Belief Villa and Carranza Reach Accord Reported
Reports from the border indicate a widened accord between Villa and Carranza factions as US intervention looms. Refugees in El Paso cross the Rio Grande amid handbills claiming Villa would back the Carranza government if the United States severs ties. Noting no immediate joining of forces, Villa’s troops linger in the Rio district of southern Chihuahua while US demands sharpen security at two international bridges.
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United
Carranza
Villa
Juarez Infantery
el Paso
Hio Grande
Isaah
United States
Imarez
Rio
Chihua
Manuel Medinavistia
Jorny Villa
I Jose Ysabel Robles
Gutierrez
Francisco
Juarez
5Th Field Artillery
Water shutoff tonight for four hours in Fairfield area
Fairfield and Southport West of Broad Street will experience a water shutoff at 8 PM tonight lasting four hours. Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. directs the temporary service interruption to ensure system work.
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Fairfield
Southport
Broad St
Weston Woman Found Dead In Deep Thicket
The body of Miss Abbie Treadwell fifty was found in a swamp near her Weston home. She had cut her throat with a small sharp knife after whetting two butcher knives and a whetstone. She had been missing since Saturday and had shown signs of despair over unsettled prospects. Survived by two brothers James and Eunice Treadwell of Fairfield and John Treadwell of Weston. Body taken to Faber's undertaking shop in Westport.
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Redding
Abbie Treadwell
Weston Line
Miss Treadwell
de Weston
Adwell
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co
Columbus Bulkley
Bulkley
James
Eunice Treadwell
Fairfield
John Treadwell
Weston
Faber
Westport
Front activity and gas use reported on Franco Belgian line
German June 27 report notes continued activity along the Franco Belgian front held by British and French northern wing. Entente forces employ numerous gas clouds as operations intensify while artillery fire concentrates near the SoEpay area. A separate line mentions bringing in $1.5 million in gold and the steamer Kroonland arriving at New York from Livorno.
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War Office
SoEpay
Russians Push Through Carpathian Passes Toward Transylvania
Petrograd reports heavy artillery fighting on the Volynian front with Russians beating back German and Austrian attacks. Cossacks advance south of the Dniester while Russian forces draw near Kolo Méa and push toward passes into Transylvania.
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Jakobstadt
Dvinsk
Dvina Front
Horodyszcezki
Baranovitchi
Niemen Front
Slutsk Road
Schara
Lake Vygonoskoye
Pripet
Lipsk
Styr
Volhynia
Bolki
Sokul
Linievka
Stokhod
Kovel-Rovno
Kovel
Lutsk
Saturze
Lutsk-Vladimir
Dniester
Buczacz
Slekerghine
Petrove
Pezoritz
Kimpelung
Carpathians
Bukowina
Transylvania
Molit
Frumos
Gurahumora-Raseka
Kimpolung
Kirli Baba Pass
Gurahumora
Pflanzer
Bothmer
von Bothmer
Social and Personal Notes Highlight Local Engagements
Miss Marguerite Bishop, soon to wed Dr. H Le Baron Peters, was honored at a Fairfield tea hosted by cousin Mrs. John R. Reyburn. Cards were sent for a kitchen shower next Friday. The Tea Time Tavern opening in Greenfield Hill was postponed to July 6 in respect for Mrs. Horace B. Merwin. Engagement announced for Essie May Minter to Earl V. Duffield. Doctor of Philosophy degree awarded to Miss Sarah M. Beach at Wisconsin commencement, first woman to win the Markman Traveling Fellowship, with plans to study in Italy and Switzerland. Miss Marion Scheib assumes Stratfield dining room switchboard duties. Mrs Maud Broadway and Frank Hunter wed in Elizabeth, N J.
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Marguerite Bishop
H. LeBaron Peters
John R. Reyburn
Fairfield
Natalie Hawley
Marian Gibney
Philip Warner
Stratford
Miss Bishop
Greenfield Hill
Horace B. Merwin
Thimble Club
Sarah M. Beach
James E. Beach
Park Avenue
University of Wisconsin
Miss Beach
Markman
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Weekend weddings fill city with joyful ceremonies
The article lists several local weddings and engagements. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas hosted a ceremony at 114 Hanover street with 25 guests and a flower girl. The Hunters plan a Meadow street home after a trip to Elizabeth. Myrtle Williams and William Curtis wed at Trinity M E church with attendants, and the couple will live at 101 Garfield avenue. Roland Millar will marry Gertrude Hussey in Brookline, with Burton Smith and others as ushers. Eine and Franklin Peck wed quietly at St Pauls Episcopal Church. the couple will reside with Peck’s parents as Peck & Lines Co. president is noted.
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Aretas Thomas
Hanover Street
George M. Brown
Myrtle T. Williams
William E. Curtis
Trinity M. E. Church
H. C. Carter
Pessie Curtis
Max R. Schmidt
Milford
Berkshires
Miss Eine
Vernon Street
Franklin Peck
George H. Peck
Main Street
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Benjamin F. Root
Mrs. Peck
Peck
The
Peck & Lines Co
Will Hold Tag Day For Relief of Irish Widows and Orphans
A tag day to aid Irish widows and orphans will be held in Bridgeport on Saturday July 1 under United Irish Relief Fund. A meeting at Eagles Hall 3 PM will organize volunteers and boxes, with $300 already donated at a Plaza Theatre event. The committee lists numerous named individuals and a large worker corps planned across districts.
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United Irish Relief Fund Committee
Bridgeport
New Haven
Eagles’ Hall
Peter W. Wren
Harry P. Lyons
T. J. Murphy
J. H. McMurray
Patrick Sullivan
T. J. Coleman
Patrick Fitzpatrick
J. H. Cassidy
Charles J. Flannagan
D. E. Walker
Richard Lombard
W. F. Maher
P. McCarthy
W. H. McCoombs
M. J. Clabby
J. J. O'Neill
Thomas McNamara
Daniel Brawley
D. E
Roosevelt to Dine With G. O. P. Candidate
Theodore Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to dine with Republican presidential nominee Charles E. Hughes at Hughes hotel in New York at 7 30 tomorrow night according to reports from the city desk.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Excursion to Roton Point Postponed by Weather
Announcement this fore noon stated that the Roton Point excursion for Bridgeporters has been postponed due to morning weather. The new date will be announced in The Farmer. Also noted were military orders: sixty eight thousand horses and four thousand motor trucks for army use. Samuel T. Davison was elected vice chairmen of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
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Roton Point
Samuel T. Davison
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Sensibility and the Woodshed Test told in clippings
Two Brooklyn residents watch convicts at the old Kings County penitentiary where a guard admonishes them for embarrassing the prisoners. The Woodshed Test from Youth's Companion describes how a well stacked wood shed signals a responsible borrower and a safe loan risk.
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Brooklyn
Kinge County
New York Post
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Atlantic Street
Earl V. Duffield
Noah Duffield
Lenox Avenue
Marion Scheib
Stratfield
P. Doolittle
Shirley Horton
Miss Scheib
Dorsen’s
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Batisté
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Daggett & Ramsdell’s Cold Cream
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Hamburg
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Roosevelt
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