Amusements: Poll's Theatre Week of Superfine Vaudeville
The Polls theatre presents a week of vaudeville with Hearst-Pathe newsreels and European front coverage. Walsh stars in Some Boy with new impersonator act, Agnes with her Irish Coilleens performs songs and harp, plus three Musical Brittens and a picaninny act. Gale Russell and Davis, and La sisters close with scenic effects and song.
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Hearst-Pathe
America
Walsh
Sifger
Agnes
Ireland
Europe
Ite
Ju Coats
Gale
Russell
Davis
Rational Note
Plaza Hosts Leah Baird For One Law For All Show
Bridgeport theaters stage a Leah Baird appearance for the matinee of One Law for All. The star will arrive at 1:40 PM and appear on stage after 2 PM, with Torpedoed Love and a Mack Sennett Keystone reel following. A free corset demonstration for women accompanies the program.
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Leah Baird
Ivan Abram
Bridgeport
Plaza
Misa Baird
Tenture
Mack Sennett-Keystone
Kaiser Pledges Victory Yet Hails Bayreuth Fame
Kaiser Jung Emperor Wu speaks to troops praising Bayreuth acclaim and historic Frederick the Great era. He recalls 1936 Romania squadron orders to honor old traditions and win fresh laurels for the Fatherland.
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Jung
Wu- Pie
Bayreuth
Hehsnfrie
Borl
Rumania
Elena
Prite
Frederick the Great
Wigmar
Aus
Social and Hygiene Commission Named
Bartford June 23 The state social hygiene commission authority list general assembly was appointed by Gov Holcomb yesterday on following Dr Henry F Stoll Hartford Dr S Mae oan Manchester New Haven and ae wen Madeiria Waterm
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Bartford
Sou Nd Hygiene Commission Authority
General Assembly
Holcomb
Henry F. Stoll
Hartford
RS Mae Oan
Manchest
Ee New
Bri- Haven
Cornell Graduates Already at Front
Cornell graduates selected for early placement are reported serving near the front lines. The piece notes a Taunta system and ongoing engagement in key operations with graduates from the university contributing to front line efforts.
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Cornell
Millinery Store Listing With Incomplete Address Fragment
An OCR fragment lists millinery shop details with partial addresses. The entry mentions Ditton & Co at 3108 Parmer year notation and two stores near Main street, Chester Clothop at 2198 Main street, between Golden Bill and Gold streets. precisions are unclear due to damaged text.
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Ditton & Co
Chester
Coupon seeks news of soldiers and sailors for Bridgeport families
The Farmer urges Bridgeport parents and relatives to send in name, address, branch of service and unit for men serving in the war. A coupon will be printed each evening to collect details so news can be shared quickly, aiding families as service members are in action or trenches. Mail the coupon today.
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Bridgeport
English youths to aid in war work
London reports the National Service Department organizing summer volunteer work to mobilize English youths for war tasks. Committees form nationwide to guide volunteers who will be drafted to duties such as waste paper collection for bullet production and wool gathering, aligning with farm and hedge activities.
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London
National Service Department
Agricul- Committees
Anniversary of Coffee Industry in Brazil Timeline
The first Brazilian coffee shipment of ten bags to Europe occurred 154 years ago. Brazil now dominates world production with about 85 percent, much from Sao Paulo. Coffee arrived in 1764 via Father Veloso. exports began nine years later. Over half of grown coffee is consumed in the United States. Uncle Sar’s annual wholesale bill runs about eighty million dollars. Danes are major coffee drinkers after Americans, with Germans third before the war, and Germany’s coffee is brewed from Pacords.
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Brazil
Europe
Sao Paulo
Veloso
United States
Uncle Sar
Germany
Norway Invites U S Nurses for Rest Cure in Norway
The Norwegian Red Cross extends to the United States an invitation to send ill or exhausted American nurses and Red Cross workers to Norway for a six week or longer rest cure at the Norwegian health resorts. Germany has sent 500 nurses and Russia 65 for vacations. a visit by a small American unit would be a significant event for Norwegians who see ties with the United States as strong.
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Christiana
Norway
Norwegian Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
France
Germany
Russia
Nor‘way
Swiss Council Expands Non German Swiss Representation
Paris reports President Schulthess of Switzerland says non German representation in the federal council rose from two to three of seven with Gustave Ader's election to succeed Dr Hoffmann after his alleged Russo-German peace plot. He praises German Switzerland for collaboration with French Switzerland during tense times.
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Paris
Berne
Journal
Schultheses
Switzerland
Federal Council
Gustave Ader
Hoffmann
Schulthess
M. Ador
Mystery of double tragedy cleared in Philadelphia
John J. Alexander of Pittsburgh identified the dead man as Lieut Ferdinand S. Alexander a Navy signal corps officer. The woman's body was Louise Jones of New York who was to marry the lieutenant. A note asked Colton of the Joseph Henry to be notified. Colton confirms Alexander served four years as a wireless sergeant, last stationed at Norfolk.
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Philadelphia
John J. Alexander
Pittsburgh
Ferdinand S. Alexander
Signal Corps of the Navy
Louise Jones
New York
Alexander
Lieut
Colton
United States
Joseph Henry
Norfolk
Dutch and Germans Agree Over Indemnity
A June 28 dispatch reports Dutch newspapers approve a settlement with Germany over seven torpedoed Dutch merchantmen. Holland will pay Germany an amount equal to the insured value, while Germany will replace the lost ships by ceding several vessels now in the Dutch East Indies.
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Tendon
Holland
Germany
Peninsular and Oriental To Control New Zealand Steamers
London report states that the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company reached a provisional agreement to take control of the Union of New Zealand Steamship Company fleet. The NZ group operates 16 steamers totaling 243,278 tons gross, with P and O to run 306 steamers totaling 1,727,465 tons gross.
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London
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company
Union of New Zealand Steamship Company
Peninsular and Oriental’ Company
Lenine Exposed in Petrograd By German Agent
A German agent exposed a Rus sian agitator for a separate peace with Germany in Petrograd on June 22. Nikolai Lenine, radical socialist leader, urged general peace without annexation or indemnity. M Veitensky countered and said he would repeat Lenine’s speech and read a nearly identical document.
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Washington
Germany
Council of Soldiers
Workman
Petrograd
Nikolai Lenine
M. Veitensky
Lenine
Mongolia Sunk By Mine Off Bombay
The Peninsular and Oriental liner Mongolia struck a mine and sank off Bombay on June 23. Passengers and crew have arrived in Bombay. The mails are believed lost.
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Mongolia
Bombay
Peninsular Land Oriental
Haig Tactics Baffle German Press On Front
German writers guided by the war office express uncertainty over where Haig will strike next as British forces maneuver along the front. The dispatch notes shifting British approaches and the inability of German observers to predict the main offensive point.
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Copenhagen
War Bureau
Piet Marshal Haig
Othk Mty
London moves to check joyriding and car misuse
London places main roads under military control to curb joyriding. Officers and soldiers in motorcars must produce authority for being away from units. Civilian motorists are challenged to show their petrol licenses.
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London
Forest Fires Rage Through Hokkaido Killing Dozens
A disaster in Hakodate and northern Hokkaido claims at least 23 lives as wildfires wipe out several hamlets. Faced with no rain, numerous fires scorch the empire and force residents to flee to streams, where some drown or suffocate.
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Hakodate
Japan
Hokkaido
Elks Meet in Boston With Patriotic Parade
Boston on June 28 reports a patriotic demonstration on Boston Common preceding a military parade as the main event of the Elks national convention to be held next month. James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois will be principal speaker on July 12.
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Boston
Boston Common
National Convention of Elks
James Hamilton Lewis
Ilk
Legion of Honor formed from excess Mexican officers
Mexico City reports excess Corporals and Sergeants will be organized into special regiments serving as privates but paid as before. The Legion of Honor will be commanded by officers who have distinguished themselves in the past four years of campaigns.
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Mexico City
Legion of Honor
Prince Danilo Birthday Amid Montenegrin Exile
Prince Danilo Alexander eldest son and heir to King Nicholas I of Montenegro marks his forty sixth birthday abroad. The Montenegrin royal family lives in Paris funded by French and British aid as the father rules in exile. The prince, famed as the original model for Lehar’s Merry Widow, once drew royal attention in Montenegro before the German invasion.
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Danilo Alexander
Nicholas I
Montenegro
Helena
Italy
Danilo
Paris
Black Mountain
Prince Danilo
Lehar
Little Kingdom
Merry Widow
Radmlovic
Radmnovic
Cettinje
Nicholas
Montengro
Celia Thaxter Birthday Remembrance Noted Poet
The article marks the birthday of Celia Thaxter born June 29 1836 in Portsmouth New Hampshire. It notes her lineage Thomas B Leighton Isles 101 Shoals life at Appledore and marriage to Lexi Lincoln Thaxter of Watertown Massachusetts. It lists major works and records her death August 26 1894 at the Isles of Shoals.
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Celia Thaxter
Portsmouth
N.H
Thomas B. Leighton
Isles 101 Shoals
Appledore
Celia
Lexi Lincoln ,Thaxter
Watertown
Mass
the Isles of Shoals
Isles of Shoals
Anniversaries on June 28 mark historic milestones
June 28 anniversaries include the 1681 Quaker meeting in Burlington New Jersey the 1809 Lake Champlain steamship arrival at St. John s Canada Commodore Decatur s arrival off Algiers in 1815 the 1836 death of James Madison and Queen Victoria s coronation in London In 1864 the National Deaf Mute College opened in Washington the only college for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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America
Burlington
N. J
Lake Champlain
St. John’s
Canada
Commodore Decatur
Algiers
James Madison
United States
London
Washington
U S Navy Predates U S Government by Nine Months
The U S Navy formed before the government, with Congress authorizing two national cruisers and a purchasing committee before independence. In three months the committee assembled fourteen armed vessels and officers including Paul Jones. During the Revolutionary War the infant navy captured up to 800 prizes but nearly vanished by peace. A new start occurred in 1794.
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U. S
Congress
Paail Jones
Canadian Pacific Anniversary: Voyage From Montreal to Vancouver
Sixty-one years ago on June 28, 1886, the Montreal to Vancouver passenger service inaugurated the Canadian Pacific Railway. The line, built in four and a half years, overcame rocky shores of Lake Superior and Rockies through immense engineering and labor. An army of up to 25,000 workers battled nature to carve the continental line, financed amid scandal and distrust by British capitalists, until Canada completed its own transcontinental railway.
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Canadian-Pacific
Montreal
Vancouver
Canada
Lake Superior
Rockies
Mongolia's Gun Crew Cleared in Naval Incident
Washington report on the Mongolia gun explosion absolves the gun crew of responsibility. The Senate Naval Committee adopted the investigation findings unanimously yesterday.
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Washington
Mongolia
Senate Naval Committee
British socialists decline invitation to Stockholm conference
London June 27. The British socialist section led by Henry Hyndman declined the Russian council of workmen and soldiers delegates invitation to the international socialist conference in Stockholm. They refused because German and Austrian socialists would attend, arguing the gathering cannot serve the cause of peace.
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London
Henry Hyndman
Coal talks pledge fair prices from government and industry
Representatives of hard and soft coal interests assured the government and the public that coal would be provided at reasonable prices. They reconvened with the National Defense Council's coal committee to continue negotiations.
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National Defense Council
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