Meriden Man Calls For Peace End War Sent To Asylum
Meriden on April 1 Trank Wim mer age 25 began to solicit money from the public on Colony Street at Main Street for a peace fund. He displayed American and German flags and a sign reading Peace and Good Will to Man and Woman. He started the fund with 1.62 from his own pocket, no one else donated. He protested at the police station against detention and said he aimed to end the war. Physicians ordered he be admitted to Middlesex Hospital for observation.
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Meriden
Trank Wimmer
Colony Street
Main Street
Winmer
Wimmer
Middletownospital
Winmainer
Canadians with Tanks in Gallant Defense Action
Canadian forces and British troops held the south flank north of the Scarpe in a stout defense against German attacks near Oppy Gevrelle. Armored cars and artillery repelled assaults, with one carcrew killed except the driver and a gunner who held off foes after the capture attempt. Tanks and motorcars aided a stand above the Somme and Maincourt, preventing a large guns and tanks reef.
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Phil
Dominion
Oppy and
Gevrelle
Idarly
AM Wely
Somme
Maiicourt
Fairfield to Name Liberty Loan Committee Chairman
Fairfield announces plans for the third Liberty Loan campaign with Judge Bacon Wakenan named committee chairman. A meeting will discuss quota, materials have been distributed, and efforts aim to surpass the oversubscribed first two drives. Several civic events and club meetings fill the week, including a food demonstration by Miss Elizabeth Angel and a Red Cross war rally set for April 8 at Sherman hall.
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Fairfield
Bacon Wakenan
Losters
Wairfield
Southport
Sherman School
Elizabeth Angel
Farm Bureau
Fairfield Tome Isconomics Committee
M. Wairfield
Tome
Sherman Hall
Weir Goldsborough
Simon Co. Bradley
William van Kirk
United States Army
Gibbons
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Tieard
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Marlo Coverdale
Memorial Library
Congregational Church
Washington Public School
Tairfield Beach
Red Cross
Y M C A Stores Fall to Germans in Retreat
Pasis April 1 reports equipment valued over 20000 dollars sent by the American army to British front for American engineers and units largely captured by German forces. Four moves and abandonments leave one large wood building two tents and a quantity of av ennies lost. Five soldiers huts lent to British Y M C A destroyed. Y M C A center in Chalons sur Marne badly bombed. The only casualty among Y M C A workers at the front is Miss Marion G. Grandall previously reported killed by a shell. Y M C A assists in removing wounded soldiers and refugees.
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Brench
Chalons Sur Marne
Marion G. Grandall
Frrench
Brooklyn coffeehouse owner sentenced to die in May
Alessandro Vallero, owner of a Brooklyn coffee house and alleged gang leader, was sentenced to die in the electric chair in the week of May 4 by Supreme Court Justice Cropsey. He was convicted of ordering the September 1916 murder of Charles Ambrisco in a Brooklyn street. Other alleged members of the gang await trial. Vallero claimed he was in the Maine woods and not aware of his draft registration.
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New York
Alessandro Vallero
Brooklyn
Jeader
Supreme Court
Cropsey
Vallero
Charles Ambrisco
Alsace
Maine Woods
Southport Civic Assn Meeting Tonight Promises Busy Agenda
Southport April 1 Special A meeting of the Current Events club is set for tomorrow afternoon at the Wakeman Memorial building with Mrs Frederick E Bishop hosting and assisters Mrs Oliver H Jennings Mrs William H Holman and Mrs Samuel D Latin. Henry Rennell will read Washington's Ancestral Home by Miss Lottie A Lacey. Tea and cake will close the gathering.
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Southport
Wakeman Memorial Building
Frederick E. Bishop
Oliver H. Jennings
William Hh, Holman
Samuel D. Latin
Henry H. Rennell
Washington
Lottie A. Lacey
Spruce Street
Miami
Southport Civic Association
Haid
Gurdon W. Ganka
John Street
Judgar G
Most
Evelyn Fat
Iter
Grantwood
N. J
Clark Wakeman
Columbia University
Howard N. Wakeman
Pequot Avenue
Pope Aroused over Shelling of Paris Church
Pope Benedict expressed deep concern today over reports that a Paris church was struck by a German shell with loss of life. He met Cardinal Gasparri to discuss Vatican stance as shells from guns, not bombs from aircraft, change the military nature of the bombardment. A Berlin dispatch notes incidental hits on attacked churches, urging French government responsibility for Paris residents.
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Rome
Pope Benedict
Paria
Cardinal Gasparri
Vatican
Paris
London
Berlin
Amsterdam
German Money Used for Draft Opposition
A report filed at the adjutant general's office by F K Etheridge, state inspector of local exemption boards, charges German money funds efforts to induce Mississippi blacks to evade the draft. It cites resistance by registrants and notes pastor C H Mason of Lexington is preaching anti draft sermons. Former Mayor Jeremiah P Sullivan dies at 78 in Holyoke.
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Jackson
Miss
Arril L
Adjutant General's Office
F. KK
Etheridge
C. 11. Mason
Lexington
Church of God In Christ
No Camouflage In This Story No Camouflage In This Story
An advertisement from Cincinnati touts freezone a corn treatment costing only a few cents. It claims a few drops relieve tenderness and allow the entire corn to be lifted out with no pain or irritation. The drug supposedly dries quickly and leaves surrounding skin untouched. The blurb notes it may help a wife with worn shoes.
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Cincinnati
Haskell Silks Spring Showing With Special Prices
The Haskell looms remain active amid wartime, producing lustrous black silks and new spring weaves. Special pricing introduces Pure Dye Taffeta and various satin and chiffon options, with discounts on Fine Silks such as Satin Duchess and Satin Raye. Third floor display.
Curtains Reflect Home Style and Value
The article praises curtains as a house’s personality with windows revealing spirit. It warns against flimsy hangings and endorses good material for long-term value, listing scrims ecru and white with filet lace priced $6 to $10 per pair and antique lace paneling $5 to $10.
Stockings and Silk Hosiery in Spring Shades
Premium Pure Thread Silk Stockings in desired spring shades from the Mce-Callum line at 2.25 a pair. Thread Silks from Phoenix offered in black and white at 90 cents and 1.35. Silk stockings with risle tops, reinforced heels in black, navy, champagne and gold, very special at 1.00 on the Main floor.
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Phoenix
Linen Shop Presents Hemstitched Scarves and Linens
Linen Shop third floor advertises Scarves and Centers brands Scarves and Centers Coeur Jeannette Fleur D Amour Quelques Fleurs at 85 cents a bottle Azurea Talcum and Djer Kiss 30 cents. Smileage Books for the Soldiers $1.00. Details list sizes 18 x 27 inches 75 cents 18 x 36 inches $1.00 18 x54 inches $1.25 45x45 inches $2.75.
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Coeur Jeannette
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