Supreme Court finds no error in Bridgeport case
In the November session the court ruled no error in the appeal of Israel Cohn versus Bridgeport Supply Co on a foreclosure of mortgage. Judge William Maitbie presided and decided in favor of the defendant. Helen Kajantzis of this city sues Thomas Hadikox of Bridgeport in Common Pleas for $700 in damages. alleging a loan of $1,000 on August 4, 1921, with $515 unpaid and overdue.
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Supreme Court
Israel Cohn
Bridgeport Supply Company
William Maitbie
Helen Kajantzis
Thomas Hadikox
Bridgeport
Davis outlines plan to prevent strikes via conciliators
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis proposes a system of highly trained technical conciliators for key industries to resolve disputes. The plan aims to reestablish manager worker understanding, reduce industrial friction, and lower social costs and prices by preventing strikes.
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Washington
James J. Davis
Department of Labor
Sam
Uch
Tell Road
Tristmployee
Day
Oman
Fall Directs Alaska Road Construction
Secretary of the Interior Fall plans to return to railroad work by directing finishing touches on the Government's line between Seward and Fairbanks in Alaska. He says $4,000,000 is needed to complete the road with rolling stock and material and expects a Senate-approved bill soon. He will supervise operations, aiming to inaugurate freight and passenger service as soon as possible under the Harding open door policy for Alaska.
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Alaska
Seward
Fairbanks
Fair
Senate
Fall
Harding
Congress
Kimono Law Sparks Beach Etiquette Farce
Honolulu reports a beach dress rule clash as residents refuse to fully comply, with one woman declaring she cannot make the kimono behave. Police investigate a lighthearted caper where outfits and etiquette collide, prompting laughs and a muted enforcement effort. In New York, a parcel post clerk jokes that New Yorkers are the laziest, citing rubbers left on a trip as a symbol of famed idleness and petty domestic humor.
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Honolulu
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Waikikt
Sennett
Omleer
New Yorker
New York
City Hall
Novel census at University of Chicago reveals beliefs and demographics
Chicago December 7. Dean Fuller reports one in seventeen students are foreigners and only three of 2114 professors are agnostic. Of 4810 students 3692 believe in God 578 answered the question and three suspected they didn t know. Denominations list Methodists 529 Presbyterians 472 Jews 323 Baptists 22 Catholics 269. Foreigners include Chinese leading with 2 Russians 80 Japanese 71 Canadians 80 Filipinos 28. Germans 9 English 8 with seven each from Sweden and Italy. Also notes a civil suit over truck damages and a divorce petition on cruelty with custody claim for a minor child.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
F. J. Fuller
Sweden
Italy
Children and Teachers Join in Safety Week Contest
During National Safety Week from December 4 to 10, students and teachers across the United States engaged in safety education and rescue efforts. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce offered prizes including trips to Washington, gold watches, and cash for essays on making highways safer, with state and national awards up to 500 dollars and trips.
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Washington
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Spider's Duel 4 Ends in Banquet and Other Tales
A Chappaqua jury clears Abram J. Quinby of hanging his dog after neighbors complained of killings chickens. The tale then shifts to the corn cob’s rising role in dyes and fiberboard manufacture, noting 10 percent furfural content, plus a naturalist's account of a spider duel where Spider No 2 defeats Spider No 1 in seconds, ending with dinner on the fallen foe.
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Mimself
Chappaqua
N. Y
Abram J. Quinby
Quinby
Horace Greeley
United States
Germany
Spider No. 1
Spider No. 2
No. 2
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Carl Foster
Chattel
Anne G. Gregory Stephens
Edwin Stephens
Norwalk
Mackinaws
Patrick Mackinaws
Crompton
New College
Tom Sawyer
Saranac
Madewell
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