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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1920

Page

8

Connecticut Clergy Sit on Irish Inquiry Board

Rev. W H Day of Bridgeport and Rev William Horace Day and Rev Watson M Phillips of Ansonia, with Mayor George A Quigley of New Britain, represent Connecticut on the Committee of One Hundred on Ireland. The group expands to about 150 members with governors, senators, mayors, bishops, and leading figures. A five member commission is to be chosen to conduct impartial inquiry sessions in Washington at the earliest date, with invitation extended to Sir Auckland Ides and President De Valera to cooperate.

William Horace Day Bridgeport Watson M. Phillips Ansonia George A. ‘Quigley New Britain Connecticut Ireand Ireland United States Jane Addams Charle . Amidon North Dakota Cardi Bal Gibbons George W. Kirchley Columbia Law School Robert Morse Lovett University of Chicago Joan A. Ryan Catholic University Wiliam Austinith Churchman Commission of Five Washington Sir Auckland Ides de Valera Commission

New York Physicians Doubt MacSwiney Longevity

A representative group of New York physicians declares it utterly impossible for MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork to last sixty days as he endures a hunger strike. The item also notes warnings from four Southern Governors about violence and incitement amid ongoing political tensions.

New York MacSwiney Cork

Ida Tarbell Speaks For League Covenant In Danbury

In Danbury a League of Nations rally at City Hall featured Ida Tarbell and Senator Gilbert Hitchcock. Tarbell urged reading the Covenant in full and warned against misrepresentation while Hitchcock championed the pact and urged support for pro League candidates as he framed the issue around international cooperation and world peace.

Times Danbury K. of C Democrats League of Nations City Hall Ida Tarbell Unite ‘States Gilbert M. Hitchcock Senate Tarbell Miss Tarbell Hitchcock Bridgeport D. S. Sanford Redding League Sanford Europe America Mr.Taft Wickersham Root Hughes Mr. Taft Mr. Hughe Western Hemisphere Far East Americas Lincoln Ece Lin Ida HB. Tarbel Abraham Lincoln Stephen Douglass Douglass

Regular curb market for hooch is found

New York the curb market for contraband liquor is reportedly operating in the Bowery with proposed ties to bootleg rings. Federal authorities have ordered an investigation led by Frank L Boyd NYS prohibition enforcement agent, following reports of late night sales to saloons and speakeasies staged from trucks nearby police headquarters.

New York Frank L. Boyd Prohibition New York State Washington Bowery Boyd Financial District

Lost Tools Raised by Gas Pressure at Rock Creek

In Wyoming at Harrison & Cooper Well No 2 the tools lost deep in a rock oil well were forced to surface by trapped gas. Driven by rubber swabs, the tools and additional swabs blocked grappling irons until gas pressure pushed them up. Work resumed on the well after recovery.

International News Service Laramie Wyo Harrison & Cooper Rock Creek

Hitchcock Answers About Ireland and League of Nations

Senator Hitchcock explains Ireland’s absence from Versailles talks due to Britain’s refusal and the peace focus. He notes Canada Australia and others were in because they were official war participants and Ireland lacked a government aligned with the war. He defends later opportunities to raise Ireland within the League and cites political toils over Wilson’s fourteen points.

Paris Germany Austria League of Nations Great Britain Ireland Canada Australia South Africa New Zealand Steinlant Woodrow Wilson United States

Select Your Jewelry For Year Round Low Prices

Choose jewelry where dollars buy more and prices stay low beyond a sale. Our permanent business policy guarantees great satisfaction. Visit to view stock and select a Christmas gift now, with items held until Christmas Eve.

Threw radium in drain pipe near Thomasville hospital

In Thomasville Georgia a $7000 radium unit used to treat a cancer patient was discarded into a sewer by a patient who disliked its odor. Plumbers tore up pipes. the tiny tube was found blocked at the yard trap. A young plumber named Sullivan received a $100 reward.

International News Service Thomasville Radium Institute Sullivan

Fruit Liver Tablets Claim Cures For Chronic Headaches

A resident of Canouse Avenue Depressuna New York reports four years of nervous sick headache and dyspepsia improved by Fruit-a-tives liver tablets. The testimonial notes prior doctor visits and various remedies failed, while Fruit-a-tives produced lasting relief. Available at 50 cents a box six for 2.50 or 25 cent trial size from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg New York.

Canouse Ave Depressuna N.Y Ogdensburg C.E Beswick Fruit-A-Tives Limited N. Y

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