War fundraiser oversight urged by state council
August 2 strong recom by Connecticut State Council of Letters urges federal guidance to supervise wartime solicitations. It lists 100 active organizations and proposes a national commission to publish a public, proportionate funding plan, prevent duplication, and allocate quotas under Council of National Defense.
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Connecticut State Council of Letters
Fosdick
State Council of
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Council of
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Council
Council of National Ce
United States
the Red Cross
Fosdick Commission
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare League
The
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Salvation Army
Council of National Defense
Charity Organization of New York
Staite Councils of Defense
Council of National Fense
Saybrook notes include social visits and church services
Miss Helen Brady visits Saybrook from Hartford while Daniel Holmes attends trotting races in Worcester. Church services are listed for St John, Grace, and First Congregational, with Sunday School at noon. Mrs. Dickinson entertains Mrs. Morris at Saybrook Point as residents report travel, local work, and shore-season outlook.
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Old Saybrook
Helen Brady
Hartford
Woodmont
Thomas
J. Curran
Daniel M. Holmes
Worcester
Mass
St. John’s Church
Grace Episcopal Church
First Congregational Church
Sapel
Christian Endeavor Society
Richard Dickinson
Lucy
Stanley Morris
New York
Saybrook Point
Frederick G. ‘Fish
St. Raphael’s Hospital
New Haven
W. H. Sargeant
W. R. Jones
Saybrook Proving Ground
St. Louis
Mary
George M. Cohan
Broadway Jones
Saybrook Town Hall
Why Women Dread Old Age Warns on Senile Ailments
The piece urges maintaining health in later years to avoid senile afflictions caused by kidneys and bladder. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules to detoxify wastes, prevent uric acid buildup, and keep vitality, spirits, and appearance lively for older women.
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Haarlem
A Desert Wooing at the Middlesex Tonight and Saturday
The Middlesex presents A Desert Wooing a Paramount picture starring Enid Bennett and Jack Holt plus a Mack Sennett comedy Saucy Madeline and vaudeville acts. Hit the Trail Holliday also screens with George M. Cohan in a Broadway adaptation, with dates Monday and Tuesday August 5th and 6th. Also shown are The Eagle's Eye and Current Events.
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Middlesex Theatre
Paramount
Jack Holt
Madeline
Artcraft
George M. Cohan
Cromwell Social Notes and Local Visits Highlight Week
Miss Edna Sage attends a conference in Northfield Massachusetts while a Baptist church prayer meeting in Cromwell marks the regular covenant gathering led by Rev. Frank Smith. Herbert Brown hosts a third birthday party with games and gifts. Arthur Fillmore visits Hartford. Gladys Merrill returns from a shore vacation.
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Cromwell
Emeda Sage
Northfield
Mass
The
Baptist Church
Frank Smith
Herbert Brown
Master Brown
Arthur Fillmore
Hartford
Gladys Merrill
Reaching for the Moon at Centerbrook Saturday Night
Centerbrook presents Douglas Fairbanks in Reaching for the Moon this Saturday. Jam rationing enters debate in England as fruit crops fail and prices rise. The British ministry of food considers licenses for berry growers and tea and cheese shortages loom while cattle feed supplies remain tight.
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the Thelma
Douglas Fairbanks
Adv
England
British
Ministry of Food
Great Britain
Boards of Agriculture
Higganum Notes and Local Updates of Aug. 2
Higganum news reports Mrs R eight ing three fears with or four weeks hers has returned to her Pennsylvania home Major Joseph Gray Kitchell rests at White Birch Farm Harrison Brainard suffers a heavy loss in a saw mill fire at Olliver Smith farm Ponsett Donatoni loses thousands in lumber Mrs Emil Carlson welcomes a daughter They, along with Mrs E O Burr and Maud West visited Middletown Red Cross group met at Anna Neff’s home Hezekiah Porter killed in action July 2 leaves two brothers a sister and three others mourners
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Pennsylvania
Joseph ‘Gray Kitchell
White Birch Farm
Harrison Brainard
Oliver Smith
Ponsett
Brainard
Donatoni
Emil Carlson
E. O. Burr
Maud West
Middletown
George Burnham
Jennie Gilbert
Red Cross
Candlewood Hill
Albert Hubbard
Anna Neff
Hezekiah
Porter
Niantic
Whitney Porter
Philip
Texas
C. W. Walker
Stratford
Esther Porter
Chester Local Notes and Social Visitors Report
Chester residents update including Mrs L M McCallum and family visiting in Westbrook Mrs Kate Rothchild guest of Mr and Mrs Max Sherman Walter Meyers called to government service Britton Epright also called Emma Palmer from Milford and Mrs C C Abbey from Deep River hosted guests Mrs Robert Wilcox entertains out of town visitors A cinema advertisement for Flare-up Sal Stingaree and a comedy feature aligns with a Saturday night program in Ince Paramount listings
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Chester
L. M. McCallum
H. C. Brooks
Westbrook
Chester Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Niantic
Kate Rothchild
New York
Max Sherman
Walter Meyers
Britton Epright
Emma Palmer
Milford
C. C. Abbey
Deep River
Robert Wilcox
Cincess
Dorothy Dalteo
Ince-Paramount
Sal
California Redwoods
Adv
Honor Roll Adds Fifteen Names in Essex List
Essex notices announce about fifteen men added to the local honor roll including Charles E. Clarke John T. Hubbard William Lewis George Tolx John M. Richards Walter Blair William G. Blair Adelbert W. Carter George C. Hubbard Carmelo Discara Albert C. Lord Edward Benson Warren Spencer Earl W. Price Edward J. Norman Jr. Also mentions visits by Brooklyn residents Mr and Mrs Gilbert Crocker and others at various homes.
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Essex
Charles E. Clarke
John T. Hubbard
William Lewis
George Tolx
John M. Richards
Walter Blair
William G. Blair
Adelbert W. Carter
George C. Hubbard
Carmelo Discara
Albert C. Lord
Edward Benson
Warren Spencer
Earl W. Price
Edward J. Norman
Gilbert Crocker
Brooklyn
M. E. Buckingham
Railroad Avenue
John Everett
Mystic
James Everett
South Main Street
Perlee V. Jervis
Jessie Jervis
N. Y
John I. Hutchinson
H. Elmer Buckingham
New Haven
M. L. Trevail
Anna Kokojan
Essex Square
Charles Tucker
Grove Street
N. A. Tripp
Marcus Beebe
Harry Carter and
Centerbrook
Harriet, Phelps
Hadlyme
Saybrook Point Social News Highlights from Aug 2
Saybrook Point residents share visitors and travels. Walter F. Shultz hosts his sister for a few days while Harry Martin of Boston visits. D A Kellogg returns from a Berkshires trip. Williams, quartermaster of the City of Hartford, visits family. Funeral in New Haven for a relative. Thompson hosts Hartford guests. Mrs Stewart Williams returns from Hartford. May Bushnell of Centerbrook visits cousin Mrs Lillian Martin. Julian Bowes and Mrs Bowes of New York plan to spend Sunday with Nelson Bowes family.
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Saybrook Point
Walter F. Shultz
Harry Martin
Boston
D. A. Kellogg
Berkshires
Charles F. Williams
Hartford
Frederick Murray
New Haven
Frederick Thompson
Breezes From The Busy Corner Lunch Edition Tip Sheet
A compact lunch guide lists Dornell's Goldencrisp Potato Chips marketed as the best yet in moisture proof packaging. Good Peanut Butter priced at 30c per pound and Elkhorn Cheeses in cans Camembert Roquefort 25c Pimento and Welch Rarebit 30c, with a jibe at coal dealers over $10.50 per ton while farmers protest egg prices at 60c per dozen.
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Dornell’s
Kaisers Warning Echoes in War Time Fare
Fragment reads as a wartime newspaper item advertising preserved foods and canned goods with prices in cents. Mentions Armour, Normanina fish products, kippered sardines and herring, crab meat, olives, Heinz pickles, and bulk or bottle formats. References funeral bells and shells in a grim wartime mood.
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Normanna
Maine
Spotless Cleaner-5 CTS Seeks Clean Sweep on Main Street
Product description praises SPOTLESS CLEANER-5 CTS as a harmless powder that eases cleaning and scouring. Advertisement notes two Busy Corner Co. stores on Main Street offering the item.
Ivoryton Social and Club Notes Amid Summer Trips
Dr E E Shannon and family returned from a Beaver Falls trip with Mr and Mrs Roy Shannon and Casewell Haskell. Resolute circle of King’s Daughters meets Aug 6 at Mrs Tibball’s. Ivoryton Y M C A team to play a return match with Comstock Cheney field Aug 2. Beacon Light circle meeting Aug 17 at Laurel hall. Miss Mabel Burdick in Clinton today. Bargains on low cut shoes at Kelsey’s.
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Ivoryton
E. E. Shannon
Roy Shannon
Casewell Haskell
Beaver Falls
King’s’ Daughters
William Tibball
Main Street
Higganun Y. M. ¢. A
Comstock-Cheney
Beacon Light Circle of
King’s Daughters
Laurel Hall
Mabel Burdick
Clinton
Kelsey’s
Adv
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Council OF Defense
Enid Bennett
Paramount Picture
Higganum
Congregational Church
C. E. Society
Camembert
Roquefort
Pimento
Welch
Crawford
Kaiser
Armours Veri
Palm Beach
Silkalene
Barton Clothing Co
and Custom Tailors
the Hartman
Sil
Eckman Laboratory
Lelphig
Aase
Thomas H.ince
Mack Sennett
Matinees
Hit-The
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Charlies Reade
H. J. Lewis
Chinatown
San Francisco
Town
J. Barney Sherry
Triangle
Marie Walcamp
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