Portland August 24 notes draft calls and local events
In Portland August updates describe town clerks notifying for a draft registering 21 year olds by August 24 with plan to include 18 to 45 year olds by September 5. Congress may pass the reserve power bill next week. A census bureau under urban leadership estimates about 500 will be registered in town, aiding preparations. Separate notes report a shop hit by lightning causing minor damage but no fire. Local company gifts honor longtime employee Leroy F. with engraved belt. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Gildersleeve. Two local men join a Hartford trip for mechanical training and draft service.
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Ortland War Bureau
Gildersleeve Construction Company
Gilder
Leroy F
Lan Maine
Portland Candy Kitchen
George Lord
Marlowe
E. P. How
Hartford
Thomas Graham
Freestone
Frederick Eden
New York Tribune Children Arrive in Deep River on Train
Deep River residents prepare for the arrival of 20 New York Tribune air children, mostly girls aged six to ten, tomorrow at 4:45 pm. Mrs Ida Bushnell hosts visitors from New Haven. others include Miss Harriet Edmonds and residents preparing Scout activities at Bashan Lake. Local orphanage boys join camp led by Scout Major Frederick Norton for a week of hikes, fishing and bathing. Citizens aged 21 since June 5, 1918 must register Aug 24 between 7 am and 9 pm at the election office.
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Deep River
New York Tribune Air
Ida Bushnell
New Haven
Charles A. Kirtland
Harriet Edmonds
Provi- RE L
Hartford
Ernest Ris
Eddie McMahon
Bashan Lake
Fust
Frederick Norton
Mr. Nor
East N
Haddam
Chester
Deep
Iveryton
Essex
Killingorth
Peal Board
Rocky Hill Notes and Local Highlights
Rocky Hill notes detail Herbert Spen of the W S S DeKalb on a 48 hour furlough and returns from a 26 day round trip. TheRocky Hill club held their regular meeting on Tuesday evening while Emily Brainerd returns from a Boston vacation and Amy Merriam spends time at Cape Ann. Red Cross meets today at the hall.
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Ocky Hill
Herbert Spen
W. S. S. DeKalb
Per
Wcky Hill Club
Quinn
Emily Brainerd
Boston
Mass
Amy Merriam
Cape ’Ann
Golt’s
Hartford
Mrs. Josephey
Main Streets
Red Cross
Hall
Festival Plans Incomplete Speech and Song Arranged
A Philadelphia Bulletin note outlines festival preparations with Deve arranging the program. Mr Flubdub is set to speak and Mr Fudge to sing, while others consent to contribute. The passage hints at chances for additional water contributions and broader participation.
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Philadelphia - Bulletin
Deve
Flubdub
Fudge
Local Niantic News Reveals Wounded Soldiers and Town Happenings
Two Niantic youths Elford Rogers and Francis Twiner have been severely wounded in overseas fighting after joining the national army last summer. The town also notes Lt. W. L. Burdick of Essex and various local activities from hotel renovations to real estate rentals, shipyard worker plans, seaweed issues on Niantic River, clamming laws, and summer visitors in Pine Grove.
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Niantic
National Army
Elford Rogers
Samuel Rogers
Francis Twiner
Stephgat J. Twiner
Flanders Road
Rogers
Niantic News
Main Street
Troop B
New Haven
Twiner
F.A. Kwith
W. L. Burdick
Essex High School
Camp Locke
Connecticut State Guard
Burdick
Essex Company
Essex
Pine Grove
Groton Iron Works
A. R. DeWolf
Niantic House
Robert T. Porter
France
Clarence Thompson
New London
Niantic River
Mr. Thompson
Smith's Cove
Niantic Chamber of Commerce
New York
Kummel Cottage
Cove View
Sidney Stiglitz
Park and Tilford
the Grove
Leroy Whiting
Hartford
H. E. Smith
East Haven
Luc Thierault
Backache Warning and Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsul
reader urged to take backache seriously as a potential sign of kidney trouble. warning that untreated kidney issues can worsen into an incurable disease. advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as an immediate relief, imported from laboratories in Holland and guaranteed to help kidney and bladder problems.
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Haarlem
Severe thunder shower hits East Hampton with washouts
East Hampton reports a severe thunder shower last evening with sharp lightning from all sides. No damage reported, but roads were badly washed out in spots. Local events include Red Cross meeting at Chatham hall at 2:30 and a Willimantic camp meeting program running August 17 to 26 with bishops and ministers scheduled to preach.
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East Hampton
Luntz
New York
Philadelphia
James Eppolet
Middlesex Hospital
C. Foley
Stamford
Lakeview House
James Eppelet
Agv
Dwight Phelps
Patrick Fox
Lawrence Guinan
Meriden
Samuel Thatcher
Willimantic Camp Ground
Windham
Tolland
New London
Willimantic
Epworth League Institute
E. H. Hughes
D. D
A. D. Ball
Malden
Mass
J. E. Charlton
Fall River
Colchester Park Game With Lebanon Saturday at 3 30
Colchester hosts Lebanon in a park game Saturday afternoon at 3 30 oclock. Local notices include visiting guests Mr and Mrs Phines Spencer of Newark and Mrs Ernest Bland with son Francis of Seymour. Dr E B Cragin of New York is ill at his summer home. William Cronin, aged 96, died quietly at his niece Jennie Nockton's Norwich Avenue home. Funeral at St Andrews Church Friday.
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Colchester
Lebanon
Phines Spencer
Newark
N. J
Truman Spencer
Broadway
Ernest Bland
Francis
Seymour
F. H. Browning
Norwich Avenue
E. B. Cragin
New York
Nate Cogswell
Norwich
F. H. Baker
Jennie Nockton
Cronin
Ireland
St. Andrew ’S Church
St. Andrew's Cemetery
Local Notes From East Haddam and Nearby Towns
East Haddam briefs include Miss Jessie McRae visiting New London, Mrs Alexander McRae hosting, and Miss Etta Maesing staying in town. Patrons welcome Herbert Church’s return to the grocery wagon after a year away. Louise Carroll returns from Oak Bluffs, and Clarence Benton arrives in East Haddam for a few weeks. The Seaview Pomona Grange picnic at East Lyme is reported, plus the death of Mrs Jennie Squire Way in Hartford with funeral in East Haddam. Mrs Walter M Gillette visits friends in New London.
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Town Street
Jessie McRae
New London
Alexander McRae
Maesing
Etta Maesing
Brooklyn
N. Y
Anton Peek’s
Herbert Church
Ralph Scheck
William Bartman
Litchfield
Louise Carroll
Oak Bluffs
Clarence Benton
New Haven
Harriet Brooks
Brooks
Walter Gillette
Gladys Stark
Seaview
Pomona Grange
Jennie Squire Way
Hartford
Hambure
East Haddam
Walter M. Gillette
Local Social Roundup and Visits Around Clinton
Clinton society notes visitors from New York Norwich and New Britain fill the week. Families host dinners and reunions as Harold Foerch and Henry Korlick depart for Newton Mass. Lillian Hubbard vacations with her father. Reverend Morgan Williams visits from Grand Rapids. Standish Sonionsky visits on furlough from Norfolk.
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Government Mechanical School
Newton
Mass
Albert Harder
Marjorie Schmelke
Pearl Kelsey
Anna
Helen Lynch
Mary Burnham
Rose Walker
Sandy Holbrook
George Burnham
Charles Foerch
Henry Kozlich
Harold
Albert Foerch
Lillian Hubbard
New Britain
Benjamin Hubbard
George Brooks
Shailerville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Shailerville residents report visits and social calls. M J Gifford and E R Snader attended Beat Had dam. Mrs C J Ventres and Miss Jane visited Hamden. Mr and Mrs Jesse E Butler were away. Mrs Hattie Collins and Mrs Wm Slocum of New London visited Miss Bertha Arnold. Guests at Rivulet House increasing this week. Miss Helen Case was away visiting friends.
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Shailerville
M. J. Gifford
E. R. Snader
Colonial style vanity with four drawers and mirror
A dainty Colonial design in a dull finish. Four drawer capacity and square bevel mirror described for a compact furniture item.
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Cash Bargain Store
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