How Big Army Is Prepared for Overseas Work
An overview of U S Army mobilization detailing the chain of command from the Secretary of War through department commanders to depot, hospital, and arsenal chiefs. It describes mobilization camps, concentration camps, port of embarkation planning, and the convoy system guiding troops from muster to overseas deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgenport
United States Army
Service of the Interior
Washington
Secretary of War
War Department
Navy
Trumbull Social Notes Highlight Bridal Shower and Visits
Miss Charlotte B. Plumb was feted with a white themed kitchen shower at Mrs. Henry Blair’s in Bridgeport. Gifts included aluminum ware and a cut glass fern dish. entries list guests and favors. Other items note Mr. Francis Weiss hosting visitors, college commencement attendances, a property sale, and a church society meeting with eight attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte B. Plumb
Henry Blair
Brideport
Blair
Chiffton Hawkins
Helen Sanger
Minnie Greening
Cora E. Beach
Dorothy Beach
New Rochelle College
Laura Beach
Frost Place
Bridgeport
Albert Christie
Ada Halleck
Marcia Williams
Ruth Bracket
Edwin J. Klock
Julian Kleek
Arthur Christie
Hellsatonic
Infant Baptism and Children’s Day at Congregational
Laura Diantha, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Elkins, was baptized at the Congregational church Sunday morning. In the evening the Sunday school presented Children’s Day exercises with recitations and songs by the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Diantha
Stanley Elkins
Congregational Church
Lincoln School Pups Present Bazaar by Eighth Grade
Lincoln school pupils in the East End will stage a two night bazaar at the schoolhouse Thursday and Friday evening. The eighth grade will offer cake candy flowers and fancy articles with distinct programs each night featuring vocal and instrumental numbers tableaux recitations playlets and flag drills. Special tableaux titled Columbia Calls and Preparedness are highlighted for high expected quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
East End
Columbia
Romanian oil industry aids army recovery in Bucharest telegram
The Wolff bureau reports from Bucharest that after wartime destruction Romanian oil production is rising weekly and fully meeting army needs, signaling a rapid recovery of the industry despite prior damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Wolff Bureau
Bucharest
Americans Return from Europe on Bergensfjord
An Atlantic Port reports 628 American citizens arrived from Europe aboard the Norwegian steamer Bergensfjord. Officers said no submarine was sighted. The piece notes contracts for future deliveries advanced to 25 cents a pound amid a volatile New York market.
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Atlantic
United States
Europe
Bergensfjord
Forgotton
New York
End of the World Theories and Odd Facts Collected
A miscellany from a Hill newspaper column presents M Rabourdin’s fire earth theory with sea bottom collapse and hydrogen ignition, corns and shoe pressure explanations, English Parliament bowing custom origins, motivational maxims, Damascus plain notes, bone fragility study, blooms without petals, and light verse anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Rabourdin
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Liberty
America
San Francisco
John D. Rockefeller
First National Bank of New York
American Bank & Trust CO
City Savings Bank
Mechanics & Farmers Savings Bank
Stratford Trust Company
Land of the Free
Bank and Trust
Liberty Bond
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Connecticut National Bank
Morris Plan Bank
Hincks Bros & CO
Peoples’ Savings Bank
Bridgeport Trust Company
City National Bank
First Bridgeport National Bank
James Staples & Company
Mander
Trumbull
Popular Science Monthly
Parliament
St. Stephen’s Chapel
Holy Ghost
Damascus
Davenport
Conrad
George
Jack
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