Plan agreement on enforcing prohibition bill near
Ashington Sept 22 Conferees plan complete agreement on the prohibition enforcement bill. Key dispute remains who bears the burden of proof in evidentiary submissions about illegal commerce in intoxicants. Senate provisions for home cider and light wine manufacture are to be retained amid liberalizing measures. Prohibition advocates do not expect late enactment this week. Banks report deposits from $15 to $17 billion.
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Ashington
House
Senate
Coigrenge Iso
Mrs Lucy Wing recounts Father Johns Medicine aiding sick child
Mrs Lucy Wing of Liberty Maine testifies that after using Father Johns Medicine her weak child grew strong and healthy. She hopes her voluntary statement helps other families with sick children. Berlin New Hampshire resident adds similar praise citing prior whooping cough and improved health.
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Lucy Wing
Liberty
John
George E. ‘Lambert
Silewestern Avenue
Berlin
N. H
Ali
Spiritualists plan search for drifting steamship Valbanera
Havana reports that Dr Antonio Valetti society members, a Spiritualist group, plan to charter a tugboat to seek the Spanish steamship Valbanera, believed helplessly adrift off Cape Sal, after a recent Key West report. They say seances conveyed Valetti’s spirit confirming the ship’s fate and survivors, and they may proceed unless Valetti’s guidance urges restraint.
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Havana
Cape Sal
Soct
Vaietti
Cardinal Mercier Ends His Maryland Sojourn
Cardinal Mercier completed his Maryland visit visiting Annapolis and the Naval Academy. He was hosted by Governor Harrington with Cardinal Gibbons and spoke to the public at the historic state house. They also visited wounded officers at Fort McHenry and Mercier spoke briefly.
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Annapolis
Cardinal Mercier
Maryland
Naval Cas
State House
Cardinal ‘Gibbons
Harrington
Baltimore Cs
Mercier
Cardinal
Gibbons
Fort McHenry
Mereier
French Officials Object to Wagnerian Selections
A fragmentary report notes police prefect cancelled a concert program divided between Berlioz and Wagner after receiving multiple letters urging rejection. The order halted the Wagner portion, citing objections to selections.
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Berlioz
Wagner
Seeley and Robinson back plan for school swimming pools
Seeley and J A He Robinson, officers of the Board of Appointment and Taxation, endorsed installing swimming pools in Bridgeport public school buildings for year round use by adults and children. W Burnham and H B Husted also approved. The matter was referred to the recreation board with possible Board of Education collaboration and budgeting this fall.
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J. A. “He Robinson
Board of Appolionment and Taxation
Standard ‘Telegram
Bridgeport
Wiliam Burnham
Harry
B. Husted
Robinson
Board of Recreation
Board of Education
Hosted
Hurricane survivors found in lighthouse
Miami Florida September 23 After eleven days without food or water thirteen survivors of the Durst eanes huddled in a lighthouse on North Elbow Cay a Small Island in the Florida straits swept clean by the storm were located by a submarine chaser. They reported huge waves carrying away tombs with bodies of former inhabitants and destroying livestock and food supplies leaving the people dependent on the lighthouse for survival.
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Miami
Fla
Eanes
North Elbow Cay
Florida Straits
German assembly forms committee to investigate war responsibility
The German national assembly named a committee to investigate and fix responsibility for the war. The move signals the government's effort to assign accountability and assess wartime actions while guiding postwar policy and public debate. The body will examine causes, decisions, and key actors shaping the conflict.
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German National Assembly
Building Permits Granted for Numerous Repairs and Additions
The board of building issued permits valued at about 16 100 for various projects. Work includes cellar walls moved or rebuilt, brick additions and garages, and dwelling expansions on streets including Harlem, Sterling, Stratford, Beac h, and Poplar. Notable owners include J Abbot, Willis Hobbes, John Miller, American Tube, and Sons of St George.
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Board of Building
MLB
Che
Wwe
Ohi
Harlem Street
AL J. Abbot
Family House
Beach Street
Joseph
Annie Realet
Sudford Avenue
American Tube
Ping Company
sEou
Stratford Avenue
Couth Fia
Sterling Place
Willis
Producing Crusade Urged to Solve Cost of Living
A conference committee statement calls for a moral turn to economic policy, urging maximum personal production as essential to lowering living costs. The group likens the effort to a crusade and appeals for immediate action, citing religious and social duty.
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Roger W. Babson
Swimmings Delux The Duchess of Berri and sea bathing fame
A historical note recalls Duchess of Berri inaugurating sea bathing fashion in Dieppe in 1871 with a pompous beach arrival. It also cites a Belgian wartime damage estimate of 1.5495 billion dollars and notes American officer fatalities in France, highlighting leadership in thick combat.
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Duchess de Berri
France
London Daily Express
Dieppe
Inspection Des Baths
A LOT OF 'EM It's a queer world
A fragmented text fragment notes quirkiness of social exchanges about vacations and money through dialogue. It mentions hearing from a wife regularly and joking questions about money, reflecting a humorous, unsettled tone.
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Scott
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Hessig
Memphis
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Tuileries Gardens
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Seeley
Mr. Burnham
Adil
Ernestine
Sitl
LC T
Jack
Papa
London
Ingland
J.a.king
Main Street
Grant
Tel. Barnum
Liles Iiss Mee
Save Labor
HE Gas Appliance Exchange, Inc
Salt’s Textile
Vor
Kossuth & Howe Sts
Atlas
Teal Works
Sianges
John Yell Barnum
Bridgeport Metal Goods Mfg. Co
Metal Goods Metal Goods
Cherry Street
Battery Dept
Carbon
Wolverine
Motor Works
Union Avenue
Marine Engines
Connecticut
Europe
Conference Committee OF National Preparedness, Inc
Henry A. Wise Wood
Alan R. Hawley
James E. Clark
Madison Aves
New York City
Belgium
Alvord
Campus
Shore &X
New England Steamship Lines
Steamer
Naugatuck
Los. Union St
Purser
THE
Bridgeport Screw CO
Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Grafonolas
Stratfield Hotel
Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeports Burlap Sack CO
Knowlton ST
Conn
American Chain Company, Inc
Bridgeport, Com
Bridgeport Boiler Works CO
Housatonic Avenue
Nati Bank
Phong
Barnun
the Susman, Feuer & Brownstein Co
Water ST
Yelephone Barnum
the Automatic Machine CO
General
Washington Ave
Oona
Uruagu
Acme Shear CO
Saknowleon, Hicks & Arctic Streets
Bryant Electric Co
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co
Wairfield
the Locomobile Company America
American Paper Box CO
G. Drouve CO
Bridgeport Brass Co
Ort
Park City Die and Tool CompAny
TEL
Morehouse ST
A. H. Nilson Machine CO
Coe-Stapley - Mfg. Corporation Sheet Metal Goods
Railroad Ave
Harvey Hubbell, Inc
Crescent Die & Tool Mfg. Co
Barnum
Beechwood Ave
H. W. Palmer
Sec’y and
Treas
Columbia Nut and Bolt Company Incorporated
U. S
Tifteen
Milford
George B. Clark
Electric Compositor CO
Broad Street
American Tube. & Stamping Co
Bridgepore, Conn
New York
British
Holmes & Edwards” International Silver, Co
Nives
Connecticut Electric
Mig
Florence Aves
Heppenstall Forge Company
Everlastik
the Jackson Stone Co
Marbica
Housatonio Avenue
Armstrong
Armstrong Mig. Co
Curtis & Curtis
Rm BR. Ave
Garden St
Bpt
Acob Bros
Kossuth
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