Milford Army native son receives second lieutenant commission
Tracey Clarke son of Bost master and Mrs Clarke has earned a commission as second lieutenant after attending Officers Training School at Camp Devens. A Milford High School and Yale alum, Clarke is a descendant of a Milford family from 1639 and served in the Signal Reserve. Other local items note Red Cross comfort kits for soldiers, local enlistments, social visits, and community events amid wartime.
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Milford
Tracey Clarke
Bostmaster
W. S&s. Clarke
Camp Devens
Signal Reserve Corps
Clarke
Milford High School
Yale University
Mig. Canner
Broad Street
Wlushing
Long Island
Eugene Sullivan
Eugene
55Th Supply Company
Coast Artillery
France
Gertrude Gifford
Miss Tobey
Alfred ‘Theodore Simonson
Vai
Army
CG. W. Simonson
Methodist Church
Trelon Wilcox Dishop
Brooklyn
Clark Wilcox
The
Gulf
Teserve Company GL
Home Guards
Druin J. Bray
William Hatfield
New Haven Avenue
Myrtle Beach
Buffalo
Maroney
Fort Trumbul Beach
Eastport
L. I
George Adams
Grace Flospital
New Tavor
Leroy P. Goodrich
Devon
Chicago
Goodrich
Ur, M. Co. Company
Bridgeport
Paul Sweeney
Broadstreet
Middle Town
Santino L. Cuneo
Louis Garbarina
James Wyatt
John Ackroyd
Walter Irving
Prisbie
Giles
Amy Herrick
High Street
Cuba
Indian River Grange
G. J. Smith
A. N. Beard
William Smith
General Assembly
W. BR. G
Royal Arcanum Hall
River Street
Www
BR. C
Elizabeth Pattee Wallach
Dixie
Mand Chase
J S Cunningham Dies in Action in France
John B Cunningham of Bridgeport a painter by trade and drafted in September. He served with the 102nd United States infantry and was killed in action April 20 in France. His widow Mrs Iiva Cunningham of 522 State street received War Department telegram late Wednesday night after a letter from him said he would soon be home. The couple moved here from New Jersey two years ago.
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Mather iTelter
Normvralk
Mather WeCoann
Automale
Milford
Suiberty Jenn
Ales. de S. Pons
Colonial Heights
Peel Sanitavinia
Woomount
Mares
Hector Hervey
Walnut Beach
Settera
Pat
Guy St. Burraels
Montreal
Canada
Regula
George Madden
Fairview Street
Thaw Madden
376Th
Arco Squadron
G.T. Marvey
High Street
Bridgeport
Edict Cook
Miner, Steed and Tullock
Harvard
Alita Perkins
York Trandall
Bridgepark
Manny Moton
J. Densmore Brown
Milford Town Court
W. Curtis
Waterbury
Willian
Tritchie
Clark Street
Ison
Colden Hill
Iard Street
George M. Gunn
Knowledge Hill
Toadies’ Guild
Bl. Peter's Church
Mary Burkus
Centre Street
Elm Chy Hospital
Theodore E. Smith
New York City
Lockwood
Elm City Hospital
Thea Wilcox Park
Clay
Wilcox Park
Red Cross
Hay Eee Dls
Richard Tuttle
Robert BS. Grown
France
First Church Brotherhood
Fred J. Tlatt
Devon
Creorgée W. Smith
Stevens
Wiest
Guarbarino
EL River & Haven
Joe Crean
Phan del Moraine
Ay Street
Hos Starian
MocCarroll
Hlunt
John 8. Cunningham
102Nd
United States Infantry
Cunningham
Iiva Cunningham
Sireet
War Department
Fort Stocum
Rance
Cunning
Bridgeport Metal Goods Company
Mrs. Cunningham
New Jersey
Brewery Workers Demand Higher Wages in New Haven
May 2. Brew workers here who recently received a fifty cent weekly raise today pressed for an additional three dollars per week. The dispute centers on the wage increase from the current base as workers seek better compensation amid rising living costs.
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New Haven
Mads
Stop Corn Pain In Two Minutes By the Clock
A Japanese product Ice-Mint offers quick relief for hard and soft corns and calluses. Apply a small amount to tender areas. soreness diminishes and the corn loosens so it can be removed with fingers. The cream is described as clean and nonpoisonous with no pain during or after use.
Save dollars on shoes at Friday morning sale
For a couple hundred women, more than a dollar savings on Sum mer shoes. Oxford ties in multiple styles. 200 pairs offered in tan calfskin and patent coltskin with wing tip, Cuban heel, plain toe and perforated tips. Main floor rear.
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Oxford
Embroider These Summer Wears Await Finishing Touches
Summer fashions invite embroidery on dresses, coats, hats, and bonnets. Needlework offerings include yellow pink or blue dresses with pleated skirts and jackets, matched by embroidered coats for sizes 2 to 6, hats and bonnets ready to finish on the third floor. Prices range from 50 cents to $3.00, with coats at $2.25 and dresses at $2.50 to $3.00.
Bulbs and Roots Offer Beauty for Gardens
To bring beauty to garden these bulbs and roots will spring up into beauty in wonderfully short time. What a variety of colors and what dainty charm they will offer. Scleeted eladiolus sixty cents per dozen, dahlias show and fancy varieties ten cents each, decorative dahling ten cents each, fairy lilies forty cents per dozen, front basement.
Hat choices debated: one vs two or three for value
A spirited comparison argues whether buying a single hat or multiple inexpensive hats offers better variety and satisfaction. It highlights fashionable options at $8.50, with two lustrous taffeta silk qualities on sale, in a broad color range and durable, practical wear for day and evening.
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Copenhagen
Trousers to save money on suit ensembles
A strong push for economical menswear features trousers designed to pair with existing coats. The piece highlights worsted fabrics in tasteful stripes and plain colors, with options including cuffs, plain hems, turnups, and belt straps, all offered at great value.
Dainty Women’s Trousers and Slipover Gowns Reach Seasonal Trend
Advert shows pink crepe or batiste bloomers with lace trim and a summer appeal. Highlights include crepe slipover gowns in white or pink, priced around 1.50, plus embroidered camisoles with ribbon straps. Second floor display promises charm and light fabric fashion.
Vegetable plants ready for setting this season
Listing ready to set vegetable plants including Big Boston lettuce at 20 cents per dozen and cabbage at 20 cents per dozen. Early Jersey Wakefield and Flat Dutch or Red varieties offered. rhubarb stalks available. Seeds in good supply but dwindling. hurry to plant.
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Boston
Jersey
Wakefield
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New York
Spain
HowLann
J.S. Cunningham
War Dept
VIM
Bridgeport, Conn
Armour
Oleo Margarine
GEO. A. Robertson
State ST
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Main Street
Bell-Ans
Bridgeport. Conn
Uesday
Howland Dry Goods Company
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