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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1923
Page
21
Unidentified disease caused two deaths in the state last month, per the State Health Office. The illness attacks the nervous system and skin, with skin lesions and weakness. doctors urge those with rashes or skin trouble to seek medical advice.
Stratford town manager Hunter will speak at the Lions Club luncheon in Stravfield. He will discuss "Some Advantages of City Manager form for City Government." The meeting will be chaired by Pierce Gahan.
In New York on November 7 two consignees Kuhn Loch and Co and J P Morgan Co received gold shipments aboard the Olympic from England. 62 boxes valued at £480,000 for Kuhn Loch and Co and 747 boxes valued at £348,764 for J P Morgan Co were brought in yesterday.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a vessel named Owen J Mewras arriving at Wonk harbor yesterday afternoon. Text then hints at winter weather expectations with predictions of snow in a few days and weather boards being placed in proper positions. The passage is garbled with many misspellings.
Police arrested a juvenile revolutionary leader, a Nhroteky Granoft, after a November 15 arrest at Lexington Avenue and 107th Street on charges of distributing Communist pamphlets. Investigators found about twenty underage youths meeting Saturdays at East Street, where two men handed out pamphlets, prompting authorities to intervene with parents' cooperation to disrupt potential planned violence.
Springfield authorities report four injured in a trolley arc collision between a trolley and an electric freight motor near Springfield and Charlestown. Walter Pilet, 14, of Unistown, sustained serious injuries while three others suffered minor injuries. The incident occurred today, November 27.
Pastor Alexander Alison Jr of Hirst Presbyterian on Myrtle Avenue will lead a Bible conference this evening at his church. The subject will be Area Trevivele got er gotten down and a Thanksgiving musical program will be presented.
Miss Ian Cloveh and Richard G. Sheridan will join the Board of Assessors Dec 16 as transter and chief clerk, succeeding long time staff. McCormick says temporary appointment for Clough will replace Miss Fox. Dowling’s chief clerk post to pay 2500. Further shifts anticipated after January, including reshuffles involving clerks Cohen and NeNamara.
The Black Reek Congregational church and Sunday school invite Bridgeport residents to a Christmas bazaar concert and supper at Woodruff Memorial building on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Herman A. Pardon chairs the committee. Horace Jones, Arlene Porter, and Miss Margaret Cato perform first evening. Stratford Symphony Orchestra provides music. An old fashioned supper is planned for the second evening.
A report from the state Board of Health shows typhoid fever cases fell in the current year through October. From January to October 248 cases were reported, versus 285 in the same period last year. hospitalizations reached thirty four, with 124 of 923 cases confirmed by clinicians, and the probable source of infection identified in a portion of cases.
The article announces a new requirement to obtain receipts for all insured mail starting December. Receipts for insured mail delivered will be taken from recipients following orders received at the local post office from the U S mail department yesterday. All mail carriers will carry temporary receipts books made from other forms of orders within the year. the department will issue standard books.
A woman named Emily Kulhowleh allegedly owned a confiscated still observed on Merde Avenue in Alonday. Police released her on $200 bond pending a hearing this morning.
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