Census data shows Bridgeport manufacturing growth 1914
The Census Bureau reports Bridgeport 1914 manufacturing gains over 1909 across salaries, capital, materials, and value of products. It notes 2,277 salaried employees in 1914 and 20,041 wage earners, with capital invested rising to 81.48 million and total value added by manufacture at 40.39 million. The report cautions figures are preliminary and cover establishments under factory systems.
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Fema
Census Bureau
United States
Bridgeport
Conn
Sam L. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
William M. Steuart
Thersars
Opening of a new Congress described in tense speech
Fragmented account outlines the first days of a new Congress with anxious new members, expected speeches, and reorganizing notes. It mentions fresh debates, committee hints, and shifting power as leadership maneuvers begin.
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Choc
Meerrand Bay
Brasch
le Ucwilottly
Bae Too Lake
Tt Bs
Ksty
Heiss Lowe
Kaiser Interview Culpit Ends In Death Mystery
Berlin figures recount Reinhard Klehmets role in the controversial Kaiser interview published in London. The piece traces his senior Foreign Office path from consul general at Athens to a Geneva commission role. After retirement he faced a political storm and personal tragedy as his wife and three children were removed to a hospital with smallpox.
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Berlin
Behenst
Bovey
Athens
Klehmet
Daily Telegraph
Lonnen
Price van Boulow
Prince van Beulow
Stats For Foreign Affairs
Winess
Abs
Mlehmet
Nis
Kiahmet
Lonmet
Foreign Office
Uin
International Finance Commission
Dodge unloads Midvale stock amid Dow Jones figures
Marcellus Hartley Dodge head of Union Metallic Cartridge and Remington Arms reduced his Midvale Steel and Ordnance holdings by hundreds of thousands of shares as Dow Jones figures show a sale into the high market around 90 dollars. Rockefellers and other investors bought to keep stock off the market. Dodge remains the largest holder though not surpassing Ambrose Monell. Additional major holders include William Corey and William Rockefeller amid a long list of 20,000 share blocks. Pennsylvania Railroad orders noted for 4,150 freight cars from American Car & Foundry. Sidney Brooks courts Wilson with note on Allied victory odds.
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Marcellus Hartley Dodge
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Corporation
Dow, Jones & Co
Dodge
Lst
Midvale Steel
Mr. Dodge
Midvale
Rockefeller
Baldwin Locomotive
Eddystone
Remington Arms Company
Ordnance
Ambrose Monel
International Mickel Company
William Corey
Filer
Bullard & Smyth
William Rockefeller
Ambrose Monet
Bullard & W. EB. Corey
P_ A. Rockefeller
OB. Robeson
Charlies D. Smith
T. L. Chadbourne, Jr
S. M. Vandein
R. Thomas & Co
C. H. Toy
Adams, Davis & Bartel
E. Converve
C.D. Barney & Co
Eugene Myer, Jr
P. J. Uefntosh
Potter, Ghosts & Prentice
Hayden, Stone & Co
BM. Squiers
Tefft & Co
P. Whitney and
Payne Whitney
Londoners Defy War Time Drink Restrictions
London press reports fret over wartime drink curbs as pubs stay busy and licenses limit sales to narrow hours. City voices and a licensed victualler protest that London is overregulated, warning of increased secret drinking and economic strain for families amid war. An Associated Press note cites sobering trends and public debate on liberty versus public order.
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London
Woolwich Arsenal
Oswil
Associated Press
United States
Munlton
Leories
Jess Getmy
F. H. Guinneham
Humber
Prudential Life Indurance Co
Chicago
Revered Missionary Rev. David Thompson Dies in Toklo
The Reverend David Thompson, a pioneer American missionary to Japan and early clerical worker for the Presbyterian American Mission Board, died at his Toklo home. He served in Japan for 58 years, helped organize many native Presbyterian churches, and was fluent in Japanese. He leaves a widow and two daughters, one wife of J. K. Caldwell, American Consul at Viadivoappk.
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Toklo
David Thompson
Japan
Nebed
Thompson
Presbyterian Church
American Mission Board
The
Presbyterian Society
Ofo
Franklin College
Western ‘Theological Seminary
Penneyivania
Tokio
J. K. Caldwell
Viadivoappk
Osborne's Work Theme of Poem by A P L Field
Fragmented account traces Osborne as warden linked to Auburn Sing Sing and prison reform tales. It notes the poem Banked Fires connected to Warder Hackett case and a long history of transformations in prison life with references to Cana da Blackie and a Philadelphia police case involving a Wilmington Pont plant plot.
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Osborne
A. P.L. Field
Thomae
Lin
Abe Man
Ile Mecheiy
Giberne
Sistaire
Awburs
Beard
Aidutt Ison
Sturth Cauitrs
Sgo Sy Donning
Priann
Ammen
Prigorers
Eelk
Canada Blackia
Burstar
Willy Tylin
Rien
Herlle
Pighl
Piel van
Horne
Auburn
Canada
Field
Connie Blackle
Nyne
Boice Hackett
Philadelphia
Bu Hee
Wilmington
Telene J
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Scwoanal Aenergan
Isi Bone
Main Street
Stratield “Hotel Bldg
Edward Loneegan
Noi Esy
Golden
Parameld Avenue
New
Haved TE Ser
Gotham
Crawford Laundry CO
Pairfield Ave
Courtland
Reinhold Klehmet
Kaiser
Ms. Hearlet
Spdort
Hoboken
Ware Res
Amalipox
Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Car & Foundry Co
Haskell & Barker Co
Sidney Brooks
Wilson
Therain
Alles
Pure Foods
Round, Sirloin and
Porterhouse
Istra
Cur
Hiecken
Shouiders
Primavera Wines
California
Meadowebrook Creamery
Kale
Peck
Florida
el Cc
Motham
Malaga
Francisco
Cyrfyth
Minnesota
Enlicwis
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