War scars fade as factories reopen and industry revives
A century ago Bridgesport notes wartime gloom easing after the war’s end. Reports include Lieut Conkling denying a Pittsburg paper claim of a U S Brit fight, Wallace partners in Ansonia starting pin manufacture, Wells Hollow pin machinery, and Collins Co in Collinsville winning a 25 000 monkey wrench contract plus axes for the Paris Exposition.
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Lieut
Conkling
Pittsburgh
United States
Messrs. Wallace
Ansonia
Derby
Joseph Naramore
Howe Pin Co
Paris
France
Rockville debated over reduced hours as mills clash
Fifty years ago Rockville faced a bitter dispute between the ten hour league and mill owners over reducing working hours. The article notes two barns set afire in New Venday night with shots fired during the blaze. A 15 year old girl named Julia Barry left home four weeks ago likely headed to Wallingford.
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Rockville
Asher
New Venday
Julia
Barry
New Slaven
Wallingford
Seeley Favored for United States Treasurer Post
Twenty years ago rumor linked William E. Seeley president of the First National Bank of this city with the United States treasurer job. Connecticut delegation reportedly approved his selection, though Seeley did not comment.
Rail lines cut as bandits strike Chihuahua region
Unofficial reports from Juarez say the Chihuahua Santa Rosalia railroad and telegraph line are cut as Carranza troops move toward Chihuahua City. Workers under Max ion Marquez reportedly repelled bandits and Villistas, with fighting ongoing in Guerrero district for five days. Christmas trees and decorations advertised by John Reck & Son.
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Juarez
Mex
Chihuahua
Santa Rosalia
Ihuahua City
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Villa
Mexico
Guerrero
Vil
Maxion Marquez
Panaitis
Seuccess
Marquez
Days Line Up for Struggle in the Legislature
Hartford reports the Connecticut prohibition party plans to urge an amendment to the state constitution banning liquor traffic and a vote on women’s suffrage on the 1917 legislative agenda. E. L. G. Hohenthal leads the allied temperance forces with a Dec. 12 meeting at the YMCA to map vigorous action and other approved measures. The group lists officers including Hohenthal, Hugo Cederholm, and F. C. Bidwell. The mint director proposes half nickels for collection boxes.
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Hartford
Prohibition
E. L. G. Hohenthal
Prohibition Party
Allied Temperance Forces
Connecticut
Young Men’s Christian Association
South Manchester
Hugo Cederholm
Waterbury
F. c. Bidwell
Bloomfield
Stratford Avenue Bridge Builders Refuse Delay Plea
The Stratford avenue bridge commission told Holbrook Cabot and Rollins that no time extension will be granted. The firm had asked for a year due to wartime material shortages, but the commission cites wartime steel prices and urges completion. Several carloads of steel spans and girders arrived today.
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Stratford Avenue Bridge
Postal Employes Push Griffin-Penrose Bill for Retirement Reform
At a city meeting of the Letter Carriers' association members voted down a Congress pay raise petition and will back the Griffin-Penrose bill seen as a retirement reform opening. A public petition seeks support for removing the 150 day absence clause for disabled workers. Some regions report petitions for wage increases, including $300, while railway mail clerks back a $2,000 maximum wage.
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Letter Carriers’ Association
Congress
Buckingham Praises Connecticut Compensation Law as Best in U.S
Commissioner Edward T. Buckingham said Connecticut's compensation laws are among the best in the United States after returning from a National convention of Social Insurance in Washington. He noted experts favor Connecticut's unlimited medical care period for accident victims and predicted other states will adopt similar provisions.
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Connecticut
United States
Edward T. Buckingham
National Convention of Social Insurance
Washington
D. C
Lana
Buckingham
Fairfield Doctor Fined for Assault Over Old Bill
Dr. Charles E. Atkins a Bridgeport veterinary surgeon was fined 15 dollars in Fairfield Justice Court for assaulting Max Helt of Bridgeport at the Brooklawn Riding Club. Atkins claims Helt owes him 35 dollars from four years ago and appealed on bonds of 100 dollars. The incident began when Atkins took money Helt laid on a counter intending to apply it to the old bill. authorities say Atkins choked and knocked him down.
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Fairfield
Charles E. Atkins
John Street
Bridgeport
Bacon Wakeman
Max Helt
Taft Avenue
Brooklawn
Atkins
Helt
Trench Preference Echoed in Connecticut Pardons Hearing
The Connecticut Board of Pardons heard numerous release petitions at the state prison in Wethersfield. John R. Kennedy, 31 years for wife murder, sought liberty and said he could work in Bridgeport. Circiana Capobianca, tied to a 1905 murder and later commuted, claimed his uncle provoked the crime and favored leaving for Italy with his family.
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Hartford
Board of Pardons
Wethersfield
John R. Kennedy
Henry B. Chamberlain
Circiana Capobianca
Waterbury
Antonio Velotti
United States
Bridgeport
Italy
Holcomb
Velotti
Missing Brother Seeks News From Pierreville Notary
Gaston Boucher of Pierreville Quebec writes Mayor Wilson seeking news of Eloi Gill who left Unionville in late July for Bridgeport to work at the harbor. Gill departed with a companion Boisclair carrying a gold watch valued at 50 dollars and 50 dollars in cash, and no word has reached his brother since.
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Gaston Boucher
Pierreville
Quebec
Canada
Wilson
Eloi Gill
Unionville
Gill
Bridgeport
Boisclair
A T and S Co Plans Major East End Expansion
The American Tube and Stamping Co plans to double its East End steel plant with a new billet mill and a large rolling mill on property between Yellow Mill pond Stratford and Sea view avenues. Realty circles note possible dockage upgrades to boost activity at Bridgeport shipping hub, with Miller confirming radical enlargement though not final.
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American Tube & Stamping Co
Yellow Mill Pond
Stratford
Seaview Avenues
Bridgeport
C. D. S. Miller
Steel mill expansion planned to unify East and West End facilities
The East End mill operates alongside rolling facilities in the West End. Company officials say closer integration of both branches justifies a new addition expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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East End
West End
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for nasal congestion feverishness sore throat and sneezing. It claims two hour dose intervals for three doses with easy taste and no inconvenience and warns against substitutes.
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Pape
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