Thousands Enjoy Ammunition Firm Entertainment Event
A Bridgeport crowd packed a large hall for an ammunition company event described as one of the era’s tremendous affairs. Captain Redgate and a police squad maintained order while executives and workers mingled, with many escorting women to obtain refreshments, and a detailed floor committee overseeing the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
John Redgate
Ecorum
Capain
Frank O. Hopeland
Austin G. Bruff
Edward H. Allen
John C. Stanley
W. R. Brown
A. B. Jgylty
H. J. Dietrich
C_ A. Burghardt
Toucey
George Beck
T. J McCann
Jj J Coleman
Thomas W. Hungerford
Charles H. Roder
F. L. Winkler
B. F. Ferry
Asherts
Headwaster
J.C. Johnson
Julian Perry
Thomas Synnott
Lewis Meyers
Georgei Woods
Frank Verisek
William. Midridge
Walter Byrnes
Ambese McNamara
David Hildenbrandt
Frank Bléws
Albert Brown
Moebert Butt
Arthur Austin
John Oriee Coffin
Joseph Deezan
Jiffora _ Comstock
Edward Conroy
Harles Peet
Percy Adams
Apple Crop Disaster Warns of Statewide Losses
J H Hale warned yesterday that a disastrous change in this state’s apple crop may have a grave impact. He noted that despite a profuse bloom the sudden cold killed off the crop, with fruit set at zero to nine per cent across several orchards. Connecticut’s apple industry, once key to growers, faces renewed uncertainty after the spring of 1915 exposed vulnerability of trees as bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
J. H. Hale
Anon Fruits
Searane
Veranda death case features at home fall
Michael Krantz aged 35 died in Bridgeport hospital after a fall at his Itwick avenue home while on the veranda enjoying an evening pipe before retiring. Autopreliminary investigation by M S Garlick found no features indicating foul play or intent, suggesting accidental death amid routine home setting.
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Michael Krantz
Bridgeport
Itwick Avenue
S M. Garlick
City of Lowell Excursion Leaves Bridgeport For NYC Trip
The City of Lowell, a large steamer of the New England Navigation Co, began its Sunday excursion from New York City area to Bridgeport, with about 500 passengers. It landed at 2 o clock, then departed at 5:30, marking its first trip of the season as summer service starts. Youths sold flags, papers, and souvenir cards. Porter Charlton, who killed his wife in Como in 1910, was declared sane and faces trial this week.
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Lowell
New England Navigation Company
New York City
Bridgeere
Porter Charlton
Como
Italy
New York
Bridgeport
Pequonnock Wharf
Union Street
E. R
East 22Nd St
Nickerson
New England Steamship Co
Feirfield Ave
BE. R
Pier 70
Internment of Aliens Worries London Offices
London reports government plans to intern or repatriate enemy aliens have slowed rioting and shifted attention. Authorities fear overcrowded camps and avoid mushroom camps or extra vessels. Some others, mainly women with German husbands or displaced by riots, seek aid from the Emergency Committee for Germans in Distress and receive shelter and meals before possible internment.
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London
Great Britain
Americans in French Legion Fights North of Arras
A London report says Americans serving in the French Foreign Legion have seen heavy casualties near Arras. A wounded soldier describes a 250 man company reduced to about 60, with multiple officers killed or wounded during a dawn assault between Souchez and Carency. The bombardment preceded a rapid trench charge and the loss of three enemy trench lines, followed by retreat after severe casualties.
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London
French Foreign Legion
Arras
Souchez
Carency
Heavy Fines Stop Smuggling at War Start in Copenhagen
Copenhagen reports several heavy fines and imprisonments at the war’s start easing smuggling risks. A corn company director was fined about $7,000 for shipping two cargoes to Germany. The Carmen owners faced three years hard labor and vessel seizure for copper export. A Swedish firm’s rifle shipment was halted with heavy penalties. A vast horses export wave, valued at $25 million, was curtailed with peasants paid up to $300 for poor stock before 1914’s end.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Algerian Riflemen Will Work At Home
The turco known as the Algerian Rifleman gains a postwar career option. Proposals aim to employ Kabyles from Atlas Algeria to fill domestic hospitality roles after the war. The plan envisions using these riflemen to staff hotels and restaurants in home regions.
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Paris
Jone
Atlas
Algeria
Amd
French hotel staff drew German expertise for wartime travel
French hotels resort managers seek German trained workers seen as sober discreet and quick learners. Before the war eighty percent of hotel restaurant and cafe staff in France were Germans Austrians and Hungarians. French managers target Carlsbad Wiesbaden and other German resorts and publish a pamphlet with lesser known places touting their waters.
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France
Carlsbad
Wiesbaden
Russians Make Rapid Marches Near Front Lines
Warsaw dated dispatch describes Russian corps marching on foot for six days and nights with 50 minutes of marching per hour and 10 minutes rest. Footgear changes occur during halts, meals taken during longer rests, and exhaustion common as they reinforce positions threatened by German advances.
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Warsaw
Russia
German couples seek to adopt war orphans in Berlin
Berlin reports a surge in interest to adopt war orphans as the city notes a rise in formal adoptions. The German Headquarters for Child Care says out-and-out adoptions rose from 11 in 1913 to 33 in 1914, with 23 completed in the first four months of 1915.
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Berlin
Orphan Department
Blackwell Leader In Suffrage Cause
Prominent suffrage leaders from across the nation gather in Chicago for a conference June 6 to 9 to discuss issues facing the Sixty-fourth Congress. The call is signed by Anna Howard Shaw Medill McCormick Susan Fitzgerald and other leaders. Alice Stone Blackwell of Boston is active in suffragist councils.
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Chicago
Anna Howard Shaw
Medill McCormick
Susan Fitzgerald
Nashville
Alice Stone Blackwell
Boston
Organize Women in Police Force for English Towns
London reports over 11 000 women enrolled in Britain under Home Secretary authorized scheme for organizing women police. Brighton Winchester and other places show local gains. aim official recognition and wider adoption. Training given. uniform with armlet mirrors air raid and home defense constables.
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London
Great Britain
Home Secretary
Brighton
Winchester
Home Office
Colchester
Chelmsford
Canterbury
Dover
Exeter
Market Outlook After Lusitania News and Steel Decision
The market shows regained footing after Lusitania fears and diplomatic uncertainty. Investors who feared losses have liquidated or hedged positions, while the United States emerges as a global financial leader with a hopeful outlook bolstered by the Steel decision supporting lawful industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Watson & Coo
Lusitania
United State
Aptiook
Parcel of gifts and a paraplane patent adopted
A jewelry shop ad notes ready gift sifts at M J Buechler 28 Fairfield Avenue. Michael Parison of Medford NC patents a lightweight firing machine named paraplane now purchased by the Italian government for wartime use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M_ J. Buechler
Fairfield Avenue
Michael Parison
Medford
N. C
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Blice Stone Blackwell
Anatomek Shoes
WN. &G. Inc
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Wilton
Axminster
Body Brussels
Axminsters
W. K. Molian
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THE
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First Bridgeport National Bank
Bridgeport Land & Title Company
the People’s Dairy
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Geo. A. Robertson
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East End
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