Berkshire Fertilizer Still Supports Both Board and Farmers
Berkshire Fertilizer, located on Howard avenue, continues to serve its regular customers while supplying the Fairfield County Mobilization committee. Chairman E F von Wettberg notes the firm handles extra fertilizer for the committee as patriotic support, stressing it remains a major producer for its own customers and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Fertilizer Company
Howard Avenue
Fairfield County Mobilization Committee
E F. von Wettberg
Agricultural Department
Small Merchants Disappearing In German Empire
Copenhagen May 8 labor and fuel difficulties and the need to devote manhood resources to military requirements threaten ruin to smaller German tradesmen such as bakers. Concentration of supplies in larger, more economical establishments drives consolidation. Berlin bakers join voluntarily while Hamburg enforces compulsory consolidation as small operators refuse to align with bigger firms.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Hamburg
Economic Prudence In Wartime Demand And Labor Shifts
A wartime forecast discusses consumer prudence, shifting labor, and rising wages. It notes longer war duration could strain nonessential goods, while skilled labor returns to essential production. As demand focuses on essentials, manufacturers must adapt to limited supply and increased employment.
Engineers for France the Degree in which modern war is dependent on skill
American engineers to be sent to France will act as railroad builders behind the fighting line. They will keep French railways operative as German retreat advances. Rails and roads are destroyed to slow pursuers while allies restore them to move heavy guns and supplies. Some say withdrawal serves Russia lines, others see it as strengthening French front. Engineers to oversee critical transport labor.
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France
Imah
Lenburg
Food in Fairfield County Mobilization Committee Report
The mobilization committee in Fairfield County aids bona fide farmers by supplying loans secured by crops, seeks farmer input on local needs, and emphasizes labor support over funds. It prioritizes potato crops while encouraging corn and beans, and plans to have sufficient help for cultivation and harvest to move toward self sufficiency this year.
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Fairfield County
Open and Mass Formations in War Tactics
The text compares German mass charges to Allied open formation tactics. It notes mass formations use more men and favor machine gun crews, while open formations slow the approach and may boost morale. Critics debate whether charges are best against a narrow front with short travel distance to seize a small, valuable objective.
Food preservation demonstration to be held in Sanford Homestead
A demonstration of food preservation and conservation will be held in the latter part of May at the Sanford Homestead on Washington avenue and Coleman street under the Bridgeport Equal Franchise league. Miss Sprague of Storrs Agricultural College will lead. the event will run two weeks with plans to be finalized at future committee meetings.
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Sanford Homestead
Washington Avenue
Coleman Street
Bridgeport Equal Franchise League
Sprague
Storrs Agricultural, College
Slater’s A. Shot CO
New York
Boston
Providence
Springfield
Hartford
Lawrence
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Main Street
Conn
Steve Yeas Ee
Munson
J. J. McGraw
Dr. Whitcomb
Daily Papers
Slater
Main St
Father Vaughn in the War Heroic Chaplain of Britain
This piece honors Rev. Father Bernard Vaughn a Jesuit chaplain to British soldiers at the outbreak of World War I. Now seventy he toured the United States lecturing and remains famed for sermons on The Sins of Society. He helped found clubs for workers in London's East End and spoke at major religious congresses.
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Father Bernard Vaughn
England
Father Vaughn
America
Cardinal Vaughn
Col
Vaughn
Courtfield
Herefordshire
Society of Jesus
Manchester
London
Rome
Montreal
Birthday of the Earl of Lucan and May 8 in history
The Earl of Lucan born May 8 1830, son and heir Lord Bingham, Mayo MP in 1874, and family ties to the Crimea charge and Canada’s governor general. Notable May 8 events include 1792 militia law, 1851 Charleston convention, 1854 transatlantic cable plan, 1895 China Japan treaty. Labour threatens to withdraw support over the Irish question.
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Earl of Lucan
Ireland
Crimea
Balaklava
Rugby
Coldstream Guards
House of Commons
Mayo
Judge Booth reserves decision on Fitch sisters tax appeal
Judge John R. Booth presided in Danbury as committee in Bridgeport tax appeal by Mary L. and Elizabeth J. Fitch. They own property on North avenue Alpine and Hawthorne Streets. Assessors raised value from 93 200 to 166 300 and Booth reserved ruling.
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John R. Booth
Danbury
Mary L
Elizabeth J. Fitch
Bridgeport
Fitch
North Avenue
Alpine
Hawthorne Sts
Board of Assessors
Booth
Pay of Government Workers in Mexico Held Up by Bill
Mexico City May 8 The senate sat late last night debating a bill to grant President Carranza extraordinary financial powers. New laws allow the executive to approve government fund payments and as a result the pay of government employees, excluding the army, is on hold.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Senate
Carranza
Eruption of Mont Pelee and the Lost City of St Pierre
A 1902 Mont Pelee eruption destroyed St Pierre in Martinique killing about 30,000. Fifteen years later the city remains a charcoal ruin with only a few starving scavengers. Nature begins to heal with grasses and flowers as plans to rebuild after the war are discussed.
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Mont Pelee
Martinique
St. Pierre
London Times
Mother Earth
Mitts and Gloves Price List for Baseball Gear
Auction style catalog notes Draer Maynard offering basics for baseball equipment. Baseman's mitts priced at 10 cents to 1 dollar, catcher's mitts 50 cents and up, fielder's gloves 25 cents and up, masks 25 cents and up. Prices indicate a range from low to higher-end items.
Gurko orders end to fraternizing with enemy on Russian front
Petrograd reports Gen. Gurko bans Russians from fraternizing with German and Austrian troops to prevent enemy from learning Russian dispositions and stalling the front. He warns that German divisions, artillery, and aircraft are moving to France and urges soldiers to fight for Russia and allies. Belgians and Serbians appeal for Russians to aid them, and the council of deputies backs the Russian loan of freedom.
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Petrograd
Gurko
Western Front
France
Russia
New Free Russia
Council of Deputies
Loan of Freedom
Dying Gen John Stark Hero of Bennington
The last surviving general of the American Revolution General John Stark died May 8 1822 in Manchester New Hampshire. Stark led the left wing at Bunker Hill restored American prestige at Bennington and proved troops could do and die. His Bennington victory preceded Saratoga as the rebellion neared its darkest hour.
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John Stark
Stark
Onallington
Merrimac River
Manchester
N. H
Bunker Hill
Bennington
Washington
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
City
Crown Point
Edward
Ticonderoga
Saratoga
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Columbia
Che D
Read Co
Read House
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Mary Wilkins Freeman
Florence Morse Kinsley
Mary MacLane
Slippy McGee
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Cedar Mountain
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