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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1926
Page
14
Claimant testifies after 25 years of constipation that ALL BRAN cured his condition within three weeks. Advertisement touts two tablespoon daily dosage, Ready to eat form, and money back guarantee, noting uses with fruit, cream, and cooking. Kellogg in Battle Creek promotes the product.
The Stamford Common Council approved Mrs. Fanny Starkey Vrane's offer to donate a four acre homestead known as Heck Acre on Strawberry Hill. They plan to spend 50 000 to develop and 100 000 to establish a maintenance trust run by a self perpetuating corporation named by N Crane. The city must appropriate yearly maintenance funds.
In Darien a Bridgeport based Federal Universal Trucking vehicle swerved to avoid a slower truck, mounted the sidewalk, and struck Mrs. M. E. Hl of Noroton. A nearby child was uninjured. the driver Pacelli was later located miles away claiming no knowledge of the crash. No arrests reported.
Michael J. Cleary of Westport was arrested by state police after a collision between his car and another on a Roxton Road between Westport and Norwalk. The other occupants fled. Cleary faces charges of operating without a license, reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, and evading responsibility.
Pattern description for boys clothing including blouse and knickers in various fabrics with sizes 4 6 8 10 12 and 14 years. Notes material yardage for the 8 year size and price quoted in stamps or cash in train preferred.
A historical OCR fragment requests a coupon fill in with name address size and pattern number. It instructs sending coin or stamps to Pattern Editor at the Bridgeport Telegram and mentions 15 cent patterns and printing plainly to avoid mistakes. The text is garbled with repeated letters and errors.
Domnico and Antonina Pinto of 45 Tunes avenue report a son born August 5. Michael and Margaret Murtha of rrison street welcome a daughter born August 20. Francesco and Susie Orfle of 3719 North Main street have a daughter born August 31. Gerard and Maria Trore of 163 Jones avenue have a daughter born September 6. Max and Ethel Zander of 408 Charles street have two daughters born September 9. Julius and Bertha Steinburg of 315 Bostwick avenue have a daughter born September 16. William and Margaret Hughes of Hit Arctic street have a son born September 11. Ernest and Nan Nelson of 187 Clinton avenue have a son born September 14. Marriages include John Szatunkiewicz age 25 of 104 Clinton avenue and Mary Retxlewicz age 22 of 117 Clinton avenue. Maximillian Stearns age 33 of 202 Sherwood avenue and Emma Beusch age 30 of 81 Grand street.
Queen Marie will depart Bucharest early next month on an American tour. She sails for New York on October 12 aboard the Leviathan with her daughter Princess Deana, her son Prince Nicholas, and the infant Heatrice of Epain, plus a seventeen person suite.
Maryland gains Republican renomination as Ovinifton TE Weller secures party support in the state convention. Addison Millikin backs a dry platform while John Philip Hill and Marion Humphreys perform in Baltimore city with mixed results. Governor Ritchie gains Democratic nomination amid a large statewide vote.
Five ships scour the Atlantic 200 miles southwest of Bermuda for signs of the Loyal Citizen after a distress message said the crew would abandon ship as a severe storm raged. The Dutch tanker Denhang reported a capsized lifeboat and four other vessels join the search for the thirty crew.
The Ridgewood Country club held a dinner for seventy five male members where cups and prizes for the year’s tournaments were presented. Nel D Murphy received the club president’s cup, Howard H Davis won runner up, Ray F Landers claimed the Sterrett cup, with remarks praising a record year under club officers.
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