Community social notes from Dodgingtown and area events
A large delegation from the Step ney Fire Co. attended the carnival at Dodgingtown last Thursday evening. Numerous visits and weekend hosting occur as residents travel to Fort Trumbull Beach, Danbury, Long Island, Shelton, Hartford, and Mohawk Trail for gatherings and motor trips. Several residents welcome guests, return home after visits, and take part in local picnics and social events.
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Stepney Fire Co
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Alcoholism treatment cases rise at Belle Vue Hospital
A report by New York public charities commissioner Wird S. Coler shows treatment admissions at Belle Vue Hospital nearly match pre prohibition levels. He notes most patients arrive intoxicated with no warning and recover quickly if at all, often after just one or two drinks, with minds blank upon awakening.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Wird S. Coler
Public Charities
Tiz and Tix Foot Relief Ad Sparks Comfort Claim
An old advertisement touts Tiz for aching feet and claims it prevents limp pain. It adds Tix draws out poisonous exudations causing swelling and pain, promising instant relief from corns calluses and bunions. It urges readers to buy from any druggist for a year of foot comfort at little cost.
Russian waifs reach Frisco on trip home
In a remarkable voyage, 769 Russian waifs aged 3 to 17 travel from Vladivostok via San Francisco to New York, under the care of the American Red Cross, en route to Petrograd after years of revolution and wanderings. The Red Cross rescued, housed, and educated the children in western Siberia and Vladivostok, with many becoming nurses, artists, and musicians. The children will visit Panama Canal ports and New York on their homeward journey. Also, Joe Goodwin and Gertrude Montten wed in Greenwich, Connecticut on August 7.
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Washington
Petrograd
San Francisco
New York
Panama Canal
Vladivostok
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Russia
Omsk
Siberia
New York City
Tickling Probe On Bottled Souvenirs At Theatre Opening
New York, Aug 18 Federal agent James Shevlin began an inquiry into claims that souvenir bottles from last night’s opening of Tickled Me may contain a tickle. The investigation follows the chorus girls distributing baskets during an encore number We got something.
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New York
James Shevlin
Federal Prohibition Enforcement
Thirsty Audience Savors Whiskey Samples
In a public event, several attendees overcame timidity to sample tiny bottles labeled whiskey. They sniffed and tasted, then expressed approval with exclamations and applause, signaling a clear positive reaction to the refreshment.
Riots Cause Seven Deaths in Abadia Italy
Rioting at Abadia near Siena after a mass meeting by socialist deputy Mascagni left seven dead and several injured. A monk, a child, a soldier, and four Socialists died amid church invasions. An Exchange Telegraph report notes intoxicated miners clashed with a religious procession. five others, including a girl, were stabbed to death.
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London
Abadia
Siena
Italy
Rome
Signor Mascagni
Exchange Telegraph Company
Novelty home goods and framed verses at the Stationery Section
A Braided Rug is described as an oval or round decorative piece made from neatly braided fabric strips with bright, random colors. The Stationery Section offers novelties including framed mottos from Stevenson, Kipling and others, plus antique gold framed animal photographs suitable for children’s rooms. Kipling’s If is recommended for daily reading at a $1.00 price.
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Stevenson
Kipling
Rocking Chair of Chinese Grass Featured in August Sale
A large rocker described as a chair with thickly woven Chinese grass nearing upholstery comfort, offering strength with yielding support. The August sale promotion highlights this item and its accommodating weight and motion.
Furniture Displayed on Fourth Floor Sale Notes
A Bungalow Apron in white lawn doubles as a dress protector and can serve as a house dress in warm weather. Special prices are $1.39 $2.00 and $2.19. Available in khaki duck with green and gold trim or gray duck with old blue and white trim. Also advertised hammocks in gray or khaki duck with thick mattresses at $16.50. Third floor. Antique Queen Anne chair, regular $38.50, August sale $33.50. Other gray chairs with dark borders evoke tents and lake country, previously $10.00 now $8.75 on the third floor.
Walnut Four-poster Bed in August Sale
An odd walnut four-poster bed with scroll headboard and heavy turned foot rail is offered in the August sale. The item is described as a bargain for matching a walnut set and is presented as a beautiful piece.
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Clayton Hawley
M. B. Hawley
Fort Trumbull Beach
Emily D. Leavenworth
East River
D. N. Clarke
George Clingan
Mrs. Kidd
Pittsburg
Mr. Wakeman
New Haven
Joseph Michael
Oscar Plumb
Beatice Plumb
Mabel Morgan
Charles 8. Nichols
Danbury
Stanley Northrop
Long Island
Herbert Wright
Winton Lamphear
Shelton
Willard Randall
Howard Edwards
Hartford
Edwards
L. Y. Slade
John Crowley
Mohawk Trail
Pine Grove
Baptist and
Methodist Sunday Schools
Stephie Liska
Wattertown
Joe Goodwin
Gertrude Monlten
Greenwich
Conn
Goodwin
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co
Romance
Ann Lisle
the Times
Bolivia
Brown
Rookie
Navy
Copenhagen
Kangaroo
Oak Windsor
Che
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