Army Bills and Probes Stir Congress Amid Military Debate
Congress weighs Campbell and Siegel resolutions demanding a sweeping probe of army conditions cited by Governor Allen and Republicans. Hearings may reveal alleged Argonne misloads while a 28,579 officer 509,909 enlisted temporary force faces questions as the house races to pass the army bill amid timing constraints and Senate hurdles.
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House
Hien
Kansas
Argonne
Represent Campbell
Republican
Allen
Baker
March
Siegel
New York
Congress
Humphries
Missippippi
Secetary Daniels
Senate
Bacon Crawford Suit in Hartford Court Over Rent
Hartford February 17 Judge William H. hears Crawford's Inc. motion for injunction against Mrs Catherine Bacon Middletown owner of property at Main and Church streets to restrain her from suing Crawford's for rent claimed not liable. Crawford's sues Bacon for damages 15000. Dispute stems from Church street widening and rent and damages under a ten year lease begun February 1 1916 with annual rent 11000. Street board awarded Bacon 83187 48 damages and 16896 benefits plus Crawford's 5000 and 10000 awarded to Bacon or Crawford's with contest over proper recipient.
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Hartford
William
Superior Court
Crawford’s Inc
Catherine 8. Bacon
Middletown
Main
Church Streets
Street Commission
Ene
Crawford
Pape's Diapepsin Instant Stomach Relief Ad
An old advertisement promises immediate relief from sourness gases acidity and indigestion. It extols Papes Diapepsin tablets as a quick cure with no waiting and claims their cost is minimal at any drug store.
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Pape
Porer
Salaries Set For High Court Justices At $9000
Hartford reports a substitute bill in a star chamber session would raise salaries for justices of the supreme court of errors and superior court judges to 9000 a year, chief justice to 9500, with no travel allowances. The plan increases total annual pay to 144,500 from 120,500 for sixteen judges.
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Hartford
Star Chamber
Judiciary
Supreme Court of Errors
Superior Court
Joseph P. Tuttle
Marcus H. Holcomb
William M. Maltbie
Granby
State Board of Finance
Legislative Committee On
Robert V. Magee
Watertown
John M. Wadhams
Goshen
Hi. Kent Hubbard
Middletown
G. Harold Gilpatric
Morris C. Webstr
William H. Corbin
Board of Finance
Finance Board
Courts of Common Pleas
Appropriations Committee
Charles A. Templeton
Waterbury
Color health proposal urges house hues in Britain
London reports Kemp Prosser, famed English color expert, advocates reconstructive color schemes to boost health and happiness. He shows two health rooms with sunlight yellow and apple blossom pink walls, claiming pink is the normal happiest shade for most people. he envisions interiors free of pictures, with fruit bowls and decorative cushions to reinforce mood.
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London
Kemp Prosser
Prosser
Mr. Prosser
Former Springfield Mayor Frank B Stacy Dies at 77
Former Springfield Massachusetts mayor Frank B Stacy died today after a brief illness. He served as mayor four years and retired a month ago after declining a third term. He had been president of the New England Hardware Dealers Association.
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Springfield
Mass
Frank B. Stacy
New England Hardware Dealers Association
Casualties listed in army report from Connecticut names
Washington reports four army casualty lists totaling 1635 names. Killed in action, died of wounds, disease, accidents, missing and wounded are detailed by section with CT notables including Guido Battistani, Salvator Diamara, Thomas Appleby, and several NCOs and cooks from Bridgeport Ansonia Waterbury Stamford and Hartford. Major Walewn G Bulkeley is listed among officers.
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Washington
Connecticut
Guido Battistani
Bridgeport
Salvator Diamara
Ansonia
Thomas F. Appleby
Lyme
William F. Wrynn
Waterbury
John J. Burke
Stamford
George S. Compton
New Haven
John F. Conroy
Hartford
Walter W. Livingston
Plainville
Earl
Bates
Willimantic
Nicola Gisondi
Greenwich
Saverio Pirozzoli
Eli B. Terrell
Woodbury
William H. C. Washington
Meriden
Irving Chidsey
East Haven
Patrick Reidy
Edward F. Driscoll
Edward Gibson
William P. Keegan
Raymond A. Kinmonth
Brookline
Lloyd George to Convene National Labor Congress in London
Premier Lloyd George plans a national congress of employers and labor to address the unrest among workers. The event aims to form a permanent assembly as labor leaders unite behind the proposal, saying it should have been done earlier.
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British Labor Congress
London
Lloyd George
National Congress of Representaties
Not a Bite of Breakfast Until You Drink Water
An old health column urges daily internal baths starting with a glass of hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the bowels. It claims leftovers from yesterday create toxins and recommends a quarter pound dose to prevent headaches biliousness constipation and bad breath.
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L Prac
Johns Hopkins discovers new local anaesthetic in benzyl alcohol
Baltimore reports Dr. David L. Macht of Johns Hopkins University has found the drug benzyl alcohol acts as a novel anaesthetic. Though not new, its anaesthetic properties are described as a near complete discovery. Newark workers threaten strike over beer ban with no beer no work slogan. Poughkeepsie Vas sar girls oppose college menu criticizing parsnips beans curry sauce and fish dinner.
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Baltimore
David L. Macht
Johns Hopkins University
Newark
Iron Workers’ Union of
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar
Golden Weeds of Idaho in Idaho gold mine tale
Idaho natives see value in common plants as medical crops says University of Idaho extension director Lee Flaharty after a chemical firm quoted 23 cents per pound for dried dandelion roots. Other weed products cited include skunk cabbage leaves 6 cents per pound yellow mustard seed 12 cents, mullein leaves 2 1/2 cents, and dried clover flowers 12 and 14 cents per pound respectively.
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Golden Weeds
Idaho
Indianapolis News
Lee Flaharty
University of Idaho Extension Department
Eastern Chemical Concern
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A Penny Press item recalls officials keeping the ice open for the Brownstone ferry, with Sunday closure and efforts to widen the channel. Main Street snow plan funds horse racing resumption. many sidewalks remain snowbound. Rabbits thrive. thermometer at 10 below zero. Nearby merchants unavailable due to deep snow. A justice offers to wed for 25 cents in pennies or stamps. Presiding Elder North to preach in Durham. Higganum school children visit Middletown amid bluster. A man’s false teeth freeze and thaw near the stove. Cigarette dangers noted in papers. Cottage Market sells southern strawberries for 50 cents a quart.
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Brownstone
Main Street
Portland
Bunny
North
Durham
Higganum
Middletown
Huns Headed To Surrender Request Destination
In the Richmond Times Dispatch the report notes German forces moving quickly toward a surrender demand from American troops. The piece emphasizes the advance as aligned with the previously issued surrender request.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Paris
Walewn G. Bulkeley
Daniel Griszkauckas
California
Penny Press
the Hartman
Marcella
Brewer's
Consumers’ League
Bacon Bros
A. L. Southmayo
Mealmer
Brainard & Logan
Main St
THE
W. T. Fields CO. Investment Brokers
Chapel Street
Tel
Liberty
New Haven, Conn
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Army of Community Workers
F. Renford
Chamber of Commerce
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