Bridgeport Church Seeks Easement to Sell Trust Land
The First Congregational Society of Bridgeport asks Fairfield County Superior Court to modify a century old land trust on a Broad Street strip. The United Church seeks to sell the property and reinvest the proceeds under the original trust, with trusteeship shifted from the City of Bridgeport. Building committee members and attorneys are listed as handlers of the case.
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Superior Court
Fairfield County Tenth
First Congregational Society of Bridgeport
United Church
Amos Hubbell
Wasden
Siridgefort
Presbyterian Congregational Church
Stratfeld
Fairfield
United States
Broadland State Streets
Park and Fairfield Avenues
Broad Street
Marsh
Stoddard
Day
Beardsleg
Beardaley
Voting lists and precinct splits across city districts
City records show 27 000 names on local voting lists versus 48 000 in New Haven with turnout varying by year: 90 percent in 1916, 70 percent in 1918, and 85 percent in 1919. Districts Twelfth first divided. 1918 1919 added divisions in other districts. Fifth district newly split.
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New Haven
England Loses Leading Role in World Politics
In Moscow on October 27 Karl Radek criticizes Britain for halting talks with former Russian trade commissioner Leo Kameneff. He argues England missed a chance to outmaneuver French and American imperial interests by recognizing Soviet Russia and warns that France and US political support may now bolster Wrangel while Britain loses influence.
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Moscow
England
Leo Kameneff
London
Karl Radek
Lloyd George
Isvestia
Russia
France
Wrangel
Radek
Republican Party of the
United States
Harding
Soviet Russia
Red Army
Warsaw
Writ servers intimidate Dublin mail and police respond
Writ servers in Ireland fear to serve documents as armed men have seized writs. The Irish Land Commission issues most writs for arrears on purchase money to tenants. New rules allow mailing by registered letter and local newspaper notice instead of personal service, preventing disruption of mail.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Land Commission
Adams Name Complication in Massachusetts Electoral Vote
Massachusetts faces a possible complication in its electoral college vote if the state goes Democratic in November. Charles Francis Adams II, treasurer of Harvard and yacht skipper, asked to withdraw but his name remained on the ballot after withdrawal deadlines passed. If elected, Adams’s vote could be in doubt, though party officials expect him to follow the voters’ apparent will.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Cox and Robdsevelt
Charles Francis Adams
Harvard College
Resolute
Adams
Michael A. O'Leary
Democratic State Committee
O'Leary
Demand for grain cars rises after switchmen strike
Chicago reports show grain movement demands increasing despite congestion clearing. The American Railroad Association notes record August traffic and reduced delays in the week ending September 4, highlighting the need to move roughly a billion bushels of wheat, oats and corn in months ahead. Viscountess Rhodde petitions King George for a writ to vote in the House of Lords.
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Chicago
American Ailroad Association
Chicago Board of: ‘Trade
Railroad Association
Rhodde
George
House of Lords
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Peking
Ministry of Finance
Bank of China
Bank of Communications
Yuan Sinh-kai
East
Hadley’s
New England
Hadley
Davenport
Martha Washington
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