American Fleet Orders Brass and Machinery for Navy
War Industries board Region No 2 in Bridgeport accepts daily naval supply bids from local plants. Readied items include brass pipe brass bolts nuts tubing steam turbine blowers evaporators heaters distillers pattern makers lathes brass tubes plates scissors and a wide range of pumps and spare parts with bids closing on varied September and October dates.
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United States Navy
War Industries Board
Chamber of Commerce
First Bridgeport National Bank
Bridgeport
Davo Srain~ Dare
Puntipe
SPA
Second Avenue
48Th Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bank Clerks Applicants Surpass Record Count
Hartfort in September reports Mrs Taylor secretary of the Civil vice commission has received 40 applications for bank clerks. officials anticipate the total may reach 450 the largest number of applications to date.
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Hartfort
Taylor
Civil Vice Commission
Bethel Seeks Sixty Thousand for Liberty Loan Drive
Bethel aims to raise between 50 000 and 60 000 dollars through the Fourth Liberty Loan. Chairman Shepard proposes dividing the drive into sections with a chapter appointing aides, similar to the Savinis drive, and mailing circulars via rural carriers. Miss Le Roy Stowe and the Women’s League will join the effort as plans move ahead in Bethel.
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Beeeenlah
Liberty
Bethel
I Shepard
Conmittes
Eng
Savinis
le Roy Stowe
Women's League
Rethel
Ieurt
Lidbrook-dIndson Co
Robert Whitehead
Gebel Depot
Women Back Up Firing Line Says Men Needed to Contest
The column asserts that male soldiers must compete while women support and reinforce the firing line, emphasizing coordinated roles for both genders in the defense effort.
Stratford to vote on license issue next Monday
Stratford prepares for a dry or wet vote on whether saloons may operate in town, with a petition over 200 signatures in the town clerk’s hands. Campaigns heat up as temperance groups mobilize while liquor supporters organize meetings to sway the outcome. Primary election signals continuing dry sentiment. Local incidents include Howard Dow’s scalp wound from a thrown stone and Lars Roberts’s trolley injuries, with further community notes on residents and wartime activity.
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Stratford
Salectman
Ardyaente
Lcense
Howard Dow
Charles Dow
California Street
Lars Roberts
Main Street
Warry Wilcoxton
Bridgeport Hospital
Edward H. Churchill
Longbrook Avenue
Hartford
William Wothnngte
Freeman Street
Andrew Smith
Brooklawn
Albert T. Lacy
North Main Street
Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Matrice Curtis
Huntington Road
Guild of Christ Church
Walter Goddard
George W. Carey
Liberty Loan Committee
New York City
Private Troy Gassed In Action In France
Reported in a Bridgeport notice a local soldier Adant Aroy formerly a traveling salesman at 1008 Nobie Avenue was gassed in France. He was treated at a base hospital and is expected to be sent home soon to recuperate. Aroy, 21, enlisted June 10, 1917 and has six months of France service. He has a brother William Troy 22 who is in the front trenches and a draftsman by trade.
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Belag
Bern
Peltier
Meneidam
Hedmwarck
Chaslint Ridge
Marry
Toaliock
New York
Girls’ Friendly Society
Stevens
Danbury
York
Brevona
John P. O'Keefe
Co. T
Tngsh
A. WW. F
Americna
Lorton
Willistm Qgurmingham
A. and P. Tea Ecotomy
Bridgeport
Shepard-Hecht Corporation
Henry Street
George Trowbridge
Anna Gilbert
Marjorie Brown
Bethel
Hudson
Hazel Meltor
Poaughkeepsie
George Dimond
Gallaghter
Marjorie
Wiagara Falls
Eugene Stowe
Elm Street
Clark Ferry
Division Street
Lea
Camp Upton
Rufus Short
Short
High Street
Army Training School
New Haven
Thomas Carroll
Reservoir Street
Lane Brothers Tannery
Blackman Avenue
Marfaret Brown
Hazel Brown
Adant A.roy
Nobie Avenue
France
Dinspital
States
Try
William Troy
Prescription Value in a Drug Store Emphasized
An ad extols a pharmacy's care in compounding and drug quality. It stresses pure ingredients, experienced pharmacists, strict cleanliness, and double checks. It claims low prices and urges inspection of the prescriptions department for scrupulous service.
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Sils
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U. S. Navy
Acia
U. S. Employment Bureau
Fairfield Avenue
Minute Women’s Registration Headquarters
Main St
Stratford Milling CO
Sutton Avye
Philadelphia
Vladivostok
Great
Siberian
Pacific
Russia
Main. Elm &Middle
Harvard Mills
Ours
Frank J. Ostrofsky’s
E. Main ST
Pembroke St
Hamilton
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