Germans Watch Americans Play National Game in Coblenz
In Coblenz Germany September 28 the American occupation forces show keen interest in sports especially baseball. Doughboys exchange marks for goods, watch Antwerp victory impact, and compete in a major league between First and Second Brigades with three games weekly. Americans and locals alike follow box scores, drills, and national pastime reports via the Amroe News wireless dispatches.
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Coblenz
Germany
Army of Occupation
Curi
United States
Antwerp
America
Aies
Ans
Jauard -Jacquemyns
Rhineland High Commission
Erica
Wilson Issues A Statement On League Nations Impact
President Ison outlined a world peace forward plan in response to a letter about Ireland. The statement, issued through Secretary Tumulty, emphasizes a future that ensures peace and freedom for all peoples, guiding U S policy amidst the Cox campaign.
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Washington
Ison
Ecampaign
Cox
League Nations
Tumulty
Ansner
Edwin M. Swarts
Los Angeles
Bus Crash Sparks Damages Claims In Iranistan Route Case
Peter Solana of Fridgeport faces two lawsuits totaling 7000 dollars filed against Mrs Anna J Skivel. She seeks 5000 dollars for personal damages and her husband George Skivel seeks 12000 dollars for car damage and loss of services. The incident followed a bus collision at Iranistan and Wood avenue a few weeks ago.
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Peter Solana
Fridgeport
Mra
Anna J. Skivel
Person
George Skivel
Solana
Routo
Iranistan
Wood Avenue
Bank mortgage extension plea amid money stringency
The suit of Matilda J Van Heusen and Daniel Bogdany seeks more time to redeem a $6500 mortgage on land valued at $21000 amid bank reluctance to loan. The case, filed in Superior Court, requests relief from the court to delay foreclosure. The article also notes a separate story about a man claiming loss in a disreputable neighborhood after a delayed train ride.
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Matilda Béta
Matilda J. van Heusen
Daniel Bogdany
Old Ceremony Carried Out At Tower Of London
London report describes the nightly ceremony of the keys at the Tower of London. The Yeoman Porter with guards locks the gates while a varlet carries the keys and a bugler lamps the passage. Sentry questions and the ritual response follow before the band plays God Save the King and the Last Post is sounded.
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Tower OF London
London
George
Goa
Georg
King
America’s 1919 Baby Crop Sets Another Record
New York report from the American Child Hygiene Association shows 1919 infant mortality at 87 per 1000 in 269 cities with 31 million people, down nearly 13,000 deaths from 1918. About 680,900 births were recorded in those cities. national yearly newcomers about 2.5 million.
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New York
America
American Child Hygiene Association
Department of Health
Pittsburgh
Smoky City
Buffalo
Kansas City
Jersey City
N. J
Houston
Tex
Berkeley
Cal
Brookline
Mass
New York City
St. Louis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Seattle
el Paso
Burlington, Wi
Americans Readies Trade with Eastern Europe in Near East Plan
Constantinople Sept 29 Americans prepare to use new opportunities as Southern Russia and the Caucasus stabilize. The Guaranty Trust opens a Constantinople branch, the American Foreign Trade Corp ships goods via the Black Sea, and Admiral Bristol backs expansion. A direct New Orleans to Levant line is proposed to move coffee and Mississippi Valley products, with return trips carrying iron ore and manganese along with wool and dried fruits.
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Constantinople
Russia
Caucasus
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Elevant
American Foreign Trade Corporation
Black Sea Corporation
EB. G. Booth, Jr
United States Shipping Board
New Corporation
Black Sea
Batum
Mark Bristol
Germany
Austria
Near East
State Department
Bristol
F. A. Timmerman
New Orleans
The
Levant
Cuba
Spain
Italy
Greece
Bulgaria
Georgia
Turkey
Mississippi Valley
Hamburg
America
Timmerman
Nellie Burr Seeks Divorce and Alimony
Mrs. Nellie Burr filed for divorce from Seewry J. Burr citing intolerable cruelty and adultery. She asks alimony and restoration of her maiden name Nellie Elizabeth Ognan. The Burrs wed on September 2 1916 and she says his conduct makes cohabitation impossible.
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Seewry J. Burr
Nellie Elizabeth Burr
Nellia Elizabeth Ognan
Burrs
Burr
Sugar Deals Before Court in Fairfield County
Modern Grocery Co. of South Norwalk sues Peter M. Pious and Parkinty Candy Manufacturing Co. of Bridgeport in Fairfield County Superior Court seeking $20,000 in attachment. The firm claims a June 20 contract to sell 403 bags of granulated sugar and 40 barrels of No 180 sugar for $13,522, with $400 paid and delivery refused July 18 as the sugar market fell sharply. Damages of $15,000 are sought.
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Modern Grocery Co
South Norwalk
Peter Pious
Parkinty Candy Manufacturing Co
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Modern Grocery Company
Peter M. Pious
Pious
Mulligan Fears World Chaos After Peace Conference
William J. Mulligan, chairman of the war work committee of the Knights of Columbus, returns to Thompsonville with papal and French decorations and blasts the League of Nations. He urges electing the Republican ticket from top to bottom to stop what he calls chaos from meddling in international questions and misreading Article interpretations.
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Hartford
William J. Mulligan
Knights of Columbus of America
Thompsonville
Pope Benedict
France
League of Nations
Courant
Local detective takes Carlucci for manslaughter
Detective George Simon of the local detective bureau arrested Dominic Carlucci a real estate dealer of 654 State street on a warrant from Darien authorities charging him with manslaughter in the death of John J. McCarthy after a Darien Post Road accident on September 15. McCarthy died four hours later at Stamford hospital. The Grand Juror William H. Wilmot issued the warrant alleging criminal negligence. Coroner John J. Phelan previously found Carlucci criminally responsible for the death.
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George Simon
Darien
Dominic Carlucci
State Street
Justice of the Peace
John H. Selleck
Carlucci
John J. McCarthy
Darien Post Road
McCarthy
Stamford
Wiliam H. Wilmot
Carbucci
John J. Phelan
Holy Cross to raise $100000 in Connecticut drive
The Connecticut alumni of Holy Cross college held a dinner at Hotel Taft in New Haven with U S Senator David J. Walsh of Massachusetts as guest of honor. Walsh chairs the national campaign to fund new Worcester buildings and Connecticut’s quota is set at $100,000.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Holy Cross College
Taft
U. S
David J. Whish
Massachusetts
Senator Walsh
Worcester
Mass
Norseman Skolp Said To Reach Labrador In 1476
Washington reports a Danish Norwegian research claim that Didrik Pining's expedition piloted by Jon Skolp reached Labrador in 1476, predating Columbus by 16 years and Cabot's 1497 voyage. The study links the voyage to Leiv Eiriksson's 1000 discovery and cites sources from 16th century maps and archives.
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Washington
America
Christopher Columbus
Jon Skelp
Lofus Larsen
Leiv Erleksson
Larsen
Portugal
Denmark
Norway
Christian I
Asia
Didrik Pining
Jon Skolp
Labrador
Northwest Passage
Francesco Lopez de Gomara
Sevilla
John Scolvus
Jop Skolp
Johannes Scolvus
Dr. Larsen
Skolp
Fridtjof Nansen
Johannes Skorp
Martin Frobisher
Iland
Holy Ghost and Us Colony Sets S South America Move
Rev Frank W Sanford leader of the Holy Ghost and Us Sect colony at Durham plans a new South American colony. The yacht Coronet is being prepared for the trip amid exodus and discontent from the Atlanta Federal penitentiary confinement era.
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International News Service
Portland
Maine
Frank W. Sanford
Holy Ghost
Durham
South America
Federal
Atlanta
Can't Ride a Rocket to Moon Captain Plans Test Flight
Worcester Sept 29 Captain Charles N Fitzgerald of New York's police force aims to be first to greet the moon from a Goddard rocket. The six pound model will test design with a collapsible nose and parachute. Goddard wants more support and a larger trial next month on a Worcester field open to the public. Estates near Naples seized by workers. two plants burned. New York builders expect boom under a new 10 year tax exemption for homes begun within 18 months.
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International News Service
Worcester
Charles N. Fitzgerald
New York
Goddard
Clark University
Fitzgerald
Moon
Captain Fitzgerald
Doctors must treat mind ills in modern medicine
New York Sep 29 psychology gains emphasis at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons as Dr J A Fordyce urges physicians to address mental as well as physical illness. He warns that mind disorders can threaten national integrity and urges guiding public opinion toward normal channels. Registration for the medical school’s 167th year is at a record high. The James Gordon Bennett Cup winner is French aviator, completing 300 kilometers in 1 hour 6 minutes 15 seconds. American pilots Tnnehart and Schroeder drop out due to machine trouble.
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International News Service
New York
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
J. A. Fordyce
Ttnnehart
Schroeder
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Alschuler
Europe
Nellie Burr
Fashion Park HH
Preigss
Outfitters For
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Mulligan
Holy Cross
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Naples
Pimesaq
ARK OF Merit
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