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Bridgeport Telegram in Bridgeport, Connecticut

02 Sep 1926

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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1926

Page

5

Empire of Shebas Queen to Be Explored by Americans

A Chicago led expedition plans to explore Abyssinia from September to March. Dr Wilfried Osgood of the Field Museum directs zoology with Louis Agassiz Fuertes to document birds and fauna. Photographer Saydam Cutting joins, with Jack Baum of the Daily News reporting. The party sails from New York on September 7, aims to study unknown Plateau regions, a royal invitation from Ras Tafari awaits their arrival.

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Man Found Dead in Lake Waterbury

The body of a man identified as Antonio Svewerak was found floating in Lakewood Lake in Waterbury by Lakewood Park workers. Medical examiner Dr A A Crone ruled death accidental drowning, with later notes suggesting the deceased may have faked illness during a hospital stay weeks earlier.

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Svewerak Waterbury Hospital
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Portuguese Aid Fails to Convert Abyssinians

In medieval times Abyssinia faced backlashes from Muslim powers and later Portuguese expeditions seeking to aid the Christian empire. Jesuit attempts to convert Abyssinians from Coptic to Roman Catholicism sparked a struggle and eventual expulsions. The text notes a Prester John legend guiding intervention but shows limited success.

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Red Sea Africa Portugal Prester John Empire
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Abyssinian Expedition and Empire's Decay Recounted

Curator of zoology at the Field Museum discusses the Abyssinian Expedition and European decay of the empire. A county unknown to the world for centuries rises in independence after an Italian defeat in 1998. Abyssinians block and annihilate the Italian forces in a mountainside battle.

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Field Museum Berebei Africa
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Wife seeks $1000 death claim from missing husband

Mary Beres of Bridgeport filed in Superior court asking the Rakoczi Hungarian Sick Benefit Society to pay a $1000 death claim on her missing husband who has been absent seven years. She seeks nullification of the beneficiary designation and asserts the society may presume death under its rules despite no proof of death.

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Bridgeport Mary Beres Superior Court Rakoczi Hungarian Sick Benefit Society Spous Beres Rakcczi Society Arsencs
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Trumbull Road Reaches Full Opening After Years of Work

Sept 1 Trumbull announces the completion and opening of the long awaited surface road from Noyes corner to East Main Street. The project connected the Noyes corner area with the Trumbull Railroad station and eased access east of Beardsley Park for commercial vehicles. In Hartford Benard Farrey, 70, jailed for drunkenness after a record of 97 arrests since 1891, receives a three month sentence. He has spent about ten years in jail for drunkenness theft and other offenses.

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Trumbull Noyes Corner Beardsley Park Heardsley Park Selectimen of Macdonald City of Bridgeport Mas Sylvantia M Matthing Ohio Hartford Bernard Farrey Rand Yaeraney Hy Heen Finrd i
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