Destiny dramatized our debt to France at Bastile Day sermon
The Universalist Church on Fairfield Avenue observed Bastile Day with Rev. William Wallace Rose delivering a sermon on What America Owes to France. The Liberty chorus of about 30 performed patriotic selections including Marseillaise and Joan of Arc. Daughters of the American Revolution attended as guests. Rose pledged resolutions to France and recalled Lafayette, Franklin, Pershing, Rochambeau, and de Grasse. He spoke of America’s debt and the effort to repay it through support and shipbuilding in aid of France.
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Bastile
Universalist Church of the Redeemer
Fairfield Avenue
Wiliam Wallace Rose
America
France
Liberty Chorus
Joan “D'Arc
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rose
Torshing Wood
Marquis “Lafayette
Paris
Fayette
Extayette
Washington
Atlantic
Lafayette
Benjamin Frank
Pershing
General Pershing
United States
United
States
Rence
Rochambeau
Admiral de Tervay
Jrance
Sur
Franklin
Draft Board No 2 To Examine New Eligibles at Once
Officials of Draft Board No 2 announce 4025 registrants from the class of 1918 must report to the High school for physical examination next Wednesday night in groups of 35 to avoid long waits. The 47 recently married men in Class 1 will also be called soon. Examinations for deferred classes will continue next week. The board held three hearings last week with only about a third examined. card delivery delays reduced notices. Hearings have focused on dependency claims, with industrial claims likely later in the week. Over 1,000 men in the district remain deferred on dependency or industrial grounds.
Bridgeport Trust expands building loan program
Bridgeport Trust company has received many applications for new dwelling loans within a month of starting policy. Loans limited to new houses, not commercial buildings, and will continue under these terms. The move eases housing in Bridgeport and suburbs, as only one other bank offers building loans, with local savings banks unlikely to change policy soon.
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Bridgeport Trust Company
Trust Company
Bridgeport
Obituary items from a town paper feature multiple deaths
A list of funeral notices and obituaries for Anna DeSandre Joan DeSandre Grace Buswell Myrtle B Williams Carolyn Orr Charles Gilbert and others with service times, locations, and interment details. Included are burial sites St Michaels cemetery Park cemetery Mountain Grove cemetery and church services at Holy Rosary St Charles St Augustine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna DeSandre
Anna
Joan DeSandre
St. Vincent's Hospital
Dewey Street
Holy Rosary Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
George Lee King
Milford
George J. Smith
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Gridgeport
Grace Buswell
Grace
Walter
Kilten Buswell
Wood Avenue
Galen Hospital
Jivelyn
Mildred
Trobert
Stanley
Edward
Leslie
Clifford
Park Cemetery
Monyrtic B. Williams
Myrtle B
Ndex Williams
Stratford Road
John B. Johnson
Main Street
WW. N. Morton
Carglyn Orr
Caralyn
Jess Orr
Jones Avenue
St. Michiel's Cemetery
Ale
Engineers Close Convention Like Treatment Here
The united convention of the New England Association of Commercial engineers and the New England States Association of the National Association of Stationary Engineers has closed. Delegates left Bridgeport after a delightful session with land and water attractions and industry support. Saturday featured sightseeing and an outing at Lordship with bathing, shore dining, and athletic contests under Frank P. Anderson and local committee leadership.
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United Convention
New Ingland Association of Commercial Engineers
New Ingland States Association
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Armory
Bridgeport
Lordship
Frank P. Anderson
McLaughlin of Marines Recovers After Wound
Private Charles J. McLaughlin of the Marines, son of Mr and Mrs Charles J McLaughlin of 195 Youca Avenue, recounts his front experiences in a letter from base hospital No 8. Wounded by a shell that killed four comrades, he met a Meriden nurse and notes few of his original company remain. He compares the shell’s sound to the spelling of his name and says he is rapidly recovering.
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Charles J. McLaughlin
Marines
Youca Avenue
James McLaughilin
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Meriden
Base Hospital
Two British Ships Lost Off South America in Collisions
Buenos Aires reports two British steamers sunk near the River Plate and off the Brazilian coast after collisions. The Clan Robertson, 4826 tons, sank in the River Plate following a collision. Induna, 4496 tons, went down off the Brazilian coast between the Rio Grande and Coronilla after hitting an Italian vessel. A third collision in six weeks has affected six entente allied ships.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Clan Robertson
River Platte
Montevideo
Induna
Rio Grande
Coronilla
Entente Allied m
River Plate
Chan Robertson
Entente
Women Need This Tonic For Headache Relief
A West Grove woman describes crippling headaches and dizziness from a run down condition. After months of unrewarded doctors, she used Dr Williams Pink Pills and saw headaches fade and strength return. The pills strengthen blood and aid undernourished nerves, with anemia tendencies improved. Free booklets on nervous system care offered by Williams Medicine Co. Readily available from druggists or by mail at 50 cents per box, six for $2.10.
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Fielp
Joseph Vandegriff
West Grove
Wns
Dr Williams
Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Williams
One Connecticut Man Severely Wounded in Army Casualty List
Washington July 14 todays army casualty list shows 72 names with 38 wounded severely and 2 missing in action. Among the wounded are Major Mary FE Cheney and several lieutenants and privates with units from Connecticut and across the country.
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Connecticut
Washingdon
Presley R. Brown
Morganton
WN. G
Drew S.webster
Pomeroy
Ohio
Earl M. Chase
West Marwich
Mass
Harry Dunn
Brooklyn
Kim Peyton
Blochan
Ala
Marry FE. Cheney
Charlotte
Mich
George W. Furbush
Waltham
Victor Toersch
Davenport
Town
John B. Luden
Ivanhoe
Los Angeles
Raymond K. Mitchell
Renton Harbor
Edward N. Wigton
Germantown
Lyman Dunlap
Dubois
Dee
Joseph Adams
Leedsburg
N. St. Francis
Gilbert
Hartford
Conn
Daniel G. McDavitt
Reading
Rene TH. Pelletier
Lynn
Masa
Samuel Petrucci
Hyde Park
Mars
William Sewastynowicz
Worcester
Leroy H. Sherman
Mt. Carmel
Joseph Sokoloskie
Shamokin
Ralph Berger
Marysville
Homer W. Lockwood
Gloucester
Guy D. Tibbetts
Bennington
John A. White, Jr
Claraville
Texas
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Universalist Church
Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Gantaua Company Seu
C. W. King
DR. C. W. King Inc
Fairfield Ave
SAGAL
Athinile
Draft Board No. 2
van Buren
Maine
Allendale
A. I. Hammond
Beide
McLaughlin
South America
Broad Street
Francis D. Gilbert
Walter A. Barden
Watertown
Walter S. Bass
Luter
Tony Clinino
Philadelphia
Louis Cohen
Edward W. Fant
Greenville
D. C
Blax Rapich
Butte
Mont
Hetas F. McCarthy
Valentine
Slont
Harry 4
Pendleton
Denver
Deonice W. Ragsdale
Maxwelton
Alpio Souppe
Catania
Italy
Solomon Watin
Antonio Valpi
Fiane
Edward T. Garrett
New Albany
Ind
Andrew Peterson
Lambertson
Minn
Dennis A. Sullivan
Auburn
Julius Bruskin
Nutley
N. J
Clarence 8. Dunlap
Showheran
Floyd W. Gilliland
Chicago
Edward E. Gray
St. Louis
Wagoner William Crystal
Rigby
Idaho
Harry M. Gipson
Newport
Andrew Lynch
Cambridge
Samuel Packer
Charles R. Kelley
Ove
Obexan
Edwin H. Raub
Luzerne
Joseph M. Sweetser
Haverhill
William A. Sykes
Sykesville
Anthony A. Walsh
Cameron
Scranton
Warren G. Weller
Bechtelsvile
U.S. Food Administration
Meat Department
Swift
Grocery Bulletin
Swift's
Public Market
State and Bank
East Main ST
Bridgeport Trust Co
State St
Speciau Areen
Herbert Smith Storagre and Trucking Co
Herbert Smith
Henry L. Cram
Sec'y and
Treas
John St
Read St
Chambray
Repp
Weeny
Athletic Cut Union
Outfitters
Main ST
Glenwood Coal and
White Mountain
Cor. Elm ST
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