Congregational Home Boards Meet in City
Annual meetings of the Congregational Home Boards convene at United Congregational Church starting Tuesday with leaders from publishing, missionary and Sunday school societies. Notables include Rev. Beale, Prof. Smith, Dr. Huvet, Dr. Mills, and Dr. Burton with talks on religion, education, missions, and Mexico. Public invited. meals provided by local churches.
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United Congregational Church
Church Aaliding Society
The
Home Missionary Society
Sunday School Extension Society
Amerigan Missionary Association
Ministerial Boards
Robert Smith
Yale Divinity
Charles R. Brown
T. F. R. Beale
J. Percival Huvet
Brooklyn
Charles & Mills
Promettanal Council
Charles EB. Burton
National Council
Church Building Society
EK. M. Hilliay
Charles H. Baker
George T. McCollum
L. HH. Yee
Harold M. Kingsley
W. Knighton Bloom
Taberthca Smith
HH. Webster
Jer
Alan MM. Fairbank
Malcolm Boyd Dana
Berry
Arthur M. Nis
Mexico
Sebastian L. Hernanides
Paso
Noble & Elderkin
Duluth
George N. White
W. T. Holmes
Poucaluo
College
Mississippi
George L' Cady
Asbury Krom
Pro Widence
Harry S. Milles
Burches of Tre ¢Lty
Pr Wile
Ikim Horace Day
Unusual Estate Suit Played Out Before Court
In Superior Court yesterday an unusual action between administratrices of two estates unfolded as Norman and Warhter C. Norman, both Connecticut concerns, and Katherine Jennings contended over damages after a trolley collision killed the driver Gilson W. Jennings and a passenger. Damages sought total 10,900 dollars.
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Tre ‘Piaintife
Branch Walk
Norman
Suns
Connecticut Company
Katherine Jennings
O. Gilson W. Jennings Warhter
C. Norman
Gilson W. Jennines
Jennings
Main Street
Papsenger
Darien Motor Cop Taken to Hospital
Darien, Oct. 26. Special Amos Anderson, once famed as a bootlegger, was hospitalized after a motorcycle he rode was ditched by a speeding car on the post road. Anderson was badly shaken and bruised and likely to be confined for a week at Stamford Hospital.
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Darien
Po- Uceman
Amos Anderson
Fim
Stamford
Tate
Post Road
Anderson
Ambulance Calls for Patients From City Addresses
Ambulance dispatches reported at 12 00 p m for Gus Halberg 76 Bisbee Street with cerebral hemorrhage and at 12 30 p m for Hattie Parc from Bridgeport Hospital to Hillside Home 476 Barnum Avenue for Albert LeBlank at Vincette Hospital epileptic seizure at Mam and Goldatrees noted in the newspaper archive.
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Gus Halberg
Bisbee Street
Hattie Parc
Barnum Avenue
Graneferret
Bridgeport Hospita
Hillside
Albert Tleblank
Vincette Hospital
Mam
Goldatrees
Bhchive
Mother Wins Custody In Memoorandum Decision
The memo decision finds the welfare of the child paramount. It notes the mother is better suited to care for the boy given her improved home environment and the brother and sister should not be separated. The court grants modification of the divorce decree awarding custody to the mother.
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Ohio
Brooklyn
Inc
Tam
Fatrnesata
Phs
Bow Lloyd Phillips
Marie's Canadian Visit Highlights American Life Curiosity
Queen Marie and Prince Nicholas toured Niagara and observed shared receptions. The queen longed for a simple kitchen chat with a housewife to learn daily life, dining routines, and farming. she also eyed turbines and harvesting gear, and noted strong street contact despite official limits. An encounter with a policeman sparked thoughts on autonomy and royal restraint.
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Queen Marie
Prince Nichalis
Democrats Change Plans On Speech
Temptrane party discord grows as Mrs Crosby is barred from speaking over principle not to gain advantage. Chairman Flanigan denies threats of suit and says Crosby was kept from speaking to avoid dirty politics. Repubs are blamed for using the tactic, while officials stress fairness and experience.
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Temptrane Party
Flanigan Wars
Bullets Hit Truck in Stamford Incident
Teremiah Mello of 48 Cove rean asked the pelter to learn how four bullet holes appeared in the bark of his automobile. He left the truck in a garage and returned later to find it plastered with damage.
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Stamford
Teremiah Mello
Cove Rean
Mars close-up sighted as it nears Earth in record view
A Wisconsin report from Williams Bay notes Mars gives earthbound observers a near record close-up tonight with skies clear for study. Mars slows briefly at nadir, then speeds away. last close view was 1914 and next in 1939. Studies will continue for days to refine data.
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Williams Bay
Wis
Mars
Earth
Madeiros Granted Respite By Fuller
Boston October 16 AP For the second time his self confessed part in another crime has operated to save the life of Celestine Madeiros of New Bedford Governor Fuller and his counsel today granted a respite of his sentence to January 27 1927 Sentenced to die early in September for the murder of James Carpenter in an attempted robbery of the Wrentham National Bank Madeiros obtained his first respite to October so that his deposition and testimony might be used in a motion for a new trial for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted of the murder of two men in South Braintree in 1920 The motion for a new trial based on the Madeiros confession was the seventh in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti since their conviction in 1921 The Supreme Court cannot rule on the evidence presented to the trial justice during the motion for a new trial but only on his rulings on matters of law.
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Boston
Celestine F. Madeiros
New Bedford
Truller
James Carpenter
Wrentham National Bank
Madairos
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
South Braintree
Webster Thayer
Madeiros
Sacco
Vanzelii
William G. Thompson
Sacco Defense Counsel
Supreme Court
Thayer
Madelron
Vangetti
Auto killing in San Francisco sparks murder charges against union officers
In San Francisco on October 26, murder charges were filed against two Carpenters' union officers Archibald Mooney and Paul Chafford and five others for the fatal beating of C. W. Campbell, a nonunion carpenter. All arrested, bail set for tomorrow, following a city police round-up of strike rioters, the first death in the strike.
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San Francisco
Cat
Carpenters’ Union
C. W. Campbell
Archibald Mooney
Carpenters’ Natonal Organization
Paul Chafford
Albert
Sam Moore
Christopher O'Sullivan
Gus
George B. Pasco
Campbell
Po- Hom Wat
Good Thinkers as Rare as Good Golfers
Hartford dispatch notes Professors Henry T. Costello and Robert Hillyer of Trinity College discuss why most people struggle to think clearly. They blame habits, prejudice, and poor logic, comparing thinking to golf and warning against rhetoric that toys with emotions. Examples include Bryan and Sunday to illustrate illogical contrast.
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Hartford
Henry T. Costello
Robert 8. Hillyer
Trinity College
WTIC
Costello
Jis
Professor Hillyer
Hillyer
Engsh
William Jennings Bryan
Bing Sunday
Castello
Stamford garment union suits seek damages over picketing
The International Ladies Garment Workers Union of America faces two lawsuits by Stamford garment manufacturers Piper and Sularno Inc and Coral Inc alleging picket activity and intimidation hindered contracts. Each seeks damages of 10 000 plus injunctive relief. Judge Samypel Young issued a temporary injunction.
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union of America
Garment
Stamford
Piper and Sularno, Inc
Atlantic Street
Garment Manufacturers
International Union
Ben Truhoffe
Isadore Cohen
Coral, Inc
404 Elm Street
Samypel Young
Gangs Arm For Battle In Herrin
In Herrin two bootlegging factions Birger and Shelton operate armed camps led by admitted bootleggers. Birger owns an armored truck and says three of his Cullowers are missing with four rivals unaccounted after recent flare-ups. Birger plans to move his wife and relatives from Harrisburg to escape trouble.
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Birger
Shelton
Alvision
McQuay
West Frankfort
Indian Skull Unearthed by Contractors in Indian Camp Site
Workers with a steam shovel uncovered a skull about 20 feet deep in a wooded area near a street. Relics including two large stones likely used for grinding maize, arrowheads, spear heads, and hawks were found nearby. The skull is mostly intact above the upper jaw. the lower jaw is missing, likely that of a youth. Police were notified and the skull sent to headquarters. investigators expect further bones may be found.
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Itan
Tragic Double Fall At Hotel Ends In Deaths
Two women, both under chiropractic care, fell from a ninth floor room at a hotel after a confrontation over following a mother and daughter. A note with the name A Heyderman and a line about money was found. Police, not yet learning all details, described the scene as the women leaping to doom. Miss Plant told how she tried to save the other before losing consciousness.
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Miss Plant
A. Heyderman
Cahill Road
Brooklyn
Union Heads Held for Man's Murder
John Andrews seventy two of West Cheshire was killed by a speeding automobile near his home. He had just left a trolley car in Waterbury. skull fractures and mangled legs were reported. Coroner plans an inquest. police seek a damaged car.
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Cheshire
John Andrews
West Cheshire
Hig
Ohe
Andrews
Waterbury
Wanterbury
EH Mix
New Paven
Reginald Durrington
Yale Professor's Son Kills Himself
Stephen Wheeler, Yale graduate and son of Yale history professor Arthur Martin Wheeler, was found dead from asphyxiation in a New York rooming house. Investigators noted a dagger and poison among his possessions, with gas escaping from a heater as doors and windows were blocked. Wheeler, about 35, had briefly paid rent and appeared cheerful earlier. he had written stories as Stephen TaVan and was later tied to an advertising firm, married in 1906 to Edith Wiley.
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Stephen Wheeler
Yale
New York
New Haven
Arthur Martin Wheeler
Wheeler
Cook
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Stephen TaVan
Seigel Levy Company
Edith Wiley
Washington, D
Rosa Ponselle Victorious In Suit Against Metropolitan Opera
New York October 26 The Supreme Court Justice Ford directed a verdict in favor of Rosa Ponselle in her suit to recover eight thousand dollars deducted from her salary by the Metropolitan Opera company under a 10 percent contract with her former voice teacher William Thorner. The contract dated 1918 bound Ponselle to pay Thorner a share of earnings as long as she sang for the Met. Ponselle claimed the four year term had expired and that she had overpaid Thorner, while the Met acted as collector and reserved the funds.
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New York
Supreme Court
Foard
Rose Ponselle
Metropolitan Opera
William Thorner
Miss Ponselle
Miss Porssile
Thorner
Mira Ponselle
New Haven Railroad Revenue Rises In September Gain
New York New Haven and Hartford railroad reports September revenue up 197,925 from 1925 with freight earnings 111,294 higher and passenger earnings 84,613 more. Net income reaches 1,2384,74 for September and 5,994,839 for nine months. after charges per 1926 rules, figures adjust to 1,153,441 and 5,262,829 respectively, shifting prior gains.
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New York
New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad
I. C. CG
Redden to Answer Hogan Queries in Bridgeport Race
Senator William A. Redden, Republican candidate in the Twenty second district, plans a statement today to answer two letters from his Democratic opponent William J. Hogan. Hogan seeks Redden repudiation of Henry Thornback and asks Redden to state his stance on the Ripper law and party consistency amid Bridgeport Republican machine concerns.
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William A. Redden
William J. Hogan
Hogan
Redden
Henry Thornback
Bridgeport Republican Machine
Ripper
Wreckage Washes Ashore In Maine Identify Ship
Grand Manan Island wreckage washed ashore identified as from the 4h year old schooner Neilson Y. Me Parkland. Captain James H. Card of Weymouth Massachusetts, his wife, their son Captain Bee Card, and Charles Card believed drowned after a southerly voyage. remains found near Weymouth.
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Eastport
Grand Manan Island
Neilson Y. Me
Parkland
James H. Card
Weymouth
Cap'n
Capstain Bee Card
Charles Card
Tabo
Marinera
Byuston
Lumbye
Assistant City Clerk's Mother Dies at Home
The death of Mrs. Mary McGlone Marron wife of Mark A Marron 473 Whitney Avenue occurred yesterday morning after a long illness She is the mother of Miss Mary A Marron second assistant city clerk Funeral services will be Thursday morning at St Patrick's Church with a requiem mass Burial will be in St Peter's Cemetery Danbury
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Mary McGlone Marron
Mark A. Marron
Whitney Avenue
Telephone urged to fight alcohol in medical use by WCTU
Mary McKinnon of Yaleville heads a call to use the telephone as a campaign medium to ban alcohol for medicinal purposes. The fifty float annual convention of the Connecticut WCTU opened with prayers, hymns, and reports on memberships, finances, and county achievements.
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Mary McKinnon
Yalesville
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Hattie M. Newton
Durham
Connecticut
Emeda Sage
Emma F. Ives
Roy
Clarke
Effie C. Sanborn
Nellie J. Arnold
Tobster Plants Hit as Fire Destroys Wharf Vessels
At Rockland Maine on October 26 a warehouse fire crippled three large tobacco wholesale plants. Captain Charles TL Philbrook of the Southport was fatally injured while rushing to the wharf to move the vessel, fell between the ship and the wharf, and died hours later.
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Rocklamn
Planta
Tobstoy
Charles TL. Philbrook
Southport
Crawford and How Wedding Set for Friday at Saugatuck Church
Miss Jane Crawford daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Crawford of Westport will wed Burton How of New Haven at 7 pm Friday in Saugatuck Congregational Church. Bridesmaids include Susan Crawford and Georgiana Taylor. Best man is Edward How with ushers Edward Coley Lance Underhill Carl Gish and William H. Stewart. Reception for immediate family to follow. Miss Crawford attended Hillside Norwalk and Connecticut College class of 1917. Mr How attended Dartmouth class of 1917.
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Jane Crawford
John C. Crawford
State Street
Westport
Burton How
New Haver
Edward “. How
LePorte
Ind
Saugatuck Congregational Church
Sarah Crawford
Susan Crawford
Georgiana Taylor
Dorothy Hubbell
Katherine Slayter
Boston
Edward How
Dartmouth
Edward Coley
Lance Underhill
New Haven
Carl Gish
New York City
William HH. Stewart
Crawford
Hillside School
Norwalk
Connecticut College
Mr. Haw
Pruck H hits girl in accident. serious injuries reported
Five year old Margaret Lico of 40 Finglewoor avenue is in St Vincent's hospital in serious condition with a fractured skull after being struck by a truck driven east on Grandatree. The operator, Cono Detuzel, 41, said the girl darted from behind a car into the path of his vehicle at Wallace street. Detuzel and a passerby rushed her to the hospital. In a separate incident, Michael G Sommers, 31, 108 Cleveland avenue, reported Ozcar Coles, 246 Coleman street, was struck by Sommers' car at Broad and Elm. she escaped injury.
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Margaret Lico
Finglewoor Avenue
Vincent's Hospital
Broad and Elm Streets
Houdini Recovery Likely to Fail, Doctors Say
Detroit physicians treating Harry Houdini said his condition remains grave after an operation for appendicitis. A Montreal surgeon was summoned as Houdini, who performed despite a high fever, fights for his life and his doctors warn against any recovery.
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Detroit
Harry Houdini
Montreal
Houdini
Newest Girl Find in Opera Co Contrast
New York Oct 2 AP Two American artists in the San Carlo Opera company this season show stark contrast. Rose des Rosiers, a French Canadian from Holyoke Mass, sings Marguerite in Faust. Mica Rosiers fought poverty and orphaned kin, later aided by a benefactor to study in Paris. Lucretia Goddard, a Boston society girl age 21, made her debut as Marguerite and is supported by a wealthy family.
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New York
San Carlo Opera
Rose Des Rosiers
Marguerite
Faust
Holyoke
Mass
Mica Rosiers
Parla
Boston
Lucretia Goddard
So Prano
World Series Returns Reach Alaskan Natives in Minutes
In Ketchikan Alaska fans gathered around a stere bulletin board to read World Series results within seven minutes of play. The War Department thanks the Army Signal Corps for delivering timely play-by-play to this remote corner of Uncle Sam’s domain.
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Washington
Ketchikan
Alaska
War Department
Army Signal Corps
Unele Sam'a Do
Main
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