Social notes of dances weddings and greetings in Milford
Miss Mary J. Minor, long time Courtland principal, becomes Putnam hall math instructor and boards in New York. Benita Slocum reopens dancing school at Court Exchange Oct 26 with classes and a 4:30 reception. A St Johns merchant visits Mrs Stokes at 1156 Park Ave. Mrs August Brieman hosts birthday party with forty attendees and gifts. Miss Edith Kingsley wed to Mr Jay LeBeau in Milford with Rev Knollmeyer officiating. The Roessler and Bates wedding unfolds with elaborate arrangements at the bride’s home. Miss Myrtle Peabody and Mr James Smale marry at St Paul’s Church with a large local gathering and post ceremony reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Minor
Courtland School
Putnam Hall
Vassar
Miss Minor
New York
Benita V. Slocum
Court Exchange Building
Gilbert
Edith Kingsley
George Kingsley
Milford
Jay LeBeau
Shelton
G. Everett Knollmeyer
St. Peter's Church
Cornwall Roosevelt
Co. Lay Roosevelt
Martin
Kingsley
F. C. Bushnell Co
New Haven
Jennie Laflin Roessler
W. Roessler
Black Rock
Joseph Summer Bates
Bound Brook
Charles F. Bates
Robert E. Brown
Waterbury
Col. Roessler
Katherine Hall
Austin
Coulter Young
Eithu Dickerman
North Haven
William
Somers
Miss Roessler
Killarney
James Horan & Son
Miss Roessier
Wellesley
Bates d
Cairo Chemical Co
Stratford
Frederick Hobart Christensen
S. Howard
Frederick Carstensen
Emerson Wendall
Angus Nicholson
John B. Owen
William £. Davenport
Sanctuary Chapter
Girls’ Friendly Society
Miss Pea-boody
Miss Peabody
British Official War Report on Night Front Activity
The British official statement says enemy artillery was more active at night on the northern France front. North of Neuville St Vaast an enemy camouflet earthwork was blown up without casualties. Our troops carried out a successful mining operation against trenches south of Hulluch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Neuville St. Vaast
Hulluch
War department reports Austro-Hungarian gains and Romanian fights
Austro Hungarian war department says Romanian attacks were repulsed northeast of Vernaheutz and south of Vernaheutz and Hatzeg. Brasso prisoners total 1 175 with 25 guns and heavy pieces seized along with wagons and engines. Russians front reports repulsed attacks in Ludovo sector and German troops stormed Herbitov on the Narayuvka. Also mentions bandits robbing Northern Hammond restaurants and local crimes in Hicksville and Hart Island escapee captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austro- Hungarian War Department
Vernaheutz
Hatzeg
Negului
Brasso
Kronstadt
Von
Usik
Gugepuina
Ludovo
Herbitov
Narayuvka
Dr. J. A. Ryan Opens Lecture Series on Social Questions
Dr. J. A. Ryan of Catholic University delivers the first in a series under Catholic Charitable Bureau at St Augustine's chapel. He defends church social aims, discusses individual rights, just price, and diffused ownership, and links church doctrine to modern labor issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine’s Chapel
J. A. Ryan
Catholic University At Washington
Catholic Charitable Bureau
Ryan
Mayor Wilson
Charities
Gordon
William A. Redden
Ozanam Orchestra
West
Wilson
Dr. Ryan
Clement IV
James I
Cardinal Bellarmine
Suarez
James
Church
Europe
Ketteler
Germany
Descartins
Switzerland
Manning
England
Leo XIII
France
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Roosevelt
Wheeler resigns from Bridgeport Land & Title to join American Chain Co
Wilmot F. Wheeler, long associated with Bridgeport Land & Title Co as assistant secretary, resigns to work in offices of American Chain Co. Land & Title officials regret the departure, keeping him on the board of directors. Wheeler, a Fairfield County Bar member, is expected to support organization and realty work in his new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot F. Wheeler
Bridgeport Land & Title Co
American Chain Co
The
Land & Title Co
Wheeler
Fairfield County Bar Association
Germany may call 60 years old soldiers
A Berlin sourced dispatch says military classes for men born 1870 to 1875 and aged 68 to 63 will be examined this month in Brandenburg, recalling those previously deemed unfit. A New York Stock Exchange seat traded at $74,6000, up $4,600 from prior sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Berlin
Brandenburg
New York Stock Exchange
Destroyers Readied for Rescue as U-Boat Attacks Trigger Orders
Two hundred fifty six survivors including five women and ten children reached Newport aboard United States destroyers after word of the Stephano sinking and other vessels near the U S coast. The flotilla, anchored by Melville, prepared to evacuate and assist crews as wireless news spread from the Birmingham to the War College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Harbor
United States
Stephano
Ericsson
Drayton
Benham
Jenkins
Red Cross Line
St. John’s
N. F
New York
Florizel
Russia
Newport
Nantucket
Kansan
Gleaves
Birmingham
Knight
Narragansett Bay
War College
Melville
Near Paradise and Quarry Tales From The Era
The article describes Cozumel as nearly an earthly paradise for the poor with free resources and minimal work needed. It also notes a dangerous limestone quarry near Rockland Missouri with 39 workers and a million barrels of lime annually. It mentions the periscope's development by Dutch and French scholars, followed by American Morgan Robertson’s independent patent efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cozumel
Rockland
Chasma
Mechanica Magasina
Telar van Elven
Amsterdam
Morgan Robertson
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Kolinsky
Milady
Rockwell & CO
Main St
P. Ryan
St. Johns
N. B
Canada
Catherine Stokes
Park Avenue
August Brieman
Lafayette Street
Brieman
Noah Lee
Lereau
Bate
S-Roessler
N. Y
Hammond
Ind
Eta
John Hohoerst
Hicksville, L. L
Hans Lang
Daniel Hogan
Brooklyn
Hart's Island
Catholic Charity Bureau
Wilmot Wheeler
Chain Company
Connors
Bridgeport
J. W. Connorsco
State Street
Main Street
Goi
Goat Island
New York Navy Yard
Colon
West Point
TSS Ericsson
Admiral Knight
USI
Yucatan
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