Chinese Murder Appeal Hearing Scheduled Today
The Supreme Court in Hartford is set to hear the appeals of two Chinese men condemned to death for the murder of a compatriot in Manchester during a Chinese tong war last March. The defense and State will focus on purloined firearm evidence linking Hoe Wing and Chin Tung to the crime. The session also covers compensation disputes involving Harriet Wilder of Middletown and Edna Wilder’s death, plus Wilam Kerr’s trolley death suit against Connecticut Company.
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Uartford
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Manchester
Chin Tung
Homer
Cummings
Stamford Frank Healy
P. Rohtmayer
Hug Bh M . Alcorn
Russell Library Company of
Middletown
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Mra
Harriet A Wilder
Edna i
Eliza Kerr
East Hartford
Wilam H. Kerr
Connecticut Company
Kerr
Barge and Yachts Stranded in New Bedford Gale
A powerful gale lashed New Bedford Massachusetts washing ashore a barge named Blue Signet and stranding two yachts. The barge broke from its moorings near Crow Island and dragged a nearby sloop ashore. At Pope's Island a barge struck rocks, while the New Bedford Yacht Club sees damage to tenders and landing stage. Tree limbs felled lines for over 1000 telephones and power outages hit nearby towns.
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New Bedford
Mass
Associated Press
Blue Signet
McWilliams Blue ‘Me
Crow Island
Haven Ehore
Guardsman fined for stealing a kiss in Middletown
In Middletown on October 4 a National Guard member named Garfolo, eighteen, grabbed a girl washing a theater drain and kissed her after she refused. She cried out, chased him with a broom, and he was fined $50 by the court for theft of a kiss.
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Middletown
Petra Gar
Garfolo
Garfole
Cemetery official granted divorce
Harold Burton Dorman, assistant superintendent at Mountain Grove Cemetery, was granted a decree of divorce and custody of a minor daughter Bettie Pearl, aged nine, by Judge Alfred Baldwin in Superior Court yesterday. The hearing, based on Dorman’s counterclaim of misconduct, found the allegations true per Judge Nobbs, with the mother Ruth Elizabeth Dorman receiving visitation rights.
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Bettie Pearl
Harold Burton Dorman
Alfred Baldwin
Edward P. Nobbs
Bridgeport
Ruth Elizabeth Dorman
Dorman
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Ruth Elizabeth Wilson
Nobbs
Tobacco Receiver Petition Refused by Judge Jennings
Hartford earns a decision denying a permanent receiver for Connecticut Valley Tobacco Association. Judge Newell B Jennings ruled the 4001 dissatisfied members’ complaint was not worth a bill of beans and noted disruption, cost, and no clear benefit from appointing a receiver. He praised management under President Joseph W Alsop.
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Hartford
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Association
Newell B Jennings
Joseph W Alsop
Avon
Arthur L. Shipman
Jennings
John J. Burke
Francis W. Cole
Luciug F. Robinson
Man Unconscious After Sharon Car Crash
Edward McCann remained unconscious at Sharon hospital ten days after an automobile crash that involved his car and one driven by sixteen year old William Spear. Spear, son of Rev Robert Spear, was held on 2000 bond pending outcomes of McCann’s injuries after the collision near Lakeville.
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Sharon
Associated Press
Edward McCann
Sharon Hospital
William Spear
Robert Spear
Lakeville
McCann
Counterfeit syrup scare hits The Critanie Bis Syrup Co
A fragmented notice warns of counterfeit fig syrup from The Critanie Bis syrup Company. It mentions dangerous adulteration affecting mothers and children, urging caution and testing of ingredients and labels.
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Beyare
The
Critanie Bis Syrup Company
Derby man found guilty in large Oxford liquor stills case
In Beymour an Oxford area raid uncovered two large stills on William Orlowski's Lake Zoar property. Ralph Marsel of Derby was convicted of operating the stills for illicit liquor production and fined 100 plus costs totaling 308.45. The contraptions were described as the most complete seen locally.
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Beymour
Associated Press
Ralph Marsel
Derby
Frank Shepphard
Oxford
William Orlowski
Lake Zoar
Marset
Mqnor
George Schuster
Marsel
Colonial Governor's Last Descendant Dies in Marshfield
Samuel Bradstreet, last descendant of Simeon Bradstreet the colonial governor of Massachusetts, died at his Marshfield home at age 82. A Dorchester native and Harvard 1866 graduate, he spent many years in the Boston brokerage business.
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Marshfield
Mass
Associated Press
Samuel Bradstreet
Simeon Bradstreet
Massachusetts
Mr Bradstreet
Dorchester
Harvard
Boston
Concert Planned Under Rev Father Polinsky in New York
A Sunday October 30 operatic concert will feature Catt Schlegel of the Metropolitan Opera Leon Cortilis from the Fenni Open company Jeanine Rowan from the Pos Opera company and Giogay Ashmen will accompany as pianist under the auspices of Rev Father Polinsky in New York City theater.
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Father Polinsky
New York City
Catt Schlegel
Paritone
Metropolitan Opera Company
Leon Cortilis Tenet
Fenni Open
Jeanine Rowan
Yeast touted as remedy for fatigue in old ads
A historical ad recounts repeated claims that Fleischmann's Yeast can restore energy and health for fatigued individuals. Testimonials from West Roxbury to Pontiac describe relief from constipation, improved digestion, and renewed vigor after daily yeast consumption, with instructions and brand promotion.
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New Bediford
Mia
Kiss
Harold B. Dorman
Ridgefield
Connecticut
Pittsburgh Interests
Andrew Benedict
Herbert S. Bates
Board of Relief
Mortimer Keeler
Samuel Coe
John Walker
Cleveland Bassett
Winthrop Rockwell
Charles Palmer
Wissis L Gilbert
Clifford G. Bausett
George G Scott
Harry E Hull
Jessie L Benedict
Samuel Keeler
Arthur Seymour
Harvey Lown
Jennie Star
Charles Wade Walker
Robert Keeler
John Whitlock
Jerome Starr
Bernard Keeler
Aaron Gilbert
Registrar of
Mar
David W Workman
Abbir Boyce
Jasper Walker
Fred Bates
Jospeh Zwelrein
Edward Minnetty
William Nichola
New Haven
Connecticut Gas and Coke Securities Company
Koppers Company
Pittsburgh
U . L Company
Philadelphia
Arthur W. Thompson
William W Boding
J Arnold Norcross
G W Curran
Douglass
Steuth
Asini
West Roxbury
Fleischmann
Duartes Coursaint
Los Angeles
Calif
Fleischmann’s Yeast
Dept
Fleischmann Company
Washington Street
Pontiac, Mich
Mrs. C. Civve Crark
Lindbergh
Dawes
Davis & Hawley Co
Pat
JOHN
Mazola
Wat
Telegram
Larehive
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