Women to Teach Men in Art of Billiards
Three women from New York city visit Bridgeport to show how they can play pocket billiards and pool for ambulance fund aid. Miss Maude Lower, Miss Trene Tlower, and Miss Mary Johnson will perform in exhibitions at multiple venues.
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Algonquin
Bridgeport
Good
Amues
New
York City
Bridgeort Club
Maude
Trene Tlower
Maryohnson
Hach
Hooverize and Garfieldize kitchen with one stove
Readable lines tout a Chambers Fireless Gas Range that combines a LA fireless cooker and gas stove for one price. The ad claims a drastic reduction in work and fuel use, promising eight fifths less fuel and minimal fuss.
Y. M. C. A. Adds Attractions to Minstrels
Plans for a circus and minstrel show at the Y M C A are rapidly forming. New attractions include Tiny the talking donkey and Ed ward Shaw agreeing to coach the acrobats. Morris Gould will instruct the clowns. Efforts aim to increase seating capacity after many were turned away last year.
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Tiny
T the
Wonderful Talking Donkey
Edward Shaw
Morris Gould
Arrest of Frank Turiski for breaking auto law
Frank Turiski of 29 Alanson Road was arrested yesterday afternoon and booked at police headquarters on a charge of violating a state automobile law. He is to be arraigned in city court this forenoon.
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Frank Turiski
Alanson Road
Family Doctor's Good Advice for Digestion Cure
Corinne Gaupreau credits Fruit-a-tives for relief from long standing indigestion and constipation after a neighbor suggested the remedy. The ad promotes fruit extracts and claims the patient owes her life to Fruit-a-tives with a boxed price of six for 2.50 and a trial size for 25 cents, available at dealers or by mail from Pyriitatives Limited Oxdensburg NY.
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Trachon
Corinne Gaupreau
Pyriitatives Limited
Oxdensburg
Begin Exam of Draftees with Mailing
Hartford orders draft boards to begin physical examinations immediately after final classification notices are mailed. Bridgeport boards delay final classifications. Third Appellate District settled appeals. Crowder states married men since May 18, 1917, must not be exempt. registrants cannot enlist overseas before serving. Local boards rapidly finish classification work, with No. 6 first to complete.
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Hartford
Focal
Generat
Sartford
Bridgeport
Third Appellate District Board
Crowder
Meyers Denied by Navy Yet Still Hopes for Service
Patriotic 16 year old Gussie Meyers of 886 Broad Street was refused by the navy recruiting party due to age and weight and by the army because of age. He sought enlistment as a drummer boy and expressed a readiness to die for his country. Meyers plans to try the British army next, after failing to see Sergeant Johnson.
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Navy
Gussie Meyers
Broad Street
Army
Fairfield Avenue
Gussie
Meyers
Sergeant Johnson
Red Cross Life Saver to Instruct Police
WW I Longfellow, Red Cross life saving instructor, will demonstrate life saving techniques to the Bridgeport Police at headquarters this afternoon. He has instructed over sixty police departments nationwide and recently showed his methods before the International Association of Police Chiefs in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WW. I. Longfellow
Red Cross
John 4H
Redgate
Longfellow
Bridgeport
Red Cross Weh
United States
International Association of Police Chiefs
Washington
McAdoo Supports Government Ownership of Railroads
Director General McAdoo testified before the senate interstate commerce committee that postwar railroad operations under government control must continue. He said it would be injurious to stockholders to relinquish control until comprehensive legislation meets changed conditions.
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Washington
McAdoo
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Four British Endis' T Enlist for England Training Trip
Bridgeport Brinsners who recently enlisted in the English imperial forces left the city yesterday morning for New York, from which they will proceed to training ramps in England via France. The four who departed yesterday were Versfield, Magor Atkinson, Thomas Hodge, and Arthur Walker.
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Bridgeport
Prof Canby to Visit England for British war info committee
New Haven reports that Prof H I Canby will travel to Great Britain to assist the British committee on information. He will focus on American perspectives on the war and what the United States is doing to win it.
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England
New Haven
Att Yate University
H. I Canby
Great Britain
British Committee On Information
Tie
United States
Bridgeport Plants Win New Exemptions in Fuel Order
Bridgeport under pressure as 20 more plants gain exemptions from Monday closing and 26 city plants operate fully or partly. Local Administrator Carl F. Siemon complains to Garfield authorities over delayed coal shipments and asks for prompt replies, noting Bridgeport’s dire situation. Garage logistics, barber shop hours, and laundry exemptions are updated, with saloons ordered to close by midweek under state action.
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Ordnance Department
Wuel
Army
Bridgeport
Fuel Administration
Washington
Carl F. Siemon
BH. B. Noyes
H. A. Garfield
Connecticut
Carl F. Sismon
Siemon
Fret Mills
George J. Crawford
Bridgeport Licuuor Dealers’ Association
Totcomis
Oelock
Thomas Ilynn
Bridgeport Liquor Centers’ Association
State Liquor Men's Association
Lynn
Chairnyen Cart F. Siemon
Flynn
Counniries
Spring Perch Company
Garfield
Tridgeport
Miners Vote in Favor of Old Age Pensions
Indianapolis dni Jen 21 Miners in convention voiced support for old age pensions and pledged full cooperation with Dr H A Garfield national administrator. They backed maximum coal production while debating changes to the constitution and a proposal to give outlying districts in western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois a voice in wage scale contracts. Samuel Gompers AF of Labor president will speak tomorrow afternoon.
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Indianapolis
Dni
H. A. Garfield
Iis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
D. A. Nipton
Missouri Miners
Samuel Gempers
American Federation of Tabor
Income Tax Rush to File Returns in Bridgeport
Federal tax collectors in Bridgeport report the largest filing rush since arrival. Office hours run late to accommodate factory workers, with blanks for larger incomes and corporations arriving soon. Volunteers are sought to aid the workload as deadlines loom and operations expand.
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Federal Income Tax
Federal Building
Bridgeport
Post Office
Footery
Washington
Clement
Home Guard Called Out Along Northeast Adriatic Coast
Regional authorities dispatched Home Guard units to guard railroads and coastal routes amid fears of German plots. Connecticut towns including Bridgeport Hartford New Haven New London joined a broad mobilization with orders for 24 hours of duty and concealed revolvers.
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Adriatic
Washington
Bridgeport
Hartford
Home Guard
New Ireland
Lucien FF. Burpee
State Guard
New London
Hippodrome Talent in St Vincent Charity Show
Bridgeport society plans a Sunday benefit at Poli's theatre to raise funds for a new wing at St Vincent's hospital. Rev George J Waring will speak on America and the War, with Maxillian Pilzer and Dorothy Perrin performing, joined by The Fleming Trio Elm City Quartet and Philip Spooner.
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Carl Jr. Siemon
Latics of Charity
St. Vincent de Paul
Poli’s Theatre
St. Vincent's Hospita
George J. Waring
11Th Cavalry
Governor Island
N. Y
America
Maximillian Pilzer
Carnegie Hall
Dorothy Perrin
Thet Hopkins
Public Schools Raise 892 in Stamp Drive
Bridgeport schools conducted a War Savings Stamp sale with 892 dollars raised on the first day. Of 38 city schools, 25 participated, led by Maplewood at 3838.50, Franklin 60.50, Howe 49.50, Prospect 50, and Lincoln 50. Three thousand stamps were sold as new committee members joined the effort.
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Algonquin Club
Clu
Bridgeport Globe
Clas
Bridgeport
France
Lly
Belgium
New Haven
Yale Corporation
John CC, Tracy
City War Bureau
Percy W. Bidwell
Washington
Tariff Commission
Milton Garver
Irving Fisher
Henry W. Farnam
Yronk A. Gooch
Kent Laboratory
Gooch
Bertram F. Boltwood
Charles Seymour
Sheffield Scientic School
India
Near Ana
Maplewood
Franklin
Lias Howe
Prospect
Lincoln
C. £. Dennis
The
Loyal Order of Moose
D. J. O'Connor
Fhagles
Peter FP. Bellew
Miks
Rally Planned in Bridgeport for Canadian and British Recruiting
Reports indicate a Canadian and British recruiting rally will be held in Bridgeport in the second week of February. Canadian officers in the Connecticut district are encouraged by recent success and expect another rally to attract many volunteers. British recruiting aims at unmarried English residents of the city.
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Commons Council
Crowther Avenue
John Arrest
Park Avenue
West Avenue
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Aldermen Adopt Resolutions on Rooney Death
Resolutions mourning James H. Rooney Democratic general registrar were adopted by the board of aldermen. Aldermen Oakey Lyons and Blakeslee formed a committee to attend the funeral.
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James H. Rooney
Board of Aldermen
Oakey
Lyons
Blakeslee
Absorbine ad touted as safe antiseptic claim questioned
Fragmented ad copy argues Absorbine is a dependable antiseptic and germicide, claiming safety for household use including children. The text mixes praise with dubious assertions about toxic properties and safety, reflecting a dubious marketing claim from a derelict source.
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Grila
Aitin Street
Main Street
Beunswich
Airfield Avenue
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Mast Main Street
D. Kelly's
Strattheld
Union Rooms
State,street
Connie Fairfield
Muylin Club
Eckler's
Sheridan's
Bridgeport Club
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Painfield
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Broad Sts
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Golden Hill
Main Streets
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Cyrus Ryder
Ridgefield
Brookfield
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Hill
Sperry & Hutchinson Co
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