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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1918

Page

6

East Hampton Sports Notes and Local Events

East Hampton notes report a basketball mishap leaving a player unconscious after a collision, and a local hospital treatment update. Gamma Kappa club plans a Friday 7 30 business meeting. A mother and child in town welcomed a daughter. Red Cross meetings and local visitors are listed along with a forest fire, lunch room news, and a varsity basketball preview for the Y M C A clash.

EB. L. Parmalee Gamma Kappa Club Dre Hepnedy Hartford Yesterde Red Cross Society Chatham Wyman Hill Meriden Beneverine O’connell Ap . Connolly Middletown Center Grammar Biotown Moodus R. Youngs East Hampton Adv

Middletown church plans talk and flag dedication

Chap of the Middletown National and president of the 2 u plans farm visits near the church Saturday and will speak at the church social. Emmanuel church holds Sunday service at 11 with a handsome service flag dedicated, a gift from church members with relatives in service. Tilly Butter and Heler Hofrichter expected home for the week.

Neworth F. S Middletown National 2 U Emmanuel Church Tilly Hofrichter Tre

Gratham Middle Haddam test designs offered

Advertisement notes modest pricing for test designs by R. Youngs a painter and hanger based in East Hampton promoting services at a moderate rate.

R. Youngs East Hampton

Old Saybrook Community Notes and Local Activities

Old Saybrook reports Olmstead recovering in Buffalo helping in confirmation work in northern New York this month. St Johns club Old Lyme plans social dance with large local delegation. Automobile Inspector Daniel Smith Chester to meet license applicants at Shore Hotel Friday. Confirmation instructions at St Johns Old Lyme Saturday. sacraments in June. Beard returns to Mt Hermon College studies. Enniss family moves into Evangeliste dwelling Ferry district. Fine weather boosts planting and garden work. Red Cross meets daily at graded school with volunteer tasks. Railroad commissary chief inspected and finished labor camp. 60 men to build roadbed New Haven to New London. Liberty Loan quota still targeted. Young attends funeral Haddam Neck. Westbrook trackwalker dies on route near station. Polly of the Circus at Westbrook Town Hall Friday night.

Old Saybrook Co. A. Olmstead Buffalo N. Y New York State St. John’s Club Old Lyme Old Lyme Town Hall Daniel Smith Chester Shoree Hotel St. John’s Church Joel A. Beard Mt. Hermon College East Northfield Mass A. B. Enniss Evangeliste Ferry District Coulter Red Cross Graded School Commissary Department Railroad New Haven New London Liberty Loan Committee Frank S. Young Haddam Neck Westbrook Mae Marss Polly The Circus Westbrook Town Hall Adv

Community notices from Cromwell April events

Miss Esther Olson visits New York while Mrs August Olson returns to Hartford. Miss Kate Walsh visits her parents Maurice and Mrs Walsh in New Haven. Prayer meetings planned at Baptist and Congregational churches Friday evening. Earnest Workers hold bi monthly meeting Saturday at 3 30 pm. Rally at Briggs hall Friday April 19 at 7 30 with Burdicks orchestra and Liberty chorus. Nathaniel White school whist and dance Thursday April 18 to benefit Junior Red Cross. Donations invited, auction at event. admission 35 cents.

Cromwell Esther Olson New York August Olson Hartford Kate Walsh New Haven Maurice Walsh The Baptist Church Congregational Church Briggs Hall Burdick Liberty Chorus Nathaniel White School Red Cross

Local Notes From Essex and Nearby Towns

Essex residents attend the Rebekah state assembly in Winsted while Piretti Brothers perform mason work on Saybrook street. Jared Pratt returns from Palm Beach to Essex. Jesse Halliday injures his ankle at work in Deep River. Mrs. Jared Pratt visits New York. Mrs. Clarence Bushnell returns from New Britain and Middlefield. Miss Charlotte Doane visits her parents in Essex. Christian Endeavor society invites members to sing war songs at the Baptist parsonage. Mrs. R. S. Mather visits relatives in Saybrook.

Essex William Southworth Elliot - Pratt Rebekah Winsted Piretti Brothers Frederik Bannester Place Saybrook Street H. ‘W. Hubbard New Hampshire Allan Graves Novelty Avenue Jared Pratt Palm Beach Florida Jesse Halliday Deep River Clarence A. Latham Chester South Main Street New York Clarence Bushnell New Britain Middlefield Charlotte Doane Bay Path Institute Springfield Mass Roscoe Doane Christian Endeavor Society of the Baptist Church Christian Endeavor Movement Baptist Parsonage R. S. Mather Saybrook

Moodus social notes and local events April

Moodus weekly roundup lists Alice Adams sewing circle meeting with Mrs. Brooks on Friday April 19, Rev. Radcliffe officiating at John T. Mack funeral, Joseph Egeter's Hartford trip, Mrs. E P Simpson visiting her mother in Moodus, Red Cross rooms open for urgent gauze dressings, Dr Norman H Williams moves to California, Joseph Lewis of Beverly MA visiting, Dr U S Cook and Mrs Cook celebrate 50th wedding anniversary, Emley home singing practice for Liberty rally April 19, Mrs E L Hurd injured after tripping at home, Methodist parsonage social held Wednesday, twenty ladies meet for Red Cross work.

Norman H. Williams E. E. Williams California Joseph Lewis Beverly Mass Lewis U. S. Cook C. H. Emley Continental Hall E. L. Hurd Methodist Parsonage Red Cross Rooms

Higganum notes and local society, April 1818

Higganum bulletin lists a hat making lesson by Miss Ketcham at the reading room and a dance by the D. Baroni youths. Returns and visits include Herbert Johnsons, Mr. and Mrs. Marble, Miss Brainard, Miss Marble, and Mrs. Rogers of Stamford. Haddam Red Cross to meet April 22 at 8 pm. subscriptions due. Local moves include Elbert Burr at the Brainerd house and Donatoni wiring for electric lights. Stage and cinema ads for St Luke’s chapel service and upcoming screenings at Princess theater.

Higganum Ketcham Herbert Johnson D. Baroni’s Ursula Brainard Daisy Marble W. C. Marble Haddam Middlesex Chapter of Red Cross Adv Walfred Carlson P. L. Cody A. L. Brainard New York Leonard Carlson Middletown C. B. Carlson Rogers Stamford Elbert Burr E. O. Burr Brainerd House Burr Donatoni

Local News From East Haddam and Nearby Towns

East Haddam reports Z Clarke drove Mrs Daniel to Deep River for business yesterday. Eliot Ely of Hadlyme delivered 2,800 pounds of German carp sold for 280 dollars to locals. George N. Phelps went to Boston on business. W C Reynolds finished discharging a coal car at Tylerville. William F. Clarke’s motor boat first in local fleet to Salmon River cove. Mrs Bolanca Cone escaped a clothing fire with neighbor help. Reynolds expects a barge coal load this week. Home Guard dance raised funds for the company.

East Haddam H. Z. Clarke W. H. Daniel Deep River Daniels Eliot Ely Hadlyme George N. Phelps Boston W. C. Reynolds

Moore returns from New York for P A P A work trip

Chester April 18 Ernest D Moore arrived back from New York where he had been in the interest of P A P A Co. Tony Budka suffered a painful injury at M S Brooks Sons factory Tuesday while moving a barrel of work a barrel fell onto his ankle and swelled making a broken bone seem likely but confirmation awaits.

Chester Ernest D. Moore New York Tony Budka M. S. Brooks &. Sons

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil touted for kidney and backache relief

A vintage ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for backache kidney and bladder troubles. It claims rapid action cleansing kidneys purifying blood and warding off kidney diseases, urging readers to buy from their druggist with a money back guarantee.

Haarlem Cane

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