Local Notes and Events Stirring Village Life
A Wednesday meeting at the home of Porter featured a Suffrage gathering with many attendees. Jeanor P. Lord and Miss Bert traveled to Boston to visit, while others discussed repairs after a furniture truck mishap near Marlboro. Weather ranged from six degrees to 60 mm, with church notices and a funeral for Gilbert St Buell. Hewitt and Porter traveled to Boston to view a parade item Friday.
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Pal
Porter
Jeanor P. Lord
Bert
Boston
Bert. Wilcox
Waterbury
R. F. Ac Sherman
Southbridge
B. A. Ray
New York
J. Place
Marlboro
Hebron
Horace
Post Hill
Bia
H Gilbert
St Buell
Gilead
Saturn
Hewitt
H. C. Porter
Ocean Club Dance At Se Hall Rocks Rocky Hill
A dance hosted by the Ocean club at the se hall in Rocky Hill is set for this evening. Local social notes report Woodward visiting, minstrels from Glenma de Flower of the by the young people of the congregational church performed well under Albert E. Homewood’s supervision. Mrs. Percy W. Bidwell praised Miss Bertha Brockway for helping ensure the event’s success.
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Connecticut
Gumber
Hart
Odd Fellows
George B. Chandler
Eugene Brown
Hartford
Frederick Stickles
Elmore
Maynard
Hartford Hospital
Briges Hall
Cromwell
Wesevening
Ford
Middlefield Eddlefield Notes and Town Events
In Middlefield on April 26 Mr and Mrs Coc of Baileyville returned after visiting. Higgins of Rockland moved J L Watrous rent at the Center meeting hall. Grange No 63 P of A held a meeting at town hall Wednesday. third and fourth degrees conferred. Florence Keeney entertained Miss Cotter of New Jersey. Anderson and Fred Winter noted. Mrs La Verne and Clarence Clark spent time with Congress of Math at the town hall Wednesday night.
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Eddlefield
Louis Coc
Baileyville
I Higgins
Rock‘au
J. L. Watrous
Lefield
Grange
Wednes
Florence Keeney
Miss
South Uchester
Cotter
New Jersey
Anderson
Fred Winter
la Verne
Clarence Clark
Adlefield Town Hall
Westbrook News Briefs From April at Local Cottage Sale
April notes from Westbrook include the sale of the Arthur C. Butts estate cottage to Mr and Mrs Harry C Bond of Hartford, Alma Neidlinger visiting New York for Easter contrasts with locals hosting guests. Also reported are moving of the Wander household goods, trips by Dr A C Butts and wife, a Hartford weeklong stay, and local meetings on defense funds.
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Westbrook
Tige West Beach
Arthur C. Butts
New York City
Susan Butts
Harry C. Bond
Hartford
Alma Neidlinger
Joseph Wander
Corona
N. Y
Empire Moving Co
A. C. "Butts
Metropolis
Theodore Hinman
Henry Sheffield
Stangard Beach
Woman's Auxiliary
Connae Council of Defense
Aestate Head
Treasury
Teasing speech at church meeting sparks awkward exchange
A London Tit-Bits report recalls a church conference where a speaker mocked university contact. After a few minutes the chair, a bishop, pressed him to clarify if Dobson was thankful for his admission, prompting a sharp, rehearsed reply from the preacher.
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London
Memorial Day Band Plans In Hebron Park
At ten by sea Re BD. zi Da ser vice ae sere Comérin returned to New Jersey ret morning after a week's as John J Shea was home from Camp Devens a few days this week D B and O J LaTender were in Hebron yesterday the bandstand is to be erected on the park near the electric em in the center Samuel McDonald has donated all the lumber and other citizens have donated nails paint etc A flagpole and flag have also been donated The nade expect to give an evening concert on the weekly and will commence soon Memorial Day Regular band meeting Monday night at 8 p.m.
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Comérin
New Jersey
John J.shea
Camp Devens
D. B
O. J. LaTender
Hebron
Samuel McDonald
Dannunzio Campaigns for Fiume Annexation
Rome dispatch reports Gabriel d Annunzio plans to travel from Venice to Rome to rally sentiment for annexing Fiume. As a leader of the Italian nationalist movement he helped push Italy toward an Allied war effort and served in the navy before joining the air forces.
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Gabriel i Oeng
Enice
Rome
Fiume
Petit Journal Today
p’Annunzio
Italy
Apology for Headline on Mrs Overholt’s Feet
A North Dakota town issues an apology for an earlier headline about Mrs Or ville Overholt. The correction explains the intended word was fete a French term meaning celebration and notes the misused “feet” variant was erroneous and tony.
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Tony
Ville
N. D
Orville Overholt
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Austria
Great Britain
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Russia
Isvestia
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Tyrol
Dalmatia
Wilson
Trely
England
Red Cross Society
Frederick G. Stannard
Elbert H. Stevens
U. S
Charlie Chaplin
Liberty Loan Committee
Westbrook Town Hall
Charles R. Kelsey
Spencer
Florence Magonigal
E. N. Ishnell
New Haven
Geo. C. Moore
Dannunzio
2. H. Schenck & Gon
Lyman Payne
Portland, Conn
Gustafson N. Rb, Natalie
Deep River, Conn
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