German Prisoner Names Released by War Dept
Washington November 11 The War Department tonight announced the names of officers and enlisted men held in German prison camps. Officers listed include Lieutenant Roger B. Wight Taunton Massachusetts and Lieutenant Thomas P. Jackson New Britain Connecticut.
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Washington
War Department
Camp
Karlsruhe
Roger B. Wight
Taunton Mass
Thomas PF. Jackson
New Britain
Conn
Awning Burns At Clark’s Bakery After Cigars Dropped
An awning in front of Clark’s bakery at 1705 Main Street was destroyed last evening when a lit cigar dropped on the canvas. Firemen from box 836 at Main and Washington extinguished the small blaze, causing about $15 in damages.
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Clark's Bakery
Main Street
Washington Avenue
Nation's Liberty Seething Over Philadelphia Armistice Day
Philadelphia marks armistice signing with unprecedented demonstrations and holiday closures. Mayor Smith leads procession from City Hall to Independence Hall while Governor elect William C. Sproule heads a shrine parade. Neighborhood celebrations erupt as crowds cheer and flag down German Kaiser in effigy. tragedy strikes Market Street when a building coping falls, killing two.
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Philadelphia
Smith
City Hall
Independence Hall
Shrine of Liberty
William C. Sproule
Germany
Market Street
Bits of Byplay in Bygone Cincinnati Chronicle
Miscellaneous humor and short vignettes by Luke McLuke recounting playful exchanges, quips, and satirical lines about society, Prohibition, and everyday life. The piece parodies names, local places, and dated labels with a sequence of quips, verse snippets, and cartoonish portraits.
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Luke McLuke
Soldier Hurt During Liberty Day Stunt in Jersey City
In Jersey City on Liberty Day Robert Simpson a Signal Corps soldier climbed a five story building and the flagpole to a rooftop perch 125 feet above ground. He leaped to a moving car and landed on its cloth top then was rushed to hospital with injuries described as not serious. He saluted an officer before undergoing treatment for the fall.
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Jursey City
N. J
Robert Simpson
Array Signal Corps
Simpson
Milford Becomes Noisy With Bridgeport Day of Celebration
Milford marks a huge war aid celebration waking to Bridgeport whistles and its own bells. Fort Trumbull Beach hosts morning parades with bagpipes but no school. A Peace parade forms on the Green led by the Milford Council of Defence, with bands, cadets, Boy Scouts, and a formal unity march. Evening bonfires, concerts, and dances end the joyous, noisy day.
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Milford
Bridgeport
Fort Trumbull Beach
John Anderson
Walter Maroney
America
Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Company
Veryone
Fort Leumbull Beach
Fort Teumbull Beach
Milford Red Oro
Se Ran
Aulice
Gifford Ryder
U. S. Naval Reserves
Petlaim
N. C
UW. W. WY. C
Allied War Council Vote By Cable Reported
President Wilson sits as a voting member of the supreme war council along with the prime ministers of England France and Italy and the U S President. General Bliss serves as the American military adviser as cantonments begin nationwide construction. By June 1915 sixteen camp cities, each with 4600 buildings and capacity for 45006 men, are ready at a total cost around 140 million dollars.
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Wilson
Apreme War Council
Allies
England
France
Italy
United States
General Bliss
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