Americans Push On To Soissons In Early July Offensive
American assault in France today with French cooperation drives toward Soissons and the Paris Soissons road. The drive includes tanks and rapid gains with numerous guns, prisoners, and material seized as German resistance stiffens in pockets west of Chaudun and along the Rheims front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Chateau Thierry
Paris-Soissons
Soissons
Aisne
Marne
Givey
Torcy
Chaudun
Foch
Belleau
Rheims
Germany
Associated Press
Death of Frederick Hobson Found in Stratford Rooms
Stratford July 18 Special Patrolman Smith reports Frederick Hobson 55 found dead in his Boothe street apartment. Medical examiner cites probable apoplexy or a fit with hemorrhage. body naked except nightshirt on chair. Hobson lived in Stratford six years worked at Barnum factory and belonged to Sheet Metal Workers' Union. sister Mrs Donnelly notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Ernest Miller
Benjamin Smith
Frederick Hobson
Boothe Street
Williamb. Cogswell
Frank L. Curtis
Hobson
Bridgeport
Elizabeth Donnelly
Winsted
Miler
Barnum
American Graphophone Company
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Donnelly
Down and Out Mother Braces Up Surprise Family
A struggling mother, once failing health and worries across her children, regains vitality after using Phosphated Iron. Doctors praise the tonic, and the ad urges ensuring capsules from Hindle Drug Store and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindle Drug Store
Opportunity Knocks Hall Canner Sale Prompt
It is knocking now and you should open. See how fruit and vegetables now can help next winter. The Hall Canner makes canning simple and answers which is best. Price four fifty dollars.
American Hardware Stores Fairfield Agc and Middle Bt ceecapgt RM
Fairfield area business brief notes American Hardware Stores and related entities, with corporate activity described in sparse OCR text. Referenced groups include Fairfield merchants and regional banking or mutual benefit institutions, indicating corporate restructuring or capital movements without explicit dates or figures.
Stratford Girl Seeks Letter For Soldier Brother
At Camp Devens Mass Brigadier General March B Stewart received a farewell. A Stratford Conn woman sent a letter for a lonely soldier, saying her adopted brother was killed in action and asking someone else sacrificing for America to write back. Thirty depot brigade men were sentenced to three months hard labor for being absent without leave. Yesterday 100 men moved to Camp Benjamin Harrison for trades training before overseas service. A service flag honors two lieutenants transferred from the Seventh Battalion Depot Brigade.
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Camp Devens
Mass
March B. Stewart
Depot Brigade
177Th
Camp Dodge
Ilawa
Stratford, Conn
Americ
Co. B. Rucker
Benjamin Harrison
Irifth
Grigace
Fairfield Children Stage Uncle Tom's Cabin Benefit
Fairfield July 18 Ten children from Fairfield presented an entertaining Red Cross benefit featuring a lively Uncle Tom's Cabin performance. Leading cast members included Sam Horlick Edith Taley and Madge Nelson with other players such as Margaret Wilsh Monnie Ruth and Sidney Eckham Irene Beekman Warda Jones and Stella Thasenthal signall son contributed. admission fees and proceeds were noted from the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Snedak
Wairfield
Red Cross
Sam Horlick
Edith Taley
Madge Nelson
Margaret Wilsh
Monnie
Ruth
Sidney Eckham
Irene Beekman
Warda Jones
Nearly 1,000 Missing in Bridgeport Over Five Years
Bridgeport records reveal almost one thousand people, including men women and children, disappeared over five years with active searches by relatives. Names listed include Willis Sheldon and George Mechik among others, many never found, prompting renewed charity efforts and public help requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
William E. Turton
Department of Charities
Legal Aid Bureau
Burton
Charit Department
Salvation Army
Willis Sheldon
East Main Street
Canaan
Housatonia Lodge
A. M
Pittfield
Mass
Salisbury
George Mechik
Willard Street
Ansonia
Hearts of All Nation With Boys in France
Washington reports the Franco American assault in France yields swift victory as American units advance from Chateau Thierry to Soissons. Generals March and Foch see potential for a major counter stroke, with British action advised to widen the front and end the German push of 1918.
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Washington
France
Chateau Thierry
Soissons
Och
Rheims
Hinself
Aturne
The
Aisne
General March
War Department
Foch
Shipworker's Tools Stolen, Suspect Arrested in City
George Dale of Stratford hotel arrested yesterday afternoon by Patrolman MacNanara on theft charges. He allegedly took a chest of carpenter tools owned by Nelson Richard of Mousa tonic Shipbuilding. Tools valued over $78, said to have been bought by Total pawn broker for $4. Dale was in the city celebrating. turned over to Chief Nichols.
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George Dale
Stratford
MacNanara
Dale
Nelson Richard
Mousatonic Shipbuilding Company
Nichols
Wngon
Five Bridgeport Draft Eligibles In Fleet Work
Five Bridgeport men of draft age work for the Emergency Fleet Corporation at its Washington headquarters. Documents submitted to Congress by Secretary Henry D. Sisler of the Shipping Board indicate they may be among 14 percent in the department to be removed from positions and their deferment classified. Names include Charles Michaels, Roger S. Kellem, Lee Roy Gray, Marcel Visintini, and Herman J. Shiffit with start dates in 1917.
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Bridgeport
Wileet Corporation
Henry Sisler
United States Shipping Board
House of Representatives
Fleet Corporation
Congress
The
Shipping Board
Department of the Interior
Charles Michaels
Vine Street
Washington
Roger S. Kellem
United States
Lee Roy Gray
Engineering
Marcel Visintini
Herman J. Shiffit
Jubilee for Sister at St John’s Slovak Church
Parishioners at St John’s Slovak Church celebrate Sister Corona’s 25th jubilee. She teaches eighth grade at the parochial school and serves as assistant superintendent. Mass will be at the church with Rev A E Komara as celebrant, Rev Paul Siska deacon, and Rev P J Kaczmarski sub deacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solem
A. E. Komara
Paul Siska
Pp. J. Kaczmarski
Chain Employees Learn Thrift Habit In War Savings Drive
Atdler leads a War Savings and thrift stamp campaign at American Chain. Since March 25 590 employees have bought stamps totaling 6258 40 dollars, averaging 12 40 per worker over 500 workers, roughly equal to one F4 bond per year. Foremen boosted sales while ten young women handled office soliciting.
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Atdler
American Chain Company
Chain Company
Local Talent in Fete For Fatherless Children
Milford Bridgeport artists join Miss Julia Rogers Beach in presenting an August beneficence at Morningside club house to aid the fatherless children fund. Notables Irene Comer Elsia Comer Cieneva Wilson Rose Clark expected, program to be renewed from a Milford Linden's event.
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Itranece
Julia Rogers Beach
Milford
Bridgeport
Morningside Club
Irene
Elsia Comer
Misa Cieneva Wilson
Rose Clark
Linden's
Soaring High Amid Skyward Maudy Tale
A fragmentary note evokes altitude and ambition with phrases about climbing toward the heavens. It hints at a poetic or speculative mood, featuring vivid imagery of ascent and elevation without clear context or complete details.
Eight Bridgeport Officials To Attend Niantic Camp
Eight Municipal Officers from Bridgeport, including Mayor Colonel Clifford B. Wilson and Captain J Henry Callahan, will attend an intensive training camp at Niantic Saturday through next Wednesday. The city operations will continue with senior officials temporarily reassigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Guard
Niantic
Clifford B. Wilson
J. Alex. H. Robinson
Harry All Stevenson
William E. Seeley
J. Henry Callahan
William Tomnsbury
Frank L. Wilder
Dennis Kelly
Wilson
Robert N. Blakeslee
Robinson
City Hall
Robert Jones
Stevenson
Seeley
Board of Contract and Supply
Board of Health
Lounsbury
Bridgeport
Idler Again in Court Goes to Reformatory
Edward Carrigan of 54 Rosedale Street appeared in City Court after an arrest for idleness. He was sentenced to Cheshire reformatory and six months in County Jail for statutory grounds. Mrs. Alice Syhardt of 226 Smith Street, with whom Corrigan was with at his 21st, faced accompanying charges. Police reported Joseph Charnet, husband, complained after finding the pair together early yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Carrigan
Rosedale Street
Cheshire
Alice “Syhardt
Smith Street
Corrigan
Yonan
Joseph Crharnt
Arrested for Disturbance at Atlantic Hotel
Louis Bazhak, 40, was taken into custody around 7 20 after causing a disturbance at the Atlantic hotel. He was booked at police headquarters on breach of peace and drunkenness charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bazhak
Kistevne
Atlantic Hotel
Japan Accepting U S Proposals on Allied Intervention
Tokyo papers publish Americas terms for sending troops to Liberia and show Japan would also send troops. Dispatches from London report Japans decision leaning toward joint American-Japanese intervention in Siberia, noting Americas plan differs from British and French proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
America
Associated Press
Liberia
Japan
London
United Eta
Times
Siberia
Americas
Great Britain
France
Pink Pills Help Neurasthenia Sufferers Say Reader Testimony
In West Lyng, Massachusetts, Charles Crowley describes nervous exhaustion and sleep that fails to refresh him. He notes shakiness, headaches, irritability, and tremors, then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring sleep and vitality after a course of treatment focusing on nourishing the nerves and blood. Pills priced at 50 cents, four boxes $2.80, available from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Crowley
Richard Street
West Lyng
Mass
Myst
Willliams
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. T
Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy Promises Miracles
An advertisement proclaims Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy as a cure with a testimonial from Jules Wriquet of Los Angeles. The letter describes significant weight loss from 157 to 132 pounds after hospital stay, recovery, and improved health following use of the herbal product. It claims 40 years on the market and urges readers to obtain a bottle, with samples offered for ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Wriquet
West First Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Warners
Aper
Peanie
Fulet Kriquet
Jtl West First Street
Lee Ces
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Givry
Et Geeu
Lonesome Buddy
Devens
Uncle Tom
John Patrick Savage
Hanford Place
Norwalk
Adams Express Company
Vincenzo Gaglioni
Connecticut Avenue
Naugatuck
Conn
New England
Clarence Wallace
Hollister Court
Charities Department
Charles Bevens
Maplewood Avenue
Weston
Frank Decantio
Pembroke Street
UD. M
Heart OF All
Emergency Fleet Corporation
St. John’s Slovak Church
U. S
Russia
Niantic Camp
Blakeslee
Warner
Ar. E Priquet
Bridgeport Savings Bank
Main & State Sts
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