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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1919
Page
11
About 130 boys and girls from southern Connecticut gathered at Christchurch parish for a church recruiting supper as part of a statewide Episcopalian campaign. They represented roughly 20 parishes, with parish rectors guiding the event. Archdeacon Reese spoke, urging the youths to join in Christian service and advance church work.
Reports from Siberia say thousands of officers wives and children fled Omsk toward Irkutsk as Bolshevik forces seized trains and refugees. Stampede spread with street fighting. morale collapsed as desertions rose and Cossack rear units deserted. General Dietrichs urged government removal and reorganization to stem the collapse of the Siberian armies.
Two daytime fires caused damage totaling about 7000 dollars. A blaze at 341 Hallam Street was extinguished in time by firefighters, with about 400 dollars in damage. A second fire at 1026 Pembrotte Street owned by M Roseman damaged roughly 300 dollars of stock after neighbors spotted the flames.
Charles 8. Cole seeks $1,500 from Hettie A. Hawley of Bridgeport over a note dated July 30, 1915 for $1,000 endorsed by Cole and transferred to First Bridgeport National Bank. The bank sued Cole and won $1,243.75. Cole now sues Hawley to recover the amount.
Nov 25 report lists Francis A. Collins James W. Doran William G. Griffin and Dr I J Finn as potential apportionment board members to replace resigning Joseph W Wellington a Democrat the selection rests with the Democratic board. In a separate case Edith Kouragian a minor sues for 2000 damages claiming injuries from a September 19 auto collision driven by Edward Smith alleging internal injuries hip damage and permanent disability.
Fr Archer Thompson of Bridgeport sues John K. Breen in common pleas court seeking 1000 dollars damages for an automobile collision at the Broad and Prospect streets intersection on December 11 1918 alleging Breens carelessness caused the wreck.
Surgeon General Ireland reports on American WWI casualties in France stating gas caused 27.3 percent of all injuries while deaths from gas were only 1.87 percent, framing gas as relieving more men from action with higher recovery odds than shell or bullet wounds.
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