Women rally for Cox and League in new suffrage drive
Connecticut suffrage leaders led by Mrs. William E. D. Scott urge women to support Cox and the League of Nations. The appeal lists prominent backers including Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Woolley, arguing the League safeguards peace, disarmament, and international justice, and links victory to defeating Harding.
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Irving Fisher Hamilton
Herbert Parsons
Harding
League of Ni Hons
William E. D. Scott
Connecticut
Cox
League
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Frances M .Hollingshead
Buffalo
N. Y
Delia Dortch
Nashville
J. Malcolm Forbes
Boston
M. Carey
Thomas
Bryn Mawr
Helen King Robinson
Den
Grace McCurdy
Vasaar College
Fannie Fern Andrews
Lucia Ames Mead
Mary 8. Woolman
George Haven Putnam
New York
James Lee Laidlaw
Lillian D. Wald
Virginia Gildersleeve
Dean Barnard
Norman Hapgood
Petersham
Mass
Patty Smith Hilleachers Colate
Columbia University
Ida M. Tarbell
Winston Churchill
Cornish
Alice Carpenter
Henry Morgenthau
Stanley White
Mabel Cerney
Tea
Henry Phipps
Great Neck
N.Y
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Cora Harris
Rydal
Mary Beara
Pauline Goldmark
John M. Glenn
Helen Clarkson’ Miller
George Rublee
William E. 10
Scott
Anne Mackwaine
New Jersey
Virginia Potter
Joseph Swan
Vierre Jay
Henry M. Waltes
J. Kennedy Tod
Sound Beach
Conn
Charlotte H. Sorchan
League of Nations
Itt
Saar Valley
Danzig
Paris
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
International Court’ of Justice
Taft
Wickersham
Hughes
Hoover
Lodge
Johnson
Borah
Brandegee
Germany
America
Belgium
Flanders Fields
The
Convict Pair Back in Prison After Escape
Ossining N Y October 23 George Stivers and Martin Bassett the two escaped Sling Sing convicts captured near Warner N Y yesterday were brought back to the prison today by Warden Lewis E Lawes and guards The pair fled last Saturday after felling three keepers and taking a stolen automobile Bassett said they had slept little since escaping and survived largely on apples Bassett also said he wanted to go free before finishing his sentence.
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Ossining
George Stivers
Martin Bassett
Sling Sing
Warner
N. Y
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Bassett
Democratic State Ticket Endsorsements Ledger
The ticket lists U. S. Senator Augustine Lonergan of Hartford for the Senate, Rollin A. Tyler of Haddam for Governor, Ernest O. Wagner of Salisbury for Lieutenant Governor, Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch of Columbia for Secretary of the State, Emil Marzano of Hartford for Treasurer, and Albert J. Walsh of Danbury for Comptroller.
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U. S
Augustine Lonergan
Hartford
Rollin A. Tyler
Haddam
Ernest O. Wagner
Salisbury
Fannie Dixon Welch
Columbia
Emil Marzano
Albert J. Walsh
Danbury
Republicans face fundraising woes and campaign method critique
A sworn statement shows the Republican committees spent 3160 451.76 between June 14 and October 18 and borrowed over a quarter of a million dollars. Analysts say election day spending could push total costs toward 12 million. Bridgeport shows scant local donations. Governor Cox’s exposure of fundraising methods appears to reduce enthusiasm for bought votes.
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Nstead
Pullman
House of Representatives
Congressional
Bridgeport
John T. King
Gox
Cox
Newberry
Michigan
Senate
Harvesting Revolution Promises One-Man Wheat Machine
An Nebraska invention could transform wheat harvest by cutting, harvesting and threshing from forty to seventy acres daily with one operator. If proven widely usable, it may save at least seven dollars per acre and render much machinery obsolete amid rising labor shortages.
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America
Texas
Dakotas
West
Nebraska
New York Building Scandal Ties To High Costs And Shortage
Hearings before the Lockwood Committee reveal a widespread building trades scandal fueling high costs and housing shortages in New York. Plumbing, stone, and steam fitters, along with major contractors and the Building Trades Employers' Association, are implicated in alleged bid‑rigging and price control. Public interest grows as observers speculate similar abuses outside New York.
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New York
Lockwood Committee
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Building Trades Council
Bandon in Ireland Raided by Police
Cork reports several shops burned and windows smashed in Bandon near the ambush scene where an officer and a private were killed and five soldiers wounded, one later dying. Innishannon village also damaged in the clashes.
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Cork
Bandon
Innishannon
Read the Covenant Week Urges Americans to Study League Text
George White urges a nation wide Covenant reading week starting October 24 to study the League of Nations text. He notes Democratic support for reservations and contrasts Republican actions, calling churches schools clubs and homes to hold Covenant reading and discussion events.
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New York
United States
League of Nations
George White
Democratic National Committee
Cox
Democratic Party
Harding
Des Moines
Republican Party
the League
Obituary notices for Maher Blake Vogel and relatives
Obituaries note Edward J. Maher of Milford aged 38 with funeral from his sister’s home in Meriden. Thomas Blake of 872 Gregory Street had a morning service and 9 o clock high mass at Sacred Heart Church. Joseph V Vogel dies at 1791 East Main Street with survivors and pending funeral arrangements.
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Edward J. Maher
Milford
John Doyle
Britannia Street
Meriden
Thomas Blake
Gregory Street
Sacred Heart Church
T. P. Mooney
Charles Ogren
Thomas Lavin
Robert Whelan
Frank Cutler
Daniel Kenny
James Hickey
Michael Kerwin
St. Michael's Cemetery
Joseph V. Vogel
East Main Street
Joseph
Francis
F. Stirk
R. Wafsley
Martin
Frank
el Paso
Tex
Fred
Cornwall & Patterson
U. MG. Sick Benefit
Three Divorces Granted By Superior Court
Judge William M. Maltbie granted three divorces. Harry Eugene Griffin obtained a divorce from May Wasner Griffin and custody of their son. Carrie A. Bouton, of Norwalk, separated from George Bouton and resumes her maiden name Carrie A. Casey. William H. Austin of Bridgeport freed from Martha H. Barber Austin, wife now in Danbury. The court noted prior marriages in 1904 and 1898 with desertion cited in 1945. Fairfield Democrats plan an old fashioned rally at Sherman hall Tuesday night October 26 with a parade and speakers.
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William M. Maltbie
Harry Eugene Grifin
May Wasner Griffin
Carrie A. Bouton
Norwalk
George Bouton
Carrie A. Casey
William H. Austin
Bridgeport
Martha H. Barber Austin
Danbury
Fairfield Democrats
Sherman Hall
Burglary Reported at E. G. Hall Grocery on Grant Street
Police were told burglars forced a rear window and stole $5 from the cash register at E. G. Hall’s grocery, 639 Grant street, in a overnight break in. A separate suit filed in Common Pleas seeks $2,000 for personal injuries from a Greenwich automobile crash on June 8 against the estate of Winchester Fitch. The plaintiff Erma Hanam rode a bicycle at the time.
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E. G. Hall
Grant Street
Greenwich
Common Pleas Court
Erma Hanam
Winchester Fitch
Warning on Bridgeport counterfeit twenty dollar notes
Bridgeport shopkeepers are urged to watch for a new counterfeit Federal Reserve $20 note. The altered bills paste 20 over the real amount and appear thicker where pasted. Hold the bill to the light to check for pasted figures and verify portraits on genuine notes. If suspicious, detain the passer and notify police at once.
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Bridgeport
Federal Reserve
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Jackson
Sleveland
Public Utilities Board Criticizes Rates
The board argues that raising trolley fares to near the 10 cent level would offer little relief to the company while increasing costs for the public and jitneys. It warns the higher fare would not significantly boost revenue and could provoke rider antagonism just as support is needed.
Optimistic view of Soviet trade from Siberia observer
Swedish businessman Menrik Tornblom, long tied to Omsk in Siberia, says Russian export potential is limited now though Siberia holds raw material wealth. He expects ten thousand tons of wool and hides exportable after warehousing losses, with barter plans for Swedish farm machinery via river routes to Sweden.
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London
Russia
Siberia
Menrik Tornblom
Omsk
Soviet
Tornbiom
Mr. Tornblom
Associated Press
Europe
America
Trans-Siberian Railway
Urals
Irtsh
Obi
Kara Sea
Sweden
Arctic Ocean
Foreclosure Sought in Greenwich Property Case
Greenwich Trust Company sues Aladdin's Rock Realty Greenwich Hegeman Harris New York and Albert E Mitchell claiming they hold Greenwich property pledged for a $2000 loan and seeking foreclosure possession of the property and $2000 damages. Luke and Marie Travers also sue John Jay Cisco of Greenwich seeking foreclosure of a mortgage and related possession.
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Aladdin's Rock Realty Company
Greenwich
Hegeman Harris Company
New York
Albert E. Mitchell
Greenwich Trust Company
Luke
Marie E. Travers
Superior Court
John Jay Cisco
No Hope for Alexander Crowned in Greece Monkey Attack
Paris reports Dr. Georges Vidal, returning from Athens, says King Alexander of Greece has little chance of recovery from injuries after a clash with a monkey. In New York City Georgianna Perry, a colored woman of 198 Knowlton Street, faced a city court breach of the peace case continued to Oct. 20.
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Paris
Alexander
Greece
Georges Fernand Vidal
Athens
Georgianna Perry
Knowlton Street
Prison census shows large drops and closures in Massachusetts
Massachusetts concludes its annual prison census for the year ending September 30 shows a 34 percent fall after a fifteen month prohibition. Reformatory for women down 7 percent. State farm half full. Four county prisons closed. two others open but empty. four with 296 cells hold 39 inmates. Escaped Sing Sing convicts were captured near Warner New Hampshire after a six day flight. Bassett faces longer terms. Stivers could gain life. Greek King plot and rabies bite sparking debate. Harding policy critique peppers the political commentary from Samuel Gompers.
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Massachusetts
Reformatory
State Farm
Politician Gummins Teases Town to Save the Country
Letter from Don G. Seitz in Farm Voices channeling a caller who reports being teased by a politician named Gummins over the phone. The note mentions a two dollar incentive and reference to Pallas.
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Bill Gummins
Brandeesees Mistake in Connecticut Political Ads
The Springfield Republican critiques a Connecticut ad that juxtaposed Abraham Lincoln with Senator Brandegee, calling the tactic vulgar and harmful. It contrasts Lincoln’s generosity with Brandegee’s perceived demoralization and questions the ad’s impact on public discourse and civic pride. A later note reports Joseph Palack of 57 Ridge Avenue fined $2 for a traffic violation at Howard Avenue and State Street.
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Springfield Republican
Brandesee
Abraham Lincoln
Hartford Times
Lincoln
Brandegee
Connecticut
Republican State Committee of
Frank B. Brandegee
Yale
Washington
Taft
Brandesee-Lincoln
Billingsgate
League of Nations
Wilson
United States
Howard Avenue
State Street
Joseph Palack
Ridge Avenue
Funeral notices and probate entries from Bridgeport area
Obituaries note Margaret Carroll widow of Michael Carrol invites funeral attendance from 437 Wood Ave on Oct 3 at 9 am and St Augustine's Church at 10 am with burial at St Michael's cemetery. Other notices list Joseph Vogel age 11 with pending plans, Martha M. Patchen in Trumbull age 79 with service on Monday, and Thomas Blake funeral from 37 Gregory St. with burial at St Michael's cemetery. Probate Court in Bridgeport grants six months to creditors of Leonardo Scalsi estate with administrator Leonardo Mainiero. address Pembroke Station.
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East Main Street
Patchen
Trumbull
Conn
Martha M. Williams
Lemuel ¥. Patchen
Edward Ward
Long Hill
Blake
Thomas Blake
Gregory Street
Sacred Heart Church
St Michael's Cemetery
State OF Connecticut
District of Bridgeport
Leonardo Scalsi
Bridgeport
Court of Probate
Leonardo Mainiero
Pembroke Sta
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Don G. Seitz
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Harper & Brothers
Curtis Piano
New England
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Main St
Towater
Sixth District
Democratic Club
North Ave
Edward A. Drew
Sece’y
Losit
Gumpel
Center St
Chas. I. Burgher
Taylor Bldg
Cannon St
Noble
Sylven Ave
Gadge
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