Milford Red Cross Benefit Recital Monday Evening
Milford hosts a Red Cross benefit recital featuring Mrs. Cattie Stillwell Bbhard on Monday evening at the Colont Theatre, with supporting events and local officers named. The town tightens post office closure times and leash rules as local notices outline service changes and social happenings.
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Larse
Almemra
Red Cross
Plymouth Arch
Albert Baldwin
Tracy L. Hushes
Lord Hawkins
New Hawkins
John Askroyd
T. G. Hughes
Niste
Harold Hawkins
Varian
Bydge Omar Platt
Idageport
Ben Hm
Stratford Folks Will Celebrate Golden Wedding
Stratford residents plan a informal afternoon and evening celebration at the Hubbell home on East Broad Street marking 40 years of marriage for Mr and Mrs James Hubbell. The event invites Grand Army of the Republic members and Elias Howe post veterans to join old friends for congratulations.
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James Hubbell
East Broad Street
Hubbert
Grand Army of the Republic
Elias Howe
Wellington Walker
Raymond Jones
Marguerite Kusterer
Howard Stone
A. la Widld
Mra
Paul Gibbs
John Hughes
George Hughes
Igaret Wughes
Jthel Lo ’ Mes
George Youngs
Charles M. Findlay
Congregational Church
Stratford Lodge
Order of Moose
Grange Hall
C. U. Peck
Edward HU. J. Hennessey
Main Street
Stratford
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bridgenart
Uhe
Hennessey
Avith
Bridget Monohan
Joseph Monohan
Stratford Avenue
St. James’ Church
Burini
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Robert Wheeler
East Broadway
New York
North Carolina
Fowler
Anna Braitling
Newcastle
Albert J. Mills
H. O. Mills
Burr Place
Naval
Newport
Harvard University
Serbs Express Gratitude for Aid of America
New York residents and nearby states attended a mass meeting honoring the Serbian war mission. Resolutions expressed gratitude for American aid to Slavonic countries. General Francis V. Green presided, and General M. Rashitek spoke about Serbia's military retreat in 1940.
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New York
Royal Serbian War Mission
America
Francis V. Green
M. Rashitek
Serbia
Drastic Coal Order Caps Climax of Week
New York reports a drastic government coal order as a key event, with debate on production versus distribution. It notes labor diversion from mining, rail congestion, weather impact, and a forecast that the order may hasten crisis resolution while testing government efficiency. Henry Clews analyzes market effects and war-time policy shifts.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Myer
Jexpert
Germany
Macaney
Althous
Treasury
Damasca
Congress
Presi
Wilson
Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Eqir
Henry Clews
Jewish War Relief Sends $500000 to Lithuania
With permission of the war trade board in Washington the joint distribution committee of the Jewish War Relief fund has sent $400000 to the occupied districts of Poland and Lithuania for Jewish relief during the war. The 1917 fund total reached $16,000,000 nationwide. Additional amounts sent include $100,000 to Palestine and $50,000 to Petrograd.
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New York
War Trade Board
Washington
Jewish War Relief Fundl
Poland
Lithuania
Palestine
Petrograd
Local Boy Killed in Accident on Shipboard
Willis Goodrow, 25, chief machinist mate on the A. & Rowan, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Woodrow of Bridgeport, died in an on board accident. A telegram received by his sister Mrs Partiss of Waterbury confirms the death. He had lived in Bridgeport for six years.
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Ghief Machinists
Willis M. Goafrow
Joseph ‘Woodrow
Bridgeffort
Partiss
Waterbury
Chieti
Goodrow
Bridgeport
Newest Patents Issued to Connecticut Inventors
A list of various patent issuances to Connecticut residents is presented dated Jan 8. Inventors from Bridgeport Hartford New Haven Waterbury Middletown and other cities are named with their claimed devices including lathes envelope machines guard threaders feeding mechanisms type-writing machines and more. Also noted are a few short items about parental letters describing a soldier’s journey and camp life.
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LOLS
A. M. Woostar
Main Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Triend
Smith, Dy
D. Platt
Bridgseport
Frederick Muller
Hartford
Wied H
Tilton
Garaw Thread
James EK
Frevor
Rank X
Wiedman
William J. Corral
New Haven
Matthew D. Burns
Afterbury
Zenos P. Candee
Waterbury
Nile H. Anderson
Middletown
Howard M. Barbar
Stonington
Warren
Briggs
Stratford
Frank
Chase
Tortington
Norris HE
Clark
Flainville
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pepitron Combination Ad
This advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla with Pepitron in conjunction to boost the blood nerves and digestive organs. It targets scrofulous rheumatic anemia and nervous conditions with pale impure blood and iron deficiency. Hood's Pills are advised when a laxative is needed and are said to harmonize with the remedies.
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Hood
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets advertise health benefits
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards olive tablets as a pure vegetable remedy that acts on the liver and bowels like calomel but without dangerous after effects. It promises improved complexion, appetite, and energy, selling millions of boxes at 10c and 25c. All druggists.
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Edwarda
Edwards
Stratford Pastor Reads Report of Church Finances
Stratford Jan 20 Rev M J Connor pastor of St James Catholic church read his annual report showing receipts of 318308.06 with a December 31 1917 balance of 1079.10 after expenses. A parochial school property costing 3500 was purchased and a Red Cross collection brought 266.46. Parishioners bought 1100 in Liberty bonds and 55 members served the country. A $410000 gift to the pastor for parish benefit six years ago is noted. Property left by Margaret L Hobian was sold.
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Stratford
M. J
cConner
St. James’ Catholic Church
American Red Cross
Margaret L. Hobian
Saloon Taxes Loom: Bridgeport Revenue Hit Estimated
Bridgeport saloonkeepers and liquor firms face a large federal revenue bill as liquor stocks in the city are taxed. Estimated total payment runs around 370,000 with each license holder contributing about 2.50 to 3.00 dollars, triggering heavy local impact.
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Bridgeport
Kilts in Italy stir crowds at Milan Opera House
Whole battalions of Tommies visiting Milan Opera House receive ovations after long exile from the Austro Germans in Alpine drifts. Tommy, in kilts, performs Tipperary to cheers while flowers shower him. A veteran peasant notes women and men gaze with surprise at war attire.
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Italy
Thomas Atkinses
Milan
Tommy
Tipperary
Leh in the Himalayas A remote high altitude town
Leh sits high in the Indus valley guarding routes to Tibet. Visitors are rare and hardy travelers press through passes on ponies and rafts to reach the remote capital of an Indian province. The town sits at eleven to sixteen thousand feet, with Buddhist monasteries and prayer wheels, while locals live apart from outside affairs in ascetic isolation.
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Indus
Tibet
Mes Leht
Leh
Asia
Himalayas
Beh
Mobs in Spain Attack Shops and Houses
Disorder broke out in Alicante yesterday as a mob forced factories to halt work and menaced shops and private homes. Women of the middle class were compelled to join the crowd. Civil guard fired on rioters, killing three and injuring four.
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Madrid
Alicante
Valencia
Hold Up Skating Party Planned in Stratford
Arrangements are made for a skating party Wednesday night at the Elm street property of Mrs Richard Howell in Stratford to aid the Stratford chapter of the American Red Cross. If weather prevents, the event shifts to Thursday night with Mrs Howell and Mrs Walter Gordard coordinating. A note mentions a charming character who vanished from the naval scene in the Conservatory.
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Richard Howell
Elm Street
Stratford
American Red Cross Society
Walter Gordard
French Senate to Try Malvy for Aid of Enemy
Paris reports the French Senate will convene its first open session as a high court of justice to try Louis J. Malvy former interior minister charged with treasonable dealings with Germany. The impeachment was urged by the chamber of deputies after years of debate and prior denials by Malvy and officials.
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Paris
Senate
Morrow
High Court of Justice
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Chamber of Deptuties
M. Malvyy
Leon Daudet
L'Action: Francaise
Germany
M. Malvy
Paul Painleves
M. Daudet
Malvy
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
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Flilford Red Cross
Plymouth
George R. Clark
S. H. H. Burts
Airs
Id. Frisbie
Arles Graves
Brandesee
U. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Owill
Jean
Iford
Ethel Hawkins
A. J Martin
Broad Street
Beckville Center
Long Island
Myron Egbert Genter
Washington Park
Providence
Ode Island
Milford
Alnut Beach
First
Young Omen’s Aid Society
Pfers
Vid A. Clarke
Iss Athala Munson
I. B. Hson
Robert Morris
Ersiary
Frant Trreasurer
Ethel Clark
G. D. Cabot
Uberrane
Tar
P. L. Crosby
Dube
Wall Street
Connecticut
Wiliam $F
Ellsworth W. Nneer
Tid Keeler Avenue
Solder
Spain
United States Fuel Administration
State Fuel Administration
Dorsens Main
Elm & Middle Sts
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