Impressed Seaman Returns Amid Spanish Carrier Incident
Bridgeport report details Adolphus W. Campbell's voyage from Baltimore aboard the brig Jason Van Buren and his capture aboard the Spanish frigate La Antocha. A Havana letter confirms impressment by Ferdinand’s officers, prompting calls for swift exemplary punishment. Also in Philadelphia a perpetual motion scheme collapses as speaker excuses delay while a woman suffers a head wound after a fall at No. 6 Wall Street. Two boys on the Naugatuck railroad are caught after throwing stones at a passenger train. conductors intervene, promising better manners.
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Adolphus W. Campbell
Hackensack
N. J
Jason van Buren
Baltimore
Jason
Havana
Aurora
Ferdinand
Weir
Hine
May
Naugatuck Road
Naugatuck
Union City
Beers
Fifty Years Ago Advertisements in a Bridgeport Paper
Hall's Bakery offers largest best cheapest bread for cash with daily fresh cakes crackers and more J W Wimot & Company store goods at 22 Wall St M rs M A Bright runs stamping and dress emporium 285 Main St branch fashion house of New York Mme DeMorest’s emporium F unit Miles Lizzie Carrol oversees dressmaking Lieberum Brothers furniture 55 Water Street Bridgeport Pequonnoces baseball club accepts Wa terbury Monitor challenge for July 3 game if weather permits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall's
J. W.wwimot & Company
Wall Stesse
M. A. Bright
Main Street
Mme
Lieberum Brothers Furniture Store
Water Street
Bridgeport
Twenty Years Ago Smoke in Sidney Adams bakery shop
Smoke filled the bakery room at 211 East Main street in Sidney yesterday afternoon after a near fire in the furnace area. The alarm came but firemen arrived to find the incident under control and the loss was trifling. First Excursion First of the Rosedale excursions to Coney Island was a success with about 500 passengers on the steamer. Most disembarked in New York and spent the day in the city. Baseball Bits Mansfield and a strong pitching performance kept the game close as Doherty Foster and Cunningham led at the bat. Ivers hit a homer and drove in two. Blansfield and Herbert made impressive catches. Charles Kiefer Ill Drummer ill while with the orchestra of Rosedale left for New York and was taken to his daughter's home in serious condition. Loses Billy Policeman Daily misplaced his billy club and offered a reward if recovered at the central police station. Passed Examinations John J. Carr Samuel G. Meeker and John S. Pullipan of the city passed their bar exams Saturday. Accident Mrs J Schmidt, of New Haven residence, passed examinations for admission to the bar.
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Sidney Adam
East’m Main Street
Rosedale
Coney Island
New York
City
Mansfield
Doherty
Foster
Cunningham
Ivers
Blansfield
Herbert
Charles Kiefer
ILI
A Rosedale
John J. Carr
Samuel G. Meeker
John S Pullipan
J. Schmidt
New Haven
French Good Spenders in Saloniki Spend Hefty Sums
French troops in Saloniki reportedly spend about 1.5 million dollars weekly in Macedonia with money orders and registered letters routing funds from Paris through local banks. British forces spend around 1 million weekly, supported by greater supply imports from home. New Jersey militia mobilized at Beach Haven.
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Saloniki
Greece
Reach
Macedonia
Paris
The Seddes Ring Sale Promises Quality and Value
The Seddes store presents wedding rings in correct quality and shape at moderate prices. It markets gift jewelry savings and offers watch and jewelry repair as a specialty.
Monster airship bigger than Zeppelins spotted on Lake Constance
Swiss observers note a giant airship twice the length of typical Zeppelins, about 240 yards, with 54 000 cubic meters of capacity, four gondolas armed with guns and torpedoes, 3000 to 4000 horsepower motors, twin sets for reliability, a fish like slender hull, and a crew of 30 to 40 capable of reaching three to four miles high.
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Berne
Switzerland
Lake of Constance
Restoration of Rheims Tapestries to Be Made Perfectly
Paris June 22 M Geffroy director of Gobelins says the restoration of rare tapestries damaged by shell fire at Rheims will be perfect Six five wives of mobilized Gobelins employees are now working in the fine drawing department repairing three of the Saint Remi tapestries and other pieces from the Rheims Cathedral the Louvre and Lyons Museums Gobelins staff losses due to mobilization include 26 of 56 tapestry makers and five of six lab staff with ongoing repairs and new work.
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Paris
Museum of
Lyons
Gobelins
French Army Will Aid In Developing Farms
Paris reports M. Meline minister of agriculture extends a plan to cultivate abandoned lands with the help of auxiliaries and territorials near garrisons. Soldiers and owners share profits or troops consume the produce while civilians gain no profit. Similar civilian gardening societies will operate cooperatively near towns with produce and costs shared equally.
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Paris
M -Meline
Bulkeley Presents 50 Horses for Connecticut Troop B
Hartford June 22 Adjutant General Cole said First Connecticut infantry companies head to Niantic camp by Friday or Saturday Troop B cavalry and the Signal Corps join today Between 40 and 50 horses were provided by Morgan Bulkeley to outfit Troop B and Peel will allow a full 100 mounted men The Bulkeley family ties include his son as a lieutenant and Houghton Bulkeley transferred from Yale Battery to Troop B Major Danford notes Yale batteries mobilization Battery strengths are listed and recruitment expected to reach full strength Camp site at Niantic is rough with high grass and drainage issues Two hundred men have enlisted and the regiment should reach war strength
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Hartford
George M. Cole
First
Connecticut Infantry
Niantic
Cavary
Morgan G. Bulkeley
United States
Peel
Kalso Davis
Cole
Senator Bulkeley
Houghton Bulkeley
Bulkeley
Yale
Judge Rooney to Head City Irish Relief Meeting
Judge J J Rooney of the New York Court of Appeals will be the principal speaker at a Sunday evening mass meeting at the Plaza theatre for the United Irish Relief Fund aiding distressed Irish widows and orphans. John Splain of New Haven and a local presiding speaker will also address the gathering, with music by a Bridgeport Musical union orchestra and vocalists including Miss Loretta C O Connor and Miss Lydia Walsh. Admission is free, a collection will be taken, and many city officials are invited. children under 14 must be accompanied by guardians.
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J. J. Rooney
Court of Appeals of
New York
Plaza Theatre
United Irish Relief Fund Committee
Ireland
Judge Rooney
Rooney
John Splain
New Haven
Bridgeport Musical Union
Albert Lapke
George Rajotte
Loretta C. O'Connor
Lydia Walsh
Julia Sullivan
Mrs Steiger Hosts Webster School Teachers at Fort Trumbull
Mrs Ea Steiger and her daughter Miss Annie Steiger entertained the Webster school teachers at their summer home on Fort Trumbull beach last Monday evening. Many card games were played and a late elaborate luncheon was served. Guests included Misses Elizabeth McGrath Emma Parker Grace Coughlin Line Grierson Bessie Rose Mary Sheridan Elizabeth Flanagan Mary O'Brien Julia Fenton Georgia Jenkins Margaret Anderson Mary Smith and Mrs Helen Borg.
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Ea Steiger
Annie Steiger
Webster School
Fort Trumbull Beach
Elizabeth McGrath
Emma Parker
Grace Coughlin
Line Grierson
Bessie Rose
Mary Sheridan
Elizabeth Flanagan
Mary O’brien
Julia Fenton
Georgia Jenkins
Margaret Anderson
Mary Smith
Helen Borg
The Lord Byron of Baseball and His Diamond Court
William Byron, known as Lord Byron, stands as a popular yet colorful umpire in baseball, balancing authority with wit. He uses songs to calm players, has a firm boundary, and confronts clashes with timely humor, earning a unique, quotable persona in the game.
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William Byron
Lord Byron
Byron
Abe
Free Speech League
Rockus
Amsterdam to Adopt Annual Fair Custom
Amsterdam plans annual fairs modeled after Leipzig and London with safe palaces in Amsterdam and Sverabaya for the East Indies where manufacturers may exhibit year round. Lieut Immelmann, famed German aviator, is reported killed in action. President Wilson reviewed the District of Columbia National Guard at camp. John Rech. & Son.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Leipsic
Nishni Novgorod
London
Lyons
Holland
Sverabaya
Netherlands East Indies
Lieut. Immelmann
Wilson
District of Columbia National Guard
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Pequonnoces
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the Seddes
M. J. Buechler
THE
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Fairfield Avenue
Middle Stree
Jfrisbie’s
Porgies
W. D. Cook& Son
New York City
Ivc, Co
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Rheims
John Reck
Soxn
M. G. Bulkeley
Yale Battery
Mrs. Steiger
Bangor
Polarine
Hssion
Standard Oil
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Johnny
Evers
En Byron
Sik
G.loughlin
Tim Hurst
John Rech. & Son
L. C. Bouton
Palmer School of Chiropractics
Davenport
Clark’s
Bohn
George B. Clark & Co
Broad ST
Jaycox Rubber CO
Main ST
Haddock
Hee Bao A
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Queen
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Cartwright
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Opposi
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Old Hampshire Bond
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