Death of local painter Curran likely gas poisoning
Edward K. Curran, a local painter, was found dead in a rooming house at 328 State street at 12 30 pm. A sigas stove had two burners, one lit and the other out. Mrs. Jennie Holland discovered the body. Dr. B J Burns said Curran had been dead five or six hours. Medical examiner Dr. Samuel M. Garber has been notified.
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Edward K. Curran
State Street
Curran
Jennie Holland
B. J. Burns
Samuel M. Garber
Austria Gains Admission to League of Nations
The League of Nations Commission unanimously approves Austria’s admission. The Assembly is expected to ratify, granting membership and adherence to the core twenty six articles. The move signals growth of the organization and reduces lingering isolationist sentiment in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Geneva
Commission
Austria
League I
The Day of Electricity and Its Growing Reach
A historical piece notes electricity permeating daily life and industry. It discusses its use in defense, medicine, mechanics, transportation, and home tasks, including meters on machinery, crane operations, and electromechanical welding and shaping, hinting at early X-ray assisted medical imaging.
Electricity's sweeping rise transforms work and life
The article foresees electricity replacing steam power in trains and many household tasks. It notes electricity enables global communication, fuels industry and science, and hints at new methods to harvest power, including rumored air energy. It predicts rapid growth and wide future impact across society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Editorial Notes on Constantine Lincoln and Bread Tax
The article surveys Constantine's plan for a pomp filled return to the Greek throne with a grand triumphal entry. It notes New Salem Illinois being restored as Old Salem State Park, highlighting Lincoln's early life. It also covers bread price strikes in Madrid, Ponzi’s admission and five year sentence, plus Harding's perilous voyage home amid rough seas.
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Constantine
Athens
New Salem
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Old Salem State Park
Lincoln
Ose Eee
Madrid
Plymouth County
Harding
Hoover Pleads For Children In War Relief Speech
In a colonnade speech at noon, Herbert Hoover urged support for child relief across war-ravaged Central and Eastern Europe. He cited the American Relief Administration’s role, detailing 200,000 hungry children aided, kitchens established, and supplies shipped, while stressing unity beyond enemies and the need for organized, broad-based giving.
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My. Hoover
Gelied Inen
Central
Eastern
Gia
Ted Ktates
Hoover
Jarven
Volandia
Bera
Peldoma 7
American Relief Administration
Waryawanon
Armiilion
Opean
Pix
Roumania
J2oover
Bulthe Black Sea
Func
Two liquor violations in City Court
In South Bend and nearby towns police reported two liquor cases. George Elke paid a $75 fine and discharged Michael Fee after being found drinking at Elke's place. Elke claimed he was hosting three friends from the old country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
George Elke
Willard Street
Michael Fee
Hallett Street
Elke
Elko
Denmark Buys More American Coal as British Falls
Denmark’s coal imports show a yearlong rise in American coal with September total at 274,390 tons while British shipments fall to about 85,000 tons in summer then rise to 164,000 in September. Danish railways also use Chinese coal due to cheaper prices. Separately, a Grand Street school pupil sustained a head wound after a desk accident. In legal news, damages were withdrawn in a Connecticut auto collision case. A divorce suit, Crouch vs Crouch, was filed in Superior court with claims of desertion dating from 1917 following a 1915 marriage.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Great Britain
Germany
Endu&h
America
China
Dominick Colonese
Grand Street School
D. J. Gryne
John R. Booth
Common Pleas Court
Louis Anderson
Bridgeport
Isadore Scharf
Norwalk
Connecticut Avenue
Crouch
Obituary notices of multiple Hartford area residents
Frank W. Richards funeral held at Wis inte home 113 Atlantic street Rev A F Campbell and Rev William Horace Day officiated. burial in Woodbury Connecticut Charles IL Taylor funeral at 186 West Liberty street officiated by Rev G W Simpson. interment in Park Oliver E Olson dies at 2759 Fairfield Avenue survived by father sister and two brothers. affiliated with Royal Order of Moose Hartford funeral at Gallagher Gallagher 71 Fairfield Avenue interment Mountain Grove cemetery Julia A McGuinness funeral from 488 Stratford Avenue to St Marys church with high mass offered by multiple priests. offertory by Miss Elizabeth Kelley. pallbearers T C Coughlin James L McGovern Dr Edward Fitzgerald R E Donnelly Philip Blansfield P J Duffy. St Vincent De Paul Queen's Daughters LCBA attend. interment St Michael's cemetery committal at grave by Rev Traynor assisted by Rev Lynch McGivney and Rev P J McGivney
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Frank W. Richards
Wis Inte
Atlantic Street
A. F. Campbell
William Horace Day
Woodbury
Conn
Charles I. Taylor
Charles IL Taylor
West Liberty Street
Oliver EB
Olson
Oliver E
John T. Olson
Fairfield Avenue
Iher
Frank
John Olsen
Royal Order of Moose of
Hartford
Gallagher & Gallagher
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Lulla A. McGuinness
Julia A. McGuinness
Stratford Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Clemn
P. J. McGivney
St. Charles’ Church
John Lynch
Meriden
John McGivney
New Haven
Matthew
Joseph Clabby
T. C. Coughlin
James L. McGovern
Edward Fitzgerald
R. E. Donnelly
Philip Blansfield
P. J. Duffy
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Queen's Daughters
LC. B. A
St. Michael's Cemetery
Father Traynor
Sap
Maurice Bowie
St. Peters Church
St. Michael's
Olsen
Oliver B. Olsen
Hts
Svr
Fairfeld Avenue
Aged Man Injured In Connecticut Co Car Barn Accident
An elderly man, Anton Kaeslis aged 71 of 117 Madison Avenue, sustained abrasions to his right cheek and left thumb in an accident yesterday at the Connecticut Co car barns. Dr J A Maxwell treated him.
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The
Connecticut Co
Anton Kaeslis
Madison Avenue
J. A. Maxwell
Drunken Sons of VFW Veterans Fined in City Court
Michael Alien and John Taberane, both veterans of the AEF, entered Herman Lippan’s tailor shop on Main Street under liquor. Allen struck Patrolman Lynch, knocking him down. both men were charged with drunkenness and resisting an officer. Judge Bartlett fined each $20 in City Court.
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Michael Alien
Lindley Street
John Taberane
Waterview Avenue
A E.F
Herman Lippan
Main Street
Armory
Allen
Lippan
Patrick Lynch
Taberane
Bartlett
Funeral notices and death announcements from 1920s city papers
A garbled obituary page lists multiple notices including Margaret Alvord aged 19, a Maurice Bowie burial schedule from Fairfield Avenue and St Peters Church, Oliver B Olsen aged 28 with services at Gallagher Mortuary, and a general hospital nurses wanted ad from Sharon Hospital. Also includes stray classified lines and an odd sequence of coded ticket numbers from a pawnbroker.
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Sharon Hospital
Sharon
Conn
Sims
Trogt
Flos
Col Co
Congress
YOU AND YOUR TEETH An Educational Series
H C Weidlich D D s promotes courtesy in dental care claiming painless, sympathetic treatment with modern methods. He invites regular checkups and explains fees are fair for high quality work including X ray exams and removable bridges at 129 Wall Street.
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United States
Saas
iSxes
Guten American
Boarah
Shildrex
UW Feng
Aguilar
Mexico City
Canaldo Aguilar
Carranza
Guatemala
Tabasco
Vera Cruz
Chiapas
Gipp
South Bend
Ind
George Gipp
Notre Dame
White Sox
Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Waxahachie
Tex
Detroit Tigers
Nuremburg
Allied Control Commission
Zeppelin
Sre
Beress Pen Jodar Juliet Goin
RB Booth
Come Wok Preas
Eee
Andree Cheb
Mansetl “Gormpany
Sengr
Sebeeres
Sebes
Sophie Fetorony
Anthony Tetorong
College Point
N. Y
Ang Teas
Yora Alvorte
Dec
Winsted. Funn
Winsted Hosiéry Company
J. B. Gaylord
Man Ager
K. Gaylord
Boston Club
Superior Court
David Fenelon
Joseph Koletar
Clarence A. Sterns
William N. Coleman
David E. David
Danbury
Edgar T. Bates
William Dugdale
Darien
William H. Hall
John H. Wheeler
Easton
Oliver C. Jennings
Raymond Watson
Fairfield
Robert H. Brown
Thomas J. Gaines
Albert L. June
Greenewich
Charles S. DeForest
John H. Belue
New Canaan
August Joy
H. H. Tomlinson
Newtown
Thomas H. Canty
Stephen ©. Kellogg
Albert W. Mills
Robert Barry
Charles D. Crouchley
Ridgefield
Oscar L. Beardsley
James E. Fair
Shelton
George B. Bliss
Romer J. Bishop
Rollin T. Toms
Stamford
Sylvester Foster
Joseph Morton
Westport
Triest
Italy
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Fiume
Boston
Boston American Baseball Club
Joseph F. Conway
New England Amateur Athletic Union
H. S. Frazee
William M. Carrigan
Lewiston
Maine
Red Sox
Frazee
Harrisburg
J. P. James
Pembroke Street
Mary A. Sullivan
Rose Malley
Huth Ga Blows
Dwight Hand
Margaret Alvord
Norman Street
Sacred Heart Church
Ovember
Ames P. Kimenan
County of
Fats
H. C. Weidlich
D. D
Dr. Weidlich
Alvord
Dr. Gokey
Wall Street
Che
Challis
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