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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
6
Mrs Elizabeth Smith of 129 Gran Creek died yesterday at four oclock after drinking poison. Those who knew her say she suffered melancholia. An emergency doctor rushed her to Bridgeport hospital but the poison had already taken its toll before discovery and medical aid could help.
Col. H. A. Franklin, head of the Ordnance Department for Connecticut and Massachusetts, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal at an informal Stratfield dinner. He leaves the city to resume business life as president of the Strathmore Paper Co. of Springfield. Examiner 5.M. Gerlick to have an autopsy this afternoon.
New York March 25 A British committee report lauds American business efficiency in building and operating war industries. It cites Muscle Shoals Alabama plant as eight months from ground breaking to operation, boasting 240000 tons cyanamid yearly and superior quality compared with German output. Frank Sherman Washburn chaired the London meeting of cyanamid manufacturers.
The article discusses how the Democratic Party aims to balance representation of women and men in party councils and at the national convention. It notes a fifty fifty split for New York delegates at large, ongoing woman voter outreach since 1916, and the inclusion of equal numbers of men and women on the executive committee to plan campaigns. It also mentions Gotlock Marvin Ansorge’s arrest and return to New Haven.
Clarabelle Heyse of this city was granted a divorce from Fred B. Heyse by Judge Curtis for intolerable cruelty. They married March 0, 1918. Mildred L. Johnson Mills of Stratford was freed from Harry O. Mills for habitual intemperance. marriage date October 30, 1990. Charlotte Baird of Norwalk was granted a decree from Robert Baird for intolerable cruelty. they have one minor child and custody awarded to the mother. married November 27, 1906.
At the Yale Alumni Association of Fairfield county banquet held at the University club Judge John W Banks was elected president. Other officers included Samuel C Shaw vice president Howard W Curtis sec treas D C Brown Danbury Charles Lockwood Stamford and BE Quinlan Norwalk. Speakers included Professors Seymour Mandell and Amos Wilder with Laurence Cornwall as coastmaster.
Advertising copy touts Father John's Medicine as a safe alcohol free food building tonic for the family. It claims scientific tests prove its nourishment is easily absorbed by the body to create "new flesh and strength" for the thin and weak.
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