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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1927
Page
13
The British freighter Kurdistan which ran aground at the west end of Anticosti Island yesterday freed herself this morning without aid after responding to a salvage appeal. The Quebec salvaging steamer Lord Strathcona had departed to assist.
Fly-Tox claims to lower infection chances by sterilizing touched surfaces and reducing disease spread from waste and discharges. The product also targets mosquitoes moths roaches and other insects. Developed at Mellan Institute of Industrial Research and Research Fellowshipdy.
Attorney Bent urged Lions Club members to read the Constitution annually and know its key provisions. He warned that law and property rely on constitutional safeguards and cited the Boston police strike as a warning of disorder if law and order fail.
Harbor news reports tug Pliesmve departs Bridgeport for the Hudson river and the Buffalo to New York state canal area, with Captain Ziglar planning a return around November 1 before the canal freezes. The Preserve is being towed to Buffalo by Captain Ziglar, a Bridgeport figure, and the Winfield S Cahill arrives from New Haven to tow a barge to Norwalk. The John W Ferrett receives a new paint job as a long-standing city shipping mainstay. A former bridgetender building at Yellow Mall will become the harbormaster’s office at the foot of Wall Street, and Harbormaster William Lamond will move his Stonylis office to the Staples building once installed.
Governor John H Trumbull declared the state can take care of itself without Federal subsidies at a Woodbury pillory roast for the Pomerang Valley Men's Forum. He praised Connecticut's self-sufficient, progressive government and argued it should drive industrial leadership, while noting need to modernize administration for efficiency.
The Bridgeport Family Welfare Society held a board meeting at the University Club where Roswell Arright was introduced as Edward II Parker’s successor as executive secretary. Arright, formerly of Albany NY, led the local society and aided in forming the Council of Social Agencies. George L. Warren announced Buffalo’s fiftieth anniversary Family Welfare Society meeting in October, while Edward L. Parke delivered a brief farewell. Notable attendees included several board members.
Warren and Roswell Arright join Mrs Nathaniel Worthen and Edward L Parker as new board members replacing Raymond Walker who recently resigned from the post.
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