We Die Sooner if We Think We Will M Coue Advice
A column reflects on M Couse and Dr Emile Coue urging doctors to avoid telling patients they are doomed. It discusses how belief can influence outcomes, contrasts England and America on hangings, and notes Dr M Roger Whitenack death from a baby's operation amid prayers for recovery. The piece argues prayer may aid safety and emphasizes the peril to mothers during birth.
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M. Coue
England
Dr. Whitenack
Emile Coue
America
M. Cone
Woman Joy Rider Badly Injured In Auto Ride
Mystery surrounds a clandestine auto ride on Tunxis Hill Road near Fairfield last night. Harry Be Mayer of vod avenue says she was either pushed or fell from a moving car in a lonely stretch behind Fairfield. State Police and Fairfield constables investigate. three others, excluding the driver, are believed to have been in the party. Continued on page two.
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Tunxis Hil
Harry BE
Snow Storm May Cause a Coal Tie-Up
A heavy snow storm threatens coal deliveries in the city after a brief coal shortage. Charity officials report forty coal requests this month with quarterly allotments, while ninety-four were filed last month. Bridgeport manufacturers plan to reserve softened coal for employees in emergencies and fair prices are set by the Bridgeport Fuel Board for Eex and store coal. Mayor Atwater urges broad newspaper publicity to correct erroneous reports and inform the public.
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Angus P. ‘Thorne
Charity Department
Manufacturers’ Association of Connecticut
Bridgeport
Manufacturers’ Association
Bridgeport District Fuel Board
Fred Atwater
Fuel Advisory Board
James PD. Leisner
Atwater
Skinner
Mrs Hayes Sentenced To Jail In Car Theft Case
Mrs Bessie Hayes, linked to Eugene Ledoux, was jailed for three months by Judge Newell Jennings in the Superior Court criminal branch for her part in stealing former Senator Joseph Whitcombs automobile. Legal aid said she was a deserted wife and mother but the judge insisted on punishment under a new act allowing long terms for automobile theft.
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Bessie Hayes
Eugene Ledoux
Joseph Whitcomb
Court House
Newell Jennings
Superior Court
Thomas Coughlin
Hayes
Jennings
Mrs. Hayes
Whitcomb
Liquor Dump Belches Into Harbor After Sewer Drain
A sensational scene unfolds as 3,000 quarts of Scotch 1 case of beer and four cases of cognac are poured into a sewer and discharged into the Sound. The liquor valued at 20,000 dollars, with officials including Sher W Perry pictured aiding the disposal as saltwater mingles with the spillage. Fishes reportedly seen near the outlet.
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Sher W Perry
Impressive Rites Investures Eight New Cardinals in Rome
Public investiture by Pope Pius IX at St Peter's marked the first consistory of his pontificate. Six of the eight new cardinals received the red hat and rochet as crowds filled the Hall of Beatifications. Tocatelli and Casanova were absent, invested by Portugal and Spain respectively.
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Rome
A. P
Pope Pius
St. Peters
Pius
Cardinal Tocatelli
Cardinal Casanova
Portugal
Spain
Borgo
St. Peter's
Vatican
Sacred College
City Delays East Washington Avenue Bridge Plans
Mayor Fred Atwater announced the city cannot ask the incoming legislature for a special bond issue to fund the East Washington avenue bridge. The 1.2 million school bond exhausted 1923 limits, forcing the bridge project to wait unless funds are found in the 1923-24 budget, potentially delaying construction into 1925.
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Fred Atwater
East Washington Avenue
Atwater
Common Council
Fireman Burned in Northwestern Train Wreck
Fond Du Lac, Wis. Dec. 14 Northwestern passenger and express train No. 125 northbound from Chicago and Milwaukee wrecked early today between West Bend and Barton. Fireman John Lomonan of Fond Du Lac killed, his body burned severely. Engineer Tom Green of Fond Du Lac thrown fifty feet and not expected to live. Road bed torn up for fifty feet and tracks damaged.
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Fond Dun Lac
Wise
Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee
West Bend
Barton, Wise
John
Fond du Lac
Tom Green
Turkey to Join League of Nations Amid Peace Conference
At Lausanne the Turkish delegation led by Ismet Pasha pledged Turkey would join the League of Nations, a move that salvaged the East Peace Conference. British delegates welcomed the compromise plan to safeguard Christians in Asia Minor and Curzon urged reunion in the League within weeks.
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Lausanne
Bec
Sear East
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
League of Nations
Asia Minor
Lord Curzon
Liquor cargo dumped into Long Island Sound
A portion of a $1.7 million liquor cargo from the Bahamas was dumped into the ocean off Freeport New York after bootleggers aboard the ship failed to secure supplies. Federal agents say the vessel lingered near the rum grounding grounds as raiders tried to run the blockade before the liquor was discarded.
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New York
Freeport
Long Island
Frank J. Hale
J. KR. Kerrin
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Bahamas
Lquor
Dmhers
Sweethearts mystery ends with canal leap assertion
Chicago authorities heard new testimony from Arthur Foster after a 40 hour interrogation claiming Kate Mitch ell Trostell leaped into a drainage canal and hid a violent quarrel prior to her disappearance. Police remain convinced of murder despite his denial.
Former Postmaster Meany Exonerated in Nurse Slaying Case
Greenwich December 14 William Meany former postmaster was exonerated of carelessness in the death of nurse Anna M Schaeffer who was killed December 4 Coroner Phelan ruled the prior complaint was dismissed and the case moved from the Borough court today
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Meany
Greenwich
Willam
Anna M. Schaeffer
Phelan
Third District Democrats Plan Peace Dinner
Third District Democrats plan a Peace Dinner at the Farm in Black Rock next month to patch up difficulties between regular Democrats and insurgents who waged a primary battle before the last election.
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Third Dist
Tule
Black Rock
Locos Crash On Seven Are Scalded In Texas Rail Horror
A Houston to Shreveport train collision near Humble Texas left nine dead and about 35 burned as a switch engine drifted and a two inch steam pipe ripped through a passenger car. Conductor William Campsey and train newsdealer M Young died instantly. Several injured were negro passengers in sleepers.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Houston, East and West Texas Railway
Humble
William Campsey
M. Young
Smith
Shreveport
Governors Move To Curb Ku Klux Klan
Governors from 48 states convene in White Sulphur Springs to plan actions against the Ku Klux Klan. Gov Parker of Louisiana proposes registering secret society members and using federal law to prosecute the Klan as an incorporated body. Governors Sproul and Wolcott urge uniform legislation and action to curb the Invisible Empire.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
United
Ku Klux Klan
Department of Justice
John M. Parker
Louisiana
United States Supreme Court
Coronado
Wolcott
United States
William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Republicans Would Shake Down Plums
Mayor Fred Atwater said today the Republican Voters League has submitted a list of candidates for boards and appointive city positions. He stressed he has not decided on reappointments, will consider suggestions from both parties, and may revise the list as needed to select the best possible officials.
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Republican Voters’ League
Atwater
Lst
Democratic Executive Board
Republican Voters' League
Fred Atwater
Net
Voters League
Charter Revision Committee to Meet Saturday in City Hall
Mayor Fred Atwater announced the Charter Revision commission will meet Saturday afternoon in the mayor's office. City Attorney John A. Corner and the mayor held a conference yesterday in the mayor's office on the matter as the mayor aims to gather the full committee.
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Charter Revision Commission
Fred Atwater
John A. Corner
Guards Escort Mrs Brunen 10 Scene of Trial
Moung Holly New Jersey December 14 As a result of a direct death threat buried at her yesterday by Mrs Harry Mohr wife of Harry Mohr who with Mrs Doris Brunen is on trial charged with the murder of Honest John Brunen wealthy circus owner Hazel Brunen stepdaughter of Mrs Brunen was accompanied to the courtroom today by a squad of armed guards and deputies Hazel seventeen told a story yesterday of her step mother and her family life which climaxed in an attempted attack upon her by Mohr and his wife which threw the courtroom into chaos and caused the nervous collapse of defense attorney Walter Keown The defense sought to show that until less than three weeks before the trial the Brunen girl was friendly with the Mohr family and that her change of front came when she could not obtain funds from her father estate The letters offered as evidence many addressed to Dear Mattie and Grandma and written in the week just before the trial show no sign of a change of heart
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Moung Holly
N. J
N. S
Harry Mohr
Doris Brunen
John" Brunen
Hazel Brunen
Brunen
Hazel
Mohi
Deense
Walter Keown
Mohr
Mattie
Bronx apartment blaze rouses 60 families from sleep
In New York on December 14 a Bronx fire forced entry by police as smoke filled rooms in a six story loft building complex. Sixty families were awakened in time, with five firefighters overcome and two severely burned, as flames spread through the structure. An unrelated Times ad for Lampell Millinery Co. clearance sale mentions mistaken price values.
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New York
Bronx
Lampell Millinery Company
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France
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Justice Shearman
Old Bailey Court
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M. Roger Whitenack
Newark
Harry Mayer
Long Island Sound
Kate Mitchell Trostell
Arthur Foster
Kate
Guarrie
Murs Derea
Mrs. Brunen
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