Weasel Case and Court Set for Wednesday Session
Tomorrow at 10 o clock the April court session opens with Judge Reed presiding. Three cases listed including Selden H. Goodrich Markham and damages claims related to a building incident two years ago. The trial will cover a $5,000 damages suit and a separate $10,000 claim arising from a trolley car accident that killed a child on Min Street last summer. Jurors summoned include names from Haddam Essex Portland Killingworth East Haddam Saybrook and other towns.
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Tomorris
Selden H
Goodrich Markham
J Thompson
Perkins, Wells, Scott & B
B. Carlson
Harry Press
Connecticut
Slate
M. Eugene Culver
Joseph F Berry
At Company
Sion
J. Allison
Frank C. Smith
Stothart
William F. Bieldictown
Henry G. Brainerd
Grenman
Haddam
Henry
Wesley
Durham
Hi. Norton
Edgar W. Lewis
Wesleyan Professor Brightman Accepts University Post
Professor Edgar S. Brightman, long head of the ethics and religion department at Wesleyan, will resign to take an appointment at Boston University. He has led Wesleyan’s department since the death of President Bradford P. Raymond and will begin at the start of the upcoming college year. No successor has been named. Brightman has preached locally and married Miss Irma B. at Berkeley Divinity School. Evening prayers are planned at Luke's Chapel with addresses by Rev. m. Holy Communion is set for 7:30 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
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Wesleyan
Boston University
Edgar S. Brightman
University
Brightnation
Bradford P. Raymond
Brightman
Wesleyan Rit
Irma B. Mghter
E. B
Divinity School
Seed Potatoes Coles Company Offers Maine Seed S Cobblers Mountains
Coles Company has received of choice Maine seed s consisting of Cobblers and Mountains.
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Coles Company
Maine
Palm Sunday Services and Middlesex History Talk
Palm Sunday services featured a sermon by Rev Dr Frank Flood German on the Hosannas and Jesus life during Holy Week with The Palms solo by Horace Fort and orchestral accompaniment. The Middlesex County Historical Society holds its eighteenth annual meeting with Prof Andrew Cunningham McLatchlin speaking on The History of the Monroe Doctrine. Community notes list church activities and union services through the week including Good Friday events.
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Frank Flood German
David
Jesus
Jerusalem
Horace Fort
Berkeley Divinity School
William B. Davis
F. W. Greene
South Congregational Church
William H. Hall
North Congregational Church
Harold J. Edwards
Middlesex County Historical Society
Andrew Cunningham McLatchlin
University of Chicago
Swedish Lutheran Church Notes and Week Schedule
Swedish Lutheran Church notes list events this week including choir and sick benefit society gathering this evening, Lenten sermon Wednesday evening, Lenten service Thursday 8 o'clock, Good Friday service Friday at 10 a.m. Divine worship Easter Sunday at 10:30 a.m. with a 4:30 English service by the Sunday School. Junia society event at Mrs August Ahlberg’s Prospect Street on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
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Sick Benefit Society
Manchester
Junia Society
August Ahlberg
Prospect Street
South Church Notes for Holy Week Services
Wednesday at 7 30 the first Holy Week service will be held in the south church rooms. Subject a New Sense of the Supreme Value of Jesus in Our Lives. Address by Mr Hall Thursday at 7 30 in the Methodist church the annual Union Communion service four churches unite 7 15 Boy Scouts North church Good Friday 10 30 by governor proclamation union last day and Good Friday service at 7 45 Camp Fire Girls in the social rooms
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North Church
South Church
Jesus
Hall
Home Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Greene
Boy Scouts
Mr. Hyde
Christ Church Holy Week Services and Easter Schedule
Holy week services include Holy Communion Monday to Wednesday at 7 00 a m Thursday 630 a m Good Friday morning service 1030 a m Evening service 745 p m Confessions Saturday 4 00 5 00 p m or by appointment Easter Day 730 a m Holy Communion 1100 a m Sung Eucharist and procession with sermon 300 p m Children’s service scheduled
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Christ Church
Card of Thanks from Hofmann Family
Card from Mrs. John Hofmann and family thanks friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy after the loss of their husband and father. They also express gratitude for floral contributions at the funeral.
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John Hofmann
Thanks to friends for sympathy and flowers at mother’s death
A Durant district reader expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and flowers during illness and after the death of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Wamester.
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Joseph Wamester
Durant District
Adv
Inmates at Cheshire Reform School fall short of war-time target
The Cheshire state reformatory reports 971 inmates for the year, well below the six year average, attributing the drop to wartime conditions. The item also notes historical references to the 1917 U S call for 500000 volunteers and various local notices from church, hospital aid, dog licenses, weddings, and community events.
Stolen Horse Recovered Near Guilford
A chestnut roan horse attached to a black Concord wagon was found unhitched near the Rogers and Hubbard Co. factory. It had been left unfed since Thursday morning and was taken to Brazos and Sons livery. Frank Hubbard of Guilford had reported the outfit stolen from his barn between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. He came to identify and claim the horse today.
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Concord
Rogers & Hubbard Co
Brazos and Sons
Frank Hubbard
Guilford
Higginson Business Institute Endorsed by Student Letter
A student letter extols Higginson Business Institute, urging young readers to choose the school for thorough training in the shortest time, claiming it fulfills its promises and more. The advertisement-like testimonial recommends enrollment based on personal success and satisfaction.
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Higginson Business Institute
Higginson
Adv
Mason Sixty Years and Civil War Chaplain Turns Eighty Three
The item notes Henry S. Beers of this city as a Mason for fifty years, while C Collard Adams of Cromwell surpasses that by over ten years. Adams, born January 6, 1859, is a Civil War chaplain who will reach his eighty third birthday in June this year.
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Mason
Henry S. Beers
C. Collard Adams
Cromwell
Beers
Adams
Obituary Notices From Naugatuck and East Haddam
Miss Mary A. Squire of Naugatuck Conn a long time schoolteacher died Sunday April 13 in the city aged 50 She was born in East Haddam daughter of Henry H and Jennie Richmond Squire The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p m in St Stephen s Church East Haddam with Rev Philip P Pearson officiating Interment in the family plot in the Congregational cemetery The next obituary reports Arthur J Hanley s funeral from Douglalin s Sons undertaking rooms Mass at St John s Church followed by interment in St John s Cemetery Also St John s Church Notes list Masses and Holy Week services with Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter masses and schedules including parish school closing for Easter and reopening April 21 The pastor Rev Dr Donovan spoke at the Masses Sunday
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Cheshire
United States
Middlesex Hospital Aid Society
Hendley Memorial House
Schaefer’s
Edgar R. Hyde
Essex Baptist Tchurch
MCA
France
Miss Barton
Aida Cromwell Barnes
F. Reed Parker
Paris
Schaefers
Anita Coe
Walter G. Coe
South Main Street
Red Cross Hospital
Plattsburgh Barracks
Main Street
Schaefer
Irwin
New London
John Barry
Portland
U. S.N
New York
James K. Guy
Guy & Rice
Norwich
Harry Becker
Camp Devens
Alice M. Harrington
Annie Shea
C. G. Bowen
Naval Base
Charles B. Frisbie
Cromwell
Salvation Army
Gildersleeve ‘Ship Construction Co
Gildersleeve
Soldiers Tobacco Fund
Apollo Temple
Phylan Sisters
St. John’s Aid Society
John A. Gieselbreth
Connecticut Pedic Society
Hotel Heublein
Hartford
Davis
Central Bank
Fred Porteous
Home Avenue
T. J. Anderson
I. Bauer
High Street
James
Charleston
S. C
Camp Jackson
Columbia
Mary A. Squire
Naugatuck
Conn
East Haddam
Henry H
Jennie Richmond Squire
St. Stephen’s Church
Philip P. Pearson
Arthur J. Hanley
W. J. Douglalin
St. John’s Church
James J. Dargan
Seager S. Graham
Yarry Southmayd
Thomas Varley
August Hugo
St. John’s Cemetery
Donovan
Funeral for James Rigby Held at Cooley Avenue Home
The funeral for James Rigby was held Saturday afternoon from his late home at 9 Cooley Avenue. Rev. R. Dryde conducted the services and interment followed in Indian Hill Cemetery.
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James Rigby
Cooley Avenue
R. Dryde
Indian Hill Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs. Mary M. Scranton Held in Durham
The funeral of Mrs. Mary M., wife of William S. Scranton, was held from her Durham home Sunday afternoon. Rev. L. H. Buge led the services. Interment followed at Durham Cemetery.
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W. S. Scranton
Mary M
William S. Scranton
Durham
L. H. Buge
Durham Cemetery
Wesleyan Alumni Trustee Election Contest Grows
Wesleyan University nominates over 50 candidates for the alumni trustee vacancy to succeed the late Frederic Wilcox Clarke of 1870. Polls close May 1 as Webster Rogers Walkley’s class of 1860 term also ends, signaling heightened competition after nomination lists.
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Wesleyan
Wesleyan Reyan University
Frederic Wilcox Clarke
Webster Rogers Walkley
Mendell to Speak on What Constitutes a Food
Dr. Lafayette B. Mendell of Yale will lecture at 8 p m Tuesday in Scott Laboratory Wesleyan on the balanced ration calorie measures and dietary standards He is a member of the Interallied Food Commission recently back from France and will discuss topics shaping Belgian Relief work The public is invited
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Middletown Scientific Association
Lafayette B. Mendell
Yale University
Scott Laboratory
Wesleyan University
Mendel
Interallied Food Commission
France
Belgian Relief Commission
Steamer Hartford On First Trip Up River
The S S Hartford left New York Saturday afternoon on its first trip up the river this season arriving Sunday morning at 4 30 unloading a large freight as water rose toward the lower landing The lower landing is not yet overflowed though reports indicate water rising at White River Junction This morning The Hartford will descend tonight with a nightly schedule thereafter except Sundays and up every morning except Mondays
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Hartford
S. S. Hartford
New York
White River Junction
Reduce Your Mortgage Plan Ad at Morris Plan Co.
Do not postpone lowering your home mortgage start now with weekly or monthly payment plans offered by Morris Plan Co located at 325 Main St. This ad urges homeowners to begin debt reduction steps immediately using flexible payment schedules.
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The
Morris Plan Co
Main St
Minor Auto Accidents Reported in City and Nearby Roads
Alfred Johnson of Gildersleeve collided with car No. 50 370 near the Convent after 10 15 Sunday night. rear lights were missing on the other vehicle but damage was slight. Long Lane Farm auto backed into a light post at Main and Washington noon Sunday breaking globes. Autos from Meriden and Middletown became stuck in mud near the Highlands Club house yesterday and had to back out as the road there undergoes repairs.
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Alfred Johnson
Gildersleeve
Convent
Long Lane Farm Auto
Main
Washington Streets
Meriden
Middletown
Highlands Club House
Club House
Heartfelt thanks after loss from Rigby family
We extend heartfelt thanks to neighbors friends and relatives for acts of kindness shown during the sickness and death of our husband and father Mr J W Rigby. Members of the O U A M the 8 and D of L and employees of the Omco Mfg Co are named in gratitude by Mrs J W Rigby and family
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D. of L
Omo. Mfg. Co
J. W. Rigby
Fantily
Adv
Marriage License Issued
A marriage license has been issued.
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Palm Sunday Services
Er. O'Connell
St. Tel
Best Business School Business Institute
Court &T
Pearl
Davidson
Broatch
Modern Book Shop
Corey
Hoosier
Stek-O
BOY Scout
E. R. Corey
Sisk
Moresco
B.P.S. Glass Interior
Apollo
Page & Shaw’s
Lincoln’s Drug Store
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