Doughboys on Hike Stop Off Here for Rest
Marching from Camp Humphreys Virginia to Boston forty three doughboys of Engineer's Training Corps No 1 arrived at the local armory on Sunday and bivouacked there over Monday departing today for New Haven. Commanded by Captain M. Caffey the unit includes battle scarred veterans and will be stationed at Camp Revere in Boston as a First Corps training station. Stops are made in major cities while Army transport trucks carry equipment and the corps aims to cover 567 miles in 33 marching classes, with superb local armory hospitality praised.
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Camp Humphreys
Virginia
Boston
Engineer's Training Corps No. 1
New Haven
M. Caffey
Camp Revere
National Guardsmen
T. C
Svery
Doctors Disagree Over McNally Injuries at Inquest
Two physicians from St Vincent's hospital and an ambulance surgeon testified at a coroner's inquest into Thomas McNally's death. They disputed a stab wound theory advanced by Medical Examiner Garlick while the coroner insisted the fatal cause was a bullet. Witnesses described a potential surgical incision and a torn overcoat during transport.
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St. Vincent's Spital
Thomas McNally
Athert
Dow
Wate Street
John J. Phelan
Bammer Garlick
McNary
Phelan
McNally
Kornbluth
Skinner Sues City Over Son's Diphtheria Death
Mr and Mrs Walter J Skinner of 289 West Avenue sue for 19000 plus 10900 against the city alleging Board of Health nurse negligence or ignorance leading to the death of their son Harold W Skinner from diphtheria. Petition to be presented to the Board of Aldermen at the next meeting.
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Gmit
Walter J. Skinner
West Avenue
Harold W. Skinner
Board of Aldermen
Death of Anita Merlo Ends Romance of Stage
Los Angeles November 7 widow of J. Harris better known as Anita Merlo died ending a romance that began on New York's Third Avenue theatre twenty years ago. Her husband, once a prominent actor, recalled their stage life and her later years in Southern California. He supported her through years of hardship as he labored as a day laborer on the Los Angeles aqueduct project and later at a roofing materials plant, even working Sundays to provide for her decline in health.
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Los Angeles
Third Avenue Theatre
New York
Evergreen Cemetery
J. 3
Harris
Anita Merlo
Ula
Times
Anita Merto
Harry Tracy
Outlaw
Merle
California
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Hariig
Bridgeport Eleven to Play Brickley Sunday
Bridgeport manager Jack Keerney announced the team will face Charley Brickley’s eleven next Sunday after a Sunday victory over Williams in New Haven. The game is set for Commercial field with a large Bridgeport rooting contingent expected to attend.
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Jack Keerney
Bridgeport
Willams
New Haven
Charley Drickley
New York
Rootera
Fairfield Fire Department Stages Comeback Efforts Reported
Fairfield officials say the fire department is staging a comeback after months of under equipment. New hose and sixteen hydrants are being installed while water pressure drops due to a changed source. Chiefs urge residents to verify alarms and avoid grass fires as funding for a pumping engine is deferred.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Fire Department
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Shiftine
Herlocks
Jennings
Hill
E. W. S. Pickett
Pickett
Gragmere
New Jersey Election Focus on Prohibition Enforcement Issue
In Trenton on November 7 voters choose sixty assembly members and six state senators. Democrats push repeal or modification of the Van Ness prohibition act, while Republicans back strict enforcement. Democrats face Republican advantage in the Senate but seek a House majority to influence joint ballots and potentially elect a Democrat as State Treasurer.
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Trenton
N. J
Nove
New Jersey
Senate
Wilson in Final Appeal to Voters at Rally
Mayor Willson urged St John’s Political club voters in a late rally while watched by his wife. He claimed Manufacturers' Association sought tax office control to aid its interests and criticized Atwater’s city governance. Geraldine Olmstead of Fairfield started as assistant dietitian at Bridgeport.
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Willson
St. John’s
Ite
John T. King
Manufacturers’ Association
Ths Association
Water
Geraldine Olmstead
Fairfield
The
Bridgeport
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M'Nally
Lipton's Tea
Davis & Hawley, Jewelers
Hiadmark
Wut
Western Cemetery
Brickley
Tittsburgh. Steel
Wilson
Mary T. Goldman
Matt
Mary T
Goldman
John
Father John
Wither John
Iquore
Atenhol
Meer. Rivest
Mantler
Desien Aleo
Seaton SS
Luesday
Hadley
Hadley’s
G. H. Warn
PH Fuller Brush Company
Heixe Bidg
Oona
Bsrmam
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