Bridgeport Mayor Wilson Delivers 1917 City Report
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson submits the 1917 annual message to the Common Council detailing city finances, new tax structure, public works, health and welfare efforts, and department advancements. He notes a $5.7 million net city debt, $3.575 million bond issue, infantile paralysis costs, and planned sewer and street projects, lauding Bridgeport’s financial position and urging prompt completion of capital works.
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Owvker
Clifford B. Wilson
Wilson
Bridgeport
Common Council
City of
Connecticut
Ate
Board of Assessors
America
Walter H. Brown
Charities Department
Angua P. Thorne
Thorne
Board of Charities
King Street
Fairfield Avenue
West End
Beechmont’ Avenue
Horme Street
North End
Charles A. Wheeler
Middle Street
Eoen
Department of Public Works
Bostwick Avenue
Broad Street
West Side
Seaside Park
Fayerweather Island
Stratford Avenue
Grand Street
Mexicans in U S Afraid of Draft in Laredo
More than 30 Mexicans, mostly young men, waited for the Mexican consulate to open so they could enter Mexico. They had traveled from southern and western Texas and waited to receive passports, driven by the belief they could be drafted by the United States.
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Laredo
Tex
Texas
United States
Wage increase granted to Hart, Schaffner & Marx workers
Chicago June 5 eight thousand clothing makers at Hart Schaffner Marx received a ten percent raise. The rise follows a contract allowing advances when living or employment conditions change as requested by the workers. John Reck & Son seeds mentioned in the same page segment.
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Chicago
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Home gardeners plan late crops in freed spaces
Washington June 5 shows U S Department of Agriculture specialists urge home gardeners to plant late vegetables in space freed by early harvests. Focus on high food value vegetables suitable for storage or canning such as late potatoes navy beans sweet corn string beans beets turnips tomatoes squash and pumpkins.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bridgeport Woman Wins State Essay Prize
Miss Margaret Honnecker, formerly of Bridgeport and a 1917 Ansonia High School student, won the Connecticut civil service reform essay prize of 25 dollars awarded by the Federation of Women's Clubs. Yale professor Farnum judged the competition. she previously won the state prize last year for a civil service essay.
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Ansonia
Margaret Honnecker
Bridgeport
Ansonia High School
Federation of Women’s Clubs of
Connecticut
Municipal Patriotic Society Plans Flag Day Program
The Municipal Patriotic Society will hold a meeting at 8 o'clock Friday night to prepare for Flag Day on June 14. Every member is expected to attend and participate in the plans.
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Municipal Patriotic Society
Dr Maher Reappointed to State Tuberculosis Commission
Hartford June 5 Gov Holcomb re appointed Dr Stephen J Maher of New Haven to a six year term on the state tuberculosis commission from July for years.
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DR. Maher
Tuberculosis Commission
Hartford
Holcomb
Stephen J. Maher
New Haven
State Tuberculosis Commission
King's Daughters Picnic At Beardsley Park
The King's Daughters invite all affiliated circle members to a picnic at Beardsley Park tomorrow meeting at 10:30 AM at the park pavilion. Each person brings a lunch. If rain, the event moves to Thursday. French crop reports on May 1 show a 17 percent drop in wheat acreage.
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King’s Daughters
Beardsley Park
New York Artillery Corps to Enlist New Members
New York's Veteran Corps of Artillery plans to take in new members as it expands beyond Revolutionary War descendants. The group, official anti aircraft defender of New York, has bought a 26 acre field for a training camp and broadens its recruitment to include broader material and civilian supporters.
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New York
Veteran Corps of Artillery
United States
Restrain Singers From Visiting U S
Amsterdam reports a Berlin German Stage Society general meeting passed a measure binding members to refuse all leave of absence to singers going to America and to refrain from five year German engagements for those who accept American contracts. Count Seebach called it self defense against artists abandoning German tutelage for U S opportunities. He argued artists must choose between influence and duty to Germany as matters of national concern.
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Amsterdam
Stage Society
Berlin
Count Seebach
Dresder Court Theatre
America
Germany
Swiss Industries Crippled by War Measures
Swiss industries face future worklessness as war laws curb imports. Berne workers raise funds for possible shutdowns, silk and silk mills in Basel prepare for distress, and Zurich silk and Basel silk industries seek aid. Government adds one fifth to war profit taxation to fund relief.
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Basel
Switzerland
Berne
Zurich
Fund Aims to Aid Unemployed Men and Women
A commitment to create a fund dedicated to supporting workless men and women, offering relief and practical assistance to those without employment. The initiative seeks community backing and resources to fund welfare, training, and job placement programs.
Protests Filed Over 15 Percent Freight Rate Increase
Washington June 5 a dozen industries from non alcoholic beverages to gasoline protested to the interstate commerce commission against the railroads 15 percent freight rate hike.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tuberculosis Hospital Plan for New York Counties Approved
Albany June 5 Every county in the state with 35000 or more population that lacks a state approved tuberculosis hospital must provide one by July 1918 under a bill approved by Gov Whitman.
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Albany
State Commissioner of Health
Whitman
New Hair Remover Works Like Magic
An ad touts phelactine as a superior hair removal method that removes hair from roots instantly and safely. It promises odorless, non irritant action, skin left smooth and hairless, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Purchase Upheld in Supreme Court
Washington reports the Supreme Court sustained the sale of Parrott Silver and Copper Co. to Anaconda Copper Mining Co. by Henry E. Rogers and associates. The decision upheld a stockholders lawsuit claiming fraud to halt the transaction.
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Washington
Montena
Parrott Silver & Copper Co
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Henry E. Rogers
Woodchopper Held for Murder of Comrade
Eugene Gangnon was held without bail for the superior court yesterday on a murder charge connected to the death of William B. Normandin last April after a police court hearing. Gangnon and Normandin were wood cutters in the lower White Hills district. it is alleged a quarrel led to a shack fire and Normandin’s charred body was found in the ruins.
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Shelton
Eugene Gangnon
William B. Normandin
Gangnon
Normandin
White Hills
Normandia
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John Reck & Son
Department of Agriculture
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Main Street
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M. Nurse
Ahacco
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Ofer
Kreuz Zeitung
Seebach
Foreign Office
Eger
Darmstadt
U. S
New York Counties
Purchase
Supreme Court
Beuchle
Milan
Panama
E. H. Dillon & Cos
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