Dayton the Fatalist Sergeant Faces War and Training
Sergeant Dayton, famed for enduring losses as comrades fell around him, is now at officer training school while a letter from Frank T. Santry recounts his heroism and bleak faith in fate. The account details Dayton’s wartime leadership in the Rainbow Division, his crosses of Guerre, and the brutal front seen in the recent German retreat and Allied advance.
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Larey Dayton
Loné
Frank T. Santry
Bridgeport
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Roche
Bridgeport Workers Urged by Ex-Congressman at Seaside Park
Ex congressman Thomas Iu of Meriden spoke at SeasidePark to a large Bridgeport crowd urging workers to keep faith with the war effort. He said if Bridgeport’s industries stay faithful the drive will reach Berlin and assured moral resolve, with a long ovation ending the address.
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Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Thomas Iu
Riehl
Meriden
Berlin
Spnanker
Federal Court to Hear Stamfordites In Bootleg Case
Four Stamford men Edward Root Patrick Burke John Hartwick and Bridgeport resident Nazzario Tosc ia were arrested for selling liquor to U S sailors during a DOJ raid on Stamford areas They waived examination and await the September session in Hartford with bonds set at 300 each All four were jailed after failing to post the bond
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United States
Department of Justice
John Hartwick
Stamford
Nazzario Toscia
Bridgeport
Installation of Rabbi Samuel J Abrams in Park Avenue temple
Great preparations are underway for the installation of Rabbi Samuel J Abrams formerly of Kalamazoo Michigan at the Park Avenue Reformed Jewish temple next Wednesday night. He is an orator of high caliber and Bridgeport welcomes him to the city. Abrams spent early years in New York public schools Townsend Hall high school and the College of the City of New York. He chose the ministry in 1996 and entered Hebrew Union College Cincinnati the only liberal Judaism institute in America. He edited the college monthly. In 2018 he received his rabbinical degree and wrote a thesis The Influence of Plato on Maimonides. He then went to Kalamazoo coordinating Orthodox and Reform activities and leading clubs and missions for Camp Custer Battle Creek and the community.]
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Samuel J. Abrams
Kalamazoo
Mich
Park Avenue
Abrams
Bridgeport
New York City
Townsend Hall High School
College of the City of New York
Hebrew Union College of
Cincinnati
Ohio
America
Abram
Hebrew Union College Monthly
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
B'nai Brith Lodge
Burglary reported around Newtown residents alarmed
Aug 28 special report notes an attempted robbery at St H Beers Co store in Newtown and attempted entries at nearby residences. A neighbor’s dog thwarted a plot to steal a nearly 200 pound pig chloroformed for carrying off. Town officers vow vigilance as authorities seek the guilty parties. Also social notes about Silver Bell Club Dance and local residents’ travels and visits.
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Newtown
St. H. Beers and Co
Eye
Sandy Hook
Silver Bell Club
Silver Bell Social Club
Southbury Hall
Southbury
C. H. Peck
Mount Pleasant
Washington, Inc
Charles H. Deck
Surgeon General
Lawrence Farrell
Bridgeport
Hawleyville
Freinds
Y. J. Corbett
Marguerite Bradley
Sun Set Hill
New York
Dorothy James
Huwterville
Greenwich
Milford Point Forms Connecticut State Guard Company
Beach residents at Milford Point and Laurel Beach gain permission from Hartford to organize a State Guard company. Captain L W Hathaway to drill the new unit at Laurel Beach Park Fifth Avenue. Enrollment stands at 25 with open slots for patriotic men. drills twice weekly on Awané and Thursday evenings starting after Monday meeting.
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Milford Point
Connecticut State Guard
Laurel Beach
Afilitary Emergency Board of
Hartford
L. W. Hathaway
National Guard
Laurel Beach Park
Fifth Avenue
William T. Hoyt
Haye
Lauret Boo Park
Awané
Second Federal Raid in Stamford For Bootlegging
Stamford was again raided by federal agents for bootlegging with two arrests for selling liquor to men in the military. Alexander Melfi, saloon proprietor, and rant Lombardo of 728 East Main Street, Bridgeport, were held after arrests in Stamford and jailed on the charge pending hearing. Federal officials cited incriminating evidence and noted a pattern of similar arrests in Stamford over the past week.
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Stamford
United States
Alexander Melfi
Rant Lombardo
East Main Street
Iridgeport
Bridgeport
Cortoner
Hugh J. Lavery
Charles H. Lane
Department of Justice
Death of John W Rehill in Devon at 44
John W Rehill died suddenly in Devon on Thursday August 22 1918 aged 44 years 11 days. Further funeral notice to appear in evening papers.
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Rishill
Devon
John W Rehill
Maine Fisherman Finds Live Crab in Bottle
A Maine fisherman reports pulling a pint bottle containing a live crab. The crab allegedly entered as a juvenile and remained inside until it grew too large to exit. The bottle showed barnacle crusting, suggesting long underwater exposure.
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Maine
First Aid To Dramatists Denied Hearing in New York
The Boston Transcript notes several inventive musical plays not yet heard in New York. Titles include Go To It Say When Take It From Me Listen Mante Change Please Murray Hill 5678 and Watch Your Hat and Coat.
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New York
Mante
Murray Hill
Goston Transcript
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Beach Residents Farm Company
Conn
State Guard
Hathaway
U. S. Food Administration
Ars
Yankee Dixie Plantation
Ongues
Public Market
State and Bank
East Main ST
Misesaca
Abel
Tall Nien
Palm Beach
Newcastle
MEIGS
Outfitters
Main Stf
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeport, Conn
Wail Paper
Conlin & Green
Elm ST
Barnum
United Tire & Vulcanizing Co
Phono
Herbert Smith Storage and Trucking Co
Aerber, Smith
Henry L. Cram
See's and
Treas
Omee
John St
Read St
MFG. CO
Boston
Paints—Walu
Masonic O Temple
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