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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1925
Page
3
In the Sunday Post Mayor Behrens Republican candidate for re election and Attorney Culinnan Democratic candidate for Mayor respond to the question What does Bridgeport need most These statements matter to every taxpayer and voter in the city.
A St. Petersburg businessman warns readers that a local economic bubble will burst. He explains the resale swindle, explains why waterlogged land is being marketed, and outlines potential returns from citrus fruit investments in an exclusive feature.
A banking authority says the Sunday Post report on a Florida land gamble saved two million dollars for Bridgeport workers. He notes the article impacts wild cat promoters in the South, detailing its broader effect on investors and local labor.
Navajo Trails lead the Streeter family through the Painted Desert to the country’s oldest continuously inhabited town. A vivid word portrait of this wild region appears in Mr. Streeter’s article to be published this Sunday.
A historical short fiction piece by Courtney Ryley Cooper recounts the city’s first known arsonist, active about a century ago, whose rapid fires destroyed home, store, and church as the Great Fire of 1845 unfolds. It presents how the maniac roused the city and foreshadows the dramatic tale of revenge.
The piece notes Will Rogers on a lecture tour recounting his first appearance as a lecturer in his Illiterate Digest column. It also mentions humorists Ring Lardner George Ade Montague Glass Stephen Leacock and Don Herold whose wit appears regularly in the Sunday Post.
Miss Catherine Burke dies after the Croydon to Paris Goliath crashes near London in dense fog while seven passengers are aboard. Rev Daniel Burke and Joseph Burke, both from New York, suffer serious injuries. pilot Thierry escapes unharmed as splintered wreckage is used as improvised splints.
Hartford report from October 14 states that the ship Peary nearly sank during the Bowdoin MacMillan e xpedition off Labrador. Radio failures left the Peary unable to communicate with the Bowdoin or mainland from Boston until John Reinartz rebuilt the transmitter. The first use of the repaired wireless warned the Bowdoin that the Peary had run aground on a reef near Hopedale, Labrador.
Edward L. Kelly tax attorney will be principal speaker at the Fifth District Republican Warren's club meeting Tuesday evening at the Junior High school. A large attendance is expected as an exceptionally good program has been planned. Miss Jennie E Dennings is club president.
Adam Metzger seventy one died last night at his home on West Way after a long illness. He leaves a wife a son Joseph J Metzger two daughters Mrs Selma Zweyer and Mrs Margaret Moshier and four grandchildren Adeline Irene Metzgl and Vivian Moshier. He was a member of St Josephs Sick Benefit Society and St Michaels Sick Benefit Society. The funeral is set for Monday at 8 39 at his home and 9 at St Josephs Church with burial in St Michaels Cemetery.
New Haven October 16 State's Attorney dropped the manslaughter case against Meriden resident Mrs Lutu Rome after a July 7 boarding house dispute in Meriden in which a coffee pot strike was alleged. The inquest by Coroner Eli Mix found Mrs Rome criminally responsible.
Winsted October 16 AP a barn holding 25 tons of hay and two smaller barns at Hallock farm owned by Burton E Moore near Crystal Lake were destroyed Friday night with losses in the thousands. a bucket brigade saved an unoccupied dwelling. Origin of the blaze unknown. a man was allegedly seen running from the area and a candle found wedged in a berry box near the unoccupied house. Police investigate.
A list of ambulance dispatches reports multiple injuries and conditions from Fairfield area incidents. Entries include abrasions from an auto crash on Stratfield road, a fainting at Cornwall and Patterson plant, an injured hand at City Barrel works, a epileptic episode on Lincoln and Main, a head laceration from a fall on Main and Arch, a pedestrian struck on Thompson street, pneumonia cases, a Lysol ingestion emergency, and a severe head injury from tire failure at a gas station. Multiple patients were taken to Bridgeport or Emergency hospital.
At 10 55 p m a smoke event on wires above Main and Fairview Avenue prompted a fire alarm. Engine Company No 7 spent about an hour extinguishing smoldering insulation after a resident reported smoke from the wiring near the box at the street corner.
Hartford Oct 16 AP Nimpson agent of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance at Champaign Alabama broke the world record by writing 125 life insurance apps in one day. About 150000 dollars was involved in the transactions and announced by the company here today.
Riff forces bombard Tetuan, Spanish Morocco, on November Day with explosions in the high commissioner's garden. The attack appears aimed at the Jewish quarter causing panic but casualties reported as negligible.
New Haven police recovered a sedan owned by Reuben Lal prin from Eleusatonic avenue. It had been found abandoned yesterday afternoon on Hollister avenue and was returned to its owner.
Advertisement notes Gloria silk covered umbrellas in navy garnet and purple. Strong steel frames with short stubby handles and silk cords priced at 2.75. Measurements not provided.
Special sale notes two items: a sectional rubber and flesh brocade model with hip sizes 26 to 34 priced at 2.69, and a brocade plus hand knit elastic long skirt with satin ribbon trim in sizes 27 to 36 offered at 4.50. Second floor rear display.
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