Snyder Wounds In Action Fatal Chambers Gassed
Private Frank K. Snyder of 232 Black Rock Turnpike was fatally wounded in action June 16, per General Pershing. A Fairfield resident 13 years, he worked with brother-in-law Charles Kaser and had served in Co BE, 102d regiment after an earlier Coast Artillery unit. The list also notes Lance Corporal Lawrence In Chambers, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Chambers, gassed May 25 with Co 6, 26th Infantry. Washington casualty list adds 67 total losses including multiple KIA, DOW, and wounded across branches. The Kaiser’s grip remark closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Snyder
Black Rock Turnpike
Pershing
Snyder
Fairfield
Charles Kaser
Coast Artilery
France
Chambers
Lawrence In
Arthur Chambers
Fairfield Avenue
Co. 6
26Th Infantry
Bridgeport Flier Survives Near Cuba Crash
F Curley mechanician son of Mrs Mary A Curley of 176 Brooks St writes friends he miraculously escaped death when his aeroplane nose dived into the sea off Wisconsin Cuba while returning from Havana. The hydroplane acted badly. Curley and Pilot Douglas were buried in the sea but suffered no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Curley
Mary A. Curley
Brooks Street
Wisconsin
Cuba
Curley
Kay, Wiest
Morida
Havana
Douglas
Mayor seeks federal permission to bond for paving and sewer
Yesterday Mayor Wilson prepared a certificate requesting federal authorities to issue 900000 in bonds for paving and sewer work. The Capital Issues committee had asked for the certificate and it was sent to Washington for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Fedeist
Capital Issues Committee
Washington
Ten Recruits for Navy Set Month Record
Ten men enlisted at the Cannon Street recruiting station marking the largest Navy enlistment this month. Names include Maurice A. Baker, Robert Gertle, Thomas Tee Saxton, and Clifford I. Blackman all joining as apprentice seamen, with others enlisted as firemen and machinists mates. The piece also notes political status of the sanjak of Novi bazar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Cannon Street
Maurice A. Baker
South Avenue
Stratford
Robert Eo Gertle
Park Avenue
Thomas Tee Saxton
Stratford Avenue
Clifford I. Blackman
Vernon Street
Austin F. Kelly
John M
Special silk neckwear sale with assorted cravats
Readable text notes a special lot of silk neckwear including four bands and bows priced at three for $1.00. It mentions crepes and four in hand ties with various styles and figures, branded as Dotlin ties sold at $1.00 each by a merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dotlin
Mart
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Meat Department
Squire’s Bacon
Swift
Bridgeport
Public Market
State and Bank
East Main ST
Cartwright
Main ST
Joan St
Wpeeuse Arrex
Herbert Smith Storage and Trucking Co
Herbert, Smith
Henry l
Ram
Sec'y
Treas Bice
John St
Quentin Roosevelt
C. C. Carter
Fresno
Cali
Lusher
Kansas City
W. F. Mctudden
Great Bend
Kas
W. L. Travis
Hot Springs
Ark
L. W. Dibgnall
Geneva
R. di Sciascio
Philadelphia
G. Fisher
Jerome Avenue
New York
J. Gallegos
Talpa
N. M
Tannersville
BE. M. Coston
Billings
J. B. Buitons
Andalusia
Ala
P. J. Florine
Fort Atkinson
Decatur
I. Macsivcca
Trerr. K
Conn
W. Unton
Cook
Milford
Sumner
C. 4. Lucas
Trenton
N. J
J. G. Merrow
Canada
W. C. Watts
Elsberry
F. M. Wenzel
Littlealls
Minn
P. Whitfield
Salters Depot
Ralph C. Taylor
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Herbert D. Whalen
Detroit
8 & Baker
Watertown
R. F. Partridge
Pembroke Street
Rochester
N. Y
S&s Davis
Newark
V. Gould
Roxbury
Mass
Delhi
N.Y
Lawrence A. Chambers
A. Stook
Princeton
H. J. Kietz
Delong Avenue
Syracuse
N. Yu
H. &. Thorpe
Watertury
Frederick 8. Bennett
North Bloomfield
WN. Y
Charles Co. Hale
MacConnellsville
Ohio
Frederick L. Riebold
Baltimore
Alfred C. Walburn
Weiston
J. Cole
Lynn
Nass
U. S. Uof Mines
U. 8. Forest
Masonic Temple
Jain Hill
Bridgeport Flier
Novibazar
Palm Beach
Palm Beaches
Kpr.d
Glenwood Coal and
White Mountain
Cor
Norfolk
Meigs & CO
Fatreteld Ave
Bridgeport, Conn
Women’s
Goodyear
Athletic Union
Nainsook
Aisa
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