Portland loses foremost athlete in service
Portland town notes enlistment of Nelson A. Shephard of Portland who left Trinity College after starring on the football eleven. The item covers his military appointment, college career, and upcoming benefit event arranged by John T. Fitzgerald to aid a campaign. Also mentions a Victory Rally at Emerald hall with speeches by local figures and a Liberty Loan update. Victims of Paris Green poisoning and a Goose social in the Endeavor society are briefly cited along with weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erda
Hartford T
Nelson A. Shep- Dun
U. S
Shepard
Portland
United States
Sheherd
Trinity
Rem Kent School
Trinity College
Trinity College Son
Reserve Training Corps
Beta 1
Psi Upsilon
Smileage Entertainment
Iman John T. Fitzgerald
Giacoma
Meld
Itzgerald
Deep River
Giuseppi DiBarri
Paris
Middlesex
DiBarri
Charles Lar- 3
Bartlett Street
Chester News Brief Prominent Local Visitors and Events
Chester reports guest visits from Mrs Charles Land and Jack Land from Mississippi with a short drill by guards and an 8 o clock speak in Leet's hall. Ackley from Moodus visits town for a few days as Stuart returns from a trip to River town for a dance and music. The piece notes the fifth annual Holy event and town hall plans for Friday April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Moodus
Social Union supper and annual meeting in Essex vestry
In Essex on Friday at 6 30 social union members will share supper then hold their annual business meeting. Various local residents are noted for activities including visits to New York, property work on South Main Street, and a Catholic confirmation class gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Social Union
F. B. Bradeen
New York City
Clarence A. Latham
South Main St
Joseph Schaf
New York
Henry Steers
Martha Post
William G. Sieley
Brookline
Mass
Saybrook Street
Estella Post
Heny K. Post
Waterbury
George Williams
Derby
J. F. Hall
Mary Nott Place
Main Street
Old Saybrook items note delays and local events
Old Saybrook April 11 reports the military dispatch from Camp Meade delayed, contractors busy cleaning up, Engineer Beebe visiting Saybrook Point, and social news. Harbor boat Middletown passed to Hartford, BE Arnold shows health gains with family hopeful, William Mulcahy traveling on business, Clark covering railroad bridge, Liberty Loan drives continue, Mrs Cone and Irene visiting East Haddam, Miss LaMay guest of Albert LaMay, and William Hart appearing in The Narrow Trail at Town Hall Friday.
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Old Saybrook
Camp Meade
A. H. Beebe
New Haven
Saybrook Point
Sarah Reed
Hartford and New York Transportation Co
Middletown
New Y
Spybrook Point
Hartford
BE. H. Arnold
William J. Mulcahy
New York
William A. Clark
Liberty Loan
Joe A. Cone
Irene
East Haddam
Delia LaMay
Moodus Local Notes Benefit From Visits and Travel
Moodus reports include Mrs. William Smith and baby visiting relatives in Westerly, R Jooseph Tielitz seen in Middletown, Ely Rogers returning safely from his third trip to France, C C Brooks visiting his ill sister in Chester, Mrs. Sidney Ackley visiting Essex, and Ida Gates hosting a Natal day Victrola gathering with Sidney Ackley in East Hampton on business.
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Jooseph Tielitz
Purple’s
Silliman’s
Middletown
C. H. Rogers
New York
Ely Rogers
France
C. C. Brooks
Chester
Brooks
Francis
Sidney Ackley
Essex
Ann Sherman
Charles Sherman
New Britain
Ida Gates
Natal
East Hampton
East Haddam Village Notes and Visits
East Haddam reports William E Burns formerly of the Glazier House now with Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Co. visiting friends. Fred W Clark resumes duties as teamster after a shoulder injury from a recent auto accident. Clarence Brockett, New Haven lumber dealer, visited town. Louis Francis of the state highway department called in town. W C Reynolds anticipates a Long Island steamer to load lumber. Amiel Mashick journeys to New Haven with potatoes from Walter M Gillette’s farm. Jared Daniels and son, fur buyers from Hadlyme, visited local trappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Haddam
William E. Burns
Glazier House
Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Co
Hartford
Fred W. Clark
W. C. Reynolds
Clarence Brockett
New Haven
Louis Francis
State Highway Department
Long Island
Amiel Mashick
Walter M. Gillette
Jared Daniels and Son
Hadlyme
Deep River Holy Name Society Dance Night
In Deep River the Holy Name society hosts the fifth annual whist and dance at the town hall on Friday evening April 12 with eight elegant prizes and music for dancing. Tickets available locally. Hartford reports a state war savings director’s strong disapproval of chain plans for selling war savings stamps. Citizens urged to avoid stamps sold under questionable conditions and to help halt their spread. A western poet notes a mole on a woman's face as a tear drop by its own audacity and comments on poetic imagination.
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River Town Hall
Deep River Town Hall
The
Holy Name Society
Omn
Hartford
War Savings
What Is a Vampire Theda Bara at Grand and More
The text previews Theda Bara in The Rose of Blood on a Grand double bill with She House of Hate. It discusses vampire symbolism in moral tales, the wartime theme in The Thing We Love, and showings at Middlesex and Poli road shows with vaudeville acts and serials. It also notes a barber in Marinette fined for a joke about the Tuscania disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Theda Bara
Middlesex
Mack Senen
Grand Theatre
Keltons
Middletown
Morgan
Little Violet
Merserau
Louise Glaum
Gooi
Eddie Polo
New Animated Weekly
Poli
Hell's Crater
Grace Cunard
Curry
Graham
Wellington
Sylvia
Ray
Pagana
University Four
Estelle Lovenberg
Marinette Wis
W. E. Young
Pound
Tuscania
Pearl White
Inside Bath Claim Promotes Fresh Look and Health
Medical writers advise an inside bath as more vital than external cleanliness. They urge morning intake of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse stomach liver kidneys and bowels, curing foul breath coated tongue dull head and bilious attacks, with a quarter pound affordable for trial.
Jackson Co. Loan Campaign Signals Local Push
A brief item notes Jackson County officials advancing a loan campaign amid regional fiscal concerns during the ongoing Lib program. Local leaders emphasized public funding will support infrastructure and community projects slated for the coming year.
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Emerald Hall
Portland Rome
Fell Martin
J. C
C. Hungerford
New Britof
H. Russell Wood
Anna L Smith
C. Barry
Society of National Church
Methodist Church
Jack” Land
Charles Land
Yester
Bockewith
New
Stuart
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Gobel
Gobel’s
Pearl St
Kelly Busy Corner Co
Princess Theatre
Dave K
Palitz Hartford
Johnny Kid Alberts
Niel McCabe
Scotty
Kid Sage
Viola
Kid Patto
Kid Joe
Joyce’s
Kearns’ Cafe
Cadwell's Cafe
Lyman D
Court Street
Jackson Co
Lib
Erty Loan Committee of
Fagan Ave
Washington Street
John W. Rogers
Court, ST
Germany
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
F. J. Bielefield & Co
Arrigo ii
Sid- Liberty Loan
the City Savings Bank
Malin St
A. E. Holmes
Arrigoni Coal Co
Wellington and
Sylvia Curry
Ray and
Pagana University
Estelle Lovenburg
Nearey Bros
Wallace Reid and
Kathlyn Williams
Mack Sennett
Taming Target Center
Thomas H.ince
W. S. Hart
Wolves of the Rail
Eagle’s Eye
America
William J. Flynn
Secret Service
Baggot
Marguerite Snow
Lusitania
Four Keltons
Violet Merseray
Raiders
Sidney Drew
William Fox
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