Milford Coal Dealers Seek Truth Behind Deception
Milford January 16 Special Theuel committee thanks seal dealers and yard staff for prompt coal deliveries during the cold snap. The coal supply is nearly exhausted within a week. Residents are urged to pledge surplus coal for emergencies. A local family lied to obtain coal by falsifying needs. the driver was told to deliver and the family already had coal.
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Milford
Uel
George W. Munson
Edgar T. Clark
Death of Draftee Clayton Nichols Saddens Greenfield Hill
Greenfield Hill mourns Clayton Nichols son of Mr and Mrs John Nichols Greenfield father in North Banks district He died of spinal meningitis contracted at Camp Devens Ayer MA after training and illness His wife Edna Sebeck survives along with parents siblings and extended family Funeral set for Thursday at 2 30 pm from South Norwalk undertaker with interment in Norwalk He was active in Red Cross work and Greenfield Grange and his passing marks the first in his family.
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Greenfield
Tan
Clayton Nichols
John Nichols
North Banks
Clayton
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Greenfield Hill
Bridgsport
Theodore
Fairfield
Esther Yeoman
Hatlie Nichols
Tisse Nichols
Southport
Viola Nichols
Civeenfield
Red Cross
Marion C. Dunham
Banks
Elva_ Banks
Ethel Merwin
Fannie Conklim
Cliffora J. Brotherton
Kenneth Banks
Harold Banks
Dwight School
Bliss Nellie Wilson
State Grange
Hartford
Theodore Nichols
Nichols
Florence Merwin
Greenwich Academy
Rhode Island
Jennie Reynolds
Greenwich
Rufus Jennings
Congress Street
Protective Assn Holds Third Annual Meeting in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport Protective Association held its third annual meeting at 754 Myrtle Avenue with President Norman Leeds presiding. Reports highlighted membership growth, income, and planned endowed support for the Bridgeport Protective Association for Women and Girls. Officers and boards were elected for 1948, including Norman Leeds as president and William B. Boardman as first vice president.
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Bridgeport Protective Association
Myrtle Avenue
Norman Leeds
William Boardman
Wilmot
Gaye & Comparative
Troy
Bridgeport Protective Association For Women and Girls
House Committee
Carolyn Doremus
Michael H. Yor
William B. Boardman
Carolyn B. Doremus
O. W. Manwaring
William B.boardman
Walter S. Wilmot
Michael H. Ford
Charles E. Weeks
Kathryn I. Hewitt
Engagement Told in Southport for Miss Abercrombie
Southport reports the engagement of Miss Cora S. Abercrombie of Bridgeport to John H. Banks of this town. No wedding date yet set. Banks is currently stationed in Washington, D C.
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Southport
Blame R. R. for Coal Famine at Union Meeting
Delegates at the convention blame railroad shortages for idle miners and stuck coal cars. The railroads fail to move vast coal loads while miners in mining towns remain unemployed. Some regions report reduced work weeks as car shortages hamper timbering and mine safety. The session adjourned until tomorrow to tackle wage ratification and debate removing foreign language sections from the Mine Workers Journal.
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White
Pennsylvania
Mine Workers Journal
Obituary notices from Stratford and nearby cities
Obituary notices list Bridget Monahan wife of Joseph Mona han died at home on Stratford Avenue with surviving husband brother John Carroll Hartford and sister Mrs Thoms Boyle. Funeral Saturday morning. Other notices: Charles Hawkins son of Mr and Mrs Peter Hawkins funeral held at home and St Thomas church interment Oaklawn. Isaac Edward Sherman funeral Friday at Nichols home. burial Nichols cemetery. Camila Dieguardi died Tuesday funeral this morning 434 Kossuth Street and later Holy Rosary Church Requiem High Mass burial St Michael's. William Jensen three year old son of Mr and Mrs William Jensen funeral held at Rourke and Boucher parlors interment Evergreen New Haven. Sarah M Reynolds funeral services at daughter Mrs John H Hinckley 665 Connecticut Avenue interment Springfield Massachusetts. Mary M Plumb died Tuesday in Easton body shipped to Prescott Ontario for burial Hawley and Wilmot in charge. Ellen Virtanen 25 died Tuesday at St Vincent's Hospital survived by husband and one child funeral this afternoon Rourke and Boucher burial Lakeview. Thomas F Cannon funeral held at Rourke and Bouver parlors interment Lakeview. Fred E Lehman funeral at H A Wilson 59 Sherwood Avenue requiem Mass Sacred Heart interment St Michael's. Augusta Townsend widow of Richard Townsend died aged 70. Funeral 2 PM Friday at 371 Broad Street burial Mountain Cemetery.
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Southport
Cora S. Abercrombie
A.V. Abercrombie
Bridgeport
John H. Banks
John Edgar Banks
Pequot Mbrary
William H. Keefe
State Council of Defense
Clifford ©. Wilson
Liberty Chorus
J. Nelson Hutchinson
Baye
Ladies “of
Wakemine Memorial Building
Pequot Poultry ‘Farm
Norwalk
Jennings
Maple Street
Edward Adams
James Dunn
Brooklyn
Cattering Callan
John Street
Treadwell
Mill Hill
Richard Sb Vatch
Trinity Chiizen
George Keyser
Joseph Gibbons
N. Y
Glaycon W. Nichols
John Nichols
Greenfield. Hill
Nichols
Camp Devens
Bridget Monahan
Bridget
Joseph Monahan
Stratford Avenue
Stratford
John Carroll
Hartford
Thoms Boyle
Charlies E. Hawkins
Charles HE. Hawkins
Peter Hawkins
Westley Street
Fairfield
St. Thomas’ Church
Oaklawn
Edward Sherman
Isaac Edward Sherman
Nichols Cemetery
Camila Dieguardi
Kossuth Street
Holy Frosary Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
William Jensen
William
Willam Jensen
Rourke and
Boucher
Evergreen Cemetery
New Haven
Sarah M. Reynolds
John H. Hinckley
Connecticut Avenue
Springfield
Mass
Mary M. Plumb
Easton
Prescott
Ont
Hawley and
Wilmot
Ellen Virtanen
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lakeview
Thomas A
Augusta
Richard
Townsend
Broad Street
Mountain Venemeters
Lagging flu season prompts folk remedies praise
In January lagrippe leaves many weak and feverish. Mrs Lizzie Tyles of Kenderson Kentucky reports her daughter recovered after taking Foley's Honey and Tar, praising the remedy and urging friends to insist on Rennings Foley's. The ad from Tindie's Drug Store promotes Foley's Honey and Tar.
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Lagrippe
Lizzie Tyles
Kenderson
Voley
Rennings
Foley
Honey
Tindie
J Drug Store
British Salve Only Four Ships Hit By Enemy
London reports the Admiralty notes that among British vessels damaged from January to October 1917 it is impossible to salvage four only. Repairs to more than half of the damaged ships have been completed, with losses by mine or submarine tallied for merchantmen over 1,600 tons.
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London
Thomas J. McNamara
Admiraly
House of Commons
McNiemare
Admiralty
Liberty Loan Fox Trot Dances Debut at Masonic Temple
Bridgeport dance circle presented five new war era dances at the Masonic temple last evening led by G Hepburn Wilson of the American College of Dancing New York. The Liberty Loan Fox Trot, created by Wilson with Mrs Wilson, aims to engage both young and old audiences amid war time spirit. A war report noted sinks totaling 21 ships and 1,600 tons plus, reflecting ongoing naval losses.
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Bridgeport
Tnner
G. Hepburn Wilson
New York
Masonic Temple
Wilson
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the Electric Shop
Broad and Cannon
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Protective Assn
Southpo
Elizabeth Angel
Sherman School
Alaska
Blame R. R
Liberty Loan Fox
Germany
United States Food Administration
Meat Department
Meadow Brook
Chester
Florida
Ford
Knights OF Columbus War Fund
Knights of Columbus
Mothers of America
Public Market
State & Bank Sts
East Main ST
C. W. King
King Safe
Iryoes
Fairfield Ave
Atantic Hotel
Meher
Meigs & Co
Beach Coats
Astrakhan “Uisters
Buelk
Zac
Mackinaws
Megs
IGS & QC
Chikirem
Wain ST
Anp
Falrfield Ave
Bridgeport, Coun
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Cholsterer
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