Western Canada poised to supply draft horses for war demand
The article argues Western Canada offers ideal climate, land, and stock for Percheron drafts. It highlights E A Davenport’s claim that environment shapes horse quality, notes heavy local demand for draft horses, and stresses urgent global need as Europe’s war depletes markets and America must expand exports. It also discusses Pershing's task and the need for disciplined military readiness.
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America
Canada
Western Canada
E. A. Davenport
Alberta
Western
Davenport
Rocky Hill Community Notes and Local Appointments
Rocky Hill March items record visits and enlistees with residents of New York and Hartford. The Red Cross plans are outlined while church prayer meetings and social events occur, including auctions, bridge gatherings, and school staff changes. A note on WWI era draft examinations and labor intrigue follows, citing a former union leader’s claim of German intrigue offering money to incite strikes.
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Rocky Hill
John_ T. Watson
New York
L. W. Britton
C. W. Boardman
East Haddam
Fuather Batchelder
Connecticut College
New London
Stanley Johnson
Burnside
U. S. Coast Guard
Richard M. Bissell
Hartford
The
Red
Edmund Dickinson
West District
Everett C. Griswold
Wapping
A. D. Griswold
Elm Street
Ladies’ Auction Bridge Club
E. C. Kinsman
Rocky Hill Club
Charles Welles Gross
Grace Swanson
Center School
Greenwich
Methodist Church
Effie Wright
Ferry Street
Charles Atkins
Walter N. Belden
Herbert C. Spencer
Paul Klett
Clifford Holmes
John Donovan, Jr
William B. Halligan
Charles H. Leonard
Henry W. Spencer
Donato Decimo
George B. Chandler
B. F. Belden
Connecticut’ Congress of Mothers
Bishop
New Haven
Home Guard
W. R. Griswold
Joseph Zeiser
Joseph Perkins
East Hampton
John Grover
Earl Bidwell
Marcus Hills, Jr
Underwood Typewriter Company
St. Louis
J. H Damm
Typographical Union of New York
Central Trades Union Here
United States
Bachelors Cause Trouble Stirs New Castle Police Report
New Castle, March 25. Police figures show seventy five percent of local law violations last year were attributed to single men. The finding highlights social strains as key urban issues.
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New Castle
Submarine Casualty Question Framed by Admiral Nerves
In a clipped dialogue a reader asks why the Admiralty cannot disclose sunk submarine numbers. Jack retorts with a joke about limited divers, hinting at secrecy and wartime restraint.
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Admirality
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Baker
France
England
Pershing
London
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Collegian
MAX Press
Tel
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Middletown Coal CO
OLD Company
Lehigh
Fuel Administration
Main ST
Nixon-Nevada
United Verde
Eastman ® Company
Newport Building
Boston, Mass
Evening Press
Falls Village
Housitonic
Electric Air and Power
Torrington
Bristol
Thomaston
Plainville
Terryville
Middletown
Hartford Electric Light Company
Connecticut Power Company
van Dyke Avenue
Middletown National Bank
Connecticut Power CO
Main Street
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