Civil War Rages Across Siberia Amid Altered Fronts
In Irkutsk and surrounding districts Red Guards battle Cossacks as towns burn after attacks on a French consular agent. Civilians, including women and children, are reported murdered and street fighting continues along the Trans-Siberian corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Cossacks
RED Guards
Olsheviki
Irkutsk
Lloyd-George
Clemenceau
Peking
Red
Raishavikis Intinue
Captain Platt Averts Serious Accident at Fire Scene
Bias toward luck as Captain Platt arrives at Box 437 scene and slows down Daniel Donahue, driver of Engine No. 10, after he is thrown from his seat. Donahue lands in snow with only an elbow bruise as engine bumper collapses and horse stumbles. Captain Platt from Engine No. 2 halts the horses and Donahue regains his seat. Damaged closet at 437 Helen Street suspected to contain matches with damages estimated at $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biasgood
Daniel Donahue
Eniie No. 10
Donahue
Captain Pistt
Company No
Helen Street
O Neill Case Postponed Again in Bridgeport Court
The case against a Bridgeport man charged in an order related matter was postponed until Wednesday. He and other attendees faced cold delays delaying appearance of the legal team, with only partial attendance noted. The record shows the case slated for that week but not completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal
Bridgeport
Eas
New F
Burglars Steal Jewelry Worth 600 From Frank Bolchas Shop
Entry forced through a rear window at 249 Hancock Avenue. Thieves took 35 gold filled watches 18 chains 14 bracelets and 18 rings from a display case valued at 600. Two clues left behind. amateurs suspected. Investigation ongoing. Also reported: 120 cash and 420 in jewelry taken from a room at 560 Fairfield Avenue and liquor and cigars stolen from the Hungarian Club at 226 Spruce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bolchas
Hancock Avenue
Bolchas
Jimmy
Cronan
Michael Schneiderman
Fairfield Avenue
Hungarian Club
Spruce Street
New Year's Eve celebration to outdo Broadway in Bridgeport
New Year’s Eve festivities are planned across Bridgeport hotels and venues with elaborate programs. The Stratfield anticipates 500 guests as Terry Lee and the Atlantic Hotel cabaret push ambitious new features and app innovations to ring out 1917 and welcome 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Broadway
Manhattan
Empire City
Stratfield
Terry Lee
Atlantic Hotel
New Bridgeport Times and Farmer Debuts
With the new year the newspaper will publish tomorrow and henceforth under the title Bridgeport Times and Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport’ Times and Farmer
Eye Specialist Dr Frederick M Wilson Dies in Panama
Dr Frederick M Wilson prominent eye surgeon died suddenly of heart failure in Colon Panama while serving as president of Bridgeport Hospital. He studied at Colby College and Harvard University earned his degree in 1875. His daughter Helen balanced marriage to James Robertson Murray British consul Colon. The news shocks Bridgeport medical community where he recently traveled.
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Frederick M. Wilson
Colon
Panama
Bridgeport. Hospital
Wilson
Péraeear
United States
Colby University
Maine
Harvard University
Helen B. Wilson
James Robertson Murray
Measles Victim Admitted To City Nursery
Nine year old Charles Prude and three siblings were admitted to Fairfield City Nursery after applying for aid. The boy later tested positive for measles and was moved to the Isolation hospital while measures were taken to prevent an outbreak among other residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Plude
Hudson Street
Department of Charities
City
Fairfield
Charities
Young Prude
Woman's Jaw Fractured as Stove Back Explodes
Mrs. Joseph Larsen of Lordship Park Stratford suffered a fractured jaw and severe burns when a water-back burst from her kitchen stove. She is at Bridgeport Hospital and likely to die, with scalp wounds and possible broken jaw confirmed by X ray later. Fragments struck her head and body as she started a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Larsen
Lordship Park
Stratford
Bridgeport
New Year Food Head Forecast Denies Local Shortage
D Fairchild Wheeler of the local food conservation commission reassures The Farmer readers there is ample food and no famine in the region. He stresses no profiteering cases have official backing and urges citizens to report hoarding or overcharging in writing with names for potential action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Fairchild Wheeler
Ree
Wheeler
Bridgeport
Guatemalan Capital Earthquake Death Toll Placed at 1000
A telegram from San Jose reports Guatemala City devastated with 40 percent of homes ruined and key buildings wrecked. Martial law imposed, looters shot, and inhabitants urged to flee as aftershocks continue. Death toll estimated at 1000 as telegraph lines fall silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guatemala City
Central and South American Telegraph Co
San Jose
Guatemala
Legation
Holyoke Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Samuel O. Hoyt of Holyoke Massachusetts was fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge Frederick A. Bartlett in the police court after pleading guilty to a reckless driving charge. Hoyt’s case appeared this morning with the court noting the November incident.
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Samuel O. Hoyt
Holyoke
Mass
Frederick A. Bartlett
Hoyt
Sera E
Cold Wave Breaks as City Faces Hardship and Pneumonia Risk
The back of the cold wave loosens after days of record low temperatures in Bridgeport and New England. Many families lack coal and fuel as appeals to dealers fail. one man, Leslié Slocum, 89, is hospitalized with pneumonia. Frostbite cases rise as fire alarms echo and transport grinds to a halt amid ongoing cold and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Weather Observer
Bridgeport
Department of Public Charities
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Leslié Slocum
Brook Street
St. Vincent's
Isadore Ler
Parrott Avenue
Will Cut Pay of R. R. Workers to Aid Lagor
Washington plans for raising pay of railroad workers and trimming top salaries were discussed at a McAdoo and mediation board meeting. The board weighs wage demands up to 40 percent from four major brotherhoods as government steps to control the railroads continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Reads
Lagor
Washington
McAdoo
Federal Board ‘of Mediation and Conciliation
Great Brotherhoods
Bridgeport Faces Coal Shortage Threatening Jobs and Industry
Eight hundred workers lose jobs as two local factories close amid coal shortages. Governor Holcomb and Fuel Board head Carl Siemon warn 10 000 munition workers may join them without immediate federal coal shipments. Local plants report only a week to ten days of coal left. churches urged to cut services and theaters to reduce consumption while more relief is sought.
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Fuel Board
Holcomb
Carl Siemon
Siemon
H. C. Canfield Rubber
Spring Perch Co
Sie
Bridgeport
Goner Marcus
Washington
Gennettiut
Bryant Electric Co
American & British Manufacturing Co
Locomobile Works
Locomobile Co
John C. Stanley
The
American & British Co
H. O. Canfield
Bridge Contractors sue Bridgeport for 74000 in lost profits
Edoward DeV. Tompkins Co. inc. sues the city of Bridgeport claiming damages totaling 240000 for loss of profits on Grand Street and East Washington Avenue bridge contracts. The firm says profits would be 10000 on Grand Street and 23000 on East Washington, and that 160000 was spent on the Grand Street job. Contracts signed in May 1916 alleged to have been wrongfully forfeited and work halted by city action after delays and engineer changes. The suit names Judge Carl Foster as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Edoward Dev. Tompkins Co., Inc
Grand Street
East Washington Avenue
Juge Carl Foster
Foster & Morgan
East Wington Avenue
Grand Bridge
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Platt
O'Neill
F. M. Wilson
Cuatersala City
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Remington Arms Co
American Brass Co
Sound
Iia
McCaffrey
McWilliams
Housatonic River
Charles F. Brooker
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