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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1925

Page

9

Evolution Fails to Show Origin, Professor Says

Hartford dispatch reports Professor Raymond Brooks of Pomona College at a Hartford Seminary conference argues evolution cannot explain Jesus or human origins. He envisions a universal, post Protestant religion arising from the broken mould, transforming governments and replacing the gospel of force. If offered Army chaplaincy by President Conridge, Brooks would decline, staying content with his current work.

Hartford Raymond On Brooks Pomons College Claremont Cal Hartford Seminary Brooks Jesus Conridge Army

Stamford Faces High Tax Rate in Revaluation Delay

Stamford on September 15 reports the Board of Assessors failed to finish revaluing taxable property. A high tax rate is needed to cover proposed expenditures. The Board of Finance asks assessors for the cost estimate to complete revaluation this year. The average town budget increase is about 19 percent.

Stamford Board of Assissors Board of Finance

Ambassador Arrives in Buenos Aires to Present Credentials

Peter Augustus Jay arrives as new American ambassador to Argentina aboard the American Legion, accompanied by family. He is met by embassy staff and will present credentials to President De Alvear within a week.

Buenos Aires Argentina Peter Augustus Jay American Legion Jay de Alvear

Papers Missing in Gilpatric Case Sends Funds Question

Hartford Sept 15 The fate of bonding companies to cover shortages in the estate of Joseph W Cutler may depend on locating missing papers from the Putnam Probate Judge office. Judge Flagg testified in Superior Court about the disappearance from court files of the original Cutler will the inventory and the application to sell personal property under the will. The absent documents include a copy of the will which was never recorded and no written record exists.

Hartford Gilpatric Flagg Putnam, Willing Woodstock Niantic

White House Cook to Wed Chauffeur in Swampscott

Margaret Carr a White House cook announced she will return to Swampscott to marry Jerry Shea chauffeur for Frank W Stearns a friend of the President who had a summer home near the White House Miss Carr who arrived from Ireland two years ago said she would become Mrs Shea after the wedding in Swampscott

Washington Margaret Carr White House Swampscott White Court Miss Carr United States Ireland Jerry Shea Frank W. Stearns

Westport Library sets new annual circulation record

The Westport Public Library reports a record year with 40,343 books loaned over 303 open days, an average of 133 per day and a high of 64 in a day and 1410 in a week. The year saw 395 new registrations and 735 new books added, with extensive community activities and donations from many patrons and organizations.

Westport Edith Very Sherwood Saugatuck Green’s Farms School Bridge Street Greens Farms Women’s Town Improvement Association Parent-Teachers’ ‘Association Home For the Aved Norwalk Neighborhood Nature Club Current Events Club William McFee Howard Brubaker Henry James van Wyck Brooks Nelson E. Young Mary Morris Charline Guild Hendrik Willem van Loon Grace Miller White Frank I. Cobb J. Mortimer Lichtenauer Harry Morgan Ayres Robert W. Fuller Harrison R. Steeves I. C. Jennings Walter Peck Harry Sherwood Hartford Angernon Burr Helen Taylor H. Badger Imogene Steeves C. F. Burnham Arthur J. Elder L. Mazzanovich Sylvester M. Foster R. H. Stephenson Helen Sherwood J. C. Hilder Nettie Bradley John B. Morris William H. Burr Miss Cockroft J. B. Morris A.E. Woodward F. 8. Parsons J. G. Wells Raymond Sherwood Arnold Schlaet W.C. Gibson David G. Proctor Joan Brush Grace L. Boyce

Ivory soap ad promises all purpose cleansing

The ad promotes Ivory as a pure soap suitable for toilet use, laundry, dishes, and hand protection. It asserts Ivory’s rich suds remove dirt, leave clothes white and clean, and claim it costs little more than harsher soaps while protecting hands and fabrics.

Radio Program Listings Across Stations

A consolidated schedule lists evening and daytime radio offerings from stations including WKRCO Cincinnati KEKX Hastings KDKA Pittsburgh WHAS Louisville KFI Los Angeles and more. Entries show program blocks such as baseball scores book reviews music hours hourly signals weather forecasts markets and livestock reports along with notable personalities and acts.

Ralph Thomas Cine WKRCO Cincinnati Weekly Misa Alice B. Coy McKay KEKX Hastings KDKA Pittsburgh Fittsburgh Cleveland Chicago Stockman Farmer Arlington Toledo Boston Philadelphia New York Buffalo Baltimore St. Louis Kansas City Indianapo New Orleans Louisville Official Central Standard Me Kentucky Central Standard Time KFI Los Angeles I. E. Examiner Hewitt Nick Harris Theron Bennett M.—Way Watts Ukeleleeiura

State Foreman Crushed Between Vehicle In Junk Highway Incident

George Knox sixty a foreman with the State Highway Department was injured when a metal track and a water wagon owned by the state crushed him this morning in Isurt Nanbury. He suffered a fractured right hip.

Nanbury George Knox Ute Highway Department

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