Poverty Grips Vienna as Citizens Hunt Decked Debris
Washington dispatch reports Vienna’s poverty spreads across classes as residents scavenge scraps on streets. Shabby and well dressed alike pocket chips, sticks, and torn wrappers while a chocolate bar triggers fierce scraps for foil and paper. Aid relies on limited Austrian relief amid sparse American help. tens of thousands raid a nearby forest for fuel.
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Washington
Vienna
Burone
jAnd
Wich
Paris
Robert Davis
Engle- LN
Women Plan Mosquito Extermination Effort
Lyme announces a town meeting of thirty women at Miss Flor nee Griswold's residence endorsing a statewide anti mosquito drive. They urge state action through the Legislature to drain infected lands and curb breeding grounds after noting four child deaths from blood poisoning linked to mosquitoes. Each woman contributed to a fund to support health and sanitation through the Connecticut Anti mosquito Association.
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Lyme
Flornee Griswold
Connecticut
Connecticut Antilogquito Association
Social Season Rank Failure in London Town
London closes its social season with broad agreement that it failed to impress. High prices kept crowds away, no reigning beauty on Rotten Row, and mansions stayed empty with for rent signs. The era of splendor faded as fashion, theatre, and court life saw diminished glamour and fewer audiences.
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London
Hyde Park
Geason
Covent Garden Opera
Florisix
George
West End
Convicts Held With HobbleS in India City
A London dispatch describes Tibet moving toward reform under British influence. A mint near the Dalai Lama’s palace issues new coins, notes are printed on Tibetan paper with Dalai Lama seals, and the post office operates from a ruined Chinese temple. Local progress includes telegraph training, scarce Chinese labor, and tranquil governance with spring city cleaning and Dalai Lama’s kennels and stables.
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Lhasa
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Horoulling
Pall Mall Gazette
Times of India
V. P
Kipng
Kalimpong
Gyantse
Tow ing aircraft by airships proposed in Wales
Cardiff September 27 Wing Commander T R Cave-Browne-Cave proposed low speed cargo airships to tow aircraft at speeds under 35 mph. He cited demonstrations showing airships can transport tens of tons at slow speed over difficult terrain aiding civil engineering railways oil and mineral prospecting.
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Cardiff
Wales
T. R. Cave-Browne-Cave
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Army Air Service Unveils Deadly G A X Battle Plane
A new Army Air Service aircraft, the G A X model, features 400 hp Liberty engines, armor plating, and fourteen machine guns, plus a 200 pound TNT torpedo. It carries front and rear Lewis guns, an observer platform with movable guns, and a pusher propeller design. The Lepere armored triplane is also in development with similar armament.
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Army Air Service
Automotive Industries
Chinese Ouija Boards Discovered By Missionary In China
Miss Jennie C. Walker, a Methodist missionary bound for Nanking, found a Chinese equivalent of the ouija board during a trip near the city. In a temple an old man uses a carved duck-billed bird and sand to spell characters while participants perform a ritual, then offer money and depart believing their petitions will be answered.
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America
China
Jennie C. Walker
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nanking
Omija Board
Outia Board
Eas
Thieves Surrounded by Detectives Near Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio railroad detectives asked Cincinnati police to help capture three alleged freight car thieves trapped in a thicket near Madisonville. The men were armed with shotguns and had exchanged shots with the officers.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bas
Madisonville
Obituary notices from Stratford area for several residents
Obituaries report the deaths of George A. Fitzgerald 32 of 60 Cedar Street Stratford Susan I English 38 of 1275 Broad Street Stratford Frank H Dibble 68 of Trumbull Susan Cunningham wife of James McCann Franklin Burton 69 of 1185 Linden Avenue Stratford and Mrs Catherine Donovan of 179 Golden Hill Street Stratford. Funeral times are listed with church services and burials at St Michael's and St Augustine's cemeteries.
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George A. Fitzgerald
Cedarstree
St. Mary's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Susan I. English
Susan Li
Richard C. English
Broad Street
Stratford
Mary E
Amily
John E
Susan L
Charles J
N. Smith
Charles Farrell
James Merrow
Clarence Stevenson
William Parker
Waterbury
Frank Niel
City
Frank Seed
Newark, N. J
Susan Cunninghan
Susan Cunningham
James McCann
John Cleary
Courtand Street
St. Augustine's Church
Mary
James
Anna F. McCann
Ireland
Franklin Burton
Linden Avenue
Catherine Donovan
Golden Hill Street
Preach Revolt in Mexican Palace Urges Social Change
In Mexico City agitators entered the Central Palace and addressed a crowd from the balcony, urging a social revolution. The rally cheered Russia and Italian metal workers, called for a food dictatorship to seize stores and warehouses, and waved Red and Black flags amid no police interference.
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Mexico City
Russia
Flas
Yucatan
Autumn Millinery Promises Elegant Hats At Modest Prices
A bewildering array of cleverly designed hats in silk velvet panne and embroidered duvetyn tempt shoppers with quiet distinctive elegance. Hats are fashioned on classic lines favored by Dame Fashion and crafted by master milliners, priced to meet thrifty budgets.
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India City
Pisso
James Staples & CO
Privat
State Street
China Sporting Ouua
Frank H. Dibble
Trumbull
Herbert
Bessie
Blanch Dibble
Booth Cemetery
Turin
Ils
Main ST
Bridgeport
Conn
Dillon
Dre Main St
Hartford
St. Cecile
Jake’s Restaurant
Cannon St
Jake
Jake's
Jake Nespodzed
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Cannon Street
The Smith=Murray Co
Fairfield Ave
Zibeline Kersey Velour
Copenhagen
Main Street
Smith-Murray Ca
Mantler’s Baby Shop
Prisbie
Post Office News Store
New York
Aship “Co
E. C. Bart
For
W. K. Mollan
Stratford Avenue
Hughes & Chap
Eaveoticas
Hunt Wilber
Meiga
Noble
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