Marines Earn Rifle Marks for Local Solders in US Navy Trials
Two young city residents in the U S Marine Corps earned expert rifeman and marksman medals after recent rifle range trials. John F P Kowlski and Peter Ferraro, sons of local residents, will wear their medals and receive pay increases. Kowlski enlisted last March in Bridgeport and Ferraro on April 4 1919. Both serve aboard the Utah and the Florida respectively, and excelled at Caldwell New Jersey national rifle matches, with Olympic and Camp Perry prospects noted. In other news the Hibernian Balding Corporation met at Lyric hall to plan renovations for a Washington avenue corner building, voting 4000 dollars for work and electing officers including D J OConnor and J F McCarthy. Jeremiah Kane attended.
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Rifeman
Ferraro
Kwiatowski
Bridgeport
U.S. S. Utah
Regent
Florida
Caldwell
Besng
Camp Perry
Ohio
Hibernian, Balding Corporation
Lyric Hall
Washington Avenue
Washington Terrace
D. J. O'Connor
John F. McCarthy
Frank J. Brady
Patrick McCarthy
D. J. Brady
William Clifford
P. J. McCarthy
Simon Creban
John Doyle
James J. Rawley
Thomas Coleman
James Whelan
Patrick Cuddy
James J. Mall
Jeremiah Kane
Danbury
Advocates Kindlier Attitude Toward China
Amos P. Wilder former U S consul general to China urged a kinder approach at the United Forum. He said China needs Christian influence to awaken to a fuller life and that some Chinese practices remain pagan. Summers Club Opens at Black Rock Yacht Club Site. Key attendees included Edward Geach and William Phillips of New York, Mayor Dutton, and Lawrence Gallagher. Women and children will be allowed to visit next Monday.
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China
Amos P. Wilder
United States
United Forum
United
Wilder
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
Black Hoek
Black Rock Yacht Club
Edward 1 Geach
New York City
William T. Phillips
New York
Sof
Ani
Obituary notices from a bustling Connecticut town
A series of obituaries and funeral notices recount the deaths of Olaf Banerson 99 long known to Swedish residents at Berkley Road and Melville Avenue, Margaret Van Stone widow of Stephen Van Stone, Alfred Edmonds son, Peter Gabler pioneer cigar maker, Henry Cox, Barbara Letsch, Anna Bowdy, and infant George Livingston. Services were held at homes and churches with burial in local cemeteries, naming Rev J A Okerblom, Rev Robert Sheffield, Rev Edward Gabler, Rev Herman G Wiemer and others. funerals involved G A R, Elks, Odd Fellows, Moose and local parishes.
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Olaf Banerson
Berkley Road
Melville Avenue
Ate
J. A. Okerblom
Swedish Lutheran Church
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Margaret van Stone
Stephen van Stone
St. Patrick’s Church
Alfred Edmonds
St. Michael's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Peter Gabler
Elias Howe, Jr
Connecticut
Grace Episcopal Church
Long Hill
Robert Sheffield
Edward Gabler
New York City
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks, Odd Fellows, Cigar Makers’ Union
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
The
Long Hill Cemetery
Joseph UL. Cox
Henry Cox
Black Rock Avenue
Joseph T. Ghernsey
Grace M. E
Loyal Order of Moose
Camenter's Union
T. J. Pardy Construction Company
Joseph Metcalf James Youngson
James J. Tracy
Frederick Christianson
Earl D. Anderson
James Grierson
Lakeview Cemetery
Barbara Letech
Barbara Letsch
James Copeland
King’s Highway
Fairfield
Herman G. Wiemer
German Reformed Church
Sjordin
Eric Olen
Thor Wickman
Fred Hedberg
Park Cemetery
Mia Anna FE. Bowdy
Anna Bowdy
Fred H. Lyford
Park Street
Archibald F. Campbell
Washington Park M. B
Easton Cemetery
George H. Livingston
George Livingston
Charles Carpenter Livingston
Famiy
Dover Street
Studley Shoes U21 Ad Recalled in Classic Want Ads
A historical notice highlights Studley brand shoes advertised at one cent per word in Times Want Ads. The fragment reflects period classifieds urging readers to use the ad service, emphasizing low rates and word-count emphasis.
Montana Tops Nation in Public School System Ranking
New York May 24 The Russell Sage Foundation reports Montana has the best all around public school system in the United States with California second and Arizona third. The study notes U S school efficiency has risen from 26 to 52 since 1870 while the national average is 32. It highlights regional shifts with Utah rising and Maryland slipping, California maintaining strong Western performance, and Hawaii Porto Rico and Canal Zone often scoring higher than many states. High school enrollment has surged to about 2 million with a gender tilt toward girls, and teacher salaries vary widely from 25 to 88 dollars monthly.
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New York
Montana
United States
Russell Sage Foundation
California
Arizona
New Jersey
Washington
Foundation
Utah
Maryland
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Porto Rico
Connecticut
North Carolina
Congress Faces Paper Shortage for Campaign Speeches
Washington reports orders to print campaign speeches are overflowing the Public Printer’s office despite a declared limit. He seeks open market paper to meet demand, forcing lawmakers to weigh costs since speeches can be printed at government cost but not in sufficient quantities elsewhere. Hearings and lengthy Congressional Record speeches contribute to the newsprint shortage.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional
Government Printing Office
Proposed intercoastal canal between New York Bay and Delaware River
Discussion before the House Rivers and Harbors Committee highlights how a New York Bay to Delaware River canal could slash the 274 mile water route, cut hazards, and reduce freight costs. It cites 50 million tons annual New Jersey rail freight and a decade of coastwise losses. the project is seen as timely and likely to be developed. Reprinted from Science of the Month by Henry Smith Williams.
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Committee On Rivers and Harbors
House of Representatives
New York Bay
Delaware River
New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Henry Smith Williams
M. D
LL. D
Hearst's Magazine
Ordination of Father Rotchford Celebrated at St. Charles
Rev. Joseph Rotchford, to be ordained Saturday, will celebrate his first solemn high mass in St. Charles church on Sunday, June 6 at 10 50 oclock. A Brookfield native, he has resided in the city for several years.
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Joseph Rotchford
St. Charles’ Church
Father Rotchford
Brookfield
Bayer Aspirin Package Claims Authenticity in 19-Year History
The advertisement asserts Bayer name denotes genuine Aspirin with directions for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes Bayer tablets in a Bayer package for nineteen years and that handy tins hold 12 tablets at a few cents. It states Aspirin is a Bayer trademark manufactured as monoacetyl salicylic acid.
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Bayer
Connecticut Mothers Seek Reform Legislation
The Connecticut Congress of Mothers urged the General Assembly to amend mothers pensions laws set an 18 year moral protection age for youths, transfer women from state prisons to the Farm for Women, improve working hours for minors and women, and establish a state boys school and kinder garten laws while adding policewomen. Also notes Bristol convention results. New London labor strike See 70 75 seats wage figures and 69 67 cents offers leading to halted building projects.
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General Assembly
Connecticut Congress of Mothers
Connecticut
Wethersfield
Farm Colony
Bristol
New London
King Alexander of Greece Married In Secret Ceremony
Paris May 4 reports say King Alexander of Greece wed Mademoiselle Manos in a morganatic ceremony. The Greek legation refuses comment as the pair, living at a Paris hotel, reportedly traveled to Versailles for a meal and garden visit.
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Paris
Alexander of Geece
Mademoiselle Manos
Constantine
Alexander
Versailles
Venizelos
Greece
Athens
Empress Reads Ruler Address in Tokyo Red Cross Talk
The Empress read the imperial address at the Japanese Red Cross annual meeting in Tokyo. It said withdrawal of Japanese from Siberia is premature while the world’s condition remains unsettled and urged redoubling efforts to plan for the times. The report also covers sewer projects in the West End and Black Rock, including the interceptor sewer and an auxiliary pumping station nearing completion.
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Tokio
A. P
Far East
Siberia
Japanese Red Cross
Bostwick Avenue
McElroy
West End
Black Rock
James A. McElroy
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Noble
Main ST
Coats
Georgette
Rotchford
Striks
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Main Street
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