Federal order restricts city lights during wartime blackout
The United States Fuel Administrator issues a lighting confinement order effective July 24, 1918. It forbids main street illumination except automatic lighting, with all lights turned off by sunrise and after sunset only 30 minutes after. signs, shop windows, and outdoor displays face curbs on light use to conserve fuel. Public lighting regulations must be arranged with state and local authorities, with penalties for noncompliance.
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Puthto
United States
Electric Light
Menoo
New
New York
Vania
New Jersey
Delaware
Land
District of Columand
Austrian Faces Long Term
York July 2 Max Freunden heim an Austrian today faced a prison term of 20 years for his con son on a charge of violating the react. Bundenheim an insurance agent spread rass by telling blacks that after or had conquered the world he get up a negro kingdom with 3 king and queen and that we had a chance for the title.
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York
Max Freundenheim
Bundenheim
Gov intends swift action on alleged swindlers in raincoats
Report from York dated July 25 indicates the government plans prompt measures against the accused swindlers of raincoats. Federal officials joined the investigation, pressing charges, while officials would not confirm specifics. Rumors suggest a formal indictment may be filed soon.
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York
gov@nt
Quarryman Killed In Fall At Lime Company Quarry
July 25 report states Charles Musica died late yesterday at the Neued Lime Company quarries near Ca by fs 80 feet into the top information re All.
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Charles Musica
Ne Ued
Caby
Immediate Allied Action in Russia
Washington learns of imminent allied move to aid anti German forces in Russia. President Wilson to outline plans guaranteeing Russia’s integrity before action. Stories cite Japan’s views, cabinet talks, Baker’s involvement, and signals of global cooperation to keep Russia free of German influence.
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Russia
Wilson
Roland S. Morris
Tokio
State ‘Department of Japan
Frank L. Polk
Baker
James Hamilton Lewis
Senate
Roumania
Lewis
White House
Belgium
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War Department
War College
General Staff
Polk
Japan
United Action
State Department
America
Orient
Former German consul held over enemy alien charges
Oswald Kunhardt formerly German and Austrian consul in Boston was arrested as an enemy alien at his Manchester home and brought back to Boston. Government officials declined to confirm submarine activity links but acknowledged the case is of unusual significance. His Manchester boarding house apartments were searched after his custody. He may be interned for the war’s duration. Kunhardt said he lived in the U.S. 19 years, is 42, and is unmarried.
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Oswald Kunhardt
Boston
Manchester
Kinhard
Department of Justice
Judd Dewey
United States
Kunhardt
McCormick Stakes Weight Loss Bet in Stamford
Irish tenor John McCormick agrees to a $1,000 bet that he will lose 30 pounds by September 1. He is at Jack Cooper's in Stamford to slim down, weighing 230 pounds four ounces when he began two weeks ago. He is confident he will shed the weight.
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McCormick
Stamford
John McCormick
Jack Cooper
Cooper
Big Draft Quota From Winsted
The 19th draft district sent the largest quota to Camp Devens today with 86 men from Canaan and 73 from Winsted. Shops and stores closed until 10 a m as the selectives departed.
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Winsted
Camp Devens
Canaan
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago Itemized
A compiled recap notes Miss Margaret Hubbard summering at Bar Harbor EB and George A. Southmayd starting his own undertaking business after 20 years with his father. It lists an Antietam regiment souvenir, naval enlistment then a Port land schoolhouse agitation, a near-ready Portland directory, and other local items. Human and city officials move through health and civic events as building progresses.
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Margaret Hubbard
Bar Harbor
Kent Hubbard
George A. Southmayo
George M. Southmayd
Antietam
H. S. Stevens
J. A. Broatch
Patrick Walsh
U. S. Navy
Pacansett
Portland
Springfield
Cromwell Dock
Albert O. Reed
Oliver W. Hall
Charles W. Paddock
South Farms
Charles N. Tidgewell
Brooklyn
E. R. White
Ocean Grove
R. L. de Zong
Jerediah C. Chapman
St. Luke’s Hospital
New York
Middletown Clerk’s Association
D. Luther Briggs
H. A. Starks
George T. Meech
Prescott F. Jernegan
Breaks Shipbuilding Record at Mare Island Yard Ward Destroyer
The Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco announced that the destroyer Ward, in process of building, has been commissioned after 70 days of construction. Workers set a prior record by launching the Ward 17 12 days after keel laying, a feat previously requiring over a year. Also noted, the Rumely investigation resumed in New York as the federal grand jury reopens perjury charges tied to the New York Evening Mail and German influence.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
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Daniels
Rumely
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
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