Bridgeporter Officer on Torpedoed Ship
Insign Russell Weldon of the A and Westgate transit service was aboard the torpedoed vessel sunk in the Atlantic after collision with the steamer American. He sent a telegram from Canadian port confirming his safety. Weldon, a Bridgeport High School graduate, is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward B Weldon of East Ta ton street.
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A & Westgate
Naval Overgoad Transportation Service
Atlante
American
Russell Weldon
Edward B. Weldon
East Taton Street
Approved Plans Here For Housing Project
Plans for a 250 apartment housing project by Gridgeport Housing Co at Crane off Atlantic Street have been received from Washington with housing director approval. Excavations will start at once. The development includes five playgrounds and each tenant will have a garden plot.
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Gridgeport Housing Company
Atlantic Street
Washington
Director of Housing
Eight Hour Day Set for American Locomotive
War Labor board announces standard eight hour day with overtime rules and Sunday double time. Applies to American Locomotive of Schenectady and Mason Machinery of Taunton and United Engineering of Youngstown in a dispute between employer and management.
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Washington
War Labor Board
American Locomotive Company
Schenectady
Mason Machinery Company
Taunton
Mass
United Engineering Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Redding Residents Face Illness and Moves in Danbury Area
Mrs. John Bach of 93 Maple Ave. taken to Danbury Hospital with severe pneumonia. Lewis Wixted, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wixted, critically ill at home with Spanish influenza. Marjorie and Edwin Manion confined to bed with grip. Patrick McManus moving household goods to Torrington. runs hat renovating shop at 438 Main St. Dr. H. F. Moore returned from Camp Greenleaf after honorable discharge. Edward Edmonds of Wolfits district died after four months illness. Dwight S. Ferry, Medical corps unit No. 59, arrived safely overseas. Granville Ferry and wife learn of son’s status. Mrs. A. H. Bartram visiting Bethel friends.
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John Bach
Maple Avenue
Danbury Hospital
Lewis Wixted
James Wixted
Grassy Frain Street
Marjorie
Edwin Manion
Edward Manion
Greenwood Avenue
Patrick McManus
Grassy Plain Street
Torrington
McManus
Main Street
H. F. Moore
Camp Greenleaf
Edward Edmonds
Wolfits District
Granville Ferry
Nivisian Street
Dwight S. Ferry
Pains in Back and Side Endorse Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Kansas City Kansas woman Mrs L T. Ierman reports relief after taking six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for back and side pains headaches and nervous tension attributed to functional derangement. The ad promotes the product as effective for women’s ailments and offers confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lyon Mass.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Lydia IB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
School Parade Today Depicts Nation's History
STRATFORD Oct 10 Special the school parade Friday afternoon will start at 2 00 and pass in review on Main street to Academy hill. Pupils and teachers have built costumes and floats portraying periods from Indian Life to the Present Day Activities and the Future. Athletic contests follow on Academy hill with boys and girls competing in dashes and jumps.
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Stratford
Main Street
Methodist Church
Academy Hill
Sedgwick School
Whitney School
Carden Street
Nichols Avenue
Honeyspo
Washington School
Franklin
Centre
East Main Street
Liberty Loan
Lordship
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
James Lally
First Selectman
Daniel J. Carten
Reinhold Persson
Directa
Nueta
Housatonic Shipbuilding Company
W. E. Brown
Board of Finance
Arden L. Judd
Broadway
White Mountains
George Chase, Jr
Qronouue
Ralph Lindsay
Benham Avenue
Bridgeport
Lindsay
Fort Edward
Albany
Housatonic
C. F. Atwood
Company L
Connecticut State Guard
L. J. Herrmann
Putney
Putney Chapel
Red Men's Hall
Roimat- Ack
Paradise Green Terrace
RB. R. Bigelow
Newtown Records War Relief Train Visit and Quota Overage
Newtown awaits a Liberty Loan relic train arriving October 16 from 9:15 am to 1:15 pm. A holiday may be granted for the day as schools and factories plan attendance. The town, already oversubscribed, reports 560 subscribers totaling $140,000, $47,700 over the Newtown quota. Local high school officers and Red Cross chapter leadership are noted along with district appointments and year-end work results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newpown
A. I. Nettleton
Liberty Loan Communittee
Newtown
Liberty Loan
Tesday
Moliday
Hickson
Earl Smith
Willis Arndt
Frank Mit
Whealer
Blackman
Levi C. Morris
Charlotte Minor
A. J. Tealers
Jad Salts Claim Clears Sluggish Kidneys
An advertisement claims backache signals excess meat intake and sluggish kidneys. It urges using four ounces of Jad Salts dissolved in water before breakfast to cleanse the kidneys, ease uric acid buildup, and relieve symptoms like cloudy urine, rheumatic pains, and digestive upset. It promotes Jad Salts as inexpensive, safe, and life saving for regular meat eaters.
German People Anxious Over Wilson's Reply
Berlin anxiously awaited President Wilson's reply to Central powers peace proposals. A rumor on October 16 spread that Wilson rejected the offer, while other cities reported an armistice. Food news caused public jubilation as crowds packed streets and officials urged restraint.
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Paris
Switzerland
Lerlin
Wilson
Berne
Deen
Two Bridgeport Men Wounded in Action
Two Bridgeport men wounded overseas as war reports reach families. Private Horace Holroyd, in a Canadian battalion, was admitted to a British general hospital on September 29 with a gunshot wound to the right leg. his wife, Mrs Holroyd, lives at 286 Nichols Street. Deville Andamarrotte of 227 Grand Street has word that his cousin Tommaso Sagliano, 27, wounded in France on September 1, was formerly employed at Remington Arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Horace Holroyd
France
Remington Arms Plant
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Hartford
Rue St. Cecile
Dillon’s
Armour
Priiemesents
Copeny Chicago
Doctor Glattstein
Furtea Ave
Kohlmaier Lothiers
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Sykes Comfort
Winci
the Comfort Powder Co
Boston
America
United Bhirt & Collam CO
Troy
C. W. Fedorko
Mgr
Stratford Milling Go
Sutto N Ave
Stratforn
Phone Stratford
Lois E. Peck
E. Lawtoned & Co
Chicago
Ill
Hindle Brug Stores
van Dyk
Duchess
Spring Valley
Marsh
Fairefield Ave
Smit. Murray Coent Main
Burfield Ave
Rare ‘Sy Cash Store
Palm Beach
Smith
Murray
Davis & Savard
Herbert Smith Storage and Trucking Co
Herbert Smith
Henry
Qollice
John St
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