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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1916

Page

4

United States Faces No War End Plan Says Wilson

President Wilson told inquirers that the United States has done nothing to end the European war and will not act until conditions are ripe for a suggested peace. The note to Berlin was transmitted without comment, while Allied and German views on mediation and the Dardanelles dispute unfold in diplomatic circles.

Washington United States Europe Wilson Page Lansing Ambassador Page London State Department Thea David Lloyd George The Hague Holand Entente von Bethmann-Hollweg Balfour Robert Cecil Briand Dardanelles Belgium France Russia Trepoff Constantinople Marshal von Mackensen von Falkenhayn Wallachian Bosporus Sea of Marmara Turkey Great Britain Winston Spencer Churchill Dardaneles Gallipoli Salonica Sarrall Balkans Balkan Bulgaria

Navy orders study of armor plate plant site

Secretary Daniels appoints a special board of Navy officers to conduct the final study of sites approved by the General Board for the $11,000,000 government armor plate plant in Washington.

Washington Navy Daniels General Board

Warrenites Seek 20 New Streets Before Council

Petitions for Warreniting 20 additional streets were presented to the common council last night and referred to the streets and sidewalks committee. Wanted at once a middle aged night clerk for lodging house. Apply 639 641 Water street White House Clothing Store T 19 s

Common Council Water Street White House

Schultz Pleads for Copyists as City Hall Expands

Town Clerk Joseph Schultz asks the common council for two more clerks due to rising workloads. A request to raise copyists to 900 a year is referred to the ordinance committee. The council also approved raises for Dennis Kelly and Tommy Cunningham and discussed higher pay for detectives, laborers, and bridge tenders.

Joseph Schultz Common Council Schultz Ordinance Dennis Kelly Tommy Cunningham City Hall Alderman Ford

Orphan Asylum Christmas Gift Drive At Lyon & Grumman Toyland

Bridgeport Orphan Asylum prepares a 12 foot electric tree with stockings for 31 boys and 18 girls. Lyon Grumman Toyland donates gifts, books, games, and skates, with Christ Episcopal Church women’s guild filling stockings. Santa may attend. donations welcome for a memorable holiday.

Bridgeport Orphan Asylum Lyon & Grumman American Hardware Stores, Inc Orphan Asylum T. Haw[ley & Co Lyon & Grumman Toyland Womans’ Guild of Christ Episcopal Church Santa Claus Asylum

Furnished flats for rent seek tenant at Harmony Street and Warner Building

To rent five room furnished flat and four room furnished units plus a three room bungalow. Contact J. H. Kee nan at 125 Harmony Street or Room 300 Warner Building. Phone.

North Main Trolley J. H. Keenan Harmony Street Warner Building Harmony St

Judge Lindsey to Speak Here Next Sunday

Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver will address men at the Lyric theatre under YMCA sponsorship on Sunday at 3:30 PM. The notice highlights Lindsey’s role in Denver reform and notes this is the first of four winter theatre meetings for men by the Bridgeport YMCA.

Ben B. Lindsey Denver Colo America Lyric Theatre Citizens Lindsey Bridgeport

Rizzo bound over on non support charge in Stratford

Charles Rizzo of Wood End road Stratford was bound over to the superior court by Judge Howard W. Curtis on non support charges after his 16 year old wife testified he had given no support in three months. Bonds of 200 were posted by Carmina Diano of Derby.

Stratford Charles Rizzo Wood End Road Howard W. Curtis Stratford Town Court Carmina Diano Derby Rizzo Okenuck Tribe of Wigwam Church Street John H. O’brien Sachem Sagamore Arthur Dennison Charles Graham Herbert Doolittle Andrew Eaton Howard Dillon Gordon Comstock Robert Sammis William Mallory Alexander Smith Walter Sherwood George A. Fairchild Ethel May Bierce Alfred Bierce Ralph A. Kennedy Jeremiah Kennedy Huntington Road Ernest C. Carpenter Stratford Methodist Church Stratford High School Bridgeport Town Hall Wed

Died Notice for John D Bouton Jr Henry W Flanagan and John Flood

Died notices from this city December 18 19 1916 announce funerals for John D Bouton Jr age 19 at 832 Iranistan Ave with 2 30 pm Wednesday service and Lakeview Cemetery auto cortege Henry W Flanagan to be buried St Michaels Cemetery after services at 116 Hastings St and St Charles Church interment at St Michaels. John Flood of 1858 Stratford Ave to have further funeral details announced.

Bouton John D. Bouton, Jr Iranistan Avenue Lakeview Cemetery Atp Flanagan Henry W. Flanagan James Flanagan Hastings Street St. Charles’ Church St. Michael’s Cemetery Flood Stratford Avenue John Flood

Two Madden Sisters Die From Gas In Holyoke Room

Miss Brid get Madden aged 52 and her sister Miss Teresa Madden aged 48 were found dead today in their High street room from accidental gas asphyxiation. Crude oil rose 10 cents a barrel at Independence Kansas. The German peace proposal likely to be delivered to the Japanese government today.

Holyoke Mass Bridget Madden Teresa Madden High Street Independence Kan

Mayor to Name Committees Within A Few Days

Mayor Wilson announced plans to appoint a legislative committee a zone committee and an advisory committee authorized by the common council last night within a few days. Capt. Robert Duncan master of the Thistle in 1887 is dead.

Wilson Common Council Robert Duncan Thistle

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Inquirers Holland Warrenite Lyon & Grumman’s Fifth Ave Ambrose Luggage Shop Fairfield Ave Neuss & Vaughn State & Broad Sts Stratford Woman's Suffrage Association Christchurch Edward Campion Acheson D. D Allen Beeman Fairfield Fairfield County Stuart Means New Haven Charles Pardee New York William H. Jepson C. W. Areson Messrs Hubbell San_ Joe Hubbell Building Co Acheson Frank L. Hanson Clayton K. Blakeslee Edward F. Leeds Board of Selectmen Boston Boy Scouts of the Congregational Church Juno Little Beach N. J Salvation Army Farnham C. Fox Salvation Army Building Fund First Bridgeport National Bank Bridgeport, Conn Hartigan Drug Stores Main and Congress St Headquarters For CANDY Huylers Guth’s Whitman’s Appollo Crane’s Liggett’s Fish’s Green Seal Mary Garden Russells Belle Mead Sweets la Marea General Hales Colgate Palmer Roger & Gallet’s All Sizes
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