Leota Richards and the Klan War Remembered in Louisiana
A neglected line of history centers on Leota Richards, the child who pleaded for her father’s return as Gov. Parker led a statewide probe into the Morehouse Parish killings. The governor’s personal spend and the violent search exposed a mob’s reach and the public fight to bring justice, ending with a Christmas homecoming and a final salute at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conister
Mors House Parish
North Louisiana
Lake la Fourche
Thomas Richards
Watt Daniels
Parker
Ku Klux Klan
Gov
Baton Rouge
Morehouse Parish
Gov. Parker
Teora
Chita
Leora
Leota
Sat
St. Louis
Anyera
Eastland Ferry
Lake A Fourche
Daniels
Richards
Daddy Richards
B. W. Grove
Will Holste Estate Shocks Probate Court Mystery
A 1918 case unfolds from a missing will and a $665.77 cash estate to a later discovery in a Singer Manufacturing stock room. Edward A Holste left most to his widow, $1 to his son Charles of Elizabeth NJ, while a hidden 1907 will surfaced after a painter found it in a rafter. Judge Nobbs pursues the case as the separated spouse seeks her due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Aa. Holste
Singer Manufacturing Company
East Side
Mary A. Holste
Charles
Elizabeth
N. J
Stra Holste
Aorner
Edward A Helse
Holste
Neromainger
Edward TB. Nobbs
Mra Holste
New Jersey
Madison banker Arnold to face fraud charge hearing
New York report says Victor H. Arnold retired Madison banker now teaching in New York was arrested on a mail fraud charge. The case will be heard January 7 with the question of his return to Madison to be argued. Arnold once headed the Madison Bond Company which failed about eleven months ago. The federal indictment filed December 20 accuses him of using the mails to defraud hundreds of Wisconsin investors of an estimated 750000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. N
Victor H. Arnold
Madison
Wis
Newlee
Wisconsin
Arnold
Gang of Boys Blamed for petty thefts in Bridgeport
Police suspect a second gang of boy desperadoes carried out a string of overnight thefts in Bridgeport. Musante and Cuneo at 1603 Karnum Avenue chased off intruders who forced a rear window but did not enter. Bridgeport Minstrel Club at 234 Stratford Avenue reported a burglary last night with losses to be tallied. Jaycox Rubber Co at 189 Fairfield Avenue said merchandise was stolen after entry by removing a screen and breaking a window. Frank Optical at 199 Fairfield Avenue also probed after a failed entry due to a heavy iron door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raffles
Musante & Cuneo
Karnum Avenue
Bridgeport Minstrel Club
Stratford Avenue
Jaycox Rubber Co
Fairfield Venue
Frank Optical
Jaycox Co
Fairfield Avenue
Local men chosen to design new East Sider High
By a 5 to 1 vote the Board of Education named Caldwell Beckwith and Walker the architects for East Sider High. Ittner of St Louis was named consulting architect by 4 to 2 with Southey receiving one vote. The three local principals Caldwell Jr Beckwith and Walker Jr form a firm for the project. The fee totals 6 percent with 3 percent to the locals and 1 percent to Ittner. Leonard Asheim briefly pressed for a fourth vote before retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Caldwell, Beckwith
Walker
East Sider High School
William B. Ittner
St. Louis
Ernest G. Southey
Owen Burns
Unanimous
Edward
Cadwel, Jr
Frederick H. Beckwith
C Wellingtn Walker, Jr
Messrs
Caldwell
Beckwith
Ittner
Leonard Asheim
Ant
Mayor Atwater to Announce Bridgeport Board Appointments
City leader Fred Atwater plans rapid appointments to Bridgeport boards and commissions. He favors reappointing faithful, experienced officials regardless of party, citing Police Commissioner John Stanley and apportionment board veterans as examples. The aim is sound, economical, efficient government over politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Atwater
Bridgeport
John Stanley
Board of Apportionment
Furniture Bargains and the $300 Home in Bridgeport
The Times analyzes Bridgeport furniture ads to compare offers for one to four room setups under $300. Dealers advertise complete packages including cook stoves, installment plans allowing two years, and new goods, arguing professional dealers provide better, cheaper furnishing options than self-furnishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
The
Bridgeport
Brothers Start Jail Sentence For Manslaughter
Gustave and Frank Sclafani, Stamford merchants, pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday before Judge Newell Jennings and a jury. The charge was reduced from murder in the first degree after legal consultation. Gus Sclafani received a state prison sentence of ten to twelve years, Frank Sclafani nine months. They were taken to prison today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave
Frank Sclafant
Stamford
Gailty
Newell Jennings
Ignatius Montasino
Rolling Stock Inspected to Ensure Rail Safety and Efficiency
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a nationwide investigation into motives and cars in use on U S railroads. The commission aims to establish economical service by prescribing maintenance rules for cars and locomotives and to determine if equipment is safe and adequate for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dee
United States
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Conn Historical Society Meeting in New Haven
Delegates for the 37th annual American Catholic Historical Society meeting and the third annual American Catholic Histori cality event gather in New Haven as the elaborate program begins tonight while principal events are set to start. Connecticut Patriotic societies meet at the Hotel Taft under George Se ymour Goderd to discuss work and future plans for the movement. Quarantine corn shipments ordered as of Jan 5 by Governor Small for corn from multiple states due to disease concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
The
American Catholic Historicality
American Oath Historical Society
Connecticut Patriotic Societies
George Seymour Goderd
Taft
Springfield
A. RI
Small
Ilinos
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
John A. Lynch Laid To Rest
The funeral of John A. Lynch, longtime leader of the Wheeler & Wilson Band, was held this morning from Mullins Scott Redgate parlors to St. Augustine's church. Delegations from Conn Wheeler F. of A and the Musicians Union attended. The band led the cortege with ceremonial music before and after the service, with hymns and arias performed by the choir and soloists. The burial followed at St. Michael's Cemetery. Pal bearers included John Dunn and Archie McMullen among others. George Sanker, former band leader, aided at the graveside. In business news, law firms Shapiro Shapiro and Goldstein Brody have formed a general practice under Shapiro Shapiro Goldstein & Brody, with offices at 945 Main Street. The new firm comprises Joseph G. Shapiro Harry Allison Goldstein and Charles S Brody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lynch
Wheeler & Wilson
Mullins, Scott & Redgate
St. Augustine's Church
Conn. Wheeler
F. of A
Musicians’ Union
Saul
Robert Bowen
Mae Fisherty
St. Michael's Cemetery
George Sanker
Gen. Grant
Riverside Drive
John, William and
Edward Dunn
James Burney
Wiliam Buckley
Archie McMullen
Shapiro & Shapiro
Goldstein & Brody
Shapiro, Shapiro, Goldstein & Brody
Main Street
Joseph G. Shapiro
Harry
Allison Goldstein
Charles S. Brody
Greek honors for Asa Jennings aid to refugees in Asia Minor
Athens December 27 Asa Jennings of Utica New York received the Golden Cross of Saint Xavier and the Greek Medal for Military Merit for work aiding Greek refugees in Asia Minor. He is connected with the Near East Relief Administration. Greece requests U S permission to decorate American destroyer commanders who aided Greek Christians in leaving Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Saint Xavier
Asa Jennings
Utica
Asia Minor
Near East Relief Administration
Greece
United States
Turkey
QuickfstAnn Test Results Use Times Want Ads
Fragmentary note indicates test results referenced by Quickfst Ann and timing for placing notices in Times Want Ads. Limited readable details. entities include Quickfst Ann and Times Want Ads. No clear date or outcome present in available text.
Obituary notices for Farley Halpin Ahern and others
Obituaries report the funerals of Edward Farley formerly with Barnum and Bailey Circus, James Halpin of Newfield Avenue, and Mrs Ellen Ahern widow of Martin Ahern. Services held at Mulline Scott Redgate parlors and Blessed Sacrament and St Michael's cemeteries with various clergy, pallbearers, and floral tributes noted.
Italian Immigration Flows to Argentina
Dec 27 Buenos Aires reports Italian immigration shifting from the United States to Argentina. Three steamers recently carried about 5,000 Italian immigrants to the city, as the main Genoa line notes third class space is fully booked for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
United States
Argentina
Italy
Genoa
Borah Navy Bill Faces Senate Opposition
More than twenty Republican senators met in conference before the Senate convened and decided to oppose Borah Idaho's amendment to the appropriation bill. The proposal would ask President Harding to call an international economic and disarmament conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Harding
Reading of New York Stock Exchange Prices at Noon
Private wires report noon prices for numerous securities including Am. Beet Sugar Amn. Copper group Arch. T. & S. Fe Baldwin Lima Bethlehem Steel Chi. M. & St Paul General Electric General Motors Interborough Cons. Pan. Am. Petroleum Reading Royal Dutch Sears Roebuck Southern Pacific Union Pacific United Fruit and more from Bridgeport brokerages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7. L. Watson & Co
Corner Main
John Streets
Bridgeport
Conn
New York Stock Exchange
Allis Chalmers
Alllea Chemical Am
Bosch Magneto Am
Car Fay Am
Am- Gotton
Hide & Lea
Am. Int. Co
Smelt. & Re. Co
Sug
Sumatra
Tel
Woolen Am. Zinc
Anaconda Copper Arch
Prd
A . Chi
R. i & Pac
Chile
Chino Copper
Col
Graphophone
Fuel & Iron Colorado Southern Corn Products
Cigars
General Motors
Gen. Motors
Northern
Northern Ore Haskell & Parker
Illinois Central Inspiration Copper
Interborough
Inter. Harvester
Inter
Mer. Marine
Tater, Mer
Marine
International Paper
Kansas City
Sou
Kelly Spring
Tire
Kennecott Cop
Keystone Tire
Lackawanna, Steel
Lehigh Valley
Petroleum - Midvale Steel
Middle States
Missouri Pacific Mo
Nut
Biscott
Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific
Central
INDY
Air Brake . Pacific
Pan. Am. Petroleum
Pan. Am. Pet. B
Pierce Oil
Sane Pierce Oil
Peoples Gas
Pere Marquette Pennsylvania
Pure
Pullman Co
Punta Alegre
Ray
Reading
Repub. Iron & Steel
Royal Dutch
Sears Roebuck Sinclair
Stand. Oil N. J
Stand
N. J
Southern Pacific Southern Railway
St Louis South West Products
Union Pacific
United Retail
United Fruit
S. Ind
Dr Emile Coue Sails for United States
French self help advocate Dr Emile Coue sailed from Cherbourg to New York aboard the liner Majestic. He left a message urging auto suggestion of happiness health and joyousness, and plans to visit several U S cities amid expected demand for his treatment. Sculptor Jo Davidson completed a bust of Coue for transit to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Cherbourg
France
United States
Emile Coue
New York
Coue
Inter
Nancy
Jo. Davidson
Dr. Cole
Majestic
RUKR PROBLEM NEARING CRISIS
London reports a possible policy reversal by Britain and Italy toward Germany if the German stance on the Versailles terms holds. An Allied Premiers conference in Paris next month could see Germany reject the reparations deal, risking renewed tension or war clouds. British officials warn against further German evasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Italy
Ruhr
Paris
Germany
Europe
Two Held in Brannigan Death In Norwalk Inquiry
In Norwalk Coroner J J Phelan ordered Edward Sheehan Jr and Frank De Martino held on 2500 bail each after an inquiry into Sergeant James Brannigan US Army death at Trenton New Jersey. Frank Gilbert and Edward Marron were released. The case remains tangled with conflicting statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Edward Sheehan, Jr
Frank de Martino
J. J. Phelan
James Branigan
U. SA
Trenton
N. J
Phelan
Frank Gilbert
Colorado
Branigan
Edward Marron
Sheehan
de Martino
Swedish Housewife Quality Tests Backed by Nation
Stockholm reports the Swedish National Housewives Association has established a purity and quality guarantee mark for household provisions. Mrs Agnes Ingelman says tests involve Government Testing Bureau and Up Sala Domestic Science School, with manufacturers risking loss of the mark if standards slip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Swedish National Housewives’ Association
Agnes Ingelman
Ingelman
Upsala
Swedish Association
America
Potentia
Russia sends note to England on Memel fate
Moscow reports Maxim Litvinoff acting foreign minister sent a note to Great Britain France and Italy demanding a settlement of Memel territory. He states any decision excluding Husola as a partner will not be recognized and highlights Memel importance to Russia's lumber industry as a gateway to world markets. Memel sits on the Baltic and was internationalized by Versailles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Frege
Maxim Litvinoff
Act Iing
Great Britain
France
Italy
Memel
Baltic Sea
Versailles
Germany
Recreation Group Hosts Geneva Students Banquet and Concert
The People's church recreation committee plans a banquet for the Geneva Collegetico Club before their church concert on Wednesday evening December 27 at 15 o'clock. A long list of assistants is named and all invited to the concert, with no admission fee but a collection to support a $406,000 endowment drive benefiting the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
the People's Church
Geneva Collegetico Club
D. W. Marshall
Jeanie B. Doning
Eugene K. Phillips
Helle T. Ritchie
Elna. Granbers
M. S. Deaton
Fleb. Lytle
M. F. Gibson
J. A. Spafford
Donald Ferns
Herbert Voorhees
Geo. Donning
Algo
Mal- Jette
A. T. Edgar
Margaret Humphrey
Grace Lowden
Ruth Haskell
Eleanor Jones
Anna May
Agnes Fuller
Viola Simmpson
Alma Simpson
Lucille Marshall
Marjorie Smith
Bessie Mortis
Alice Fice
Isabelle Pilians
Helen Spafford
Norwalk Vet Felter Dies of Tuberculosis Overseas
Norwalk reports the death of Fred Walter Felter a former Tokeneke district resident from Rockland Lake New York tuberculosis contracted during overseas service in the late war He was a widower with two children aged years and was the son of the late John D Felter a noted New York businessman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Fred Walter Felter
Tokeneke
Rockjon Lake
N. Y
Foelter
John D. Felter
New York
Heirs Sought for Trumbull Pig and Poultry Estate
Odd probate note from Trumbull involves Harvey Pap, long-time Main Street pawnbroker, who died December 7. heirs to Pap estate are sought for a pig and 25 chickens abandoned after his death. Executors search for piz and 25 poultry as valued items amid misc jewelry and a small fat parcel. Frank J. Wood and James Mooney are the appraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam
Piz
Trartbull
Frank J. Wood
James Mooney
Conlin Company Bridgeport Wallpaper and Paint Wholesaler
Bridgeport firm Conlin Company operates as a leading wholesale wallpaper and paint house at 70 73 Elm Street, serving contractors and retailers in Connecticut with a wide range of wall coverings and finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conlin Company
Bridgeport
Wall Paper & Paint House
Rewil
Elm St
Bridgeport, Conn
Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Local Almanac
In this city December 1922 Annie Maria Kelly widow of Patrick J. Kelly died Tuesday funeral Friday December 29 at 9 am from her daughter’s residence and St Patrick's church for high mass. burial St Michael's cemetery. Also Thomas Verdon died December 25 1922 with funeral December 28 from M J Gannon Funeral Home to St Augustine's church. burial St Michael's cemetery. James Halpin died December 24 1922 aged ?? with funeral December 28 from Mullinco tt & Redgate to Blessed Sacrament church. interment St Michael's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elen Ahern
Grea
Ellen Ahern
Martin Ahern
Main Reet
St. James R. C. Church
M. J. O'Connor
J. J. Digran
Blessed Sacrament Church
William, Timothy
Jamies Ryan
St. Michael's Cemetery
Father McCarthy
Kelly—I
Annie Maria Kelly
Patrick J. Kelly
Winea- Andrea
Gordon Street
St. Patrick's Church
Burl
St. Michael's
Taibsp Verdon
Thomas Veron
M. J. Gannon Funeral Home, Inc
John Street
St. Augustine’ Church
St. Michael's Cemet
Halpin
James Halpin
Newfield Avenue
Mullincott & Redgate
Golden Hill Street
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Will
Son
Singer Plant
Riefain
Furniture Bargains
Conn. Historical Society Meeting
Edward Farley
Edward Fariey
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Mulline, Scott & Redgate
P. J. McGivney
St. Charles Church
Tiverment
Mountain Grove Cemetery
the Times
Navy
DR. Gove
U.S
Brannigan
Elgin
Mquor
Russia
England
Ofice Arcade Barnum
Trumbull
Almanac
George P. Potter
McKeon, Brown & Adley Funeral Directors
Fairfield Ave
A. McKeon
It. Brown
v_ Adley
Bridgrport
Odd Fellows Hall
Harold B. Dorma
Sec
North Ave
Grove St
Fusca
Emilio Fusca
State of Connecticut
Hartford
Anid County
Piainritr
Orier
Bedgeport Times
Comncius P. Fuller
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