FOR SALE Advertisements mix on church street and surroundings
A jumble of sale notices lists items from farms to vehicles and real estate. Entries include cows, a touring Ford, a Maxwell touring car, a Durand District address, a Devon cow, secondhand trucks, a Sonora phonograph, window sash, and multiple houses and tenements for sale or rent. The notices mention names such as Cramer, Korting, Meech & Stoddard, O'Keefe, Annino, and Urban, with locations like Portland, Cromwell, Essex, and Middletown, plus contact details and prices.
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Church St. Force
Joseph
Ewald
Cromwell
Cramer
Main St. Portland
Orng & Er
Erbings
Lhrge
Breok
Meech & Stoddard
Devon
Essex
John Sellars
Deep River
Annino
North Main St
Carl Peterson
Portland
R. F
Dixwell Ave
New Haven
Conn
Sonora Phonograph and Records
E. Bransfield
Middlesex Ave
D. E. West
East Hampton
Baseball Scores and Resignations Across Leagues
National League results feature Chicago and Brooklyn, New York over Cincinnati, Boston over St Louis. American League notes Chicago over New York in 13 innings, Boston topping Detroit in 11. International League saw Baltimore and Newark wins. Tenor John Tener resigns as National League president amid commission disputes. Scoreboard reflections recount key late innings and standout performances from Mogridge Wood Acosta and Compton.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Baltimore
Binghamton
Toronto
Buffalo
Newark
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Jersey City
John K. Tener
National League
National Baseball Commission
Lefty Mogridge
White Sox
Joe Wood
Indians
Acosta
Walker
Burns
Athletics
St Louis
Mack
Prendergast
Pirate
Peter Compton
Fletcher
Giants
Reds
Mallio
Red Sox
Dodgers
Jack Coombs
Cubs
P.C. Cage Dee Eeaight
Eseeeetere
Pittsburgh Eeenstseveth
Seeesveess
Dnerrree
Washington Ee
St. Lovis Seeane
Philadelphia Ee
Baltimore Rochester
Vcecresss
Ceeeeeneees
Esecohese
Ecccevere
Portland and Middletown Voter Registrars Schedule Caucus Lists
Voter registrars for Portland and Middletown announce meetings on August 2 and August 9 1918 to revise caucus lists and enroll participants for party caucuses and primaries. Portland sessions run 12 noon to 12 30 p m with locations in the selectmen's room. Middletown sessions run 12 noon to 9 p m at multiple district sites including Municipal Building and Frisell Store Main Street South Farms.
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Portland
Conn
John J. Rowan
Hjalmar Bostrom
Middletown
Westfield
Thomas C. Lawton
Onry
Hanson
Registrars of Voters
Staddle Hill
South Staddle Hill School House
South Staddle Hill
Connecticut
Howard
Peck
Ira L. Gardiner
Thrift Stamp Cheer Leads War Bond Message
A patriotic verse extols Thrift Stamps as the nation’s weapon in the war effort. It urges children to buy and hold stamps as symbols of liberty and victory, promising future rewards and calling readers to support Allied goals. Also a short vignette contrasts a boy’s story with a mother and son about a boy from reform school.
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Berlin
Save Sugar Children A American penny lollipop magic tale
A wartime moral tale urges American children to skip daily lollipops to aid hungry children in Belgium and France. It sketches a chain reaction where fewer sweets reduces sugar use and shipping, eventually sending wheat and sugar to Europe, with sugar coated buns reaching French and Belgian refugees. The piece uses whimsical imagery to promote wartime sacrifice and generosity.
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America
Belgium
France
Union
Uncle Sam
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Tax receipts show U.S. war funding drive details
Internal Revenue reports to Secretary McAdoo outline how war taxes raised 3.695 billion for the year ending June 30, 1918, with income and excess profits taxes leading at 2.839 billion and liquor taxes at 443.8 million. Other sources include tobacco 156.2 million, transportation and utilities 70.7 million, and luxury taxes on piano players and cosmetics.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Roper
McAdoo
House
Ways and Means
War Wrecks a Municipality in Maine Plantation
In Plantation No. 14 Washington county Maine enlistments removed 18 of 23 legal voters. At the last town meeting only one voter besides the five remaining was willing to accept office, so the plantation was closed due to lack of quorum and no officials.
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Lewiston
Washington County
State of
Maine
An Old Reputation
The Boston Transcript notes Byron’s line about invaders as a historical echo. It recalls the poet’s quip about Austrians at the Po, reflecting on harsh labels like dogs and wolves and a wish for defeat of hostile forces.
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Boston Transcript
Byron
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U. S
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O. B. Dowd
Carl Aronson
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Middlesex Theatre
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York
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Harris Goldberg
F J. Lentz
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Jackson Stables
Joseph FE. Slater
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Stanley H. Howe
Pioneer Bulletin
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New York Globe
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George F. Redford
Herbert Hoover
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F. J. Bielefield & CO
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A. P. French
Haddam Neck
A. E. Holmes
Main Street
Bacon Bros
Y. M. C. A. Building
Arthur B. Jenkig
U. & and Forsign
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Hartford, Conn