Daylight saving debate reaches Connecticut liquor case
Judge B Carlson argues daylight saving can affect liquor statute. Case involves four Middletown men arrested with others for after hours sales at Modern Tavern. If accepted, daylight saving could let saloons stay open past legal hours, potentially altering conclusions in related cases. Judge Edlin will decide after briefs.
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Connecticut
B. Carlson
R. Edlin
Alough
Idige Carlson
Supreme Court
Carl
Uts
Tong
Congress
Greenwich
Middletown
William J. Coughlin
Carlson
James R
Prose Coughlin
Argut
Ediin
Edlin
Middletown Strives to Meet War Savings Quota
Middletown must raise 489000 for 1917 18 through War Savings Stamps. Only 215062.90 secured leaving 273938.00 to reach by December 31. July sales totaled 40467.93 with 8644 pledgers promising 113833.34 by month end. Daily average needed 2321 over 118 remaining days. state chair urges large purchases and early signings up to 1000.
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State Committee On
Middletown
Francis A. Beach
War Savings Committee
War Savings
Sit
State Chairteany
Draft Call Number 1142 for 29th class 1917 and 20 men
General G. M. Colehaw of Local Board Division 21 issues Draft Call 1142 to furnish 49 men for 1917 class. It directs entrainment at camp Greenleaf Lytle Ga and notes a time schedule to follow.
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G. M. Colehaw
Greenleaf
Lytle
Mill closure notice and May be home work option
Notice from Coles Co. announcing mill closure from June to August for employees with option to work at home during that period. Requests cooperation in fulfilling orders by Friday. Also mentions Long Hill Poultry Club meeting at Long Hill tonight at 7 30 p m with Jones of the Connecticut Agricultural College to attend and demonstrate culling.
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Coles Co
One Hill Poultry Club
Long Sultry
Long Hill
Jones
Connecticut Agri“college
Did Not Appear Before City Court
H Griswold of this city failed to appear as ordered before TM M Vehicles court session.
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Griswold
Rat
College Training Plan For Student Army Corps
The War Department unveils a plan to turn major colleges into military posts. With MIT president R C McLaurin as educational head, camps open at Plattsburg San Francisco and Fort Sheridan for a sixty day course training faculty and selected students to serve as officers engineers doctors chemists and administrators, delaying premature enlistment to boost national capability.
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R. C. McLaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Army Training Corps
War Department
Army
Navy
Plattsburg
N. Y
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Sheridan
Ill
French Army Band May Tour Connecticut Cities
Efforts are under way to bring the sixty member French army band to Connecticut for public appearances in several cities. The band now in New York could tour before the Fourth Liberty Loan drive next month. State Council of Defense members and local leaders are coordinating approaches and a decision is expected soon.
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Connecticut
New York City
Liberty Loan
State Council of Defense
Cromwell Dog Found Hung Beside Depot
A dog in Cromwell was found strangled to death by hanging from a post in front of the blacksmith shop opposite the railroad station. The act occurred Monday night or Tuesday morning with a ten dollar reward offered for information. An earlier Kaiser effigy was also hung in Cromwell.
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Cromwell
Motorboat Margo Robbed At Anchorage
A Monday night theft on the motorboat Margo left the vessel empty of edible stores. Canned fruits vegetables sugar salt and spices were stolen while the boat rested opposite the Middletown Yacht Club for the season.
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Margo
Anchorage
Middletown Yacht Club
Italian boy Julianna struck by auto in Cromwell
An Italian boy named Julianna was hit by automobile No. 14 530 registered to the Tuttle Brick Co in Newfield while crossing Cromwell street shortly before 5 pm Monday. He was treated by Dr Bush for head and leg cuts and bruises and is not dangerously injured. The report mentions oysters opening season starting next month in shore towns, peaking in October or November.
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Julianna
Cromwell
Tuttle Brick Co
Newfield
Bush
Practice Of Medicine Guesswork In Drug Efficacy
A fragment discusses medicine as guesswork due to variable drug action across individuals and notes fifty years of growing popularity for a product. It mentions Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in a local context and hints at ongoing sales growth.
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Neng
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Yigi vehicle lamps and moonlit August notes
The item catalogues onetime weather lore and city life notes. It mentions evening vehicle lamps at 8 21, falling leaves, Mars visible in the western sky moving east about 17 degrees in August, and a wet moon predicting moisture. It highlights theatre ads, hospital and office closures, local visits, vacations, and enlistments with multiple local names and places.
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Mars
Arrigoni
Grand Theatre
Watrous
Charles Hanson
Cromwell
Edward Johnson
Lakeside Avenue
Katherine Newberth
High Street
Saybrook Manor
F. L. Stearns
Home Avenue
Beach Park
Frank Doebner
Thelma
Loveland Street
Setauket
Long Island
Thomas P. Walsh
F. C. Bowers
Vashti
Seattle
Washington
Chas. Bowers
Washington Street
Bowers
Middletown
California
Virginia Pearson
Marc MacDermott
Mary Jane’s
Pathe
Middlesex
Thurday
Dorothy Dalton
Mercella
Burton Holmes
Lyons and Moran
Ruth
Ethel Ahlberg
Prospect Street
Boston
Mass
Daniel W. Prior
Middlesex Hospital
Theodore Herrmann
Leonard Herrmann Co
Newton
Jees J. Kennedy
Camp Hancock
Georgia
Daniel Millane
Liberty Street
William J. Trevithick
Vincenzo Manfredi
A. Caiazza
Antonio Carta
Mae Walsh
Anne Fitzgerald
Belfast
Maine
Wm. H. Thomas
Wm. D. Thomas
Fifth Ave
New London
A.m
Navy
Boy Scouts
Trevethick
South Farms
Grand ‘Theatre
Marc Macott
Pathe Weekly
Fred W. Kellish
Staddle Hill
Groton Iron and Shipbuilding Company
Thomas F. O’keefe
Crucible Steel Co
Hartford
Sound View
J. A. Masterton
Clark & True
Thomas P. Dillon Dies at Home After Illness
Thomas P. Dillon, longtime city street department worker, died at his 120 Prospect Street home on Wednesday evening after months of illness. He leaves his widow, five daughters including Mrs. R A Stevens of New Haven and Mrs. James Dolan of Hartford, two sons Thomas and Edward Dillon, two sisters in Chicago and Brooklyn, and a brother in Meriden. Funeral is planned for Friday morning.
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Thomas P. Dillon
Prospect Street
City Street Department
R. A. Stevens
New Haven
George Cassidy
Charles Carlson
James Dolan
Hartford
William Holacher
Thomas
Edward Dillon
Joseph Farrell
Chicago
Catherine
Donghoe
Brooklyn
N. Y
Patrick Dillon
Meriden
Man Killed by Loose Brake Shoe on New Haven Line
Antonio Scripo, a section hand for the New York, New Haven & Hartford R R, was killed in New Britain when a brake shoe detached from a passenger train struck him as he stood with a crew on the embankment. He fell 30 feet, the shoe traveling 75 feet away. Remains sent to Middletown. funeral at St John’s Church, burial in St John’s Cemetery. Survived by a wife, two children, four brothers and one sister.
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Antonio Scripo
New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co
New Britain
Scripp
Middletown
W. J. Coughlin
Ferry Street
St. John’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Real estate transfers in Hartford and Durant districts
Percival H. White of Hartford sold to William A. Walter through Leo Santangelo’s agency a house and lot at No 16 Hunting Hill avenue Durant district plus two adjoining parcels. Inez A V Kelsey and Revilo H Kelsey sold land with buildings on the north side of Grand street to Frank M McCarthy and Margaret M McCarthy. Sara P Willard of the State Board of Education was at the Municipal building until 10 am examining applicants for working certificates.
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Percival H. White
Hartford
William A. Walter
Leo Santangelo
Hunting Hill Avenue
Durant District
Inez A. V. Kelsey
Revilo H. Kelsey
Frank M. McCarthy
Margaret M. McCarthy
Grand Street
Sara P. Willard
State Board of Education
Onrust Passes City Bound for Hartford With Coal Barges
The Onrust passed the city at five yesterday afternoon bound for Hartford with three coal barges. The New York boat arrived at four this morning and landed a barge freight. Garland and Strauss are unloading a cargo of potatoes at the city dock foot of College Street. This is the second boatload of potatoes they have received from Long Island this month.
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Hartford
New York
Garland & Strauss
C Ty
College Street
Long Island
Special Intercession Service at Holy Trinity Church
On Thursday afternoon from 4 to 4 15 at the Church of the Holy Trinity Main Street there will be a short service of intercession for the country the army and navy and for all sent to aid those suffering from gai Kapactally.
Pershing forms first American Field Army names Drum as chief
Word from France confirms General Pershing organized the first American Field Army and has named Lieut. Col. Hugh A. Drum as chief of staff. The appointment defies precedent by choosing a notably young officer of comparatively low rank.
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France
General Pershing
Hugh A. Drum
Pershing
New Readings. A Proverb Teaser From Boston Transcript
A fragment from Boston Transcript notes quiet truths about home warmth and fiction. It ponders second thoughts and the proverb the pen is mightier than the sword, suggesting a temporary pause in that famous line.
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Boston
Transcript
Picture Cowboy Exchange In Crimson Gulch
A new arrival in Crimson Gulch quips about wanting a real picturesque cowboy Broncho Bob retorts that the nearest authentic cowboy is in a Los Angeles moving picture studio, highlighting playful Western banter from Washington Star prose.
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The
Washington Star
Crimson Gulch
Broncho Bob
Moving Picture
Los Angeles
Mrs Watson of Detroit Credits Vinol For Health Return
Mrs Watson of Detroit describes a weak run-down condition with loss of appetite and headaches. After two weeks of Vinol she reports improved appetite, strength, and overall well being, attributing her recovery to the product's blend of cod liver peptones and iron.
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Detroit
Mich
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