Eleven Miners Entombed by Blast in Kentucky Mine
At Hart Coal Company Mine No 9 in Mine Malisonville Kentucky eleven miners were entombed and believed dead after a blast that wrecked the shaft and halted power to the city. Rescue efforts struggled as a 300000 volt line was cut. Five or more miners had left minutes earlier, while two crews worked to reach those still underground.
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Malisonville
Hart Coal Corporation
Number 11
Number 9
John Harvey
Fireman Demoted at Own Request to Old Inspector Post
Captain Walter Frank, superintendent of machinery, was demoted at his own request and will assume duties as inspector of motor apparatus. He cited injuries that hindered his mobility and ability to perform strenuous duties. The board had previously reestablished the inspector post to ease his workload. A separate appeal granted by the Wicks lodge allowed firemen to enter a bazaar popularity contest, and hydrant committee work approved a new hydrant.
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Walter Frank
Board of Fire Commissioners
Frank
Wiks' Lodge
Brandegee Will Declared Invalid in 1896 Paper Find
In New London on October 22, a search of Senator Frank B. Brandegee’s papers, held by attorney Charles I. Whittlesey, uncovered a 1896 will. The will names his sister Helen as sole beneficiary and Augustus Brandegee as administrator, both of whom are dead, invalidating it. Authorities pursue a later will possibility.
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New London
Frank B. Brendegee
Charles I. Whittlesey
Brandegee
Senate
Helen
Augustus Brandegee
Haunted by Ghost Causes Derby Groom to Quit Bride
Derby man Wadlislaw Zydron abandons his new wife after claiming the ghost of his deceased first wife threatened to kill her if he did not leave. He fled to Poland with his two children, taking $2,000 of the bride’s savings, while police search for him and the vanished funds.
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Parby
Wadlislaw Dydrow
Poland
Bessie Zydron
Zydron
Meriden
Willam Healy
Derby
Dlsaster
Zyrdon
New York
Old Country
Towne Will Disposes Of 4 Million Estate
Henry R Towne engineer and former Yale and Towne head dies October 16 in New York. Probate reveals a 50 000 Merchants association trust to extend its work and a Henry R Towne Engineering Fund to support the United Engineering Society. Litchfield Land shares fund for St Michaels parish and 10000 trusts to NYU Franklin Institute PA Philadelphia and Penn Normal School on St Helena Island.
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New York
Henry R. Towne
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
Stamford
Conn
E Henry A. Towne
Merchants’ Association of New York
Towne
Litchfeld Land Company
Predict action in alcohol seizure to be taken today
Developments loom in a $20 000 alcohol seizure case after federal agents seized 40 barrels of grain alcohol at the West Ind freight yards. Harry and Morris Cohen of Bridgeport Barrell Co deny ownership and say the firm never bought barrels in Philadelphia where the alcohol was shipped as empty containers.
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West Ind Freght Yards
Edward BE. Dovlan
Harry
Morris L. Cohen
Parl Avenue
Bridgeport Barrel Company
Union Avenue
Philadelphia
Gang Mobs Merchant Who Captures Culprits
Joseph Chapis of 860 Broad Street appealed to police after his store was robbed by three boys. He held the culprits until arrest but a larger group of youths raided again and escaped. The Detective Bureau assigned an officer to locate the guilty parties.
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Joseph Chapis
Broad Street
Poltes
Shenandoah on Homeward Trip
The Shenandoah the Navy dirigible rises to 8,000 feet after lifting off from North Island San Diego and begins its return voyage over the Rocky Mountains. The craft heads south toward Buana then skirts Otay Reservoir before following a route along the Mexican border toward El Centro Yuma and eastward.
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Shenandoah
Associated Press
North Island
San Diego
Rocky Mountains
California
Buana
Otay Reservoir
Fetrero
el Centro
Yuma
State official faults in handling mentally ill at Middletown hospital
Dr. R I Leak, superintendent of Middletown State hospital, blasted the practice of trumping up charges to arrest mentally ill men to jail or prison. He urged honest labeling of illness and preferred voluntary hospital treatment over legal manipulation and forced confinement.
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Middletown State Hospital
R. I. Leak
Lions Club
Stratford Hotel
Fireman Shot By Falling Revolver In Norwalk
Norwalk dispatch reports Hoseman George Gatner of the Central Fire station was wounded by a falling revolver at the Burdett home on Crescent Terrace while aiding a fire. The bullet hit him in the chest area. he was treated at Norwalk hospital and released to rest at home.
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Norwalk
George Gatner
Central Fire Station
Norwalk Hospital
Central Fire Company
Charles H. Hurlburt
Cresnant Terrace
Inc Ames
Burnbutt
Gainor
Woman Gets Contract To Transport Pupils
The Board of Education awarded the pupil transport contract from White Hill to the high school to Mrs Anna Ritter. Her bid of 4560 dollars per day was the lowest. When weather allows the pupils will ride by auto and horse drawn coach when roads fail.
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Shelton
Board of Education
White Hill
Anna Ritter
Ritter
Walter Keller
Braig Mose Company
American Legion
Keller
The
Legion
New York Stock Exchange to raise brokerage rates
The New York Stock Exchange Board recommends an overall higher commission schedule with voting by members next week. Current rates for 100 share transactions are $7.05 for under $10, $15 for $10-125, and $20 for $125+. New scale keeps $7.50 under $10 but sets higher charges across ranges up to $200 and above, with a $5 increase per $50 rise beyond $200.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Ili
President Coolidge To Speak On Radio Tonight
President Coolidge plans a late evening address to be broadcast nationwide tonight. He will outline government views ahead of his final extended address before the eastern division of the chamber of commerce, scheduled for tomorrow night, and will speak around 9 20 p m eastern standard time.
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Wasilington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Coolidge
Kentucky
Shenandoah
Judge
Democrats Name Delegates for Senate Contest
In the Third district a five member delegate ticket was named to represent the district at the convention. Patrick H. Fitzpatrick Eugene C. J. Kelly J. H. Higgins Raymond B. Arnold and Mrs Edward Lynch were selected by President William B Flanagan. Mayor Behrens estimated Senate election cost between 2090 and 2600 with a larger 4600 used for the presidential vote. The primary is set for November 6 with expected no contest in the Third district. The new club plans to move to a larger hall on November 1.
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Frank B. Brandeger
Democratic Association
Wiliamb. Flanagan
Patrick H. Fitzpatrick
Eugene C. J. Kelly
J. H. Higgins
Raymond
Arnold
Edward Lynch
Flanagan
William Behrens
Senate
Morris Ordered to Surrender Driver's License
Hartford October 22 The motor vehicle department orders Charles G Morris Democratic nominee for Governor to surrender his license after an automobile killed Mary Kiraj nine in Wallingford late Tuesday. The law suspends licenses of operators in fatal accidents until facts are determined and allowed for possible one year suspension if negligence is found.
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Hartford
Motor Vehicle Commissionet
State Motor Vehicle Department
Charles G. Morris
India
Morris
Mary Kiraj
Wallingford
Motor Vehicle Department
Six More Sailors Die In Trenton Disaster
The Norfolk naval hospital reports the deaths of six more sailors from the powder explosion aboard the scout cruiser Trenton Monday raising the total dead to fourteen. One of the six remaining wounded is not expected to recover.
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Norfolk
Naval Hospital
Trenton
Robbery Attempt Reported at Putnam Street Home
Mrs Herbert Debhlessen of 82 Putnam street told police yesterday an attempt to break into her house by cutting window glass with a diamond occurred the previous day. Detectives are assigned to the case.
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Herbert Debhlessen
Putnam Street
Body of Pope Leo X Buried at St John’s Rome
The body of Pope Leo XIII was moved tonight from St Peter's to a tomb in St. John’s Basilica. The private translation included the late pope’s solemn funeral rites, noting Leo XIII served from 1878 to 1968 and died two days after his 27th jubilee.
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Leo
ST. John’s
Rome
Associated Press
Leo Xat
St. Peter’s
St. Jos Lutheran
Leo MII
St. Peter
Bobbed Hair And Politics In Early Russian Society
In Bridgeport a young Russian woman describes how bobbed hair arose from soap shortages and became a symbol within political fashion. She, a Petrograd university student and teacher in Russia, discusses Hus sian life and the attitudes of Communist and non Communist women in an interview in the Sunday Post.
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Bridgeport
Petrograd University
Connecticut Sentry Slain Surprising Petting Party Tale
A Norfolk, Connecticut private, Funsell Shores, 4th Infantry, died at Walter Reed General Hospital from a pistol wound while on sentry duty. Police call it death by self-inflicted pistol shot amid a reported rear area fracas near nurses quarters. coroner’s inquest and shifting Army officials’ statements follow. The scene shows scuffed ground and broken tiles consistent with a struggle, and a nearby body is found with a pistol and an empty chamber.
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Shores
Walter Reeds Hospital
J. Ramsay Nevitt
Pala
Quadera Ang
Walter Reed Hospital
Bhoren
Walter Reed
Print Shop Fire Near Hilton Store Alarmed City
A fire at the Clayton Press Print shop 50 Middle Street caused smoke damage to Hilton Clothing Co premises at the Hilton store corner Fairfield Avenue and Middle Street. Assistant Chief Mellor says about 100 dollars damage confined to the origin room. clothing stock reportedly undamaged.
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Hilton Clothing Company
Clayton Press
Middle Street
Fairfield Avenue
Alexander 5. Mellor
Widow appeals compensation award in Wheeler case
An appeal by Anon M. Wheeler of North Grafton Mass widow of George W. Wheeler former Raybestos employee was filed with the Raybestos company and Travelers Insurance today challenging a $3498.24 compensation award Drd by Commissioner Edward T Buckingham on October 24 Wheeler worked in the Raybestos mixing room handling gasoline and rubber and asbestos materials. The award cited illness aggravated by the fumes and represented a district precedent.
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Edward T. Buckingham
Anon M. Wheeler
North Grafton
Mass
George W. Wheeler
Raybestos Company
Travelers’ Ensurance Company
Wheeler
Comimissoner Fmckingham
Ase
Japanese Seek Settlement in Lower California Report
A Mexican paper claims 12 Japanese, two from the General Staff and ten financiers and industrial experts, crossed the border into Lower California to finance and direct a large colonization project. The First Presbyterian Church in New York City accepted Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick’s resignation by unanimous vote, with an invitation extended for his return on Sundays if convenient.
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California
Harry E. Fosdick
Misnlcata
Lower California
el] Mercurio
Stazen
Qat
First Presbyterian Church
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Box
Contract Board Meeting For City Contracts
The Board of Contract and Supply will meet in City Hall next Tuesday to award monthly gasoline oil and meat contracts.
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Board of Contract and Supply
City Hall
Lodge’s Condition Reported Excellent in Boston
Oct 22 The condition of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is excellent after a second operation tonight by his physician Dr J J Cuntipgoan at Boston. The brief report from the surgeon offers no further details on his status or procedure.
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Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mongay
J. J. Cuntipgoan
Democrats name delegates to city convention in district contest
Democrats of the Third District name delegates to a city convention to select a Brandegea successor. Other notes mention an available bonus for school purposes after a meeting between Havens and the mayor and a Republican Town Committee rally set for tomorrow.
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Brandegea
Havens
Deming
Merritt
House
Senate
Walling
Republicans Seek Greek Speaker for Bridgeport Rally
Republican leaders chase a Greek speaker assignment from the state bureau. Victor Waites of Lowell Mass was thought to be the designated speaker and Alfred W. Burdick, Bridgeport town chairman, learned Afraites would arrive Tuesday night to address a Greek rally.
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Victor Waites
Lowell
Masa
State
Alfred W. Burdick
Afraites
Bridgeport
Republicans' fundraising under scrutiny in national drive
Senate inquiry details money flows for the party’s national campaign. Labor leaders were brought to Washington for a Coolidge speech with funds advanced for hotels and taxis, later repaid. Pennsylvania figures report $365,000 raised across 53 counties outside Pittsburgh, while bankers and business figures deny broader solicitation beyond established committees.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Tr.v. O'Connor
Shipping Board
Joseph Ryan
International Longshoremen's Union
C. Bascom Slemp
White House
Pennsylvania
Joseph R. Grundy
Bristol
Pennsylvania Ways and Means Committee
Pittsburgh
W. L. Mellon
Andrew Mellon
Robert M. Labolette
American Bankers’ Association
Chicago
Edward T. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
J. P. Mongan
Cnn
Five Operators Seek Return of Driving Licenses
Four Bridgeport residents with suspended licenses for automobile violations and one involved in a fatal crash will attend a hearing before Deputy Motor Vehicle Commissioner Snow at 10:34 this morning in the county courthouse. Local defendants include John Schultz 16 Jones Avenue reckless driving Leo Robinson 584 William Street operating while suspended Nicholas Palazza 296 East Main Street reckless driving Andrew Mason 174 Spruce Street operating while intoxicated Clifford J. Connor 851 Hancock Avenue fatal accident. Additional defendants from other towns are scheduled to appear.
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Bridgeport
Lcenses
Snow
John Schultz
Jones Avernue
Leo Robinson
William Street
Life Imprisonment for Shattuck Robber
Paris reports President Doumerguehas commuted the death sentence of Alphonse Gabriel Mourey to life imprisonment with hard labor. Mourey was convicted of multiple crimes including the robbery of the home of Albert B. Shattuck, a retired New York banker.
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Paris
Associated” Press
Doumergus
Alphonse Gabriel Mourey
Albert BR. Shattuck
New York Bankey
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President Coolidge
Radio
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Sunday Post
Connecticut
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Ae Hilton Clothing Store
O Contract Board
Menting
Lodge
EPORT
We Ineane Hospital
Wheeler Assats
Sendomer Speert
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LaFellette
Ois
Redding
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Danbury
Milford
Keating
Phillips
Fortuna
Foreign Affairs
Mexico
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Macharest
Foland
U. S
Ukraine
Stiuras
Selznick Distributing Company
New York Stock Exchange Board
Overnora
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Brung
Kine
Bona
Park Theatre
Cludn
Nurml
Mtenrous
Iehle
Mountaineers
Yale Army
Bridgeport Folka
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Mt Worcester Ia
Republican
Grundy Committee
Stotesbury
Grundy
Ways and Means Committee
Union League
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