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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1925
Page
13
Mrs TH Fuller of Walpole New Hampshire says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health. She suffered months of irregularity and pain until trying the remedy now managing housework and caring for two children. Over 200000 women answered the question reporting benefit and 98 out of 100 replied yes.
In Westport on November 2 a probate court will appoint a conservator for the Hale estate. Prominent New York attorney Leon S. Itaomer is expected to be named, with doctors reporting Hale’s condition deteriorating and likely unable to recover. The conservator will oversee Hale’s substantial holdings in New York City, New Mexico, and Connecticut, including business properties and residences, as the court addresses the estate.
Westport police held Ryan on a 150 bond for appearance in town court next Thursday to answer a charge of operating a motor vehicle under liquor. Police on Store road in Green Farms arrested him after a report of a car weaving and endangering others by a truck driver. The incident followed a highway report of the vehicle’s erratic path crossing lanes. The Parents Leacher association of Stintes High School will hold its regular meeting Wednesday at 3 PM in the high school assembly hall to discuss Books and Literature. Auxiliary members entertained at a Greens Farms home Saturday night in honor of Mrs Lena Allcorn, with refreshments and cards. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Harry Keene, Mr and Mrs John Keene, Mr and Mrs William West, Mr and Mrs Lioneah Alistin, the Misses Teresa and Marie Thagleman, Miss Mabel Ackland, Mrs Mary Craw Lid Vred Darrow, and Mrs Alberta Tennings. Mrs Alice Smith Godillot of Laughry appeared on WHAP radio singing Song of Thanksgiving.
Three rising American artists Allan Jones pianist Thomas Wall baritone and Robert Doellner violinist perform in Stratfield hall tomorrow evening. Musical Research Club presents the first major recital of the season open to the public at 8 o’clock with added guests including Mrs Russel Dorr and Edwin Hughes among others.
A 49-voice choir performed at St Pauls Church Rosauth Street yesterday afternoon in a Tiervest Festal recital. The church was nearly full for the event directed by Theodore Truting with organist Mrs Thomas L. Lake and soloists Robert B. Fox, Thomas Miller, and Thomas Widowfield.
Bridgeport prima donna Marie Caselotti plans to cancel Italian engagements after next spring and return to the United States. She will be accompanied by members of her company and may sing opera in Bridgeport before heading to California where her husband and daughter reside. Caselotti has won widespread critical praise in Italy for roles in Traviata Barber of Seville Boheme Denora Puritani Alber nghe Sonnambula and Elvira Amore.
Brooklawn Club lays out a busy December including a noon reading and arithmetic session for scholars funded by Mrs George W Hawley, a 4:30 pm lunch recess, a dinner dance, and daily winter tea service at 5. Highlights include a beefsteak dinner December 5, mixed bowling December 5, a humorist Eugene Lockhart appearance December 12, and Christmas week events ending with New Year’s Eve dinner dance. Prizes donated by Mrs CBD Fairchild Wheeler and other donors support the charity bill.
The Connecticut Baptist convention announced a 7 percent increase in both membership and finances. Secretary Rev Gates spoke at Tiret Baptist church, saying he would address the state convention in full. The service was led by Mi Gates due to Dr Decker’s illness. A curious aside described a tea set with a dull outside and a black interior.
A pretty wedding yesterday at 4 pm at 38 Savoy Street linked Miss Bertha Burt Wheeler to Edgar C Northrop of Monroe. Dr Herbert Brown officiated at Olivet Church. A reception followed before the couple left for a Washington wedding trip.
Coroner John J Phelan at Forefield town hall opens an inquest into the death of Mexilu Carson of 166 West 123rd Street New York city. He was fatally injured in a crash on Dead Man's Curve Southport Friday morning. The hearing will be postponed after preliminary testimony to permit examination of the new woman, Yond John uson, who was severely injured and is now in Norvalk hospital.
Relatives from Bridgeport attend the Haddam funeral of former Representative Philip Arnold. A Masonic service was conducted by Rev. W. Sweet at the Haddam church and cemetery. Nearly 370 people were present, including 80 members of the Mtsonia or der haddam chapter 43 of the Eastern Star and other relatives and friends from Bridgeport and surrounding areas.
Phillips Academy leader Dr Alfred E Stearns spoke at Bridgeport Community Forum, warning magazines push ideas against traditional values. He urged parents and schools to guide youth, noting home and religious influence shape future citizens while urging optimism about the younger generation amid temptations.
The Engineers club of Thidgeport will hold a Thursday evening meeting in the Bridgeport Brass company cafeteria. The program includes several addresses by Bridgeport Brass, Cave Welding, Edison Lamp Works, and other firms on topics such as Chemical Stunts, Welding, Light and Color, and Safety First in handling gasoline, plus a dynamite demonstration motion picture by DuPont.
Misa Geraldine Parrar, who quit the cast of Romany Love Spell during the Hartford premiere last Wednesday, is reported improving by her father in Ridgefield. She arrived from New York and is confined to bed for about a week, with Dr James Russell named as her physician.
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