Aurora Borealis Delays Telegraph Traffic Across Regions
The aurora borealis disrupted telegraph lines across the United States and Canada, crippling messages from Kansas City to North Carolina. The Associated Press and Western Union reported de moralized service, with slight recovery after sunrise but renewed disturbances expected as clouds darkened the sky. Scientists note the light’s charged atmosphere interferes with telegraph currents, though the phenomenon remains partly puzzling.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
Canada
Kansas City
North Carolina
Western Union and Poste
Body of youth drowned July 4 is recovered
Rockville CT Oct 12 The body of Isez Frakah son of Rev Frederick Frakah and Mrs Frakah of Stafford Springs was recovered from Crystal Lake where it had rested since a canoe capsized on July 4 In the tragedy his sister Olga also drowned A Hartford man Earl Smith spotted the body about 40 feet from shore cold water preserved it Divers and officers searched the lake near the canoe site Rev Mr Frakah pastors the Greek church at Willimantic.
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Rockville
Associated Press
Isez Frakah
Frederick Frakah
Stafford Springs
Crystal Lake
Olga
Earl Smith
Hartford
Mr. Frakah
Willimantic
Children and Parents Clash Over True Schooling Goals
A reflective piece urges consistency between what adults think and what they model for children. It argues that teachers and parents must align beliefs with actions, warning that mixed messages undermine a child’s learning and moral development.
Terry Lectures Set For April At United Church
The Terry foundation lectures on science and religion at United Congregational church will be held in April next. Rev. William Horace Day announced the change from this month. Oxford scholar Dr. William Brown will lecture, with three talks planned on science and religion. Lectures will be at Yale and Bridgeport first. The April 26 session will replace the usual Sunday evening forum.
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United Congregational Church
Wiliam Horace Day
Willam Brown
Oxford University
England
Brown
United States
Oxford
Yale University
Bridgeport
Robert A. Millikan
Pasadena
Cal
Bison Physics
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The
United Church
Two Torrington men held on assault charge after roadside incident
Ralph Fimiano and Jacob Ricabone, local residents, were held in bail of 85 000 each for city court hearings on assaulting seventeen year old Lillian Button on the Torrington Highland Lake road last night. Both furnished bail.
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Torrington
Ralph Fimiano
Jacob Ricabone
Lillian Button
Torrington-Highland Lake
Homemade Pinex Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
A home made cough syrup blends Pinex with sugar syrup or honey to yield a pint of potent remedy. It claims rapid relief by loosening phlegm and soothing irritated membranes, suitable for bronchial hoarseness and asthma. The ad urges asking druggists for Pinex with directions, guaranteed refunds.
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Michaels & Company
Record Breaking Swim Questioned by French Press
Paris reports doubting Dorothy Cochrane Logan's English Channel swim of 13 hours 10 minutes. L Auto calls her crossing a joke and says it was technically impossible. Le Matin notes start details differ, Cape Gris-Nez lighthouse witnesses say not from there. The Amateur Swimming Association says it does not officially recognize cross channel records.
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Paris
Associated Press
Dorothy Cochrane Logan
L'Auto
Gertrude Ederle
le Matin
Cape ‘Gris-Nez
London
H. E. Fern
Amateur Swimming Association
Mise Mercedes Gleitz
Tornado Kills Four in Dell Blytheville Area Arkansas
A violent tornado struck the Dell area near Blytheville in Mississippi county causing four deaths and 14 injuries. Property damage was put at about 10000 dollars as homes and major buildings including the Plantet Dell gin and Dell school were wrecked. Rescuers toiled through the night to extricate victims from debris while two Negro residents were among the injured.
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Blytheville
Ark
Associated Press
Mississippi County
Dell
W.P. Winn
Austin Hardin
J. A. Hardin
John Hardin
Hardin
J. T. Green
Plantet Dell
Phoenix
Stevens Gin
A. Rittenberg
Hawley Family Plans Annual Reunion Session
The Hawley family society meets tomorrow at the Statfield hotel with dinner at 6:30. Rev Day will greet the association and thank them for a memorial gift to Deacon Thomas Hawley. An educator Ching will speak, Mrs Hawley will entertain with vacation sketches, and Samuel B. Hawley will give the annual address. Entertainment committee includes William C. Hawley, George Hawley, and Susan Hawley Davis.
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Hawley Family Society
Statfield
Willam Horace
Thomas Hawley
Bridgeport
Harry
Martin
Peking
Ching
Henry B. Hawley
Brookfield
New England
Samuel B. Hawley
Yonkers
William C. Hawley
George
Widower convicted as murderer of girl in Virginia
In Luray Virginia on October 12 Associated Press reports Thomas Short a widower with 13 children was found guilty of second degree murder by a Page County jury for fatally shooting Miss Essie Buracker nineteen near here two weeks earlier. He received a 26 year sentence the maximum antebellum term. The jury deliberated four and a half hours. Short claimed Miss Buracker had broken his heart and after the shooting escaped to the mountains before surrendering days later to hunger and exposure.
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Luray
Associated Press
Thomas Short
Page County
Essie Buracker
Virginia
Short
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