Composer-Pianist Grainger Delights Morris Recital
Composer pianist Percy Grainger charmed a small Mar mar Morris home audience for a benefit for the American Red Cross. The program featured Grainger own works alongside Chopin pieces and traditional tunes, with encores and warm applause from guests including Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Tyfarner and Isa Harlow.
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Percy Grainger Mac
Andrs
Dudley M. Morris
Marmark
Tes
Sam
Chopin
Colonial Sons
Grainger
Morris
Mopin
John
Grain
Ble Sportsmen Invited to Hear Game Expert
Sportsmen in the city of Fidgeport are invited to attend a meeting of the Mairfield County and Game Protective Association at the Park Club Rooms, 281 Ble Avenue, on Monday evening, November 10, at 1%. George H. Garrison will address the association, with a large attendance expected.
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Fidgeport
Mairfield County and Game Protective Associa
Park Club
Ble Avenue
George H. Garrison
Local entertainments and social notices roamed across Prospect and Park
Miss Emma Rule hosted a social at her Prospect Martin home with guests including Miss Mary Higgins Miss Catherine Connelly and others enjoying recitations and piano. Attendees from Danbury and Detroit joined. Sybil Mitchell hosts a silver tea for Red Cross at 2:30 pm. A staged Julius Caesar by YWCA group tonight and tomorrow features Miss Julia Warnes as Julius Caesar and Miss Dorothy Tomlinson as Brutus among others. Clinton avenue hostess Shawe and Mosaic club members enjoyed a Mosaic club evening at Black Rock Shore and Country Club.
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Emma Rule
Prospect Martin
Detroit
Mary Higgins
Catherine Connelly
Avere
Mary
Margret Durkin
Anita Lxoch
Danbury
Bliss
Tule
Edward Neavens
Albert FB. Parker
Arry Marlin
Lawrence Ryan
Joseph Carroll
Silverway
Y. WW. CG. A
Golden Hill Street
Julius Caesar
Agst
Juliia Warnes
Brutus
Dorothy Tomlinson
Mark Antony
Tearinette Wiskudden
Octavius Caesar
Pindarus
Misevelyn Johnson
Minthia
Moore
Calpharus Lens Johnson
Portia
Margaret Barnes
Citiven
M. F. Shepard
Mob
Delia Llisworth
Casca
Alice Ward
Cassis
Edith Wilson
Trebonius
Mary 1
Jackson
Tim
Belle Blackstone
George ‘T. Hatheway
Clinton Avenue
Mosaic Club
Black Rock Shore
Country
Fraternal Visit and Royal Purple Exaltations Report
Fraternal Ronekapotanauh tribe plans a visit to Norwalk's Cockenos tribe tonight honoring Deputy Great Sachem William Rowe. Stratfield Encampment reports thirty five Royal Purple degrees conferred with Norwalk delegation present and refreshments served. A German scientist reviews livestock feed substitutes noting dried rhubarb leaves as better than hay for hogs and kelp with limited value for cattle and pigs. Ground straw is poor, beet seeds are nutritive, parsley seeds excite, raisins lose value if ground before oil extraction, and oil cakes from nuts like beech prove good for cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
William Rowe
BG Bridgeporters
Stratfield
Representatives of Border States Endorse Soviets
NEW YORK June 6 German aggression in the east was denounced and recognition of the Russian soviet republic favored in a resolution adopted today by delegations representing various Russian border nationalities planning for a justice for Russia demonstration at Madison Square Garden next Tuesday evening. The resolution says many border states have fallen under German military power and that the masses deserve deliverance through a democratic Russia. The measure advocates recognition by the United States as a great blow to German militarism and welcomes Soviet intervention.
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New York
East
Russia
Madison Square Garden
Jeasue
Dispute over Tire Sparks City Street Brawl
A tire and tube ownership dispute led to a street fight on Genham Avenue near Pequonnock Street. Patrolman Sheehy arrested Morris Spatz age 40 of 103 James Street and Wins Jonell age 28 of Pequonnock Street after both suffered minor cuts. They were treated at Emergency Hospital and taken to headquarters for further handling. The incident drew local committee attention and included calls for anti-propaganda actions and cross party co operation.
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Sheehy
Morris Spatz
James Street
Wins Jonell
Pequonnock Street
Genham Avenue
Spatz
Jonell
Red Cross train mod an as hospital
A newly completed Red Cross train for the United States Army, shown at Liverpool Street, totals 15 carriages plus engine, 912 feet long, 41 tons, with 480 seating or 360 catheter cases. It includes separate stores, pharmacy, isolation for infectious patients, recreation rooms, and nurse quarters, with ventilated beds and electric fans for comfort.
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Red Cross
United States Army
England
Liverpool Street
Trinity Chorus and Orchestra Benefit Concert
Trinity Chorus and Orchestra offered a benefit concert at Grace M. I. church under Rev. Robert A. Cummins conducting. The program featured operatic selections, a violin solo, and a closing Star Spangled Banner with audience participation. Cummins departs for Bowling Green Ohio to teach sociology and education after earning a PhD at Columbia University.
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Grace M. I
Clinton Avenues
Nity M
Church
Robert A. Cummins
Ofr
Cummins
Wil+ Viani
Mlocence Cate
Jennie Kila Ray
Conker Caburn
Paritany
Sastat
Fuela
Aida
Adda
A. J. Waters
C. J. Laver
Fairfield Provsts
Jennie Fitz Roy
John Gorburn
Chaves Terren
Amiss Florence Cate
Sh. Cummins P
Torgether
M Cummins
Trinity M
Bowling Green
Ohio
State Normal School
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Bridgeport
Greek waiter detained over refusal to fight for any country
Harry George, a Greek waiter at the Seaside hotel, was detained by the local Department of Justice after asserting he would not fight for any country or register for munition work. Born in Greece on February 14, 1857, he has lived in the United States since February 17, 2015. This arrest marks the first such action in Connecticut and among the first nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF Justice
Harry George
Eorge
Greece
Connecticut
United States
Schwarz Arrives for U S Training at Sea
Boston report shows 178 Americans accepted for training in the Merchant Marine. Charles TR Schwarz of Edgeworth Conn is among them, sent aboard a training vessel by the U S Shipping Board. After six weeks of intensive instruction, he will be ready for a voyage as crew on a merchant vessel. The service seeks firemen and coal-passers with strong pay and advancement prospects.
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Boston
Tyne
Amones
T Ning
Merchant Marine
Ward Charles TR Schware
Pearl Street
Edgewort
Conn
United States Shipping Board
Government officials to register federal workers in Washington
Washington officials notified Wallace A. Smith of the local commission yesterday that future government employed men would receive registration cards recording their address work performed and showing the percentage marks of their examinations. The move aims to keep a record of men in government service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Civil Service
Washington
Wallace A. Smith
Local Commission
Uprising at Henrietta Ends in Misread Indian Pow Wow
Lieutenant Ray Wise of the Henrietta Home Guard reports last night’s disturbance at Old Hickory stamping ground was a misread Indian pow wow not an uprising. Wise says three white men rumored killed are unverified and about 10 shots were fired, with no draft resistance found.
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XO Creek
Henrietta
Okla
Old Hickory
Wis
Tieutenant Ray Wise
Henrietta Home Guard
Wise
Judge Beers Returns from Washington Trip
Alfred B. Beers, former Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has returned from Washington where he opposed a proposed pension restriction. He notes the Sherwood bill would limit Civil War veterans to $1,000 yearly if in Soldiers' Homes, while the Senate favored Smoot as a substitute providing full pensions. The matter goes to a conference committee after which veterans from across the country may protest legislation.
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Alfred B. Beers
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Solders
Sherwood
Beerssal
House
Senate
Smoot
United States
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Will Mintor
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Corporal William Delan Oy Add
Sybil Mitchell
Fairfield Avenue
Women's Relief Corps
International Film Service
Baltimore
R. Farrant
London
Farrant
Germany
Helmar
Trinity Chorus and Orchestra
Rev. R.A Cummins
Group of 50
Schwarz
U. S
Judge Beers
Joy Products Co., Inc
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Bernstein and Brown's
Herrick Beach
Sea Island
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