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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1918
Page
18
The article reports President Wilson plans high level talks with General Pershing and allied leaders in London and Paris. It notes cabinet members and foreign ministers from France and Britain discussing wartime strategy and declarations, signaling a move toward firmer U.S. involvement and diplomatic steps.
A major storm swept through Park City and surrounding towns causing heavy winds and a sharp temperature drop. Roadways were cluttered with debris and trolley service in outlying areas was delayed while trains continued to run late.
In Norwick harbor Scott Wrecking Company uses a pontoon barge to raise the freighter Ma- Vion which sank after colliding with two sunken barges in the channel. The operation is expected to take about a week.
Multiple death notices and funeral invitations from Southport Stratford and nearby towns list ages and residences. Included are interment at Oaklawn and St Michaels cemeteries, church services at Blessed Sacrament and other local churches, and funeral processions with medical and venue details.
Fragmentary World War I report from the Western Front and allied actions. Describes heavy shellfire northwest of Toul, American artillery exchanges, and German counterattacks near Menin road. Notes British defense, German casualties, and aerial operations. Ends with Wake New Lens Drive and a local business meeting on telescope sales.
London reports twelve German airplanes destroyed in air combat Friday per a British War Office statement. It notes 412 hostile aircraft destroyed, ten driven down out of control, others shot by anti-aircraft fire, with three of our planes missing. Noon sorties dropped ten tons of bombs on Mainz sidings and factories.
Mrs. Bidwell widow of General John Bidwell and 1892 Prohibition Party presidential nominee, died at age 70 after a short illness in Bidwell, amid continued Prohibition and Zionist activism in the city. The obituary notes her and her husband’s public involvement and lists numerous associates connected to a local communal event.
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