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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1916

Page

2

New York Preparedness Parade Draws Nationwide Attention

Col Charles H Sherrill grand marshal outlines the vast civilian parade for preparedness in New York May Saturday with more than 154000 in line including 20000 women 70900 National Guardsmen. Officials note thousands denied entry and discuss past parades from 1896 to 1909. Mayor Mitchel attends planning meeting at Yale club. Women from the National Cash Register wives and daughters vow to march bearing the slogan Preparedness in the Theme in the office in the nation.

New York Charles H. Sherrill Col Sherrill Taft Nodictatea Harrison Columbus Pree Rae Col Sherrill Guaranty Trust Co The National Bank Actors’ Division Women's N RB Club National Cash Register Co

Be White Leads Wooster College President Emeritus

Wooster Ohio May 12 Dr J Camp Be White longtime head of the Layman's Missionary movement in the United States and Canada was president of Wooster College and was graduated here in a ceremony marking his departure or tenure details remain in brief.

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Volunteer Fire Fighters Scrape as Field Slaves

Milford firemen clash with Stratford volunteers over a grass fire near shore cottages. Stratford responders arrive by hydrant, hose gaps cause delays, and Chief Judson declares Milford out of the area after a heated quarrel. Summer motorcycle patrols for city parks were announced by acting superintendent William Ander.

Silver Sands Milford Stratford Camembert Sweitzer Roquefort Zee Ee Mu‘ford Johnson Bridgeport Fire Department Judson George H., Ponseron St. John’s Stratford Department William Anderon Clifford Gorgas Herbert Liggins James Garrity Harold Beardsworth Jim Burns

Great Divide and Early Coal Discoveries in America

The text details the discovery of coal in the United States by Father Hennepin in 1669 at Ottawa Illinois, notes anthracite's early nineteenth century Pennsylvania shipment in 1813, and explains the term The Great Divide as the Rocky Mountain watershed crest with Atlantic and Pacific drainage. It mentions towns named Divide, pronunciation guides for several words, origins of Irish potato, largest US gun facts, gun bore vs caliber, Hague prefix, and a tax/alimony legal question.

United States Father Hennepin Ottawa Ill Pennsylvania Kehigh River Philadelphia Rocky Mountains Gulf of Mexico Pacific Teller County Colo Divide Laramie County Wyo Delaware Army Sandy Hook United States ‘Navy

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