Benevolent Association of Railroad Men questioned in Bridgeport
A dubious solicitation for advertising space appears to be linked to a group calling itself The Benevolent and Fre Association of Railroad Men. Local officials warn Bridgeport advertisers to withhold funds until promoters and details are verified, noting no verifiable records in Hartford Worcester or Bridgeport. The report also notes a German attack near the Meuse repelled by French forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Chamber of Commerce
Association of Rail
M. F
Po. O
Bridgeport
Hartford Chamber
Hart
Worcester
Mortuary notices and public sale listings from local papers
Death notices announce services for Lucy A widow of Henry ds at St Pauls church and Mt. Grove cemetery. Other funeral details include service times at St Michaels and St Charles churches for Sarah E Fitzgerald and John William King. A job listing invites Union Machinists for wartime work at Remington company.
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Lucy A
Henry Ds
St. Paul's Church
Mt. Grove
Cunningham
Matthew J. Farnam
Uvenue
Ine’s
John William
Anthony A. King
Shelton Street
Ond
Halifax Disaster Chaos After Collide And Explosions
Reports describe the Halifax disaster with streets filled by civilians fleeing through wreckage and fire after the collision with the Mont Blanc. The Imo crew were rescued, and the hospital near Rock Head was not destroyed though the city suffered extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington Street
Belgium
Serbia
Point Pleasant Park
Rock Head
Imo
Mont Blanc
Austro Italian Front Reports New Austrian Gains
Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy describes fresh Austrian advances on Monte Badenecce Monte Tondarecar and Monte Gifla Meleta ridge while Italian defenders on Monta Castelgomberto surrender after being cut off for a day. Italy claims 11 000 prisoners and 6 guns lost by the Italians.
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Monte Badenecce
Monte Tondarecar
Kaiserjatger Regiment No.3
Monte Gifla
Tonant
Fora
Monta Castelgomberto
Frenzela Ravine
Zenson
Paive
Hgerland
Stamford Lawyer Appointed Assistant District Attorney
Raymond D. Hackett of Stamford is named assistant district attorney of the United States for the district of Connecticut. He will handle taxation and revenue matters for Fairfield county under the Department of Justice. Appointment made by the Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond D. Hackett
Stamford
United States
District of
Connecticut
Fairfield County
Department of Justice
Bennett and Stoeckels at Washington
Highway Commissioner C. J. Bennett and Motor Vehicles leader Robert Stoeckel with Frederick B. Griffin meet in Washington as Connecticut representatives to discuss freight congestion and transport reform. A proposed plan urges central depots for less than carload freight under possible federal direction, with trials in Connecticut and other states.
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Hartford
C. J. Bennett
Robert Stoeckel
Frederick B. Griffin
Washington
Connecticut
Connecticut State Council of Defense
National
State Calls Mr J Keyes at Varney Trial
Dedham Mass December 7 George H Keyes husband of Mrs Pauline Keyes was called as a witness for the Prosecution in the Varney murder trial He testified to intimate relations with Miss Harriet A Varney and to living with her in New York Providence and Boston for over a year before his 1916 marriage He described meetings after returning east and testified Miss Varney telephoned him on June 19 the day his wife was shot and they met in Boston where she ate little at a restaurant
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Dedham
Mass
George H. Keyes
Pauline Keyes
Harriet A. Varney
Keyes
Miss Varney
New York
Providence
Boston
Chicago
Old Pal
Jack
West
Keyed
Ford Delivery Cars Collide injuring two men
Two Ford delivery cars collided on Kossuth street about 11 30 this morning injuring Andrew Calcaterra 574 East Main Street and William Burns 28 of 36 Hough Street. Both were treated at the emergency hospital by Dr J F Keegan and sent home. Calcaterra drove one car and W T Rock 379 Hawley Avenue drove the other.
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Ford
Andrew Calcaterra
East Main Street
William Burns
Hough Street
Kossuth Street
J. F. Keegan
Calcaterra
W. T. Rock
Hawley Avenue
Coffin Named Chairman of Air Board. Howe Named Member
President Wilson nominates Howard Coffin of Michigan as chairman and Richard Howe of New York as a government aircraft board member. In Washington, reports confirm the American army airmen on the western front have suffered their first casualties, with two men and a private lost.
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Washington
Howard
Coffin
Michigan
Wilson
Richard Howe
New York
Government Aircraft Board
Men, & Co
Efforts Under Way to Naturalize Aliens in Bridgeport
Naturalization Clerk M J Flanagan reports 1001 citizens papers issued since January 1 and 3216 first papers filed as fear of war with Austria Hungary grows. Next week rounds of aliens in Bridgeport shops will declare intention to become citizens with several hearings planned. The Max Ams shop will batch hundreds of applications and others will follow amid wartime restrictions on first papers.
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America
Austria-Hungary
M. J. Flanagan
Bridgeport
Flanagan
Max Ams
Final Austrian Papers Pending Three-Year Maturation
The excerpt notes that subjects of Austria are expected to obtain initial documentation now, while the issuance of final papers is projected to take three years to mature.
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Jects
Austria
Rumanians Spurn Russians in Armistice Frictions
Rumanian troops will join Russians in the proposed armistice after rejecting fraternization attempts. Hostilities paused along the front as official announcements cite cooperation amid war talks. Countess Sarah Esterhazy is reported dead in London. she was American born and once linked to Ohio General Griffin. Commercial Trust Co. of Philadelphia gains Federal Reserve status as Sweden plans another delegation to seek more food.
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Jassy
Rumania
London
Sarah Esterhazy
Maximilian Esterhazy
Griffin
Ohio
Fifth Corps
Lincoln
Pollution complaints heard by Hartford water panel
The Hartford commission on industrial waste met to review 41 water pollution complaints received since the prior meeting. It will handle industrial pollution cases while domestic cases go to the state council of health. Notable items include New Britain sewer beds in Berlin and the Heckanan river condition in East Hartford awaiting inquiry. A separate dispatch reports armed Maximists seizing the Maine palace in Petrograd and repelling the all-Russian election commission.
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Hartford
Holcomb
Comece
State Council of Health
New Britain
Berlin
East
Benefits for Tuberculosis Relief Fund at Bridgeport Theatres
Receipts from Dec. 16 performances at the Poll and Plaza theatres will be donated to the Employes Tuberculosis Relief Fund of Bridgeport. Mayor Wilson urges other theatres and moving picture houses to follow, noting past success and pledged support from Mr Poli's chain for a grand benefit.
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Bridgeport
John F. Gunahannon
The
Tuberculosis Commission
Poll
Plaza Theatres
Mr. Poll
Gunshannon
Mayer Wilson
Moving Picture Houses
Poli
Mr. Gunshanon
Employes Tuberculosia Relief Fund of
Plaza
Amos
Ure
Tuberculosis Relief Association
Survivors Of American Steamer Acteon Arrive In Madrid
Twenty one survivors of the American steamer Acteon, torpedoed and sunk on November 25, reached Madrid suffering severe exposure. The dispatch suggests earlier reports of survivors landing at Caps Finisterre and confirms sixty three others were missing in three boats.
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Madrid
Acteon
Caps Finisterre
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War Office
St. Michael's Cemetery
Assy
Norwich
Conn
Sarah E. Fitzgerald
Reilly
Cullinan
Mapilins
Buckley
Golden Hill Street
St. Charles Church
St. Michael's
Ceme- Automobile Cortege
Deon
New York Academy of c
Noble
Sam
Bridge
Hye In
Remington MC. Co., Inc
Halifax
Italy
Gorizia
Meeta
Duke of
Aosta
Asiago
Conrad von Hoetzendorff
von Krobatin
Russia
Pittsfield
Robert A. Maxwell
American Express Co
Unon
Bennett and Stoeckels
MR. J. Keyes
Varney
Coffin Heads Air Board
U. S
Mens & Young Men
Raccoon
Muskrat
Seal
White House
Water Street
Federal Shipping Board
Seattle
Wash
Ernest Lister
Countess Esterhazy
the Commercial Trust Co. of
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve System
Sweden
Palace
Maine Palace
Reuter
Petrograd
Conseituent Assembly
France
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