritt
John Q.tilson
New Haven
Usman
Governor Templeton Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
Governor Templeton issues the annual Thanksgiving proclamation designating November 27 as Thanksgiving Day in Hartefort. He cites America’s prosperity, peace and happiness as reasons for thanks and urges all to renew family and home bonds on the colonial observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartefort
America
Templeton
Mrs Florence King Harding in critical condition unchanged
Mario O. Nov. 13. The condition of Mrs Florence King Harding, who was critically ill at White Oak Park, was reported by Dr Carl W Sawyer as unchanged. Her morning condition was 'not as well' after a very restless and painful night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario O
Florence King Harding
White Osket Parim
Carl W. Sawyer
Court fines in Milford for liquor and disorder charges
Claude and Madenna Cogier of Walnut Beach were found guilty and fined $200 plus costs and a 15 day jail sentence for violating state liquor laws. The disorderly house charge was dropped. The Coster couple appealed and were held for trial in Common Pleas. Charles Wells of Seaview Avenue Myrtle Beach faced liquor law violations with a $200 fine and costs and a jail term, later suspended after withdrawing appeal and placing under six months probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Claude
Madenna Cogier
Naugatuck Avenue
Walnut Beach
J. D. Brown, Jr
Costers
Triad In
Common’ Pleas Court
Goth
Charles Wells
Seaview Avenue
Myrtle Beach
Vitamins energize the body like fuel to a spark plug
A health note explains that nourishment must be activated by vitamins to sustain vitality. It states the body requires about three thousand calories daily and that without vitamins, health and strength cannot be maintained.
Acid in stomach linked to indigestion find relief with magnesia
Medical authorities attribute about nine tenths of indigestion cases to excess hydrochloric acid in the stomach rather than lack of digestive juices. The ad suggests taking a teaspoon of Magnesia after meals, using Bisulated Magnesia in powder or tablet form, to neutralize acid and prevent sourness, gas, and pain.
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Community Chest
FE. W. Grove
General Electric
Quilty’s
Thon
David S.walsh
Senator Lodge
Meriden
Harte
YALE
Thei
North Ave
Boy Bandit
Barber
ING. C. P
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Ty Spaulding
Hindles Pharmacy
poPans
Ereive
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