Devens Infantry Battles All Night for Ayer Crests
At CAMP DEVENS Mass June 6 infantry brigades fought through the night in a staged clash with rockets lighting the sky. Canadian Lt E G Sandell supervised with Captain Norman Harrower, as 32 men per patrol took trenches and shell holes, while blue uniforms marked some units and bombers patrolled. The exercise aimed to test night maneuver and surrender readiness amid simulated combat.
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Devens
Spesial
No Man's Land
Henry
Cilicer
E.G. Sandell
School For
Norman Harrower
Atedark
Appeals to Young Men to Join in Finish Fight
Joseph J. Somers, a Bridgeport boy at the Newport Naval Training Station, calls all young men to join in wiping the Hohenzollern stain from the maps. He urges a thorough fight to the bitter end and says the Yanks must lick the Hung or submit to beasts at Potsdam. Before enrolling, Somers lived at 22 Harbor View avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Somers
Bridgeport
United States Naval Training Station
Newport
Rhode Island
Cnce
Potsdam
Somers
Harbor View Avenue
Holland's Great Dike
One of Holland's great dikes extends about 40 miles from upriver near the Vssel to the Hook of Holland seaward. Built in sections, it has stood for seven centuries, holding back waters from the low-lying fields.
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Holland
V ¥Ssel
Hook of Holland
British Canadian Recruiting Surges in Bridgeport City
Bridgeport sees a spike in British and Canadian enlistment as offshore submarine activity affects recruiting. Lieut. J Ke Roda reports 22 new overseas view recruits in a few days at the Fairfield avenue office. Local sergeant denies coercion and says employers are not yet targeted. many named recruits reside on local streets and hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Athantic
J.ke Roda
New England
Garview
Pairfield Avenue
Tridgeport
Fairfield Avenue
H. J. Long
Long
Thomas Elsmore
Lewis Street
J. Reynolds
Hollister Street
J. W. McNulty
Harrison Avenue
Leather
E. Charfice
Charles Street
William McLaughlin
Hanover Street
William Barry
Charles Chipperfield
Washington Avenue
Percy Turner
Maple Street
George Walker
Last Avenue
E. Taylor
Atlas Hotel
D. Richardson
Oak Street
Percy Settle
RK. F. D
William, Norris
Joseph Campbell
Arctic Street
L. Rivans
Williams Street
J. W. Brown
Main Street
D. Marock
D Fagan G. Baler
L. Bem
Glancey
W. Hilton
H. Banks
Cole's Crew Arrives at New York
Connecticut State Council of Defense urges cheerful letters to soldiers and sailors serving in France and aboard ships. Sir Walter Lawrence emphasizes letters from home boost morale and fighting spirit. post office access is crucial. He shares insights from a tour of American camps and asks communities to keep home papers and letters flowing to the forces.
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France
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Sir Walter Lawrence
Western Front
Mesopotamia
Wyalter Lawrence
Kent Dusy
American Campa
Inernational Bike Service
H. Cole
Boston
New York
The
Battery
David Jerome
Carl Karlston
William Hurcker
William Jones
John Desson
H. G. Newcombe
Edward H. Cole
Edwar
Committee Confident Stations Are to Come
Transportation committee members of the Chamber of Commerce have sent statistics to New Haven railroad officials and to Director-General McAdoo requesting two additional stations for Bridgeport. A Labor Department representative agrees, noting that allowing sea trains to stop for suburban workers would boost housing and reduce commutes, with 4000 vacant rooms to the east within 33 minutes and 500 more rooms within 16 miles west. The plan requires no pretentious buildings, minimal expense, and four platforms, two per direction, with ample space and no engineering issues.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Haven Railroad
McAdoo
Bridgeport
Department of Labor
Boston Clears First Coal Load to South America
Boston dispatches the first coal shipment to South America, a 1250 ton bituminous cargo loaded after a protest amid shortages. The Norwegian bark chartered by the Shipping Board will sail to Buenos Aires.
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Boston
Washington
Buenos Aires
Shipping Board
WA NEEDS MATHEMATICS
Science enters battle with mathematics as crucial in wartime. Prof. E R B Hedrick argues teachers must connect theory to practical value, noting geometry, trigonometry, and calculus underpin air resistance, artillery dynamics, wireless telegraphy, and other war related sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathematical Association of America
E. R B. Hedrick
University of Missouri
Hedrick
Milwaukee Journal
Clifford's Inn London Oldest Inn of Chancery
A London letter in the Christian Science Monitor calls Clifford's Inn the oldest of the Inns of chancery and notes it survived a near threat from the horsebreaker. It welcomed the Dickens Fellowship in October 1999 and is entered via Chancery Lane, with the true Dickensian doorway linked to Mr Boffin and John Harmon.
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Clifford's Inn
Inns of Chancery
Christian Science Monitor
Dickens Fellowship
Clifford's Inn Hall
Chancery
Mr. Boffin
John Harmon
Clifford’s Inn
Roaring Street
My Style Diary Informal Summer Frock Listed for Sale
A diary excerpt describes purchasing a black taffeta dress at Madam's clearance sale for informal summer dances and small dinners. The garment features a wide bodice, integrated sleeves, a slant neck line, pleated edging, a flat waist bow, front rose accents, and a skirt that flares then narrows at the petal. The wearer notes it is practical and not conspicuous.
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Madam's
Snint
Letter from Rainbow Division soldier blinded in both eyes
Mrs Nellig Bentse of Walnut Beach received a letter from her nephew Private James Sheehan of Company K 1st U S Infantry France. He describes being blinded in one eye and partially blinded in the other while serving at the front and notes improving lungs and a lingering cough. The message, written while at base hospital, is the first from Fairfield County men in the Rainbow division.
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Nellig Bentse
Walnut Beach
Jamey J. Sheehan
Sheehan
Fairfield County
Camp
Mills
Long Island
Devens
Massachusetts
Bridgeport On
Milford
Jack
Alese
James Sheehan
Co. K
U. &. Infantry
AP B. F
France
Tng
Nellie Bentz
Gets-It corn remover ad claims quick pain relief and easy peel
An old advertisement touts Gets-It as the world’s best corn remedy. It promises painless relief, easy removal of corns and calluses, and a banana-peel like result after treatment. The spot urges readers to buy Gets-It at drug stores, sold by E Lawrence & Co. in Chicago, with local Bridgport distribution via Hindle Drug Co.
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E Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Bridgeport
Hindle Drug Co
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Holland's
Cole
Slater
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Gand
Oxfords
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Mary Jane Pamps
Elk ' Sales
Men’s Department
U.S. Army
Munson
J. F. Mahoney
Goodyear
Packard McElwain
T. D. Barry
South America
London
My Style
James J. Sheehan
Eckman
Fekman Laboratory
Cannon Street
Ernest M. Butler
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