Prominent Suffrage Leader Named Assistant Secretary
London declares Miss Pressley Smith appointed as assistant secretary in the British Legation in Oslo illustrating a shift in policy. She led the National Union for Women’s Suffrage work in Edinburgh, aided relief efforts for soldiers and families, and is seen as a pivotal figure for women in diplomacy.
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London
Pressley Smith
Chris
Edward Grey
G Iven
Norwaay
Legation
National Union For
Edinburgh
Miss Smith
Norway
Women at Work Spurs Higher Wages and Shelter
The experience of these women led employers to raise wages and provide decent shelter and food for the hundreds of women and girls drafted from cities in the summer by the large canning firms.
Australian Miners Offer Unit of Army
Melbourne reports the Miners Unit proposed by the Commonwealth government will form a 1000 man force to be deployed to the front. Three companies will recruit from mining districts across New South Wales Queensland Western Australia and other states. Officers will be mining specialists with geologists attached to headquarters. New Zealand also recruits miners and miners' assistants.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth
Frontis m
New South Wales
Queensland
West Australia
New Zealand
Williams Giessler Nuptials At Trinity M E Church
Miss Marion T. Williams of Stratford married Robert Giessler in a pretty ceremony at Trinity M E Church last evening. After a brief trip the couple will reside at 168 French Street. Guests included Myrtle Williams ate Mrs John Berlucci and family and W E Curtis of Milford. The British steamer Lincolnshire arrived at Port Said damaged after striking Suez Canal obstacles.
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Trinity M. E. Church
Marion T. Williams
Stratford
Robert Giessler
John Ball
W. E. Curtis
Milford
Lincolnshire
Calcutta
Boston
New York
Port Said
Suez Canal
No Drunkard Bill Proposed By National Defenders
William T. Hoyt of Milford and Rev Kenneth MacKenzie push a plan to limit drinking to two sprees yearly for New Yorkers and three for life, backed by Henry Ford Charles S Mellen and Jack London. A card system would regulate purchases with fines for sharing cards and jail for buying without one. The proposal, backed by Jack London Ella Wheeler Wilcox and doctors reporting excess cases, eyes Albany and Connecticut legislatures with licenses abolished to offset reduced sales.
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William T. Hoyt
Milford
Kenneth MacKenzie
Christ Episcopal Church
Westport
Hoyt
National Defense Association
Henry Ford
Charles S. Mellen
Jack London
New York State
Grand Central Terminal
National Defenders
City Hall
W. T. Hoyt
John Barleycorn
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
S. W. Sherwood
Greenwich
Conn
Railroad Suit Near End in Government Case
In St Louis three federal circuit judges heard closing arguments in the government suit to separate the Central Pacific from the Southern Pacific. Arthur F. Dunne continued for the railroads as they pressed toward a night finish. Amsterdam reports Dutch frontier trade evading regulations with margarine and soap labeled as contraband yet deemed permissible.
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St. Louis
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific Railway
Federal Circuit
Arthur F. Dunne
Amsterdam
Germany
Telegraf
Telegraaf
Bergen-op-Zoom
Bergen
Holland
Adams Express Co Plans Christmas Staffing Increase
The Adams Express Co will add about 30 extra men to its local force as Christmas business rises. The branch operates 23 single teams, two double teams, and a large delivery truck. more units will be added. A Sunday meeting at 4 PM at the railroad station branch will schedule hours and operations.
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A. Express Co
Cleveland Club Likely Chooses Red Bluhm as First Sacker
Cleveland gains 24 year old first baseman Red Bluhm from New Orleans Pelicans. He hit .293 with a .987 fielding mark for the Pels and has four years in pro ball from Youngstown to Duluth and Toledo before.New Orleans stint refines him as a steady reliable infieldman for 1916.
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Harvey Bluhm
Red
New Orleans Pelicans
Ted
Cleveland
Youngstown
Duluth
Toledo
New Orleans
Woman Awarded $1000 in 1914 Yale Harvard Car Crash
Julia T. Costigan of New Haven received $1000 from a common pleas court jury for injuries after an automobile collision with Pasquale Perrotti during the Yale Harvard game day. Attorney Edward J. McManus testified as a passenger in the car.
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Harvard
Julia T. Costigan
Common Pleas Court
Pasquale Perrotti
New Haven
Edward J. McManus
Fugitive Pastor Is Defendant in Divorce Action
Rev. John Lewis Garland formerly of Southport and Redding churches is sued for divorce by Julia Arnold Garland of Atlantic Massachusetts alleging infidelity and cruelty. They married April 18 1915 and he resigned in April then reportedly fled Georgetown after an $800 obligation to his father in law. The case is returnable to the December term of the superior court. A London spy execution is noted.
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John Lewis Garland
Southport
Redding
Julia Arnold Garland
Atlantic
Mass
Garland
Southport Methodist Church
Georgetown
Garlands
Weather Forecast for New Haven Dec 3
Fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Light to moderate variable winds. Disturbances near Nantucket and over Iowa bring unsettled conditions to the upper Mississippi valley and western lake region. High pressure along the gulf coast yields very low temperatures in southern districts. Freezing temps reported as far south as Pensacola and frost noted as far south as Fila.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Nantucket
Mass
Lake Region
New
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
North Pacific Coast
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Fila
Remington Yost GM Seeks Co operation from Factory Heads
Fred J. Miller general manager of the Remington Yost Typewriter Co spoke to 47 department heads and chief clerks at the Yost factory here. The group dined at the Stratfield hotel at 7 30 P M. The dinner opened a series of planned get together meetings. Miller said the company desired cooperation from all employees.
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Fred J. Miller
Remington-Yost Typewriter Co
Yost
Stratfield Hotel
Mr. Miller
Pastor Wiemer to mark eighth year at German Reformed Church
Special services Sunday mark Rev. Herman G. Wiemer beginning his eighth year as pastor at the German Reformed Church. An anniversary sermon will open the morning service with a special musical program by the augmented choir. Wiemer previously served 16 years in Baltimore before coming to the city. Mayor Mitchel and Mrs. Mitchel traveled from New York to Atlantic City for a week.
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German Reformed Church
Herman G. Wiemer
Weimer
Baltimore
Food shortage sparks riots in Lisbon amid war era scarcity
In Lisbon a severe food shortage triggers daily riots at provision stores. A mob of about 2000 men stormed an English dealer’s store in Almada, with the Republican Guard firing and wounding several. Government deals with Britain divert meat and eggs abroad, worsening local scarcity.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Europe
Almada
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Spain
Italians Climb Alps Capture Austrian EnTrenchment
Rome reports Alpine climbing by Italian troops as Lieut Marco Elter and three Alpine guides ascended barefoot to seize an Austrian trench and observation post in the Alps. The feat highlights the soldiers’ mountain training and endurance.
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Rome
Marco Elter
Impossible ascent toppled Austrian entrenchment
In the Valley of Ooste a bold assault climbed a near vertical rock face where a soldier lowered a rope over twenty yards long. He dragged two platoons to storm the enemy position, surprising Austrian defenders who concluded men could not have climbed the bare cliff.
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Borhood
Ooste
Relatives Gain Easier Right to Reinter Frontline Soldiers
Berlin reports that military authorities have loosened rules allowing families to disinter soldiers buried in single graves near the front. Disinterment must be supervised by a trusted relative or friend, location sketches be made, and transfer limited to horse drawn vehicles or trains.
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Berlin
Minstrels Draw Large Crowd at Boys' Brigade Armory
A large attendance greeted the Boys' Brigade Minstrels at the armory on North Avenue and Remer Street. The show ran about one hour and fifteen minutes with fine mechanical effects and strong songs and rhymes earning big applause. A repeat performance was planned for tonight.
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Boys’ Brigade
North Avenuée
Remer Street
Vaudeyilie
Rymes
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