War relics will arrive for Liberty Loan campaign in Middletown
A report from Middletown notes an event at the railroad station on May 5 at 8 30 p m promoting the Liberty Loan with excellent speakers and a meeting as part of the Victory Liberty campaign. Local firms advertise support including Baldwin Repair Co Meech Stod The Noiseless Typewriter Hubbard Co and others. A separate item mentions the State Board of Education advancing an evening English as a second language course at the New Normal School from July 3 to August 7 led by Samuel J Brown to aid non English speaking adults in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Dave
Victory m
Middletown
Met Co
Wilcox
Critten- Baldwin Repair Co
Butgrace Office
Meech
Stod
Hubbard Co
Walter A. Blau
Wrubel
True, Blake & Barton Co
Mechanics’ Savings Bank, & Co
Middletown National Bank
Es Connery
Conve
Cigar Co
S. Losey
Dr. Biden L. Crowell
Rogers
Dayton A. Baldwin
State Board of Education
New Normal School
Toof Samuel J. Brown
City
Coles Company Announces Midday Saturday Closures
Notice states plans to close the office, store, and mill at noon on Saturdays through May to provide a half holiday for employees. Requests cooperation and indicates operations may resume after Friday night if orders are ready, with the address 138 Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coles Company
Middletown
Jedish Lutheran Church Notes and Meeting Attendees
Mrs. Anderson returns from Manchester where they attended a New England conference. The League plans a business session at evening hours followed by refreshments and a member contest. All members, old and new, are urged to attend the program and gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jedish Lutheran Church
Anderson
Manchester
New England
Trolley Service Expanded for Hartford Parade Day
City lines adjust trolleys to handle traffic for the 26th Division parade in Hartford. OConnects will operate every 30 minutes all day after the 8 23 trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IAL
Hartford
Ask for Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Package
Community member requests guidance on identifying authentic Bayer aspirin tablets in the package. Tip includes looking for standard Bayer logo, packaging seals, and matching lot numbers to prevent counterfeit purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Bayer
Local Fraternal Meetings and Elk Lodge Banquet Plans
Tonight St Aloysius Y M T A B society meets at 499 Main. Cyrene Commandery No 8 holds a special conclave at 7 30 with Work in the Valiantine Order. Middletown lodge No 771 Elks completes plans for the May 1 banquet with Joseph P Quirk as toastmaster and all plates reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aloysius Y. M. T. A. B. Society
Main Street
Cyrene Commandery No
Valiantine Order of the Teme
Ellis
Middletown Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Joseph P. Quirk
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge entertains district Odd Fellows
Priscilla Rebekah lodge No. 12 hosted Central and Schiller lodges and other Odd Fellows with tableaux recitations and a Rebekah guard drill. Refreshments followed in the banquet hall with Central Lodge orchestra. At May 8 meeting initiatory degree for about 15 candidates will be worked. Frederick L. Phelps Garrison Hayes and H. C. F. Howell elected to represent the lodge at the Grand Lodge meeting in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge
Central and Schiller Lodges
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Central Lodge
Grand Lodge
Frederick L. Phelps
Garrison Hayes
H. C. F. Howell
Wednesday regis tering dogs and dances at Arrigoni hotel
Wednesday is the last day for registering dogs with notices of dances each evening. New singer Miss Barton appears at Arrigoni hotel adv tf. The K of P card and pool losers host a supper at Chafee house on Thursday May 8. Major William Bryden of Fort Sill visits sister Mrs. Meech in Court street.
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Miss Barton
Arrigoni Hotel
Chafee House
William Bryden
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
G. Ellsworth Meech
Court Street
Briggs’ Hall
Cromwell
Ford
Gam
E. M. Biseed
Fletcher’s
Patrick M. Kidney
Middletown
New London
State Conference of Charities and Correction
Kidney
Board of Education
Edward R. Johnson
South Main Street
Robbins B. Stoeckel
Joseph Duda
Union Street
F. L. Caulkins
New York
St. Philip and
St. James
Church of the Holy Trinity
Portland
Bitgood
Winsted
Bishop House
Middlesex
Robert S. Norton
Wesleyan
High Street
Hudson River
Guilford
Dana Young
Middletown Savings Bank
Broad Street
Morse
Connecticut
Clifford
Staddle Hill Chapel
Daniel J. McCarthy
Samuel C.katz
United States Navy
Navy
Dudley Butler
Earle C
Camp U
Army
Fifth Army
C. Zaeblett
Barbers Union Plans Dance at Odd Fellows Hall
Local No 648 Journeymen Barbers Union arranged a dance for next Monday at Odd Fellows hall with delegations from Hartford New Britain and Meriden expected. St Johns Sewing Class to meet Wednesday at 2 30 in Knights of Columbus rooms Main Street. Junior O U A M Mansfield Council No 9 to hold fourth annual dance at Odd Fellows hall on Friday evening May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbers’ Union
Journeymen Barbers’ International Union
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Hartford
New Britain
Meriden
St. John’s
Knights of Columbus
Main Street
Boy Scout Notes and Victory Bond Campaign
Scouts are urged to raise several thousand dollars during the final Victory Loan week using plan No. 1 gleaners after the reapers. Scout masters must record subscriptions and report to National Headquarters via the local office. Upcoming scouting meetings include a monthly scout masters gathering May 14, a Court of Honor May 6, and a joint troop meeting May 8. John Alsop returns to High Street after service in France and Germany with the American Expeditionary Forces and Yale hospital unit. Edward P. Schaefer’s remarks follow to Middletown members last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alsop
High Street
France
Mr. Alsop
Yale
Germany
Coblenz
United States
Middletown
Edward P. Schaefer
Mum Clu
Unclaimed Letters at Middletown Post Office 1919
Uncalled for letters listed at the Middletown Connecticut post office for the week ending April 26 1919 include Frank H. Austin Mrs Algaier Henry L Bailey Newell Brainerd Miss Eliz Gould Lt A N Daniels G S Gullett Thos Huntington secretary Frances McHenry Migdaw J J O'Brien Mrs L G Osborne Henry M Pendleton Reton's Cafe Paul Russell Shears D G Stone two others Mrs James Townsend Fred O Wadsworth Miss Anna Wilson Jack Ubert Ane Walter Box 382 Saeed Musai D J M Carthy P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postare
Middletown
Connecticut
Frank H. Austin
Algaier
Henry L. Bailey
Newell Brainerd
Eliz. Gould
A. N. Daniels
G. S. Gullettt
Thos. Huntington
Frances McHenry
M. Migdaw
J. J. O’brien
L. G. Osborne
Henry M. Pendleton
Reton’s
Couple from Connecticut State Hospital wed in blue suit and hat
John J. Coyle and Annie Sousik, both CT State Hospital employees, were married yesterday afternoon. Best man William Mathews received gold cuff links as a gift. A wedding supper at Hotel Arrigoni preceded a reception of gifts, after which the couple, with Mathews escort, headed to New Haven and then on an extended trip to the Thousand Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Coyle
Annie Sousik
Connecticut State Hospital
William Mathews
County Pays for Clinton Bridge Construction Costs
County Commissioners approved funds for half the cost of the Clinton Madison bridge connecting towns. The state covers one half, while the two towns share the remaining half of the project. Construction began two years ago and the county disbursed vitae for its portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Middlesex County
Madison
Burpee shield to be presented at Cromwell hall
General Lucien F Burpee will present the Burpee shield to Company D C 58 G for winning the state wide competition. Colonel Joseph T Elliott and staff of the 6th Regiment will attend. The public is invited to witness the ceremony at Briggs Hall Cromwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonight
Briggs Hall
Cromwell
Burpee
Joseph T. Elliott
6Th Regiment
Ethel Misses Marriage Announcement In Rockville Center News
Mrs William Phillips of Rockville Center L I announces the marriage of her sister Miss Ethel to be held in the local area. The notice emphasizes family ties and the forthcoming ceremony in a concise society brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Phillips
Rockville Center, L. L
Ethel
Midd lefield Lecture By Ma Hazen Journey Around the World
Town hall hosts a stere opticon lecture by Ma Hazen of Hartford on Wednesday night at 8 under the Ladies' Benevolent Society. Tickets cost 25 and 15 cents with cake and coffee for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Ma Hazen
Hartford
Back Like a Board It's Your Kidneys Remedy Claim
A fragment warns of back pain signaling kidney trouble and urges quick action. It touts Haarlem Haarlem Go Kedal Oil Capsules as a remedy sourced from Haarlem for relief, claiming long-standing efficacy and a simple dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cruggist
KEDAL
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R. R
A Bayer
Sees
Conn
Centra
Waazr
Boston
Mass
Jas. J. Royall
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Issummer Furs
Coyle-Sousik
Shield
Pearl
Mother
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Corey
Stueck Block
Main ST
Chamber of Commerce
Fond Dusen
War Bureau
Central Bank
B. Stern & Son and
J. F. O'Connell
Middlefield
Louis M. Schmidt
Paris
Lincoln’s Drug Store
Caulkins & Post Co
Hoosier
Axminster
Brussels
Nishes
Lindewin
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