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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1926
Page
5
Hartford officials report Connecticut may adopt a new hand signal code for motorists. The State Motor Vehicle Department bulletin notes current signals are limited and urges standardization to aid understanding and safety as part of upcoming legislative proposals.
New Haven reports show three Connecticut candidates failed to file required campaign expense statements within the deadline. Names include Rollin A. Teler, Arthur W. bas, and Schuyler Merriut, with varied expenditures and funds routed through political agents.
Frederick Wy. Goodrich, seventy seventh vice president of the Middletown coal company, died at his Portland home after a long life in the area. Born in Wethersfield he served on the board of selectmen and in the General Assembly in 190? He was with the Middletown Coal Company since 18?. He is survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter.
Beulah Purvis nineteen of Lawrenceburg Indiana was found dead in the Big Miami River near Cleves last Wednesday. Investigators stationary at a wall report no tangible evidence of motive or killer. Authorities traced her movements to Valley Junction Indiana and Harrison Ohio, but dates and alibis are confused, with Betscher claiming to have seen her aboard a traction car. The body identified at the county morgue by her father James Purvis.
A Youngstown Ohio resident calling himself King Buecene read a letter declaring that Roigene will ascend the throne of Mesieu and is supported by the snakes, prompting great solemnity and loud laughter from Mexican deputies in Mexico City on December 24.
Roumanians vote to rename a main city thoroughfare Avenue Briand to honor Aristide Briand the French premier and foreign minister. The municipal council aims to honor the peace advocate with the street name, replacing the former avenue designation in the capital.
Oct 24 AP body of 27 year old Jewett of Bread Hill Wethersfield found in a woodshed mile south of Wells Road. chloroform bottle and two sealed fetters nearby directed to her mother and Miss Nina Prewold. Desmond identified as landowner. death ruled suicide by chloroform amid family notes of extreme nervous strain from overwork.
Washington reports that corporation taxes totaled 88.5 million dollars, helping lift total Internal Revenue collections in the third quarter of 1926 to 893.7 million dollars, up 2.0 million from the year prior. Individual rates were eased, boosting net gains by roughly 19.7 million, while repeal of the capital stock levy reduced miscellaneous receipts by 108 million. Inheritance tax declined sharply, netting 17.98 million versus 27.05 million a year ago.
A Bay riding a bicycle and a girl running across the street were among five people struck by two automobiles Saturday in Hartford. Two children suffered leg breaks while three others were injured in traffic incidents not tied to the football rush.
Charles Fisher of the American Railway Express identified Polis as Fred Upham Upham, once of the New York Police Department, linked to a 1903 assault in which a man was stabbed seven times after a fight on Eight Avenue. Upham fled and has been hunted since.
The Harris Construction Company of Stamford Conn was awarded the contract for extension and remodeling of the Post Office building in Stamford. The bid of 83795 was accepted from four responses dated October 11 by the Treasury Department supervising architect. Work includes a new mailing vestibule, steel plate flooring repairs, and a driveway extension, to be completed in 20 days.
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