STBTH DIVISION IN WWI RETIRED FROM FRANCE TO DEVENS
The 76th New England Naval Army division formed at Camp Devens in 1918 sailed to France and split into depot and replacement units. Infantry and machine gunners were reassigned while the 301st, 302nd, and 303rd field artillery stayed at Saumur to train as corps artillery. By armistice time most units were scattered in depots. the division returned to America December 11 1918 with the 302nd field artillery mobilizing at Camp Devens.
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New England
Naal
76Th
A. Harry Hodges
Mass
France
St. Amand Frond
Cher
St. Aignan
Loire Et Cher
America
302Nd Field Artillery
Camp Devens
Chimney Swallows Settle in Old Court Street Stack
A flock of several hundred chimney swallows arrived yesterday afternoon from the south and settled in the tall old Electric plant chimney on Court Street. The birds twittered and wheeled above the stack as residents watched their summer home take shape, with youngsters quickly learning to roost and feed on local flies.
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Court Street
Transport arrives with vast officer contingent in New York
A transport bringing 2,274 officers and casual companies Nos 3949 3910 3911 3913 3914 3490 3498 3909 3919 3925 3441 3906 3907 3915 3916 3922 3952 3944 3917 3924 3945 3949 3945 3940 3939 3918 3901 3948 3950 from Marseilles arrived in New York along with 30 nurses and various tank corps marines and Washington Massachusetts units.
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New York
Tank Corps
Washington
Massachusetts
South
Marseilles
Connecticut aims to lead subs by overfilling quota
SARTFORT May 7 state chairman W H Putnam said Connecticut nearly reached its fifty million quota for Liberty Loans, within five million of target. He asserted the state can top over-subscription among the forty eight states to win a special flag from the Treasury department. CAMP DEVENS May 7 the Rainbow division holds the 150th machine gun battalion at this post until May 12, with its battalion parade to Wisconsin and the 120th field artillery awaited.
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Sartfort
W. H. Putnam
Connecticut
Treasr “Department
Camp Devens
Mass
150Th
Rainbow Division
120Th Field Artillery
Wis
150Th Machine Battalion
Wisconsin
Prance Will Get Lion's Share Of War Reparation
London dispatch reports Sir Fraser telegraphing that France will receive the largest portion of the war indemnity imposed on Germany. The distribution outlined to the Evening includes Great Britain 12 5 billion, United States 500 million, Belgium 1 8 etc, with Serbia to share the remainder.
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Prance
Lion
London
France
Germany
Sir Fraser
United States
Belgium
Serbia
Wilson Seen as Likely Mayo Successor for Atlantic Fleet
Vice-Admiral Henry B. Wilson, commanding American naval forces in France, is viewed as probable successor to Admiral Henry T. Mayo, who will be relieved around July 1. Mayo will revert to rear-admiral and join the naval general board until retiring age 64 on December 8. The plan aligns with department policy and reflects Mayo’s valued record in European waters.
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Henry B. Wilson
France
Henry T. Mayo
Atlantic
Washington
Admiral Mayo
Naval General Board
Department
Moonshiners Kill Two Officers in Texas Territory
Moonshiners ambushed and killed William Miller a government special agent and Inspector Mays of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association in Oklahoma's McCurtain county. The officers were en route to the moonshiner headquarters believed located in the hills of McCurtain county.
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Fort Worth
Tex
McCurtain County
Okla
William Miller
Inspector Mays
Exas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Wesleyan Trustees Fund Two At Woods Hole Scholars
The Wesleyan University trustees in New York City voted to create a fund for sending one or two Biology department assistants or instructors to the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Massachusetts. The scholars will attend summer courses, earn credit toward an M A, and build microscopic preparations for use by the Wesleyan lab. The Woods Hole lab is private, yet controlled by faculty representatives from Yale Williams Dartmouth Chicago Harvard and Chicago University, with international renown alongside the Naples Zoological Station.
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Wesleyan
Woods Hole
University
New York City
Marine Biological Laboratory
Gait Woods Hole
Mass
Yale
Williams
Dartmouth
Chicago
Harvard
Chicago University
Zoological Station
Naples
United States
Europe
Former Governor Roberts Ill At Hartford Home
Former Governor Henry Roberts is critically ill at his Prospect Avenue home in Hartford. He has not been active publicly for years, but is remembered fondly by many in New London and beyond. Friends here express hopes for his recovery and recall his courteous fellowship.
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Roberts
New London
Henry Roberts
Prospect Avenue
Hartford
Stamford Banks to Consolidate in May
Stamford on May 7 reports the consolidation of the First National Bank and the Stamford National Bank. Directors approved the plan yesterday. The new institution will be named the First Stamford National Bank with a combined capital stock of 800000 dollars.
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Stamford
First National Bank
Stamford National Bank
First Stamford National Bank
Pity the Blind and the Season in London
The London Herald reports the forthcoming social season will challenge the blind. Parisian dance outfits are expected to reveal stockings high on the legs and lower at the top, intensifying the fashion buzz and social scrutiny in London.
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London
The
London Herald
Paris
Lifes greatest handicap essay on youth nobility
The piece by Theodore T. Munger argues that life’s true misfortune is a youth lacking a sense of nobility. It asserts that vision of life’s glory matters more than physical impairment and emphasizes the value of noble ideals in early life.
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Theodore T. Munger
Russell Firemen Extinguish Chimney Fire on Durham Avenue
Russell Mfg Company fire department answered two calls last night near the same minute. A chimney fire at James Marsh’s Durham avenue home occurred at 9 20 while a drill call sounded for the Upper Mill district. Firefighters quickly controlled the chimney blaze with three chemical extinguishers and then conducted a drill testing the three way hose connection and factory pump. Officials praised the firemen’s performance.
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Russell Mfg. Co
James Marsh
Durham Avenue
Upper Mill
Russell Company
FIRST M E LEAGUE NOTES ELECT NEW OFFICERS
The annual meeting elected officers led by President Carl L Stearns and vice presidents Miss Margaret Crawford Miss Beatrice Murray Miss Edith Welker and others. Next Tuesday’s PBacon Bat is planned by the leaguers and on June 3 Blues meet Whites at a chapel supper directed by Miss Anita Welker.
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League
Carl L. Stearns
BE. Oldham
Margaret Crawford
Beatrice Murray
Edith Welker
Carl Diefendorf
Hazel Read
Anita Welker
A.M. Dietrich
P. B. Bacon
Blues
Army Enlistments Reach Five Hundred in Springfield District
Five hundred men have been accepted for the regular army by the Springfield district covering western Massachusetts and Connecticut in seven weeks. The latest report totals 25,000 enlistments thus far with many opting for one or three year terms. Pay ranges from 30 to 105 dollars monthly as troops head to France Siberia Hawaii China Philippines Panama Alaska or the United States. Connecticut recruiting stations in New Haven Bridgeport Hartford Waterbury New London New Britain and Meriden report strong business. Enlistment age ranges from 18 to 55.
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Connecticut
France
Siberia
Hawaii
China
Philippines
Panama
Alaska
New Haven
Bridgeport
Hartford
Waterbury
New London
New Britain
Meriden
Birthday bouquet honors longtime local letter carrier
The local Letter Carriers Association presented M. S. Dunn with a bouquet of carnations on his birthday. Dunn, employed at the local office for nearly 25 years, celebrated the occasion yesterday.
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M. S. Dunn
Polish National Holiday Celebrated in Warsaw
Washington reports that for the first time since 1791 the Polish national holiday was celebrated in Warsaw with about 40,000 attendees. A military mass was held on an edge of the city and a review of Haller's army occurred. The United States and President Wilson were cheered by the crowd.
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Washington
Hugh Gibson
Poland
Department of State
Warsaw
Republic
Haller
United States
Wilson
Gibson
Holy Trinity Men’s Club Tonight With Dr Sturgis Speaker
William C Sturgis Ph D a noted mission speaker is in New England addressing Episcopal church men, arriving from Boston where he spoke yesterday. Holy Trinity parish plans a social hour and light refreshments after his address tonight in Middletown.
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William C. Sturgis
New England
Th Episcopal Church
Dr. Sturgis
Middletown
Boston
Men of Holy Trinity Parish
Strength of U S Army April 29 total on hand
The War Department announced the strength of the army on April 29 at 1,775,907 officers and men excluding marines. Of these, 1,082,329 were in Europe and 108,097 were on the seas. Discharges up to May 1 totaled 1,929,214.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
Fire damages five story apartment house on Huntington Avenue
A fire partly destroyed a five story brick building at 187-191 Huntington Avenue in Boston. More than 50 residents escaped through smoke filled hallways, with one woman carried down a ladder. Damage is estimated at $10,000. among evacuees was M. Mollenhauer, director of the Handel and Haydn Society.
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Huntington Avenue
M. Mollenhauer
Handel and Haydn Society
First Volunteers To France Sail For Brest
New York May 7 The Agamemnon sailed for Brest with the first contingent of volunteer troops to form the watch on the Rhine until peace negotiations end. About 1 000 men compose the First provisional battalion replacement unit commanded by Col. H J Jackson.
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New York
Brest
Costly Times Hit Daily Life In Brief
A fragment reflecting rising prices, high costs for rent, food, apples, shoes, clothing, and theatre tickets. Notes a harsh outlook on living conditions and a sombre view on the world, with a fleeting, literary tone. Source appears as a quotation attributed to the New York Times.
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New York Times
Very Well New York Venture Vision Shaped by Viewpoints
A fragmented text fragment presents a stylized meditation on perception and virtue. It weaves the letters V and the word venture with hints of branding or rhetorical flourish. The piece evokes a portrait of creativity and risk within an urban context.
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Ma Burdick
Burdick
Mother Burdick
Holy Trinity Men’s Club
U. S. Army
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Manphetes Hospital
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