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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1927
Page
2
An advertising piece touts Magnolia Sweetened Condensed Milk as a cost saving cream and sugar substitute for coffee. It claims Magnolia Milk provides heavy body and velvet flavor, double richness by removing water, and long freshness after opening. It also promotes use in cooking and keeping on hand.
Miss Ruth Stillings, 14, told reporters after a Bridgeport stabbing that a young man rushed from behind the men’s dressing room, stabbed her near Beardsley park, then fled up a hill. She described his dark attire and said she would slap him if she met him again.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Frank Vogel Jr and Sr, Mary Baldwin, Michael J Kerwin, Emily Van Kline, Louis William Schepp, Elisabeth Stirling, and others. Details include addresses, surviving relatives, funeral times, and burial plans at St Michael's and other local cemeteries.
Funeral services for Aaron Milikowsky sixty seven of 169 Hamilton street drew about five hundred Jews from Bridgeport and across the state with relatives from elsewhere. Orthodox rabbis from Bridgeport Paterson N J and Waterbury officiated at Adath Israel and the grave in Fairfield. Milikowsky known as the East Side Patriarch was revered for strict observance of Talmudic teachings and strong community influence. He is survived by four daughters a son seven grandchildren two sisters and many relatives.
In Washington a formal, untranslated Spanish exchange occurred as President Coolidge and Mexican President Calles spoke by telephone. Cabinet members, Mrs. Coolidge, and hundreds attended with individual headphones to catch every detail. Calles emphasized hope for mutual understanding and a new era of good will between the nations.
A serial knife attacker terrorizes the city, striking in daylight and darkness. Despite many suspects held, authorities have not caught the assailant who slips away amid crowds. The latest incident occurs August 27 in a major department store as a messenger girl is stabbed at closing time.
The article reports Brewster criticizing Republican wets at a Maine convention. It notes a clash with Senator Hale over inviting a close ally to address the Republican gathering, mentions substitutes like Pass of Ohio, and cites the temperance plank fight and Baxter led resolutions affirming prohibition. It warns friends of prohibition to stay alert to anti prohibition pressures within party machinery.
Democrats in Milford rally with speakers including William T. Hoyt Edward Brotherton and John Cannon urging turnout. George Green and Harry Miles promise change while Gallagher attacks opposition calling for a party boost and pledging to back Smith for president.
Joseph J. McCormick city clerk of New York and James J Leavey commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor will address the Bridgeport Democrats annual dinner Sunday with Congressman Royal Weller of New York. The Fifth District Democratic club sponsors the event at the Farm. An effort to secure Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City is reported. Between 200 and 300 attendees expected, with dinner starting at 3 p.m.
Numerous plaintiffs from Bridgeport Stamford New Haven and surrounding areas file actions seeking damages for injuries and property losses. Claims include counts against drivers and companies with sums ranging from 1 000 to 137 080 plus. Cases list injuries from car accidents falls and vehicle collisions with defendants named across multiple towns.
A poisoning theory tied to infected fruit and bodily changes noted at autopsy faces scrutiny as county authorities pursue charges. Miss Atkinson, tied to the death of Mary Jane Bailey on September 8, is under arrest after an Oklahoma City pathologist's preliminary findings point to poisoning as the cause.
The Bailey family had followed the minister from Texas. Three days after his wife's death, it was disclosed. Dr Bailey urged his wife to depart his home to shield the family from neighborly gossip. Misa Atkinson was again jailed tonight, remaining in the county jail since her arrest.
The St Louis tornado disaster leaves 69 dead and 447 injured as roofs are torn from buildings and chaos erupts. Police chief orders shooting looters, guardsmen deployed, Red Cross in action with 100 ambulances patrolling. Rescuers from army kitchens and stores coordinate relief at two district headquarters. The storm, recalled as the city’s worst since 1896, produces a long list of identified dead across Granite City and surrounding areas.
Joseph Daglisburg of Oyster Bay a Marine Hardware salesman was picked up by two youths in Port Chester who asked to be taken to Bridgeport. He was beaten robbed and thrown from his car on the Post Road between Darien and Norwalk at 730 pm. He was found bruised and lacerated and taken to Norwalk hospital.
Robert Ellison thirty four of 149 Jefferson street died after a truck collision Saturday afternoon. He worked as a helper on a truck owned by Frank Carbone of 122 Peden street. Ellison died overnight from a fractured skull at St Vincent’s Hospital. Carbone was held on a temporary charge of reckless driving as police investigated the crash.
In a heated exchange the speaker argues the Common Council holds power to initiate measures and submit the Grand List issue to voters, citing the Connecticut Constitution and city charter. He asserts residents' right to petition and seeks a hearing before the Common Council to push a vote on altering the Grand List at the upcoming election.
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