New Steam Engine Impresses as Bridgeport Harbor Tests
Reports from Bridgeport describe trials of a new steam engine with the Fountain Reservoir and Golden Mill area cited. Capt Ayres and local officials praised the machine for power and potential, noting eight minutes to start and charging ahead with heavy loads as observers witnessed its capabilities.
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Thor
Hawe
Laren
Ageon
Cota
Etinith
Golden Mill
Flere
Alvord
Bering
Paris
Bicentennial sermons trace First Congregational history
Rev Charles Ray Palmer will preach Wednesday in a bicentennial series at the First Congregational Church. The talks cover church history from its founding through 1886 to 1830, with a later sermon on 1930 to the present pastorate. Original members include Richard Hondell and others, as the old steering house on Division Street is noted as part of Fairfield and Stratford connections.
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Charles Ray Palmer
Perio
Cheren
Organi
Fairfield
Stratford
Richard Hondell
Ene Wheeler
James Bennett
Sure Gregory
Matthew Sherman
Bionara Bema Sr
David Sherman
Division Street
Sow Park
Isle of Man annexation proposal shocks London talk
June 10 London notes that Dr Ambrose Quallisueh a House of Keys member will move to annex the Isle of Man to English government. He accuses Manx leaders of failure to reform and claims the island suffers under one man rule amid wartime strains and boarding house taxes. The Isle of Man retains a separate legislature, the Tynwald. The piece also cites American Snuff Co reducing capital stock from 26,000,900 to 32,800,000 in Trenton New Jersey.
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London
Ambrose Quallisueh
House of Keys
Sna Hotel
Bila
Vacas
American Snuff Co
Trenton
Nji
General Villa Sought In Peace Move Amid Mexico Talks
A report notes Mexican factions linked to Villa Zapata seeking reconciliation with Carranza. Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza’s Washington representative, received a message from a Carranza ally urging steps toward peace negotiations. The note asks how to initiate talks at Vera Cruz.
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Carranza
United States
Eliseo Arredengo
Washington
Qerranza Consil
Villa
Mr. Ardedanfo
General Carranas
Vera Crue
War monuments rise in German towns with wooden sculptures
Amsterdam reports Potsdam Heilbronn and others erect wooden war monuments. Surfaces are clad with enamel by donors. Potsdam bone cross stands, Heilbronn adds an Imperial Iron Hand motif, while others feature colossal figures from folk lore. Subscriptions vary with phantom plaques and golf headed nails.
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Amsterdam
Potsdam
Holliteen
Heilbron
Mali
Emigration trends and escapes in wartime Europe
Ireland sent fewer emigrants in 1914 than in decades past with about 20 000 leaving and 10 660 males among them. The peak year cited is 1843 with 190 000 departures. Separately, Monsieur Jaquet and 16 companions escaped a German prison after nine months, reaching France via Switzerland, while 17 others escaped a camp at Restadt. two died of hardship on the journey through the Black Forest.
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Sullavan
New York
Sullivan
Big Flehter
Bett
John L. Sullivan
Dubie
Ireland
Lales
Monsieur Jaquet
Longwy
France
Switzerland
Clejlam
Restadt
Black Forest
Naval War Staff Keeps Admiralty Efficient
London reports say the British Admiralty runs smoothly thanks to the Naval War Staff created by Winston Churchill three years ago. An advisory body, it provides ideas to the First Lord and First Sea Lord, with officers trained at the Naval War College and led by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson before Admiral Sir Dove Walker-Siller took over.
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London
Department of State
Admiralty
Nhat
Wisstom Churchill
Naval War Staff
Imperial Defense Domnitties
Frst
Churchil
Snowe
Naval War College
Sir Henry Jackson
Cou Tse
War Staff
Dovewm Silli
Comforts of Home Found in Bavarian Trenches
In northern France a Bavarian regiment shows off trench life that blends warfare with homelike comforts. Gardens of flowers, four poster beds, clocks and carpets line the shelters while bells summon officers. Front lines house machine guns in clay walls and decorated shelters, as observers note a balance of defense and domestic amenities amid ongoing shellfire.
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France
Associated Press
Ufe
Germany
Simlar
Auty
Villa Mvenchener Endl
Villa
Astoria
Ke Every
Tere
Eiffel Tower
Catter
Rank Swan Dies Aged Diplomat In Stamford Home
Stamford reports Frank Swan 82 longtime diplomat and U S embassy aide in Paris 1864 to 1886 and Naples 1864 to 1868 died of heart disease at his Stamford home His past included hardware manufacturing in Columbus Ohio and Joliet Illinois He was son of Ohio Supreme Court justice Joseph R Swan native of Columbus and leaves a son Joseph R Swan of New York The Collinewood Shipbuilding Co of Colli e Wood Ontario received an order for a tank steamer from Imperial Oil Co Ltd
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Stamford
Frank Swan
Chiet
United States
Paris
France
Naples
Columbus
Joseph R
New York
Collinewood Shipbuilding Co
Collipe Wood, Ont
Imperial Oil Co., Ltd
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