Stratford Fire Loss Includes New Reo Car
Fire at a Stratford garage on Thompson Street near Hollister Avenue destroyed the structure and a new Reo automobile owned by Frank Smith. Loss estimated around $600. Chief Judson arrived with auto chemicals but could not determine a cause. Many neighbors awakened late due to limited telephones. Local fire companies faced delays. a full investigation may follow the week. Medal distribution for Stratford veterans planned for July 1 with town seal on the face.
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Stratford
Thompson Street
Hollister Avenue
Hollister
Heights
Ralph Volpe
Reo
Frank Smith
Judson
Stratford Fire Department
Volpe
Volpa
Company Ni 2
Wichers
Avenus
Willkbe
Fre
Tudson
Ctwo
Artford
Hartford
George Fairchild
George W. Spall
Nares
General Trucking Rates and Contact Information
General trucking service notes moving rates as reasonable. Telephone Stratford 626 for Tapris-tt inquiry.
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Stratford
Tapris
Comptroller cites stability of national banks in four months
Washington reports Comptroller Williams says only one small national bank with 25,000 capital failed in four months, and two national bank failures in 16 months, while the number of national banks grows and earnings rise. He contrasts this with state banks, noting 24 state institutions failed in three months and 50 to 60 in 15 months. Four months to April 30 saw 61 national bank charters granted, three refused, and 113 applications pending.
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Washington
Williams
Wil, Illams
Comptroller
Peage Pact Received Here Ahead of Versailles
The Peace treaty, said to be presented to German plenipotentiaries at Versailles Wednesday, has reached the State Department. The Government Printing Bureau is preparing the treaty in pamphlet form, with a lengthy text of over 70 000 words. A summary will be printed later, and a release to newspapers may occur a day or two before publication to avoid clogging telegraph wires. Official copies will be issued to belligerent governments and German reps, and the treaty will likely be printed in multiple languages. No exact release date in the U S announced. actions will follow President Wilson and the American peace delegation in Paris.
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Washington
Paris
Versailles
State Department
Leoks
Wilson
Anda
Foreign Office
Veterans Banquet Tonight For 102d Ambulance Company
Comfort Club plans a dinner and dance at the Stratfield tonight for 700 members of the 102d Ambulance Company and their mothers. The boys march from Hanover Street to the Stratfield escorted by the Connecticut State Guard, with Olympic Band. Relatives will join a reception after the dinner, and the Welfare Committee notes many have returned to work or found new positions.
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Comfort Club
102D Ambulance Company
Stratfield
Stratfeld
Connecticut State Guard
Hanover Street
Park Avenue
State Street
Main Street
Thare
William Lounsbury
Shan
Welfare Committee
The
Mra. Lounsbury
1021 Ambulance Company
Father John's Medicine A Safe Family Tonic
An old fashioned prescription advertises Father John s Medicine as a safe family tonic for everyone in the household. It emphasizes the product as a seasonally useful remedy that has been successfully used for more than sixty years.
German Helmets for Bond Sellers in Fairfield
Fairfield May 4 Special three German helmets to be awarded to top canvassers selling Liberty Victory bonds placed in windows of Randall s Boyle s and Switzer s pharmacies The drive underway says Judge Wakeman over 25 000 raised so far but exact amounts withheld Dance planned by Southport Fire Department for May 15 Malone s Orchestra Bridgeport to play Edward A von Holty Jr leads committee plus members R E Perry Hemson Howard Russell Vorhees O Dwyer Red Cross to meet May 16 to complete 500 refugee garments Staples class of 1917 reunion Miss Julia Gallagher hostess Miss Gallagher guests include Marion Whalen and others Mrs George F Higgins visiting New York City Mrs William H Jennings ill at home Red Cross Ambulance guests 102d Ambulance company members share experiences Other local notes and gatherings listed
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Fairfield
Randall's
Boyle's
Switzer
Huns
Paris
Bacon Wakeman
Tiberty Loan Campaign
Main Street
Malone
Bridgeport
Will
Edward A. von Holty, Jr
Mandel R. Perry
William Hemson
Ira Howard
David ‘Russell
Edward Vorhees
John O'Dwyer
Fairfield Chapter
the Red Cross
Beach Road
Svorkers
New York
102D
Ambulance
William ‘West
Benjamin Wurtzen
Martin’ Mortenson
William Kinsella
Gallagher
Julia Gallagher
James Gallagher
Hulls Farms Road
Tess
Staples High School
Marion Whalen
Eewin Dinneen
Marjorié Adams
Helen ‘Tory
Ernest B. Jennings
Willow
Eben Williams
Sasco Hill
George
V- B Eddy
Baltimore
Diverett Eddy
Byron Eddy
Curch Street
Pine Grove
Hidward Dinneen
Bay Ridge
N. Y
William ‘Burr
Fort Adams
Frederick A. Burr
Hun Street
Joseph
Bernard Rooney
New York City
Myr
Deoward Russell
Mainstreet
Edward Gleason
Harbor Road
Gleason
France
Fairfield Visiting Nurse Association
Red Cross
Samuel H. Wheeler
Siberian Troops Near Samara Drive Renewed
Siberian forces push toward Samara and Orenburg with Samara expected to fall within a fortnight. Describes northern advances to Bogulma Menshinsk and Glastov and notes Bolshevik evacuation plans at Orenburg. Reports improved morale, reorganization under a general staff, and new equipment from Britain and France, including rifles and artillery for large formations.
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Beilebei
Orenburg
Russia
Associated Press
Samara
Bogulma
Menshinsk
Glastov
Volga
Kolchak
Varius
Great Britain
France
Omsk
Tomsk
Novyo-Nikolaievsk
Vladivostok
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Val. Dillon
Rue St. Cecile
Dillon’s
Bayer
Brooklyn
DR. C.W. King, Inc
Patlona den Astry
DR. C. W
Fairfield Ave
SAGAL
Atlantic Hotel
Treas
102D ‘Ambulance Company
Comfort ‘Club
WY. M
W. Hf
Young Women's Hebrew Association
Simon Brosler
Louis Bower
Jack Trankel
Harry Sanberg
Milton Friedberg
Samuel
Lefkowitz
Knights
Pree
John
Fairfield Committee
King’s Daughters of
M. EB. Church
F. B
Airfield Fire Department
Sherman’s
Speidel
Louis Boek
Bolsheviki
Geta Ee
Smith-Murray Co. Ser
Ailiel
Main St
Judson Tel
United Tire & ‘Vulcanizing Co. Distributors
United States ‘Tires
Wairfield Ave
Barnum
Connecticut
Southern New England Telephone Company
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