Stamford Officer Writes of Great Yankee Offensive
Stamford December 2 special edition notes Lt Wallace E Hawley, now first lieutenant with Battery A, 56th Artillery GAC in France, recounting Stamford boys in action. He describes near front combat, shelling, gas, and casualties across Chassau Thierry, Verdun to Argonne, praising American advance and camaraderie. The piece also covers a Stamford Red Cross drive to raise 40000 for an Italian sanitarium Pavilion of Connecticut, with local organizers listed.
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Chassau Thierry
Verdun
Argonne
Soche
Kamerad
Stamford
Italian Red Cross
Ignazio Lupo
Vito Pittare
Louis Donatelli
Joe Christiano
Greenwich
Joseph de Sessa
Norwalk
Binendetil
Joseph Vuono
Louis Serafino
Dr. J
Gypsy Camp Ordered Out Of Walnut Beach
Walnut Beach residents cheer health officer action ordering a Gypsy camp of about 35 people to leave Harrison Park within 24 hours amid reports of filthy conditions and public health concerns. The band, led by John Viido, had camped at Harrison Park after renting ground from Attorney John Bennett, facing prior expulsions in Bridgeport and Stratford.
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Walnut Beach
Des
Walnut
Myrtle Beaches
Harrison Fark
Ww. S. Putney
Harrison Park
John Bennett
Ansonia
Bridgeport
Stratford
John Viido
Machinists to Hold Elections Friday in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport organized machinists will hold their 1919 officer election Friday with polls open at 11 o'clock. Lament Lavit is expected to be re elected as business agent, with Philip A. Desilets as assistant. The slate includes Benoit and Nicholas Tamburi, covering Stamford Greenwich and Norwalk.
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Bridgeport
Lament Lavit
Philip A. Desilets
A Benoit
Nicholas Tamburi
Stamford
Greenwich
Narwall
Ridgefield Women Set Can QC Record In 1919 Canning
Ridgefield Home Economics minutes report strong 1918 canning results. Active members pledged 13 026 quarts toward a 5 800 quart quota, with 20 215 quarts recorded by November 6. Many households exceeded 300 quarts. 74 between 100 and 200. others under 100. 1919 quota set at 30 000 quarts. Local families and residents noted. several Ridgefield notables moved away or retired from church roles.
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Ridgefield
Vec
Home Economics Committee
Jit
Canning Corps
Ogden Sinsols
George Doubleday
New York City
James E. Perry
Atlantic City
John M. Deyo
Congregational Church
Danbury
First Congregational Church
Head’s Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Promote Recovery
An old advertisement extols Head’s Sarsaparilla as the primary blood purifier to restore health after influenza and fevers. It prescribes Peptiron as a tonic, with five pills after meals for mild catharsis, claiming these three medicines form Hood’s Triple Combat Treatment that aids convalescence and general health.
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Hood
Wife Divorces Doug Fairbanks for Infidelity
In White Plains on December 1 a state court decree grants Mrs Beth Fairbanks absolute custody of their son and ends marriage to Douglas Fairbanks. The judge’s interlocutory ruling includes no alimony, noting Fairbanks’s alleged earnings exceed ten thousand dollars weekly. The decree becomes operative immediately.
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White Plains
N. XV
Supreme Court
Joseph J. Addison Young
New Rochelle
Beth
Fairbanks
Douglas Airbanks
Teir
Douglas Fairbanks
Jts
Henry Mahlstedt
Watch Fan
Jn O' Daly
Moving Picture House
William Clifton Crawford
Manhattan
Thirty-third Street
John Emerson
Moving Picture
Hollywood
Cal
New York
Bandits Hold Up 30 In New York Club for $1000 Cash
In Brooklyn near Gravesend Avenue, thirty club members were held up at the Five Points Democratic Club on Church Avenue. Eight robbers entered, demanding gifts as revolvers were shown, and in minutes collected about $1000 in cash and valuables with no shots fired.
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New York
Five Points
Democratic Club
Church Avenue
Brooklyn
Gravesend Avenue
Cubman
Witanatreck
Meyers
Bridgeport Pupils to Sing at State Meeting
Bridgeport pupils will sing at a Connecticut Kindergarten Association meeting in New Haven on Saturday December 7. The program features exhibits from New Haven and other cities and topics on child development and early education presented by local teachers and speakers.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Prince Street
New Haven
Tolyoke
Floren Muss
Springartford
Ktalny Yore
Susan Andreas
Miury H. Nassip
Tunehkeen
Néeloek
Fanny Senin
Soil
Emmek von de
Howland Urges Immediate Cheerful Work in Speech
Howland calls for prompt focus on constructive tasks urging everyone to start their cheerful labors at once. He emphasizes urgency and collective effort to advance community projects and morale.
Pape's Cold Compound Claims Quick Cold Relief
An old advertisement promises rapid relief from grippe and severe colds with a dose every two hours for three doses. It claims to open nasal passages, stop discharge, ease sore throat and feverishness, with a pleasant taste and low cost.
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Pape
Grippe
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Wilton
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Alfred Stevens
Felham Bay Naval Station
Paul Bassett
Naval Station
Newport
Mina Walden
Leanna Robinson
Walden
U.S. N
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Belgian Relief Commission
France
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Barnum
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Arcade
Doug. Fairbanks
Vie Star
Bandits
Howland
Fairfield Ave
Cannon St
Conn
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J. Beluwort
Broad Street
purcHase College
Secretarial School
Stha
Cannon Streise
Gregg
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Kerodos Gas Maker
Bridgeport Kerodox Co
Cannon Street
Kerodox
Patricia County
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J. P. Maloney
Prisble Ples
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