Devotion to Guests Brings Trust Gift and Home
A biography notes a loyal hotel servant rewarded with a $309 trust fund and a luxurious Newton home by a wealthy widow he aided in life. The piece comments on fortune, service, and the capriciousness of luck in a society that values public service over mercenary motives. It also touches on early 20th century debates about birth control and federal action, noting a 1000-physician resolution and cautious federal leadership.
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Bais
Newton
Ribellion
Dame Vortune
New Arms Conference Weighs Naval and Air Limits
The article notes plans for another Washington arms conference possibly in summer or fall. It signals a push to limit naval strength including battleships and dreadnought tonnage, tighter submarine rules, armored cruisers, and aircraft carriers. It also highlights a shift toward air power as the dominant factor in future conflict and suggests an air conference as the next focus, with little hope to curb land armies until Europe settles peace agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Perfect Crime Imitators Hit New York Central Rail Robbery
A pair of criminals planned a flawless robbery on the New York Central Railroad aiming for 100000 in bank shipments and newly minted coins, but netted only 700. The piece argues the illusion of perfection in crime collapses upon unforeseen luck and human error, noting Loeb and Leopold as originators of the concept.
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Messrs. Loeb
Leopold
New York Central
The Polite Bellhop From Malden Century Ago
A brief sketch of Hyman Lederman, a poor immigrant from Russia who came with his family to Malden Massachusetts. He found work as a bellboy at a Boston hotel and stood out for his intelligence ambition courtesy and obliging nature as a model of polite service.
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Hyman Lederman
Russia
Malden
Mass
Boston
Opera Musicians Pay and Florida Real Estate Boom
The Civic Opera Company orchestra and players union discuss weekly wages and annual income, noting about 22 weeks of opera revenue totaling around 3200 dollars, freeing musicians to earn elsewhere for the year. A glide from arts to social commentary follows, with a satirical nod to Bolshevik imagery and a remark on Florida real estate activity as citizens trade land.
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Mitsu
Eo Civic Opera Company
Florida
Wildcat Stocks and Satirical Bits From The Campfire
A collage quotes jokes on meat as milk, dogs, and love verses, plus political and social quips. It notes Prohibition funding in the District of Columbia, a man claiming tenfold population by 2025, and a one million dollar reward for finding prohibition. Lighter verse and humorous lines mix with observations on women equality, domestic life, and a sensational line about enforcement spending.
Suitor of Wife Shot At Escapes Assailant Held
Ridgefield April 2 John Morgandi fired at Nick Bozzi in a bid to punish insults to Morgandi’s wife. The shot missed and Morgandi is in Ridgefield court Monday on assault charges, bond set at 1000 dollars. The men had been enemies for years after Bozzi allegedly insulted Morgandi’s wife and Bozzi later moved away and returned to across the street.
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Ridgefield
John Morgandi
Nick Bozzi
Bozzi
Morgandi
Ridgefield Court
New York
Barking of Bog Roots Burglars Ay Wiltar Willen
April 2 an attempt was made to enter the home of William McGongie on the Danbury road with unknown intruders. The incident was reported as a burglary attempt in the local area causing alarm among residents. No injuries were reported and no items were claimed.
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Willen
Willian McGongie
Danbury Road
Midnight prowlers visit Cannondale area. vigilance committee forming
Cannondale, aggrieved by a police dog and Mr McGonigie, weapon in hand, reported intruders tampering with north windows. An auto tampered with and left running. homes of A B Squire, Paul Schubert, William Sterling, and the Cannondale station were also visited by prowlers as a vigilance committee forms.
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Cannondale
McGonigie
Son
Dew
A. B
Paul Schubert
William Sterling
Son Accuses Mother Of Swindling In Estate
Joseph Brown of Stamford sues in superior court claiming his mother Lena Brown Michels swindled him out of his share of his late father’s estate. He says a signed document misrepresented as permission to sell granted away his entire interest, seeks reconveyance and accounting of profits from the property.
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Bridgeport
Joseph Brown
Stamford
Superior Court
Lena Brown Michels
Brown
Anti League View Of British Action
From a Kansas City Star column the writer argues that nations with strong defenses would reject outside control. The piece compares Britain 1925 to the United States in 1919, contending commonwealths resist compulsory arbitration and that the League depends on the superstate theory. It claims Canada Australia and others reject outside review of legislation and warns the league lacks power without that theory.
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Kansas City Star
United States
Geneva
Yaugue
Canada
Australia
Britain
League
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