Utilities Board Sustained by Supreme Court
Nine decisions including three from field county were handed down daily by the judges of the supreme court of errors. No error was found in the Blue Ribbon Garage case. Prentice affirmed the Fairfield county actions. The Stamford division decision against Connecticut Co Wheeler was upheld. Whitney Co Inc v Church also upheld arbitration in a building dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field County
Supreme Court of Errors
Blue Ribbon Garage, Inc
R. L. Baldwin
Court of Ion Pleas
Fairfield County
Walsh
Defend
Prentice
Superior Court
Public Utilities Commission
Stamford
Connecticut Co. Wheeler
Ute Whitney Co. Inc
Alfred W. Church
Superior Court of
Plaintif
Shumway
Farm Bureau Hires Expert in Canning for Home Economics
The Fairfield County Farm Bureau in Norwalk has hired Miss Gladys Green of Danbury as County Teacher of Home Economics to lead canning and food preservation demonstrations. She begins by directing a Danbury canning demo and will conduct events in Fairfield and Greenwich, assisting state demonstrator M. E. Sprague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield County Farm Bureau
Norwalk
Gladys Green
Danbury
Farm Bureau
Green
Danbury High
Brad Academy
Miss Green
Beneme
School of Domestic Science
Berkeley, Street
Boston
Mass
East East
Fairfield
M. E. Sprague
Greenwich
Miss
Fairfield County
Buss Socialists Win Municipal Council
London dispatch reports Petrograd returns show the socialist bloc including revolutionary socialists democratic socialists and laborites winning the municipal council election. It notes that women's suffrage was applied for the first time in Russia and the constitutional democrats or cadets polled the second highest votes.
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London
Weather forecast for New Haven and vicinity
The forecast for New Haven and vicinity calls for cooler tonight and Saturday with fair conditions. Light rain amounts were reported in New York but New Haven saw minimal precipitation. Temperatures will be cool at night and warm in the day with generally pleasant weather overall.
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New Haven
New York
Parisian espionage suspect Swoboda arrested in Zurich
Paris authorities say Raymond Ruff Swoboda, once held in 1915 on suspicion of causing a liner fire, has been arrested by Zurich police. Accused of recruiting spies against France and linked to a Geneva businessman jailed for espionage, he previously used an American passport and claimed American citizenship. His real name may be Schwind, a German reserve officer. France expelled him after trial, and American officials declined to intervene.
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Paris
Raymond Ruff Swoboda
la Touraine
Zurich
Swoboda
France
Geneva
Schwind
Hpworth Leaguers to Picnic at Putnam Park July Fourth
The Hpworth league a Methodist youth group plans a Fourth of July picnic at Putnam Park near Bethel. A patriotic service will be led by attending pastors to stress civic duties. An active games program will include a camera contest with a prize for best photo of the day.
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Hpworth League
Methodist Young People’s Organization
Bridgeport Group
Putnam Park
Bethel
General Putnam
Ani
Bridgeport
Farmers' Dairy Co Lets Building Contract
The T J Pardy Construction Co has received the contract for the Farmers' Dairy Co building at the corner of North avenue and Garland street. The building will cost about $60,000 with $95,000 for equipment. The organization, a group of local milk dealers promoting direct to consumer sales, aims for completion by October 1.
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T.J. Pardy Construction Co
North Avenue
Garland Street
Farmers’ Dairy Co
Connecticut Men in Next Training Camp
Connecticut will send 196 men to a second training camp from Aug 27 to Nov 26, stationed at Fort Myer Virginia rather than Plattsburg. A large number of applications is expected as the adjutant general of the navy notified Governor Holcomb. Tex Jones is recalled in a Texas tale of daring and death in the European trenches.
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Connecticut
Holcomb
Adjutant-General of the Navy
Washington
Fort Myer
Plattsburg
Sibert Promoted To Major General In Regular Army
William L. Sibert, elevated to major general by President Wilson, stands among the army’s chief engineers and artillery officers. An Alabama native and West Point graduate, he led the Gatun locks and dams on the Panama Canal project and in 1914 headed the American Red Cross flood prevention plan in China.
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William L. Sibert
Wilson
Army
Gatun
Panama Canal
General Sibert
West Point
Red Cross
China
La Follette Birthday Profile as Wisconsin Senator
Robert M. Lafollette United States senator from Wisconsin turns sixty two and is noted as one of the most fearless men in Congress. The profile covers his birth in Primrose Wisconsin on June 14 1855 his legal rise and early political career including governor term from 1901 to 1907 and his ongoing Senate tenure since 1905 with key policy pushes in direct election of candidates railroad taxation and railway rate control. His Madison Wis home base and 1908 presidential convention vote tally are also noted.
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United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
United States Senate
la Follette
Wilson
LaFollette
Primrose
Wis
University of
Dane County
Madison
Wat Tyler Rebellion and German Submarine Attacks
In June 1381 the Wat Tyler Rebellion rose in Essex and Kent spreading to London where rebels killed many, stormed the Tower, and forced the King to negotiate before Tyler was slain. London reports also recount two German submarine incidents: Kariba survivors and Caithness losses with crews adrift and starvation.
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Wat Tyler
England
Essex
Kent
Canterbury
Richard
John
Watt Tyler
John Ball
Jack Straw
Duke of Lancaster
Charles A. Kaiser
Josephthal & Co
Broadway
Murphy
Tombs Court
London
Fair Complexions Strong Nerves Warn War Board Study
Army Medical Board studies indicate fair skinned people and those with gray or blue eyes may have sounder nervous systems than dark complexions or eyes. The board investigates shell shock and similar nervous complaints in military hospitals as thousands of cases are tabulated and compared.
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Sorfion
Army Medical Board
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Buss
M . Im
Hpworth
Tex Jones’ Adventures
Texas
Tex Jones
Tex Niéver
Tex
Sibert
Connors
America
Peerless Union
State St
Main
State Street
E. Main Street
Main St
E. Main St
Lonce
Caithness
Charles BE Hughes
Brooklyn ‘Borough Gas Co
Bas‘om
ACORN
THE
Wentworth Furniture Company, Inc
John Street
Lliam K. MIX
Pres
Broad Street
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