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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1926
Page
17
A local club hears anecdotes about P. T. Barnum from longtime attendee Yarold Fish. The reminiscences cover Barnum’s publicity stunts, Jumbo the elephant, Chang the Chinese performer, and behind the scenes circus life including animals, fires, and the public reaction to marketing.
Partial OCR text notes blanks due Tuesday for voter registration or related process. Mentions City Auditor William Chen and Republican chairman of the party. References to voters and registrar deadlines. Remaining readable phrases hint at a local election notice or registration drive.
National Red Cross workers assumed charge of all relief efforts in Miami as city and county officials coordinate with citizen groups. About hundred additional Red Cross teams head to northern cities. coast district evacuation by Florida National Guardsmen began. Debris cleared from streets, $200000 allocated for relief and $190000 for repair, death toll 109 with 17 unclaimed, 405 injured. Hospitals absorb returning medical staff. local relief funds reach $223,153.84. Restrictions linger on county causeway to Miami Beach. power restore improves with hotels lighting up after the storm.
New York dispatch reports the steamer Menoe ran aground off Madagascar but all aboard were rescued by two ships. The passengers were taken to Havana last night as crews worked to refloat the grounded liner.
National contractors from Bridgeport and eastern states travel to Kansas City to attend the Associated General Contractors conference. Led by Gen FR Marshall, the group aims to study nationwide construction costs and seek remedies for wasteful practices, with Bridgeport observations to be shared at the meeting.
The article lists evening classes for men and women teaching dances from Grecian to Swedish folk, plus nursery themes, and popular social dances. It covers Park Theatre headliners Abe Reynolds in Give and Take with Florence Mills, and Poll's Vaudeville Theatre with Douglas MacLean in Hold Out Lina and Withers Op’ry, among dance and comedy acts, with additional acts like The Two Blossoms and Dancing birds.
Bept 13. Loral and state police and Proihities agents are investigating an explosion followed by fire that damaged the lower part of a West Agawam house. Michael and Hana Meyers suffered severe injuries unknown cause. Authorities found a basement seized moonshine stills and a cellar blast theory dominates.
Stamford special: compensation Commissioner E. T Buckingham ruled that the defendant insurance company must pay all back compensation and medical bills for Charles Daly, injured Sept 2, 1925, when a plank fell on him at work. Daly may claim three months more compensation, capped at the maximum $21 per week, before potentially returning to work for short daily periods.
Providence mayor Joseph H Gainer announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor at the state convention on October 7. He has won endorsements at party caucuses in several towns and has served as mayor for 14 years.
Sept 23 CAP Sgarkoski thirty two of New Britain bound over to Superior Court on charge of transporting liquor.
The Dramatic club directed by Mrs. Starr Hoyt will travel to Leonia New Jersey on Thursday to present the operetta Windmilla of Holland. Shakesperean club hosts will serve lunch at noon and the performance starts at 240 o'clock with Tea by Mus real club after. Members include Mrs Louis Weldlich Miss Lulu Farint Mrs Edward Lambert Mrs William Pope Mrs Georges Sher wood Mrs G Berg Miss Ann Bere principals and Mrs Fred Porter Mrs Fred Dixon Mrs Hermano Paasolt Mrs Gorge Jennings Mrs F B Hoffman Mrs Leo Miller Miss Clara Lund Mrs F G Wadlenta Mrs Andrew H Lyon chorus. The Dutch dances will be performed by Miss Clara Lund Miss Ann Berg and Mrs Andrew H Lyon. One trip to Leonia will be made by us.
Lincoln Andrews, New Jersey city chief, announced that New Jersey is likely to become an independent prohibition district. He said the state now links with the eastern Pennsylvania district headquartered in Philadelphia, and that local headquarters would better address liquor smuggling and alcohol diversion.
Millard F. Hoyt of Stamford sues Charles Smith for 2000 dollars claiming injuries after Smiths automobile, driven by John Smith, struck Hoyt on a Stamford sidewalk December 28, 1926 at about 7 p m. Hoyt was hospitalized and bed bound, earning about 50 dollars weekly as a gardener, now alleging earnings loss to 35 dollars weekly.
Chicago Sept 34 Two famous medics of the A B S F tonight will lead a hunting expedition into northwest Nebraska. They are Vice President Charles Dawes and General John J. Pershing.
London voters extended the coal strike emergency powers for another month in a 196 to 95 vote by The House of Commons. The decision follows ongoing industrial action affecting energy supplies.
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