Fairfield Man Charged With Attempted Murder Case Continued
Fairfield March 12 Special William Burr Nichols 45 colored appeared before Judge Bacon Wakeman in town court on charges of attempted murder. Case continued to Tuesday March 26. Narrative by Constable Elwood says Nichols disturbed by a crying animal and fired a shotgun hitting a woman who protected a cat. Dr Denham treated the victim, hospitalized at Bridgeport for six hours. Funeral of Elizabeth J Lilly Child wife of Rev Frank Child held with clergy from Fairfield Greens Farms St Pauls officiating. Burial Oaklawn. Mrs Child died after weeks of illness aged 58 or 59 leaving eight children. Y M C A notes report campaign to raise 1000 dollars by boys pledging 10 each. An honor roll to be posted. Local events include gardening talk by Leonard Johnson Farm head, triangle high school group minstrel rehearsals, Jesus the Head coach lessons, Norwalk county conference attendees listed. Socials include Ladies auxiliary whist and pinochle, Knight's orchestra dance Friday at Sherman hall 6 15 pm. Town selectmen discuss town meeting prep and unclaimed post office letters. Comfort eltth meeting at Mrs Henry Glover home Friday 2 to 6 pm. Fairfield Home Guard Company M drill at Sherman hall under William E Smith. noncommissioned officers school Thursday.
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William Burr Nichols
Bacon Wakeman
Burr Nichols
H. R., Elwood
Nichols
William
M. ¥. B. Denham
Nichols Place
Bridgeport
M.C. A
Triangle
Arthur
Devo
Jesus
Norwalk
Joseph Wakeman
Osborn Jennings
Arthur Deyo
John Toth
James Fox Rhys North
Charles C. Saunders
Fairfield Ice Department No. 2
Tunxis Road
Gustave Nelson
William, Busser
Howard Slant
Knight's Orchestra
Sherman Hall
Comfort Eltth
Henry &. Glover
Church Street
Fairfield Home Guard
Shermin Hall
William E. Smith
Luxburg Still in Argentina and under Guard
Buenos Aires March 12 The foreign office says reports that Count von Luxburg a former Carman mine official fled to Argentina are false and he remains in the country under guard. The mistake stemmed from misidentification of Germans on an international train to Chile. The British government declined safe conduct for a German physician to accompany him, and arrangements are being made to obtain a neutral doctor.
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Count von Luxburg
Carman
Argentina
Foreign Office
Sen
Chile
Count von Taxburg
Hitchcock is a Prisoner in a German Camp
Westbury New York cablegram from France reports 17 year old Thomas Hitchcock of the Lafayette Escadrille as missing and then a prisoner of the German. he attended St Paul’s School Concord NH last June and is credited with downing three German aircraft.
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France
Thomas Hitchcock
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Thomas Hitchecock
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St. Paul's Schoal
Concord
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Bridgeport Health Department Earns High Efficiency Praise
Reports from C. Howard Dunbar, chief inspector, say Bridgeport’s health department operates at a high standard of efficiency across all divisions. He notes differing practices in New Haven and Hartford but finds Bridgeport exemplary and expects a mutual comparison visit from both cities to refine their systems.
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Tarlford
C. Howard Dunbar
New Havon
Hartford
Wridgeport
New Haven
Dunbar
Tlartford
Connecticut
Man Pleads Guilty in Aggravated Assault Case
Charles Gilbert, colored, admitted guilt in superior criminal court for shooting foreman Arthur H. Rice after leaving a tobacco farm in Teast Granby in summer 1917. He was sentenced to state prison for two to three years.
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Wartford
Charles Gilbert
Superior Criminal Court
Teast Granby
Arthur H. Rice
State
Mayo Marries Miss Waterbury at Stamford
In Stamford on March 12 Virginius Mayo of New York, once a New Haven manufacturer, wed Miss Lois Waterbury in a civil ceremony with Justice of the Peace Francis J. Tipper. The unattended couple drove to New York by automobile after the license was filed last Saturday. Mrs Mayo, formerly of New Haven and Brooklyn resident Mrs Dudley, has been linked to Mayo’s marriages in past reports.
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Virginius Mayo
New York
New Haven
Lois Waterbury
Francis J. Tipper
Mayo
Dudley
Brooklyn
Yale Training Corps Officers Are Recalled
The War Department orders Captain Reginald Wield to return to the 162A regiment field artillery and Lieut Thayer to the 205th regiment. They will be replaced by Captain Wayne F. Ivers and Captain W. C. Gillespie from the 152nd depot brigade. The officers named are connected to Yale University.
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War Department
Reginald Wield
Yale Reserve Officers Training Corps
162A Regiment
Field Artillery
Y. Co. Thayer
205Th
Field
Yale
Thayer
Wayne F. Ivers
Camain W. C. Gillespie
152Nd
Steamer Palmar Aground Off New England Coast
Atlantic Port March 12 report that coastwise steamer Palmar carrying 2 600 tons of coal ran ashore yesterday off the New England coast. Tugs attempted to flank her today though she is not in immediate danger. Considerable water reported in her hull.
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Atlantic
Palmar
New England
Pledge loyalty adopted by state B and P union
Pittsfield Mass March 12. Resolutions pledging royal support of members to the President and the country during the national crisis were adopted at the state convention of the Bond of Bricklayers and Plasterers union being held there.
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Bons, Bricklayers and Plasters Union
Hilliard Dies at 79 In Boston Hospital
Samuel T. Hilliard longtime figure in New England temperance work dies in a Boston hospital at age 79. He served as secretary of the Protestant Episcopal temperance society and was known for his public temperance advocacy and leadership in the church community.
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Samuel Tf. Hilliard
Temper Society
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