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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1921
Page
15
An eminent electrical engineer returns to discuss Europe turning to hydroelectric power to counter coal shortages. He notes widespread projects on the continent using waterfalls and mine-adjacent plants in Britain. Scandinavian efforts combine Norway, Sweden, and Denmark resources, but funding remains the main hurdle.
The Missouri stars have long offered a bounty on wolf scalps but the incentive was weak. Recently the bounty was terriled and other inducements were offered to hunters to pursue wolves. Annual damage from wolves remains substantial.
Gloversville New York September 27 Leaning against a wire fence cost 4 Palo 26 his life near here today Palo employed on highway construction was posted 1600 feet from blast to warn autoists of danger Stones from the blast broke high tension wire carrying 30000 volts and one end fell on to the fence against which Palo was leaning He was instantly electrocuted Many fence posts also took fire
Henry Brecklin, 62, of 92 Wells Street faced a failure to support charge. He claimed his wife’s Sunday dinners trapped his heart, and was ordered to pay five dollars weekly for three months. The matter followed his August 20 marriage in the case heard by Judge A M Comley.
The Putnam Boys Club aims to field a stronger junior basketball team this fall and challenge any 125 percent squad in the state. Manager Glynn calls Grant, Glynn, Neary, Fulton, Katz, Salit, and Colcaterra to report for practice at the Boys Club on October 2.
London Sept 23 Wine makers report strong competition from South African dealers. Despite distance and import costs, South African sellers have begun to break into the British market, challenging English producers.
A native girl detained on three theft charges escaped by scaling a 20 foot prison wall during the night at Port Elizabeth S. 4. She injured her hip in the fall and is recovering in the prison hospital.
Sydney report details an unidentified woman who loosened her belt and dropped an underskirt to aid an escape from customs. A search uncovered packets of opium concealed within the skirt lining.
Wanbas City Kansas Sept 21 After two summer months at Bryn Mawr College Tonise Beauchamp returns to work as forewoman at a local soap factory She describes education gained as eight weeks of study not a degree Yet the experience fuels her ambition to aid workers and says her plan is to unionize them with a free hand observed by a visiting examiner
Miss Beauchamp aims to quit Burn Mawr and not return to college work. She plans to continue in her old job, using summer experience to improve it and assist other girls in making their own work better.
London authorities require potatoes and woody stem plants imported into England after October 1 to carry an original healthy certificate from their country of origin. The measure aims to prevent plant pests and protect domestic agriculture.
Captain G. C. Palliams of the steamer Wao suneW left a handbag with $200 on a Shanghai bank counter and, upon returning, found $1000 missing. Dan Norvak was found with the money after the incident. Also notes Paris models and a diamond bracelet presented to Queen Maria of Roumania.
In Rochdale England Bert Gailen, a medicant, was arrested after police found betting losses by numerous workers that cost them weekly wages. Books seized show Gailen took about 1500 in six weeks through betting schemes.
Shanghai sept 28 the British Flower Shop of Shanghai started during the war to aid war funds has become a profitable venture and may be sold to private hands as a normal business. Donations totaling 26000 pesos to Mexico were authorized at a recent meeting and 4000 pesos were designated as profits for the past year.
Globe Arizona dispatch notes that Apache Indians on the Arizona Eastern Railroad across the San Carlos reservation have long enjoyed free rides under a 30 year contract that began with the line completed in 1895. After 23 years of passes, talks, gift exchanges, a pow wow, and a peace pipe, a new arrangement requires payment. each Apache reportedly received $10 in cash and a 30 year pass.
Cascade Locks Oregon reports a proposal to replace the legendary Bridge of the Gods with steel or concrete for auto passage. Geologists note remnants of the old riverine causeway and cascades may appear in low water, with Balch arguing Indians across the mid-Columbia told the tale in various dialects.
Engineers reported preliminary surveys on both sides of the Columbia River for a bridge just below the Cascades, outlining early planning steps and potential approaches for the project.
Chicago observes the semicentennial of the 1871 great fire with a downtown lakefront pageant from October 3 to 15. The play will recount the fire and city history, ending with a scene of the Chicago Plan’s envisioned progress, under the Chicago Association of Commerce.
Inmates at the State School for boys in South Portland, Missouri, are constructing a schoolhouse for themselves. They dug the cellar, formed and poured the foundation, set heavy beams, and now lay bricks under supervision of a mason and carpenter, following blueprints.
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