War Interferes With French Cod Fishing Fleet
Paris reports that the blessing ceremony for the spring cod fishing fleets has lost some of its spectacle as war reduces the fleets. About 100 vessels from Fecamp Paimpol Saint Malo Cancale Saint Servan and Gramwille sail this year down from 309 before the war. Steam trawlers were requisitioned and many crewmen mobilized. This year 3000 mobilized men have been granted army leave to prevent disaster to the industry. The cod catch will be much smaller than average though Cancale oysters will be plentiful as women take over the seed oyster harvest despite heavy ships and hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Newfoundland
Fecamp
Paimpol
Saint Malo
Cancale
Saint Servan
Gramwille
Remington Building & Loan sets June meeting at Employment Office
The Remington Building and Loan association schedules its next meeting for Monday June 13 from 7 to 9 pm at the Employment Office. Members can join Monday or afternoon, with over 300 shares already subscribed. The first series remains open, allowing new members to date their membership as of now and earn dividends accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Building & Loan Association
Iwib
Connecticut Inventors Secure June Patent Rights
The June 13 1916 list from A M Wooster solicitor notes Connecticut patents including enlarging rings vacuum bottle spac er for vacuum receptacles and locking devices plus glazing cutters and light narrow butt hinges. Trade marks include Wind Shield Device Co and The Stanley Works. An ad promotes Nunnold's Fourth of July clothing event from June 17 to July 2 at 193 Avenue with suits at 16 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Wooster
Patents
Conn
Henry B. Cooley
New Britain
Abram von Brunt
Waterbury
I Wind Shield Device Co
Miner, Read & Tullock
New Haven
Samuel G. Monce
Unionville
Glasecutters
Stanley Works
Nunnold
Nunnold’s
Avenue
Women of Switzerland Excel in Charitable War Work
Wartime Swiss women mobilized after August 1914 to aid front line needs. They organized stay at home laundry services, reading rooms, alcohol-free dining for soldiers, and relief for prisoners of war. The Swiss Federation coordinated nationwide fund drives raising 1,168,814.22 francs by March 1916, presented as Die Nationale Frauenspende to the Federal Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Switzerland
Swiss Women’s Federation
Omerm
Geneva
Siss Relief Bureau
Berne
Bernese Relief Committee
Fara
Helvetia
Swiss Federal Council
Federal Council
Beach Family of Cheshire’s First Settlement Highlighted
Cheshire June 15 a long scroll details Elnathan Beach a 14 year old Yale graduate and early settler who built a fine lean-to home circa 1720 married Abigail Ufford then Hannah Cook and accumulated parish wealth. His descendants included son John Beach first Cheshire selectman and rep in 1782. Died 1742 aged 45. A bell funded by his will rang at the new meeting house. A memorial tablet notes his charitable works and role in town. The article also mentions the Beachs’ prominence, medical careers, and a wedding at his house when a poor couple married under elder supervision with hymn chosen by the bride. No descendants remain in Cheshire’s first settlement today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
War- Ten Andrews Hanathan Beach
Abigail Ufford
Stratford
Hannah
Samuel Cookman
New Cheshire
Beach
Reach
Telnathan
Connecticut
Sammuel Cook
Samuel Beach
Burrage Beach
John Beach
Elnathan
Eunice Eaton
Abraham Beach
Yale College
Episcopalian Church
New York
Elmathan Beach
Sarah
Jonathan Atwater
New Haven
Lois
Col
Thaddeus Cook
Old Beach House
North Haven
American Shipments To Swiss Held Up By Lack Of Rolling Stock
Swiss imports from America face delays as 2,460 carloads of corn and oats await forwarding at Marseilles, 3,600 cars of wheat at Bordeaux, and 800 cars of sugar at Cette. The shortage of rolling stock is the main cause of the hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
America
Marseilles
Bordeaux
Cette
Plans Tonight For Big Moose Convention
The Moose convention plan meeting will finalize details for the Friday opening at Moose hall and Saturday field day parade. About 10 000 visiting Moose members from this and other states are expected to attend, with Bridgeport lodge hosting. George R. Hubbard will open the 2 PM session and efforts seek a winter meeting time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
Bridgeport Lodge
George R. Hubbard
Meriden
Connecticut
Moose
State Street
Fairfield Avenue
Clinton Avenue
Lordship Cars Progress Toward Shore Line Extension
Work on the Lordship trolley extension speeds ahead with B D Pierce Co track crews at the shore end. A contract with Connecticut Co will run Lordship Cars directly to the railroad station. Aldermen approve a new switch and the July 4 plan aims for a 5 cent fare town to shore with ten minute service using four new big cars and present equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordship
B. D. Pierce Co
Shore
Bath Houses
Stratford
Hollister Avenues
Lordship Co
Connecticut Co
Board of Aldermen
Lordship Building Boom Expands with New Dwellings
Ground broken for six new homes by Matt Wieler H K Edwards John Jorgensen Emil Buscher and John Bodell all of this city. Kurt R Steinberg of Springfield Ma joins in contracts set for more. The Lordship building boom is steady and consistent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Wieler
H. K. Edwards
John Jorgensen
Emil Buscher
John Bodell
Kurt R. Steinberg
Springfield
Lordship
French Society Proposes Widows Vote for Ten Years
A petition circulated by the League of Patriots and Nationalist Organization founded by Paul Deroulede asks France to grant postmortem votes to widows and orphans of fallen soldiers for ten years after their deaths as a mark of tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
League of Patriots
Paul Deroulede
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WALE
Cailouses
Sidiner’s
Harold Bauer
Aeolian Company
Aeolian
M. Steinert & Sons CO
Main Street
Atlantic City
N. J
R. R
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