112 Casualties Reported Today From War Department
In Washington today the War Department released figures listing one hundred twelve casualties. The list names killed in action and severely in action soldiers from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut, including officers and privates such as Lore T. Rodgers Brook, Gramstorff Everett Me and Peter J. Brisson Ames-Deforge Cambridge Mass. The names cover numerous towns and cities across New England with many from Bangor Hallowell Nashua Beechmont Beverly Northampton and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Gramstorff
Everett
John Street
F. Onion
Bangor
S. P. Dyer
F. Philbrick
Beachmont
R. Prouty
Millers Falls
Peter J. Brisson
H. Cunningham
Sianehenee
Whitred Damboise
Nashua
N. H
Henry A. Day
Ashland
Ernest Deschene
Somersworth
H. F. Dorgan
Pittsfield
Mass
Newell G. Flood
Northampton
Frank Ford
Lynn
Frank Foster
Haverhill
Eugene Gebe
Mascoma
Howard E. Gilbert
Old Town
Harold E. Grandshaw
Itsfield
Harvey L. Grey
Sedgwick
Arthur V. Hillman
Hancock
Nane G. Kauppi
Gardner
Joseph A. Lacey
Napoleon la Fontain
Andre J. Lavallee
Haverill
Stanley Lawnicki
Easthampton
Thomas N. Lennon
Ernest A. Mazerall
James B. McGee
Salem
Earle J. Morrill
Morristown
Francis Patneaude
Montpelier
Millard I. Patterson
Gardiner
Frank F. Peaslee
Joseph J. Ravgiala
Zephlin Raymond
Leo A. Ricard
Belmont
Norman N. Ripley
Bradford
Volney A. Roberts
Guilford
Charles E. Savage
Henniker
Lewis F. Scherp
Dalton
Davis Stambler
Danvers
Wilfred J. Thibodeau
Peabody
An E. Thurston
Mt. Vernon
E. Martin IL
Tillotson
Groton
Frank L. Vose
Leominster
Harold P. Waldron
Boston
Royal P. Webber
Litchfield
Julian S. White
Harry E. Whittaker
George J. Willett
Middlefield Social Roundup Reunions and Remembrances
Middlefield residents report a warm summer gathering despite heat with Morris Alling fans and musical numbers at town hall. Visitors from Greenfield and Brooklyn join friends, while a Epworth League truck run heads to Rock and Middlefield. A prayer tribute honors soldiers and loved ones amid town chatter and reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefield
Robert Marsden
Mermo
Irene Gray
Greenfield
Mass
Terrill
Irving Co
Vermont
Town Hall
Morris Alling
W. C. U -Work
Harold Cummings
Brooklyn
Epworth League
Rock
Rockfall
Old Saybrook Notables and Local Happenings
Old Saybrook highlights include Miss M. Gibny of Berlin and Miss Nellie M. Clark returning from Lebanon, Conn. A storm passed, the New Haven wreckers cleaned debris at the schoolhouse crossing, and the engine tender moved to New Haven. Mrs. J. F. Coulter Jr. seeks treatment at St. Raphael’s Hospital. Local fashions and shop notes from A. F. Kokojan. The Lyons and Kelleher sisters visit Mr. and Mrs. James C. McGuire while Lara Beam stays with Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bushnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gibny
Berlin
James Vile
M. Gibney
New Britain
Saybrook
Nellie M. Clark
Lebanon
Conn
New Haven
School House
J. F. Coulter, Jr
St. Paphael’s Hospital
Virginia Dare
A. F. Kokojan
Lyons and Kelleher
New York City
James C. McGuire
Lara Beam
New York
Local Visitors and Town Socials Highlight Higganum Notes
Higganum residents and visitors fill the scene with guests from Middletown New Haven Worcester Stratford and Camp Mills. Mrs A L Brainard and Mrs Woodworth visit. Mrs Jennie Gilbert hosts Miss Calhoun. Mr and Mrs Edward Sumner and others stay in town. A Congregational church sale raises over 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higganum
A. L. Brainard
Woodworth
Middletown
Walfred Carlson
New Haven
Edward Sumner
Calhoun
Worcester
Mass
Jennie Gilbert
Dickerman
W. C. Marble
Robert Brooks
Clifford Skinner
E. O. Burr
Esther Porter
Stratford
Congregational Church
Daisy Marble
Mabel Bailey
Northfield
Gordon Cody
East Hampton
Richard Johnson
Charles Crissy
Camp Mills
Ida Dodd
Local Notes From Essex Aug. 15 Spotlight Residents
Essex notes list Francis Miller visiting on Novelty avenue from the tug Onrust while Mrs. Fred Bailey of Madison visits Irvin Bailey’s home. Mrs A Lemberg hosts Brooklyn guests. William Pond vacationed at Cape Cod. Claude Banta works for A H Reynolds. Mrs. Margaret Maclean rents LaPlace rooms near Middle Cove. William Webber finishes work at BH. Dickensovns. Mrs Clinton Starkey of Brooklyn visits Griswold House Inn. Maple trees on New Street gain lower branch trimming by Henry Walden and assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Francis Miller
Novelty Avenue
Fred Bailey
Madison
Irvin Bailey
A. Lemberg
Brooklyn
South Main Street
William Pond
Cape Cod
Mass
Claude Banta
A. H. Reynolds
Margaret Maclean
Regular prayer meeting and city lights outage in East Berlin
East Berlin residents endured a power outage after a shower on Wednesday, delaying activities until after ten. Epworth League social proceeded with lamps and rain disruption, while town notices promote a war garden and pig sign. John Moran returned to New Haven from visiting relatives. another Moodus fishing trip planned. Mrs. W E Brown left for Springfield to visit daughter Mrs. Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
M. E. Church
Epworth League
John Moran
New Haven
Ara
Moodus
W. E. Brown
Springfield
Mrs. Ryan
Moodus and Area Short Notices Highlight Local Travel and Events
Moodus reports Joseph Eegeter of Carrier House on a Hartford business trip. DAR Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter plans an August 16 picnic at Nathan Hale Park East Haddam. Ackley and Stark family members visit relatives in Nantucket. Parkine family occupies Lecrenier cottage at Lake Bashan. Stark reunion set for New London August 21. John Cyaja resigns from W W Gates grist mill. Bees teen wee Se 85 Bt. French H is recovering and able to sit up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moodus
Joseph Eegeter
Carrier House
Hartford
Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter
Nathan Hale Park
East Haddam
S. E. Ackley
Ida Stark
W. W. Beckwith
Naugatuck
Parme Lee Illness and Typhoid Threat Hit Ivoryton
Marjorie Parme Lee of Hartford and the Ensley Starling family are reported sick with typhoid fever in Ivoryton. An electric shower last night disrupted local business by blacking out electric lights. Sufficient rain cooled the area though, leaving the meat market inconvenienced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivryton
Marjorie Parmelee
Hartford
Ensley Starling
Grand and Middlesex Theatres Show Multiple Acts and Films
The Grand Theatre offers four vaudeville acts headlined by The Bush Bros with bluebird films including The City Of Tears starring Carmel Myers plus a Sidney Drew comedy and Pathe Weekly. Middlesex screens The Mating of Marcella with Dorothy Dalton and Walice Reid’s Believe Me Xantippe plus DeMille’s Old Wives for New and A Daughter of the Gods with Annette Kellermann. Also screenings include Pershing's Crusaders War film and To Hell With the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush Bros
Bluebird
Universal
Marie Walcamp
Division of Films
Washington
Middlesex Theatre
Dorothy Dalton
Marcella
Burton Holmes
Lyons-Moran
Wallace~ Reid
Xantippe
Mack Sennett
Cecil B. DeMille
David Graham Phillips
Relentless. Detroit Free Press war quote
A Detroit Free Press passage presents a hard edged exchange on postwar plans. The speaker declares personal enmity with Germany, asserting that there will always be war between him and the Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Pal
Thunderstorm Strikes Ely Farm Barns in Chester Damage Report
In Chester Aug 15 Mrs Sarah Matthews visits East Haven at the Foster home as a thunder shower destroys a large Ely farm barn with hay wagons and farming tools. Nearby buildings suffer minor damage and several residents are stunned. A live wire near the library downed by wind and lightning, while trees shed limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Sarah Matthews
East Haven
Theodore Foster
Ely
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Paramount
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the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Jesse L. Lasky
Wallace Reid
Paramount Picture
Jeanie McPherson
Artcraft
Nenety
Ane
Crusaders
U.S. Signal Corps
Navy
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
France
Chives
Ahern & Cahoon
State Street
Bost
Town
Carmel Myers
City OF
Sidney Drew
Pathe Weekly
Triangle
the Lion’s Claw
Allies
Annette. Kellerman
MAX Press, Tallor and Clothier
Middletown, Conn
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