Nameless Soldier Buried With Impressive Arlington Ceremonies
Washington marks Armistice Day with a moving interment of the unknown soldier. Dignitaries from the United States, allied nations, and countless citizens gather at Arlington and Capitol, paying tribute as regiments, generals, and admirals attend the ceremony and the caisson bears the casket to its marble tomb.
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Arlington
United States
Blue Ridge Mountains
Fort Myer
Potomac
Oime
Taylor
Cavalry
Radsea
Artilery
Woodfill
Dell
Fishd Artillery
O'Connnor
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Janron
Marines
de Taney
Saunders
Army Engineers
Army
Hugh Rodman
Charles G. Morton
Henry B. Wilson
Charlies P. Plunkett
W. «. Neville
D. C. Shank
W. G. Haan
V. Richards
J. G. Harford
Clarence R. Edwards
Charles T. Meer
John F. O'Ryan
New York
Ody
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Capitol
Unknown World War I Hero Tribute and Wilson Parade
World pays tribute to nameless fallen soldiers amid ceremonies led by an army band and parade to the Capitol. Former President Woodrow Wilson, visibly frail but leading, rides in an open carriage with Mrs. Wilson, wearing a red poppy, as crowds cheer from Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol, then return to D.C. residence.
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Woodrow Wilson
America
S. Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mr. Harding
Flanders Fields
Mr. Wilson
Poem Read At Arlington Memorial Exercises
Ada Anne Du Pu y president of the League of American Pen Women read a poem titled The Anka Soldier to Angela Morgan during the Arlington Memorial Exercises. The ceremony honored veterans and featured remarks from notable women leaders.
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Anka
Angela Morgan
Arlington
Ada Anne du Puy
League of American Pen, Women
Name Carried to the Courts of God in Distant War
Poetic tribute to soldiers fallen in battle. The speaker speaks of a fallen hero known to celestial beings and heroic companions, his name spoken in heavenly halls. The piece evokes sacred memory, battlefield paradox, and the enduring bond of comrades who rest beyond earthly sound.
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Brotherhood
Dauntless
Marathon
Raymond
Godfrey
Lion Heart
Heavenly Hall
Arcady
Garment Makers' Strike Looms Over Piece Work Plan
About 50,000 garment workers in the metro area face a looming strike next Monday as Coat, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Protective Association pushes piece work and a 49 hour week. The Cloak, Skirt and Reefer Makers' Union voted 38,672 to 162 in favor and strike headquarters are set in a local hotel. The union warns broader action could follow if manufacturers pursue the plan, while negotiators had hoped for a joint report by November 1.
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York
Coat, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Protective Association
Cloak, Skirt and Reefer Makers’ Union
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Benjamin Schlesinger
Ine
Milk strike drags on as deliveries slow citywide
In New York, a Brooklyn Supreme Court injunction limited violence by striking milk workers while deliveries reached about 70 percent of normal. Health inspectors warned about pasteurization lapses and a company faced action for selling milk 71 hours past pasteurization.
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New York
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Ten Island House
Health Department
Stevens Gets Term in Jail for Liquor Law Violations
Felix Stevens owner of a saloon at 54 East Washington Avenue was sentenced to 10 days in jail by Judge Wm. S. Boardman after a prior suspended term. Stevens, arraigned October 28, had owed two months’ rent and had no funds to support his ill wife and newborn child. He promised to remove all fixtures before serving the sentence.
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Felix Stevens
East
Washington Avenue
Wm. S. Boardman
Stevens
Dantel Brennan
Flag at half staff honors Unknown Dead and World War heroes
The federal building flag is lowered to half staff today to honor the Unknown Dead and the World War heroes. There was no mail delivery, but the window service remained open 7 to 10 this morning at the diligence office.
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Pulity
Bridgeport Five Cent Fare Sparks Transit Clash
Connecticut Company opposition to a five cent fare in Bridgeport threatens service in several towns. Public Utilities Commission leaders hint at a Bridgeport test, with full decision expected early next week. Norwalk’s recent five cent ride may influence but not determine the outcome.
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Bridgeport
George D. Watrous
New Haven
Public Utilities Commission
L. C. Storrs
Watrous
Richard T. Higgins
Connecticut
Sachan
Lice
Hartford
Conn
Norwalk
Higgins
London Pauses In Tribute To World War Dead
London marks the armistice anniversary with a two minute silence. Traffic is halted across Whitehall Piccadilly and other spaces as thousands gather to sing O God Our Help in Ages Past and pay reverent tribute to the fallen amid a citywide cessation of business.
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Whitehall
Piccadilly Circus
Stock Exchange Place
Trafalgar Square
Grant Divorce In Bridgeport Deserts Case
Louceal McCullough Benjamin, a colored woman, was granted a divorce from William Benjamin, a colored man, whom she married in Jacksonville Florida on October 16, 1913. She alleged desertion, claiming her spouse left her in Bridgeport on September 3, 1917, after moving there earlier in the year.
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Hans N. Lund
New York City
Loretta G
Lund
Ruth
John J. Kellogg
Martin W. Leighton
Lind
Linda
Louceal McCullough Benjamin
Willam Benjamin
Jacksonville
Fla
Bridgeport
Ulster Rejects Government Plan on Irish Settlement
Ulster cabinet rejects the British Irish settlement plan, citing fundamental principles impossible to attain under current conditions. Northern Ireland ministers propose counter compromises and urge consideration before the intended meeting with British leaders. The premiership signals potential talks with Lloyd George, while Parliament remains prorogued until January 30.
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Ulster
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein
James Craig
Ister
Lloyd George
Ulster Aea
Ireland
James Crais
Five Federal Raids Probe Liquor Ring In City
Federal agents and local police conducted five raids yesterday afternoon. Louis W. Snow, real estate dealer, held on $300 bond. four others face arrest and warrants. Seizures included stills, bottles, corks, liquor and equipment. Snow charged under state liquor laws. others to be arraigned before U S Commissioner Lavery. Raids targeted homes on North Avenue Van Stone Court Warren Court South Avenue and 35th Street.
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Louis W. Snow
North Avenue
U. S
Hugh J. Lavery
Snow
North End
Thomas Sabelewski
Feet
Charlie Suchodolski
van Stone Court
Warren Court
Stanislaw Pustokel
Charles Olinski
South Avenue
Doolan
Fowler, Hinman
Wardell
Ser 1 Gtant Kearncy
Chief Johnson to be replaced as fire chief
Fire Chief Daniel E. Johnson defends his 31 years of service and says he will obey the commissioners, who are reported to plan replacing him with Assistant George F. Beardsless before the current administration ends. The board may also act on Lieutenant Euclid Forest’s resignation from Engine House No 11.
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Daniel E. Johnson
Iit
Chief Johnson
George F. Beardsless
Johnson
New England
Thomas Magner
Wilson
Bridgeport Honors Fallen Sons and Daughters in Armistice Day Silence
The city paused at noon as buglers sounded Taps and a two minute silent tribute honored Bridgeport’s war dead and all U S youth who died in France. A color guard laid a wreath at city hall, bronze tablets at Crane and a Belknap service featured remarks by company leaders and veterans.
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United States
France
Harding
City Hall
Luwo
R. T. Crane
J. H. Collier
Belknap Manufacturing Company
C. W. Simpson
The
Christian Union
M. W. Dunham
Greenfield Hill
France Busy On Armistice Day
France marks Armistice Day with scattered ceremonies as government postpones formal holiday until Sunday. Foreign officials and war veterans visit the Unknown Soldier grave at the Arc de Triomphe with poppies. In Chateau Thierry, American troops halted German advances in a historic engagement, remembered in a new monument noting the invader was driven back 3915.
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France
Pollu
the de Triomphe
Chateau Thierry
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Black Rock Avenue
Frank Drisbach
Bridgeport Morris Plan Company
Common Pleas
Paradise
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Copeland
Aout
Thed
Mrs. Lund
Decker
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