Death and ruin amid ignorance and crime in era tales
An Amherst professor Herbert Goodale is found in Thompsonville with throat cut and wrists slashed but will live. The piece condemns ignorance and bungled suicide, cites Petronius, and laments failed self destruction. It also notes Middletown man Joseph Kirk’s fatal accident due to car operation and criticizes prize gifts and moral lessons.
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Herbert Goodale
Amherst
Thompsonville
Petronius
Joseph Kirk
Middletown
Pio
William M. Storrs
Hartford
Connecticut Acdamey of Fine Arte
Herbert Wilson
Oregon
Wilson
Grasmere PTA to Meet April 12 With Smith as Speaker
The Grasmere Parent-Teachers Association holds its regular meeting on Wednesday April 12 at 3 20 in the school. Superintendent of Schools Smith will speak and eighth grade pupils will supervise the younger children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grasmere
Parent-Teachers Association
Smith
Night School 700 Children Must Attend Rally Aids Europe
Dublin reports deny De Valera deposed as IRA leader after secret Dublin meeting. Limerick dispatch notes attack on Broadford police barracks with Captain William O'Brien fatally wounded. Palm Sunday scene in Tullamore as Duffy dragged from platform amid chants for De Valera. Dublin sees armed British soldiers on Palm Sunday streets. Charlemont patrol ambushed. five men arrested in Dungannon search.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Publicity Department
London Daily Mail
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republican Army
London
Limerick
Broadford
County Clare
Press Association
William O'Brien
Tullamore
George Garvan Duffy
Dail Eireann
Duffy
Hamon de Valera
Republic of Ireland
Kings County
Palm Sunday
Ireland
Charlemont
Harold J. Ford Replaces Murphy as Timekeeper
Harold J. Ford of 600 Myrtle avenue, a prominent Democrat, is installed as timekeeper for the East Main street extension job, replacing Garry Murphy. The Charities Department plans further changes in timekeeping and Relief department staff as Democratic appointees move in. Murphy, an unemployed man with a wife and two children, is described as outside the poor and will be reassigned to department work. Timekeepers earn sixteen dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charities Department
Garry Murphy
East Main Street
Harold J. Ford
Myrtle Avenue
Charities
Angus P. Thorne
Relief Department
Murphy
Fr Fe
Must Provide Additional Facilities High School Plan Fears
Alfred C Fones chairman of the committee on additional high school plant replies to the Board of Aldermen invitation urging refusal of purchasing the Star Shirt factory. He cites conflicts with the Board of Education meeting, warns without the Star factory two options remain: move 700 pupils to evening or part time in grammar schools. The letter dated April 8 1922 outlines projected high school overflow and relief needs for September and mid year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Fones
Board of Aldermen
Star Shirt
Board of Education
Fones
East Side
Alfred E. Jipness
Board of Abborition
Clinton Ave
City
Veness
Bridgeport High School
Yule Leaves Estate of About Thirty Thousand Dollars
Application for administration of Christopher B. Yule's estate filed in Probate Court by Theodore Stetber. Yule and his wife died in a Paris air crash on April 7. The will seeks appointment of an administrator as heirs await dispute over priority claims to the roughly $30,000 estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Miller
Theodore Stetber
Christopher B. Yule
Yule
Paris
Stetber
Calf Herd Causes Motorcycle Crash Injures Fairfield Men
Gunnar Norell of Melville avenue and Robert Peterson of Fairfield were injured when a motorcycle hit a herd of calves on Easton Turnpike near Hemlock Reservoir. Norell sustained skull and jaw fractures while Peterson suffered a leg wound requiring eight stitches. Norell was taken to St Vincent’s hospital and later showed improvement. the calves are believed to belong to the Water company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Gunnar Norrell
Melville Avenue
Fairfield
Robert Peterson
Second Street
Easton Turnpike
Hemlock Reservoir
Norell
St. Vincents Hospital
Peterson
Nore
Brooklawn
St. Vincent's Hospital
Water Company
Bedridden Man Shot Bedfathers in Norwalk Fire Dispute
In Norwalk Connecticut at 6 this morning Robert Thompson a 20 year old bedridden tuberculosis patient shot and killed his stepson bed ridden oyster opener Tames Wilson 47 at 37 Raymond street. Thompson claimed self defense after Wilson allegedly beat and choked his wife during a quarrel over a fire. Wilson and his wife had both been married before and had two children from former marriages.
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Norwalk
Conn
Tames Wilson
Robert Thompson
Raymond Street
Thompson
Wilson
Nations of Four Continents Meet At Genoa Congress
Genoa hosts an economic congress with 33 states preparing to rebuild Europe. Delegates led by Lloyd George pursue plans for Central Europe and Russia, aiming to restore peace and prosperity while preventing future conflicts. United States envoy Richard Washburn Child attends open sessions.
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Genoa
A. P
Representativ
Europe
Gentral
Russia
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Tichiterin
United States
Richard Washburn Child
Palace of
St. George
Frate Olivieroam
Bank of St. George
South Africa
Albania
Austria
Australian
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Czechoe
Slovakia
Denmark
Esthenia
Finland
Frasce
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Iithuania
Luxemburg
New Zealand
Holland
Wéta
React
Suse-Biavia
Jugo-Bravia
Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Hungary
Main Objects of Genoa Conference
The conference aims to reduce armies to lower taxes and costs, reopen Russia to international trade, discuss extending loans to Russia and Germany for economic goals, restore Near East peace to reopen commerce with Turkey, deflate currency and stabilize exchange, balance budgets, and create international trade pacts to boost cross border commerce and peace.
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Russia
Germany
Near East
Turkey
Man Threatens Vice Squad With Gun in Alley
Samuel Mogens of 20 Gilbert Street allegedly cursed the vice squad and pointed a pistol at Sergeant Arnofsky in an alley near his home early Sunday. Mogens surrendered after the sergeant identified himself, was taken into custody, and arraigned with a “totem gun” permit leading to nol pros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Mogens
Gilbert
Sergeant Arnofsky
Arnofsky
Stratford Police Nab Three Men in Drug Traffic Probe
Stratford police say three men arrested early this morning were not linked to the Ansonia bank robbery attempt. They were arraigned in City Court and held for Wednesday as investigators say their confessions relate to a broader drug trafficking inquiry in the state.
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Ansonia Bank
Ansonia
Hursher
Lince
Stratford
Milk Dealers Protest New Bridgeport Milk Regulations
Milk producers from Bridgeport and nearby towns plan to attend tonight’s Board of Health meeting to oppose proposed milk regulations. D Fairchild Wheeler, president of Bridgeport Land & Title Co and spokesman for the Dealers' Producers' Association, which unites milk producers from Trumbull Nichols Easton Long Hill Stepney and Monroe, seeks modification of the rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mux
Bridgeport
Vicinity
Board of Health
D. Fairchild Wheeler
Bridgeport Land & Title Co
Dealers ' Producers’ Association
Trumbull
Nichols
Easton
Long Hill
Stepney
Monroe
Bankrupt Papers Filed for City Dressed Beef Co
Papers filed in the Referee in Bankruptcy show unsecured liabilities of 25 164 90 and secured liabilities of 10 554 56. Assets total 17 959 including Bridgeport property valued 11 500 stock 1 000 automobile 750 fixtures and machinery 4 200 and book accounts 500. Creditors include City of Bridgeport taxes 500 Thomas Lenese 1275 Shipley Construction Company 2500 and a mortgage 6 799 56. First creditors hearing set for tomorrow at 1 AM.
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City Dressed Beef Company
John Keogh
Bridgeport
City of
Thomas Lenese
Calhoun Avenue
Shipley Construction Company
Warren Street
Brooklyn
Keating Will Honor Checks for Hygienists
City Auditor Keating plans to honor Board of Health checks for dental hygienists, citing City Attorney Cornell. Cornell argues the appropriation to dental clinic as illegal, leaving funds unappropriated and potentially reallocated by aldermen. The controversy could prompt a court injunction if challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keating
Board of Health
John A. Cornell
Cornell
Common Council
Board of Education
Divorced Wesleyan minister to wed Connecticut girl
Rev. Leon Ellsworth a lay preacher now divorced plans to marry Marjorie Turner, 19, daughter of Luther Turner of East Berlin, after eloping February 23 with the student from Connecticut State Normal school. Texas divorce papers and a formal church hearing are in doubt amid questions about Ellsworths status with the Methodist conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Turner
Luther R. Turner
East Berlin
Conn
Leon W. Ellsworth
Wesleyan University
Texas
Connecticut Methodist Church
Connecticut
Berlin
Luther B. Wilson
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Wilson
Dr. Bell
New Haven
Henry B. Bell
Elsworth
Wesleyan College
New York East
Bell
Ellsworth
Middletown
Turner
Connecticut State Normal School
New Britain
Two Suspects Held By Police In Ansonia
Jim Paul of Philadelphia and Peter Pelinko, who claims Detroit as home, were arraigned in Ansonia police court on breach of peace charges. Their cases were continued until next Monday for further investigation after an attempted entry at William E. Nelson's home, president of Ausopia Bank. Both suspects refused to speak. A revolver was seized from Paul at arrest, with no motive given.
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Ansonia
the Times
Jim Paul
Philadelphia
Peter Pelinko
Detroit
William E. Nelson
Ausopia Bank
North Main Street
Pauli
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Hiates
McCormick
League of Nations
Jssue
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New York
Detter
Rumer
de Valera Haseen
Kerencky
Mose
Parent
Teachers
Mertin
de Valera
Gavan Duffy
the Republic
Dr. Fones
Star Shirt Factory
Hel
Christopher Yule
Jean R. Melville
Hans
William R. Melville
P. Goodhart
C. I
Stratford Police
Leon Ellsworth
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