Auction Items Displayed In Luscomb Mansion
Auctioneer O Rundle Gilbert will open the Luscomb mansion at 10 a.m. tomorrow for an auction of items once owned by Henry M Luscomb a former City Savings Bank chairman who died July 6 in Bridgeport hospital. The three story University Avenue house will display gilded mirrors rolltop desks brass beds a whale oil lamp and television sets as collectors dealers and students mingle amid relics from a bygone era. A 1923 Pierce Arrow and a 1929 Lincoln touring car were shown in the garage with restoration work underway. The sale drew vintage car enthusiasts including a Weston restorer and his assistant. Some bidders plan to attend a Atlanta convention while others hope to save museum worthy artifacts from loss.
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Bridgeport
South End
O. Rundle Gilbert
Henry M. Luscomb
City Savings Bank
University Avenue
University of Bridgeport
Luscomb
Jim Hoe
Weston
Gerardo Attacks Dempsey on Delayed State Projects
In Bristol GOP candidate for lieutenant governor John Gerardo charged Governor Dempsey's administration with stalling state projects. He accused power brokers in the Dempsey camp of staging political motions while promising action on long delayed projects and warned of delays continuing.
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Bristol
UPI
John
Gerardo
GOP
Dempsey
Democratic
John M. Bailey
Vicious Dog Gets Reprieve and Exile from City
New York reports Pete the collie, deemed vicious, will live after the health department cancels death sentence. Pete must depart to Raleigh to be cared for by Andre Crump, a Jones family cousin, while Anthony Jones adopts a new collie named Rusty.
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New York
Pete
Collie
Health Department
William Jones
Elmhurst
Queens
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Raleigh
N.C
Andre Crump
Jones
Anthony
Rusty
Purse Snatching Reported Near Ocean Avenue
Martha Schwartz of 67 Ocean Avenue told police last night at seven a youth grabbed her purse as she walked near her home and fled. The bag contained $25 in cash and personal papers.
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Martha Schwartz
Ocean Avenue
Mystery auction at Bridgeport house sale opens
Inside a doorway a pair of swords and medallion china were shown as part of an Oriental art sale. Items were auctioned by a Bridgeport firm led by Albert E. Diemn, with a Roselbe set among the pieces. The University of Bridgeport recently bought the old University Avenue mansion for use as faculty offices, with no firm plans announced.
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Bejbert
University of Bridgeport
Univer
Ansity Avenue
Albert E. Diem
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