Obituary notices for James M. Gi and John Kerr
Obituary notices report funerals and memorials for James M. Gi yesterday morning in Stratford at 8:30 am, and for John Kerr at 9:50 am at the home of his parents. High mass and burial are noted, with lists of mourners and clergy. Stratford residents Mary Kerr Engler and others are mentioned among survivors. Burial is at Stratford’s St. Michael's Cemetery and St. Mary’s Church ceremonies are referenced.
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James M. Gi
Jane
Stephen Kelley
Arvey
Walter Cornell
Brahan
Joseph Rekacsé
St. Michael's
J. McGivuer
John Y. Atrr
John T.kerr
George Kerr
Hineton Avenue
Lockwood
Wood
Stratford Tratford
Stratford
Mary
Citizens Tagged Today in Bridgeport Nursing Drive
Volunteers buzz through Bridgeport districts tagging residents for the Visiting Nurse Association. District captains lead teams at churches schools and homes guiding coverage from State Street to the railroad, with armbands and nurse pictures on tags to promote care and nutrition.
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Olivet Church
Thomas Joyne
H.C. Dana
Stratfield
Davis
Day
Sanford Stod‘gard
M.H. Ward
Main Street
Istriets
Frederick J. Runees
F. B. Grannis
Gertrude Northrop
F. Walker
Joseph Mihaly
William Nothnagis
Charles W Averill
Charles Williams
Atrs
Rouse Debates Alcohol Question in Maine Prohibition
Rouse argues Maine openly defies prohibition with bar rooms operating openly in Portland and Lewiston for 25 years. He cites murders and drunkenness as evidence, while Representative Hersey denies liquor dealers in his state violate the law.
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Maine
Fitegerald
Portland
Leywiston
Hersey
Repub
U S Ships Ready for Voyage in Postwar Trade Move
Berlin reports indicate the German cabinet plans to permit broad import of necessities as the blockade loosens. War Trade Board Chairman Vance McCormick says American restrictions are nearly removed, with credit limits still shaping trade. Raw materials may be allowed, while luxuries remain controlled via the reparations commission. Plan calls for firm-level syndicates with government participation to ensure credit and direction.
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EES
Congress
Germany
Vance McCormick
War Trade Board
Sala
Supreme Economic Council
Ris
McCormick
Paris
Wilson
Eid
Berlin
The
Burglars Hit Hull and Deppisch Store in New York
On Fulton Street burglars entered Hull and Deppisch stationers and attacked senior partner Gardner Hull with a hammer. Hull suffered severe injuries to head and jaw, a porter found him conscious but badly wounded, and he was taken to a hospital with little hope for recovery as robbers escaped with cash.
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New York
Fulton Street
Hull
Deppisch
Gardner c. Hull
Walli
A. Hospital
Hungary to Be Base for Reds Operations
Exchange dispatch from Copenhagen cites Budapest as base for Bolshevik propaganda against Western Europe. Bela Kun’s Hungary allegedly hosts a Moscow conference with Lenin and Trotzky allies. Delegation returning from Moscow rumored to have procured counterfeit English and French banknotes for propaganda use. Senate committee misnaming Borah instead of Sherman noted.
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London
Copenhagen
Budapest
Oisiom
Moscow
Borah
Sherman
Senate ‘Committee
Must Furnish Coal to Europe Amid Rising Demand
Washington reports that American coal production could be required to supply about 45.9 to 46.0 million tons for European nations in coming years. Chief engineer George S. Rice notes reduced English output from a seven hour day impacts supply. Sir Auckland Geddes cited a British decline of 70 million tons and a price rise of 1.06 a ton.
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Washington
Comint
George 8. Rice
Bureau of Mines
Manning
Bureau
Rice
Europe
England
Sir Auckland Geddes
House of Commons
Fac
Deferred ice prosecution not given up says Crosby
Hartford July 1 United States District Attorney Crosby said the possible prosecution of the alleged ice combine had not been abandoned but deferred until the liquor situation is cleared. He noted wartime prohibition lacked enforcement machinery, forcing him to withdraw his investigating force from liquor matters and related crimes.
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Hartford
United States
Attorne Crosby
Ice
Cother
Electrical storm kills five in Pittsburgh district
A fierce electrical storm swept through a Pittsburgh district, killing five people and injuring several others. Rescue teams searched for missing persons as damages stretched across farms and nearby communities. Authorities reported widespread outages and warned residents to avoid flooded areas.
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Pittsburgh
Organizing Against Kun in Budapest Amid Turmoil
Reports from Szeged say anti-Kun measures gain steam as Red troops desert to Szepedin. Socialists join anti Communists, with another uprising expected. Communists replace railway managers and dismiss factory workers.
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Budapest
Orhursday
Szegedin
Bela Kun
Szepedin
Tayieh
SNTISH HOLDINGS TAKEN BY MEXICO
The first actual confiscation under Carranza decrees targets the Scottish Mexican Oil Company and British and American stockholders. Britain has raised the seizure with Mexico and advised the firm to continue complying with Mexican law. The United States watches closely while considering its response.
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Washington
British ,Consarn
Great Britain
Holland
Irrance
United States
State Department
Unis
Bicycle collision injures resident on Seaview Avenue
Ditammnasso was riding on Boston and Seaview avenue last night when his bicycle collided with an automobile driven by Fred Bankwitz of Worth avenue. He suffered lacerations to the left arm and back abrasions, treated at Bridgeport Hospital before being discharged to his home. No arrests were made.
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Boston
Seaview Avenue
John
Ditammnasso
Fred. Bankwitz
Worth Avenue
Bankwitz
Diarminasso
Bridgeport
Ike
Two Home Mixed Drinks by Biddy Bye for Ambitious Housewife
A Purported 19th century guide offers two home brew recipes. The first uses rhubarb lemons ginger tartaric acid sugar and yeast to create a rhubarb wine after fermentation and aging in a wooden keg. The second blends sassafras allspice wintergreen yellow dock wild cherry bark coriander seeds hops and molasses with boiling water, ferments30 and then bottles after aging.
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Biddy Bye
Married teachers say unfairness case on board pressure
The report alleges board pressure influenced staffing decisions with claims some teachers were kept in regular posts due to improper influence. The account references the involvement of married teachers and cites procedural concerns raised by members.
Goodrich Elected President in New England Association
Springfield July 11 officers of the New England Association of the National Association of Statutory Engineers were elected today with Warren F. L. Goodrich of Bridgeport, Conn, named president Tim Dean of Springfield as vice president Freeman J. Tyler of Taunton Mass secretary and Walter H. Damen of Springfield treasurer.
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Springfield
Mass
New England Association
National Association of Statugory Engineers
Warren FL. Goodrich
Sridgeport
Timer Dean
Freeman U. Tyler
Taunton
Walter HH. Damen
Napoleon's Fate May Be Kaiser's
New York July 11 History repeats as the peace conference delays final disposition of the former German emperor to Britain. Like 104 years ago Europe faced Napoleon's menace and placed his fate in Britain and St Helena after no trial or formal charges were heard.
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Willian Foster
Universal Service
New York
Europe
Napoleon
Britain
Bonsparte
Isle of
St. Helena
William Onenzallern
Weather forecast for South New England and East New York
Fair and somewhat warmer Saturday. Sunday partly cloudy with local thunder showers. Outlook for fair and warmer weather Saturday and partly cloudy with local thunder showers Sunday across mid Atlantic and New England states. Winds off Atlantic coast vary from fresh southwest north of Sandy Hook to moderate west near Hatteras.
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New England
East New York
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic Coast
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
New Miaven Weather Bureau
Bar. Tem
Wea
Atlantia
Atlantic City
Pteldy
Block Inland
Boston
Buffalo
Ulnectopatri
Uhioago
Norfolk
Northietd
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louia
Minneapolis
Washington
Almanac
Briggeport
Middlebrook Almanac
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Hungary
Lenine
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