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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1918

Page

4

Milford Red Cross Meeting Set For Tomorrow Evening

Milford Red Cross finance committee will meet tomorrow evening in the municipal building. Captains of teams to conduct the local Red Cross drive will attend. Mrs. Rawler of Brooklyn and relatives have returned from a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fowler on Golden Will. Also notes on local entertainment and a Burns family update from France.

Milford Aus Milford Red Cross Red Cross Rawler Brooklyn Harry Fowler Golden Wil Charles Bachman Louise Bachman White Plains France Alonzo E. Burns Buckingham Avenue John A. Burns 10Th Aerial Squadron American Expeditionary Forces Beatrice MacLaughlin L Spears Central Avenue Hed Cross James A. Gillies Ruth Wilcox Brown Marian N. Fowler Boig Fort Trumbull Simon Lake Broad Street Baltimore Maryland C.F. Budgen Sea Side Avenue

Milford News Briefs: Meetings, Pledges and Beach Life

Pleasant trips and local society notes lead the Milford district items. Methen Circle Meeting at Pilgrim cottage on Baldwin Avenue, Fort Trumbull beach, with a church supper and social to follow. Warnings about magazine and paper mail, visits from Brooklyn guests, and travel plans to Niagara Falls and Albany. W. S. pledges update from town clerk Rose. Dog cases heard. fines issued for unregistered dogs and dogs at large. Warm days bring hammock sleepers and crowded beaches with record water attendance this August. Letters from France and overseas received in Milford.

Waterbury Connecticut Hartford Wethersfield Windsor Methen Circle Atelhen Circle Pilgrim Cottage Baldwin ‘Avenue Fort Trumbull Beach Walter Maroney Charles Fowler Hiss Brooklyn Milford Laboos France Jank Bennett North Street Hornelt New York State Niagara Falls Albany Arthur Hawkins Julia Clark Katheryn Clark Hankina W. Ss. 5 Rose W. SS Triea Brown Adolph Brecklin Walnut Bench Milford

Palmer seeks upgrade to Class 1-A in draft

Jerome Wy Palmer of 56 Fulton Street Bridgeport asks Draft Board Three to move him from 3-B to 1-A claiming his dependents can manage with his allowance and he should take the step. A letter forwarding his wishes was sent and he will learn today that the request was granted, potentially entering the next call. He is the son of Mrs. Nancy Palmer.

Jerome Wy. Palmer Fulton Street Draft Board Three Palmer Bridgeport Nancy Palmer

Irish Secretary to Draft Bill for Home Rule

London reports Edward Shortt the Secretary for Ireland said in the House of Commons he would work during recess to draft a home rule bill likely to pass the other end of the session. Letters and packages continue arriving from abroad as the policy debate unfolds. A Mitford Military band concert on the Green drew a large crowd with selections including America, With the Colors, and Stars and Stripes.

London John Dillon Edward Shortt Ireland House of Commons Thomas Corbett New Haven William B. McCarthy the Lindens River Street Georgia Joseph Palmer Milford Camp Wancock Tim Archie I Nichols Roverstreet Mitford Military Band America R. T. Trueworthy

Colon Bacillus Infection In A Newborn Case

Your Health column explains colon bacillus infection, its causes, behavior, and treatment. It notes the organism common in the large intestine can irritate urinary and abdominal organs, may spread during birth, operations, or via the hands of caregivers, and can form abscesses at injury sites.

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Arrested for Delay He Caused City Ambulance

Adrien Bourgnenes, 20, of 44 Bieh street, was arrested yesterday afternoon at 4:39 by Special Officer Albert Risley. The ambulance driver for the emergency boxsnitch says Bourgnenes drove at 30 miles an hour and blocked the street so the ambulance could not pass to answer a call. He was released until this morning when he will be arraigned in City court.

Adrien Bourgnenes Bieh Street Albert Risley Histey

Robbery Report at 64 Summer Street Involving Roomer

Joseph Yanovich reported to police that entrances were gained to his room yesterday and he was robbed of 71 dollars in cash a gold filled watch valued at 34 dollars a signet ring worth 6 dollars a blue serge suit costing 20 dollars and a bank bowl at Waterbury bank Alban Alas kus a roomer is missing and Yanovich suspects him as the thief Police are investigating.

Joseph Yanovich 64 Summer Street Waterbury Alban Alaskus Yanovich

Evidence of Use of Propaganda in Reading Homes

Reading Pennsylvania reports government agents found about 42 homes with German propaganda prior to U. S. entry into WWI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rosenbaum says many residents corresponded with Germany before and after the war, and items including portraits of the German emperor were found. Naturalized citizens involved. A separate note quotes Fermann Thun criticizing the raid on Berkshire Knitting Mills offices in Wyomissing and a residence, calling the search an injustice and an invasion of privacy.

Chitadelpehia Germany America Reading U.S Rosenbaum von Trindenberg Rogenbaum Thun Ferrinand Thon Berkshire Ixnitting Mills Wyomissing Henry J. Janssen Mr. Thin

The New Laces and Embroideries Are Attractive

Fine narrow trimming laces for many purposes with widths and patterns. They promise splendid summer gowns and make fine sheer quality embroidered fabrics in handsome patterns.

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