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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
5
Bridgeport subscribed for millions to fund wartime needs including 183mm field guns, naval guns, rifles, ammunition, and medical supplies. The list details equipment for troops, transport, hospitals, and support, showing large purchases aimed at arming and provisioning forces.
Cavina the opera singer headlines a Milford town benefit at the town hall on Thursday evening at 8 10. Tickets at the door. ushers include Miss Gladys Asam and assistants. Photos of Mr and Mrs H Thomas donated by Artist Williams of Cherry street for the event. A social and supper followed with Victrola music. Red Cross linen shower planned to aid French hospitals, with Milford chapter asked to contribute towels, napkins, and handkerchiefs.
The readable fragments mention a 1917 public data point with an October 4 note and a prior 1879 reference, but the text is incomplete. It references a steady if unclear trend and a numeric figure around 34610, with no clear event or named entities fully identifiable.
Charles Murray of 88 Courtland street was arrested Tuesday night after Harry Herman of 90 Courtland street appeared at the emergency hospital with 17 gunshot wounds to the head said to have been inflicted by Murray. Herman, in court, threatened to seek higher court action after the adjournment. Evidence shows Herman made remarks about Murray's wife prompting the assault. Herman's head is bandaged.
Violet Gouldes dies and funeral details for Violet E Gouldes list 473 William Street location with Friday service and Union Cemetery Augusta Burgess interment. Ateasia Burgess widowed, dies at Bridgeport Hospital with no funeral arrangements yet. Catherine Conners funeral from 1246 Pembroke Street and St Charles Church, high mass by Rev P W McGivney. Schmidt's mass sung by choir. bearers include John Nollly, John Connors, Patriot Took, Andrew and James Harding. first burial at St Michael's cemetery.
New Canaan community prepares for the Fourth Liberty Loan drive opening Sept. 28 and running to Oct. 19, with a long local roster including G. J. Leckworm as chair and many residents named. Editorial notes mention political debate, party dynamics, and local civic events shaping the town activity.
Bridgeport leads in a national plan to open all public school buildings for community use outside school hours. Six schools Lincoln Maplewood Waltersville Whittier are designated for organized community associations with city wide and national support. Ward of the Bureau of Education explains logistics and clerical support funded by the federal government.
James J. Walker and George E. Wood, appraisers for the Samuel Grindrod estate, report an estate totaling $10,410 with most realty in Stratford. Personal property amounts to $80 and real estate holdings list parcels on Connecticut Ave and Florence Street, Ward Meadows, the O’Rielly and Otis Beers tract, and several Stratford plots along Grindrod Ave, Honeyspot Road, and Grinrod.Mentioned are various parcels valued from $200 to $1,508.
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