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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1924
Page
7
Governor Charles A. Templeton announced from Hartford that recent rains lowered forest fire risk and improved conditions statewide. He, with the state forester and fisheries and game board officials, decreed the open season suspension rescinded for the remainder of the hunting season.
A freight car attached to an east bound New Haven line train burned early morning at Glenbrook Stamford. Short circuit on electric equipment suspected. hose laid 1400 feet by Glen Brook fire department. Car and contents valued as a heavy loss, exact figures not given.
Multiple funeral announcements follow from homes and churches across Bridgeport and nearby towns. Agnes Mona Han and Thomas Clynn die, with masses at St Michael's, St Augustine, and St Patrick's noted, and burials at St Michael's cemetery. Other obituaries include Mary Andrez Jewski, Catherine O'Rourke, Rose Maeschey, and Catherine Mann, with services at St Michael's or local churches and interments in nearby cemeteries. several long-form notices reference survivors and parade of pallbearers. Additional items detail Denis Deer Thompson's death at age two and forthcoming funeral from Hewitt Street parents with burial at Park Cemetery.
The funeral of Henrietta Ward daughter of the late William and Mary Ward will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock from her home on East Street. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. She is survived by her brother William H. Ward.
Berlin reports further parsing of Seymour Parker Gilbert Jr. letter to Germany's Finance Minister. The agent general states Germany may not be credited for any sums paid from the 26 percent recovery tax. Officials say the tax collected should go to the general reparations fund and be distributed with other payments. British stance sees tax as usable only for their reparations claims.
A Metropolitan Life Insurance statistical bulletin shows health trends among its industrial policyholders in the first nine months of 1924. The report suggests a lower overall death rate versus the prior year, with declines in tuberculosis among whites and fewer violent deaths, though higher homicide rates persist among colored policyholders.
Trumbull November 17 The Telegram Service reports Trumbull Grange elected officers with Alfred Gilbert as Master and Mrs Gertrude Linle as Steward among others. Committees and events listed include November 12 to 27 American Education Week activities and a bridge afternoon noted. Local meetings include Gree nfieldville and a trip to Pibischekt. attendance by Mrs Trobert Chrisie and Mrs athe E.
Purported ad copy touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural remedy to clear skin and improve digestion. It claims the vegetable tablet cleanses bowels and blood like calomel but without a dull taste or sickness, promising noticeable results after a few nightly doses.
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