Paramount Duty to Go Says President
President calls for unity and readiness as he outlines readjustment progress, hints at private control of railroads, and urges Congress to back his peace aims while preparing for an overseas trip. Reactions from lawmakers range from praise to criticism on railroad policy and transparency of plans.
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Saii
Priate
Ithout
Congress
Ork
Rlyland
War, Trade Board
Ance
Kitchin
North Carolina
Tomorter
Fata
Sherman Oflinois
Wilson
Phelan
Calif
Mann
Illinois
Clark
Longworth
Ohio
Kahn
California
Walsh
Montana
Reed
Missouri
Calder
New York
Europe
Cannon
Union
Johnson
Epileptic Victim Dead In Room In 10:30 PM Find
Robert Lesberg of 158 Holly Street was found dead in his room shortly before 10:30 last night. Dr GB Burns arrived after the 15 minute interval and pronounced him dead. Lesberg, about 50, had lived as a roomer for four weeks and was known to suffer epileptic fits. Police were notified and no relatives could be confirmed.
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Robert Lesberg
Holly Street
GB. J. Burns
Imergency Hospital
Lesberg
Efe
B. 3. Burns
Air mails from New York to Chicago to start December 15
New York announces aerial mail service to Chicago starting about December 16. Twelve army officers will pilot tin Handley Page planes on the 695 mile route from Elizabeth New Jersey, with training beginning tomorrow. The service will cut mail transmission time between New York and Chicago by seven to twelve hours.
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New York
Chicago
GB. B. Lipsnen
Post Office Department
Lipsner
Ilzabeth
N. J
New York-Chicago
Air Mail Stop and Bridgeport Plans Move Forward
City leaders back an aerial mail service and Steeplechase Island sale to expand parks while improving roads and health facilities. Mayor’s address urges rapid plaza completion and a new advisory committee to guide postwar reconstruction in Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Gality
Jvest
Pequonnock
Health and Charities
Main
Catherine Streets
Washington Avenue
Trafic
Broad Street
Catherine Street
Elty
Nuenga
Walter St. Brown
Bringport
Perry Memorial
Claims Against U Warfare Must Be Filed in Dec
Washington December 2 American citizens were advised by Secretary Lansing to file at the state department within thirty days from December 1 information on losses from German submarine warfare. Include cargo and personal property details if uninsured or partially insured, whether aboard American or foreign vessels.
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Washington
Lansing
State Department
Bec
United States
Obituary notices and funeral services in city records
A crowded obituary column records the deaths of many residents with funeral details. Infant William Reis, John Morgan, Edward Ives, Nora Ennis, Doris Olsen, Doris Munvia, Mary Louise Woodcock, Catherine J. Colehan, Oswald Faulkner, John Hodgins, Thomas McCarthy, Marie Klimmit, Mabella Shanahan and others are noted with home addresses, church and cemetery interment sites, and dates or times of services. Several services were held at St Michael's cemetery and Blessed Sacrament church, with various relatives named and mass acknowledgments noted.
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William Reis
Wiliam
William Ail
Malin Street
St. Michael’s Cemetery
John Morgan
Saranac Lake
New York
James Kennedy
Center Street
Edward Ives
Richard Swain
Plymouth
Conn
Nora Donng
Nora Ennis
John Ennils
Nellie
Bessia
John
James
Bridge
Port Grove
Woodman
St. Charles’ Church
Doris Olsen
Doris Munvia
Clarence, G
Jeanette Hughes Olsen
Herkimer Street
St. Michael's Cemetery
Mary Imuse Woodcock
Mary Louise Woodcock
Willow Street
Alexander Allison
Lakkeview
Catherine J. Cotehan
Catherine, J
William J. Colehan
Fremont Street
Catherine Craw
Thomas Corcoran
William Pitt
Joseph Tickey
Fred
Martin
Henry Craw
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Oswald M. Bauilder
Oswald M. Faulknech
Butler Avenue
St. Anthony'’s Church
Philip L. Massicot
Edward Betoin
John Musante
Edward McCormick
Jerederick Barret
Arthur Haigberg
Suriul
John Hodgins
Hamilton Street
St. Mary's Church
Matthew J. Hraynor
Anna Sullivan
God
Arthur Lockiey
John Lester
Christopher Nevins
William Schoenberger
Michael Shartella
Michael
Thomas B. McCarthy
Thomas MecCarthy
Charles i
Tickey
Adams Street
Terrence B. Smith
P. J. Rowe
A. Downey
P. J. Powe
M. J. Gratton
Joss
Petar
Joseph
William = fickey
Frank White
Patrick Leaton
Charles Freeman
Marie H. Klimmit
Marie Heh
Mabella Shanahan
Mabella Shankhan
Mia
Daniel J. Shanshan
Bridgeport
Qmetnianin
Se Charities
Dever Street
St. Charles' Church
Prince Gypsy Leader Prince John Vivaledo Dies in Bridgeport
Hundreds of followers gather in Bridgeport after the death of Prince John Vivaledo from pneumonia. Funeral services are set for 10 am at Cullinan Mullins Buckley chapel, with burial in Lake Cemetery. Louis Mitchell of Newark is expected to assume leadership of the tribe. The body was viewed by clan members at Cullinan Mullins Buckley parlors.
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Prince John Vivaledo
Bridgeport
Will
Tobes
Cullinan, Mautins and
Buckley
Golden Hil Street
Holy Ghost Ehrueh
pElullett Street
Serviers
Lakeeview
Louis Mitchell
Newark
N. J
Cullinan, Mullins
700 Discharged At Camp Devens Depot Brigade
A report from Camp Devens in Ayer Massachusetts notes rapid demobilization with about 700 men discharged today. The Depot brigade’s remaining members will be examined and discharged, with the full brigade expected to be released by week’s end as about 6,000 United States guards arrive for processing.
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Ayer
Mass
Camp Devens
Tomorrear
United States Guards
Fairfield People Find Plenty of Coke on Beach
Fairfield residents collect washed up coke along Fairfield Beach over several days. Baskets bags and carts line the shore as people haul fuel thought to have washed from a barge in the sound during recent storms. The Coke burns well and warms cellars and homes.
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Fairfield
Armenian War Veteran Safely Wounded in France
A man wounded while serving in France declares he was mischaracterized as a Turk and urges Armenians to join the fight with the United States against those who killed his relatives. He trained at a military camp weeks before deployment and saw several engagements before being wounded. His family losses include his father, mother, two sisters, and a brother killed by the Turks, leaving one brother who escaped to Russia.
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United States
France
America
Russia
Hodges Arrested on Worthless Checks Charge
Norman Hodge detained at the Alpine hotel and arrested by Detectives John Burns and John Curry at noon yesterday. He is charged with passing worthless checks.
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Norman Hodge
Alpine Hotel
John Burns
John Curry
Spanish Influenza Deadlier Than War in Our Country
The piece warns that influenza mortality now surpasses losses from earlier battles and urges strict winter precautions. It endorses preventive actions, including masks, covering coughs, avoiding spitting, and using Iyonei oil drops with a rubber inhaler to reduce spread. It emphasizes personal responsibility and avoiding complacency.
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Perth
Iiyonei
Tito
Siungeetiona
Kowatte
Severah
Bridgeport Men Among First Leaving Devens
Of 750 soldiers discharged at Camp Devens yesterday twelve were from Bridgeport. Private Benjamin Binuno of 242 Owls Street and Private Wong Perna, wife of 242 Oak Street, arrived home late last night. They reported a grand celebration at the camp Sunday night. Before departure, the men received physical examinations.
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Camp Devens
Bridgeport
Benjamin Binuno
Owls Street
Wong Perna
Oak Street
Bintkiro
Perna
Chandler Speaks At Council Of Jewish Women Meeting
Chandler, a member of the State Council of Defense, spoke at the Council of Jewish Women second meeting in the high school auditorium on postwar effects and the defense council’s work. Rabbi Abrams chaired. Ralph Abrams praised the council. Horace Jones played violin.
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George 13. Chandler
State Council of Defense
Council of Jewish Women
Mr. Chandler
Council of Defense
Ralshbi Abrams
Diss
Horace Jones
Isolation Hospital To Close This Week
The isolation hospital at the Bulside Home will close after discharge of four current patients. The Department of Health will not send new isolation cases there. future flamgn cases will be treated at regular hospitals. Dr W H Brown stated closing would occur before week’s end though a few influenza cases remain.
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Buliside
Department of Health
W. H. Brown
Workers of All Grades Now Seek Employment
An uptick in applicants at the United States Employment Service for patallions shows skilled and unskilled workers seeking jobs. Most men classified by noon yesterday were placed in suitable positions, with some slated for out of town factories as calls come in for workers willing to relocate.
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United States Employment Service
Drink lost at saloon ends in theft near Washington
Andrew Silvar of 12 Franklin street told the Detective bureau that at a North Washington avenue saloon near Columbus place a man grabbed his $174. The report notes the theft occurred as he was paying for a drink. Also features an unrelated ad for Bromo Quinine and a cold remedy.
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Andrew Silvar
Franklin Street
Detective Bureau
Washington Avenue
Columbus Place
Died SCHAVATA Louise Pauline Schwab Remembered
Louise Pauline Schwab died in this city on December 2 1918 at her residence 118 Catherine Street. The obituary notes the passing of a longtime resident and local figure.
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Schavata
Louise Pauline Schwab
Catherine Street
Soso
76th Leaves France Aboard Kroonland
The War department announced that the steamer Kroonland departed from France carrying the 76th Division headquarters and detachments, plus units including a headquarters company, a road division, a postal detachment, and medical elements. The voyage followed a November port departure with casualties noted among the on board personnel.
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France
Kroonland
Wasthington
War Department
Steatteer Broonland Bil Saltert
Healquarters Woops
Tat
Sum Bulanice Comipwiy 804
Fith
Siek Wnt Wowmled
Ex Telegram Staff Man Weds in New Welfare Building
William TS Burton formerly of The Telegram and now legal adviser to the De mienk of Charities was made justice of the peace at the recent election. His first official duties in this capacity included performing the wedding of Walter Martha and Miss Emma Anetion at 1 o clock yesterday. Deputy Sheriffs Robert I. Nichols and Frank Pasanella witnessed the ceremony in Burton's new welfare building office.
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William TS. Burton
Demienk of Charities
Burton
Walter Martha
Emma Anetion
Oh Witnhesses
Robert I. Nichols
Prank Pasanella
Victim of Chums Shot In Critical Condition
Walter Reinart aged 17 from Allentown Pa remained in critical condition after a Sunday evening shooting in which his friend Walter LaRose discharged an 38 caliber pistol into Reinart’s abdomen. Authorities reported the incident as a youth-on-youth confrontation.
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Chum
Walter Reinart
Allentown
Walter la Rose
Gypsies' Liberty Bonds Case Tests Court Date
Two Newburg men Nicholis Versielio and ich Stefensen are charged with theft connected to a funeral of a crown prince. They were taken into custody by police and locked at the Se firednet station. The incident occurred as visitors gathered at the station after the funeral procession halted. Liberty bonds were offered at the desk but not accepted for cash. The defendants face the City court in the morning as a 10 o'clock funeral service proceeds. The wounded youth remains hospitalized in Sty. Vined with little hope.
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Nicholis Versielio
Ich Stefensen
Newburg
Se Firednet
Wil Ose
Pan
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