Newsy Breezes From Nearby Shore Resorts
Weekend crowds fill shore front parks and beaches as trolleys and fitneys bring visitors to the area for a long weekend. Local amusements run busy while fishing and clamming outings dot the shore. A large birthday party at Seabreeze hotel and a Laurel Beach improvement meeting highlight social events. Guests at Myrtle Beach and Belvedere Cottage areas include residents from Waterbury Bridgeport New York and Mount Vernon amid seaside stays and excursions.
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Milford
Frank Goldman
Seabreeze
Irwin
Beachie Grossman
Leonore Smithow
Richard Dances
James Donnelly
Richard Rosenbluth
Allen Hewitt
Edith Rosenbluth
Marjorie
Edith
Berkshire Cottage
Aivr He Veach
Brooklyy
Irene Bayin
Lucy Kenney
Frances Hanlin
Irene Gavin
Mary Griffen
Doris Healey
Irene Cunningham
Elizabeth Kirby
Anna Flaherty
May Tiyan
Anna Toohey
Mamie Sweeney
Helen Bovina
Anna Foley
Fred Dunchoit
George Ebegnai
Tilmothy Crowe
Harold
Joseph McGraw
Victor Deni- Favan
L. Wooding
Donald Wooding
Island View Hotel
Charlies Sherry
Jobart Butcher
Beacon Falls
Philip Bernard
J. Kling
New York
Elizabeth Corbett
North Hampton
Bridgeport
Ralph Rock
New London
Catherina Shans
Emily Shang
Mount Vernon
Ansonia Cottage
Mary, Margaret
Winifred Barry
Hartford
Ansonia
Martin McNamara
Stowe
Edward Flynn
Eleanor Cottage
Shore Front
J. McNamara
Martha Daley
Irene Bovina
Marjoria Ryan
Anna Waherty
Mary Sweeney
James Crowe
Waterbury
Julia Smith
Torrington
Arthur Webster
Meriden
Mary Seegar
Torvington
O’mae
Myrtle Beach
Christine Vogel
Anna
Max
New York Alto
Shady Nook
William H. Max
Fred Doern
Wits
E. Charles
William Fuchs
Jersey City Heights
William Jackson
Thomas Hannigan
Grenoble
Camp Upton
Fort Trambull Beach
Seabreese Hotel
R. Lesser
Jennette Cass
Trinkle
le. G. Haight
J. Taffee
New York City
Walter J. May
J. Hayman
Port Chester
Clarence Herman
Jerome Brandt
Louis Brandt
Seabreeze Hotel
Jake Magen
B. Bronstein
Brooklawn Avenues
W. Salmon
T. Stern
David Feuer
G. W. Horton
Clara Fy Baldwin
Gertrude A. Hughes
iTheresa E. Rubber
Brooklyn
Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feelin' cartoon note
A newspaper cartoon credit reads Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feelin drawn for The Telegram by Briggs. Additional text references One DA You ARE SUMMONED and The Boss with office context.
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Briggs
Archbishops and Priests Slain by Red Guards
Archbishops and priests at Riga a Baltic port were killed by Russian Red Guards per Riga despatch to Tageblatt Berlin. Police auxiliaries pay hike debated as stenographers and telephone operators omitted from initial council plan. New Haven lines use Russian engines prompting bridge reinforcements. Michael Vargo of 879 Wordin Avenue to be arraigned for reckless driving after Fairview Avenue arrest last Saturday night.
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Amsterdam
Riga
Baltic
Berlin
Common Council
New York, New Haven and Hartford Company
Michael Vargo
Wordin Avenue
Fairheld Avenue
Waterbury guests at Willard hotel and local society notes
Miss Helen M. Bassett and C W N Macomber of Waterbury visit the Willard hotel. Mrs J L Bassett, superintendent of New Britain General hospital, stayed with relatives at the beach. George Rooney of Naugatuck, a Laurel Beach casino employee, enters Pelham Bay training camp. Cromaine trophy croquet results crown George Crawford of Laurel Beach as champion. multiple prize winners named. 224 games played in the Laurel Beach tournament to set a record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Bassett
C. WN. Macomber
Waterbury
Willard Hotel
J. L. Bassett
New Britain General Hospital
George Rooney
Naugatuck
Laurel Beach
Pelham Bay
Frank Knusden
Shelton
First Avenue
Laurel Beach Casino
George J. Crawford
D. M. Reid Company
Carl Hike Etl
Frank Stillman
Henry Michels
Catherine Taylor
Harrison M. Gould
Carl Hakenwessell
Gleanor Hoyt
W. V. Park
Malouise Judd
Rosilind Rtussell
Arequet
Creorge
Judd
George J Crawford
Motorists urged to buy War Savings stamps in Bridgeport
William T. Hincks, chairman of the War Savings stamps committee, urged Bridgeport motorists to invest at least 2.75 dollars in stamps, noting auto owners saved about 6,000 dollars in gasoline and 10,000 dollars on tires yesterday. He said the savings should be spent on War Savings stamps to aid the nation, hoping motorists would buy 15,000 dollars more tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hincks
General War Savings Stamps Committee
Bridgeport
Mr. Hincks
Woman charged after shooting husband at home
Mrs. Byron Campbell of 29 High Street is held at police headquarters on assault charges after she escaped from her home and fired three shots at her husband. He is hospitalized at St Vincent's with a bullet wound in the left leg from the quarrel incident.
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WIFL
Byron Campbell
29 High Street
St Vincent’s Hospital
Obituary notices from Bridgeport area include Alanne McDonald Johns Riley
Obituaries notice several Bridgeport residents with funeral details. Alex Alanne age 82 of 181 Fourth Street died Sunday night after a motorcycle accident at Bridgeport Hospital. Mary McDonald widow of John McDonald of 40 Whitney Avenue will have a funeral at her home and St Patrick's Church with Mass by her son Walter James McDonald of Dialville. Dorothy Emma Franklin daughter of My and Mrs Benjamin Louis Franklin died at Bridgeport Hospital. funeral at 388 Band Street with interment at Lakeview Cemetery. James H. Riley could not be fully parsed. family services listed at 186 Hel Rtoak Avenue with burial at St Michael's Cemetery. Surviving relatives named Frank Warren and Meg Riley.
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Aex
Mary McDonald
John McDonald
Whitney Avenue
St Patrick's Church
Walher James McDonald
Dlalnville
St. Mary’s Church
Bridgeport
St Alicadl's
Dorothy Jonns
Dorothy Emma
Benjamin ‘Louis Franklin
Bridgeport Hospital
Band Street
Lakeview Cemetery
James IL. Riley
James Hhtley
Last Pumping Engine Arrives for Trial
John J. Hines of the Fire Department reported that the Robinson motor pump, delayed in transit from St. Louis, arrived Saturday afternoon. The unit, the final order of the Board of Fire Commissioners, will be stationed temporarily at No. 11 engine house until the Beechmont avenue and Thorme Street No. 12 station is opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Hines
Robinson
St. Louis
Board of Fire Commissioners
No. 11 Engine Company
Beechmont Avenue
Thorme Street
Drowned Navigator's Body Brought Home
The body of William Stillman, lost when the freighter Fred R Kellogg was torpedoed in Ambrose channel off Barnegat on August 13, was found in the Atlantic near Long Branch New Jersey and arrived in the city yesterday at Hawley and Wilmot undertaking parlors awaiting funeral arrangements. Stillman was one of five dead from the Kellogg crew.
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William Stillman
Fred R. Kellogg
Ambrose Channel
Barnegat
Atlantic
Long Branch
N. A
Hawley and
Wilmot
Stillman
Kelloggs
Georgetown Soldier Among Four Connecticut Prisoners
Georgetown Sentinel reports August Nordum of Georgetown is named among four Connecticut men counted in the 131 American soldiers detained at Camp Langensalza Germany by official War Department notice. The list is mainly comprised of Pennsylvanians.
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Georgetown
August Nordum
Connecticut
Camp Langensalza
Germany
War Department
Stefansson Calls for Arctic Reclamation Plan
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, en route home to Dawson after five years in the north, announced he will urge the Canadian government to adopt vast scale reclamation of Arctic islands and wilderness.
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Dawson
Y. T
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Arctic Islands
Lost within Hun Lines Yank Band Takes 30 Captives
An American detachment on the Aisne front under Sergeant S. B. Leschinck of Milwaukee captured 30 German troops after becoming separated from their unit. The sergeant halted two German officers who were then taken prisoner, prompting a German detachments surrender. the officers were reportedly shot. Columbus Boys club baseball team members must meet at 1 PM at 8906 Pembroke Street.
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Yank
Aisne
Associated Press
S. B. Leschinck
Milwaukee
Columbus
Columbus Boys
Pembroke Street
Stratford Best Place to Buy Grain and Feed
Stratford offers wholesale and retail grain and animal feed with a broad stock. Local dealer promotes competitive pricing and timely delivery, serving farmers and ranchers with a full range of feed products and farm supplies.
British Report Says Evacuation of Kemmel Unknown
Berlin dispatch cites war office statement that Kemmel was relinquished to the enemy after front shortened between Ypres and Bassee. British advances and attacks across Somme positions are described as repulsed with losses. French counterattacks and Allied actions near Morval and Bouchavesnes noted with mixed results. Separately, James O'Shea of the Rlington Arms barracks faced assault charges at the Second precinct station after an alleged threat at Hallett street home of Mr and Mrs Sussman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
War Office
Ypres
la Bassee
Hazebrouck
Kemmel
Bailleul
Neuf Berquin
Lawes
sArras-Cambrai_ road
Hendecourt
Vaulx Vraucourt
Bullecourt
Eeoust St. Mein
Nevon
Nesle
Beau-lieu
Morlincourt
Varesnes
Oise
Bretigny
Aisne
Indiately
Champs
Allette
Recyau Mont
Juvigny
Guargi
James O'Shea
Rlington Arms
Bev Sussman
Hallett Street
O'Shea
France
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Newsy
Samuel Ptemer
Son' Hao Heeon
Ann
Tata
Boss
Hincks
Stefansson
Wanderers
Stratford
Stratford Milling CO
Sutton Avenue
Stratford 128
Gow
Ecoust St
U.S. Food Administration
Public Market
State and Bank
Buighess
Cannon Streert
Ernest M. Butler
Auto Mobil
LI Omage
the Kaiser
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