Sarajevo People Strife Fears Roil Bosnian Capital
In Sarajevo August 24 the war mood rises as Austro-Hungarian actions threaten. The city hosts parks, trams, theatres, and concerts while citizens anticipate postwar changes. Bosnian Herzegovinian population already shows Serbs, Muslims, Croats, and Jews in a city famed as capital with diverse quarters and mosques.
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Srafevo
Bosnia
Sarajevo
Ilidze
Moving Picture Theatres
Adraltic
Leh
Herzeso
Sre
Tara
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mahomet
Balkans
Irish Blames Gougers for Continued High Cost of Living
Frank P. Walsh, associate chairman of the bar board and longtime labor advocate, tells Universal News in an interview that profiteering and rising living costs are linked. He notes living costs have surged out of proportion to wages and that labor demands higher pay lead to further cost increases in agriculture, industry, and commerce.
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Patrick McEvoy
Frank P. Walsh
Bar Board
Universal x
Walsh
Horatford's Acid Phosphate Teaspoonful Ad
Advertisement touts Horatford's Acid Phosphate as a nightly aid to sleep by taking a teaspoonful dissolved in half a glass before retiring promising deep rest and a bottle for purchase.
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Horatford
Shelton Legion Gets War Emergency Fund
Seelyton August 24 Specie The newly organized Charles W Sutter Post No 18 American Legion formed from former soldiers sailors and marines will hold its monthly meeting Monday night The post has received from the Shelton war emergency and recreation fund committee the balance of its fund amounting 650 The money will be used to equip a post headquarters the local organization is getting ready to establish
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Seelyton
Charles W. Sutter
American Legion
Willl Fond
Shelton
Yank camera man acted for Turks in Jerusalem surrender
Aug 24 article from New Wilmington recounts Captain Wendell Cleland describing how a Yankee photographer, acting for the Arab mayor, helped surrender Jerusalem to the British. A donkey cart with a white flag led by the camera man and crowds moved toward British troops, who posted the city under protection before General Allenby entered.
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New Wilmington
Jerusalem
Wendell Cleland
Egypt
Red Cross
Cleland
Allenby
Prince of Wales Heads for Toronto On Tour
Prince of Wales reaches Three Rivers Quebec at 6 45 PM and soon departs by special train for Toronto. He will stay aboard Pullmans for a two month western Canada tour and is due in Toronto tomorrow at 10 AM for an official reception at Parliament Buildings. Crowds cheer as the royal train pulls away amid horns bells and cheers.
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Three Rivers
Quebec
Prince of Wales
Toronto
Canada
Ontario
Parliament Buildings
Roosevelt to Lead Legion Membership Drive Tour
New York August 24. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore H Roosevelt, a founder and joint national executive committee member, will depart tomorrow for a four weeks speaking tour through the middle and far west to stimulate the American Legion membership campaign. J F J Herbert of Massachusetts will tour New England and Chaplain John W Inter of Alabama will visit the southern states.
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New York
American Legion
Theodore H Roosevelt
Joint National Executive Committee
Middle
Far West
J. F. J. Herbert
Massachusetts
Legion
New England
John W. Inter
Alabama
Equal Rights League Asking for Hearing on Covenant
The National Equal Rights League via secretary William H. Trotter of Boston telegrammed Senator Lodge requesting a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It seeks to urge an amendment to the League of Nations covenant guaranteeing full protection of life and full equality of rights to all negro citizens of allied and associated nations.
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Boston
National Dual Rights League
William HH. Trotter
Senator Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations
League
League of Nations
Escape of German Prisoners in Ohio Storm
A severe electrical storm at Camp Sherman near Chillicothe Ohio led to the escape of 20 German prisoners. Four were later captured in Columbus and Circleville reported four more arrests. Ohio police issued notices nationwide for the remaining escapees.
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Columbus
Ohio
President and Prince to Exchange Letters by Airplane
New York August 4 President Wilson and the Prince of Wales will exchange letters tomorrow via airplanes in the International Air Derby from New York to Toronto. An invitation to visit America will be sent on a plane piloted by Captain J M Foote from Mineola at 9 am with 89 aviators. Colonel William Barker Canadian ace will deliver the prince s message from Toronto and drop it on Roosevelt field Mineola at 7 pm. An American mail plane will then carry it to Washington.
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New York
Wilson
Prince of Wales
Toronto
America
J. M. Foote
Mineola
William Barker
Roosevelt Field
Washington
APPROVES COURT MARTIAL CHANGE
Washington August 24 Secretary Maeker endorsed Major General Kernans report on courts martial and procedure saying the present system should stay with minor detail changes. He noted courts martial serve to maintain army discipline rather than emphasize technical legal rules and cited 225 officers supporting the system while 43 condemned it and seven noted weaknesses. The report suggests appointing defense counsel for generals and special courts martial and offering young officers incentives to study law to fill these roles.
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Washington
Francis J. Kernan
Special War Department Board
Makeer
Kernan
Nice
War Department Board
Obregon Offers Military Aid If Mexican Crisis Worsens
General Alvaro Obregon, candidate for president, telegrams President Carranza from San Orn expressing support and willingness to deploy modest forces if the international debt and banking pressures threaten the government’s ability to navigate the crisis. He trusts the government will find adequate solutions but stands ready to help.
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Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Sanorn
Ukraine Troops Occupy Kiev Reported by Dispatch
A dispatch from Minsk reports Gen. Petlura’s Ukrainian forces have occupied Kiev and Podolia with portions of Volhynia, while advancing toward the Dnieper along the front. The message notes the government of Kiev and suggests broad Ukrainian advance in the region.
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Copenhagen
Boresina
Minsk
Kumene
Podalsky
Petlura
Ukraine
Kiev
Podolia
Volhynia
Dnieper
Porto Rico Plans Two-Cent Film Tax Affects Exhibitors
Porto Rico announces a two cent per foot tax on all imported films to raise revenue. The levy could cost film exchanges about 20000 yearly and may force several importers to shut down. Only about 20 picture houses operate on the island, threatening access to screenings.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Flares Through Arch Reported Over Var River Bridge
A local newspaper reporter rode as a passenger with Wronee August 24 as Avia tor Milliueon flew twice through the Arch of the Var river bridge. The Arch spans 66 feet in width and 26 feet in height.
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Nice
Wronee
Milliueon
Var River
Court Marina Foresters Annual Outing at Norrel's Grove
Court Marina Florida Foresters of America held their annual outing at Norrel's Grove Brooklawn yesterday. Many members and their families attended making it one of the most enjoyable fraternal events of the year. A lighthearted, seasonal note urged members to prepare for cooler weather ahead.
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Court Marina
Foresters of America
Norrel's Grove
Brooklawn
Peace treaty windup and US role in Europe policy
Paris Aug 24 The Liberte says efforts in the United States to reject the peace treaty demand swift winding up of conference. It questions American withdrawal from Europe while criticizing intervening in Hungary Romania and elsewhere. Temps editorial notes the Shantung issue and potential US France accord to protect territorial integrity and open door. A boy’s body fell 20 feet to the ground.
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Havas
la Liberte
United States
Germany
America
Europe
Temps
Shantung
Senate Foreign Relations
Washington
Thomas F. Mullard
Threatens Sympathetic Strike On New Haven Rail Line
Public services commissioner Lewis Nixon will meet tomorrow with officials of the New York Westchester and Boston Railway and with striking motormen and conductors who walked out last Thursday to end the dispute. The Big Four railroad brotherhoods threaten a sympathetic strike on the New York New Haven and Hartford system if pay parity with steam road workers is denied. Nonunion strike breakers will run empty trains tomorrow as the company readies to resume passenger service after the new staff learns the line’s grades curves and signals.
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New York
Lewis Nixon
Westchester and Boston Railway
New York New Haven
Hartford
Eight Chinese Captured by Immigration Officers
Eight Chinese were seized by United States immigration and customs officers near Westport Maine after being smuggled ashore from a boat at St John New Brunswick. They were in a motor car headed to Bangor when captured four miles from Westport. The driver was arrested and a party leader was also taken into custody. The group and about nine pounds of opium were seized and will face a hearing in Calais tomorrow.
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Baspport
Maine
United States Immigration and Customs
Tougk
Bangor
Calais
St. John
N. B
Westport
Steam Road Workers Join Cast Strike In Los Angeles
Steam railroad workers strike halts train movements in Los Angeles as switchmen and dockmen join in support of Pacific Western interurban system trainmen. All Southern Pacific trains from the north are stopped at Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Bakersfield, while through trains still arrive at irregular intervals.
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Los Angles
Cal
Los Angeles
Pacific Wieetrie Bathway Company
Southern Pacific
Tuos Angeles
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
Bakersfield
Shorter Day’s Work Not Encouraged, Midvale Plans Say
Announcement from Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company workers under a collective bargaining plan states that demand for a shorter workday and higher wages to cope with high living costs is uneconomic and unwise. The resolutions call for private monopolies to be controlled, profits limited, and hoarded staples to be released for the open market.
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Lalantic City
N,od
Worlkmen
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
City Hit by Lightning and Rain Floods Streets and Parks
A thunderstorm damaged Jangine Co No 12 on Beechmont Avenue and plunged the fire house into darkness. Trees fell across Pembroke and Reilly streets, blocking a road and breaking window panes. Municipal bath and park house crowds were rushed in. beaches drew record crowds as high tide peaked. Trolleys and jitneys ran at capacity until the storm forced residents home.
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Jangine Co
Beechmont Avenue
Pembroke and
Reilly Streets
Captain Baum
Municipal Bath
Park House
Massachusetts tobacco crop crippled by hail storm
A severe hail and electrical storm across Hampshire County Massachusetts caused thousands of dollars in damage to tobacco crops. In North Hadley and nearby towns hailstones as large as marbles punctured leaves, leaving about one third of the county's crop harvested before the disaster.
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Northampton
Mass
North Haitfield
Wheatley
Northumberland
North Hadley
Mrs. J. H. Alger Dead in Deproit at 79
Mrs. Annette Henry Alger, widow of General Russell A. Alger and former Michigan governor, died at her Deproit home today at the age of 79. Mrs. Mary Penese to entertain G. A. R. ladies Tuesday at her Longview avenue home, Ash Creek.
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J. H. Alger
Deproit
Annette Henry Alger
Russell A. Alger
McKinley
Michigan
Mary Penese
The
Longview Avenue
Ash Creek
Weather forecast from Bridgeport Post Building data
New England showers and thunder storms Monday with Tuesday fair and cool. Eastern New York unsettled Monday with local showers and storms south portion Tuesday fair. Atlantic coast winds southwest, Sandy Hook 16 alterns, showers. Pressure trends show decline in upper Ohio valley and mid Atlantic, cooler Monday in Atlantic states north of Virginia. Almanac notes sun and moon data for Bridgeport vicinity.
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New England
New York
Atlantic Coast
Sandy Hook
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
St. Lawrence
Worcester Postal Men Seek Increase
Postal employees of Worcester county held a mass meeting to adopt resolutions demanding higher salaries. They urged national officers to seek congressional relief and, if denied, to conduct an immediate referendum to determine member sentiment on pursuing their demands.
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Worcester Mat
Worcester County
Congress
United States Defeats England in Rifle Shoot
United States defeats England in the first outdoor international small bore rifle match, totaling 7,617 for the Americans and 7,523 for England on England’s range, with the event held secretly after the fact. Pequonnock Outing describes a yacht club family trip to Steeplechase Island with boat transportation, athletic events, and entertainment by the Criterion quartet.
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United States
England
Pequonnock
Pequonnock Yacht Club
Criterion Quartet
Obituary notices from Bridgeport and area deaths
Frank Cluckey of Broad street died yesterday at Hilside home. Burial to Port Chester. Veronica H. Jarrell, four, of 2 Catherines Street, funeral tomorrow. burial in St. Michael's cemetery. Grace Wound of 637 East Main Street funeral tomorrow. burial in Ansonia. John P. Griffin, Julia Griffin of this city, died yesterday. funeral tomorrow at Gallagher parlor and St. Augustine's Church. burial in family plot at St. Michael's. Catherine Costello widow of John Costello, died Saturday. salemn mass at St. Patrick’s Oshurah. burial in St. Michael's cemetery. Joseph S. Magson, 40s, Bridgeport resident, painter. body to arrive in Bridgeport afternoon. services at review cemetery. James H. Hardie of Bridgeport died last night. long list of affiliations. survived by widow, two sons, one daughter, and two sisters. funeral details listed. Mrs. William H. Burr of Greenfield Hill funeral yesterday. burial in Oaklawn cemetery Fairfield. mortuary chapel at 274 Fairfield Avenue.
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Frank Cluckey
Broadstreet
Hilside
Port Chester
Ter
James Mieltler
Veronica
Farrell
Veronica H. Jarrel
John PF. Grifin
Julia Perry Griffin
St. Vincent's Hospital
Gallagher and
Gallagher
Joseph S. Magson
Joseph
Magson
Bridgeport
F. B. Davis
Maple Street
New Britain
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
A. G. Hammond
Magna Charia Lodge
Sons of St. George
Lexington Lodge
Miamosue Yacht Club
James A. Magson
Davis
James H. Hardie
Ogdens- Mwe
Ninth
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Singer Manufacturing Company
Bridgeport Brass Company
Flo
Waterbury
Hardie
Bridgeport Lodge of Jilks
Court
Nathaniel Wheeler
Proresters of America
New England Order of Protection
John
Catherine Hrdrick
Mark K. Hardie
William H. Barr
William H. Burr
Greenfield Hill
Norwalk Hospital
H. J. Bishop
Fairfield Avenue
Oaklawn
Fairfield
Cholera Threat Reported in Tokio with Incoming Cases
A Tokio cable to the Hawaii Shinn warns of a cholera epidemic threatening Tokio. Several cases have been reported. The infection was brought to Tokio from Shanghai. Mr. and Mrs. Urban Winterburn of Curtis Avenue will leave today for a vacation at the Warren house in Warren, Cann.
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Tokio
Honolulu
Hawaii Shinn
Mes. Urban
Winterburn
Curtis Avenue
Warren House
Warren, Cann
Young Lady in Bridgeport Promotes Healthy Complexion
A Hartigan Drug Store expert cites digestion as key to beauty and urges ditching rouge and powders. Miss Wagner credits two bottles of CINOT for relief from nervous indigestion and headaches, praising CINOT as she signs the Bridgeport testimonial. The CINOT man is at Hartigan's Drug Store, 11 Fairfield avenue, to introduce CINOT locally.
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Bridgeport
CNN
Hartigan
St Fairfield Avenue
Wagner
Cinot
Hartigan’s Drug Store
Fairfield Avenue
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