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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
2
A London police report commends officers for swift work after a car stolen on Ikte Street was found near the West End goal grounds. The notice also reports the sinking of the British steamer Gannet of London, 3465 feet long and 1112 tons gross.
Report of a man succeeding in a suicide attempt and a woman failing in hers. Miss Rogers feigned unconsciousness at Broad and Liberty streets then gas jets were found open. She was taken to Bridgeport hospital after a rescue, with neighbors reluctant to discuss the incident.
Joe Tinker marks his thirty six birthday born July 7 1880 in Muscoda Kansas. The Cubs ex star manager now leads the club after a rugged season as he tries to recapture his past pennant success with the Whales in the Federal League and earlier with Cincinnati and Chicago.
British and French troops face renewed German assaults along the Somme front. In Picardy the French defend stoutly as German pressure tests lines near Hem Maricourt Estrees Belloy and nearby sectors. French artillery and machine gun fire repels assaults, preserving the line and delaying a German advance.
German infantry pressed the French lines without success as medium and heavy batteries shattered trenches. French troops remained two and a half miles south of Peronne and four miles north, with no strong natural barriers preventing further advance when the commander deems the time right.
A severe earthquake in Caltaningstta Sicily reportedly killed three hundred people while in Bridgeport Connecticut the Probate Court orders a hearing on the estate of John Delaney. The administratrix seeks to mortgage real estate and must notify interested parties by July 8, 1916, with the hearing set for July 11, 1916.
A reader asks about the US Liberia post and naval questions including torpedo tubes and water sealing. The piece covers militia powers and presidential callouts, Irish home rule, liquid fire, Irish and British history, and brief notes on naval pay, cadets, and US aircraft inventory. It surveys many topics with factual responses and period tone.
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