Haddam Boys Dominate Local Track Meet and Club News
Forty six boys from eight towns competed in a field and track meet with events in target throw standing broad jump and high jump. Haddam boys led with four of five ribbons in the 125 pound and other weight classes while Phil Cone of Saybrook set a 97 inch broad jump record. The Deep River Hit Club elected officers for the year and planned Ladies Night and an outdoor athletic meet. Higganum and Saybrook Scouts report strong shooting scores and weekly drills. A tricounty camp is being planned for Middlesex New London and Hartford counties with two sites visited and more details to come.
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Ed ‘Inhooss
Psk Beit
Steed Hed
Haddam
Aradie Haddam
Phil Cone
Saybrook
Jamesse
Iss
Chas. Becker
Kirtland Rankin x River
Markam Purple
E. Hampton
Old Pak
D- Lior Moodus
L. Spencer
Middle Haddam
Kenneth Augur
Middefield
Alton Wellins
Albert Hale
Jas. Parmelee
Clydeham
East Hampton
H. Screen
Middlefield
Myron Watroufeld
Elmer
Utdoor
Higganun
E Saybrook
Temf
State Guard
Middlesex
New London
Hartford
Front Trenches Religion in War Echoes in Holyoke
A Holyoke Transcript excerpt describes wartime religious renewal among soldiers. Bishop St William Berry denounces exclusive churches and rented pews, citing French priests and French soldiers as evidence that democracy and faith unite. The piece argues war strips pretensions, revealing true religious instincts in men at the front.
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Holyoke Transcript
Episcopal Church
William Berry
Jeston
Europe
Neiskanes
Fis
Unclear Negotiation Phrasing Stirs Diplomatic Talk
Fragmentary passage suggests dispute over terms blocking negotiations. It questions whether Hien claims would be acceptable and if the pact’s scope is properly defined, hinting at wider diplomatic sensitivity across involved parties.
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Italy
Redfield to resign as secretary of commerce
William C. Redfield, secretary of commerce, will resign from the cabinet. The retirement is said to stem from President Wilson’s failure to back his stance in a dispute between the new industrial board and Walker D. Hines, director-general of railroads, over steel pricing.
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William C. Redfield
Redfield
Bert
Commerce
Washington
Mr. Redfield
Wilson
Industrial Board
Walker D. Hines
Babies bought for sixty cents in Hinghwa China
Missionaries report babies sold to save lepers victims from Hinghwa China poverty. Baby peddlers roam streets with baskets, selling to leper colony beggars. Prices range from 60 cents to two dollars, with officials often selling disabled babies to beggars.
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Portland Press
Hinghwa
China
William N. Brewster
Methodist Episcopal
Foreign Mission Board
Mrs. Brewster
Dandruff Product Promises Thick Hair After Use
An advertisement touts a small bottle of Danderine that claims to stop hair loss from dandruff and make hair thick strong and beautiful in moments. It urges readers to try the product and promises doubled beauty. The copy targets a female audience with claims of rapid transformation.
Danderine Promises Quick Dandruff Elimination and Hair Growth
The notice touts Danderine as a cosmetic cure for dandruff and itchy scalp with claims of immediate results. It asserts hair will stop shedding within minutes and, after weeks, regrow fine new hair, professing dramatic improvements in hair lightness, fullness, and health. Readily available Knowlton's Knowlance at drug or toilet counters is advertised as proof.
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Knowlton
California Syrup of Figs advertised druggist directions
The ad urges customers to tell their druggist to supply genuine California Syrup of Figs. It states full directions and doses for babies and children of all ages who are constipated bilious feverish tongue coated or cold symptoms are printed on the bottle. It warns to look for the name California and to accept no other Fig Syrup.
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California
Festus Pester Reflects on Compliment and Perceived Epithet
In a Kansas City Star excerpt Festus Pester complains about receiving a compliment from a total stranger who likened him to an insult. He argues that lack of familiarity with him should negate such charges and asserts his view of how enemies would judge his character.
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Kansas City Star
Festus
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Gen. Hunger
Stewart
Ruits
Brown. Bros
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