American Guard plans boys military company led by Captain Goggins
The American Guard seeks to form a Middletown unit under Captain John M. Goggins of New Haven as enrolling officer. Discharged soldiers and guardsmen would recruit boys ages 12 to 18, supply rifles, and issue commissions to officers. The program promotes strict military training and patriotic activities, with units already in multiple Connecticut cities and a national reach led from New York.
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Widh
John M. Goggins
Grand Avenue
New Haven
United Army
New York City
Leonard Wood
Det
United States Army
John F. O’ryan
New York National Guard
American Guard
George R. Dyer
United States
Bridgeport
Hartford
Waterbury
New Britain
Danbury
Norwich
Meriden
Ansonia
New London
Willimantic
Stamford
Torrington
Connecticut
Middletown
Goggins
Stecher Defeats Zbyszko For World Wrestling Title
Joe Stecher of Nebraska defeated Wladek Zbyszko of Poland in Louisville Kentucky to win a world championship wrestling match in one hour forty five minutes and fifteen seconds. Stecher used body scissors and bar arm holds to gain victory. Zbyszko had recently claimed the title by beating Ed Lemis, making Stecher the likely challenger to Earl Caddock fighting with American forces in France.
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Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Wladek Zbyszko
Poland
Louisville
Stecher
Son
Zbyszko
Strangler
Lemis
Earl Caddock
France
Young shoplifter in Chicago case shocks court
In Chicago on May 14 a 13 year old girl Mamie Lewandinski faced Judge Victor Arnold in juvenile court. She admitted to stealing under the direction of her mother and a neighbor woman who dressed in the stolen finery. The detective testified the women signaled the dresses to the girl who placed them in a bag. Both women wore about $60 in stolen goods when arrested. The judge scolded the mother and ordered the girl placed in a home to reform her life.
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Chicago
Mamie Lewandinski
Victor Victor Arnold
Arnold
Mamie
Knights of Columbus Hold Putnam Convention
At the K of C state council convention in Putnam speakers urged patriotic government support. State deputy reported 2,000 new members this year, totaling 15,036 in Connecticut. Officers elected include State deputy George T. Kelly and delegates J J McGiveney James McAllister F S Dwyer Joseph Mulvey William Ward John Bransfield John McDonald William Monaghan.
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John M. Phillips
Hartford
John Boland
Torrington
William E. Brown
Berlin
J. J. Collins
New London
J. J. McGiveney
Westville
James McAllister
Cromwell
F. S. Dwyer
Ansonia
Joseph Mulvey
New Haven
Plant More Vegetables: War Garden Appeal Urges Planting
Washington report notes the National War Garden commission asks Americans to plant more vegetables to offset fruit losses from spring cold waves. The appeal urges gardeners to increase production for next winter canning to ensure adequate supplies.
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Washington, D. C
National War Garden Commission
Boudoir Bed Photography Arrives in London Society
May 14 London reports a new fashion among society women to be photographed in bed. The trend comes from France where fashionable women receive visitors in bed. Boudoir calling may involve posing reclining and dressed for the image.
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London
France
Salvation Army sisters to receive divisional citations
Gladys and Irene McIntyre, Salvation Army volunteers with the Yankee Division, are to be publicly honored in Boston next Saturday. Major General Clarence R. Edwards will present divisional citations at a 1 PM military ceremony on the Common, with parade, band, and colors.
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Boston
McIntyre
Gladys
Irene
Salvation Army
New England
Clarence R. Edwards
France
Edwards
Royal Arch Masons Elect 121st Connecticut Convocation
In Hartford on May 14 the 121st convocation of the Grand Chapter of Connecticut Royal Arch Masons elected officers including Grand High Priest Ernest F. Sweeney and Grand Secretary George A. Kies who reported 10,815 members for the year. The session lists 616 exalted candidates, 11 admitted, 14 demitted, and 184 deaths.
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Grand Chapter of
Connecticut
Hartford
Royal Arch Masons
Ernest F. Sweeney
Winsted
Henry R. Tinsdale
New London
E. B. Ellis
Bridgeport
Arthur N. Nash
Pawtucket
George A. Kies
S. W. DeKlyn
Danbury
William O. Shelley
Temperate climate anecdotes from the San Francisco Chronicle
A mild winter note recalls a curbside tale about cider and applejack. Uncle Bill Bottle-top grouses that hints about freezing a barrel to imitate applejack are unhelpful while readers chuckle at the seasonal weather quip.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Uncle Bill
SINGER BANKRUPT Opera Star Files Bankruptcy Petition
New York May 14 Opera singer Eleanora de Cisneros filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court listing mobilities of 10824 and assets of 25385. She says before the war she gave Charles Ves of Rue Desrenandes Paris 25000 to invest in Lille textiles but has heard nothing since.
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Eleanora de Cisneros
New York
United States District Court
Miss de Cisneros
Marie Antoinette
Broadway
Three Sentenced for Larceny at Harvard University
Cambridge, May 14. Patrolman Charles F Doyle and Patrick H McNamara were each sentenced to one year in the house of correction for larceny from Harvard student Osgood Hooker of San Francisco. Both appealed and were held in 800 bail for the superior court. Hooker, son of bank broker C L Hooker, rents Calvary Hall on the Gold Coast.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Charles F. Doyle
Patrick H. McNamara
House of Correction
Superior Court
Osgood Hooker
San Francisco
C. L. Hooker
Young Hooker
Calvary Hall
Gold Coast
Southington Seeks Sunday Movie Exhibit After Veto
Southington, May 14. Following Gov Wal combs veto of a Sunday movie bill, residents circulate a petition to hold Sunday moving picture shows. The town, Gov Walcombs hometown, may hold a special meeting to act on the petition as signatures grow. Aw arded $25,000 Heart Balm. In New York a supreme court jury found a music teacher liable for alienation of affections, awarding Mrs Annie H Spear $25,000 after letters with affectionate phrases were read portraying the actor as married.
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Southington
Marcus H. Walcomb
New York
Supreme Court
Annie H. Spear
Frances Gildstein
Frederick Harvey Spear
Twenty year term pleases killer in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh James Burchel received a sentence of 19 to 20 years after admitting to shooting and killing a man. He smiled widely in court and told an officer he had expected the electric chair. The outcome surprised and unsettled observers.
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Pittsburgh
James Burchel
Burchel
Peptiron Tonic Promoted For Nervous Debility And Prostration
An old advert describes Peptiron as a digesting tonic combining pepsin wax iron celery and other tonics. It claims help for prostration after grip and epidemics paleness nervousness nervous prostration neuralgia nervous dyspepsia and sleeplessness after meals.
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