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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
13
Financials and motors lead a choppy session in York with a 3 percent net rise in heavy stacks. General Motors and a group of rails show strength while Union Pacific and Illinois Central move higher. New Haven and Boston and Maine face shifts amid loan activity and pool spreads in a volatile market.
A batch of funeral notices lists Charles C Sealley aged 32 at 431 Street. August Heske aged 43 at Whiting Lane. Mary J wife of George E aged 58. Lieut Howard B of 1217 Iranistan Ave. William W Bere of Milford. and Mrs Samuel M Hawley Brooklawn Ave aged 36. Services planned at Sacred Church German Lutheran Blessed Sacrament First Baptist Lakeview Cemetery and family plots with funeral details and times.
Frost fears lifted corn values in Chicago and New York trade. Prices closed unsettled with slight advances in futures, while oats rose with corn. Government crop report and frost forecasts influenced activity as traders awaited official figures.
Bethel on Sept 3 reports a Boston real estate agent visiting to find vacant factories for sewer manufacturing concerns ready to rotate into Bethel. The pitch aims to attract new industries alongside Reikel’s ventures, signaling Bethel’s bid to regain prominence.
Stratford registrar seeks volunteers ages 13 to 45 to assist in the Thursday registration. Meetings set in the town hall on Tuesday evening for instruction. Send word to Attorney Morehouse to confirm availability. Also notes Red Cross home service head Gunther and upcoming voter registration on September 19. Reverend Kennedy reassigned as senior chaplain for the American Expeditionary Force in England.
State road oiling began in Milford under state supervision on Saturday and will run through the week. I Donnelly, supervisor of state repairs, directs the work. An additional oil car arrived at Shelton to complete the Huntington road oiling in that area. Some roads in Low Camden will also be oiled this week.
Thomas J. Kelley 08, a mechanic and brother of Daniel G. Wesley of the Naval Reserves, died August 25 in an accident while with James Stewart Construction of New York. Rolley was son of Palviell T R Motley of 70 Maplewood Ave, Pittsfield, Mass. Registrars of Districts 10 and 11, Draft Board No. 5, summoned to a final meeting at Barnum School Wednesday at 8. Funeral of Mrs. Clara M. Porter held Monday at her Long Brook Ave home. Interment in Thien cemetery. Stratford Milling Co. advertises grain and feed with contact details.
Bank clerks in Livings discuss forming a union to protest extended hours as banks keep Saturday evenings and consider adding nightly openings. They argue current pay does not justify longer hours and fear loss of weekends, while more institutions eye extra evenings. Some trustees support full-week night openings.
Albert A. Hall and Chauncey H. Butter of Danbury sue Inden MV Whiteman of Fairfield in Superior Court to collect a $1,500 note dating August 7, 1916 secured by a Fairfield mortgage. The complaint says the note is due and unpaid and the case is returnable for the October term of court.
Five murder related cases are listed for the Criminal Superior court convening today in this city. Notable detainees include William Baby Doll Thomas and Jake Hawkins tied to the Morris Pennell killing during last year’s Keystone Social club riot. Thomas seeks trial this term. hearing slated for October after docket clearance. Also due: Michael Cotter over an illegal operation on Annie Slater, reclassified to manslaughter. William Jones charged with the murder of John Ashby after a road workers camp brawl. Antonio Sansone linked to Donato Sale’s death in a Fulton street fight, though Sansone remains at large.
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