Vast Rise in Postal Savings Deposits Across Teen Cities
Bridgeport ranks fifteenth among teen cities as April deposits surged by over 20 000, part of a national postal savings gain of 2 600 000. May 1 totals show 128 000 000 across 710 000 depositors with 135 offices over 100 000 each. October led all months for increases, with April setting a new record for total gains.
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Bridgeport
United States
Treit
Mieh
Aeenes
Los Angeles
Buffalo
Russian ex premier Goremykin jailed in fortress prison
London report says Ivan Goremykin aged near eighty has been arrested during the unrest and imprisoned at the fortress of Sts Peter and Paul. He was a longtime bureau chief and oversaw dissolution of the first fin during his tenure on the eve of the war. Other items note cotton manufacturers forming a committee in Washington to assist government needs and Lancashire introducing star grass to combat drifting sand for paper fibre.
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London
Ivan Goremykin
Sts
Peter Aml Paul
Goremykin
Washington
North
Here
Dr Van Dyke Says Allies Will Win War
New York dispatch notes Henry van Dyke once U S minister to the Netherlands and Luxemburg arrived, praising Americas entry into the war. He cites duty to serve, recalls Verdun illness, and says victory lies on the front between the English Channel and the Alps with U S troops aiding the Allies. He foresees future government posts and urges patriotism. He is accompanied by his son Tertius and two daughters Elaine and Katina. Jerusalem chapter No. 13 R A M to hold a Masonic Temple convocation Friday night with the M E M degree.
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New York
Henry van Dyke
United States
Netherlands
Duchy of Luxemburg
van Dyke
Princeton
America
English Channel
Alps
Verdun
England
Elaine
Katina van Dyke
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted By Bridgeport Woman
Mrs J D Seymour of 4 Reverent Bridgeport reports backache kidney trouble and weak kidneys with dull pains and eye specks. She began taking Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Nichols Drug Store and says the pills soon removed the trouble, price 50 cents at all dealers.
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Bridgeport
Dean
J. D. Seymour
Doan
Nichols’ Drug
Foster-Milburn
Fairfield Visiting Nurse Association mobilizes service
The Visiting Nurse Association of Fairfield under Miss Edna Ford launches active work with Red Cross training and a Columbia Public Health Nursing course background. A runabout marked Red Cross will cover the town excluding Southport, with calls through physicians or directly at her Post Road address.
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Visiting Nurse Association of
Fairfield
Edna Ford
Ford
Red Cross
Columbia
L.G. Smith
Post Road
Church Street
South
Port
Sasco Hill
Mill River
Mill Hill Terrace
Association
Ellen R. Wheeler
Norah Paulding
Deborah W. Glover
Joseph Griffen
Amy Child
T. J. Belden
Greenfield Hill
H. L. Sutton
Stratfield
H. 8. Glover
Annie B. Jennings
Hovard
Donaldson
Nagle
Dunham
F.S. Child
A. E. Beeman
Carlson
Father Blake
Rowe
W. E. Smith
Simon Bradley
J. Flint
Red Cross Town and Country Nursing Service
Department of Civilian Relief
The
National Red Cross
Choate Estate Leaves Bulk To Family In $3 Million Will
New York May 23 Joseph H Choates will outlines bequests totaling at least three million dollars with most of the estate going to family. Elder son George Choate receives life income from 250000 while Miss Mabel Choate and Joseph H Choate Jr share residuary funds. Mrs Caroline S Choate gets 75000 annuity plus the Long Island home Stockbridge estate and 250000 outright. Several relatives and institutions receive 10000 or 2000 legacies. A eulogy from the State Charities Aid Association honors Choates forty one years of service and sixteen as president.
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New York
Joseph H. Choate
George Choate
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Cora
Oliver Choate
Marion
Priscilla
Joseph Hodges Choate
Treach
Caroline 8. Choate
Mabel Choate
Caroline
Choate
No. & East Sixty-third Street
Stockbridge
Mass
Louisa W. Scudder
William M.evarts
State Charities Aid Association
Board of Managers
Association
Mr. Choate
Prayer for crops issued by Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a form of prayer for the crops. The prayer seeks protection for merchant ships carrying corn and food from distant lands.
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London
Canterbury
The Machinery of the Body by Dr L W Shor
Dr L W Shor discusses the body as a machine with liver and kidneys working together. He warns against excess fuel and emphasizes diet, air, exercise, and regular routines. He promotes Aloe-based laxatives and Anuric to reduce uric acid and improve kidney function.
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L W. Shor
Lamost
Dr. Pierce
Submarine Lashes Miss British Liner Twice in Atlantic Route
New York reports detailing how one of the world’s largest transatlantic liners twice escaped torpedoes on its eastward voyage. About 250 miles off Fastnet a torpedo passed less than 80 yards ahead while convoyed by a British destroyer. The next day a second torpedo narrowly missed in the Irish Sea. Passengers included William M. Brewster former American Consul General at Alexandria and Gen James Wilcox newly appointed Bermuda governor.
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New York
Fastnet
Irish Sea
William M. Brewster
Alexandretta
Syria
James Wilcox
Bermuda
Noted Statesman Killed in Action
London May 23 Valentine Fleming unionist MP for South Oxfordshire and a barrister and financier was killed in action He was a major in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry Fleming born in 1882 Stockholm May 23 The wife of Archbishop Soderblom travels to Berlin to bid farewell to her son Sven who is about to join a Prussian regiment Several Swedes serve as officers in the German army including Lieutenant Stig Ankarrona who died aboard a Turk ish minesweeper in the Black Sea
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London
Valentine Fleming
House of Commons
South Oxfordshire
Oxforddhire Yeomanry
Major Fleming
Stockholm
Soderblom
Berlin
Sven
Stig Ankar¢rona
Goeben
Black Sea
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