Milk shortage sparks riots at New York milk stations
The Borden Condensed Milk Co says it will meet the Dairy men’s League demand for 45 cents more per 100 pounds. Disorder erupts as more than 500 women, many with babies, surround two health department stations in Harlem. Supply today is less than half yesterday’s. recalls of efforts to compromise fail. Riots spread from upstate counties to New Jersey as farmers raid stations and wagons. A distributor offers a 5 cent rise per 100 pounds, but the league seeks 45 cents. In Jersey City only half normal milk arrives, and police conduct house to house canvasses to locate children and the sick relying on milk.
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New York
Borden Condensed Milk Company
Dairymen’s League
York
Health Department
Haplem
Upstate
New Jersey
League
Jersey
Jersey City
N. J
Elderly man saves farm foreman and boy from enraged cow
George Ferris foreman on the Read estate at Greenfield Hill suffered extensive bruising and an almost severed ear after an enraged cow attacked him and tossed his ten year old son Charles. W H Botsford age 66 fought the cow with his hat, twisting its neck to free Ferris and save the boy. Botsford and Ferris escaped to safety, Ferris was treated at Bridgeport hospital and later discharged. The incident sparked praise for Botsford’s bravery.
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George Ferris
Read
Greenfield Hill
Charles
W. H. Botsford
Ferris
Botsford
Clarence Banka
Mr. Botsford
Bridgeport
Frank H. MacLaury
Westport
Jewelry Case Found On Lawn At Riker Home
Burglars took jewelry valued at 1500 dollars from A. L. Riker’s Pairfield home last week. A jewel case and trinkets of low value were found on the lawn, suggesting loot was discarded in haste. Miss Edith Riker said the recovered items are of little worth and no other pages have been located.
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A. L. Riker
Pairfield
Riker
Edith Riker
Reading Firemen to Be Feted by Local Company
Visiting firemen from Reading Pennsylvania will be honored by the city tonight and tomorrow with parades and factory entertainments. They arrive in a party of about 500 with a band and will be received by the Warner Brothers fire department officers led by Chief Engineer D E Johnson. The mayor may extend the city’s freedom of the city to them, followed by a tour of local fire stations.
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Reading
Warner Brothers’ Fire Department
D. E. Johnson
Wilson
Fire devastates Christian Brothers College main building
A fire swept Christian Brothers College in St Louis on Oct 5 destroying the main building. Two aging faculty members Brother Cormack 92 and Brother Clemens 72 were missing and feared dead. Nurse Louis Nolan was seriously injured after jumping from a fifth floor window as firefighters tried to reach him. The fourth floor collapsed at noon, trapping several others while students and most staff escaped.
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St. Louis
Christian Brothers’ College
Brother Cormack
Clemens
Louis Nolan
Brothers Cormack
Bulgars Check Invading Foes on the Danube
Sofia Oct. 5 Bulgarian troops from the fortresses of Rustchuk and Turtukai attacked and defeated a Romanian force of about sixteen battalions that crossed the Danube near Rehovo. On the main Dobrudja front Russians and Romanians trying to advance were frustrated by artillery and counter attacks.
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Sofia
Rustchuk
Turtukai
Danube
Bulgaria
Rehovo
War Office
Lne
Dobrudja
Irish and Scottish Troops Show Bravery
British troops yesterday captured Yenikelli in Greek Macedonia, with Scottish and Irish battalions especially distinguished themselves. Bulgarians reportedly suffered heavy losses. Allied troops press Bulgarians near Monastir as Russian gains advance in Galicia from Volhynia to the Dniester. French forces on the Somme take nine 9. inch guns near Morval.
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London
Yenikelli
Greek Macedonia
Struma
Petrograd
Volhynia
Dneister
Galicia
War Office
Paris
Somme
Morval
Baker to Speak for Democrats in Connecticut
New Haven Oct 5 more announcements of rallies with prominent speakers were released by the Democratic state central committee. Secretary of War Baker will visit Oct 11 12 and 13 with Stamford as the 13th venue. Vice-President Marshall plans appearances Oct 23 24 with other named speakers including Glynn Malone Walsh Lewis and Lentz. Fair tonight and Friday with modernic uth winds.
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New Haven
Democratic State Central Committee
Baker
Stamford
Thomas R. Marshall
Martin Glynn
New York
Dudley Field Malone
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
United States
J. Hamilton Lewis
John J. Lentz
Ohio
Basement Fire Endangers Bridgeport Factory Workers
A fire from an unknown cause in a paper baling press basement of Bridgeport News Co. at 244 Middle Street caused $500 damage and forced clerks to flee without hats or coats. Miss Katherine Kearns aided by staying amid smoke to safeguard books and cash, then moved them to safety across the street. Firefighters were hampered by smoke but used oxygen helmets to reach the blaze. police telephones were found inadequate for emergencies.
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Bridgeport News Co
Middle Street
Katherine Kearns
W. R. Kearns
Joseph Kiernan
Albert Jacoby
News Company
C. E. Eames & Co
Eames
Middle
Congress Streets
Jeep
Chemical
Water Street
Fellman Raincoat Co
Park City Engraving Co
Charles Wheeler
North End
School Girls Testify in Court Over Robberies
A group of schoolgirls testified in the local court against Ruth Corbin alias Farrell, accused of being the Woman in Black stealing money from coats over two years. Corbin failed to appear. bond set at 50 dollars remained. Teachers and Principal Williams accompanied the students, who earned 60 cents each in witness fees.
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Ruth Corbin
Farrell
Corbin
Broad Street
P. Williams
Prospect Street
Condensed Milk Demand Rises Across Bridgeport Area
Dealers selling in Bridgeport report a milk shortage as condensed milk remains in high demand. A large company sourcing 4,090 to 5,000 quarts daily is short 2,400 quarts. Lunch rooms and restaurants place large orders when fresh milk supplies run out.
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Bridgeport
New York State
Rier
Connecticut
Express Train Rammed Freight. Two Dead in Lewistown Yard Crash
An express Mercantile train collided with a stock freight at Lewistown yards on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Pittsburgh and New York. Two men were killed and an engineman seriously scalded. eight mail clerks and several passengers were injured. Tracks blocked for hours as crews fought fire and recovered the missing men believed burned. No passengers were seriously hurt.
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Altoona
Mercantile Express
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
New York
Lewistown
J. E. Stewart
Tyrone
Junior High Necessity Stated By Slaws In Court
After Linwood avenue residents protested a planned junior high on their street Judge Gager reserved decision on the injunction petition. Slawson testified the project is a public necessity while architect Leonard Asheim outlined the plans. Property owners Barratt Miller Passolt argued deeds restricted some lots and feared value loss, with City Attorney Comtey opposing the injunction. Former City Attorney Cullinan and Vincent Keating also urged denial.
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Linwood Avenue
Gager
Superior Court
Slawson
Leonard Asheim
Joseph Barratt
Jeng Miller
Herman Passolt
William H. Comtey, Jr
Thomas M. Cullinan
Vincent Keating
Mixer killed by explosion at arms shop
New Haven October 5 John J Donahue 36 a mixer in powder house 59 of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co was killed by an explosion of powder today He was alone at the time Causes of the explosion are said to be spontaneous combustion Donahue had been employed at mixing for four years.
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New Haven
John J. Donahue
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
Donahue
Hungarian Banks House Savings of Late Bridgeporters
An inventory filed in probate court shows Laszlo Kalas died February 21 leaving assets including seven thousand crowns in the Hungarian postal savings bank and 2000 crowns in a Hungarian war loan. The estate is valued at 1401.30 dollars.
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Postal Savings Bank of
Hungary
Laszko Kalas
Kaszko
Suspect Prisoner of Complicity in Foreign Murders
Joseph G. Wright and his brother Nathaniel Wright appeared in court on December term charges over aluminum wire theft worth 5000 from Union Metallic Cartridge Co. They waived examination, bound over to higher court in bonds of 2500 each. Police plan to deport suspect Frank Cravino, linked to a French double murder, after a court continued his case.
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Frederic Bartlett
Joseph G. Wright
Nathaniel Wright
Superior Court
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
A. J. Merritt
DeLaney
Bartlett
Robert N. Davies
Coroner Probes Fatal Accident In Brewster Street Case
Coroner John J. Phelan opened an inquest at 3 pm into the death of Frank Schirmmer 30 who died from septicemia after his leg was amputated following an auto collision with A L Riker Jr son of Locomobile Co executive and Naval Advisory Board member Witnesses include Riker and Glover S Jennings George Stebbins Leon Butler Edwin Rhodin Simon Reynolds and Louis Myers Riker was fined 5 and costs for lacking an automobile license.
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John J. Phelan
Frank Schirmmer
A. L. Riker, Jr
Locomobile Co
U. S. Naval Advisory Board
Brewster Street
Fairfield Avenue
Peter Hall
Riker
Schlimmer
Phelan
Glovers. Jennings
Greens Farms
George Stebbins
Scofield
Leon Butler
Alfred Street
Martin Rhodin
Gregory Street
Edwin Rhodin
Courtland Street
Simon Reynolds
Whitney Avenue
Louis Myers
Riker Boy
Explosion at Illinois Powder Mills Kills Three
In Springfield Illinois today a dynamite blast at the Illinois Powder Mills killed the superintendent and two workmen and injured several others. The force wrecked the mill complex and caused extensive damage to the plant and nearby structures.
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Springfield
Ills
Illinois Powder Mills
King Elected President of GOP Association in Norwalk
John T. King was elected president of the GOP association formed by the Republican State Central Committee and county town committee chairmen meeting in South Norwalk. News reached him by telephone as the assembly planned a Saturday Bramford gathering and weekly meetings, with Darbury slated for next week.
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John T. King
Republican State Central Committee
Norwalk
John
Seerta
Bramford
Building Permits Surge in Second Quarter of Year
Building permits issued by the board of building commissioners for July 1 to Oct 1 totaled 543, valuing at 1 645 002 dollars. This compares to 2 706 930 dollars in an extraordinary previous year and 775 548 dollars in an ordinary 1914 quarter. The commission collected 1 768 dollars in cash, with license receipts for master plumbers and journeymen noted as 50 and 92 respectively.
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Board of Building Commissioners
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Logal Company
Christian Brothers
Nurse
Rafe
Monastir
Buse
Corbin Womgan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supt. Slaws
Europe
France
Frank Cravino
North Tavenue
Craavino
Cravino
Andrew Calabrese
Stella Street
Edward Cronan
Lena
J. W. Beach Co
Calabrese
Lieut
Cronan
America
G. O. P .Association
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