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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1923
Page
5
A reflective piece on shared struggle and enduring companionship as one person supports a friend facing repeated hardships, emphasizing loyalty, resilience, and mutual aid during enduring challenges. The tone remains intimate and observational, highlighting the impact of solidarity on personal growth.
An advertisement promotes Oxidaze tablets as a simple treatment for bronchial asthma. It claims rapid soothing of irritated airways, easier breathing, and better sleep, with a refund offer from Hindle Pharmacy Joseph D Hartigan and J A Leverty Brothers. The copy targets nighttime breathlessness and overall comfort for sufferers, labeling the product harmless and inexpensive.
Fred G. Thompson, admitted husband to one woman while living as another man’s wife, was found not guilty of murdering Richard DeTesmer in a Chicago hold up. After about two hours of deliberation, the jury returned the verdict. Assistant State's Attorney McCarthy wrapped up closing arguments and Judge Caverty gave instructions.
Testimony recounts a fatal shooting at a gate as a smiling woman bandit and male accomplice robbed a couple. Thompson sobbed on the stand claiming he could not kill a cat. He wore girls' clothes in Chicago and Columbus, later marrying Marie Clark after a 1912 Crown Point, Indiana episode.
August Heckscher, philanthropist, told the 1924 Budget Committee of the Board of Estimate that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children misuses funds and mismanages a Fifth Avenue building given to them. He urged an investigation before approving the $155,000 requested by officers, accusing the society of secrecy and “segregated masses.” Controller Craig warned that funds could be cut if spending is not properly accounted.
In New Haven on October 3 Judge Thomasy heard a motion to dismiss the government libel against the steam tug Bicknell of New London. The case, brought by Customs Collector Dillion, contends the tug imported three thousand cases of whiskey without duty while meeting the schooner Crace and Edna off the Jersey coast and delivering the cargo along the shoreline.
Rudolph Bachmann aged 20 died from a fractured skull after an automobile he rode in left the road while returning from the Harwinton fair. Driver Joseph Schilling was held on $1000 bail at Terryville. four others were slightly hurt in the Bristol mishap.
New Haven Oct 4 Seventeen additions to Yale University teaching staff were announced. Hugo Kortschak becomes violin instructor in the School of Music, succeeding the late Isidore Troestwyk, and will also serve as concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Eugene Francis Savage named acting Professor of Painting at the School of Fine Arts and has won major fellowships and medals. Other appointments span Latin Greek Spanish chemistry physics and engineering mechanics with several faculty moves and new professorships noted across Yale and allied institutions.
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