Auto crash near Main and Marlborough narrowly averted
In a dramatic near miss at Main and Marlborough, a 4:45 car from Middle Street swerved to avoid a parallel running auto, with Motorman Fox stopping the vehicle. The other car, likely a Reo, showed reckless driving. Separately, Port resident Edward P. Penfield died in New York at 82. Funeral plans set for Trinity Church, with interment in Trinity Cemetery.
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Main
Marlborough
Shile
Marlborough Street
Fox
Edward P. Penfield
D P. Penfield
Port
New York
Belinda Norton Penfield
William B. Penfield
Trinity Lace
Trinity Cemetery
Chester Weekend Visits and Local Happenings
Chester residents hosted and visited relatives from New Haven New York Middletown and Hartford with several locals on weekend outings. A hospital transfer and church service noted along with a film promotion for The Woman God Forgot starring Geraldine Farrar and an all star cast.
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Geraldine Farrar
Victory war rally set for Middle Haddam church evening
On April 1 1918 at 8 p m residents of Chatham-Middle Haddam gather at the Congregational church Middle Haddam for a victory rally with three speakers. T M Russell Middletown speaks on The Indispensable Conditions of Victory Miss Anna L Smith Middletown on Womans Part in Victory and Prof E S Brightman Middletown on Victory or Servitude. Several local residents are noted in social updates.
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Chatham
Middle Haddam
Congregational Church
T. M. Russell
Middletown
Anna L. Smith
E. S. Brightman
Elsie Clark
Emma Cone
Jessie
Irvin Tibbals
Centerbrook Church Attendance Highlights Evening Event
In Centerbrook last night the Congregational church was packed for an engaging program led by Mrs. James Burnett. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Prann and Amy Gardiner. several residents moved homes on Deep River and Main streets. social visits occurred with Mary Dickinson and Mrs. H. N. Prann. Essex hosts a Home Guard dance as entertainment tonight while Julian Eltinge promotes The Countess the Thelma on Tuesday.
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Lutheran Church
Ius
B. Hulteen
Hartford
Sweden
Sen
Ter
Brisa
George Daly
Hart
Daly
Gallivan
Pk Street
Sir Connolly
Ney David A. Cronin
Cronin
Main Street
Cetain
Linehan
Brooklyn
United States Navy
E. Bransfield
New Hant
Marlborough Street
Sancy
Bishop Williams
The
King
Cornwall
Corporal
Bransfield
James H. _ Delay
Edward Kjeller
Epworth
Centerbrook
Congregational Church
James Burnett
Stuart Prann
W. J. Prann
Peterson
Wright
Deep River Street
Victor Williams
William Magee
Madison
Sunny
Amy Gardiner
New Haven
H. N. Prann
Home Guard
Public
Essex
Mary Dickinson
W. H. Wright
Julian Eltinge
Thelma
Tylerville Easter Visit and Local Moves
Mr and Mrs Harry Corbin of New Britain spent the weekend at the Gesner homestead. Harold Black from Maine, a former resident, visited a few days then returned to Hartford. He says the Black family plans moving from Maine to Westbrook to own a cottage. A large school house congregation attended Sundays Easter service with Rev Gilbert preaching and Holy Communion. Some visitors came from Shailerville.
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Tylerville
Harry Corbin
New Britain
Gesner
Harold Black
Maine
Hartford
Harold
Black
Main
Westbrook
Gilbert
Shailerville
Uncle Sam Beef Contract in War of 1812 Era
In Troy and Greenbush New York during 1812 14 contractor Bilbert Anderson Jr sought pork and beef proposals for early 1813 delivery to New York Troy Albany and Waterford. Ebenezer and Samuel Wilson supplied beef barrels recognized locally as Uncle Sam with Troy soldiers calling the beef Uncle Sam's. Some soldiers misinterpreted letters related to the contract.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Troy
Greenbush
N. Y
Bilbert Anderson, Jr
Army of the North
New York
Albany
Waterford
Ebenezer
Samuel Wilson
Greenbush Barracks
Weekend Visitors and Local Liberty Loan Plans in Cromwell
Cromwell residents welcomed naval personnel from New London and visitors from Hartford and Middletown over the weekend. The town Grange met at Congregational church parlors while a Liberty Loan committee organized with chairmen and district captains to canvass starting April 6. Local vendors advertise corn feed middlings flour seed potatoes and Essex fertilizer for gardens.
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Cromwell
Alden Watrou
Harold Clark
U. S. Navy
New London
Frank Carrol
New Milford
D. Carrol
Mabel Goodrich
Wetherste
Yestern
William Ahlquist
The
Grange
Congregational Church
Gertrude Doolittle
Hartford
Ruth Lamb
Harriet McDonald
James Kirkpatrick
Walter, Fawthrop
Philip Roe
Mass
David Kirkpatrick
College St
Middletown
Tel
Liberty Loan
T. W. Beaumont
Kate A. Hallock
Frank K. Hallock
George F. Chapin
R. S. Griswold
North District
J. H. Broderick
James McAllister
Center
R. H. Stow
E. C. Briggs
South
Ira Barrows
North West
William C. Noble
Catherine Petrofsky
C. E. Bowers
Pietro Amenta
Hadlyme Social News Roundup
Mrs Ernest Gates of West Haven visited her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Miner last week. Mr and Mrs Edgar Warner of Sheepskin Hollow spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs Samuel Tooker. Abel Randall is visiting Westerly for a few days. Ramon K Thompson, from Hartford, was home for Good Friday.
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Chester
Charles Fowler
New Haven
C. C. Abbey
Antonio Cappalini
Robert Wilcox
New York
Joseph S. Wilcox
Susie Wilcox
Cassius Church
Carroll Haling
United States Navy
Ivoryton
G. Myron Abby
East Haven
Theodore Nordell
Rachel Haling
Middletown
Frank Davis
Britton Epright
Frank L. Burr
L. R. Seibert
East Hampton
Elsie Lawton
Hartford
Mary
St. Luke’s Mission
Hadlyme
Ernest Gates
West Haven
Charles Miner
Edgar Warner
Sheepskin Hollow
Samuel Tooker
Abel Randall
Westerly
R. I Ramon K. Thompson
Local notes from town and surrounding areas
Brief items report hospital operation for appendicitis and furloughs from the navy. Several residents receive visits, new milk routes begin, and local servicemen return from camps. Easter services, concerts, visitors from Hartford, and a soda fountain installation are noted, along with community church attendance and a crane and animal names in a humorous aside.
VapoRub Promises Quick Relief for Colds and Croup
Local druggist offers a 30 day trial of VapoRub with refund if not delighted. The salve is applied to throat and chest, releasing vapors that reach airways and lungs, while skin absorption eases chest tightness. Vapors can be inhaled through nostrils for head colds and allergies, with croup relief often in about fifteen minutes.
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North Carolina
Vick
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Officer's Club
Thomas C. Flood
Knights of Columbus
Chatham—Middle
Haddam
Rocky Hill
Hasford Hospital
Walter Robbins
United State Navy
Robbins
Edward Carroll
Letitia Cookinham
Andrew Twaddle
Charles Gilbert
FrankHn Matteson
Frank H
Starr Elmore
Houe
Hartford Hospital
Charles Beaumont
Hayden Griswold
Raymond Evans
Wallace Peck
William Quinn
Eugene Brown
Miss Fanning
Frank B. Williams
Evansville
Ind
Stork
Julius Wolf
P. H- Crow
Henry.m. Crane
Crane
Slacker
Connellsville
Howard Slacker
BORAX
Boran
China Department
Whitney
Idea
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