Fresh Yankee troops halt Hun at Marne
American machine gunners arrived on May 31 and joined French forces west of Chateau-Thierry to defend the Marne. They repelled German waves, took prisoners, and inflicted heavy losses while area troops fought to hold Paris-aiming positions.
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Marne
Axsteri
Pigardyy
Jane
Gintorl Ross
Kater Rey
Toms
Shawe
Stein Tide
Bu Associated Press
Chateau-Thierry
Growers Demand Standard Scale of Prices for Produce
Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetable Growers association urged price fixing to stabilize earnings at last night’s Board of Trade meeting. Speakers warned that without coordinated terms with dealers and proper packing, farmers lose profits from rising packaging costs and market conditions remain unfavorable. A June meeting will elect officers as the drive to enlarge membership continues.
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Bridgeport Pruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association
Annue
Board of Trade
Herbert J. Silfen
Bow
Fieht
The
New Haven Association
Fight
Guy Smith
Bureau of Markets
Washington
Idgeports Association
Heavy Goss
Pach A. N. Farnham
Farmtan
W Haven
Division Six Sees Large Register Push And Inductions
Division Six expects about 300 new registrants as 21 year olds register today. Since February 1, 280 men have been sent to camps and 83 inducted into special service. From 774 in Class 1 on February 1, only 600 have been rejected. There are 175 delinquents. About 4,000 registered. Class 2 242, Class 3 16, Class 4 1,296, Class 5 1,140. Merchants Savings Co. of this city incorporated with 210,000 capital.
School Children Sell Thrift Stamps Program
Children from Reidgeport public schools gain a special opportunity to pledge and buy thrift stamps during a designated period. Arrangements by William Fliveles and local merchants support the effort as part of the war savings committee.
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Reidgeport
William ’C. Fliveles
Eavi
Tsui Alexa
Rifle in Brother’s Hands Kills 15 Year Old Brother
A 15 year old boy was shot and killed near his home in the Highwout section of Wumden. Police say the weapon was found in the brother’s hands and the incident occurred in June. Further details about motive or suspects have not been released.
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New Wayien
Wiltiti
Wlaternights
Highwout
Wumden
Fragmentary Pittsburgh Housewife Verse Snippet
Readable phrases hint a domestic scene with name references and scattered names like Croker and Lana. The text mixes garbled words with partial sentences, suggesting a poetic or quoted fragment rather than a complete news item or clear event.
Stanton Recalls Capture of Many Hun Prisoners
Private Withvin I. Blanton and soldiers in the 102nd United States Infantry fought in France on May 11. In a letter to his father, Stanton describes a fierce raid and heavy artillery barrage that cut off German retreat, enabled many prisoners to be taken, and left corpses visible on barbed wire after the action.
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Withvin I. Blanton
Rance
United States
Meank Stanton
Hawthorne Manufacturing Company
Young Stanton
Man's Land
Society Women May Take Lead Going into Shops
Bridgeport society women discussed Colonel Gas ton's appeal for well-to-do women to join the war effort in factories and shops. National Labor Department director Gaston said thousands of women will be needed and education of public opinion and private conditions is required for them to enter industrial work. A separate item notes a 14 year old boy in Hawtden held for coroner's inquiry after a shooting, with authorities unsure of mental state.
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Bridgeport
William T. Mineks
William A. Gaston
Briady
Bridgen
Tublic
Dewes
Hawtden
Doctors Won’t Be Drafted In Connecticut Says Dr Garlick
Dr Garlick cautions Connecticut communities that government drafting of physicians is unlikely and unnecessary. He notes Bridgeport and Fairfield County have varied physician losses, with some towns seeing 15 per cent drafted and others under 10 per cent. He supports volunteer service and argues a broad government takeover is not yet needed or desirable.
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Lbeilgenort
Connecticut
New Yorkshurte
Samel M. Ciantic
Connecticut Medical Association
Bridgeport
Nirfield County
Garlick
New York City
War Committee
American Hospital Association
Garrick Sade
Fairfield County
Army
Navy
Council of National Defense
Aero Instructor Killed in California Field Collision
Cal bans report of a fatal midair collision near Rockwell Yield. Stanley Coyle 27 of Gowderspart Pawa died when his airplane collided with another at about 206 feet. Biwyn Chapovin 24 of Bravikline Mass was badly injured as both planes spun to the ground.
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Ban Tego
Cal
Stanley Coyle
Goyderspart
Pawa
Acadet Biwyn Chapovin
Bravikline
Mass
Rockwell Yield
North
Alvord Brother Writes Home From U S Submarine Duty
Electrician Frank J Alvord is serving on a United States submarine in European waters. He reports writing to his mother and brothers from the sea, describes scrimmages and the long tale he will tell of submarine warfare, and notes sending pictures home to a growing family. Alvord enlisted May 20 1917 in this city and traveled to New Haven then Boston before crossing to the other side.
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Waus
Frank J U Alvorel
United States
European
Ans
His Mathers
Jerome Alvord
Bridgeport
Fred Alvord
Stratford
Alvord
New Haven
Boston
Ciy
Norman Street
Engine Company One Is Busiest Department Unit
Engine Company One answered an average of over one alarm daily in May keeping its record for most monthly alarms. The chemical engine saved Bridgeport substantial property value, with 37 alarms and only 75 tank uses. Chief Johnson called it the city’s most profitable investment, noting only two failures in ten years.
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Daniel B. Johnson
Bridgeport
Worry and the Blues Advertisement Note
An old advertisement fragment praises tonics and remedies for anxiety and blues. It mentions outdoor life and water drinking, touts Winkham's Vegetable Compound, and links worry relief to herbal remedies. The text reads like faded 19th or early 20th century ad copy with repetitive alarm references.
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Winkham
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Croker
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Mrs. Hincks
New York
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Maryland
Edward RR. Burd, Jr
Navy Department
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Baird
Wilmington
Del
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Edward Gaird
Atlantic
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Congress
Rotary Daniels
France
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Hattie Dunn
Hauppauge
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Isabel B. Wilz
Jacob M. Hask
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Edward R. Bai
Herbert L
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Engine Company One
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Hetation
Ben Fracaktin
Hive
Howe
Bridgeport Savings Bank Incorporated
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Jersey
Cirion
Onyx
Gingram Rocks
Georgette
Palsar
Caesar Filish
Moss Stamps
Ae Kreiper
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