Soissons Retaken In Allied Advance
Allied forces push along the Aisne front with French and American troops advancing toward Soissons and Fere en Tardenois. German retreat accelerates as villages burn and lines shift. Putnam and others score aerial and ground victories.
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Another Fireman Quits for Higher Pay in Bridgeport
A Bridgeport firefighter William A. Walt Jr. resigns from Engine No. 1 to take a job as a slater earning $6 per day, while the city fire department pays only $1,200 to $1,400 yearly plus on call duties. The report notes many seek outside work for higher wages despite hazards and scheduling.
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Jelly Fish at Fairfield Make Censors Superfluous
Fairfield reports jellyfish in the waters forcing women to wear long stockings to avoid bites at the beaches. The surprise move follows numerous stings, triggering a scramble for attire and drawing comment from bathers including many men.
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Allied drive pushes Germans beyond the Aisne
The French and American forces advance across the Soissons Rheims front with Nesles wood cleared by cavalry and towns burning behind them. British and French units harass German lines toward Rheims while Allied progress signals a likely end to the salient.
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France
Flanders
Somme
Ypres
Workers' Interest Safeguarded, Says U S Labor Agent
Bridgeport union members heard I K Russell report from the War Labor Board that workers will receive an equitable wage award soon. The meeting also organized a women’s branch of the Machinists and discussed a delayed August 1 award, with 2000 enrollment forms distributed for caucus lists.
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Newark
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Rugsett
Mary P. Scully
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Remington Arms
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Samuel Gompers
Samuel Lavit
Council of Bridgeport
Wilson
Senate
House
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International Association of Machinista
Fraternal Lodge Holds Meeting and Initiation
Fraternal Arcanum lodge held its weekly meeting in Odd Fellows hall. The initiatory degree was conferred upon one candidate. The Triple Link club reported a successful outing last Saturday at Silver Sands.
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Triple Link Club
Silver Sands
Transfers for City Projects Redirect Budget Funds
The city board approved transfers totaling $22,000 to cover bond issues for 1916 and 1917, shifting funds from Fire and Police salaries and building repairs. Other adjustments moved $2,500 from social center salaries to bath house café, and $200 from care of patients to rent at isolation hospital.
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Anges
Board of Fire Commissioners
Fire Department
Police Department
James A. McElroy
Engineering Department
Board of Apportionment
United States’ Service
Claus
Zope
Americans Lied to Enter Canadian Army in War Rush
A public event in Stratford highlights 34,000 Americans who joined Canadian ranks to fight for Liberty. speakers recount Burgess and Mullins heroics at Ypres, urging rapid production and mobilization as Canada readies 500,000 in the field. Pershing quote underscores daily duty.
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William “V"dee
Bridgeport
Housatonic, Shipbuilding Company
Pershing
Housatonic
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Simon Lake
Burgess
Mullins
Princess Pat
No-Man‘s Land
Poli
Nat’ C Anada
Yoomans
Europe
Great Britain
England
Berlin
Ypres
Nine Oelock
Red Cross
Wilton Man Writes From France To Sister In Letter
Corporal Carlton Weed of the American army, serving in France, writes home via his sister Mrs. S. W. Merrill detailing front line danger, constant shelling, and his growth in skill as an ammunition truck driver. He notes German prisoners, many of them youths, looking weary and pitiful as they are marched to the rear.
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S. W. Merrill
Carlton Weed
France
Weed
Merill
Peter A. Harris
Dai
Alia Ishi Cenga
Boward "Mercer
Danbury
Merwin
Augustus White Merwin
Frederick Weston
Marrgaret Weston
Danbury Hospital
John Carlson
Cannondale
Very
Catherine A. Sturges
Melissa Jane Taylor
Larriages
Anthony Arena
Mary Chap
Bicycle collision leaves man with fractured rib in Brooklyn
Michael Macahaika of 688 Pém street was hospitalized with a fractured rib after his bicycle collided with John Sanparano of 6106 18th Street Grooktyn New York driving an automobile at Hough and Stratford avenues. The bicycle was demolished and police did not detain the driver. The incident occurred last evening as Macahaika rode behind another car and swerved into the Sanparano vehicle before brakes could be applied. He was taken to a local hospital by the car that struck him.
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John J. Howard
The
Parenta
Madison Avenue
St. Augustine's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Bessie M. Kennedy
Bessie M
Herbert R. Kennedy
Stratford Avenue
Charles Randolph
William Street
Michael Macahaika
Bridgeport
John Sanparano
18Th Street
Grooktyn
New York
Hough
Stratford Avenues
Macahatka
Federal Officers Plan to Centralize in One Building
Announcement by James McGovern, porter of the Port of Connecticut, states plans to utilize the third floor of the Federal Building at Broad and Cannon for government offices. Remodeling would add heating, lighting, plumbing, and possibly an elevator. Postmaster Greene says no addition. first floor extension suffices for current post office needs.
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Will
Malintaln
Charles F. Greene
10000 Tons of Coal Arrive at Brides Port for Renters and Derby
About 10 000 tons of hard and soft coal reached Brides Port yesterday for distribution to renters and local companies in the city and Derby. Tug George Me Caffery brought in five barges followed by the Red Ball tug Charles McWilliams and the Bine Line tug James McWilliams. The John Garrate and the Owen McWilliams towed in two barges each.
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Derby
George’ Me Caffery
Charles McWilliams
Promoter Pitches Willard Dempsey Bout For War Fund
Milwaukee August 2 promoter Tom Andrews says Jess Willard would consider meeting Jack Dempsey at the auditorium this fall. Andrews offers to give the entire bout receipts to the war fund after actual expenses. Dempsey has reportedly accepted the offer.
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Tos
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Ium
Jess
Dempsey
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