Red Cross Notes and Community Meetings Across Town
A fragment describes Red Cross notes with planned open hours Monday to Thursday afternoons and evenings for enrollment and work, plus Eastern Star and F of A meetings on April 24. It mentions draftees leaving for Camp Upton and Slocum around May, local dances, sale of salvation and mileage books, and visits from Frank Anderson of Silver Was. The piece notes rain on an April day and several town social events at the hall and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Prk
Frank
Anderson
Silver
Hartford
Camp Upton
Slocum
John T. Fitzgerald
W. C
H. Co
Main Street
Samuel Is
Middletown
Hhacker
Middlefield
Ert Larson
Springfield
Commerce Street
Ivoryton Notes and Army Casualties Mentioned
Ivoryton notes report Hannah and child from Colchester visiting relatives on Walnut Street while a road crew abandons work on Ivory Street. Names Nelson and George C Seeley appear in a recent expeditionary forces casualty list. locals with those names are in the army but safe. Ian Johnson spent Sunday in Middletown. Buell and Thelma Mae Marsh appear in local matinee listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah and
Child
Colchester
Antonson
Walnut Street
Ivory Street
Howard Stickney
Daugh
New London
Rge Hale
Middle
Nelson
George C. Seeley
Hancock
Seeley
Fas
Withiress
Ian Johnson
Middletown
Buell
New Ha
Middlefield meeting and social events in town hall
Middlefield will host a P H meeting in the town hall on Wednesday evening. Hartford visitor E T Birdsey spends the weekend with her parents. Lamont Hall of Waterbury visits relatives. A food sale is planned at the town hall on Saturday with admission including meat tea and wafers. Meriden resident Batch stays with grandmother. Geld notes liberty loan progress with $13,600 raised of a $5,400 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diefield
Middlefield
P. of H
Hall
E . T. Birdsey
Hartford
Willer Greenbacker
W. C. R Portland
Lamont Hall
Waterbury
T. U
Town Hall
Eic
Meriden
Geld
Liberty
Deep River Social Roundup Tolls Town Visitors
Deep River residents and visitors are noted in a Sunday town roundup. Numerous locals including Southworth relatives and the families of Norton Harris and Faith spent the weekend in town with friends and relatives. The community also reports visits from residents of Waterbury New London New Haven Hartford and Norwich. Editor E L Prann shows signs of recovery while Dr Howard French heals from rheumatism. Unity Grange plans a Thursday meeting with farm topic speakers John Fay and Rev G B Gilbert to discuss agricultural matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ange
Southworth
Augusta Southworth
Rederick Norton
Donald Harris
Ethel Faith
John Marvin
Waterbury
William Casey
New London
Ernest Phelps
New Haven
A. Wimovsky
Gerald Wimovsky
Naval Reserve
John A. Chistensen
Rda Harwood
Chester
Ada Taylor
Joseph Taylor
Ralston
Hartford
Leon Schlick
Camp Devens
E. L. Prann
Era
Howard French
Harold W. Rankin
Elmer Ahlstrim
Unity Grange
Grange Hall
John H. Fay
G. B. Gilbert
Middletown
William Flannagan
Old Saybrook
Theodore Dreher
Princess, Tuesday Night
Actress Alice Brady stars in the dramatic success Bought and Paid For for Tuesday showing. Also scheduled Thursday is Jack and the Beanstalk, a Fox standard ten reel picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess
Alice Brady
Fox Standard Picture
Adv
Chester Social Notes and Local Transfers
Chester residents share weekend visits and exchanges with Hartford New York and Meriden. Edgar W. Smith transfers property in East Haddam to Joseph Bogles of Brooklyn. Joan Carini visits from Camp Devens. theater ads promote Bought and Paid For at Princess with a Fox comedy. local fertilizer stock advertised amid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Edgar W. Smith
East Haddam
Lacy Cone Place
Joseph Bogles
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Abbey
Hartford
R.C. Tyler
Robert Wilcox
New York City
J. S. Wilcox
Charles E. Perkins
Charles Brooks
Nellie Wilcox
Joan Carini
Ayer
Mass
Camp Devens
Annie Wilcox
Carrie Kelsey
Marjorie Simpson
E. J. Watrous, Jr
New Haven
Jane Rogan
Ernest Rochette
Meriden
W J. Chapman
Norton Chapman
Princess
Alice Brady
George Broadhurst
Fox
Berkshire
L. T. Frisbie
Animal Fertilizer
Leet Bros
Adv
Cromwell Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Miss Vera Bugbee of Connecticut College spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. Bertha Bugbee. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goodrich and son Clarence of Springfield Mass visited friends here. Walter Briggs of the U S Navy stationed at New London was home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palmer of Springfield Mass visited his parents. Mrs Carl Ekis spent a few days with relatives in Hart. Mrs Samuel Huxley recovering after an operation at Middlesex hospital. Mrs Hiram Warner has returned from Middlesex hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Suoner hosted a dance for high school teachers and friends in honor of Miss Ethel Weller and Stuart Emerson engagement. Mr Emerson drafted for camp Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
Vera Bugbee
Connecticut College
Bertha Bugbee
Charles Goodrich
Clarence
Springfield
Mass
Walter Briggs
U.S. Navy
New London
Charles. Palmer
P. Palmer
Carl
East Hampton
Worthdanaater
Florence
New Haven
Mollie Wall
Willimantic
Canning
Storrs
Clayton Clark
Rose Morrissey
Nancyette Day
Hartford
Everad Day
Rose Cavanaugh
St. Francis Hospital
M. K. O’brien
J. D. Shea
Moodus
Charles Reardon
James Reardon
Adolph Anderson
Camp Devens
Home Guard
Co. K
Siebert’s
Opera House
Charles Hyde
Wood
John R. Rich
Stamford
Central Conn.Power & Light Co
Rocky Hill Club Sees Warden Talk At Grange Hall
At the Rocky Hill club meeting on Tuesday April 23 W McClaughry new warden of the state prison will speak with stereopticon views. The Rev Kenneth A Ashley pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church attended the New Britain conference. Miss Jeanie Risley returning home from East Hartford. Reception for Miss Hazel Picard’s dancing class to be held next afternoon at Grange hall. Miss Barbara Brown visited Sacasa Gite Saturday. Gilbert of Hartford attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky
Hartford
Hazel Picard
Grange Hall
Barbara Brown
Gilbert
Silent policeman to aid traffic at Worth Danater corner
East Hampton residents note danger at the Worth Danater corner and welcome a silent policeman placed in the center of the road to curb fast driving. Local notices report residents returning from visits, travels, or courses, including Florence, Mollie Wall, Edith Collins, Ruth Beckwith, Nancyette Day, and Rose Cavanaugh. Community updates cover births, operations, and guest appearances, with social meetings and local business ads for cleaning services and a vacuum cleaner.
Red Cross Meeting And Local Notices In Higganum
Higganum April 22 The annual Red Cross meeting will be at Haddam town hall tonight. W T C U to hold a surprise program Tuesday at 8 in the reading room. A list of local men serving in the war to be honored with a service flag. Several residents noted in weekend visits and travels around town and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Haddam
Town Hall
Marie
Jennie Andeen
Jennie May
W. T. C. U. Society
Reading
W. C. Marble
Theodore Carlson
New Haven
Roxy Butler
Seay
Candlewood Hill
Walfred Carlson
Miner, Read and Tullock
Maud West
Hartford
John Anderson
Isabel
Hazel
Middletown
Christian Endeavor
Dan Brainard
Arthur Dickinson
William Burr
Joseph Kitchell
Elwyn Seveson
Gustaf A. Carlson
John Traskos
Harry Spencer
Hezekiah Porter
Philip Porter
Osland Agren
J. Loewe
Raymon Burr
George Dziato
Edward Johnson
Harold Webb
Godfrey Madden
Verney Rich
Channey Spencer
Michael Stanton
William O’connor
Albert Johnson
Walter Bailey
Fred Frederickson
Fred Butler
Westbrook The Rink and Polly of the Circus at Town Hall
Charlie Chaplin stars in The Rink at Saybrook town hall Tuesday night. Alice Brady with The Self Made Widow and Polly of the Circus will be shown Wednesday night at Westbrook town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Chaplin
Rink
Saybrook Town Hall
Alice Brady
Polly
Circus
Westbrook Town Hall
Run-down Flint resident seeks help over illness and home care
A distressed Flint resident describes a period of illness and a run-down living situation. She explains ongoing headaches, fatigue, and a need for regular help at home while caring for a family of six. The fragment suggests concern about health and housing conditions and access to support services.
Local notices from Durham mill town and surrounding area
April reports from Durham list Benjamin Prout Jr sick with scarlet fever and H P Tripp visiting Wallingford. Foreman J F Bailey received oil for state roads while Thomas McCarthy unloads packing cases at Middlefield for Merriam Mfg. Co. O U A M meets at 3. Herbert Spencer visits Meriden and John Tynan attends a funeral in Middletown. Liberty Loan drive at Congregational church draws small crowd due to storm with talks by Wilcox Newton Rev Ruge and Mrs Newton and music by Liberty chorus and Hilda Alling at piano. War Garden club to meet at Petitie church parlors tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Benjamin Prout, Jr
H. P. Tripp
Wallingford
J. F. Bailey
Home Guard
H. Leach
Middletown
Lou A. Leach
Thomas McCarthy
Middlefield
Merriam Mfg. Co
Herbert Spencer
Meriden
George Spencer
John Tynan
Congregational
Paul P. Wilcox
J. E. Newton
Ruge
Hattie M. Newton
Liberty Chorus
Mr. Strong
Hilda Alling
War Garden Club
Oetite Church
Essex News and Local Updates From April 22
Mortimer Johns returns home from Hartford hospital improved in health. Mrs. Charles Pratt visits New York. Electric street lighting expected in order by May 1. Social Service league to meet with Mrs. Peck at Congregational parsonage. Prentice Hunt recovers from grippe and resumes position at Seymour. Literary club to meet Miss Lillian Mather on Tuesday. Captain Negris has Ches ter water installed at home. Miss Charlotte Doane resumes studies at Bay Path Institute after visit near Parker's Corner. Walter Hyatt assumes position with A. H. Reynolds & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Mortimer Johns
Hartford Hospital
Charles Pratt
Hill Street
New York
Social Service League
Peck
Congregational Parsonage
Prentice Hunt
Seymour
Literary Club
Lillian Mather
Captain Negris
Chester
Little Point Street
Charlotte Doane
Bay Path Institute
Springfield
Mass
Parker's Corner
Walter Hyatt
A. H. Reynolds & Co
Special Matinee at Thelma Theater Tonight
Tuesday program features Mae Marsh in Polly of the Circus and Marguerite Clark in Bab s Burglar with matinee and evening showings announced for local audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma
Mae Marsh
Polly
Mar Clark
Circus
Marguerite Clark
Adv
Bitter foes of love and medicine collide in quip
A witty line notes two painful trials, being jilted by a girl and a dose of quinine, pairing personal romance with a bitter medicine. The remark contrasts emotional hurt with medical discomfort in a sharp life outlook.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eastern Star
F. of Athers
Grand Court
U. J. Annes Ve
Ivoryton
Westbrook
Ongar
Flint, Mich
ELA
Ius N
Akcis
Columbia Records
S. Rinaldo
Sumner ST
Trowell and Weeder
Whitney
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!