Suspected thief Richard Lopez held on bond after attempted theft
Police report Richard Lopez of 274 Bl avenue was arrested for attempting to steal a car from Dr. D. H. Khan of the Board of Health. Lopez, linked to automobile thief activity, awaits a police court hearing next Saturday. An officer chased him past Poll’s Theatre toward Golden Hill Street after the attempted grab near a nearby saloon.
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Richard Lopez
Anl
D. H. Khan
Board of Health
Lopez
Nahan
Gore of Mississippi: a blind statesman and trailblazer in politics
The article recalls ZXaror Gore born December 10 in Webster County Mississippi who lost sight in childhood but pursued law and public service. It notes his rise as a populist figure in Oklahoma politics, service in the U.S. Senate, and contrasts with early postal history and colonial era mail reforms mentioned in a wider column.
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Pryor Gore
United States
Sena- Oklahoma
Gore
Hern- Soto
Rockus
Senator Money
Ublic
Oklahoma Solon P
Webster County
Miss
Texas
Oklahere
Diodotus
Minor
Alexandack
Senee
Conscription of Labor Not Needed for War Says Wilson
Washington reports Secretary Wilson told Congress conscription of labor is unlikely to win the war but if needed it should cover the industries involved. He argues wage coercion and private-profit conscription are unpatriotic and urges government employment for conscripted workers.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
Postal Savings Bank
Department
Shipping Board
Canadian Heroes on European Battlefields Highlight Nova Scotia Roots
The article recalls Canadian-born officers who earned fame in British campaigns. Gen Sir William Fenwick Williams of Nova Scotia earned the title after Kars siege in the Crimean War. Halifax native Gen Inglis led Lucknow defenses and rose to major general. Toronto’s Lieut Alexander Dunn received the Victoria Cross. Capt Alexander McNab of Stratford appears among Waterloo officers. The piece notes broader Canadian contributions across 19th century British wars and touches on local Stratford items.
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South Africa
Canada
England
Sir William Feenwick Williams
Nova Scotia
Kars
Armenia
Williams
Great Britain
France
Turkey
Russia
Muravieff
William Fenwick Williams
Nova
Henry Lawrence
Inglis
Henry Havelock
Bath
Balaklava
Alexander Dunn
Toronto
Immortal Light Brigade
Waterloo
Alexander McNab
Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Promises Relief for Change of Life
Richmond reader Lena Tynn reports relief from headaches dizziness and hot flashes after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad describes crual Change of Life symptoms and urges timely use to restore health with a one cent two word classified ad line.
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Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena Tynn
E. O Street
Lydia Binkham
Bricks Fall From Building Hit Otis Birge
A shower of bricks from a second story under construction at West Ave and John St struck Otis Birge, 61, of 273 Frank St, on the head causing a painful wound. He was treated at Emergency Hospital and then moved to St. Vincent's for observation.
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West Ave
John Street
Otis Birge
Frank Street
J. F. Keegan
Birge
St. Vincent's
Men With C. D.'s Cannot Enlist
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb ruled that men conditionally discharged by the Third District Appellate Board cannot enlist in government forces since they are already in government service. About 30 of these men sought absolute exemptions at the board rooms, claiming they wished to enlist. Technically they are part of the draft army and could be sent to a national army cantonment if their discharge cause ends.
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Third District Appellate Board
Marcus H. Holcomb
Board Rooms
National Army
Jitney Driver Held After State Street Wreck
Andrew Tontos of 469 Gregory Street and a jitney driver was arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Salmons after his jitney overturned on State Street. He was charged with reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor. Passenger C. W. Norren of 150 Seabright Avenue sustained abrasions to both arms.
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Andrew Tontos
Gregory Street
Salmons
State Street
Jontos
C. W. Norren
Seabright Avenue
Ninon de l Enclos a famed Paris wit and life of intrigue
Ninon de l Enclos born 1618 in Paris rose to notoriety for charm and wit. Her father military man left a dissipated later life. She attracted many lovers, bore a son by the Marquis of Gersey, and died at ninety after a long, controversial life. Fourteen Mexican Federal troops were killed by Diaz followers and Chicago school children gain an extra week of vacation to save coal.
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Ninon
Paris
Henry IV
Louis XIV
Gersey
Christina
Sweden
Gedwyn
Diaz
Chicago
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Atlantic
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New York
Boshonss
Richard Fairbanks
Virginia
New York Monthly Mail
Colonial
Massachusetts
Boston
Thomas 5
Stratford
United States Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Town Hall
Elliott W. Peck
Board of Finance
Peck
Samuel Hubbell
Samuel W. Hubbell
Finance Board
Rheinold Pierson
William Fryer
William Hart
Fred van de Bogart l
First Selectman
James Lally
Harold C. Lovell
William Holland
Hards’ Corner
Holland
Allan D. Judson
Judson
Donath—Nusser
Mabel Nusser
John Nusser
Pittsburgh
Arno Donath
Julius Donath
Bridgeport
Ernest C. Carpenter
Stratford Methodist Church
Donath
Myrtle Fairchild
N. Buckingham & Co
Stratford High School
Red Cross
Ladies Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
Packard Hall
Broad Street
Dingbat Club
Club Rooms
Main Street
George R. Webb
Charles Lane
Walter Parks
George Parks
Edward Rudine
Robert Hard
Roy Plumb
Maud Hull
Willard H. Fleck
National Women's Suffrage Association
Capitol
Home Guard
Harry A. Barnes
Louis Herrmann
Burnes
Cortez
Rockwell
Main and
Hillside Avenue
Bloete
Sean
Belgium
Gitz Rice
Canadian Overseas Army
Ypres
Long Boy
Arthur Fields
Sousa
Prince
Idal Sweet
Eddie Leonard
Ida
Earl Fuller
Rector
Rew Cross
Avon Comedy Four
Columbia
Columbia Graphophone Company
New World Symphony
Josef Stransky
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Dvorak
John Beck & Son
Armer
Ninon DE L'Enclos
Father John
M. E. Ford
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Pawtucket
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