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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1927
Page
9
A light anecdote contrasts Sunday dinners with everyday coffee choices. It promotes Arbuckle Guest Coffee as stronger and richer, claiming Yuban costs a trifle more but yields more cups per pound and suits best guest service.
Middletown R I Oct 1 By Associated Press bequests aggregating several million dollars are provided in the will of Mrs Mary M Emery widow of Thomas J Emery of Cincinnati and Newport. She died in Cincinnati on October 12. The total estate value is not disclosed. The will leaves $500000 to sister Elizabeth F Hopkins and $500000 to Carl J Livingood secretary of 42 years and executor. A trust fund of 2500000 is created for annuities. Residue to Thomas J Emery Memorial in Cincinnati to benefit U S residents, preferably Ohio. Various bequests to churches institutions and welfare bodies. Taft named substitute executor if Livingood dies before Mrs Emery.
Hartford reports from the General Sunday School association session condemn narcotics including tobacco and habit-forming beverages. The discussion cites Dr. Harry Hersey’s temperance report and warns of nicotine’s race-wide damage, urges abstinence, and notes coca cola’s caffeine risks. It also asserts there is no chance of repealing the Volstead Act.
George Yarro of Barnsboro New Jersey a 26 year old man confessed slayer of Rose Barro a sixteen year old high school student and Sunday school teacher indicted by the Gloucester county grand jury. The girl's body was found on a creek bank between Mantua and Wenonah with bullet wounds in the back of the head and a wire around the neck. She had ridden in Yarros automobile the previous evening and police say he confessed after his arrest. He had been married and separated from his wife.
Three arcs on John Mason’s farm near East Brookfield burned early today causing about 15000 in damages. John Tallman a former farm hand who often slept in barns is missing and feared dead. Two cows and 40 tons of hay were lost along with farm equipment. Mason narrowly escaped when flames cut off his path while trying to save a prized horse. Water from a brook and 2300 feet of hose aided efforts to save the house.
Newport Oct 17 Definite intimation by Judge Herbert Carpenter that Mrs Jessie Margaret Budlong has lost the divorce fight to Milton J Budlong. Judge cites proven cruelty and contemplates granting the divorce with custody to the husband and possibly revoking her $760 monthly allowance.
Boston Oct 17 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court authorized Raymond M Adams to file a petition against Hannah and others to determine title to twenty acres in Dennis as successor to the early Yarmouth Proprietors. Adams seeks to register title while Mrs Weatherbee contests ownership from a 1928 deed. Chief Justice Rugg notes rights may be asserted in Land Court.
Alabama officials delayed eleven defendant trials for masked floggings to January 2, 1828 while awaiting appeals by Eugene Doss and L. A. Clayton. The shifts follow bribery accusations tied to grand jury testimony on Arthur Hitt’s land sale. Sheriff holds 28 warrants. 17 arrested with bonds totaling 83 000.
William D. Freridhs a Tottenville painter and Canadian war veteran who has amnesia left a New York hospital to face his mother and try to recall his identity. his brother Ernest Frerichs identified him but the patient could not remember names or faces. The brothers traveled to New York, where authorities confirmed the identification before leaving the hospital. The veteran has been in poor health since experiences in the war and has required ongoing medical care.
Off Cape Hatteras the four masted schooner Maurice R Thurlow sailed unguided with sails up and no crew aboard. Crowell and Thurlow of Boston reported to agents that the ship, from Brunswick Ga to New York with 95 000 rails for ties, grounded on Diamond Shoals and the crew abandoned in boats before disappearing.
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