May Weather Report From Connecticut and Nearby Areas
A weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions through Thursday with likely showers and east to southeast winds. A slowly moving low pressure system extends from Southern Michigan to Virginia, bringing varied precipitation across regions including Hartford and New Haven while temperatures hover around the mid 50s to low 60s with cloudy to rainy conditions in several cities.
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Connecticut
Central
Ohio
Michigan
Virginia
Illinois
Rocky
Mississippi River
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Jack
Nantucket
New Haven
New
Norfolk
Portland
St. Louis
Weather at Mount Higby and tangled wartime notes
Weather at Mt. Higby over the past day reports 70 degrees high, 52 low, 60 average, with a 29.64 inch barometer and 1.2 inches of precipitation. east wind and rain. The rest of the text discusses Prohibition era politics, war treaties, and aviation figures, noting delays, signatures, and public reactions amid a scatter of names and incidents.
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MT. Higby
Moon
Daredevil Hawker’s Atlantic crossing attempt
The piece praises Hawker as a skilled airman who faced heavy odds in a calculated Atlantic flight. It notes thorough preparations by the Navy, a three-seaplane launch from Rockaway and Trepassey, and a scientific demonstration intent. Only one plane reached the Azores, Hawker failing by pushing beyond safe limits while Read highlighted aviation progress.
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Hawker
Atlantic
Rockaway
Trepassey
Newfoundland
Azores
Navy Department
Read
Effect of Wages on Business in New York
The New York Commercial notes large steel producers hold wage levels while many small firms cut wages. Labor scarcity depends on employment levels, immigration decline, and emigration. The postwar absorption of returning soldiers will slowly affect wages and business overall.
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New York Commercial
Congress in Summer in a Subtropical Washington
A satirical note questions why Congress must meet in Washington during summer when executive heads can relocate to Paris for extended periods. It argues the capital is legally the government seat, but suggests relocating legislative business could be feasible or desirable.
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Washington
Executive Department
Paris
Legislative Department
American Ambassador Wallace Leaves Paris Hotel Crillon
Hugh Wallace newly named American Ambassador to France is photographed as he departs the Hotel Crillon, the American Headquarters in Paris. Wallace serves on the executive committee of the League of Nations.
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France
Hotel Crillon
Paris
Mr. Wallace
League of Nations
Aarbassador Hugh Wallace
Wallace
At Dusk Lady Leaves Garden in Rain
Virginia Riddle in Vogue portrays a garden mourning a lady who has departed. The poem shifts from mournful tears to imagining her return, as damp leaves, blue larkspur, and cream roses echo her demure presence and the fragrance of leaf-grown hair lingers in the air. It ends with a hopeful journey across hills and alleys toward home.
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Virginia Riddle
The Collier and the Welsh Hymn About Love for Song
A church warden observes a burly collier not singing the Welsh national hymn Land of My Fathers. He answers that true affection for a song lies in not forcing participation. The exchange highlights individual restraint amid communal music.
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Lady Rhondda
Llanwen
Collier
Vast European Front Comprises About 1.5 Million Men
The fighting is already on November 11 with hundreds of miles of battlefront in France and Italy. More than five months later there are apparently more men fighting in Europe than in Napoleon's notable campaigns. The fighting force includes Bolshevik and Red Army units, allied, Siberian and Ukrainian forces, Lithuanians, Poles, and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia, plus Romanians and Czecho Slavs against Hungarians. In total these armies number about one and a half million men.
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France
Italy
Europe
Red Army
Galicia
Mrs Margaret McArdle Credits Goldine For Rheumatism Relief
Mrs McArdle of Waterville Connecticut describes four to five years of rheumatism in her hands with headaches catarrh coughing and nervousness. She began taking Goldine after hearing of its benefits and urges others to ask about its effects as she reports improvement and relief.
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Margaret McArdle
Thompson Ave
Waterville
Waterbury
Conn
Goldine
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