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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1918

Page

2

Camp Locke Report Details Heat Camp Life and Instructors

The piece describes Camp Locke conditions with rain turning to misty morning heat and strong instruction under Lt. Leland of the Sixth Regiment. It highlights staff like Lionel Elliot and N. Evan Davis handling administration, discipline, and payrolls while noting performances by the Third and Seventh Regiments bands. It mentions a minor incident with a drummer and general good morale, plus plans for visits from officials and a field day parade in New London.

Casualty totals from war department report explain losses

Washington reports the largest single casualty list to date from the war department detailing 871 total casualties among American forces in the Soissons Rheims salient. Army lists number 579, Marine Corps 292, with officers named and divisions categorized as killed, wounded, missing, or missing in action.

Washington War Department Soissons-Rheims Salient Army Marine Corps

Shell Bills Brothers in France Front Line Trench Tragedy

Three Worcester brothers died in France when a single shell hit their front line trench leaving one brother disfigured and blinded. The victims included Lieut. Norman R. Baldwin and his twin brothers Philip and Andrew Baldwin. another brother in law, Sergeant Raymond Taylor, was also reported killed. Private Albert A. Baldwin survived, tends home invalided. Ora Baldwin, widow of Norman, learned of the deaths the day she was married ten months earlier. In Ohio, miners in Jefferson County protest beer restrictions, sending resolutions to President Wilson and officials.

Worcester Mass France Ora Baldwin Norman R. Baldwin Raymond Taylor Lucy Baldwin Taylor Baldwin 101St Regiment Philip A. Baldwin Andrew S. Baldwin Albert A. Baldwin

HAPPENINGS IN THIS eee 25 YEARS AGO

The Rev Mr Morgan preached an acceptable sermon at the Baptist church Sunday morning. Prof Paul McCoy presided at the organ. Patriotism is the best politics in times like these. W and B Douglas is the only factory not running on short time and has not cut wages. A barge loads brownstone at Cromwell dock. Coal dealers busy delivering winter coal to larger buyers. Rain helped crops after drought. Several fast horses from the city will race at Cromwell plains tonight. RE P Augur presided at an open air meeting on the South church lawn. The US war department surveys and maps Connecticut river area. R W Burke has contract for a fine Colonial house for Miss Pike at Cottage Place and Lawn Avenue. A new library building in memory of Bishop Williams is to be erected on Washington Street with Berkeley Divinity School. The Mabel bluefishing party was seasick and did not fish. Eastern Tin Ware Co. halves time work with 10 percent wage cut and closes down. earnings averaged $6 weekly. even low-wage Russian Jews left. Samuel B Hubbard of Jacksonville, Fla., visiting relatives. Common Council to consider Lawn Avenue as a city street. Telegram from A G McKee reports death of Chief of Police Jedediah C Chapman at St Luke's from spinal trouble after a fall at the post office steps.

Mr. Morgan Baptist Church Paul McCoy W. & B. Douglas Cromwell Dock Cromwell Plains RE. P. Augur South Church Lawn U. S.war Department Connecticut River R. W. Burke Miss Pike Cottage Place Lawn Avenue Bishop Williams Washington Street Berkeley Divinity School Eastern Tin Ware Co Samuel B. Hubbard Jacksonville Fla Robert G. Pike A. G. McKee Jedediah C. Chapman St. Luke’s Hospital

What Is Nuxated Iron and Its Real Formula

A physician argues for public disclosure of Nuxated Iron’s exact composition. The claim praises organic iron in ion peptonate form plus glycerophosphates as a costly tonic, noting cheaper alternatives would lower cost but harm efficacy. The text asserts the formula is among the most effective fortifiers of blood and health available.

James Francis Sullivan Bellevue Hospital Oor New York Westchester County Hospital Mysef Leaman

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