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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1923
Page
10
Milford experiences record rainfall with 4.82 inches causing rising water and dam safety concerns. Water company officials report reservoir levels rebounding but warn replenishment is needed as drought pressures ease and well and spring flows resume.
Westport October 14 Special to the Telegram Parks of Greensford Town has resigned as town auditor after ten years in office. A written resignation was accepted by the board and he has left the office. The town will appoint a successor, with the board likely to name a replacement at the next meeting. Parks notes the daily walk to the office becomes difficult in winter.
Special Telegram report describes high surf from the Sound flooding shore fronts near Greens Farms and Cougo roads. Widespread damage includes rail viaduct flooding, washed away boats, broken moorings, and several cellars flooded as wells run dry after two months of drought.
Traffic on the Past Road moved slowly but orderly with no accidents reported. Officer Charles J. Quinky directed duties in Hotel Square as rain-slick conditions prevailed. A youth group returned from a Lip over the Ma 6 Trail with participants including Warren Kerstetler and others. The Greens Farms School PTA plans a three o’clock meeting tomorrow afternoon, while American Legion Matthias Post No. 43 will meet Wednesday night at their club.
The dedication at the Salvation Army home in Danbury was postponed indefinitely due to Commander Evanger Booth’s illness. Colonel William McIntyre of Boston announced the delay, saying the date depends entirely on Booth’s recovery and she may attend if well.
Norwalk Ohio reports city Treasurer Anson F. Keeler is urged by Mayor Thomas Robins to present a nine month financial report to council or resign. City officials admit records are incomplete and investigations reveal the books are not up to date while rumors about laxity circulate.
Milford Delaware area prepares for an exclusive antique show by the Milford D A R chapter at Memorial Chapter House on Tuesday afternoon November 1 starting at three o clock. The exhibit will focus on Revolutionary era items with rare books dated 1750 and 1760 and wooden covered volumes. The display includes old maps textiles and jewelry with several items loaned by chapter members. Atlas Bucking ham chairs the event and hosts Jervis B Brows Frances Quincy and Mrs Cuell Trowbridge will oversee arrangements as hosts.
Despite inclement weather many members of the Fairfield County sewing society at Greenmeadow Hill Congregational church attended today. They enjoyed sewing lunch a business meeting and social shows. Plans are underway for a chicken dinner and sale to be held in November. A Halloween masquerade is planned by the Greenfield Country Club next Wednesday night. A county session of Ken Allen will meet tomorrow night. A mock trial show is to be part of the program and candidates will be sworn in.
Stratford notices announce the funeral of starry Barnes a real estate dealer who died in Miami will be held from his Stratford residence with Knights Templar rites and a large local attendance expected.
Mary Carr of Bridgeport Conn pleaded guilty to shoplifting a dress from a downtown store. She was sent to the Tombs for until November 2 by Special Sessions Court. The case involved her teaching other women to pilfer. A scene at the court included two children, one eight, who were ordered placed in care. Kowalski, a pupil of Carr, was mentioned as having learned shoplifting methods.
In a Springfield to New York service, Train No 65 suffered a back draft causing the engine cab to burst into flames. Engineer Mooney led the crew to the local depot where firefighters used live streams to extinguish the blaze. After a 26 minute delay the service resumed to New York with a replacement engine.
Civil action filed in Delware by Jr. Frederick ba Ubly of 4 Eilon avenue and dent vivy at 10s¢ Dfaln street Bridgeport against Ward Babli company for $000. The car was struck on the Pose Poi wetweek Worwalk and West port last winter. Attorneys Light, Dunbay and Quinta represent the plaintiff.
A large number of judges attended the funeral of former Supreme Court justice Milton A. Shumway in Danielson. The retired jurist, noted as one of the state’s prominent legal figures, died Saturday. Sessions were adjourned at noon to permit attendance.
Fairfield crowd packs Community theatre for a Friday benefit by the Fairfield Center Fire Company No. 1. Nine organizations stage acts from singing and dancing to comedy with a $50 prize for best act and a second prize. Local schools churches and groups supply performers and judges include notable townspeople.
In Puyslugrm on October 4 a fierce blaze gutted the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy in the Oakland district. About eighty children and 160 nuns fled the three story building in orderly drill formation as the fire was discovered. One person was injured.
A staged robbery at the American Thirdware Company on Fairfield Avenue drew a swift police mobilization. Within minutes, 25 officers sealed exits, activated street signals, and rushed to the ten-floor hardware store, but no burglar was found.
Dr Boris Sidis a noted psychologist and medical director of the Sidis Institute died at his home in New York. He was 44 and had long been associated with Harvard and Harvard Medical School, authoring numerous works on psychopathology and neurology.
Surion Myeveay of Gu organ izer of the Connecticut League of Women Workers is appointed to a state labor post. Harry 2, Magi Kepale named deputy or inspector in the Labor Department. The government set to take effect December 2. Murrey, associated with Tate Rev. dhim H Murray and Youth's Companion, noted in family context with Frances Rivers Murphy. Robert Young, longtime speaker of the Canadian Parliament, mentioned.
Danbury Oct 24 The Rev Wisham Ellis pastor of the Danbury Advent Church enters upon his fourth year as pastor of the church of his denomination elected by the elders. He has guided the church from a mission begun in 1824 to a large active membership on Madison Avenue. Ellis born December 14 1856 in West Stafford educated at Amherst College and Monson Academy. He opened the Ellis Select School in Danbury in the 1870s and later declined calls to larger churches to remain with his Danbury parish.
Police will investigate the death of Christopher Benson found in a barn on the Patel Flynn farm. Doctors say a fractured skull caused by a blow to the head may indicate foul play and suggest he was struck by a hard object, though details remain unclear.
Capecial oO Lhe Velearant-pleading guilty to keeping a place serving liquor. Pasquale Schinn and Antonia were fined 200 for sale of liquor. Seventeen-year-old Jad discharged. Thirty-one home-made wine bottles seized. Judge Meadesomme praised Greenwich police for closing the place. Repeatedly, patrons John McGann Alexander Worden and Philip Maran faced costs for public in storm.
A disputed ruling from the U S Labor Board is reported as Pennsylvania officials face enforcement. The dataset notes an investigation and a response by labor unions and operators, amid broader implications for state compliance and federal oversight.
New London officials started an investigation after residents failed to get water this morning. Water department found mains clogged by eels at Lake Konomat source. Wire mesh was intact, but small eels may enter when tiny and grow to block main supply.
New York records that Dr. Donald MacMillan’s Arctic expedition at Etah near Greenland connects to the world via amateur radio. Jack Barnsley of Prince Rupert, Canada, relays messages over 2,000 miles, enabling future dispatches as polar conditions and ice retreat. The Bowdoin team camps in place for winter and plans Eskimo snow houses and fuel measures.
Pred W. a prominent track official dies in Detroit hospital from wounds received Saturday when shot by trainer Marion Webb. Son Fred W. Jey and Mrs. Gerhardy were at bedside. Autopsy held tonight. burial to Detroit by his wife. Webb to be charged with first degree murder and held without bond.
An elderly yachtsman and notable figure in New Rochelle collapsed at Hudson Park on the city float day, dying from heart disease. The scene drew a crowd as friends and fellow yachtmen mourned his sudden loss.
Ridgefield faces prohibition on a $75,000 school bond issue after town counsel Judge John H Light ruled the plan illegal under chapter 213 of the Public Arts act and the local board of finance structure. The ruling urges legislative authority before any bonds are issued and halts architectural planning.
New Haven report says Fredenek R. Fairbanks of East Haven died instantly when a trolley car bound for Momauguin struck him after he thrust his upper body through a culvert opening near Hemingway Avenue Bridge. Motorman said the man appeared between the rails as the trolley passed. Authorities say he was walking on the tracks and fell.
A two day heavy rain, totaling 4.93 inches for a storm period, ends a months long drought in New Haven. The heaviest rainfall in over a decade eased water shortages across most towns as the storm subsided after dusk.
Judge Frank D. Talnes rules the Doherty Brothers company not legally liable to Mes Kil for injuries from a crash with a machine owned by the defendants. The decision notes unregistered vehicles are not entitled to redress, though the plaintiff showed intelligence. A prior $2,200 judgment for Mes Kil was reopened and reversed after filings by Aftor nesya Cullinan and Cullinan.
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