Battles, casualties at border clash as Mexican guards clash with Americans
A border fight near Nogales leaves Mexican and American forces dead among which are Captain J. D. Hungerford and Lieutenant Frederick H. Herman. General de Rosey Cabell travels from San Tex to help restore calm as a military court investigates the incident amid rumors of a corrupt border crossing attempt and animosity between guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Rosey Cabell
San Tex
J. D. Hungerford
Barney Lots
Frederick H. Herman
C. Caton
Saratoga
Nogales
Gaston Reddoe
Felix Pendoza A
Sonora
Interna Street
Abasola
Labor Day Attractions At Middlesex Theatre And Grand
Labor Day program features Douglas Fairbanks in Head in South at Middlesex Theatre with border tales and horse riding with 200 cowboys, plus special train from Los Angeles to Nogales and the famed Fairbanks pony Smiles. Grand Theatre offers Getting the Money vaudeville with Harry Mason and Co, Bluebird feature and Pathe Weekly, plus more acts and film projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Day
Douglas Fairbanks
Middlesex Theatre
Artcraft
South
Fairbanks
Noel
Los Angeles
Nogales
Grand Theatre
Harry Mason and Co
Mason
America
Aba
Bluebird
Sidney Drew
Pathe
Ohio State Journal Non-Essential Industry Note
A terse remark from the Ohio State Journal comments on a non essential industry, joking about telling a chaiser to go to hell or a priest under fire. The fragment reflects satirical tone and social commentary without detailing events or figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Chaiser
German ambassador meets King Alfonso over U-boat dispute
The German ambassador to Spain was received by King Alfonso at the Santander Summer race in a dispatch from Madrid. He protested Spain’s plan to replace sunken ships with interned German vessels and stated Germany would not renounce submarine warfare against the Kaiser's enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SN Mlfonso
Kaiser
Alfonso
Spain
Santander
Germany
Madrid
Spanish
Red Cross Benefit Set At Hartlands For Aug. 29
Old Saybrook Aug 28 The Red Cross entertainment Scotland in song and story will be at Hartlands Cornfield Point on Thursday Aug 29 at 4 o clock. Buckleys Faulks Wightman and others connected with shore visits and a draft departure at Camp Greenleaf are noted. New teachers and modern toilet improvements mark the start of the school season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Saybrook
Red Cross
Hartlands
Cornfield Point
Scotland
John Buckley
Thomas J. Curran
Hartford
Frederick Faulk
Saybrook Point
Connecticut River Railroad
Frances Shepard
Emma Calker
Mary Coulter
Emma L. Scudder
J. Westbrook
Cornwal
Ivoryton
Essex
Lawrence C. Chase
Athol
Mass
Emma C. Chalker
Flora Murray
Katherine Gourley
Agnes Sparks
Danbury
Mary E. Coulter
Murray
Normal School
New Haven
New Milford
Gourley
New Britain
Darien
Willimantic
Lebanon
Irene Cone
Saybrook High School
Essex News Roundup Bridges Home and Travel Movements
Essex residents report travel and visits across states and cities. Turey Ferrantti departed for Camp Greenleaf in Georgia. Mrs. John Conklin and daughter ended a two week Mystic stay. Paul Johns of New York visits his mother on Main Street. Hon. John S. Hutchinson spends days with daughter in Willimantic. Mrs. Frank Torrey heads for Boston and Bath with friends. Lawrence Hayden returns from Hartford. Morse vacates tent on Grove Street to join U. S. Army. Mrs. C. D. Hayden visits Hartford relatives. A. W. Reiss and Mrs. Battle return from South Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Turey Ferrantti
Camp Greenleaf
John Conklin
Mystic
Paul Johns
New York
Annie Johns
Main Street
John S. Hutchinson
Arnold
Willimantic
Frank Torrey
Boston
Bath
Lawrence Hayden
William Law
Hartford
Harold Morse
Niles
A. B. Battle
South
Manchester
Hadlyme News and Socials From Aug 28
Hadlyme notes Mr and Mrs Edgar Warner visit daughter Mrs Samuel Tooker. Merton Altman of East Orange N J visits relatives. F Banning family visit Hartford friends. Mrs J C Miner and Mrs J L Judge of Boston visit Mrs Lewellyn Brock. Mrs Caroline Pieser aged 79 dies. Funeral Thursday at 3, Hungerford cemetery burial. Friday tea auction tableaus silver for Red Cross at Miss Maria W Selden’s home. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadlyme
Edgar Warner
Samuel Tooker
Merton Altman
East Orange
N. J
F. &. Banning
Hartford
J. C. Miner
J. L. Judge and Son
Boston
Mass
Lewellyn Brock
Caroline Pieser
Colchester Social Notices and Local Movements
Colchester residents attend Hartford events and host guests from Portland and New Haven. Miss Elizabeth Shea and Miss Carmel Shea visit Hartford. Miss May Condren of Portland stays with Mrs. Hattie Wickwire. Harry Friedman leaves for New Haven, and Mrs. Max Siegel heads to New York. A park gathering sings The Star Spangled Banner and other songs. Mrs. Harry Wickwire hosts two children from New Haven. Mrs. Arthur M. O Connor returns to Great Barrington with Lt. A M O Connor stationed at Camp Greenleaf, Ft. Oglethorpe Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
Elizabeth
Carmel] Shea
Hartford
May Condren
Portland
Hattie Wickwire
Harry Freidman
New Haven
Max Siegel
New York
Harry Wickwire
Hayward Avenue
Arthur M. O’connor
Jeremiah O’connor
Norwich Avenue
Great Barrington
Mass
A. M. O’connor
Medical Corps
Camp Greenleaf
Ft. Oglethorpe
German Americans pledge to fight until danger ends
The German Americans of New Yorker-Staatz-Zeitung note the long blindness to peril and acknowledge a duty to defend the nation. They honor their sons and grandsons serving under the Star Spangled Banner and vow to continue until the threat is removed and the world is spared another catastrophe by overthrowing the current German government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker-Staatz-Zeitung
Incubus
Favored Louisiana Joy Despite Prohibition
The Boston Globe notes that even under National Prohibition, Louisiana residents may still obtain occasional pleasure from fermented sugar cane products, reflecting regional tolerance for local alcohol use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Boston Globe
Deep River Social News and Local Notes
Mrs. James L Judge and Son of Bristol and Mrs. Jeanette C Miner are guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Brockway. Miss Carrie Davis and Miss Hattie Bailey of Providence visit Mr and Mrs David Delury. Harry Marvin writes from Paris he is in a rest camp after six months in active service with the 102nd regiment four over the top. Mrs Edith Ferguson and son Donald and sister May Schoemrock return from Westbrooks beach. P J Campbell is seriously ill with typhoid at St Francis hospital Hartford. Michael Miller of the Randy Kitchen injured in Saybrook crash, arrives home by crutch and good spirits. Billie the cop reports another mishap as a frightened horse hits a wagon on Main Street. Clarence Daniels returns from vacation. Miss Florence Sturgis of New York visits father Daniel Sturgis. Charles Helander of the state highway department plans to move into the house on Village street. Mrs John Classen returns to Branford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
James L. Judge and Son
Bristol
Jeanette C. Miner
Frank Brockway
Carrie Davis
Hattie Bailey
Providence
David Delury
C. R. Marvin
Harry Marvin
Paris
Harry
102Nd Regiment
O.K
Edith Ferguson
Donald
May Schoemrock
Westbrooks Beach
P. J. Campbell
St. Francis Hospital
Hartford
Michael Miller
Randy Kitchin
Saybrook
Mike
Billy
Billie
Main Street
Clarence Daniels
Florence Sturgis
New York City
Daniel Sturgis
Charles Helander
State Highway Department
Village Street
J. M. Kelly
John Classen
Branford
Resolute circle to meet in Ivoryton September 3
Ivoryton notes show the Resolute circle of the King's Daughters will meet Tuesday evening September 3 with Mrs L M Behrens. Red Cross work is planned for Thursday at Laurel Hall and the Beacon Light circle meets September 4 at 2 30 p m in Laurel hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivoryton
King’s Daughters
L. M. Behrens
Calvin Hopper
Branford
James Hopper
Red Cross
Laurel Hall
Horace Strickland
Shore Line Trolley Co
Harry Griswold
Henry Ntaskell
Gertrude Coombs
Comstock, Cheney Co
Simeon Shailer
New York
Beacon Light Circle
Henry Booma
Deep River
Russell Shailer
Comstock, Cheney’ &Co
Morgan School
Clinton
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Leagues
National League games featured Philadelphia 7 8 Pittsburgh 6 2 and Boston Cincinnati Iain. American League matchups saw New York 4 7 St Louis 2 6 and Cleveland 8 Philadelphia 6 with Detroit 2 Boston 1. Three games on the slate. International League results included Newark 5 Rochester 3 Jersey City 22 Hamilton 8 Binghamton 4 Toronto 2 Buffalo 4 Baltimore 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Eoscoreee
Brooklyn
Eweeeenes
Eoreer
Philadelphia
Boston
Nie
St. Louis
American League
P.C
Cleveland
Iain
Detroit
Newark
Rochester
Jersey City
Hamilton
Binghamton
Toronto
Buffalo
Baltimore
St Louis
Washington
Cleveland Stays In A.L. Pennant Race After A's Defeat
New York Aug 28 Yesterday's Athletics loss keeps Cleveland in the American league pennant chase with three games left. The Indians must win all remaining games and Boston must lose all theirs to let Detroit move ahead by half a game in the Forest City standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York
Athletics
Boston
Tigers
Indians
Red Sox
Forest City
How He Got By in Crimson Gulch Army Tale
In the Washington Star story a visitor asks what happened to Piute Pete. Bronco Bob replies he joined the army though thought too old to fight. The tale notes Pete’s fighting reputation and a Turkish ambassador Hakki Pasha dies in Berlin after ten days of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Piute Pete
Crimson Gulch
Army
Bronco Bob
Hakki Pasha
Berlin
Kaiserling War Garden Song of the Home Front
In a wartime garden diary the speaker vows to follow rules, labor in sun, and endure shortages under the Food Administration while fearing pest fights. The lyric lampoons rationing and war-time shortages, ending with a grim image of dying among Paris Green pests and beetles.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Border
Walter L. Main
Middletown
Tryon’s Lot
Charles Ray
Thomas H. Ince
Holmes
Lyons
Sessue Haya
Dim Faces
Francisco Chinatown
Mack Sennett
Sporting News
Charter Oak Park
Connecticut
State Council of Defense
Great Midway
Thomas H.ince
Paramount Picture
Burton Holmes Travel
Matinee
Lyons-Moran
Vaudeville
Jesse L. Lasky
Sessue Hayakawa
Paramount
P ‘Mack Sennett Comedy
THE
Matinees
Allan Dwan
Arthur Rosson
Hugh McClung
Harry Thorp
LABOR
Nuff
Kaiserlings
Walter
Greenough
Food Administration
Paris Green
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Cust Tailors
Leask
Town
Tom Mix i
Ace High
FOX
Harry Morey
Corinne Griffith
Vitagraph
Pathe Weekly
Ivan Deville
Featuring
Harry Mason & CO
Sidney
U.S. Signal Corps
Navy
Committee Public Information
O. Henry
Vaudeville & Pictures
Pershing
Crusaders
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!