Divorces Granted in Winsted Court on Friday Afternoon
Three divorces were granted in the court at Winsted on Friday afternoon. Amanda Berkley Wood from Arthur Wooddin of Vermont was granted a decree amid claims of cruel treatment. E Gray from Lena Gray of East Litchfield was divorced for desertion, with custody case noted. Ida Bisley from Harry Risley was divorced. he was last heard from in Litchfield jail, married 1908, and left the next day.
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Winsted
Amanda ‘Bérkley Wood- Im
Port
Arthur Wooddin
Vermont
E. Gray
Hyde Park
Mass
Lena G. Gray
East Litchfield
Ida M. Bisley
Harwinton
Harry Risley
Litchfield
Fairfield County News Fatalities and Narrow Gas Escape
Fairfield County reports a 14 year old, Robert Chester Riley, drowned in Blackman’s pond after a night fishing trip with his father. Elizabeth Love of Stamford narrowly escaped gas death by mismanaging a gas stove and jet. John Olivett, a farm hand, was instantly killed by a train near Mill Plain station. George Chagares of Stamford, a Greek man about 23, attempted suicide by inhaling illuminating gas but was rescued in time.
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Robert Chester Riley
Burt Riley
Bethel
Blackman's Pond
Reding
Elizabeth Love
Stamford
John Olivett
Mill Plain
George Chagares
Bryan backs food control bills in Washington visit
William Jennings Bryan, passing through Washington, voiced support for the administration food bills. He argued a government that can conscript the lives of the young and the money of the older should have the power to shield the people from greed, and he said he was not afraid to trust the government with such authority.
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Washington
William’ J. Bryan
Chain system is program of German agents says Chicago Journal
The Chicago Journal describes a German propaganda tactic praised by spies and sympathizers. It outlines a chain of trusted pairs who spread four core arguments to sow discord: Wall Street war. why fight England's battles. halt munitions and food exports. stay away until Germans come here. The piece notes such chatter aims to undermine U S allies and induce isolation.
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Wall Street
Lusitania
England
France
Europe
Haiser
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Chicago Journal
America
Russia
Wilson
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Russia Hums With Demand for Czar’s Life Echoing French Tradition
Report notes growing calls in Russia for punishment of Nicholas II akin to the French obsession with removing rulers. Details describe the ex-Czar’s stoic imprisonment at the Alexandrofsky palace, ongoing surveillance, and a family kept separate while the public weighs his fate.
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Russia
Alexandrofsky Palace
Siberia
Saratov
Nicholas II
Nicholas
Czarina
Connecticut Patents Issued June 19 1917
Patents granted include Carl E. Anderson Bridgeport sign character John Hildegrand Bridgeport automatic boiler George B. Thomas Bridgeport luminous penny Aloysius Mozdzierz New Haven figure wheeled toy James Gourley Hartford shaping backs of book covers Monroe Guett Hartford push button connection for snap switches William Lorenz Hartford coffee substitute Kalman Sentivany Hartford puttee shaping apparatus Gregory Davison New London reversible internal combustion engine Cornelius Forbes Guilford handle George Hartlett Glenbrook attachment for gasoline engines Henry Arndt Anson Anson shaft coupling Earl Kinch Waterbury marking ticket Charles Sackett Danbury soil pulverizing wheel Carlton Brown Groton affixing and printing tags Trade marks Frary Landers Clark New Britain names electrical apparatus and supplies.
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A. M. Wooster
Bridgeport
Conn
Carl E. Anderson
John Hildegrand
George B. Thomas
Aloysius Mozdzierz
New Haven
James ~. Gourley
Hartford
Monroe Guett
William ‘A. Lorenz
Kalman F. Sentivany
Gregory C. Davison
New London
Cornelius, B. Forbes
Guilford
George D. Hartlett
Glenbrook
Henry P. Arndt
Anston
Earl L. Kinch
Waterbury
Charles E. Sackett
New York Live Stock Market Prices Report
The market shows beef cattle with good to prime steers at 12 13.10 per hundred pounds, bulls 7 11, cows 5 9.40, and 3 extras at 9.60. Calves range 12.50 16 veals, culls 10 12, fed calves 9 11. city dressed beef sides 16 17 percent, veal and other cuts noted. Sheep and lambs list at 6 10 per hundred for sheep, 10 18.50 for medium to good lambs, and dressed mutton 19 1 for ewes, 17 19 for wethers, dressed lambs 24 29 cents. hogs 16.25 per 100 pounds for medium weight, roughs 14.50.
Unfair methods drive small retailers from business
Chicago report to the Liberty Convention of the National Wholesale Grocers association says unfair competition by manufacturers selling large consignments to chain stores mail order houses and department stores at lower prices is forcing small retailers out. The study cites 623 293 retail merchants including 318 631 grocers in the U S. New Milford, Conn June 22 Reverend James P Faucon curate of Holy Trinity Middletown has accepted the rectorship of All Saints Memorial church arriving Sept 1 the church has lacked a rector since last fall
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Litchfeld County
L. J. Nickerson
West Cornwall
John Addis
New Milford
Frank B. Munn
Winited
Christian Science
Dorcas C. Barton
Winsted
Christian Science Society
Lyda B. Dudley
Georg Ee Deas
Rge EB. Dudley, Jr
George Smith
South Henson
Mass
Mary
5. Smith
Wellesley Buts
Thomas F. O'Keefe
George E. Dudley
Brush
New Bedford
George
Dudley
Youngstown
Létchfield
Webb
Michael McManus
John Joyce
Lakeville
Connecticut School
James Whalen
Kent
Chicago
Liberty Convention
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
United States
James P. Faucon
Church of the Holy Trinity
Middletown
All Saints
War Will Reduce Attendance One-Third
Providence June 22 President William H P Faunce of Brown University reported to the corporation that next fall's attendance would be reduced by at least one third due to the war.
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Providence
William H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Steamer Seized for U S Shipping Board in Boston
The North German Lloyd liner Kronprinsessin Cecelia, in port since the war began, was seized by Customs Collector Billings and held for the United States Shipping Board to restore seaworthiness. Rear Admiral William P. Potter, retired, dies at his Whitehall, N Y home.
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Boston
Kronprinsess
Cecelia
United States Shipping Board
William P. Potter
Whitehall, N
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