Joffre Becomes One of France's Immortals at Paris Ceremony
President Wilson attended the event as Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne, was formally inducted as one of France's immortals. Joffre praised American sacrifice and the shared resolve of France and the United States to defend liberty and justice amid World War I.
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Joffre
Marne
France
Noe
Ratlis
Mars
Minunt Prance
Tovry
French Academy
Wilson
Marshal
United States
America
Belgium
Mra
Wil
Roller Skates For Christmas Gifts In Stock
Ample selection of adjustable ball bearing roller skates from Winslow's or Spaulding. Bought for our Christmas trade from Minnesota, now offered at prices from $2 to $6.50 per pair. Choose skates for gifts and you choose wisely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow’s
Salvation Army Indicator kettle draws crowd on Main
The indicator kettle at Main Street and Fairfield Avenue drew steady crowds and raised rapid funds for Salvation Army Christmas aid. Within an hour it held about 1/4 inch of money, reaching $190 as the kettle began to boil. Donations come from theatres, factories, and street crowds, boosting the Christmas Cheer club with $1 memberships and seeking large gifts to swell the fund before Christmas Eve.
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Salvation Army
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Calvetion Army
Ketley
Salvation Army Christmas Cheer Club
J. B. Powe
Connecticut National Bank
Powe
Nesire
Dermondy
Niice
Ambulance Co. On Way Home After Three Weeks’ Hike
Thanksgiving day letter from Sergeant Dick Barlow to Mothers Comfort club says 162nd Ambulance Company will likely stay longer at Khia camp. He notes new outfits and rem bulances taken, and that the men are back with the company. Private Levasseur recalls a hard three weeks in cold rain and mud as they rejoin field hospitals nearby.
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162Nd Ambulance Company
Dick” Barlow
Mother's Comfort Club
Barlow
United States
Khia Camp
Ait
Mra
Arthur A. Levasseur
Maplewood Avenue
102Nd
France
Levasseur
Principals in Big Newspaper Transaction
Retiring treasurer and associate publisher of The Bridgeport Telegram Bridgeport Post and Bridgeport Sunday est.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport Post
Ridgeport
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Ciucinnath
Bridgeport
Teleg
Beidlzeport Post
Aml
Bridgeport Telegram and Post Sold to Whitman and Fiscker
The Bridgeport Telegram and Bridgeport Post have passed to owners Russell B. Whitman and Edward Fiscker. The new publisher will be Edward Fiscker. the sale marks a major shift after a long period under McNeil family leadership.
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Telegram and Post
Whitman
Flicker
Last Day of 1918 For Launching at Housatonic Yards
A 291 foot 3500 ton steamer Pairfield built at Fousatonic yard in Stratford will be launched Tuesday morning at 2:30 with rudder on. Grace Dietrich of New York will break the wine, granddaughter of Albert Youngs and niece of Miss Johanne Arents. Large crowd expected, music planned, speeches by prominent citizens. Five other boats remain on the ways. none scheduled for launch before spring 1919. Neville Island project cited as potential gun plant expansion plan.
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Pairfield
Fousatonic
Stratford
Housatonic River
Ben
Grace Dietrich
New York City
Miss Spence School
Housatonic
Dietrich
Albert Youngs
Ahi
Johanne Arents
Paul Own
Washington
Army Plans to Retain Large Proving Grounds
Washington December 18 The War Department plans to keep the Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland and to expand the Neville Island Pennsylvania government ordnance plant to its wartime full scope. Assistant Secretary Howell in charge of surplus disposal indicated these are definite projects reflecting wartime plans.
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Washington
Aberdeen
Mud
Government Ordnance
Neville Island
Fhow- Wl
Battery F Men Escape Death in France Letter Says
Corpral James Pall reports in a letter home that a Battery F Fifty sixth Artillery unit in France escaped death while actively serving for over five months. The men plan to return by New Year’s Day. Pall was gassed but in good condition when he wrote on November 27.
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Fifty-sixth Artillery
France
Corpral James Pall
Pall
Influenza Pneumonia Death Toll Surges Worldwide
London December 19 The Times medical correspondent says about 6,000,000 people may have died globally from influenza and pneumonia in the last three months. He notes the war killed about 24,000,000 in four and a half years, arguing influenza would have killed about 190,000,000 at that epidemic rate, a historic plague unseen since the Black Death.
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London Times
London
Montreal
the Times
Veteran Thief of Automobiles Held Again Here
A 15 year old, named but protected by state law, and two companions were arraigned at Police Headquarters after a car theft spree. Detained after police trapped them following a stolen car’s abandonment on Fourth Street Connecticut Avenue. They traveled from Danbury to Bridgeport then New Haven seeking escape, and will appear in court this morning.
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Bridgeport Wavening Farmer
Bridgeport Standard
Frank W. Sbeolande
Robert N. Blakeslee
George W. Hills
Cannon Street
Connecticut
Blakeslee
Messrs
Archibald McNei, Jr
Kenneth W. McNeil
Associated
Mr. Bolande
Messrs. McNeil
Bridgeport
Manazere
Bn Bridgeport Daily Post
Sunday Post
Damsbury
Danbury
Sir James O'Neill
Fourth Street
Connecticut Avenue
New Haven
M. Ga
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Madame Poincare
Mrs. Wilson
Sully
Fine Diamonds Try
Reid & Todd Jewelers & Opticions
Main ST
Opp
Rowlands
American Hardware Stores (Incorporated
Cor, Falrfiecka
Middle St
the Atlas Turkish Baths
Fairfield Ave
Osgcood Shoes
Stratfield Block
Sergt
Comfort Club
Trotzky
Pershing
United States Army
New York American
Suny
Sedition Limited
Lieut
Archiband McNeil, JR
Rerenneth W. McNeil
Edward
Russell BR. Whitman
New York Commercial
Edward Fiscker
Cincinnati Inquirer
Mire West
Phave
Ieut
Archibald MecNeil
Tort Publishing Company
Harwell and Cannan
New York
Aubrey Harwell
George
Hilly
Fairfield County
Telegram
Hilts
Parcel Post Department
Post Office
Hills
Archibald McNeil
Henneth W. McNeil
Potterial
Frank W. Bolande
Post
Talueran
Veleerani
Falls Main Street
Crescent Avenue
Bird
East Bridgeport
Manarers
Housatonic Yards
Fairfield
Army
Christmas Club
The
American Bank and Trust Company
the American Bank
East Main Street
Reo
Barnum
Cheerful Credit Corner
Cheerful Credit
Acsar Misch
Golden Hill
Middie
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