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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary text indicates a person visiting a friend in prison was arrested as part of a gang member roundup. Mentions government scrutiny and a justice process, with references to uniforms and weather conditions, all in an unclear historical report.
The National Civil Service Reform league released letters from presidential contenders Senator Harding and Gov. Cox. Harding urged federal government reforms to organize employment in line with modern business practices. Cox supported extending the competitive service wherever practicable.
In Sept 14 dispatch from New York York, brokers set odds at three to one for Harding and Coolidge as Republican prospects rise. Cox supporters seek better bets, while brokers in Ohio reflect a close contest with Harding favored to win the state.
Paris dispatch notes Premier Lloyd George plans to visit Premier Millerand soon to discuss a united Allied stance on Soviet Russia and German reparations. Reported strains show Italy and France edging toward a bloc opposing British aims, heightening significance of the proposed talks.
The Bridgeport Housing Company announced plans to sell 16 residential houses at Lordship in Stratford. It offered tenants a zero days’ separation on the occupied portion before sale, aiming to dispose of its realty holdings as favorable market conditions arise.
In Boston on September 1 Albert L. Andress received a six month sentence in the house of correction after a court found him guilty of forging a $400 check and uttering. He had previously faced charges in a separate matter. under a suspended sentence on restitution, he produced a Liberty bond later identified as stolen as partial restitution.
Prohibition agents removed over two hundred cages of whiskey and assorted alcohol from the total post office to the Federal building in New Haven on Monday to ease congestion in the post office cellar. The raids and seizures, conducted in recent months, largely affected this area near Greenwich.
Sept. 14 a fire broke out in Mrs. Amy Reagan's cellar and attracted neighbor help. Firemen investigated, then police arrested Mrs. Bolasan, fining her $200 and costs. The blaze is blamed on a whiskey still overcrowded and hot.
Salida Colorado Sept 14 Physicians marvel at George Bassham who was buried under about thirty feet of earth for over twenty minutes in a ditch near here He was unconscious forty two hours but doctors expect his recovery as he regains consciousness and strength in hospital rescue details describe the peril and hopeful prognosis.
The Rev. Wi. C. Nash, pastor of Grace M. B. Church in New Dickens Book, quits his ministry for health and to enter carpentry. Also noted is a London item about Dickens manuscripts going to press and a brief on guards for Mrs. Ponzi with two men acting since Panagi’s incarceration.
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