Danube opens as major supply route for Central Powers
Belgrade report describes rapid Danube traffic resumption aiding Germany Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria. Vessels laden with arms ammunition military supplies raw materials and food move downstream from Austrian German ports to Lom Palanka and Semlin with plans for a through Belgrade Nish express service.
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Belgrade
Serbia
Danube
Turkey
Bulgaria
Semlin
Sava
Temes
Turin-Severin
Associated Press
Radoslavoit
Lomi Palenka
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Iay
Albrecht of Mecklenburg
William
Lom Pa- Yanks
iHanescy
Constantinople
Sofia
Austria- Hun
Balkans
Ottoman Empire
Milanovac
Mesdra
Lom Palanka
Anatolia
Smyrna
Asia
Cilician
Berlin
Cino
Parceyer
Nish
Brussels
Budapest
Byzanthium
Captain Plunkett Narrowly Escapes Electric Shock
Captain Walter Plunkett of the four masted schooner L. P. Greene, docked at Burritt's lumber yard, slipped while boarding during a storm and grasped a hanging wire. The current flashed through the wire, igniting a telegraph pole. firefighters were called to extinguish the blaze. Plunkett says he is fortunate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Plunkett
L. P. Greene
Burritt
Plunkett
Kentucky River Rises With Heavy Rains Threatening Villages
A Lexington report states the Kentucky River rose to 30 feet at Jackson after 36 hours of continuous heavy rain. Mountain streams reached flood levels and further rain could endanger small villages downstream.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Jackson
Ice falls injure passerby on Main Street
John F. Healy aged 28 of 1805 Stratford Avenue was struck on the head by falling ice from a roof as he walked near Main Street and Fairfield Avenue at 4 o clock yesterday afternoon. He was taken home with a possible concussion and his condition improved today.
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John F. Healy
Stratford Avenue
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Healey
Post office urges secure packing for Christmas parcels
Postmaster Greene warns of heavy parcel post volume and advises sending Christmas packages early. Use stiff or light wood boxes with ample packing as pouches can damage poorly wrapped parcels. Each package should include both recipient and sender names and addresses.
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Greene
Poultry thieves bound over to high court in big bond
In city court Judge Frederic A. Bartlett found probable cause in the case of Alexander Steatka Rudie Stefanick and Martin Kubisch charged with stealing 15 chickens and four ducks from William Lavine’s poultry market. They were bound over to the February term of the superior court with bonds of 500 each, or remanded to jail. Steatka allegedly broke a window Christmas in Hallett street market and stole a 150 pound pig. blood tracks led police to his home where the bedmate was found to be the pig under the covers.
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Frederic A. Bartlett
Alexander Steatka
Church Streets
Rudie Stefanick
Martin Kubisch
Steilly Street
William Lavine
Reilly Street
Superior Court
Steatka
Hallett Street
Stratford Club and Church Notices Highlight Holiday Week
Miss Violet Grant of New York will speak on Proper Feeding for the Child at the Child Welfare club Dec 21 at Center school. Christmas articles go on sale after. The Congregational church annual meeting named officers and planned a Jan 1 turkey dinner at the new parish house. Oronogue Guard elected officers. Reverend Holman to preach at the Stratford church. Miss Ruth Haven underwent surgery at New Haven hospital, serving as a settlement worker.
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Stratford
Violet Grant
New York City
Child Welfare Club
Center School
Geneva Wilson
Milford
H. M. Clapp
John Hessian
Ernest C. Carpenter
William B. Noyes
Thomas B. Taylor
The
Congregational Church
Thomas
Alice Curtis
Nellie Eaton
Robert Silliman
H. B. Newburn
Harry Hubbell
Oronogue Guard Club
Edward Pitzer
Albert BE. Bailey
Newton
Mass
Bailey
Holy Land
Ruth Haven
Philo C. Haven
Harvey Diace
New Haven Hospital
Miss Haven
Lowell Settlement Co
New Haven
Stratford Installs Burglar-Proof Safe at Post Office
A new burglar proof safe weighs about a ton and arrives from New York to Stratford Connecticut. Marsh Safe Co supervises the installation at the town post office. The tongue and groove safe stands three feet wide and four feet high with inside doors combinations and chest. It is described as burg and fure proof though the wording implies safety against yeggmen. The big safe was brought by steamer and moved to Stratford by motor truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Conn
Marsh Safe Co
New York
Smith and Magarian Not Guilty by Superior Court Jury
Harry Smith and Luther Magarian were found not guilty by a county jury after a brief deliberation in the common pleas court. The case involved alleged assault on three young women who said they were induced to ride in the defendants car, while the defense claimed the women willingly sought a ride and no assault occurred.
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Harry Smith
Luther Magarian
Criminal Court of Common Pleas
Mabel Griffith
Katherine O'Connor
Helen Maxwell
Fairfield Court
Jeer Queer
Division of Bonner Estate Ordered Today
A Superior Court order by Judge William S Case authorizes a division of the estate of the late John Bonner. The anticipated sale of the Atlantic Street homestead is valued around 15000 dollars with Bridgeport Trust Co named as appraiser. Bonner had eight children and his son Charles with widow Mary reportedly filed the share. an early settlement is expected.
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John Bonner
William S
Atlantic Street
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Jody
Aimwell Coy
MAIN
Aimwell
CO. O. D
Children’s Department
Bonner Estate
Repp
Andersen
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