Fireman Dies Returning From Duty in Bridgeport Street
Engineer Thomas Maloney of Steamship company No. 6 dies of heart disease on Sixth Street while returning to the fire house to report for duty. A 59 year old Bridgeport native, he joined the department in 1890 and spent most of his life in the East End. He is survived by his widow, a son Harry leader of a named orchestra, a daughter Mrs. Frank Conway, and a brother Lieut Albert Maloney. Funeral planned for Wednesday morning.
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Thomas Maloney
Steamer Company No. 6
Bridgeport Fire Department
Burnell ‘Street
Sixth Street
Stratford
Connecticut Avenues
Engineer Maloney
Bridgeport
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Fire Department
Steamer Company
Maloney
East End
Harry
Frank Con Way
Albert Maloney
No. 7
Cecil Calvert
Knights of Columbus
Wiremen’s Benefit Corporation
Union Metallic Cartridge Sick Benefit Association
S. M. Garlick
Morrone Wounded in Austrian Offensive
Lieut Morrone son of General Paolo Morrone Italian minister of war wounded dangerously in the head and legs during the Austrian offensive.
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Rome
Lieut. Morrone
Paolo Morrone
Olive Tablets touted as gentle cleanse for bad breath
An advertisement proclaims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild alternative to calomel for improving breath and cleansing the bowels and liver. The sugar coated tablets are said to purify the system naturally, with a vegetable base and olive oil, available 100 and 250 per box from the Olive Tablet Company in Columbus Ohio.
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F. M. Edwards
Ards
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Ohio
Newtown News Briefs Include Funeral, Church Mission, Local Events
May 22 items report Philo Nichols funeral at his home and Berkshire cemetery with many mourners. Charles Anthes from Newtown spoke on New York night court work and pledged cooperation. Bridgeport nurses graduates and local social events noted. Sandy Hook beat Southford 15 to 2. new cottages planned for Hanover road. A severe earthquake shock hit Athens earlier. Memorial Day flowers promotion by John Beck & Son.
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Newtown
Men’s Club
Newtown Inn
New York City
Charles Anthes
Matson
Pentatuck River
John J. Northrop
W. C. Johnson
Wilhelmina Karknytt
Anna Osborn
Coldspring
Bridgeport Hospital Training School
Olivet Congregational Church
Bridgeport
Joseph D. Keane
Thomas C. Keane
Gas Street
Arthur Donohue
Flushing
L. I
E. J. Pitzschier
St. Rose's Church
Jones
D'Lay
Redemptorist Order
George T. Sinnott
Philip Coholan
Sandy Hook
Southford
Jesse Woodhull
Hanover Road
Pearce
Banks
Downs
Barnett Cottage
Grace Hopson
Verdun Battle Enters Fourth Month With Fierce Fighting
Paris reports the Verdun battle, now in its fourth month, as German forces renew a major push on Dead Man Hill. They deploy 60,000 troops and 60 batteries along seven miles from Avecourt Wood toward a key summit, while French defenses cling to trenches on lower slopes.
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Paris
Verdun
Dead Man Hill
Teutons
Avecourt Wood
Missionaries cited for erasing caste in India
Rev William Ranney told a United Congregational Church audience that American missionaries are rapidly eliminating the caste system in Hindu society. He noted 100 plus hospitals in India, free expert medical care, numerous schools including native women’s programs teaching Christianity cooking sanitation and hygiene, and the first steam laundry established by missionaries.
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William Ranney
United Congregational Church
India
Black Rock Y C to Open With Celebration May 30
The Black Rock Yacht club will open Memorial Day with a celebration. Officers met to form a house committee led by General T. L. Watson and J. P. Bartram. A regatta committee includes Seeley, Marshall, and Watson. Erwin Jennings named fleet captain and Dr. F. M. Watson fleet surgeon. Commodore Riker’s Ocolaqua will be flagship as allied fleets from Long Island Sound plan a June 28 cruise stopping at the club.
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Black Rock Yacht Club
T. L. Watson
J. P. Bartram
H. H DeLoss
Clinton Barnum Seeley
Wilson Marshall
Arthur K. L. Watson
Erwin M. Jennings
F. M. Watson
Riker
Long Island Sound
Yacht Club
Neithercut Named to Bridgeport Board of Charities
Richard L. Neithercut the Bridgeport Brass Co purchasing agent and head of the cost department was named by Mayor Wilson to succeed Dr Thomas Long Ellis on the board of charities after Ellis resignation The move fills a recent vacancy and places Neithercut on the public body with Ellis stepping down.
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Neithercut
DR. Ellis
Board OF Charities
Richard L. Neithercut
The
Bridgeport Brass Co
Wilson
Thomas Long Ellis
Ellis
Gough Syrup Advertised For Clogged Throats Relief
An advertisement promotes Leonardi's Gough Syrup Creosoted as a safe pleasant remedy for coughs colds bronchitis grippe croup and whooping cough. It claims it opens blocked throats raises phlegm soothes the throat and prevents hacking with antiseptic action sold by Windle's Drug Stores 987 Main and 909 Main streets at 25 cents.
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Leonardi
Gough
Windle’s Drug
Main Street
Are You For Bridgeport A Call To City Unity
A persuasive editorial urges Bridgeport residents to decide who they are for and to unite behind a common effort. It stresses individual responsibility, collective action, and the need for good workers with fair wages and hours, from president to day laborer, to improve the city’s welfare.
B H S Freshman Girls Play Ball at Beardsley Park
The freshman classes of B H S divisions S and T held a picnic at Beardsley Park under Miss M H Plaisted. A three legged race crowned Miss Rome and Miss Lambert as winners. Division T beat Division S 25 to 17 in a baseball game with Miss McCarthy and Miss Gallagher starring.
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Beardsley Park
M. H. Plaisted
Rome
Lambert
Miss McCarthy
Miss Gallagher
Plaisted
McCarthy and Anderson
Miss Ford
Miss Crehan
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Preigs & CO
Outfitters
Bridgeport, Conn
No.6
Beart
BT. Morrone
Greece
Athens
John Beck & Son
Black Rock Y. C
W. K. Mollan
Main St
BE For Bridgeport
Build For Bridgeport Movement
Richmond Ranges
Coe
Funston
Fen
Coast Artillery
Horlick
Mii
Old Hampshire Bond
Post Office News Store
Wheeler & Howes CO
Congress ST
Sprague Ice & Coal CO
East End E. Wash. Ave
Naugatuck Valley
Housatonic Ave
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Pictorial Review
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