Cox corruption charges and campaign funds in a political era
Governor Cox exposes large campaign funds used to influence elections across many cities. The piece cites Boston Bridgeport and other locales, notes legal limits and ethical breaches, and argues that such money corrupts institutions and could provoke revolution. It lauds Cox for challenging this Bolshevik style politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Mayoralty Campaign
Indiana
Michigan
Newberry
United States Senate
Cox
Boston
Bridgeport
Wilson
Harding
Connecticut
Gox
Sickness as Waste in U S Health Costs
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale cites 3,000,000 ill at any time in the United States with three quarters being workers losing about 700 dollars yearly. Illness including medicine and care costs total around 1.1 billion dollars, underscoring the need for better hygiene sanitation and housing to cut disease costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Irving Fisher
Yale
Toy
Motive Not Enough in Republican Fund Debate
A speaker criticizes Governor Cox for not naming each contributor to the Republican campaign fund or stating the RNC treasury balance. The critic argues that such details miss the point and says the real concern is the man behind the acts rather than the finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Republican Campaign Fund
Republican National Committee
Treasury
Motive Behind Republican Fundraising for Election
The text argues that Governor Cox’s papers prove a plan to raise a large fund to influence the election by Republican leaders. It cites references to “salesmanship” and “get the money,” implying intent to purchase the election and questioning Harding’s independence as a candidate. The piece condemns the use of money in politics and calls for intelligent Americans to reject such control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ager
Cox
Harding
Stinging the Foreigner S Would Seem to Hasten Business
The Post Office Department seeks to curb foreign mail with unpaid postage. Under the Universal Postal Union, addressees pay double the shortage, penalizing them for American firms shortfalls. State reports consulates warn of delays and broadsides on American business, fostering foreign aversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Department of State
Editorial Notes on Politics and Campaigns
Editorial notes critique Governor Holcomb declaring an emergency and contrast campaign funds with corruption funds. It questions suffrage bells and the sincerity of political actors, ponders a Bridgeport per capita assessment, and mentions a new correspondence course in salesmanship and inquiries about the “right people.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Looking Back Fifty Years From The Farmer
A July 1870 retrospective notes vivid local happenings. The grass at the Court House yard is cut. A lightning strike damaged a factory rod on East Bridgeport. J M Sammis defends his horse from runs and blames a kite in Water Street. John Skinner returns from a cruise to Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro. Deacon David Sherwood, 92, remains daily in town. Thomas Morton, 94, marries Lucinda Andrus, 54, at Simsbury.
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Court House
Bridgeport
J. M. Sammis
Water Street
John Skinner
Fairfield
Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
David Sherwood
Fairfield Avenue
Thomas Morton
Lucinda Andrus
Simsbury
Peoples Say To Bridgeport Times On Trolleys And Jitneys
A reader voices strong views about Bridgeport transit coverage praising the Bridgeport Times and criticizing the Post for backing jitneys over trolleys. The letter urges support for a separate jitney road in Waterbury style, warns of fines, and asks the mayor for a response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Times
Bridgeport
Post
New Haven
Waterbury
Service men for probate court nomination conflict arises
Republican opposition to Judge Paul L. Miller for Probate Court surfaces with veteran candidates E. Earle Garlick who served overseas and Lieutenant Commander Albert J. Merritt who served in the navy, as supporters press for honoring service. Get Rich Quick promoters are criticized for fleecing Get Poor Quick people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Miller
E. Earle Garlick
Albert J. Merritt
Fairfield Leads in Connecticut Divorce Decrees
Fairfield county tops the state in divorces for July 1919 to July 1920 with 459 cases. Statewide total reaches 1,488, up over 50 percent from the prior year. 1,043 were granted to women and 445 to men. New Haven county records 421. Hartford county 337. Totland county shows 15.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Fairfield County
New Haven County
Waterbury
Hartford County
Totland County
Walsh Takes Over Breweries After Seizure
Federal officers who guarded three seized breweries are relieved. Local Internal Revenue agents under Collector James W Walsh assume control. Plants in Connecticut Eckart Bros Home Products and a third were raided. appraisal and bond decisions loom as operations may resume next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Office
James W Walsh
Hartford Internal Revenue Office
Washington
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Eckart Bros
Home Products Breweries
Aszent McCarthy
New England
Walsh
Whistles Ring Out for Suffrage Ratification
Promptly at noon a din of whistles and church bells marked ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Across the state cities and towns held similar demonstrations as suffragists prepare for a major November celebration and annual convention.
Leprosy Cure Claim Shocks Hawaiian Public Health
Honolulu reports a claimed positive cure for leprosy by University of Hawaii President Arthur L. Dean and Dr. J. T. McDonald. Thirty patients at the leprosy receiving station were paroled after treatment, with 58 paroled in the past year and 85 patients in hospital. The board seeks funds to expand trials but restricts use to Hawaii until tests confirm safety and efficacy. Kalaupapa residents remain hopeful, with families, churches, and pensions, while parolees act as advocates for the Dean specific.
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Honolulu
Arthur L. Dean
University of Hawaii
J. T. McDonald
Territorial Board of Health
Board of Health
Kalaupapa
Molokai
Frederick I
Trotter
Chage
United States Public Health Service
Molokai Island
British India
Dean
J. F. Rock
India
United States
McDonald
Hawaii
Iit
the World
Dr. Dean
Jack” D. McVeigh
Marianne
Roosevelt
Motor Vehicle Department Moves to State Street Offices
The State Motor Vehicle Department wins a five year reuse of the first floor at 823 State street and plans to evacuate its current police head quarters by mid October. New offices will cost about 4000 dollars to fit up. After removal from Fairfield avenue, the detective bureau takes the first floor offices now used by traffic division. Traffic div moves to the former detective department space on the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Motor Vehicle Department
State Street
Police
Fairfield Avenue
Detective Bureau
Traffc
State Bureau
Traffic Division
Detective Department
Hay Fever and Auto-Hemic Therapy Promoting Home Health
The article from the North American Journal of Homeopathy discusses hay fever causes and treatment through Auto-Hemic Therapy. It cites Dr. Odin at Pasteur Institute and mentions serum from patients’ blood as a cure for paralysis and locomotor ataxia. A reader asks about using wild berries for medicine and receives guidance on Oil of Wintergreen and herbal preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Journal of Homeopathy
Hay Fever Association
Smith
Jones
Paris
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Odin
Pasteur Institute
Delaware
New Hampshire
Utah
Ohio
H. H
N. Minn
Home Health Club Book
America
Allaire, Woodward & Company
Peoria
Illinois
Park, Davis & Company
Detroit
Michigan
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Rum Runner Held For Trial And Probate Notices
Arraigned before United States Commissioner Hugh J Lavery this morning on a charge of transporting contraband whiskey. Hqnor Alex Finn of Boston was bound over to the next term of the U S District Court on bonds of 500 dollars. Bernard Mann of Boston was discharged for lack of evidence. About 126 cases of contraband whiskey were on board when arrests occurred in Stratford last week. Also in Bridgeport probate matters from August 1920 include estate claims deadlines, administrator notices, and bids for sale of real estate with court orders for August 30 1320 and publication dates August 28 1920. Administrators include Gustave R Tesch and John Benedict with addresses in Bridgeport and Monroe.
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United States
Hugh J. Lavery
Hqnor Alex Finn
Boston
Mass
United Stat District Court
Bernard Mann
Stratford
State OF Connecticut
District of Bridgeport
August Tesch
Bridgeport
T. A
Paul L. Miller
Bridgeport Probate Court notices and local politics
A multi item notice batch from Bridgeport in 1920 includes probate actions for guardianship and sale of real estate in the estate of Rosie Nancy and Angeline Petrino, with August 1920 filing and August 30 hearing in Bridgeport. Additional estate settlement for Nancy Benedict of Monroe, with payment request to administrator John Benedict. Fairfield caucus notice seeks four Democratic delegates for Sept 15 16 1920 convention in New Haven. Also a brief patent ad by G H Braddock and Forte's Garage auto repair ad in Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Connecticut
Bridgeport
Rosie
Nancy
Angeline Petrino
Paul L. Miller
Fairfield
New Haven
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Holcomb
Breweries
Motor Law Office
David H. Reed
David H. Reeder
la Porte, Indiana
Liberty
Porte
Home Health Club
la of Health
August ‘Tesch
Court of Probate
Gustave R. Tesch
C. Laress
John A. Cornell
Main St
Rebecca P. Benedict
Monroe
John Benedict
Iranistan Ave
Nancy Benedict
H.R. Elwood
Democratic Town Committee
G. H. Braddock
Examiner U. S. Patent Office
Barnum
FORTE
Alice St
Madison Ave
Louis L
Tel
Noble
Mra Porritt
Lagu
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