General Duncan leads All American division past fog bound fleet
George B. Duncan, veteran commander of the All American division, guided American infantry through heavy fog as transports and ships docked. The Leviathan and Imperator, recently refitted as troop ships, were due to lie alongside at the harbor with thousands of officers and men aboard.
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George B. Duncan
Transmd
Mentation
Cammgunon
Comand M
126Th Infantry
Roma
Yale
Seattle
Manchuria
Jandit
pGeneral Duncan
France
Iton
Plate
Leviathan
Swiill
Levia- S
Imperator
Western Canada Faces General Strike risking paralysis
In Winnipeg and other western cities unions in Victoria Vancouver and Calgary threaten to join a general strike. Strike leaders claim control of most activity with police and fire under the committee and essential services limited. Food supply becomes strained as workers guard stores and milk distribution is overseen by the strikers.
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Idon
Manitoba
Western Canada
Winnipeg
Victoria
Vancouver
Cal
Mittee
Unemployment Figures Dampen Connecticut Weekly Job Losses
State unemployment figures released by the Federal Office show 12 000 people still jobless in Connecticut after a week of reductions from 15 600 reported. District by district estimates indicate shortages in Hartford New Haven New London Waterbury Torrington Willimantic Putnam and New Britain with Bridgeport noting a drop and Meriden reporting 500 more unemployed.
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Artford
United States Employ Service
Connecticut
New Haven
Torrington
Willimantic
Putnam
New Britain
Arg
Meriden
Pratt Auto Theft Case Put Over
Pratt of Darien charged with auto theft from Capola of Norwalk. case postponed to fall term. Ca has been missing since February theft. efforts to locate him or the machine have failed. Pratt was in New York while attempting to machine the vehicle, which bore blood he says he bought.
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Pratt
Darien
Capola
Norwalk
Superior Court
New York
War department objectors list and railway inquiry planned
A May 20 item notes a Senate resolution to publish the names and sentences of conscientious objectors, with dates and honorable discharges. A May 30 federal railway commission to investigate street rail service is to be appointed by the president in the near future.
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War Department
Kel Minnesota
Railway Commission
Smoking in English churches proposed by London clergyman
London May 11 By mail A movement to allow smoking in churches in England gains attention. Dr Fort Newton pastor of the Temple of London and a well known clergyman supports the idea arguing the church is bound by custom and should foster more companionable fellowship rather than rigid propriety.
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London
Fort Newton
Temple of London
Newton
Government Provides Generous Allowances for Disabled Soldiers
Washington May 21 The government outlines retraining and subsistence provisions for disabled soldiers unable to return to former work or take new jobs without training. The War Risk Insurance Bureau pays compensation and family allowances during training, with scales from 65 dollars for a single man to 122.50 dollars for a trained married man with several children, increasing up to eight for widowers.
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Washington
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Teachers Endorse Thrift Stamps in New England
Hartford May 21 Charles D Hine secretary of the state board of education for Connecticut and five New England education commissioners endorse thrift stamps in public schools. The statement will be sent to every superintendent and every school teacher in New England.
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Hartford
Charrles D. Hine
State Board of Education
Connecticut
New England
Yale Fellow Resigns from Yale Corporation
Rev. Erwin Pond Parker of Hartford resigns as senior fellow of the Yale corporation. His resignation takes effect after a successor is elected at the regular May meeting. Parker joined the corporation in November 1895 and was the only fellow who participated in Hadley’s presidential election.
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YALE
New Haven
Erwin Pond Parker
Evergreen Street
Hartford
Sub Treasury Report Reports Weekly Cash Losses in New York
The Sub Treasury in New York lost 143000 to banks on Tuesday, lowering the cash net gain since Friday to 1316000. The report records a sharp weekly swing as authorities track liquidity in the financial markets.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Happenings in this vicinity 25 years ago
A 25 year old item notes macadamizing Main Street in Portland, 1000 tons of brownstone needed over four weeks, plus a schooner cargo bound for New York. It mentions local events from races on Cromwell plains to a D L Briggs band concert and a funeral for J W Hubbard. It also references steamer schedules and local church festivals.
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Portland
John H. Chaffee
New York
Gildersleeve Dock
Maromas
Co. B. Frisbie
Cromwell Plains
W. R. Goodspeed
F. C. Fowler
East Haddam
Middletown
D. L. Briggs
Hartford
Rocky Hill
Hartford Sports
Conrad G.bacon
J. W. Hubbard
London Society Leader Lady Arthur Paget Dies
Lady Arthur Paget formerly Miss Mary Stevens of Boston died at the Hotel Ritz after pneumonia following influenza. wife of General Sir Arthur H Paget, she led London society and aided charitable efforts including a hospital ship during the Boer War and Red Cross work in Serbia during World War I. She was praised by the Austro-Hungarian government for her humanitarian efforts.
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Paris
Arthur Paget
Mary Stevens
Boston
Hotel Ritz
Paget
Arthur H. Paget
Tremont House
London
Red Cross
Serbia
Broken Rail Triggers Wreck of Train No 5 at Mystic
Mystic, May 21. Train No 5 of the New Haven road derailed after a broken rail half a mile west of West Mystic station between Baker's bridge and the No any bridge. The engine and the bay trolley cars left the rails while the three passenger cars remained on track. No injuries reported. East bound tracks used for all traffic as wreckers clear the scene. Passengers transferred around the wreck and service suspended temporarily.
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Mystic
New Haven Road
West Mystic
Baker’s Bridge
No Any Bridge
Boston
New London
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Philadelphia Ledger
Brooklyn
United States
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Beyer Manufacture
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Salvation Army
Jennie Ward
Army
New York City
Cherry Street
Ward
America
Home Service Fund
I. E. Palmer OO
Press of May
Torewer Co
Brainard & Logan
Hamilton
R. J. Atwell
Hamilton Watch Agency
P. French
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