Divorce Granted Today In Danbury Case
Mabel Jane Knapp of Danbury was married to William Francis Griggs in 1804. The judge heard he was an indifferent husband who left her several times and finally for good in November 1914, abandoning Danbury for Bridgeport. He claimed to support multiple families while Griggs’ mother also contributed. Both parties sought divorce.
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Mabel Jane Knapp
Danbury
William Francis
Griggs
W. M. Maltbie
Superior Court
Bidgeport
Stolen auto found abandoned near Stratford Ave
A four year old automobile owned by a resident of 81 Elm Street was reported stolen shortly before noon yesterday from Elm Street. It was later found abandoned on Stratford Avenue near Hough Avenue.
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4 Y Co
Elm Street
Stollen
Stratford Ave
Ford to turn back most of war profits
Washington June 27 Henry Ford will return to the government his share of the war profits from the Detroit plant. The automobile maker asked the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint an accountant to review the company books and determine the exact profits, the announcement stated.
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FORD
Washington
Henry Ford
H& Per
Detroit
Secretary of the Treasury
Memorial for Soldiers at West End
A memorial service for World War dead and honored veterans will be held at West End Congregational Church Sunday at 10 30 AM. A notable feature will be the demobilizing of the service flag during the ceremony.
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West End Congregational Church
Attorney Crawford to Speak at Harmony Lodge Meeting
Attorney George W. Crawford will deliver the final Harmony lodge I O B meeting of the season tomorrow night. His talk is titled Some of the least obvious results of the war. The judge will honor returning service members with a trench songs feature by Isadore H Hurowitz. Surviving Civil War veteran Max Neisner and others will give four minute speeches.
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George —. W. Crawford
Harmony Lodge
Max Neisner
Oscar Dannenberg
Michael Shu‘ansky
The
Edge
Beardsley Park Band Concert Sunday Program
Recreation board presents a Beardsley park concert Sunday at 2 PM featuring Wheeler & Wilson band and community singing led by George Greenspun. Seaside park hosts a 4 PM concert by the Harvey Hubbell band with details to be announced tomorrow.
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Recreation Board
Beardsley Park
Wheeler & Wilson
George Greenspun
Seaside Park
Harvey. Hubbell
Beardsley. Park
300 Local Service Men In Ranks Of The Jobless
Of 978 returned service men registered at Connecticut employment agencies, 300 in Bridgeport remain unemployed. Wired to Washington by David Elder, federal director in Hartford. With building trades awakening and fewer raw materials, demand rose. State placements increased from 4 21% last month to 3,500 this month, the armistice signed last November.
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United States
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Washington
David Elder
United States Employment Service
Hartford
Oyster Boat Salt Hits Shore Like a Cyclone
Joe Sevake, a sailor just in from an oyster packet cruise, assaulted George Brown of 233 Water Street by punching him on Water Street. Brown reported the incident to police. Sevake will be tried in City court this morning on a charge of assault.
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Joe Sevake
George Brown
Water Street
Brown
Sevake
Ship Builders Report Common Labor Scarce
Atlantic City New Jersey June 27 At the annual conference of the employment manager division of the Atlantic coast ship builders association big yards from Bath Maine to Georgia report a growing scarcity of common labor as trained workers refuse to return to laborer jobs. A Philadelphia office clearing house will be established to share labor supply information so yards can fill vacancies.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders Association
Bath
Maine
Georgia
Philadelphia
Trainmen Plan Strike If Demands Not Granted
United Brotherhood of Trainmen and affiliated railway groups threaten a strike on Tuesday if time and one half overtime pay are not granted by July first. Local members say the union expects the promise made by Secretary McAdoo will be fulfilled.
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United Brotherhood of Trainmen
McAdoo
Ex-Kaiser Plans Return to Germany Amid Dutch Approval
Berlin dispatch says Ex-Emperor William intends to hurry back to Germany before Entente surrender demand. Dutch government fully approves his return, calling him an unwelcome guest whose presence worsens the situation in Holland. Life humor item follows about saving garden seeds for hens.
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Berlin
Associated Press
William
Germany
Holland
Stuttgart
Neue Berliner Zeitung
Wolland
Chiropractic For Health Neuritis Explains Spine Link
Modern science supports chiropractic realignment to relieve nerve pressure and restore function. The piece cites vertebral subluxation causing disease and illustrates with neuritis in the arms, listing several doctors and contact details in Connecticut towns including Danbury Stamford Waterbury Norwalk and South Norwalk.
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Theody
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