Obituary notices from Bridgeport area papers
A long obituary column lists funeral plans for Fred L. McEnroe, former Bridgeport reporter, among many mourners in Hartford and Bridgeport. It notes his journalism career at Bridgeport papers, Hartford Courant, Bronx Frame News, and Waterbury Telegram, plus his high school athletics and aviation service. The notice also covers multiple other local deaths, funeral times, churches, and cemeteries, including McEnroe’s surviving relatives and a series of services for Miss Mary A Havey, Cornelius Forbes, William Lesko Jr., Michael Grady, Michael O Connell, Albert Prentice, James McNally, Mrs Minnie Gussman, Abraham Keplansky, Maria Vollori, Anna Harkin, Angeline Roland Wooster, Samuel Crossley, Mrs Mary S Gregory, Walter Bellvue, and Howard Arthur Beach with burial sites at Mountain Grove, St. Michael’s, Lakeview, and other area cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. McEnroe
Bridgeport
Hartford Hospital
M JT Kenny
Ain Street
Hartford
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemets
Charles Pennell
Mies Rena McEnroe
McEnroe
Thea Aviation Corps
Ivey
Quaker Oats Claim Superior Flavor and Quick Cooks
An advertisement extols Quaker Oats for superior flavor developed over decades and notes the same price as competitors. It highlights bulk retention aiding laxative effect, balanced protein and carbohydrates, and quick 3 to 5 minute preparation for breakfast. Availability urged for Quick Quaker or regular Quaker Cats.
Free Resinol Sample Offer From Baltimore Department
A brief offer invites readers to request free samples of Resinol Ginement and Resinol Soap by sending to Department 53 at Resinol, Baltimore Maryland. The notice provides no further details beyond the address and product names.
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Resinol
Baltimore, Md
Judge Gregory Nominated for Probate Judge Post
Norwalk Sept 18 Special from the Democratic Probate convention at the Royal Games theater Judge Henry W Gregory was nominated by proclamation for judge of probate The veteran jurist has served 26 years on the probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Henry W Gregory
Gregory
TWO YOUTHS HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE AND ARREST
Bridgeport youths Glynn and Sutay, both charged in a case involving a thirteen year old girl near Brooklawn Country Club, faced Fairfield Town Court in bonds of 1009. They confessed to investigators and implicated three others still being sought by Fairfield and Bridgeport police.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield
Brooklawn Country Club
Lac 13Treau
Brooklawn
Otelack
Gir
Searc
Gil
Poblee
State Street
County Club
National Synod Leaders Named in Philadelphia Meeting
Rev A T Bartholowen D D of Philadelphia presided as president of the national synod and general secretary of the Foreign Mission board. Rev J W Memainger of Philadelphia served as president of the ministerial relief society of the organization.
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A. T. Bartholowen
Philadelphia
National Synod
Foreign Mission Board
J W Memainger
Ministerial Relief Society
Organization
State awards four contracts for bridges and road work
The state highway department awarded four contracts totaling 277156 for two bridges and about two miles of roadway. Major work includes Reynolds Bridge over Naugatuck River in Thomaston to Huggety and Sona for 138736.50 and 172 foot arch. Additional contracts cover pavement on Heynolda approaches and a two smith concrete girder bridge in Torrington.
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State Highway Department
Naugatuck River
Reynolds Bridge
Thomaston
Charles A. Huggety
Sona
Webster
Mass
Heynolda Bridge
John WeMichler
Ihothe Torrington
Naugatuck
Torrington-Norfolk
Torrington
Quada
Besoxzi
New Canaan
Poundridge Road
FLB Hastings
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Men On Moving Board
Hartford AP report says the Connecticut Warehouse association plans an Intercity Removals bureau for the eastern U S to provide return load service, cutting costs and saving time. New officers elected include RM Ford of Bridgeport as president Leonard Clark of Greenwich as first vice president Charles Gartner of New London as second vice president AO Beiel of Bridgeport as secretary and treasurer. Executive committee members are J C Mctarty Bridgeport William W Schaefer Stamford F W Valentine New Haven A P Marsh New Britain and G Mooner Last Hartford.
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Hartford
United States
Connecticut Warehouse Association
Presient
RM Ford Bridgeport
Leonard Clark
Greenwich
Charles Gartner
New Lonson
AO ¢ Beiel
Bridgeport
J C Ma Tarty
William W. Schaefer
Stamford
F W. Valentine
New Haven
A. P. Marsh
New Britain
G. Mooner
Longevity Garment: Chinese Funeral Preparations and Filial Piety
Orthodox Chinamen prepare for death by having burial clothes ready. An unmarried girl or young woman sews these grave clothes, believed to transfer longevity from her life to the garment. A special long blue silk cloak embroidered with longevity in gold is prized. Presenting an elder with this mantle is a filial, respectful gesture, and the wearer dons it on birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Rome
Misread Crowd Shapes Self View in Peer Perspective
A reflective note questions how a group would feel if they could view themselves through the eyes of others, exposing the misjudgments and social distance that arise from self-perception. The piece probes empathy and collective identity within a curious, probing voice.
Cash dividends of big corporations show low average
New York report from the National Industrial Conference board finds that in 1924 cash dividends consumed only about 3.5 cents of each dollar of gross receipts across all corporations in the Donated States. Financials, banks, insurance and other sectors varied from 7 to 12 percent, with manufacturing at roughly 2.6 percent, and most surplus earnings used for reserves or reinvestment rather than cash payouts.
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New York
National Industral Conference Board
Park Menue
Mike
Am Fuy
Aggegate Vereipta
Otter
Cama
Ividenda
Conference Board
Budgeting Pressures Quiet Shrinking Profits in Wholesale Trade
An analysis notes the high operating costs for corporations with large turnover and small profit per unit. It cites 84.8 percent operating expenses, modest net profits, and a 5 percent volume drop potentially wiping out profits. Wholesale and retail trade margins were around 6 percent of receipts in 1973, with dividends about 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazea
Ei Ee Thess Ioeid “Conference Board
Agra
Snall
Mushroom Farm Expands In Hermann Missouri Plant
One of the region’s largest mushroom farms developed in Hermann Mo in a plant once used for wine making. The business switch has proved profitable with mushrooms selling at one dollar per pound, producing 100 pounds daily, and plans under way to triple output as new equipment is installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann
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