One Hundred Years Ago From The Sweat Of The Poor
In London 1816 the Chancellor moved for a grant of 60000 pounds yearly to fund Princess Charlotte Augusta and Prince George Leopold Cobourgh de Sallfield with an outfit of a year’s salary, plus jewels and allowances. Obituary notes Mary E., wife of Thomas Carten, aged 31, leaves four children. Julius Pfau and son injured in a cart incident near Pacific Iron Works. Licenses issued for various businesses on Bank Street and Newfield avenues. Baseball and track notes, a tragic leg amputation after a soda fountain cylinder explodes at Aero Distilled Water Co. Also community social news and St Patrick’s ball team selection.
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London
Exchisquer
House of Combat
Charlotte Augusta
Prince George Leopald Cobourgh de Sallfield
Eomonreh
Vansittart
Mary E
Thomas Carten
Ruby
S. Allen
Grumman
Warren Street
Godfrey
Aero Distilled Water Co
Lafayette Street
Fifty Years Ago Pigeons and Fire Parade Hail Day
Fifty years back notes discuss carrier pigeons at 97 Water Street and a government note rumored to fetch gold, plus a preview of the annual spring fire parade with multiple companies and bands. The paper questions parade routing via State Street and comments on ladies’ dress trends with a cautious editorial tone.
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Waterstreet
The
Ark
John
Iee
Treasury Department
Washington
Runaway on Main Street Ends in Crash
Twenty years ago a runaway incident occurred on Main Street this afternoon. A wagon collided with Howard Clark's buggy near Creevy's store, startling Wella's horse and causing a crash that damaged Wells and Clark's vehicles and broke tin measures.
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Main Street
Frank Wella
Creevy
Howard Clark
Price of Coal in Japan Rising Amid British Orders
Tokio May 11. Japanese firms have contracts with British authorities to supply 706000 tons of coal to Egypt within a fixed period, conditional on British shipping transport. Growing demand has pushed coal prices up in Japan as factories secure large stock for war orders, while England permits the import of motor car tires.
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Tokio
Great Britain
Egypt
Japan
Russia
Chauffeurs Get Honor Medals in Army of France
Bar-le-Duc France May 11 The post of military motor car conductor has become a post of honor Many drivers wear the war cross and some the military medal Motor car transports carried men and munitions akin to a railroad In Verdun a circuit of 85 miles of road was used like a railroad with motor cars The route is divided into six sections with chiefs and roadmen keeping it moving all day and night The movement was highly regulated with few accidents despite heavy strain and fatigue among drivers Mystic Manufacturing workers end strike with compromise 5 percent advance now and 6 percent in June
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Bar-le-Duc
France
Verdun
Auxiliary
Conference President Denies Charges Against Mormons
Rhode Island Latter Day Saints leader L W Sloan met at a Bridgeport church after Boston speaker Mrs. Alice Coleman alleged Mormon proselyting targets young women. Sloan dismissed anti Mormon claims as misstatements and urged reform of critics rather than condemnation.
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Latter Day Saints
L. W. Sloan
Pesident
Conference
Alice Coleman
Boston
M. E
Rhode Island
Rideout
Coleman
Bridgeport
Mormon Church
New Republic Proclaimed in Canton Revolution
Despatches from Canton report the southern provisional government proclaim Li Yuan Hung president. A war cabinet is formed with Tang Chi Yao as chair and Tseng Chun Ysuan as vice chairman. The announcements come as revolutionary generals reorganize regional control in Canton.
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Peking
Canton
Southern Provisional Government
Li Yuan Hung
Tang Chi Yao
Tseng' Chun-Ysuan
E. H. Dillon & Co Millinery Display Ad
E H Dillon and Co at 1105 Main Street showcases the latest in millinery lingerie silk shirt waists silk petticoats ostrich neck boas white Iceland fox fur scarves guaranteed raincoats and cloth costs in a broad display advertisement.
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E. H. Dillon & Co
Main St
Adv
May Pole Gems Display at Shakespearean Window
A May Pole display showcases thousands of dollars in gems from May Gifts with prices ranging from 650 dollars down to 25 cents. The event invites visitors to inspect the forest of gems styled in a Shakespearean theme, highlighting a broad price spectrum.
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May Pole Forest
Honor Sergeant Who Captured Entire Company in Verdun
Berlin May 11 Lieutenant von der Linde and four men aided by Sergeant Utecht of the Thirty-Ninth Reserve Infantry Regiment rank his feat high for audacity. In early Verdun fighting Utecht led two corporals to seize a French captain and force surrender of a full company by issuing a captured order under threat. He held captors hostage and guided the company back to the battalion, earning the Iron Cross first class. The British casualty list for April stood at 91,162 as announced in London.
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Berlin
Namur
von der Linde
Utecht
Thirty-Ninth Reserve
Verdun
Doudaumont
Utechi
Kirk Heads Masters Plumbers Association in Meriden
William P. Kirk of this city was chosen president of the Master Plumbers' association at a Meriden meeting attended by about 125 members from across the state. Robert T. Rock was elected secretary, with officers including William T. Bielty, Harry Kennedy, George S. Bull, John Treland, and J. O. Mills. The main topic was rising material costs and their impact on the trade.
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William P. Kirk
Master Plumbers’ Association
Meriden
Robert T. Rock
William T. Bielty
Middletown
Harry Kennedy
New London
George S. Bull
Hartford
John Treland
Norwich
J.O. Mills
New Britain
Waldstein Estate Sold in Unquowa Road Move Planned
Mrs J O Wright of Fairfield sold the Unquowa road estate known as Waldstein to Edward F von Wattberg of Bridgeport and Stratford. The Wrights will move June 1 to a north side bungalow next to the Bird sanctuary. Waldstein features extensive grounds gardens and shrubbery.
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J. O. Wright
Fairfield
Unquowa Road
Tissue Building Food For Weak And Thin Sleepers
A descriptive note promoting a nourishment item described as tissue building food ideal for those with threat troubles who are thin, weak, and run down. It emphasizes safety with no weakening stimulants or dangerous drugs.
Father John's Medicine credited with weight gain claim
Frank Hennett of 282 South State Street North Adams Massachusetts asserts that taking Father John's Medicine increased his weight from 155 pounds to 170 pounds. He says it stopped his cough and aided body building, calling it the best remedy he knows for colds coughs and body building.
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Father John
Frank Hennett
South State St
North Adams
Mass
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F. W. Beers
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John Brown
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Jim Kelly
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American Christian Association of Pastors
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Masters Plumbers Asso
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