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Philip Bleacher, wholohtown about; THE GER ml"
0 year ago, leavin g the Tllloy bird‘
, . , nous ALLA no we.
mi". 23.333331 £3,331? FIFTY mu: Burch;
turned mtakee MINI “14mm" LINE . ;
Butler’s Dorian Garage.
. moaned hora rage Ono).
Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Bell of this. -—-—
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thntder Anny of‘hbmens. Children
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“lBlelp to; Save the ,
um erWlteat Crop
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Norwalk, is the gust . i a ,; had their daughter. Dorothy of Denver, 'on, and they maintain their strongi
glie Weed. oi Waylon avuue.
and Ilias Grace Bell of Springfield,
luau. have all been guests recently
pressure from the south and east},
illetweeu the Alone and the Anette,
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l inorth of Soissons, General Man-
lgin’stroops are pressing close to
Mrs. Paul Allen Curtiu. who has 4119 heights dominating the ”“51“;
Muiin des Dames from the West, in-1
ed to creasing the menace to the tier.
t; man positions along the Vesle.
The British Third and Fourth
The house at lira. G. C. Valentine;
n ”We XVII Wrm “lift; of Mrs. Frank H. llcflrfgor of Bethel.
day. and a diamond horseshoe pin “1.;
ued at 3600 was stolen. '-
iseen visiting her aisterin-law,
Raymond. Street a Son hare do William Carmll, Nomton, return
;cided to equip their business with her home in Flushing, Thursday nigh ;
large a’uto trucks and they will slit, Mrs. Cuties will return to Noroton on ‘
or about September 1, as the guest of
Armies are lighting over the old
Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Stnbell. of High-
. “I land avenue. an entertaining like
.-.. . Alice and Dorothea Oe'atmun and
l m LINE 0? 130- Master Henry Geotmann. of Stan-
mo W tom. . . ..
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Mr. and Mrs, George Holloway
H have broken camp at Little L'Ham-
mock Island, aftér a pleannt month,
and have returned to their home in
New York. fl
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Services will be held in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church tomorrow at
10:30 and 7:30. The pastor, Rev. ll.
F. Kaatondieck, will preach. Bundr‘l
the horses, wagons, etc. i
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battlefield of the Somme and are
« making marked progress in fight-
ing which resembles in intensity
moved to Springdaie with his parents1'111.3::rsirflzi.bh:t‘,teh:£:;3 ($12,) “Xi:
i from Darlen. early in the spring, will ;bel‘t-Al‘ras road over most of its
3 5° ““0 the “”0““ ”my 0“ Monday, ,length. They have seized the high
‘5 3 Pa" 0‘ the sumo"! qnota. Ciil- ground north, west and southwest
ford 1“- Knapp, Who "“595 “1 "Wof Bapaunie and have surrounded
Tum-of-River Dilu‘k‘l. '"l ll” 80 on the important positionof Thiepval
blonday. Both are well known here. on three sides.
~ ; North and south of the Somme,
i A large force of carpenters were at the British are closing in on Bray.
lwork in Suriname yesterday. repair- Thcyhold the lleightato the north-
ing the freight house on the New Hsjwcst. South of the river, they
ven road, which was damaged by s have taken two villages oust of
train inning into anopen switch, two Bray, which lies on the north
Mrs. Harry V. Snead.
c—n‘rnv
Howard Pulls of Wood avenue, who
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looponding the latter part of of the largest Presbyterian Church at
with relatives in New Haven. Philadelphia and a resident of Token-
flooouou Caroline Carpenter of
Boulevard is the guest at be: or
in Port Chester for a low days. man will desire to hear him.
condition of Mrs. Albert Dunno]
"is!" at her home on Bette place. Point is larger than in any recent
Wed to be improved this
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_ street, who are spending two
in Plainsviiie. Conn, are remem-
ihoir triads with post cards.
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Caroline Carpenter. of
i .hor brothers
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in East
; today for a visit with her sister
lde. N. Y.
Norwalk, ‘
'1‘ . Harold E. Wilson. pastor d the Mag ottrncted 5.000 persons. The
.. ; :m M. E. church '1“ oflclale display of fireworks is bigger and
. heirvices at the church tomor- hotter than over.
. :
Mrs. Richard Bland ot ..
School with adult Bible Study Class.
cs at 11:50. Church prayer meeting
on Thursday evening at 8.
t
several feet by the impact of the last- British are cast of llcrlcville.
moving train. and new piers were; From (‘hnulucs to south of lloyc,
:erected under it without [noting it the battlclinc remains unchanged.
back to its old position, ,The French and British guns arc
.. - pouring :1 heavy fire into and he-
E, goat-km“ of Darlen has "my". hind the front licrc, llll' stability
ed his gold watch which m, lost ”of which is seriously sliukcu by the
Camp “em“; Hm,” Pen“. a‘Allied progress to the north and
Hughes "an“? youngster, t. south. Noyon still is in enemy
When he read in the local paper 0, Mr. hands, but its usefulm-ss wanes as
puke», has; he in‘omnlly restored the french artillery hombnrds it
the. timepiece to the agcd owner. and {and lhclafimics'of (lcncruls “m.”
declined to “can, reward. Mr. “a“ urt uni ungm mow toward It.
. On the front north of Soissous
son complimented the be or i ~ . . - ’
esty. y t h ' hon ,(l'eneral Mango: appai/uly is luv-
35““. most attention to sharpening
‘ol‘ the salient which has its apex
“a.“
Rev. George .F. Pentecost, pastor
eke, will preach Sunday morning at
Noroton Presbyterian Church. Many
the friends of the noted clergy- foundi
The number of visitors atmoton
year and Ilowayton people are found
there in large numbers afternoon and
evening. The fireworks Friday eve-
Misses Sarah and Janet ,Crain- are .
more fortunate than most Connecticut ”"1"” .
i owners of peach trees. ~for while most '1‘“ gained more around cast of
4 of the buds, if not the trees themselveu llngncux and west . of t rel-your;
iwere mm d by the “was,“ cold 0' Mont toward the ominous—("intuuyI
;last winter, the Misses Craig have a road‘ ’Any guy)” here adds to
; lendld 0 .. , ,, the vulnerability of the German
up a p at Queens Court. ’line eastward from Soils-sons:
Files are reported burning he-
ud the German position north of
‘ After weeks of waiting the State hi
"mm" department “mm““d W“ the Veale and it is believed the
again“ on the removal of the, trees at . ' '
the junction of the Poet road lad the §:m{r?a&§msfiwighfi:em
om King's Highway at unmanne- .bgervg'd mgvm‘g northward from
paratory to widening tho‘Poat Road stflhe Vcsie in tlle'lusl few days.
this dangerous curve and hill, tho American and Frcuch pressure
scene of many accidents. It is to I’ll/continues along the [her and the
weeks ago. The building was moved bank. In the area of Lihous, thc‘
lidtely north of Soil-wins. lie;
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mount boats attempted a recon-
W in the neighborhood of
Dunkirk, France, yesterday morn-
ing. They ware driven 03 by
Britiah and French patrolling ves-
sels. One enemy motor boot is be-
lieved to have been destroyed. The
Allied forces sufl’ered no casual-
Kansoo Women Figure in
, Bloodless, Bulletleoo Bot-
; tie to Save the Wheat
; Crop While Male Honol-
. as Are Fighting in France.
‘ One of the moat romantic battles
of the Great War was not tougnt on
the other side of the Atlantic: men
had only a port in it‘ not a shot was
battle who (alight wore half a world
Yet this battle was won without
the ion of a single life. and with ina
my. rore tho millions of
bulhols of wheat from the fruitful
whWb road booe-
war
o to. In. air and water:
one for whom the battle
was waged were starving Belgium.
lookout—an of triendi:
1:. 6m be noticed that the men
are mentioned last in the order of
nation. And that to where
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part at tho bumper atop would have
clad on flu mind. The daploud
oven in times of peace. had not the
man power adequately to meet the
on.
There is an element or humor in
my 0! how the woman came
the noon-o at Kansas.
When the lat-win and the ladies
nd the " pen“ and the little
and gt odoud M Jan.”
to aid in the harvesting this anmmar.
War Council declined
tho Kansas
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' wow YORK, Aug. 24. Wall Street.
"mm s. at—(hvoring at short con-
tracts. prompted by additional encour-
‘aglng war lows. imparted a strong
tons to tbo'lofling shocks in the
first halt boar-of today's brie! see
clan. ‘ [lived-ant rolls were sub
'stonlislly. higher, Canadian Pacific
w toropwuuvod.
noblest.“
grill- proffered help. The thing
med impossible.
The offer‘had a far different.
upset. a tow wooho ago. when the
War Council faced the situation 0!
a bumper
power entirely inadequate to handle
ranks of male workers. ranks thin it.
wheat crop and man
The fate of the can hung in the
aalanoa
Then tbouooade a! wanton—tho
lime women whose January otter at
no bad boon aoo
mm or children and this. sprang
their.
u train all our the state. ‘thiii.
a
volunteer army had not. unbiddou
nine to the reason. a great part 0
mt- tremendous crop would
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Munltlona Workers to
Await Arbitration. ;
BRIDGEPQRT. Aug. airs strike of ;
thousands of munitions workers in this
city probably was averted last night
. by Frank P. Walt. joint mirmnn of
the National War labor Board,
A fire escape has been constructed on
33h. Red Cross Auxiliary of the East
1' It. a. church held their run:
_; My afternoon aeuioa yesterday
Center School.
limeen members of the Daries Fire
hoped that the work will not he Nah Americans have pointed some more.
ed until the iohlonnlohed and this bad ground in the amt about Flames
corner is made as safe as possible. .3" a local action.
IN FRANCE, Aug. 24 (By
'Associated Press)-—Bray is report»
WITH THE BRITISH 1mm
The
raining 21-4 points. Standard indusg'ho addressed . min, of wax
trials and equipments advanced mounmm, At the Winston or his
tiomlly, but shippings eased. Hide beach a resolution was enthusiastical-
w of a considerable can
;” f“ work. The next meeting will
' K no Holiday evealsgl ‘
m. .
; ‘ .WM'a Market was not held
of the Community Hall this
. This was getthg to be a
an whicome sight to”
residents who delighted in
; do In. native vegetables
Ethic youngsters and by doing so
;-. cw] it themselves and holped
" cause at the same time.
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Company are no; .in Uncle Sam's aer-
A meeting that may bring important?
“Everything is going well. We
; changes in Darien oilicialdon was held have begun our action and We shall
.. on the lawn in front of the Dos-ion flilltlnllt’.” These are the world of
m“ “den ”Imam“, of mum school in Springdaie. Wodnoudayem Marshal Foch, whose strategy has
vice.
spent the weekend at;the home 0
fir. and Mrs. Thaddeus Bell.
In. W. C. Paul otOld King'guighi pose of seeking some method where- the front from Ypres to minim
I log. Twenty-eight tax payers. reste- plaoed the Germans in their pres;
;senting men in many walks 0! me. (Int uncnviublo position. While
lnthered there (or the announced pan the fighting has been raging on
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; rm enjoyed I delightful
; roast at Compo Beach loot
a tempting abroad was laid
juices present consisting or ins patrol duty.
way recently entertained her brother, by the Fifth Voting District oi Dorian, the stretch of front from Rheima to
Ernest Trooot or North Coscob, iknounhercabout u ”the out" side Switzerland, where American
o———— ‘0! Springdale," may obtain some re- "001’3 hold many M05. 11“
Mrs. Flora Jackson of lselln. N. J._‘ turn for moncy paid by the taapayers‘lll‘?“ quiet. A blow by the Ameri-
is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. A. Jack- each year. The two big (We in me'cans 0" the line ens! mi south of
son of Bpringdale. , sides of these taxpayers have been me‘Rheims would not surprise some
3 condition of me um of 3,. mm“ observers in Washington.
Russell Spanner, who enlisted in the. and tho condlion of he school. One For fl" weeks .m’“ hiarshdl
navy service a. few weeks ago. is now man. inmmm in blitzing the m‘JFoch hatheld the initiative and
pickles. trait. not. a
, grandmas“! other delicious ed!-
famnae «nuns ‘ Mat 3. H. smith “on, 18 mom! I "0
line was colored until a into!
in the crew of a submarine chaser do~ payers together, said this neg that the Germans have suffered PNM‘
another mew“ wm be bold in the My the most severe setbacks and
near future for the Purpose of mw‘dmvelosi more groundin that'time
m u "The west 8m 1 “artisan in any like period since 1916
.. ; ’ tit
“Minion 0, Barton.” When the mMon the western front. .The'sis
Mutton ncompictea, he “in, m .l. week has begun anomalously With
; fortwm be nude» his the “ ' the German line from Arm to
Milli
Miss Susie unso, assistant at the
woehs’ vacation at Newburgh, New HI.-
cd to have been captured by the
British,
The British were smashing
through the German positions this
morning all along the battlefront.
The British are reported tohuvo
touched the high ground south.
west of Frioourt.
The British have passed well.
beyond Happy Valley,
Several thousand German pris~
eners have passed through the
cages behind General Byng’s
Third Anny today. No eflort to
count the guns captured has been
made up to this time.
ACCIDENTALLY GHOT IN WEST-
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ram. w. of 525 but icon
street. Bridgeport. is in 's‘ serious
condition in the Norwalk linseiul
captured Becordol and to have;
and Leather Preferred made a new
Ughrocordoaitsfurther gain of
his point, and tobocoos and fertilisr
era also improved. lehty 3 in!
mppronched their maximum at 102.46.
1 WALL STREET—inflamed M2
our news and easier money pm i
peels. trailing on the Stock Eschanr|
{today was attended by.
breadth and vigor than at any week-
end period during {be summer sea
son. nails were especially prominent.
Canadian Pacific adding ‘flve points
its recent substantial gains with
idle to two point advances in other
transcontinentals and grangers. U.
:3. Steel recorded its high price of the
'year at 114 and other-industrially and
war shares also attained their host
quotation of the year. Tobacom
leathers. fertilisers and mlscellane
can issues (allowed till upward trend.
The closing woi m. Sales approx"
lmatcd 8&0“ shard.
greater I
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3 vets and other places.
II E ME Miss Lorraine .Clopp has been en-
, GK CNN m i laying camp lite at Hickory Biol! with
‘S {the Wascu‘ssee Campfire Girls of Stani-
In the district lino uphohind ovary
'candidate for public 0 co in Dalton
whom the organisation inks will sup-
port «to district. was tbelo 4. votes
Soissona wavering under Allied
blows and unable to retire with-
out. inviting disaster. In the last
week more than 20,000 prisoners,
today as the result of a gun-shot; Final prices “funny Bonds were:
wound be received late last evening. 3 12’! 102,“; m con 4's. 94.26.:
Russo is ‘emnloyod by the Connect! Second ‘5. ”.74; First Con 4 “‘3.
cut Co. and was stemmed at the 94.26; Second 0“ 4 1.”, 93.72;
nettbeuaion.
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u the Third Avenue rally
you seriously allectcd
:asltike of 600 Marina
' actors. in an attiempt to force
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-z: 3: ff“?! ”5' m W3 have been taken, more than fifty
3 ' on '9 ml” t° PM towns and villages regained and
those in authority tint the west side the Allies have pressed on 'ull~
of the town deserves as ' good treot- checked.
meat as the Tokenoke and other sec-l Minor fighting is going 011 in
tlons lhfltt have ben setting - uanIliNorthern Italy. North of Bossauo
, 'every can that the town has appropri-‘the Italians. have. taken some
nig'éhicxginnf‘ii Wordswortmof ated hr rem inst; We are 30111le ground in the Bronte Valley. in
bet e " 9 ,s e. a e spen ng “811d 10" “16 01501818 W110 will stand Central Albania. the ’Austrifins
hot-212:?” “5m" "”1 "WV” for us. and oppose time who have have been repulsed in an attack
_ ' been alvmg min uncut deal." The aganist. the Italian lines . ’ N
28 men present were asthmiaotlc
ford, of which,she is a member.
Mrs. E. 'Langevin of nge street has
received word from her son. Hector.
who recently arrived overseas, that he
l enjoys the life of a soldier in France.
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Westport car barn and while sitting
around with a number of, other can
ployeo at about 1:30 this morning.
some one pulled out a gun. _
It was a casd of the some old story
Russo took the gun in his hands and
not knowing it was loaded pulled not
trigger. The bullet entered his side
and 10th in his hip. bledlcal at-
tondance was edited and the man
rushed to, the Norwalk Hospital.
wheromvery effort is being made to
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. Miss Mary McGUl 0! Spring Galileo
‘ stre‘et, Philadelphia. are guests or Mrs:
HaerairinSneod-lborhome on,
the Oldi'ng‘s Highway. Newton. _
' Considerable grading has recentlyf
.the schoolhouse. near which the meet-
obout the matter. They chimed that
they have suffered long enough under
present conditions. it is claimed that
mhmunotdtmhgom‘d
in
this tall. It is only laaido and out, so-
PARIS, Aug. 24.—Artiilery ac-
tions in the region of Lassigny and
between the Disc and the Aime:
rivers are reported today in thel,
Wai' Guise statement. Mn: 09-! Discharged Friday—James mm.
erations in Lorraine also are ‘l‘e-LWegmrt; Nicola .Tuccbl, Westport
lavenue; John. O'Connell, Wilton.
-save the man's life.
an“
HOSPITAL horse
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been domoat dealer School. utilisingi
_ .oordlngtothese mommditiafarioo
the material which was slammed
‘1!!!“ for the number of pupils attend-
;‘nyx‘e' m m erect {lag Oneteochormignodlaetoprlng
‘ 9 because the school committee would
gnot mmiskher with proper supplies
wm‘”::°;;°:h' ”3°“; 023:1;3; r The school hashoen cold many um.
nth pringda ° ‘ (or lack of fuel. they said. ‘ The next
inel m" 5:??? Mindoro: :xragrmeatlng will probably be held next
Led m selwlu last runny.~
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. Mrs. Emily nfllorain has sold her'
mommmmm 12+
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week. before which un’é even your P
p0
have captured the Village of Rh,
volts and the height of Sacco Ste-
fani, north-of Valotagna. on' e
Bronte, the War on». announced.
PARTS,“ Aug. 21 (finest—In
the three days endm‘ g Friday, the
British troops have upland 8.000
' r'raonora- s the Potit Journal.
Friday, it, . .theriélliitured 3.-
00001 “total. ' . \ I '
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Barter. James Russo. 6213 East Kain
‘street. aridgeport. . .
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wasnmomn. Ans. “roam”- .
license! diamante in confluence tog
lay, adopted a ' resolution urging ac-
tion at the earliest possum date on
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advise the Rosanna
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‘the pending lederal woman suffrage
mountain to ; ;‘
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'Waa' Labor Board and “coolant to
await the decision.“ tllrhoordlon the
Bridgeport wage dispute. 0
' llr. wings said that mesa-chaise
board‘s decision in the mummy
would be announced within dead-ya.
"it is my belief,‘ ho Wetflhal
ithis decision will not only fleet the
workers at Bfldpport. but will eye-t-
uolly affect all the workers in tho-Hall.
ed States and throughout the not! In
applying the principles of denwaacy
to industnh'
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cannon woman SEEKS clubs“.
A divorce action returnable to the
lSeptember term is filed by lay l.
:Wood of Dorlen against Amen W.
Wood of New Brunswick, N. J. .Ihblt—
uni lntemperance and intolerance“!-
ty,~are alleged. The couple were-ar-
ried November 20, 1891. Minsfiofs
maiden name was May Mooner. 'Qo
salsa the court at allow her tore-me
her maiden name.
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Ranges
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uircd for either or _
both of the two loch. “
AComPinafion or i r
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commas and’.’
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