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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1923
Page
5
Market reports show Thanksgivikng turkeys bought yesterday with deliveries today and tomorrow. Prices ranged from 16 to 58 cents a pound, easing from last year’s higher levels as government storage turkeys reenter the market. Nearby items include mushrooms and various fruits.
Exhaustive research over many months into spiritism and psychic phenomena by J Malcolm Bird shows no evidence of communication between the living and the dead or survival on the physical plane. He acknowledges some phenomena as genuine psychic activity and supports telepathy as existing, based on his investigations and a book titled My Psychic Adventures. He traveled across the United States and Europe, meeting mediums and testing claims, while striving to remain objective and skeptical of fraud.
A batch of obituaries and funeral notices from a local paper lists Joseph A. Bishop of 57 MM Last Side died after a lingering illness at home, with services at St Charles and burial at St Michael's. Annie Herbert Mitchell and Joseph Duens are among others whose funeral arrangements are announced, including Mary A Grady and Mary Wield Nettleton with services and interment details. several funerals are described with clergy and cemeteries named, reflecting community loss. The notices mention residences on Slack Rock avenue Stratford Stratford Web, and 13 Greenfield street Tunxis DM Fairfield, with churches including Sacred Heart St James Episcopal and Trinity Greek Cathedral.
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