For Sale Items Include Furniture Pups Cars and Pigs
Classified sale notices list furniture including bureau beds and chairs, a Collie dog, and a variety of livestock. Several listings offer vehicles such as a Buick roadster and a one ton Ford truck, with prices and contact locations across Middletown Essex Portland Cromwell and New Haven. Also advertised are farms houses and real estate, pianos and hardware items, plus a cement supply and masons' business details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Higganum
Buick Roadster
Joseph Rolveryton
Cromwell
Cramer
Portland
Iso
I. Er
Middletown
Korting
Depot
W. C. Bywater
Park Bt
Durant Dist
Mauricey
Johnson St
Maxwell Fivessenger
Leton
Meech & Stidard, Inc
Devon Cow
J. A. Ta
Essex
John Sellars
Deep River
Fisk
Fisk Garage Co
D. &. West
East Hampton
Miscellaneous local services advertise in Middletown area
Classified notices list services including chair caning by Nelson Prout at 8 Hillside Avenue South Farms Middletown, scrap metal and paper buyers Harry Manevitz at 39 Hotchkiss Street with delivery through the day, and window cleaning for stores offices and dwellings by Middletown Window Cleaning at 5 Alsop Avenue with weekly monthly yearly or contract options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal Nelson Prout
Hillside Avenue
South Farms
Middletown
Harry Manevitz
Hotchkiss St
Alsop Ave
Wanted Help Wanted and Domestic Service Ads
A string of small classified notices seeking domestic help and shop staff. Listings include a woman for house work and child care at 56 Silver St South Farms 10 dollars weekly, a waitress for a small family at 260 Washington St, a practical woman for work in Connecticut State Farm for Women, a cook or waitress at Cromwell Hall Sanitarium, a capable woman for cooking and housework in a country boarding house, a capable cook for a small house, two salesladies for The James H Bunce Co, a girl for housework at Mrs J W Walsh Main St Portland, a lady 35 to 40 as house keeper Box 20 Evening Press, and older people needed at home to separate lace for a factory job.
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College St
Middlesex
Middletown
Silver St
South Farms
Washington St
Conn
State Farm
W. H. Parker
High St
Hartford
Tei
Cromwell Hall Sanitarium
Cromwell
East Hampton
East Rape
J. W. Walsh
Main St
Portland
Evening Press
Burns
Auction of Woodland Belonging to Sarah J Field
Under an August 3 1918 probate order in Westbrook the Court directs sale of a 10 acre woodland tract in Westbrook belonging to the estate of Sarah J Field deceased. The sale occurs September 2 1918 at 10 am at the Probate Office Westbrook unless sold earlier by private sale. William E Field Administrator.
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Court of Probate
District of Westbrook
Westbrook
Sarah J. Field
William E. Field
Admr
Erass
Carey L. Perry
Hebron
Daniel C. Spencer
Old Saybrook
Samuel H. Pratt
Brunswick W.leonard
Gates
LET PRESS WANTS FIND 25 Your Coat. Articles
A terse note mentions a request to locate a coat titled Your Coat with eight lines of cryptic text and repeated references to monetary symbols and the phrase O6. The fragment suggests a listing or ad item with uncertain meaning and no clear event or person identified.
National League and American League Scores and Bets
National League results include Brooklyn 3 Chicago 2 Cincinnati 8-4 New York 3-2 Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 2 Boston 4 St Louis 3 in 10 innings. Detroit 11 Boston 8 Washington 6 Cleveland 2 St Louis 3-4 Philadelphia 1-0 Chicago 8-4 New York 4-0. International League held Rochester 5-6 Jersey City 4-4 Hamilton 2 Newark 1 Bucalo 7-3 Binghamton 4-6 Baltimore 5-1 Toronto 0-3. Today’s games list Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia St Louis at Boston Boston at Detroit New York at Chicago Washington at Cleveland Philadelphia at St Louis Jersey City at Rochester Binghamton at Buffalo Baltimore at Toronto Newark at Hamilton. Scoreboard reflections note Mack hit a homer for the Dodgers over the Cubs, Zacheriah’s 26th straight game with a hit, Giants slip after double header loss to Cincinnati, Eller and Bressler winning pitchers, Browns sweep Mackmen with Leifield four-hit shutout in second game, Judge drives in three in Washington win over Indians, Yanks fall to fifth after double bill loss to White Sox, Mayer beats his old Phils in Pittsburgh win.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Rochester
Jersey City
Hamilton
Newark
Bucalo
Binghamton
Baltimore
Toronto
National League
American League
International League
Buffalo
Mack
Wheat
Dodgers
Cubs
Zachariah
Giants
Eller
Bressler
Browns
Mackmen
Ole Lefty Leifield
Judge
Indians
Yanks
White Sox
Cicotte
Shellenbach
Mayer
Phils
Pittsburg
P.C
Bean Tesa
Nate
New
Ponta's
A.sic Inc
Aaa
Efeemee
Rochester Eeeteees
Weet Eeee
Newark ebeeesevees + ao
Hamilton Sone
Eeee
Connecticut Colleges Adopt Students' Army Training Corps
Connecticut's SA TC quota set at 3347 by War Department announced by Dr William Arnold Shanklin Wesleyan president in Hartford Yale Trinity Wesleyan and Connecticut Agricultural College will form units replacing ROTC The plan aims to best utilize educated youth for future service offering under 21 a chance for critical training and volunteer enrollment with draft registration still applicable upon potential call to service
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Connecticut
Hartford
Army Training Corps
War Department
William Arnold Shanklin
Wesleyan University
Shanklin
Yale
Trinity
Wesleyan
Connecticut Agricultural College
Officers’ Training Corps
America
Connecticut Mothers Rally Behind Child Welfare Campaign
Connecticut mothers support a wartime Child Welfare effort using weigh and measure tests for infants. Over 90 percent of babies in tested towns have been examined, identifying deficiencies and guiding care to reduce under five mortality by one third.
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Connecticut
Margaret Stack
R. N
Child Welfare Committee
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Child Welfare Bureau
With Sleeves Rolled Up from Pittsburg Gazette Times
Paris Temps notes American forces in attack with sleeves rolled above the elbows. The correspondent says doughboys exposing bare arms signals resolve and power. He foresees German troops vividly confronted by sunburnt, sinewy figures advancing aggressively in combat.
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Pittsburg
Paris
America
United States
Knights of Columbus to raise 50 million for war relief
New York August reports the Knights of Columbus convention at the Waldorf Astoria endorsing a 50 million war work fund for the current year and a January drive. It approves overseas secretary expansion, a broad war relief program, and the slogan Everybody Welcome Everything Free for men here and overseas.
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New York
Knights of Columbus
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
Canada
France
England
Italy
K. of C
Last Call For Planting In Garden Season
Supervisor E. M. Brown warns home gardeners not to slack off as the season ends. A neglected garden now leads to more work next spring with weeds maturing seeds this fall. Keep the garden clean to the very end of the season.
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E. M. Brown
Food Committee
Organizing Communities to Cope with Disaster
A Connecticut State Council of Defense committee devised a uniform method for rapid disaster response. The plan adopts New Haven emergency organization structure with Bridgeport tweaks, with New Britain and other key areas implementing it. Members include C. C. Elwell chairing New Haven and officials from Bridgeport Norwich New London Hartford Waterbury and Stamford.
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Connecticut State Council of Defense
New Haven
Bridgeport
New Britain
C. C. Elwell
George L. Warren
William H. Allen
Norwich
George A. Quigley
H. C. Chappell
New_London
William H. St. John
Hartford
F. J. Lyon
Waterbury
E. BD. Scovih
Stamford
War Bureaus Asked to Report Activities
The Connecticut State Council of Defense will send a questionnaire to War Bureaus and Town Committees this month to compile a summary of each local agency’s war activities. Chairman Richard M. Bissell praised the Unionville War Bureau’s record, noting the questionnaire will provide a valuable history of community war achievements.
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Connecticut State Council of Defense
Eachocal
State Council
Richard M. Bissell
Unionville
Hartford Campaign Aims to Cut Paper Waste
Hartford August 8 The Connecticut State Council of Defense joins the Federal War Industries Board in a nationwide drive to eliminate paper waste. The council will enforce strict waste reduction in its offices and repurpose old posters and campaign relics by cutting them into sheets for use as blank paper for the Information for the Press service distributed to state newspapers.
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Hartford
Federal War Industries Board
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Defense Council
Department of Publicity
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el Catherine St
B. Stocking
H. JeCo Cromwell
Catherine St
Staddle Hill
Walters. Jones
Inquire
Richard Haggerty
Court St
Zeereere Anderson, Cromwell
Main Street
August Johnson
Prospect St
Center St
Portiangy Cement
Bu Ma Myichreest Bros
Upnoc
Fred F Parmeree
Mfz
Artesian Welrus
D. Hammond
L. D Mills Company
W. H. Chapman South Farms
Kily
City
Daly’s
O. B. Dowd
Carl
Green St
Green Court
Portland Silk Co
North Main St
Annino
Sentedouinom Makers
Midare” Na
James H. Bunce Co
Civil Service
U. S. School of Civil Service
Washington, D. C
J. C. Leonard
Bacon Bros
Royal Farms
Hode
Mgr
Amston
U. S
Franklin Institute
Dept
N. Y
Stewart P. Cope
Jene Press
Psronne
Nassau St
Gordon
Allison Bros., Inc
Delina Miller Peckham
West
Chas. c. Clarke
Johnson St. City
Municipal Bridg
Frissell
J. O. Smith Mfg. Co
Westfield
Thomas C. Lawton
Henry Hanson
Registrars of Voters
Frank R. Post
Probate Coyt
A. D
Sporting News
Louis M. Schmidt
Middietown
Adlake, Iver Johnson
Hudson and
New England
J. F. Connery
Want Adv
Clark & True
Vulcan
Middletown Gas Light
George F. Redford
Herbert Hoover
the City Savings Bank
Middletown, Conn
Haddam Neck
Russell Bros
MAIN_ ST
Pierce Oil Co
Equitable Trust
Go. N. Y
The
Jackson Co
A. P. French
Central Bank
Reoma
A. E. Holmes
Florence and Perfection
A. Balding
A. L. Southmayd
Alii Embalmer
Arthur B. Jenkigg
Sailester of
A. & Amt Foreigg
Mutual
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