Bethel Schools Reopen After Epidemic With Repairs Planned
Bethel schools reopen after an epidemic. city inspectors found some buildings in poor condition. repairs recommended to boost safety, though costly. Bethel Hat Factory leases Center Street building to relocate and expand operations, enabling new machinery and tripling output. Election Day sees party effort to mobilize voters.
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Marton Yéer
Snyder
Tareer Warters
Jane Bros
Blackmanavere
Methel Hat Farming Ctory
Center Street
Lane
Josephne
Bethel
Naval Battle of Durazzo October 2 1918 letter from Reubert Booth
Mrs G C Booth of Wight Street quotes son Reubert Booth on duty abroad detailing his unit's role in the Durazzo bombardment. He recalls the bombardment, American chasers, and singing aboard ship before dawn while preparing for battle. The account notes Allied fleet actions, air support, and the crew’s experiences during the engagement.
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Worwatac
Norwalk
Gane C. Booth
Wight Street
Reubert Booth
Quravzo
O Sullivan's Heels Endurance Claim by British Expert
British Home Office committee hears Dr Thomas Oliver state fatigue arises from waste in blood affecting nerves and brain. Ad claims O Sullivan's Heels outlast leather, three times as durable with strong resiliency. Dealers offer shoes with O Sullivan's Heels in black white or tan for all ages and genders.
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Thomas Oliver
Home Office
Putney promotion announced in Milford letters
A Milford letter confirms Major Howard W. Putney is promoted to lieutenant colonel, with Milford pride noted as he rises from West Point. Also reported are deaths, local events, Christmas box drive updates, and summaries of civilian and military community activities.
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Milford
Willis Putney
Howard W. Putney
Hays
Kient.Coel
Putney
West Pointer
Baldwin
Sirah J. Baldwin
Li J. Dons
Colonial Heights
Devon
Hocky Hill
Red Cross
The
Benevolent Union
Walter J. Clark, Jr
Suffield
Camp Freeman
Cal
Walter McDermott
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Betty Adams
Earle Adams
Derby Avenue
Obituary notes and war-time dispatches from a hometown paper
Obituaries report funeral services for Thomas Foreman at his Harbord Avenue home with Masonic rites and Lakeview Cemetery interment. Wagner's funeral, Rev Mooney officiating, followed at Gannon Funeral Home with St. Michael's Cemetery burial. Bert Lockwood dies after brief illness at isolation hospital. widow and mother in Buffalo, NY survive. Charles Bradley's funeral held at English Lutheran Church with Mountain Grove burial. Police seek relatives of George J. Stokes, died in Knickerbocker Hospital, New York, no leads found. War dispatches describe destroyers sinking two ships, depth-charge actions against submarines, and bombardments near Italina towns, with radio watch and Durazzo shelling. Ruby Booth, a Norfolk racehorse entrepreneur, writes from the home front about wartime.
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Bert Lockwood
Mary Scully
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles ML Baadley
Charles Bradley
Trev
EL OG. Areh
Mountain Grove Cemetery
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Columbia University
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West Point
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Cannon Street
Knickerbocker Hospital
New York
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Ittazee
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Norwalk Howe
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Om Felojber
Broad Street
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Hamilton Bros
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