Devens Division Now Over There Relatives Learn
Hundreds of Bridgeport residents expecting letters from soldiers in the 76th Division stationed at Camp Devens since last September will soon hear of their friends arrival overseas. General March announced a new division would be formed at Camp Devens and the 142 young draftees who left Bridgeport yesterday at 9 40 will join the new 12th Division now organizing. Locomobile band serenaded the departing men for about four and a half minutes amid big demonstrations and town pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
76Th
Camp Devens
General March
Greenwich
Stamford
Norwalk
Boys Win Easily In Strenuous Babes At Walnut Beach
In a busy Walnut Beach baby show, boy babies topped the strenuous category with first prize going to Frederick Kenneth Johnson of Walnut Beach. Second prize went to Raymond Edmund Mathews of Myrtle Beach and third to Rose Levy of Milford. A separate nine little girls contest awarded prizes to Sarah Di Pietro, Edith Robertson, and Amelia C Barlow with Florence rev given an extra prize. The day also featured plans for the decorated baby coach parade and crowning of Babyland royalty.
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Walnut Pencd
Rich
Dudges
Clauss
Frederick Kenneth Johnson
Beach Avenue
Walnut Beach
Carrie Johnson
Raymond Edmund Mathews
Myrtle Beach
Mathews
Rose Levy
Wheeler Avenue
Milford
Anna Levey
Sarah di Pietro
Bell Studio
Edith Robertson
Wort Trumbull Beach
Amelia C. Barlow
Marlin Street
Florence Rev
Independence Road
Myvile Beach
Babyland
Twelve Local Nurses In Red Cross Service
Bridgeport notes pride in graduate nurses who volunteered for Red Cross war service. Twelve local nurses are stationed at camps, including Florence Douglas Mary Cody Frances Corcoran Elsie Evers Mary Mlanaga Catherine Grady H Maiden Nancy Molumphy Cora Nichols Elizabeth Roth Margaret Stuart Johanna Sogard. Connecticut seeks 450 nurses, national goal 25,000, Bridgeport urged to contribute, with 29 student nurses qualified to enter service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Red Cross
Florence Douglas
Mary Cody
Frances Corcoran
Elsie Evers
Mary Mlanaga
Catherine Grady
H. J. Maiden
Nancy Molumphy
Cora Nichols
Elizabeth Roth
Margaret Stuart
Johanna Sogard
Connecticut
Pool Parlor Burglary Reported on Harral Avenue
Christy Pato of 629 Harral avenue reported a break in at his pool parlor. Police said $4 in pennies were stolen while cigars cigarettes and tobacco near the cash register were left untouched. Entry was made by cutting four screens in a side window. Investigating officers have not released further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Pato
Harral Avenue
Wendell's Ambition Pills Ad Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Wendell's Ambition Pills as a remedy for nervous fatigue and low spirits. It promotes a 40 cent box with a money back guarantee after three days, claiming to ease nervousness, overwork, insomnia, and related ailments from Hindle and Hartigan Pharmacies.
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Wendell
Hindle Pharmacies
Hartigan Pharmacies
Campaign to enroll nurses around Fairfield begins July 29
Fairfield prepares for a United States Student Nurses Reserve enrollment drive targeting women aged 19 to 35. The campaign, overseen by the Woman's Division of the Connecticut State Council of Defense chaired by Mrs. William B. Glover, runs July 29 to August 11 with many canvassing efforts and hospital training readiness pledges. Connecticut aims to enroll 450 women and Red Cross activities draw local interest.
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Fairfield
United States
Presence of Mind Prevents Serious Injury to Woman
Mrs. Zelma Jennings escaped serious harm and a possible home fire by throwing a blazing table cloth and an alcohol lamp from the door. A small stove lit on the dining table toppled, igniting a napkin as she wrapped the burning cloth and stove together to clear the room. She suffered burns to hands and arms but averted a larger disaster.
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Wilton
Zelma Jennings
Ridgefield
Danbury
Milles
Camp Devens
UW. Boanny
Georgie Headding
Richard Chichester
Tedwild Cross John Dishrow
Francesco Pullio
Norwalk
William Hartwig
Horton
Iet
Parson Abc
Awg Davis
Will Namher
Rock
Belden Hill
Sarah Davenpore
Italian Airman Down Two Planes in Night Raid
Washington dispatches report a Italian aviator destroyed two enemy aircraft in a night battle last Tuesday. From Rome today comes word of the latest raid on an Austrian naval base. German and Austrian machines fought over Venice and Monte Belluna, with two of the Austrian crews said to have been brought down.
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Washington
Rome
Monte Belluna
Mrs Roscoe Hosts Thursday Afternoon Card Club in Southport
Mrs Frederick S Roscoe entertained the Thursday Afternoon Card Club at her Main Street home in Southport on July 24. Attendees included Mrs Eben Williams Miss May Bulkley Mrs Edwin Inglis and other members. Pathfinder Girls to Meet Friday at Sasqua Club House led by Miss Margaret.
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Southport
Frederick
Roscoe
Main Street
S. Rest
Jennings
Eben Wiliams
May Bulkley
Edwin
Inglis
Pathfinder Girls
Sasqua Club
Shove
Margaret
Oliphant in charge notes surgical dressings work
News Gossip reports Miss Katherine Parry of Fast Orange New Jersey visiting her grandmother Mrs Catherine Callan on John street. Prank Be Morgan is ill at his home on Wilsow street. Mrs Charles H Mills entertains Mrs William Hale and daughter Dorothy Hale of Brooklyn for a few weeks at her home on West Way road. Mrs William Swift returns to Boston after visiting Miss Elizabeth Tudson of Rose Hill. Carolyn Mackenzie has been entertained at Mrs Ernest Jennings on Center street and returns to Westport. Mrs William F Smith and daughter Katherine Smith of New York City are guests of Mr and Mrs James Smith on Kings Highway.
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Oliphant
Katherine Parry
Fast Orange
N. J
Catherine Callan
John Street
Morgan
Wilsow Street
Charles H. Mills
William Hale
Dorothy M. Hale
Brooklyn
N. Y
West Way Road
Phosphated Iron Tonic Praised by Bridgeport Folks
Bridgeport's old folks praise Phosphated Iron, calling it a miracle nerve and blood tonic. They report renewed vigor, better blood quality, and increased energy after taking the capsule tonic, with doctors endorsing phosphates and iron for the aged and run down.
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Hindie
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Devens
Babes
Adolf Gobel
Gabel
U. S
Morgan Avenue
Rockwell & Co
Main ST
Sonn
Eagle Brand
Bordens Consensed Milk Company
Borden Building
New York
Ade
St. Paul's' Episcopal Church
Jane Carroll
Pickett
Michael Coskey
United States Navy
Virginia
Miere
Sherman Hall
Fairfield Home Economics Committee
Connecticut Canning Corps
Theairfield Red Cross
Beach Street
Mary Whipple
Mrs. Frederick S. Roscoe
J.F. McAlpine Co
Hotel
Stratfield Bldg
Kollinger
State St
Levane Poo
Ladies Grey
Oxfords
Newark
Tai eShise
Storent
Riudgedos Portsport
Wall ST
Conlin & Green
Elm ST
Barnum
Seecin Ames
FONG
Herbert Smith Storage and Trucking Co
Herbert Smith
Henry KL
Cram
Sec'y and
Treas
Joim St
Read St
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