Russian advance in Czartorysk region pushes forward
War updates report German and Austrian prisoners increasing as Russian forces push west of Czartorysk along the Styr. They say Grady and Dolzyca villages were captured after hot bayonet fighting, with Gruziatyn also taken between Kolki and Manevitchi, and front activity south of the Stokhod continues.
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Batrograd
Czartorysk
War Office
Dolzycs
Gruztatyn
Styr
Grady
Dolzyca
Kolki
Manevitchi
Gruziatyn
Stokhod
World War I trench bombardment report summary
The report notes rain hindered operations on the Somme front including bombardment activity north of Lena and near Hohenschlein redoubt. It mentions mining near the hostile gallery and claims favorable damage to enemy works at Douai with hangar destruction. It lists captured weapons and materiel over recent days.
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Yestern
Angle
Somme
Yasst
Lena
Hohenschlein
Doual
Lerge
Meeeck
Bridgeport trolley stops may shift under company plan
Connecticut Co to alter Main Street and Fairfield Avenue stops early next week with a board meeting soon to decide broader extensions to Nichols. Chamber of Commerce received notice from L Storrs and Trustee Hill outlining proposed near side stops and a citywide near side plan to ease congestion and improve schedules.
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The
Connecticut Co
Main Streets
Fairfield Avenue
Board of Directors
Nichols
Chamber of Commerce
L. Storrs
George E. I
Transportation Committee
Chamber
Police Commissioners of Bridge
Main Street
Congress Street
Wall Street
Golden Hil Street
Gold Street
Fairfeld ‘Avenue
Field Avenue
Plaza Theatre
Malin Street
Broad Street
Harrison Street
Fairfield J Avenue
Water Street
Nichole
George B. Hill
President Stores
Bridgeport
Terriory
Storrs
George E. Hill
Thmietelstart Pats
Transportation Comms
Trolley Car Disaster Near St Augustine's Church
Witnesses describe a speeding trolley on Oak Street near St Augustine's Church that derailed at Congress Street Hill crashing into a fence and church lawn. Passengers, mostly women, recall a rapid, uncontrolled ride with the motorman failing to reduce speed before the crash.
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St. Augustine’s Church
Tao
Oak Street
Nils Pi Sorenson
Coleman Street
Main Street
Congress’ Street
Congress Street
Edward O’neil
Milne Street
Bridgeport High School
Was &T
Washington Avenue
Pequonnock Street
Cn Arene
Congress
Car veers past tracks striking pole at St Augustine church
A vehicle left the tracks and would have crossed the lawn at St Augustine's Roman Catholic church if a steel pole had not blocked its path. Police investigated the incident and no serious injuries were reported.
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St. Augustine’s
R.C. Church
Seaside Park Awakens Bridgeport Children to Country
Miss Akerfelt of the Charities Organization reports twenty six Bridgeport children have never seen the country or Seaside Park. Mothers from abroad also lack familiarity with parks, trees, and flowers, leaving children astonished by landscapes as the society seeks assistance for families, including Johnnie and Mary needing relief and air during heat.
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Mies Akerfelt
Charities Organization Society
Ards- Tey
Bridgeport
Tee
Johnnie
Halle Street
Miss Akerfelt
Little Johnnie
Mary
Beardsley
Charity Organization Society
Johnnie and
Connecticut Bank
Woman Fined for Quarrel After Razor Incident
Mrs. Helen Shields of 27 Singer Avenue was fined five dollars plus costs in city court for a quarrel last night with another woman in which the latter's husband was involved and was cut with a razor. James Shiels was arrested and discharged in court.
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Helen Shields
Singer Avenue
James Shiels
Death of Stratford Husband Tapped as Possible Accident
Stratford reports reveal Charles H. B. Thompson, age 19 years, died from a self inflicted gunshot while struggling for a pistol with his wife. Mrs Thompson, 17, recalled the scene in which the revolver discharged. The medical examiner noted his actions could have been accidental during the struggle. Thompson, a copper at U M Co, had argued with his wife over alleged infidelity and planned to return to his parents. Funeral arrangements were set for Monday.
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Stratford
Charles HB. Thompson
Stagg Avenue
St. Michael’s Cemetery
William B. Cogswell
Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Medicial Examiner
August Baker
No Clue to Man Who Fired Fatal Pistol Shot
Medical Examiner Garrick filed with Coroner Phelan reports Mary Somers died from a gunshot wound with heart failure listed earlier as cause. Found at Sea Side Park after July 4 celebration, she came from Newark to visit friends on Broadstreet and Park Place. No powder residue or odor detected, suggesting a distant shot.
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Mary Somers
Garrick
Phelan
Seaside Park
Newark N. J
Broadstreet
Park Place
Crosby Boy Recovers From Septic Sore Throat Illness
Robert Thompson Crosby youngest son of Mr and Mrs Peter W Crosby of 40 Tesiny avenue was seriously ill with septic sore throat but with treatment from Dr B B Finklestone he recovered and will soon be back on the job Miss Elisabeth Merry, stenographer in the charities department, leaves tomorrow for a two week vacation in the White Mountains
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Robert Thompson Crosby
Peter W. Crosby
Tesiny Avenue
North End
B. B.finklestone
Bobby
Elisabeth Merry
Charities Department
White Mountains
Infantile paralysis outbreaks widen across several states
News briefs report new infantile paralysis cases and deaths in New York Newark and Hoboken with additional cases in Albany Hudson Ardsley and Wisconsin. One Fall River case is noted as locally contained. The day’s tally includes a Newark death the second this week and Wisconsin’s six cases with one fatality.
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Newark
N. J
Health Department Quarantines Two Infants In City
Health department reports two infantile paralysis cases in Bridgeport with quarantine at home for Edith Fullen seven and a suspect case for Joseph Heigie at Bridgeport hospital. Officials urge physicians and nurses to inspect children, advise mothers, and curb spread via flies and vermin while stressing calm and preventive care. A separate theft case nets Charles Laferty and John Smith fined for stealing from Adams Express Co.
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Health Department
Edith Fullen
William J. Fullen
Remington Arms & Ammunition Company
Madison Avenue
Joseph Heigie
Stillman Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Health Board
Fairfield County
New York
Fairfield
Edward A. McLellan
Bridgeport
McLellan
Board of Health
Fullen
Sidney Smith
Brooklyn
N. Y
Elmer F. Blank
Noble
Heigle
Charles Laferty
Broad Street
John Smith
Commercial House
Adams Express Co
Miss Esther Connors Loses Funds on State Street
Miss Esther Connors daughter of Bernard Connors of 65 Elmwood Avenue reported to police this morning that she lost 35 dollars on State Street between City Hall and the Willmse store. She had taken the money from City Hall for her truckman father in an envelope and carried it in her hand before realizing it was missing.
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Esther Connors
Bernard Connors
Elmwood Avenue
State Street
City Hall
Willmse
Miss Connors
Rent Raise Complaint in Englewood Avenue Tenants United
Tenants of a two family house on Englewood avenue owned by Louis Cocozzia were notified July 1 that rents would rise from 16 to 25 dollars monthly with no stated reason. The increase boosts landlord income by 18 dollars per month. A related note mentions the year’s peak temperature at 86 degrees by the New York Weather Bureau and a wheat crop estimate of 750,000,000 bushels from a department report.
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Englewood Avenue
Louis Cocozzia
New York Weather Bureau
Howland Day Goods Co Names Two Copyists at Town Clerk Office
Town Clerk Joseph Schultz names Mrs. L Mills and Loretta Quint as copyists to start Monday. They will copy deeds to reduce backlogged work. Mills resides at 145 Lewis Street Quint at 480 Wood Avenue. Both earn 700 dollars yearly. Infantile paralysis reported in Baltimore with one plague death. German warships capture British steamship Lestris off English coast. Four residents of Jeville Indiana die from a torrential rain and wind storm. Atlantic City orders Summer maids to stop beach parading in abbreviated bathing costumes. Funeral notice for Charles Edward Thompson, Stratford, aged 19 years 7 months 20 days. Legal notice lists pledges up to 31706 for sale with various dates and amounts.
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Joseph Schultz
L. Mills
Loretta Quint l
Mills
Lewis Street
Miss Quint
Wood Avenue
Joseph Quint
Paving and Sewer Commission
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Truck and Roadster Crash on Main Street
A commercial truck owned by Alexander Hea of 581 Warren Street and a roadster driven by 8 H Hubbell of 3044 Brain Street Stratford collided on Main Street above Wall Heaphy’s car near the Connecticut National Bank. Both mudguards bent. no arrests were made.
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Alexander Hea
Warren Street
H. Hubbell
Brain Street
Stratford
Main Street
Wall Heaphy
Connecticut National Bank
Bids Invited For School Grounds Masonry And Paving
Bids are invited for grading high school grounds laying cement curb gutters and sidewalks and coping Plans and specifications are on file at the Board of Education offices A certified check of 6 percent accompanies bids A cash bond or certified check is required from the successful bidder to guarantee completion by September 6 Bids open Monday July 1 at Board of Education rooms Committee on Bidest Howard and Challenger chairmen reserve right to reject all bids
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Board of Education
Howard & Challenger
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