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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
6
Newtown June 26 William T. Cole manager of the Fabric Fire Hose Co posted notices Saturday that pay will be guaranteed as employees who join military camps the national guard or who enter active service Their positions will be open for them when they return.
Hartford reports a 100-foot chase in Park River as Policeman C J Hallissey tackled Theodore Goldby of Bridgeport at 5 pm yesterday. spectators watched from Main street bridge while Goldby was dragged from waist-deep water and taken to the police station and then to City Hospital for observation. He is believed to be demented.
New Haven forecast for June 26 calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with possible local showers and moderate south winds across Connecticut. The broader North Atlantic outlook notes showers at the week’s start then fair, with regions seeing unsettled weather from a Michigan center and thunderstorms in the central plains. In Berlin, June 26 Field Marshal von Buelow, long inactive due to ill health, is placed on the retired list as he nears seventy one.
Field Headquarters reports 23 American soldiers killed at Carrizal with Captain Lewis S Morey surviving after a daring stand. Major Jenkins notes nine additional deaths and details of troop K's retreat and Morey's lone hiding, wounded but alive later found at McCabe's ranch. Pershing confirms 43 accounted for. one more alive but lost in desert. rest of 84 men likely killed or captured.
The St. Pauls parish on Kossuth street hosts a 8 to 10 P M open house to celebrate the newly lit and redecorated rectory with an augmented orchestra and the Orpheus quartet. Rev B F Root and Mrs Root invite all parish members and friends to attend on Tuesday June 27.
Stratford officials voted to request $400 from the board of finance for grading and draining the Bruce avenue extension, citing vehicle passage difficulties. The meeting also tabled the proposal to install a light on Sachs.
The Okenuck tribe of Red men holds its annual officer election this evening at the wigwam on Church street with four candidates for junior sagamore. A carnival runs from July 7 to July 15 to pay remaining indebtedness on the wigwam. The Methodist church baseball team defeated the Cutler club 12 to 2 and 15 to 9, with Risberg Richardson Curtis Hoyt aiding in pitching for the Methodists and Hart Thompson Mallett Eaton for the Cutler club.
Framingham Mass June 26 Militia units move toward border. Adjutant General calls for motor trucks to transport gear to rail stations. Only minimum 70 men per company to travel. some recruits to be held for later deployment. Some units face declines due to oath requirement and family responsibilities.
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