Death of Society Girl in Baltimore and Fire Blazes in Norwalk
A Baltimore society woman Sarah Cowan, daughter of former railroad president John K. Cowan, was found dead in a Maryland hotel room due to alcoholism and drug poisoning amid fading social ties. In Norwalk lightning struck the William T. Raymond house at Rowayton, igniting a blaze that injured six firefighters and damaged the historic residence valued at 25,000, as crews fought through collapsing walls and smoke. The same storm also damaged St Paul’s Church steeple in the Dead Marion curve area.
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Benjamin Schwartz
Baltimore
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Jocal Fire Department
Darien
Norwalk Hospital
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George Gnasnor
Norwich
Hubert Clarke
Arthur Billard
Reliance Hols and Ladder Co
Howayton
Richard Hudson
Reliance Books and Ladder Co
George Brencher
Fies
Thonas S. Raymond
Upper Town
Twe Rowayvton
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St. Paul's Church
Wretport Avenue
Americans to be released from Russian prisons soon
Marguerite Harrison reports in Batimore that 21 American prisoners in Russia may be released within a few days. She says Senator France and officials assured her release is imminent, though no specific date or group details are provided.
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Russia
Marguerite Harrison
Battimore
Moscow
France
Hartford Man James Dance Cited for Vehicle Law Violation
Hartford resident James Dance was stopped by Bridgeport police for a violation of state motor vehicle law after a collision at the Liberty and Tatters streets corner. He was released under bond set at five dollars.
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Hartford
Bridgeport
Bekine
Missing nurse's body washed ashore after voyage
The body of Mollie Oates, a Huntington nurse who vanished from the steamer Georgia between New York and Providence, was found on a Warwick estate. Authorities suspect foul play due to head wounds and lack of water in the lungs. A purse with 47 cents was found. investigators believe robbery may have been motive.
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New York
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Warwick
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Jersey City
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Georgia
Rhode Island
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Sarah Oates
Lightning Strikes 30 Athletes at Island Shelter
Thirty members of the New York Athletic Club were struck by lightning while seeking shelter in a shed after swimming at Travers Island on July 3. None were seriously hurt though doctors say one man would have died without immediate artificial respiration.
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Travers Island
New York Athletic Club
Storm damages hit several Connecticut towns and Bridgeport
A powerful electrical storm swept across Hartford Middletown Danbury and Norwalk with Bridgeport experiencing near hurricane force at 11 yesterday morning Local trees were struck including a tree near Stratford Congregational church but no major area damage reported Intermittent showers followed with temperatures dropping from 90s to around 70s while a cool breeze developed earlier morning conditions remained unsettled through the day
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Middletown
Danbury
Norwalls
Bridgeport
Stratford
Congregational Church
Lightning strike kills man and injures woman in Rhinebeck
A man identified as Gottschalk, age unknown, was killed and Jane Heerpsim, about 31, was seriously injured when lightning hit a free adrift carriage they were sheltering in during a heavy shower in Rhinebeck. The incident occurred as they were travelers associated with a transit company. Local authorities began inquiries into the event.
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Jane Heerpsim
Ile
Gottschalk
Arens
Broadway
New York
Rhinebeck
Gottsenale
Taterborough
Cows and Minnows to Destroy Mosquitoes
In the Rockefeller Foundation report, cows and top minnows are tested in Louisiana Bayou to combat malaria spreading mosquitoes. Experiments show minnows feeding on mosquito eggs while cows graze along water edges, creating pasture banks that expose larvae to predation.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Bayou
Loulainna
Hieahore
Pilgrim Pageant Hosts Harding Guest Today
Plymouth prepares for a big day with President Harding as guest for the tercentenary Pilgrim Pageant. Townsfolk string garlands and streamers, while officials from Plymouth England and Dutch representatives arrive for the ceremonies.
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Harding
Government to Investigate Alleged Steal of Surplus War Material
Washington July 31 federal investigators uncover a national theft involving surplus war materiel handed to states for road building. Automobiles trucks lacquers road papers armament and engines may have been sold for low prices. Congress plans a full inquiry into alleged bad faith by states and the War Department and Justice pursue those responsible. A parallel note reports the Dunzaig gun factory in Paris closed by council of the League of Nations.
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Avery
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French Professor Arrives at Williams Institute of Politics
Professor Achilles Viallate, representing France, arrives at Williams College to deliver his public address on the Economic Factor in International Relations. He is a historian and constitutional lawyer with study in American economic affairs. Baron Sergina A. Kory will begin a course on Crusa’s foreign relations in the last whole century.
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P Remier Lioyd-Grovee
United States
Lord Northcliffe
Sundin
Trish
Washington
Lloyd George
America
United Star
Pramie
Lloyd-George
New York
Paris
Westaamstown
Mass
Achilles Viallate
France
Institute of Politics
Williams College
Sergina A. Kory
Thssia
Orusala
Federal injunction challenges Connecticut jitney law in New Haven
A federal judge granted a temporary injunction delaying enforcement of the new Connecticut jitney law. Jitneys may operate until August 16 when a hearing will decide whether to dissolve the order. Attorneys Woodruff and Klein argued the law violates the U.S. Constitution, seeking protection of due process and property rights, with a special federal court to hear the case in New Haven.
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Edwin S. Thomas
United States
Connecticut
BR. I. Woodruff
Arthur Klein
New Haven
Thomas
Norwalk
Notwalk
Highwood
IR. FL Woodruff
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John E. Keeler
Keeler
Yudgey Thomas
Wrdc’ Rogers
New York
Yale Law School
Judes Thomas
Connecticut District Court
Vermont
Rogers
Trastern
Court of Appeals
United States Court
Bridgeport Ohio Traction Officials Beaten by Crowd
In Bridgeport Ohio a violent clash erupted amid a dispute between traction officials and bus operators over state road law. Billings and Marsh, Wheeling traction managers, left town after a crowd gathered and inmates were jailed overnight. Police used riot squads to disperse rioters who blocked tracks and ferries on the Ohio Virginia River connection.
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Ohio
Tridgeport
Billings
Wheeling, W
Charles Marsh
Wheling
Virginia River Point
Wheeling
Peller
Trath
Machina Ferry
Marsh
Troy
Middletown Man Dies of Auto Injuries in Collision
A Middletown man died from injuries sustained in an automobile collision at Haddam Jask Mars. The accident also claimed Victor Vellutti of New Britain, who died shortly after the collision.
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Middletow
Cenn
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Bysex
Aled Tedar
Haddam
Jask Mars
Taite
Victor Vellutti
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New Britain
Seven Years Ago Today Great War Broke Out
On the outbreak anniversary the piece recalls Germany declaring war on Russia and invading Luxembourg after resistance by Luxembourg and Allied diplomacy failed. It notes Germany then demanded a free passage through Belgium and the escalating conflict that followed.
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Nctions
Germany
Russia
Luxembourg
Grand Duchy
Belgium
Teutons
City Council to Choose a Military Registrar Tonight
The City Common Council plans to appoint a military enrollment registrar at tonight$s midsummer meeting. Frank Plcot is favored to be re elected. Pilllott appears to be the sole candidate. The post must be filled each August per the charter, with a salary of $350 yearly.
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Frank FR. Plcot
Pilllott
Canunon Council
Tuerg
Common Council
Connecticut Avenue
Ash Creek
Main Streets
Gore
Trotsky Warns of War If Food Is Not Furnished
Trotsky speaking in Moscow before Soviet executives warned that without voluntary food offers a European style war could erupt. He said conflict would begin against Poland, accusing it of violating the Blea treaty.
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Moscow
Leon Trotsky
Poland
German Reds Parade Where Kaiser Spoke in Berlin
In front of the Imperial Palace Ten thousand red flags fluttered as a socialist protest grew from a planned antiwar rally into a radical demonstration. Speakers denounced war while monarchist voices preached loyalty. Crippled soldiers in wheelchairs pleaded for donations as banners urged no more war.
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Imperial Palace
Lustzarten
William
Bem
Imperia
Rota Fahne
Red Russia
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