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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1923

Page

6

Bridge and Mah Jong Party by Bridgeport Scout Council

The Bridgeport Council of Scouts plans a bridge and Mah Jongg party Tuesday afternoon October 9 at Mrs Nath aniel Worthen's home on North avenue. Mrs Worthen handles reservations at Barnum 6269. Prizes will be awarded for each table and a hut, candy, and cake sale will be held. Proceeds support permanent headquarters with a paid executive in the Beers building on Broad Street.

Bridgeport Council of Ght Beouts Nathaniel Worthen North Avenue Worthen Barnum Beers Broad Street

Court at 8 A.M. Beers Sets Week End Bond Schedule

Judge Ralph T. Beers of the City court announced yesterday that witnesses, cases, and persons sued over the week end were released in bonds to report in court at 8 a.m. Monday, the first business day of the standard time schedule.

Ralph T. Beers City Court Witn Monier

Funeral Services for Mrs Bishop Held Today

Funeral services will be held this morning for Mrs Susan Washburne Bishop widow of William Darius Bishop Jr who died Thursday at her Courtland HI home. The service at her home will be led by Rev Stephen Fish Sherman Jr of St Johns Church with burial in Mountain Grove cemetery. Surviving are daughter Susan Reyburn and son William D Bishop, two grandchildren Nathaniel Reyburn and Susan Reyburn, and a sister Mrs A H Fowler. Mrs Bishop an active civic and philanthropic figure, longtime Hartford area society member, traveled to Europe frequently with her sister.

Susan Washburne Bishop William Darius Bishop, Jr Courtland HI Connecticut Bishop Stephen _ Fish Sherman, Jr St. John’s Church Mountain Grove Blina Benjamin Washburne Illinois France Ulysses S. Grant Grant St. Louis Adele Gratiot Diceased Raynham Maas Chicago William D. Bishop, Jr New Haven Road Washburnes William D. Bishop Ike New Haven Natala Washburne Bishop John Randolph Reyburn Wiliam Darius Bishop Nathaniel Randolph Reyburn Susan Washburne Reyburn

Three New Millinery Instructors Appointed at State Trade

The millinery class has grown so large that three additional instructors are needed. Miss Mary T Lovely Miss Florence Brown and Miss Georgiana Jennings were appointed to join six other teachers at the state trade school.

Mary T. Lovely Florence Brown Georgiana Jennings

Stresemann Acts To End Resistance In Ruhr

Across Europe reports show German leaders backing an end to Ruhr resistance as Stresemann seeks withdrawal of Bavarian decree and a return to normal policy. Munich and Moscow dispatchers note leadership shifts and the potential for renewed diplomacy with Paris and Brussels.

Unknown Victims in Train Wreck Near Lockett Wyoming

Chicago dispatch reports a Burlington wreck near Lockett Wyoming where a bridge failed under a heavy load after a cloudburst. Creeks are swollen and waters hinder retrieval as passengers drifted into the stream. officials say rescue proceeds slowly and the death toll is not yet known.

Rairoad Chicago Burlington Lockett Wyo Wun Nu P Bracken

Wreck Toll Grows as Conductor Misplaced Passengers Count

Denver report cites missing officials and crew believed lost in Burlington wreck near Casper Wyoming. Conductor Guy Goff and head coaches unaccounted. Engineer Ed Spangler fireman Ollie Mallon brakeman and a pullman porter among the missing. Russell T. Gierhart dies from injuries while racing to reach his son Bernard’s bedside after scarlet fever worsened.

Vengers Guy Goff Cer Vred Ed Spangler Ollie Mallon Denver Russell T. Gierhart Burlington Casper Wyoming Gierhart Fred Bernard

Home for aged to be erected here shortly

Parker Seeley is named president of the new Fanny Crosby Home for the Aged to be built in Bridgeport. The interdenominational facility will honor the late Fanny Crosby, with Judge Paul Miler as vice president, Richard W Coggswell as treasurer, and Mrs. Orville Rector as secretary.

Parker Seeley Fanny Crosby Seeley Paul Miler Richard W Coggswell Orville Rector Bridgeport Archibald Campbell Hartford Washington Park M. E

Mrs Hussey Stamford Clubwoman Dead

Katherina Burroughs Hussey wife of William J Bussey and daughter of Major Charles Curtis Brown of Rochester died in Stamford at age 2 graduated Hunter College New York City and taught in New York City before marriage. She was treasurer of the alumni association and a charter member of the Stamford Woman's club.

Stamford Katherina Burroughs Hussey William J. Bussey Charles Curtis Brown Rochester Hunter College New York City Alumni Association of the College Stamford Woman's Club

Men and Boys At St Pauls Plan Corporate Communion

The men and boys of St. Pauls Episcopal Church on Kossuth Street will hold a corporate communion Sunday morning at 8 o'clock in preparation for Mission Week from October 7 to 14. Rector Rev. George M Geisel urges all regular parish members to attend, while welcoming those who usually take early communion.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church Kossuth Street Messrs. Mercer and Hadley George M. Geisel

Danbury Official Lewis Redd Dies at 75 in Milford

Lewis Redd, 75, of 48 Pleasant Street, a former office holder and active figure in Danbury politics, died in Milford this afternoon while serving as a town official in finance. He had long been prominent in local political life.

Milford Lewis Redd Pleasant Street Cit Def Finance

Stamford Fishermen Hit by Drouth, Trout Streams Dry

Stamford drought shuts down local trout fishing as streams run dry. Wairfield County Fish and Game League discusses stocking reservoirs, possible legal changes, and notes a shortage of game wardens hindering enforcement. Nearby debates over water supply and fishery management rise.

Stamford Wairfield County Fish and Game League A. N. Phillips Stamford Water Company Phillips

Blood on Locomotive in Southport Under Investigation

Fairfield Sept 28 Special to The Telegram New Haven railroad officials investigate reports of an injury to a person or animal after an electric locomotive struck near Southport around 8 am. Crews later found bloodstains on the locomotive in Stamford and tonight continue the search for any victim as the engine proceeded to its destination.

Munici Ludenoht Bavarian People’s Party von Kahr Adolph Hitler Tie Kahr Ludendorff Munich Fairfield New Haven Railroad Southport Stamford

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