Unclear $625 Monthly Salary for Bridge Project Under Scrutiny
Eastern Construction Company bill of 30183.96 for demolishing the old bridge to Steeplechase Island was paused by the Board of Appportionment for investigation. The board seeks who acted as superintendent drawing 625 dollars monthly, amid questions over the cost plus 10 percent contract and lack of bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern “Construction Company
Hastern Engineering Company
U.K
Wilson
Maurice McKenna
McKenna
William Shaughnessy
Eastern Engineering Company
Sudden Death of Mrs Sullivan in Bridgeport
Catherine Cullinan Sullivan died last evening at her father’s home 819 State Street after a cold developed into pneumonia. A Bridgeport High School Latin and Greek instructor for twenty years, she was active in charitable groups and local Catholic charities. Survived by father John Cullinan sister Ellen Cullinan and brothers John J. and Thomas M. Cullinan. Funeral plans unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Cullinan Sullivan
John Cullinan
State Street
Cathole Charitable Bureau
Bridgeport Protective Association
Visiting Nurse Association
Smith College Club
Bridgeport High School
Sullivan
Sacred Heart Church
Ellen Cullinan
John J. and
Thomas M. Cullinan
Sullavan
St. Michael's Cemetery
Beardsley
Rity
Fairfield Avenue
James Beardsley
Chief Justice Prentice to Retire From Connecticut Supreme Court
The Connecticut Supreme Court loses Chief Justice Samuel C. Prentice as he retires at age seventy under a constitutional mandate. He served with reason and liberality, giving the bench a more humane tone. Pleaders recall his courteous, attentive presence and praise his long service.
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HIEF
Samuel C. Prentice
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Prentice
The
Times
Agaid
Connecticut
Judge Prentice
The Russian Peril and the New European Fortunes
In a sweeping analysis the piece traces how Republican France and later Russia mobilized national spirit against oppression. It links Wilson era tactics to liberation movements and warns that if Russia advances toward the North Sea Europe faces trouble. It calls for open gates, trade, and prosperity while acknowledging potential faults in the new system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Europe
England
Italy
Prussia
Woodrow Wilson
Russia
North Sea
Fresh currency shortfall despite strong demand
A circular from the money printers notes a delay in producing new paper currency due to the heavy workload in printing Liberty Bonds. Some readers lament the worn bills yet many will still use the green notes, cherishing purchasing power despite frayed edges and obscured portraits.
Immortal Plymouth Rock and a December milestone
The article reflects on the 300th anniversary approaching in December since the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Massachusetts and the enduring legends around Plymouth Rock. It contrasts this with the era of Babe Ruth and modern political oratory while noting the burden of memory carried by the Mayflower voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Progress slow on Steeplechase Island bridge removal
Times spoke with Eastern Engineering Company about the bridge removal contract. Only the draw has been removed and dredging has run for about two weeks. More weeks of dredging, then removal of approaches on both sides, with months expected to finish. Ice risk and difficult sand dredging noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Eastern Engineering Company
Registrars Open Primary Lists at City Hall Room 2
Registrars Thomas F White and William Lounsbury will sit in City Hall Room 2 daily until August a4 from noon to 9 pm to accept applications to place names on the voting lists for the coming primaries. Naturalized citizens should bring naturalization papers to ensure correct names are entered. No one may vote at the primaries unless their name appears on the primary list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. White
William Lounsbury
City Hall
Death Reported In Railroad Yard Accident
Acting Coroner Henry C. Stevenson found Arthur B. Murphy of Quincy Massachusetts died from accidental causes after being injured in the East End railroad yards on August 5. Testimony showed the man, new to railroading with only three days on the job, leaned over a train coupling and was crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Stevenson
Arthur B. Murphy
Quincy
Mass
East End
Murphy
City Armory preps fourth infantry unit for Nantica camp
Preparations completed at the state armory for Company D of the Fourth Infantry to depart for Nantica next week. Three hundred privates, 24 noncommissioned officers and 15 officers from Bridgeport will attend a field instruction course. Dennis Lane, 35, was killed in a Water Street tunnel accident. Acting Coroner Henry Stevenson ruled it accidental. Lane worked for the New Haven Railroad and was believed struck by a switching machine while using the tunnel as a shortcut home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Charities Department
Hillside Home
Board of Recreation
State Armory
Fourth Infantry
Niantic
Bridgeport
Dennis Lane
Waterstreet and
South Avenue
Henry Stevenson
Lane
New Haven Railroad Company
Mrs Sokolowsky Back in New Haven
Mrs Alexandra Sokolowsky, brought from New York on a murder charge, was not before court. Neither side was ready, hearing set for Friday. A bench warrant may place her into state custody. State's Attorney Alling is in Norway, and trial timing for September is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Alexandria Sokolowsky
New York
Alling
Norway
Man Fined and License Forfeited After DUI Collision
Joseph Fillinovitch of 332 Palisades Avenue was fined $50 in City Court this morning before Judge Bartlett and had his driver’s license forfeited for driving under the influence. He was arrested after his car collided with another vehicle driven by Solomon Tevelovitz of 39 Ives Court on Nichols Road Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fillinovitch
Palisades Avenue
Bartlett
Fillinovitch
Solomon Tevelovitz
Ives Court
Nichols Road
Wooster and Willard Form Patent Law Firm
A. M. Wooster organizes the firm Wooster and Willard with Charles F. Willard. Wooster will expand patent trade mark and copyright practice from his Security Building office in Bridgeport, while Willard brings MIT mechanical engineering and naval architecture degrees and broad legal experience including Federal Supreme Court admission, patent office exam work, and positions with Fenton Blount and Pennie Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Wooster
Wooster
Boston University Law School
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Patent Office
Fenton & Blount
Philadelphia
Pennie, Davis, Marvin & Edmonds
New York City
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden, New Jersey
National Cash Register Co
Dayton, Ohio
Hejas Grotto Outing and Parcel Post Azores News
New Haven reports Hejas Grotto outing with 4000 fez wearers at Light Horse Paint and regional delegations from Providence Attleboro Springfield Newark Troy Syracuse and Hartford. Lisbon post office to accept parcel post to Azores and Madeira with 48 cent transit fee. Judge Keeler reserves decision in Bessie Forte habeas corpus case. Two suits filed in Common Pleas Court over automobile collision damages totaling 2000 each. Federal officers near Meriden to arrest Raffalo Chibel and Genared Lauro for transporting liquor without a permit.
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New Haven
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets
New England
Providence
R. I
Attleboro
Springfield
Mass
Newark
N. J
Troy
Syracuse
Hartford
Parcel Post
Azores
Lisbon
Madeira Islands
John E. Keeler
Bessie M. Forte
Louis Forte
Common Pleas Court
Harry W. Croft
Greenwich
Gideon Mead
Clarence Mead
Croft
RAM
Meriden
J. C. Stremiau
Raffalo Chibel
Hamilton Street
Genared Lauro
Lincoln's Legacy Echoed In Narrow Coastal Collection Day
A historic reflection notes how the nation grew from humble seeds to a mighty people while observing a day guided by committees of prominent citizens. President Wilson recently appointed one such committee to oversee the observance, underscoring national remembrance of cultural and civic heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Mass meeting on war subjects at Turner hall
From The Farmer August 7 1870 a mass meeting is planned at Turner hall next Monday at 8 o clock to discuss the war between France and Prussia. Also notes on street work, a runaway horse on Main Street, October 1st changes to promissory notes and receipts tax, and the Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers reunion officers elected with Col Fitzgibbons as president.
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Turner Hall
France
Prussia
Main
Congress Street
Fox’s Corner
Julius Sterling
Main Street
Internal Revenue
Ninth Regiment
Connecticut Volunteers
R. Fitzgibbons
James Gallagher
New Haven
Fred Frye
New Orleans
John Curtis
John G. Healy
Lee
Coates
Cahill
O’brien
Healy
Scott
McNeil
Burns Men in Milford on Binkowitz Murder Case
The Burns men hunt the Binkowitz case here with Hartford Jimmy Lewis and Joe Pape freed after tips from Fred One Eye Baker. The Jewish League of New York backs the investigation into the Wall Street messenger slaying and $80,000 in Liberty bonds theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
New York
Binkowicz
Milford
Benjamin Binkowitz
Fred
One Eye
Binkowitz
Baker
Hartford
Jimmy Lewis
Joe Pape
Jewish League of New York
Wall Street
Enforcement of Hydrant Parking Restriction Tightened
The police department announced strict enforcement of the new ordinance restricting parking in front of hydrants. The city painted hydrant outlines and violators will be arrested. Sec. 156, B imposes fines up to 25 dollars for obstructing hydrants.
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Common Council
Supt
Flanagan
Police Department
Connecticut Probate Court Hearing on Estate Real Sale
In Bridgeport District on August 9 1920 the Probate Court will hear Executrixs application to sell real estate of Bradley D Meeker. Notice to interested parties required by publication in a local paper. Paul L Miller Judge. Also August 10 1920 Guardian case of Julia C and Elizabeth R Brie minors to sell estate realty with notice to interested persons by publication.
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State OF Necticut
District of Bridgeport
Henry North
Bridgeport
Court of Probate
State OF Connecticut
James Brophy
Paul L. Miller
Ss. Probate Court
Bradley D. Meeker
Judgar
Julia C
Elizabeth R. Hrie
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Mrs. Sullivan
Mrs. Sokolowsky
Wooster & Willard
Hejas
John W. Stewart
Berkshire Mills
J. D. Alvord
Ava
John Peck & Son
Oak St. Lib
Elizabeth North
Frederick FE Morgan
Main St
Bridgeport, Conn
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