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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1925
Page
5
A boy succumbed to chest and abdominal injuries after a gun discharge at a residence. Investigators examined whether the fatal shot was fired in an accidental incident involving the boy and his father, with a sister and other relatives present. Authorities cautioned the incident remains under inquiry as investigators review how the weapon discharged.
In a busy afternoon stretch, two vehicle crashes caused by heavy traffic left one person injured. Details are scattered in fragmented notes referencing local names and institutions, including St Louis and Calvary cemetery interment plans.
An Episcopalian community in Pato considers joining a federation. Church leaders discuss potential affiliation, outlining benefits for shared clergy, resources, and regional cooperation while emphasizing preservation of liturgical and governance traditions.
Coleman, 57, a noted Edison patent lawyer who handled many Thomas Morse patents, was struck by a car while crossing a Plainfield street. The driver was fined, and Coleman was described as a student and scholar with ties to Robert Ingersoll and Washington, D.C. He leaves a mother residing in Washington, and his death follows national political turmoil surrounding President Garfield's death and the assassin's execution.
Very Rev Monsignor Flynn and other diocese leaders anticipate the installation of Bishop Murray at the Cathedral today. He has served Hartford as pastor for three years and will depart by train this afternoon for Portland for a brief series of goodbyes to Catholic institutions.
One person slighted injured and one arrested in a series of auto crashes reported yesterday. A driver named Comminsky collided with a motorcyclist near Myrtle Avenue and Prospect Street, sending the rider to hospital with facial lacerations while Comminsky’s passengers remained uninjured. A separate incident on Fairfield Avenue involved a man named Smith who damaged a trolley and was taken to police headquarters on charges related to driving without proper safeguards. Additional minor injuries and vehicle damage were noted at various intersections with no arrests reported.
Right Reverend E G Acheson, co adjutor bishop of We said last night at St Andrew's chapel Princeton street black Rock, attacked the Universalist church as renegade from the true faith. He noted few Universalist ministries and warned of neglecting the charge of God while urging the confirmants Pearl Benton and George Slagle to live in peace and harmony.
MITCHEL FIELD New York Oct 11 Sentries stood guard along hangar streets to deter tampering as two special seaplanes prepared for the Army and Navy pilots to race in the postposed speed classic. Weather and a possible rain risk clouded the outlook though officials aimed to proceed with the 50 kilometre course between Mitchell Field Cold Spring Harbor and Amityville.
Opt. PL-Capry James Magan, driver for Connecticut Motor Transportation, was seriously lacerated when a German shepherd owned by Harry Bock attacked him Sunday as he attempted to pat the dog. Bock runs a chicken farm at Storrs and the dog escaped from a car during the incident.
In New Britain on October 11 a high wing indirectly caused two serious fires. At 4 AM Isadore Birnbaum’s home at 28 Winthrop Street burned, with an estimated loss of 4000 dollars. The Tarnbaum and Hayward families occupied the upper floors. a fire in the Hayward home started from a defective fireplace after guests stayed over. Twelve people fled in their night clothes. Chief William Noble warned the blaze originated in the fireplace.
Rev William Horace Day noted from a Stockholm conference report that prohibition influences foreign views and U S effects. He cited better housing and schooling, improved morals, but warned of increased drinking and law disrespect among affluent youth, based on Federal Council of Churches data.
Washington report shows city population estimates as of July 1, 19xx. Chicago tops at 2,995,909. Philadelphia 3? and Detroit 1,242,044. other million-plus cities named include Cleveland Buffalo Milwaukee and Newark. Estimates span many states with Hartford and New Haven among Connecticut entries.
Olympia Maori spent Sunday at the Litehfield jail where she was taken last week to await trial on a murder charge. Her attorney Joseph Skaletsky visited and said she will be back in the New Haven county Jail in a day or two.
Private services for tobacco magnate James Buchanan Duke will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the family city residence with Rev. Raymond L. Forman officiating. A 4 p.m. train will take the body from Pennsylvania Station to Durham, North Carolina, for services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Morial church of Gurngm, with burial in the family mausoleum. Duke died Saturday night. executors say ongoing management remains with his aides.
Six youths were injured in a head on collision during a Sunday scrimmage at Seaside Park. James Bell aged sixteen suffered a deep cut over the right eye, Edward O Connor sustained a severe black eye and facial bruises, while others including Finney Joseph and John Dirsa also received injuries and were treated at local hospitals.
A sequence of ambulance calls reports multiple incidents including Mary Quinn age sixty two dying at home, cause spectral hemorrhage and heart failure pronounced by Acting Medical Examiner Robert I. Phelan. Several motor vehicle and motorcycle collisions on Prospect Street and Canfield Rubber lines, injuries treated at Emergency Hospital, Bridgeport and other facilities.
An early report from New York describes a man found dead on Mullory Street with the cause listed as a cerebral hemorrhage induced by a road incident. Police also investigated a chauffeur connected to Memi, who had recently purchased a funeral vehicle, with funeral arrangements held that night.
Interview with Mrs. John Van Hecker reveals how motherhood reshaped her writing and outlook. She describes motherhood as supreme adventure, argues women undervalue it, and compares parenting to creation. Her child David inspires heightened focus and character insight, boosting the Sandy serial’s arc and depth.
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