Records of Soldiers Who Died In Camps WWII Era
A list from Ton May 10 details soldiers who died in camps, naming numerous individuals with associated places such as Bowie Texas Meade Maryland Camp Gordon Georgia Camp Green North Carolina Camp Lee Virginia Camp Sherman Oklahoma and many others. The compiled roll includes James Siles Dix New Jersey John F. Avemnicons Dodge Iowa and many more with some marked by x indicating certain status.
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Ton
United Is
Bowie
Tex
John W. Moore
Aay Sheckler
N. M
Edward Snyder
Amp Garten
Mich
Leslie E. Bra
Marie Milliman
Henry Land
Harl Stanley
Charles Ad
Earl E. Wilkins
Devens
Mass
Junius Aytes
Ith
James Silesa
Dix
N. J
John F. Avemnicons - Dodge
Henry Hall
Ifred m
Gabe Criner
SW. Dahl
Wallace Hall
Quincy Jimmie Laockett, Jr
Kirk Mcmnaid
Emil S. Olsen
Arthur I. Peter
William O. Schneider
Hubert L. Fer
Leroy R. Theide
Forest Toons Funston
Kan
Toren H.ves
John H. Hinds
John Jackson
Hughey
Joseph Walls
Camp Gordon
Claude Borders Grice
Ben Jenkins
Allen
David R. Marchbanks
John
Hughey C. Stephenson
Grant
Lucius Darby
Frizzell
Tome Hensgley
Noah Johner
James E. Scruggs
Camp Green
N. C
George L
Jack Mortensen
Lars Svela
Iton Voorhis
Sherman Wade
Jackson
S. C
Andy Cock- Tan
Quince Moss
Camp Kearney
Cal
James
Camp Lewis
Wash
Chester D
Bert Palmer
Lodgan
Roy Woodman
Meade
Nathan Smith
Camp Merritt
Louis Bailey
D. Gowzert
Merle Irwin
Guy Lipscomb
Herbert G. Towler
Camp Mills
N. Y
Warner Bersa
John C. Edwards
Albert
Camp Wheeler
Joseph F. Johnson
Thea Kimbrell
Robert E. Lee
Claude J. Roberts
Camp Upton
Thomas Joseph Tones
William Lewandowski
Harry L. Mickley
Edgar C. Ross
Fort Bayard
James A. Briley
Garver Pipkin
Fort Crook
Neb
Vincent Hoff
Fort Hamilton
William G. Harbor
John T. Johnson
Earl Marquess
Benjamin Harison
Ind
Clarence F. Howe
William E. Tatum
Sam Houston
Charles W. Drury
Jack C. Parcell
Joseph F. Smith
Jesse J. Suears
Fort Leavenworth
Charles S. Baker
Fort Logan
Hal J. Gentry
Caleb Hee John Hood
Congress Split on Maddeo Revenue Plan
Congress split over Treasury Secretary McAdoo's demand for immediate new revenue legislation to fund next year's war expenses. House leaders oppose rushing new taxes this session, while a bloc of senators push for quick action, citing necessity and potential bond gains.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
America
War Department
Sentative Kitchin
House
Or Simmons
Simmons
Cyclone Death Toll Tops Twenty Across Iowa Illinois and Indiana
Chicago reports twenty known dead and hundreds injured after a cyclone roared through Iowa Illinois and northern Indiana yesterday afternoon and last night. Iowa suffered the heaviest losses with eleven dead, while Illinois and Chicago each confirmed fatalities. Damaged wire lines hinder early casualty counts as relief teams rush to desolate areas including New Hampton Nashua Plainfield and Des Moines region towns. Several villages in Des Moines area are reported wiped out and towns Republic Penarock Plainfield cut off with unknown casualties. Northwest of New Hampton about fifty farmsteads were destroyed.
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Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Hawkeye
New Hampton
Nashua
Clament
Plainfield
Touton
Ill
Franklin
Kewanee
Hammond
Des Moines
Republic
Penarock
Kaiser Proclaims Thanks to God for Ukrainian Peace
Amsterdam May 10 Kaiser issues proclamation thanking God for Ukrainian peace. He vows to memorialize the eastern front victory led by Hindenburg at Tannenberg. Entrance gate to Marienburg castle to be named for Hindenburg, with turrets named after other German generals who served on the eastern front.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Hindenburg
Tannenburg
Marienburg Castle
Suffrage Vote Postponed In Senate
Washington May 10 Senate action on the house resolution to submit to the states an equal suffrage amendment to the federal constitution has been postponed indefinitely because a canvass of members showed supporters are two short of the two thirds needed for adoption.
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Washington
Senate
House
Middletown Fish Market Ad Promotes Fresh Catches
Center Street Middletown advertises dish prices with Conn river shad at 25 cents, flounders at 10 cents, unclean haddock at 10 cents, sered steak 15 cents, Rockport cod 18 cents, and Jobster at 40 cents per pound, listing market name and location.
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Rockport
Middletown
Center St
Unclear list of names and places appears in OCR fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows a dispersal of names and locations including Parkfield Tennessee Rochester New York Rock Island Illinois San Francisco St Paul Minnesota Suffolk Virginia Washington DC and Ellington Field Texas with multiple personal names and initials interleaved.
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Ban H. Espinosa
John Scully
Parkfield
Tenn
William A. Reichwein
Rochester
N. Y
Jeans Georgeff
Rock Island
Ill
William H. Halfman
San Francisco
Charley W. Dent
Ernest C
Andrew B.skook
Tony Zahbarchuk
Scranton
Edward J. Burke
Sierra Blanca
Tex
Joseph R. Draginic
St. Paul
Minn
Arthur J. Kieffer
Suffolk
Herbert Bradley Ragsdale
Washington, D. C
John M. Fields
Timothy Halley
Charles W. Misenpater
Gordon Tezer
Henry C
Draft quotas for states announced in second WW draft
Washington reports the Provost Marshal General Crowder set state quotas for the second WW draft totaling 800,000 men. Class one totals 2,421,480, with about 364,838 expected to be rejected for physical disqualifications. Quotas by state include New York 69,643 California 19,846 Illinois 52,035 Texas 34,204 and others. The next draft date awaits House Senate talks on exemptions.
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Washington
Crowder
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
House
Senate
Meehan Appointed Division Swimming Instructor at Camp Devens
Lieutenant George R. Meehan, noted New England middle distance swimming champion and Sandy Hook swim hero, is named division swimming instructor at Camp Devens Massachusetts. With Captain Richard F. Nelligan he will oversee soldiers learning to swim in a new Hell Pond pool near the artillery range. A new order bans officers and enlisted men from loitering at the main or west gates inside or outside the cantonment, with provost guard enforcing the rule to curb side remarks suspected of annoyance, especially on Sundays.
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Camp Devens
Mass
George R. Meehan
New England
Sandy Hook
Richard F. Nelligan
Hell Pond
Harry F Hodges
New Haven Acquires Ten Large Russian Locomotives
Ten enormous locomotives for the trans Siberian line were bought by the New Haven railroad. The engines are too large for the New Haven double track, making them largely unusable. Officials seek a plan for the surplus rolling stock as only ten of the forty originally sent have arrived. Two cannot pass each other on the system and some stations cannot accommodate the engines without damage.
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New Haven
New York “Times
Yale Professor Arrested as German Alien to Fort Jay
New Haven May 10 United States Marshal Chester M Middlebrooks planned to take Prof Richard B Goldschmidt from the city to Fort Jay New York tomorrow likely for internment He was a Yale scholar arrested by federal officials and held in Hartford jail Also taken was Miss Rhoda Erdmann Yale lecturer and German alien Disposition of Miss Erdmann could not be learned
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Yale
New Haven
United States
Chester M. Middlebrooks
Richard B. Goldschmidt
Fort Jay
N. Y
Goldschmidt
Hartford
Rhoda Erdmann
Miss Erdmann
Storrs Honors Scoville and Landers at College Commencement
The Connecticut Agricultural College will award honorary Master of Science degrees at tomorrow’s Storrs commencement to Robert Scoville Federal Food Administrator for Connecticut and George M Landers chairman of the Connecticut committee of food supply.
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Storrs
Scoville
Hartford
Connecticut Agricultural College
Connecticut
Robert Scoville
George M. Landers
Connecticut Committee of Food Supply
Munition Worker Killed at Waterbury Plant
Joseph Fealey aged 27 from Middletown New York was fatally injured at the Scovill munition plant when a revolving wheel hurled him to the flood and fractured his skull. He died three hours later at a local hospital without regaining consciousness.
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Waterbury
Joseph Fealey
Middletown
N. Y
Scovill
Fatal fire destroys three story wooden building in Rockland
In Rockland on May 10 a blaze gutted a three story wooden building on Union street owned by Alonzo W. Perry. Edward Hogan, 36, died from injuries and two others remained hospitalized in Brockton with severe burns.
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Rockland
Mass
Brockton Hospital
Union Street
Alonzo W. Perry
Edward Hogan
No News of Murray's Arrest
Official advices from Mexico City this afternoon disclaimed knowledge of the reported arrest and deportation of Robert H. Murray a correspondent for the New York World and several other correspondents or their status in Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico City
Robert H. Murray
New York World
New House Statement Shows Treasury Movements May 10
York reports Sub-treasury det $37,768, exchanges $640,986, balances $66,805,608 as of May 10. Details reflect daily transfers and overall liquidity while noting precise figures for the fiscal position.
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New House
York
May
Sub
Treasury
Red Cross Nurses to Be Decorated for Bravery
Two American Red Cross nurses Miss Beatrice Mary MacDonald of New York City and Miss Eva Jean Parmelee of Springfield Mass have been recommended for the British military medal for bravery under fire. MacDonald, head nurse at General Presbyterian Hospital, was wounded by a German bomb fragment that damaged her eye while continuing surgery. Parmelee, wounded and shocked by a bomb explosion, remained at her post caring for the wounded. General Pershing commends their exceptional conduct and notes the inspiring bravery.
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Asllington
Red Cross
Beatrice Mary MacDonald
New York City
Eva Jean Parmelee
Springfield
Mass
MacDonald
General Presbyterian Hospital
Grivesnes Park Seized by French Forces
Paris reports French forces seized Grivesnes Park after a brief bombardment on Thursday afternoon. They captured 250 prisoners including four officers and maintained the new position amid German counter attacks. The action occurred on the Ailette river right bank near Massiges north of Rheims, with additional minor operations and 36 prisoners in the Lorraine wood. American troops hold part of the line south of Grivesnes.
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Paris
Grivesnes
French War Office
Ailetic River
Champagne
Massiges
Rheims
Lorraine Wood
Probing New Haven Fires In Separate Incidents
Investigators began a joint probe today into the fires that destroyed the old railroad station of the New York New Haven Hartford line and a storage warehouse near the New Haven shops. Federal railroad and local police will question workers as clues remain elusive. Circumstances suggest possible arson.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Seven Soldiers Killed in Camp Jackson Train Wreck
Seven soldiers aboard a Southern railway troop train plunged through a trestle near Camp Jackson Columbia South Carolina on May 10. The train carried members of the 21st Infantry from Camp Jackson to Greenville. two passenger coaches were destroyed and ten were injured. Names withheld pending canvass of the roster. The wreck occurred as the trestle gave way, likely due to recent rains, with most victims North and South Carolinians.
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Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Greenville
21St Infantry
Southern Railway
North
South
East Berlin News Briefs Include Ill Patient Recovery
East Berlin reports Charles Cobey recovering from pneumonia and due to recover. A confirmation service at St. Gabriel's Church is held at 8 pm led by Bishop Acheson. Charles Nelson sustains minor injuries during electricity experiments. St. Gabriel's communion services are postponed a week. Umetaro Uda of Kyoto, Japan will address Sunday school scholars. Lieut Fonck claims six German planes down in two patrols, two in ten seconds and a third five minutes later, with three more later.
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East Berlin
Charles Cobey
St. Gabriel’s
Bishop Acheson
Middletown
Charles Nelson
William Harn
E. Hahn
E. Stroud
St. Gabriel’s Church
Umetaro Uda
Kyoto
Japan
Stebbins
New Britain Hospital
Charles Grime
Trinity College
Lieut. Fonck
Paris
War Office
Slackers' Days Are Numbered National Man Hunt Begins
Washington report says Provost Marshal General Crowder will launch a nationwide drive within ten days to find unregistered men and drafted men who failed to report. Federal, state, and local authorities will cooperate in a large roundup to camps. Circuits and idle venues are being scrutinized and a circus raid in Baltimore led to fifty slackers being taken.
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Washington
Crowder
Aircraft Expenditures Show Signal Corps Spending
Washington May 10 report to the senate details the aviation section finances of the signal corps as of April 30. Total appropriations and allotments reach 749,886,052.68 with 524,618,440 for aircraft and equipment and 556,478,969 contracted on fixed price basis alongside 350,860,179 cost plus. Expenditures and contracts exceed appropriations by 157,453,095.60.
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Signal Corps
Washington
Congress
Senate
Thoms
Colorado
Wall of New Haven Station Collapses Injuring Firemen
Four New Haven firemen were injured when the east wall of the old New York, New Haven Hartford station collapsed shortly after noon. Hoseman James Weldon suffered a fractured skull. Edmond Hermance James Comiskey and James Claughesy were also hurt as bricks and debris buried them while they tended a hose in the ruins. Weldon is reported seriously injured at New Haven hospital. Comiskey's injuries are not serious. The two other men were sent home.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford
James F. Weldon
Edmond P. Hermance
James Comiskey
James F. Claughesy
Weldon
Comiskey
New German Divisions Reported On Western Front
International News Service reports the Germans have moved a sizable number of new divisions to the Flanders and Somme fronts in the past week. They are expected to press attacks on the Flanders ridges and the high ground between the Somme and Lys to push toward Amiens. Allied command regards recent events as not highly significant.
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Lowon
International
Flanders
Somme
Lys
Amiens
Spraying Service Ad From The Millane Ree Expert Co
Local notice urges customers to spray fruit trees for better fruit quality and asks readers to inquire about prices. The Millane ree Expert Co. lists 134 Main Street as the contact point. The insertion ends with a quippy quotation about life’s uncertainties and weather.
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Millaneree Expert Co
Main Street
Adv
Funeral for John Cronin at St. Coleman's Church
The funeral for John Cronin will be from his Middlefield home Saturday at 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. Requiem high mass will be at St. Coleman’s Church. Cronin, longtime sexton at St. Coleman’s, will be buried in St. John’s Cemetery by auto cortege. The Bengston funeral, for Helen E., occurred today at St. John’s Church with burial in St. John’s Cemetery.
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John Cronin
Middlefield
St. Coleman’s Church
Mr. Cronin
St. John’s Cemetery
Helen E. Bengston
Helen
Oliver F. Bengston
St. John’s Church
Dr. Donovan
Funeral for Infant Domenico Tammella Held at 2 PM
The funeral of Domenico Tammella infant son of Joseph Tammella of 92 William Street took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from P O Callaghan Company rooms. Interment followed at St. John's Cemetery.
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Domenico Tammenilla
Joseph Tammenilla
William Street
P. O’callaghan
St. John’s Cemetery
Baby Margaret Coleman Dies at Nine Months
Margaret Clare Coleman daughter of Mr and Mrs William Coleman died at their home 27 Grand street this morning at age nine months Funeral arrangements call for a 3 o'clock service and burial in St [location truncated].
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Margaret Clare Coleman
Margaret Clare
William Coleman
Grand Street
St. John's Cemetery
Elated over British latest exploits in war at sea
Washington reports naval officials celebrate two British operations that trapped German submarine bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge, boosting morale and signaling the navy’s prowess. The Vindictive’s sacrifice is deemed minor next to strategic and psychological gains for Allied forces.
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Washington
Ostend
Zebrugge
Germany
Richter & Company Stock Quotations Hartford Notice
The following listing presents stock quotations from Richter and Company bankers and brokers, members of the New York Stock Exchange, located at Central Row Hartford Connecticut. Details cover current bid and ask prices for stocks traded by the firm and reflect recent market activity.
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Richter & Company
Bankers and Brokers
New York Stock Exchange
Central Row
Hartford
Conn
Charter
Stock Market Opens Brisk With Steel Leads Gainers
New York trading opened brisk as Steel Common climbed to 109 1-2 after starting 107 to 106 3-4 and aiding a market rise. Union Pacific reached 124 3-8 with quick pullback to 123 3-8, New Haven at 34 1-2 sliding to 33 1-2, Tobacco Products advancing above 60. New York Central up about 1 1-2 to 73 1-4, Southern Pacific 85 1-2, Liberty 41-48 initial 99.10 then 98.50 on large sales. much short covering amid bear exhaustion.
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New York
Union Pacific
New Haven
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Shorts
Liberty
Fire destroys Kelley-Spear yard in Bath Maine
A May 10 blaze at the Kelley-Spear shipyard in Bath, Maine, caused about 100000 dollars in damage and was suspected incendiary. A cargo steamer under construction for the Emergency Fleet Corporation was saved along with much of its building materials. The fire began in the motor room and forced several workers on the second floor to flee. An investigation is ongoing.
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Maine
Bath
Kelley-Spear Company
North End
Emergency Fleet Corporation
If You Believe in Peace You Will Fight to Get It
A terse reflective line asserts that belief in peace mandates active struggle to achieve it. The quote frames peace as an outcome earned through determined effort rather than passive hope.
Soldier sentenced overseas in Washington case
Washington May 10 The sentence has been passed on another member of the expeditionary forces in France by a general martial court. Records reach the war department, with no details given on the offense. One officer said the case involved criminal assault and sleeping on post. General Pershing sent the case to Washington, indicating an interpretation of death penalty applicability for overseas troops.
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Washington
France
War Department
Fie
Pers
Kent Wilson
Washin
Dr Coan Lecture Delivers Aid Talk On Far East
A town mass meeting drew a curious crowd to hear Dr Coan discuss the plight of Syrians Greeks and others in the Far East. The address, given to benefit a local relief effort, held attentive sympathy from start to finish and ended at 9 40 PM with funds collected by the youth in a lively show of support.
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Far East
Coan
Sin
Losey
Schaefer
Dr. Coan
Cross
Relief Committee
Liberty loan cottage sale and church service schedule
The Liberty loan cottage opens Saturday evening from 7 to 9 for Thrift Sti sales. A service is planned at M school house Sunday at 7. Canvassers for the Y M will meet with dinner at 6 30. High school and civic events are noted with planned gatherings and a Roy Ward Orchestra powered social at Highland Country Club kicking off the season with dancing.
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Liberty Loan
M School
Y. M
Home Guard
Highland Country Club
Roy Ward Orchestra Haven
Franklin Electric Mfg. Co
Chafee
High School Notes Senior Events Dropped Due to Funds
A senior committee meeting was held to review events for the end of the year. Due to lack of funds the class night and dance plans were dropped. Davis did not attend the diversion today. A chorus meeting is scheduled for Monday at 2 30.
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Davis
Nurses Hold Annual Whist and Dance at Hendley Memorial Home
Last evening a nursing alumnae gathering at Hendley Memorial Home hosted a whist and dance. The hall wore alumnae colors blue and apple blossoms, with prizes including thrift stamps for the whistle, Mrs Charles Bushi won the ladies’ prize, Leonard Ryan the gentleman’s prize, Miss Nettie the second prize, and Mr Um the consolation prize. After refreshments, dancing followed.
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Wdas
Hendley Memorial
Charles Bushi
Leonard Ryan
Nettie
Follo
Induction Order Calls Local Workers to Service
Induction notice No. 37 issued by the local board this morning urges registrants to present for voluntary induction. Governor Holcomb calls railroad brakemen firemen doctors and five locomotive engineers and thirty gunsmiths, tram operators, instrument and repairmen for service. After May 20 no more volunteers will be accepted under this call.
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Holcomb
Simple Graduation Note Sparks Quiet Reflections
A brief, reflective item notes graduations as simple affairs. It observes that the ceremony’s gloss is minimal and that the diploma itself stands as the main symbol. The passage hints at social expectations and the understated dignity of graduates, inviting readers to consider the occasion beyond attire.
Classified ads look for worker and rooms for rent
Help wanted Masse to ac route. WANTED Man or boy to ac route. Good position for the right Schaefer Bros. WANTED Porter. Good wages. rig side Inn East Haddam. BOARD AND ROOMS TO RENT Room for one of themen. Modern conveniences King's Ave.
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Schaefer Bros
Rig Side Inn
East Haddam
Themen
King's Ave
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