Heavy rainfall and high winds mark Dec 22 in Bridgeport
Heavy rainfall and high winds on December 22 marked the second day of winter in Bridgeport and nearby areas. Rain totaled 1.17 inches in the past 24 hours, an excessive amount that aided reservoir replenishment after dry summer months while ground fears arise about early spring planting due to frozen soil. Weather observer William Jennings notes wind peaked but daily maximum was not extreme.
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Bridgeport
Wiliam Jennings
Eain
Paris Editors Condemn Wilson Note In Dispute
Paris editors react to President Wilson and Secretary of State notes with strong criticism. Stephen Pichon argues the note treats belligerents alike despite differing causes and crimes. Georges Clemenceau laments moral framing of the war, saying ends cannot be understood the same by all sides.
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Paris
Des
Wilson
Stephen Pichon
Petit Journal
Germany
America
Georges Clemenceau
I Homme Bachaine
Gulf Refining Co Employees Receive 10 Percent Bonus
Announcement by William J. McCarthy superintendent notes that all Gulf Refining Co employees received a 10 percent bonus of yearly wages yesterday. Checks were sent from the Pittsburgh main plant and distributed to 15 staff members. Separately, Bridgeport Coach Lace Co employees on Wood Avenue got a five dollar gold piece in pay envelopes as a gift from company president W. W. Naramore.
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William J. McCarthy
Gulf Refining Co
Bruce Avenue
Mr. McCarthy
Pittsburgh
Bridgeport Coach Lace Co
Wood Avenue
W. W. Naramore
Trolley Car Kills Pedestrian in Southport Tragic Fatality
Francis J. Decey and John Spack faced a $1,000 bond after a fatal trolley accident on State Street near Courtland. The victim, Smith of 328 State Street, tripped on a shoe heel caught in a rail as a gust blew his hat away. the trolley struck him, front trucks passing over him and the body wedged under the rear trucks. Decey attempted to stop the car by sand on rails but was unable to prevent the fatality. Detective Sergeant Peter Hall said no blame attached to the motorman. Smith's father claimed the body in Southport.
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Francis J. Decey
Atlanti Hotel
John Spack
Harrie Street
Animostor
Smith
Ninston
Frederic Bartlett
State Street
Courtland
Decey
Peter Hall
Southport
American Brass Co Increases Salaries Notice
Waterbury December 23 The American Brass Co with plants in Waterbury Ansonia and Torrington announced a 25 percent extra bonus for salaried staff in the current month in addition to a 10 percent year end bonus for 1916. The company says salaried employees will receive about the same percentage rise as daily or hourly workers. Starting January 1 1917 hourly and other non salaried workers will get a 1 1/2 cent per hour raise and base pay adjustments as appropriate.
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Waterbury
American Brass Co
Ansonia
Torrington
Nantucket Lightship Torn From Moorings By Wind Storm
Nantucket Shoals lightship was torn from her anchorage in a 75 mile gale last night and cast adrift. The lightship under low power moved toward Woods Hole to obtain 150 fathoms of chain to replace the lost moorings.
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Nantucket
Mass
Nantucket Shoals
Woods Hole
Growers over Tobacco Sheds Suffer Gale Losses
A gale last night battered tobacco sheds in the region causing structural failures and material damage estimated at 1500. Sheds owned by Charles Emmons Clark Brothers F H Whrall and F Strong fell or were damaged as roofs and beds collapsed. The widespread impact touched growers including Mrs O B Moore and others in the area.
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Eesean Dee
Charles Emmons
Clark Brothers
F. H. Whrall
O. B. Moore
Projected American warships outclass world’s greatest vessels
The navy releases wash drawings showing the forthcoming Colorado class battleships and new battle cruisers. These ships would be 874 feet long, 34 300 tons displacing, speed 35 knots, armed with ten 14 inch guns and eighty torpedo tubes, powered by electric turbines. Other vessels include Colorado class battleships at 32 600 tons, twenty one knots, eight 16 inch guns, plus anti aircraft and torpedo tubes, with newer Nos 49 60 51 class ships expected to surpass them.
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United States
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Colorado
Maryland
West Virginia
Washington
State Policeman Details Fair Murder Trial Testimony
Captain Robert T. Hurley of the state police testified in the Darien murder trial of William F. Fair and Jack Devereaux. He recounted talks with Fair after his wife Margaret Fair was slain and with Devereaux about ownership of a Nope outfit found in the house. Hurley described Fair’s refusal to admit guilt and the circumstantial evidence against him. The attorney noted Fair’s arrest at his Darien chicken farm in May 1915, and a remark about a local man named Whirlow. Judge Burpee recessed the Superior Court session until next Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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Robert T. Hurley
State Police
William F. Fairl
Jack Devereaux
Margaret Fair
Hurley
Fair
Darien
Deveraux
Mr.Fair
Whirlow
Elect Officers For Corset Workers Union
Mrs Nellie Chase was elected president of the Corset Workers union last night at the meeting in Odd Fellows hall. May Callahan became vice president with Turney as treasurer Mc Taggart as recording secretary and Gold as financial secretary. The business agent post was abolished and plans are underway to secure a new meeting hall.
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Nellie Chase
Corset Workers’ Union
Asta
Odd Fellows’ Hall
May Callahan
Margaret Turney
Margaret McTaggart
Mary Gold
FiveTon Van Crashes Staining Beer At Grand and Main
A five ton furniture van owned by P. J. Murphy of 32 Henry Street collided with an automobile loaded with beer at Grand and Main streets at 10 o clock today. The impact upset and spilled about 20 beer cases. Neither vehicle suffered damage. The van traveled south on Main while the other car moved from Grand. New York report notes Adams Express announces higher monthly payments to employees.
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P. J. Murphy
Henry Street
Anautomobile
Grand and
Main Streets
Main Street
Grand Street
Company to raise annual pay by about $1 million
The firm plans a roughly one million dollar increase to its yearly payroll, on top of the existing five hundred thousand dollars in annual raises. The change is described as a move to boost compensation amid ongoing labor considerations.
Marine Insurance Rates Rise for British Vessels
London reports the government risk insurance office has lifted the charge to 40 shillings per cent per voyage due to heightened submarine danger. The move affects British vessels amid ongoing wartime threats.
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London
the Daily News
Government Risk Insurance Office
Weather forecast and regional conditions across the United States
The weather report notes fair conditions tonight and Sunday for New Haven and Connecticut with moderate winds. A recent storm center moves to Nova Scotia causing impacts along the North Atlantic coast. Temperatures vary from freezing at the Canadian border to freezing conditions reaching Mississippi and Alabama, with heavy frosts in Louisiana and Florida. A $25,000 bonus is awarded to 2,000 employees at Jeanesville Iron Works in Hazelton, Pa. U S exports from New York between Dec 18 and 21 total $52,400,121. One Cent a Word.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Nova Scotia
North Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Canadian
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
New York
Wear of Coins Driven by Grease and Chemical Action
A Youth's Companion summary notes Sir Thomas K Rose of the British mint warns grease from fingers accelerates coin wear beyond mere abrasion. Fatty acids corrode metal, converting copper in alloys into salts. Haagen Smit's analysis finds bronze coin dirt 36 percent copper as fatty acid compounds. Initial rapid weight loss is due to abrasion, then chemical action dominates deterioration.
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Thomas K. Rose
Sir Thomas
Haagen Smit
Utrecht
Boorish and Urbane Word Origins in Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Plain Dealer explains that boorish means rustic, Boer and boer trace to farmer, heathen and pagan once meant country bred, and the antonym urbane originated as cityfied showing the old belief that culture spread from towns to rural areas.
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Bauer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Vicious Dwarf and A Disappointing Trip
Chronicle of odd items notes a famous dwarf born 1741 in Lorraine who stood 22 inches at age five and 33 inches at death in 1764, with a Count Borowiaski incident. It also shares brief quips about a four day auto tour with Mr and Mrs Whitby and a train reader who keeps an encyclopedia for his children’s questions.
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Bebe
Stanislas
Poland
Lorraine
Mrs. Whitby
Extremist quips and family humor quoted in papers
A Boston Transcript remark praises strict ceremony while a Philadelphia Ledger joke ponders bald eagles as a distinct variety. The exchange captures light newspaper humor about form, entertainment, and nature.
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Mrs. X
Boston Transcript
Burma's oldest temple shines like gold at Shwe Dagon
Rangoon hosts Shwe Dagon Paya perched on a mound approached by four staircases. The brick pagoda, gilded with gold and jewels, rises 30 feet with a gilded umbrella and tinkling bells. The base hosts shrines and many worshippers in bright attire fill the platform. Nearby, rich views and an active crowd create a dazzling scene. the western entrance lies behind English fortifications. Also includes a children’s vignette about a Cape Cod fisherman wish and a family reading the paper.
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Burma
Shwe Dagon Paya
Rangoon
In Hot Water and All For the Best
Two citizens swap tales of dyspepsia over hot water, one humorously noting a fifteen year marriage as proof he has tried it. A baldheaded man explains roses fade slowly because gradual decay is more comfortable than a sudden torpedo.
A Method of Division Prankster Demands Youthful Nurses
A humorous quip from Gaieties de la Medecine tells how L. a prankster, taken ill, asks for not one nurse but two each twenty-five years old while his doctor proposes a nurse aged fifty or more. The exchange highlights witty age play in medical humor.
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Medecine
Ambition and attitude in a farmer’s market ad
A Louisville Courier Journal quote celebrates ambition and the willingness to do any job but one’s own. A proverb praises faithful small deeds as great. A line invites girls to read a “Farmer Want Ada” notice, suggesting a recruitment ad for household help. The fragment blends quotes and a humorous classified tease.
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Louisville Courier. Journal
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