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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
4
War department reports conclude cases of six soldiers in Texas riots with death sentences affirmed for deliberate killings. President Wilson commutes two to life imprisonment and reviews fifteen more, finding ten commutations not tied to direct deaths. Names of soldiers not disclosed. Houston riot context referenced.
Two lawsuits filed in Fairfield allege injuries from a July 25 auto collision on Post Road involving Charles Brentson of New York. Plaintiffs Alice Bland and Clarence Bland seek 1000 dollars each for bodily injuries. Harvey Bland also seeks 1000 dollars. The cases are returnable at the September term of the Common Pleas court.
At the State Normal school opening in Birtlatn the entering class totaled 72 women, with 68 seniors returning. Officials attribute lower enrollment to wartime shifts drawing women into positions formerly held by men. Separate note mentions lectures at First Baptist Hartford venue and planned talks by Rev. W. Reed and others with doors opening at 7:30 p.m.
David Goldstein seeks 660 dollars in the Common Pleas court's September term for damages after his horse was struck by a motor truck on Wallania Water streets. He says the truck, driven too fast, failed to yield right of way, killing the horse valued at 100 dollars and damaging the wagon.
County commissioners plan renewals for Tidner licenses as town elections on October 7 unfold. Hearings set by Commissioner Ballard for Norwalk October 8, Danbury October 10, Greenwich October 14, and Norwalk October 16. Of 22 towns voting next month, 10 support licenses now and likely to keep them. Stratford expected to see a lively dry contest after last year’s result.
A muddled account traces a person named Dethy s Hot Che and others in a tense scene with attempts to reach someone at night. References to Hodast Pier, Pet eokin, and Moonen suggest a troubled, uncertain episode with a detective or legal undertone and a focus on relationships and possible danger.
In Wilton on Labor Day an afternoon ceremony united Macatain Middlebrook and Mrs. Marion Glendenning at the bride’s mother’s home in Norwalk. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Middlebrook, works for TPW Brown, bond dealer of Norwalk. Only immediate families attended as the groom’s father died three weeks earlier.
William Parker of Brooklawn Park was bound over to the Superior Court on $500 bonds after an early morning chase through the milloln streets. Parker was arrested yesterday morning for taking an automobile owned by Jacob Wead of 260 Hamilton Street. He appeared before Judge Wilder as the case was arraigned in the morning after being led from the city court by Patrolmen Eran and Meaney with Detective Brennan driving the car.
London reports figures on Allied naval activity showing American destroyers escorting 121 troop ship convoys totaling 778 ships and 100 merchant ship convoys totaling 1 703 ships from April to June. The data, from one base, indicates the vast effort by Allied navies and notes large arrivals of American troops to Europe in August and seaplane operations by American aviators from a base on the Irish Sea.
An advertisement touts Vigorous Men and Women, offering a supposed health product from Wendella Ambition and Jos I Tim Cignies. It promises improved vitality and vitality-related benefits, claims a low price per box, a money back guarantee, and urges readers to order to “rebuild” energy within days. The copy uses dramatic language to suggest cures and bodily improvements.
Plain chambray outfits with striped skirts and trimmed cuffs offered in multiple models. Dresses in cotton serge with full skirts, belts and embroidered pockets priced up to $4.50. Second floor features middy blouses, white pique emblems, and material by the yard. Elmo cosmetics and cleansing products priced from 25c to $1.50 in the basement and main floor sections.
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