May 6 casualty list lists 119 names and multiple fates
The casualty roll includes killed in action, died of wounds, disease, accident, and other causes from a Picardy shell incident. Named are Chard H. Griffiths of the Navy and several dozen others with hometowns such as Danville Illinois St Louis Middletown New Haven Troy Caribou and more. Missing in action and severely or slightly wounded cases follow with numerous street addresses and towns across Connecticut Massachusetts Missouri and other states.
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Chard H. Griffiths
Navy
Picardy
M.e. Ross
Danville
Ill
C. Abbott
St. Louis
Crick L. Gregory
Caribou
Ames C. McCoy
Pierre
South m
John H. Smith
Fond du W
Lst
Paul R. Granlington
Cleatus P. McLenath
Vates Gek
Middletown
Conn
Carlton Montgomery
John P. Dar
View Street
New Haven
William J. Klingebiel
Lilley
Woolsey Street
Maven
Oscar Pilasterer
Walter J. Round
Troy
Robert B. Remington
John H. Townley
Lake
Michigan
William Colligan
Brookey
Alexander Crisbie
Eas- West
No. Street
Springfield
Mass
Patzoldt
Pine City
Minn
L. Ross
Clifford R. Lawrence
Bristol
Perci Moore
Derby Avenue
Wen
George J. Scott
Ed J. Sullivan
Spring Street
Frederick L. Bry
James McCoy
John E. ‘Smith
Fond Dus
Gerald P. Crean
Street
New Britain
S L. Moody
Farmington Avenue
Lewis A. Nye
Age Street
BE. Parsons
East Street
Robert Peterson
Ace Street
Wil. Pryor
Pond Street
Brist
Stefano Armanori
le Street
M Bayko
Biddeford Street
Ford
Guiseppe Cipriano
Cotteral Street
Waterbury
William Mg
Saugatuck
Anthony Jos
John Street
Provin
Edward M. Fay
Wake
Dewey
Green
Uniononn
George H. Hurley
Water& Me
Jeremiah D. Murphy
Roxr
Arthur B. Nelson
Eh Street
Her'p. Newton
Branford
WV. Nicastro
Acorn Street
Walk
Joseph Parscanoski
Thomas J. Smith
Edward S. Strahan
Too Street
Hartford
P. Saye
Smith Street
Englishwoman to Rejoin Regiment After Heroic Service
Sergeant Major Landes, an English nurse who served with the Servian forces, sails to rejoin her regiment after bravery at the front. She rose from nurse to soldier, earning promotion and decoration for heroism.
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Landes
England
Ice
Sera
Railways Director and Military Leader Cited in History
May 6 notes H. W. Thornton, superintendent of the Long Island railroad, later manager of the Great Eastern in England, noted as British brigadier general involved in numerous movements in France. The fragment preserves a linkage between railway administration and military leadership in wartime contexts.
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Nted
H. W. Thornton
Long
New York
Great Eastern
England
France
University to Confer Degree on President Wilson
May 6 authorities at the university endorsed the plan to confer the degree on President Wilson. The move was stated today as part of a formal university recognition.
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Wilson
Iow
Allies Make Minor Gains In Battle
Frank Chariton reports British and French actions along the Picardy and Flanders fronts. Allied lines extended northeast of Amiens between Somme and Ancre, with gains near Morlancourt and Locon. British forces captured over 150 prisoners, two machine guns, and a trench mortar as artillery roared on both fronts.
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Frank Chariton
I. N
Vah Hindenburg
Trentino
Adriatic
Picardy
Flanders
France
Somme
Ancre
Amiens
Bethune
Locon
Lawe River
Picardy Front
Picardy Zone
Grivesnes
Montdidier
London
War Office
Morlancourt
Albert
Accidental Gas Death Ends Turner Case in Shelton
Albert C. Turner, 21, was found dead in his bathroom at home after heating bath water with a gas burner left burning. The medical examiner ruled accidental death by suffocation, noting Turner likely realized his danger too late while attempting to reach the door. The verdict was announced yesterday in Shelton, Connecticut.
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Shelton
Conn
Albert C. Turner
Turner
Boy Was Some Shot
Stamford on May 6 nineteen year old Frederick Reid son of W H Reid a wealthy New York business man is no Hun. A thief tried to steal a Reid automobile in the Reid garage at Shippan Point throttled the youth, then attempted to brain him with a tire pump. The boy fired at the pump and watched the thief run away. He said he did not have the heart to shoot him.
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Stamford
Frederick Reid
W. H. Reid
New York
Reid
Shippan Point
Two Men Defraud Chicago Man In Florida Horse Scam
Jacob Smith of Kalamazoo Michigan says he lost 20000 after backing a horse that did not start. He was lured by two men in Larerdale Florida who then introduced him to six other race horse fans and a staged group bet totaling 50000 dollars. Smith produced cash as evidence.
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Chicago
Jacob Smith
Kalamazoo
Mich
Larerdale
Fla
Smith
Rockefeller Hospital Destroyed Near Amiens
Paris May 6 The Dr Alexis Carrel hospital at Noyon endowed by John D Rockefeller has been completely destroyed by German shells Noyon lies on the Picardy battle front on the southern wedge driven toward Amiens There has been heavy fighting around the place
Suffrage Bill Passes Diet in Berlin
Amsterdam reports May 6 that a Prussian dispatch from Berlin arrived confirming the suffrage bill passing the diet. The measure is an electoral reform effort aimed at expanding voting rights.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Metal Prices. Lead and Spelter quotes mixed
New York May 6 Lead dull with spot and near month quotes ranging 1 to 118 and 70 to 690 for May. Spelter steady with spot and near term at 67-8 to 7. June and July contracts noted at 6 7-6 to.
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New York
Russian Black Sea Fleet Captured in Constantinople
London reports that the Russian Black Sea fleet was captured intact at Sebastopol with the Goeben present. The fleet, about ten battleships, four cruisers, and over forty destroyers plus torpedo boats and submarines, fled Odessa as German and Ukrainian forces advanced. A Bolshevik mutiny during upheaval led to the fleet’s seizure and a massacre of naval officers.
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London
Constantinople
Goeben
Sebastopol
Clowes
Black Sea
Odessa
Crimea
Camouflaged Socialist Rally in Waterbury Sparks Police Probe
May 6 report describes a sensational socialist rally in Waterbury camouflaged as a sacred concert. Police conduct a rigid investigation into treasonous statements by speakers from across the state. Authorities anticipate arrests as investigators assess alleged calls for violence and revolution.
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Waterbury
New York City
Consul Caldwell Cleared By State Department
American consul at Vladivostok John K. Caldwell drew protests from the Soviet government by urging autonomous states in Siberia. The State Department announced Caldwell did nothing improper and had listened to various factions seeking his advice. All suggestions he made were communicated and approved.
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O. K. Washington
John K. Caldwell
Vladivostok
Siberia
State Department
Caldwell
Wonderful Horseless Vehicle in 1896 Circus Showbill
In 1896 Barnum Bailey's circus touted a remarkable horseless vehicle on every performance bill. Promoters claimed it would run as fast as a horse, though many doubted the claim. Only four autos existed in the country, one lunging with a cough, as gasoline sold for six cents a gallon.
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Barnum & Bailey's
Iron Workers May Hold Up Ships
Chicago May 6 1000 iron workers threaten half holidays prompting a possible shipyard tie-up. If unresolved today 2000 more workers may be idle and work on ships on the ways halted. Austrians Deport Italians for Military Work in invaded Italy. Labor Mission Visite Allied Council in Versailles meeting General Bliss on inter allied war council duties.
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Chicago
Rome
The
Tribuna
Italy
Labor Mission
Visite Allied Council
Paris
American Labor Commission
Versailles
General Tasker H. Bliss
United States
Inter-Allied War Council
Italian minister's aide commits suicide amid fraud arrest
In Rome on May 6 Francesco Bonamico, divisional chief at the ministry of munitions, died by taking poison. He had been recently arrested and charged with defrauding the government of a large sum of money.
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Rome
Francesco Bonamico
Ministry of Munitions
Sub Treasury Report Shows Weekly Banking Gain
New York May 6 the sub treas ury reported a Saturday cash net gain of 257000 from banks, lifting the total gain since Friday to 1056000.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Happenings In This Vicinity 25 Years Ago Floods And Docks Flooded
The wheat market showed activity in New York with the June option closing at 7758. A freshet flooded tracks from Middletown to Cromwell, washing away part of a pond dam and submerging the Washington Street freight area. The Rocky Hill Ferry incident saw Cromwell butcher M W Austin nearly drown after his horse and wagon slid into the river, rescued by Elliot Holmes. The Moodus Drum Corps fair will run all week at the Continental. The Portland sand banks hold the sunken barge Helen after a collision with the Air Line bridge. Vegetables rot in flooded cellars while barbers recall prosperity years ago. Dr Rufus W Mathewson of Durham died aged 79.
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New York
Middletown
Cromwell
Little River Bridge
M. W. Austin
Rocky Hill Ferry
Elliot Holmes
Austin
Tiley & Pratt
Essex
Washington Street
Moodus
Continental
Charles E. Sears
Westbrook
Helen
Air Line
Portland
Rufus W. Mathewson
Durham
E. Bound Chaffee
Strouds Foundry Site Noted as Damaged Area
A damaged text fragment mentions a dam at Strouds foundry to Mil Hollow. It notes Mrs Homer Churchill and daughter Emma returning from a visit with friends in the South and that Samuel Stevens resigned as deacon in the Baptist church last night.
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Stroud
Mil Hollow
Homer Churchill
Emma
South
Samuel Stevens
Baptist
General Electric Strike Threat Looms Over War Work
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on May 6 the U S Department of Labor took charge of the General Electric plant dispute as 7000 workers were dismissed to vote on a proposal by Federal Conciliator Harry Skeffington If rejected a general strike is to be declared tomorrow Workers seek a new collective bargaining agreement abolition of company individual contracts and a 20 percent wage increase They are backed by the Schenectady plant union which supports all demands except the wage rise.
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Department of Labor
Pittsfield
Mass
United States Department of Labor
General Electric
Harry Skeffington
Schenectady
Watching Big Bakers Bread Price Watch by Food Administration
The Food Administration monitors major bakeries nationwide amid talks of higher bread prices due to substitute wheat. Officials warn any price hike will face the Administration's power, with requests to reveal books and cut operating costs to meet new conditions.
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Food Administration
Washington
The
New VapoRub Promises Quick Relief For Cold Issues
Local druggists highlight VapoRub from North Carolina as a near South trip treatment. Applied to throat and chest, it releases vapors aiding breathing and easing chest tightness. Claims quick relief for croup within 15 minutes and helps head colds hay fever and asthma. Available in three sizes for 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar.
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North Carolina
Pine Barrens
Vick
Knit for the soldiers and the Red Cross drive
In wartime spirit the piece praises knitting for soldiers abroad and at home. It honors names like Zamowsk and Van Zant, urges Middletown women to continue knitting socks and sweaters, and notes the Red Cross provides yarn and instruction to boost comfort and patriotism.
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Zamowsk
Jones van Zant
Red Cross
Gladys
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