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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1920
Page
8
Hartford reports 2,152 miscellaneous corporations posted higher taxable net incomes for 1920 with total taxes assessed at 2,357,005.62, up from 1,408,126.51 in 1919. About 6,000 such corporations exist plus other classes. taxes due by September 1, or penalties will be applied.
Milford August 3 authorities led by Chief Maker and Lt Robert Brigeman with State Police raided the Island View Hotel and an Italian lunch room. About 100 people were inside the hotel when liquor was found. John J O'Brien and John Miller owners, and two bartenders Charles Lodge and Gus Hull, posted bonds of 300 dollars to appear in court Friday. Italian lunch room proprietor Eusbrio Sabrine was arrested on bond of 100 dollars due in court tomorrow.
The weekly morbidity report shows Greenwich 12 diphtheria cases and Bridgeport six. Hartford 3 diphtheria and four scarlet fever, New Haven 5 diphtheria and 13 measles, Hartford leads in whooping cough with 15 cases.
Copenhagen August 2 Danish explorer Lange Koch who heads an expedition to Northern Greenland described the mission as a jubilee effort for Hans Egedes 200th anniversary. He aims to map the unknown north, establish depots at Warming land, cross inland ice by motor tractor, and return with a geological collection after three years.
London reports the new Irish bill assigns crown tribunal duties to military courts. They will handle civil disputes, fines, peace bindings, coroners tasks, and nonjury trial authority. For capital crimes, one non officer judge may sit alongside military judges.
Dublin July 31 Sinn Fein courts extend area and nature of their operations. Recently tried civil cases include libel slander and judicial separation of unhappy marriages and seduction. On the criminal side all sorts of offences are heard as defendants generally attend, though most receive little punishment.
In County Clare a local magistrate charged with trespass ignored summons and was captured by Volunteers and guarded by the military. The Sligo Asylum Committee, radical to Sinn Fein, ordered the Sinn Fein flag flown over the asylum and delegated lunatic conveyance to volunteers with a local doctor. Kerry County Council will not publish in English only and demands Irish language reports.
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