Liquor Dealers Seek Return Of One Money
The Retail Liquor Dealers association plans an alternative writ of mandamus against airfield County commissioners to repay Bridgeport license holders or show cause why refunds should not be made. The claim seeks reimbursement of $750 license fees minus preexpiration value, based on 1922 state law, with 329 licenses involved. The group, a continuation of the pre prohibition body, aims to press the case through a test lawsuit.
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Airfield County
Kidder
FB. R. Rosanu
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Farmonts
Foran
Bridgeport
Mity
Hetall Liquor Dealers’ Association
Firemen Quit Posts Tie Up Ogden Yard Traffic
Salt Lake City Utah Aug 11 Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men employed by the Southern Pacific at Ogden failed to report for work today tying up traffic in the Ogden yards and delaying four passenger and between six and nine freight trains posed by the walkout and creates a rail disruption with crews absent at Ogden yards.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Ex College President Dies in 75th Year
Merrill Edward Guus, former president of Amherst and Rutgers colleges and member of the United States board of Indian commissioners, died at his summer home in Meadows tonight after a short illness in Littleton. He was seventy five years old.
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Littleton
S. H
Merrill Edward Guus
United States Board of Indian Commssioners
Amherst
Rutgers
Main, Meadows
Vienna Gowns Cost Up To Six Million Crowns Each
In Vienna the price of women’s gowns ranges from one to six million crowns with a department store selling a cotton dress for 120000 crowns. Tailors adapt luxury fabrics for middle and poorer classes, and import costs push up retail prices. Despite worn finances from the war, Viennese women remain devoted to stylish attire, while exports of Viennese textiles continue to flourish.
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Vienna
Weiress
Kaertnerstrasse
Firth Averse
Switzerland
Germany
Town votes ban on gland hospital in West Dennis
West Dennis residents reject Dr. J Leon Hanson led gland farm hospital after a 73 to 7 vote. An earlier patient died from implanted bull glands prompting protests over the hospital’s lack of town approval.
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Gland Hospital
West Dennis
Ben Socu Hospital
J. Leon Hanson
Hartford Man Honored by Bar Association
San Francisco Aug. 11 The American Bar Association closed with a dinner where Joan H. Davis of Wenmia was welcomed to his new office after election as president. Attending reggented were W. C. Mart New Orleans Hugh E. Brown Tonopah Nevada John Bb. Corliss Detroit Mich Jahn Richards Chicago Thomas W. Blackburn Omaha Willian Brosmith Martford Conn E Edsworth Jamestown NY 13 Thomas W. Shelton Norfolk.
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San Francisco
American Bar Association
Joan H. Davis
West Nia
Amh
Great Britain
Annes
WW. C. Mart
New Orleans
Hugh E. Brown
Tonopah
Nevada
John Bb. Corliss
Detreit Michi
Brotherhood Orders General Walk Out
Milwaukee, Aug. 11 Brotherhood employees on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad tonight ordered a general walkout. At one o'clock Saturday morning, many trains will be waved. No trains will run when these trains reach their termini.
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Milwaumes
Brotherhood
Chicago, Millwaukee and St. Paul
Milwaukee & Thy
Sng Wien
Fire in tree sparked by electric wire on Boston avenue
A fire in a tree along Boston avenue was caused by a budding Amelectria wire fault. A resident alerted nearby houses and fire headquarters as the blaze grew briefly in danger before Arc extinguished it with no reported damage.
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Boston Avenue
Jes
Neaby Houses
Noti Fed
Warenot Chemical Company Number 3
Trains Held Up At Desert Points In Australia
Twelve transcontinental sidings at Desert Points stalled after trainmen refused to proceed. Official statements from the general offices report no passenger numbers and unclear travel details, with trains expected to run between 2200 and 0400.
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Los
Aus
Sidaina
Saint Fe Tahread
Desert Point
Moon Day
Hare
Railroyd
Lee
Bion
Explosion at Dillon mine kills and wounds many workers
An explosion at a powder magazine at the Dillon mine near Fort Diance, Martinique, on August 11 destroyed workers homes and damaged the mine complex including engine houses and a mill building, leaving many killed or injured.
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Diance
Martinique
Pere Song
Wilemain
Dillon
Mince
Mit
Fire Drives Guests From Summer Hotel Pogatticut
Aug 11 guests flee Hotel Pogatticut on Shelter Island as a blaze tears through the structure formerly known as Prospect House. The fire is believed to have destroyed the building with the blue flame visible on the fourth floor.
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Greenpoint
Pita
Pogatticut
Shelter Island
The
Prospect House
Milford Harbor Dredging Plans Explored by Engineers
Major L. Peterson of the War Department and Thomas Dowley visited Milford at the Chamber of Commerce and Yacht Club committees invitation to discuss dredging Milford harbor. They reviewed plans to reclaim marshland, convert site to a public park, and seek a $5,000 appropriation for the reclamation work.
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L. Peterson
War Department
Providence
Thomas Dowley
Milford
Chamber of Commerce
Peterson
Anari
Lake
Bay State to Appoint Local Fuel Boards
Boston announces the appointment plan for local fuel distributors in all cities and towns. James J Storraw, state fuel consignee, says five Boston distributors were named while only one was unappointed in other areas.
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BAY State
Boston
Aus
Big State
James J Storraw
State Fuel Consignee
Ide Elity
Bogton
Hartford Carpenters Demand War Wages
Hartford carpenters and joiners union served notice on city and nearby contractors to restore wartime wage scales. They demand $1 more per hour, an increase from $4.50 to $5.50, for a 44 hour work week, starting Thursday.
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Hartford
United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Big City
Justice Department Adds Men to Force in San Bernardino
San Bernardino California Aug. 11 police deputy sheriffs and deputy U S marshals joined 11 agents from the Department of Justice to uncover who planted eight bombs at Santa Fe Island property earlier today. Officials said the blast occurred after a chemical reaction following an attempted arson by the suspect.
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San Benardino
Cal
Aus
Department of Justice
U. S
Santa Fe
Sherif Shay
Prohibition Raid Hits Enfield Saloon Row
Bridgeport agents led by Captain Jonathan Bro swept Enfield near Thomaston yesterday afternoon raiding seven saloons and one restaurant. Officers James Fowle Bethel Edward Doolan Jim Wharton and Wardell seized gallons of alleged hootch and quantities of illicit liquor, with five saloons and a restaurant said to be involved.
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Prohibition
Jonathan Bro
State Department
Enfelg
Thomaston
James I. Fowle Ie Bethel
Edward B. Doolan
Yiman
GB. J. Wlaherty
V Wardell
Thin City
Girl’s alarm helps save four from canoe capsizing
Dorothy Dale a 14 year old girl from 68 Maple avenue Walnut Gee way saw a canoe capsize and raised the alarm. William Glick and parents Mr and Mrs Joan Glick of New York were summer visitors. Walter Laveen of Bridgeport and William Tiantist helped rescue Lieutenant William Pollard of the Waterbury defense bureau and others from drowning off shore near New Chester Island.
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Dorothy Dale
Maple Avenue
Walnut Geeway
Wiliam Glick
Joan Glick
New York
Hoy
Dorothy
Waltes Laveen
Haxeioond Avenue
Bridgeport
William Tiantist
William Pollard
Waterbury
Sweet Dreams Tonight Advertisement Fragment
An OCR fragment shows an ad for a mosquito repellent product named Sweet Dreams Tonight. It mentions a cozy bed, relief from mosquitos, and a price of $1.00. The text echoes a rug store advertisement style with scattered garbled phrases and brand-like names.
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Wll
Leterly
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Hugh J. Koenig
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Rockwell & Co
Vatetere
Oxfords
Wall ST
Fruit and Vegetable
Wall Street
Hilthys Large Bartlett
California
Sean
Branty Parlor
Healy’s Pure Food Store
Ae Ee Orn Ree
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