Eight Hour Day Adopted in Major Shoe Factories
Madicott and Johnson announce plants will shift to an eight hour day starting Nov. 1 for over 12 000 workers with no wage cuts, affecting Johnson City and Endicott areas. Johnson and Endicott align with Wilson, boosting GOP ties and local political impact amid labor unrest. Eighteen hundred Standard Oil workers strike in Linden New Jersey and Mrs Francisco Villa sails from Havana to New Orleans.
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Binghamton
George F. Johnson
H. B. Endicott
Boston
Johnson
Endicott
Wilson
Johnson City Publishing Co
William H. Hill
Typographical Union
Endicott & Johnson
Johnson’ City Publishing Co
Record
Broome County
Union
Hughes
Johnson Cuy
Obituary notices and local deaths in the East Side
Elizabeth Whelehan widow of James Whelehan dies after a weeks illness at 240 Grand Street. Surviving daughters Anna Julia Mary and sons Richard James. Also Frank Herbert Smith dies at St. Vincent's after pneumonia. seven children survive. James Bargesa injured in an auto accident on Richmond Road Cromwell Avenue. East Side life costs tied to deaths per Harry Schlacht. Kansan sails from Quarantine with war supplies and 2000 army horses aboard.
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Elizabeth
James Whelehan
Mrs. Whelehan
Ireland
Grand Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Anna
Otto Rosenbaum
Julia
Mary Whelehan
Richard
Frank Herbert Smith
East End
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Deerfield
Mass
Bridgeport
William Boyce
Brooklyn
N. Y
Addison Bishop
Fairfield
Alice and
Catherine Smith
George H
Harold A. Smith
Frank S. Smith
Scranton
James Bargesa
Staten Island
Cromwell Avenue
Richmond Road
John’s Medicine Endorsed by Local Families
Mrs. S. rson of 19 Bailey St declares both children have benefited from John’s Medicine with good results and urges others who are run down to keep a bottle for emergencies. Signed notes from Sire. a King of 819 St. Clair St Port Huron and others express support for the remedy.
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John
Mrs. S. Rson
Bailey St
St. Clair St
Port
Port Huron
Vice
Patas
Father John
John Mey
Rorist St
New York City
Jas. Williams
Grove
Providence
R. I
British Breakthrough on Thiepval Ridge in Fierce Fighting
British forces stormed the Schwaben redoubt on the Thiepval ridge near the Ancre in a week of heavy shelling and hand to hand fighting. They captured 280 prisoners for a front of under 300 yards and took the remaining portion of Staff redoubt, adding 100 prisoners with 35 losses.
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Associated Press
France
London
Schwaben
Thiepval
Ancre
Baan Ae
Grandecourt
Jana
Estate of Edward Franke Probate Notice
State probate court in Bridgeport limits six months from Sept 6 1916 for creditors to exhibit claims. Those failing to present properly attested accounts will be debarred. Debtors to the estate should pay George A Kuhe administrator C A 1081 Barnum Avenue Bridgeport.
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Edward Franke
Bridgeport
Said
Court of Probate
District of Bridgeport
Small pleasures grow, avoid trifles that grind the mind
The author argues comfort rests on avoiding petty annoyances and cultivating modest joys. They warn that great pleasures are rarely long lasting, so focus on steady, small comforts and prudent growth of simple delights.
Notice of senatorial convention calls in Newfield Building
Political notices announce conventions for nominating a senator for the Twenty first and Twenty second senatorial districts and for two representatives and justices of the peace. Conventions set for Tuesday evening October 17 1916 in Newfield Building rooms 529 and 629 with times listed by the town chairman Hugh J Lavery.
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Newfield
Newfield Building
Bridgeport Selectmen Schedule Elector Admission Sessions
The Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk of Bridgeport announce sessions in City Hall Council chamber on Frid for electors listed under To Be Made who qualify. Additional session on November 6 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for those reaching 21 between Oct 27 and Nov 7 or with residence dates maturing in that window. Pro Tem James Turner presides with Clerk Verillo and Quintel, Bison, Altieri.
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Board of Selectmen
Bridgeport
Council Chamber
City Hall
State Street
James Turner
Joseph L. Verillo
Charles Quintel
Irving Bison
Joseph A. Altieri
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Main Street
Dillon
Wilson Boosters
Standard Oil Co
Linden
N. J
Francisco Villa
Reader
Havana
New Orleans
Hadley
Connecticut
Aim
New York
East
Harry Schlacht
East Side Protective Association
St. Nazzaire
Genoa
Lawrence, Mass
Lawrence
Earl
John Bough
Church of Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Church
J. T McDermott
Father McDermott
John M. O'Brien
William Haley
Greenland
Denmark
England
London Chronicle
Alog
Kitty Fowler
Kitty
Blankville
Kansas City Journal
St. Paul’s
St. Paul's
State OF Connecticut District OF Bridgeport Probate Court
George A. Kuhe
Barnum Avenue
Secrets
Aieoer
Hugh J. Lavery
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