State Comptroller says more office space needed statewide
Hartford Nov 23 The annual report of Comptroller Frederick M Salmon for the year ending June 30 1926 shows a state balance of 1 644 659 08 despite higher operation costs and wage scales. He urges erection of a large office building next to the Capitol or a smaller building to house the motor vehicle department and parking space.
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Hartford
Frederick M. Salmon
Salmon
General Assembly
Board of Finance
Trumbull
Brainard
Executive Department
Connecticut Council
New England
Edward L. Kelly
Poland Springs
Danbury Fair
Noroton
Finlay Brothers
W. Goss
Caleb M. Saville
Connecticut River
Trinkle
Virginia
Hartford Club
New Haven Grays
Lexington and Concord
Tressurer Rogers
Williamsburg
Capitol
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The ad touts Cas Earets Candy Cathartic as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It promises gentle cleansing without griping, easing sour stomachs from sluggish livers and constipated bowels. Each box costs 10 cents and includes full directions. Mothers are urged to use this safe remedy for kids and themselves.
Valentino's widow says he sends messages from beyond
Natacha Rambova claims Rudolph Valentino communicates via seances with vivid visions of color, music, and art in the afterlife. Houdini’s widow counters that unless a medium proves genuine, such messages are mere frauds.
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New York
Houdini
Milas Rambove
Milne
Reat
Howdini
Heaven
Valentine
West Electy First Street
Miss Rambova
George Wehner
Rudy
Theatre Manager Robbed by Thugs in New Britain
Carlyle G. Barratt, manager of the Cantro theatre on West Main Street, was bound with wire and robbed of 267 dollars by two strangers in his office. The burglars, who threatened him with guns, failed to take a satchel containing last night’s receipts, saving the company 1,000 dollars. They lured in by asking for work, tied his hands and ankles, and escaped after rifling pockets.
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Jis
Rudy Stl
Rudy
Anji
New Britain
Carlyle G. Barratt
Cantro
West Mainstreet
Barrett
Runaway New Hampshire Boy Found in New Bedford
Fourteen year old Robert Sinclair a Hillhouse High School freshman who disappeared Friday night was found in New Bedford Massachusetts. His father rushed to the city after receiving word and is on his way there.
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New Haven
Robert Sinclair
Hillhouse High School
New Bedford
Mass
Massachusetts
Man Pleads Guilty in Card Game Killing
Pelino Presutti admitted manslaughter in Middlesex County Superior Court for the Everett card game killing of August Stanezrets. Judge Laurie sentenced him to six to ten years in state prison, while Blanecretz died from a stabbing during the altercation.
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Cambridge
Masa
Pelino Presutti
August Stanezrets
Everett
Middlesex County Superior Court
Laurie
Blanecretz
Boy 17 Drowns In Foot-Deep Brook Near Worcester
Norman Bird seventeen son of Captain Edward Bird commander of Company H 181st infantry M N G and a prohibition agent drowned in a small brook about 600 yards from his home Worcester Mass November 29 AP The boy, prone to fainting spells, apparently fell into the shallow brook and drowned in about a foot of water The body was found by the child's four year old brother and another child.
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Worcester
Mass
Norman
Bird
Edward
181St Infantry
Ctim
New Haven Road Wins Rate Suit
Rhode Island Supreme Court rules that railroad fuel oil rates differ by route but do not constitute state discrimination since the route to Saylesville crosses an interstate line. United States Finishing Co sued the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad over the charges from East Providence to Darlington and Hart Providence to Saylesville.
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Providence
Supreme Court
East Providence
Darlington
Hart Providence
Saylesville
Rhode Island
United States Finishing Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New Britain Man Held for Embezzling
Kimball Burgess thirty three formerly manager of Elaborated Roofing Co Waterbury was bound over to the December term of Superior Court under three thousand dollar bond on a charge of embezzling one thousand thirteen dollars and eighteen cents Burgess was brought back from Florida after police traced funds paid by customers that the company says were not accounted for
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New Britain
Kimball Burgess
Waterbury
Superior Court
B. W. Alling
Burgess
Florida
Business Men Will Study Farming in United States
Charles Nagel, ex secretary of commerce and labor, will chair a new Business Men’s Commission of Agriculture created by the National Industrial Conference Board and the Chamber of Commerce. The panel will study the U S agricultural situation to draft a national program linking business, farming, industry, and trade for a sound, prosperous agriculture. The commission will seek input from all sectors of business and agriculture, with headquarters in York city and hearings elsewhere.
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New York
Charles Nagel
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
Colorado County
Texas
St. Louia
Missouri
Business Men's Commission of Agriculture
National Industrial Conference Board
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Industries Conference Board
Conference Board
Agricultural Service
National Chamber
Sestlers
Nork Eity
Northwestern
St. Paul
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Paseng
Rudolph Valentino
Alywer
Rudolph Valentine
Natacha Rambova
N. H
NEW Haven Road
Commerce
Special Commission
Rockwell & Co
Zephyr
Childres
Jersey
Caracul
Coats
Brassieres
Bridgeport Savings Bank
W. Comer Main and State Streets
Raf
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