Portland Board of Education names new school supervisors
The Portland Board of Education announced assignments for the upcoming school year with Mr. Con in charge of Hampton and Portland and Johnson overseeing Duff and Haddam. School openings were delayed to September 9 to finish eco and farm work, ensuring a forty week year. Local events include war savings stamp drives, temple and Lutheran Brotherhood meetings, a Scout troop gathering, a funeral, and community notices about teachers’ summer duties and weather.
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Ortland
Board of Education
A C
Conin
Hampton
Portland
Johnson
Duff
Haddam
Man
Tren
Eco
East Haddam Social Roundup and Summer Events
East Haddam notes guests from Lord and Hartford visits as Camp Bethel fills with summer residents. The Gazelita fishing schooner sails, Sarah Lane plans Bristol residence with daughter Mrs Clark, and an Opera House concert by Giacomo and New England singing orchestra runs August 23 with 8 15 to 12 entertainment and 50 cent admission.
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East Haddam
H. G. Wind Aang
A. Olsen
Lord
H. Wind
Omi
J. H. Hatstat
Hartford
James Dougherty
L ‘Ord
H. Z. Clarke
Frank A. Clarke
Sarah Lane
Bristol
Clark
Ance
Opera House
Giacom and
New England Singing Orchestra
When I came to this town every I had was tied
In a Toronto Telegram interview an elderly resident recalls moving to the town with few possessions, describing how his early years were constrained by debt and mortgages. The fragment suggests personal financial hardship and a reflection on past hardship in the community.
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Toronto Telegram
Mort
New Kidney Health Claim Promotes Gold Medal Haar Capsules
The passage urges that kidneys overwork and fail to filter poisons, warning of back pain colored urine and appetite loss as signs of Bright's disease. It promotes Gold Medal Haar Capsules as a guaranteed relief and cites a claim of over 200 PMID.
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Bright
Local Notes From New Haven Area Activity and Youth Moves
Local residents attend visits and travels with several returning from New Britain New Jersey and Hartford. Schools announce September 3 start and new enrollments including Kenneth Morgan Elsworth Swanson and others. Army and camp departures noted with Charles Bushnell and Robert Mtench. Civilian visitors Mrs Markham and family plan winter in Clinton while new film to be shown Aug 25 27 Pershing's Crusaders.
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Portland
Paine
Dr. Dent
New Haven
Theodore Harman, Jr
Cayo Manila
Cuba
New York City
Robert E. Richardson
Ridgefield
Theodore
G. W. Spencer
Clarence A. Post
Robert Mtench
Charles Bushnell
Harold Stevens
Charles Brainard
Newport
R. I. Naval Training Station
Raymond Kelsey
Pelham Bay
N. Y
Haddam Neck Grange venue hosts Mr. Bob comedy
Haddam Neck Aug 20 Local talent stage two act comedy Mr. Bob at the Grange hall Saturday Aug 24 with A J Eltinge and Miss Mildred Mac Veagh plus Miss Anna Muhlenbrouck. Proceeds benefit Haddam Neck Red Cross. Directing by Mrs S C Gillette. Dancing ice cream and cake after the play.
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Haddam Neck
Mr. Bob
Grange Hall
A. J. Eltinge
New Hampshire
Carl Sandin
Sandin
The
Colors
Mildred MacVeagh
New York
Anna Muhlenbrouck
Local News From Ivoryton and Nearby Areas
Aliss Marjorie Carlson returns from Huntington Long Island. John Dickinson, son of Edward W Dickinson, Chestnut Street, at Camp Devens, expected to attend a noncommissioned officers school soon. J L Anderson of Hartford visits. Albert Ely purchases an automobile. Jennie Manners returns to New London. Benjamin Tibbles ordered to report for military duty Tuesday August 27.
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Ivoryton
Aliss Marjorie Carlson
Huntington
L. I
John Dickinson
Edward W. Dickinson
Chestnut Street
Camp Devens
J. L. Anderson
Hartford
Albert Ely
Jennie Manners
New London
Benjamin Tibbles
New York Guests Return From PONSETT Visit
Young visitors from New York depart after a stay with Mrs Joseph Wychodil. Mrs Augusta Finch and Mr Sommer also return to New York. Rev Knowles has two grandsons in service Albert with Canadian engineers in France and John at Camp Devens, plus a granddaughter nurse with Middlesex Hospital registered for overseas duty. All are children of Mr and Mrs E W Dickinson of Ivoryton. Miss A B Spencer learns her grandson Chauncey Spencer is in France in good health.
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E. W. Dickinson
Ivoryton
A. B. Spencer
Chauncey Spencer
France
Colchester Social and Local Updates Note
Walter Lom bard of Hartford enjoys a two week vacation at his Colchester home. A large audience attended a dance at Tip Top hall last Saturday night. Mr and Mrs John Riley of Hartford visited Mrs Etta Lombard on Monday. Local youths turning 21 must register on August 24.
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Colchesert
Walter Lombard
Hartford
Top Hall
Lazinsk
Tip Top Hall
John Riley
Etta Lombard
Jane
Strong
Eer
Acne
Acho Boxins
East Hampton Marks 56th Birthday And Local Events
East Hampton notes include Leonard Siebert hosting family for his 56th birthday at Main Street home. Guests from New Britain Philadelphia Hartford Bridgeport attendances listed. A Red Cross meeting set for Chat ham hall at 7 30 pm. A dance at East Haddam Opera House Friday August 23 features Giacoma and New England singing orchestra with 815 to 12 dancing and admission 35 and 50 cents Children 17c. Additional visits noted from New York Portland Lake side cottages Westbrook and Astoria residents, plus hospital and vacation updates.
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East Hampton
Leonard Siebert
Main Street
Frank Burr and Sone
Chester
Charles Siebert
New Britain
Harry Benton
Philadelphia
Howard Siebert
Carrie
Ethel Siebert
Harry Miller
Hartford
W. W. B. Markham
John O’neill
Veronica
Frances
Bridgeport
R. A. Wall
Red Cross Society
Chatham Hall
Mary Loding
New York
Michael Day
Dorothy
Margaret Boyce
Lakeside Cottage
Opera House
East Haddam
Giacoma
New England
Moses McDonald
Adrian
Portland
Agnes Hardy
G. M. O'Neill
James Eppolet
Middlesex Hospital
M. W. Wall
Clement
Woodmont
William Keiler
Astoria
L. I
Turner
Clark Burnham
Westbrook
Middlesex Theatre
Middletown
U. S
Pershing
Crusaders
Adv
Residents visit and family news from Killingworth area
Mrs Anna M Anderson and daughter Dagmar Oakland of New York along with Miss Fanny Bryan of Brooklyn and Mrs Mary J Hayden of Westbrook visited Mr and Mrs Charles E Nettleton on Sunday. Mrs Fidelia Lord Griswold of West Britain visits Ellen Parme Lee. Elma Tooley spent past week visiting relatives out of town. Frederick Wilcox of Ivoryton visited Saturday. David McClellan Kelsey and two West Hartford sons visited last week. Jay Dowd and family from Madison plus Wilbur Kelsey and daughter of Bristol visited last week. Jere E Adametz sold the Conrad Werderhold farm to Wendelin Povejsil of Astoria, IL.
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Killingworth
Anna M. Anderson
Dagmar Oakland
New York City
Fanny Bryan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary J. Hayden
Westbrook
William Buell
Clinton
Charles E. Nettleton
Fidelia Lord Griswold
West Britain
Ellen Parmelee
Elma Tooley
Frederick Wilcox
Ivoryton
David McClellan Kelsey
West Hartford
Jay,Dowd
Madison
Wilbur Kelsey
Bristol
Jere E. Adametz
Conrad Werderhold
Wendelin Povejsil
Astoria
L. IL
Social notes from Clinton area August travel and visits
Miss Agnes Kane returns to Sedgwick Maine after a four week visit with aunt Mrs Charles Taintor who also visited. Helen Lynch Rose Walker visited Boston friends and Camp Devens Ayer Mass. Clifton Wilcox of Brooklyn NY visiting parents Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wilcox. Laura Whittemore Worcester visiting Mrs Minnie Merrill. Besse Elton Hartford spent Sunday with Mrs George Bradley. Lindsay Fletcher hosts Mrs Powers and daughter of Freeport L I. Pearl Kelsey ill at home with scarlet fever. Fettig and Burnham spend week in Buffalo NY. Quip about wife taking up singing and another joke about barefoot dancing.
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Clinton
Agnes Kane
Sedwick
Maine
Charles Taintor
Laura Whittemore
Worcester
Minnie Merrill
Besse Elton
Hartford
George Bradley
Commerce Street
Lindsay Fletcher
Powers
Freeport
Pearl Kelsey
A. P. Fettig
George Burnham
Buffalo
N.Y
Phosphated Iron Tonic Promises Nervous Strength
Doctors hail Phosphated Iron as a nerve builder and blood improver. Reliable physicians cite its phosphate and iron combination as aiding nervous tissue uptake and correcting anaemic weakness, claiming remarkable results for strength and vitality.
Wheat Cut Across The Old Lyme District
Old Lyme residents report several acres of wheat cut in the district while spring sowing continues. Local news notes Dr. Devitt sailing for France as tank casualty support, twelve fresh air children arriving from the Tribune fund, and parish updates. Enlistments in the Y M C A art colony unit are listed with families, and draft concerns loom as the town braces for fewer young people remaining.
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Old Lyme
Devitt
France
Tribune Fund
New York
John Kane
Josephine Bradbury
Frank Howard
Blackall
Herbert Lyons
W. F. Clark
Cora Huntley
Mary Whitford
Abby Saftford
Coventry
Safford
Henry Chapman
Charles
Cora
Marion Davison
New Haven
Jennie Davison
George E. Clark
George Ringrose
Jeanette Booth
New London
Silltown
Harvey Norton
C. C. Davison
Harvey
Boston
George Brrr
Will House Foot
William Chadwick
Y. M. CA
Art Colny
Out of Work: From Railroad President to Unemployed
A Louisville Courier-Journal item reflects a man once a railroad president now facing unemployment amid industrial shifts. The brief notes the paradox of shortage in work while a former high-ranking executive seeks new employment.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
A Modern Colonial Home Designed by Chas Sedgwick AR
A detailed description of a Colonial style home design by Chas. Sedgwick. The 150 foot wide plan features a side glazed piazza, cement stucco exterior, drop siding under, brown trim with white sash, and a green roof. Inside there is a central living room with French windows, a den with Dutch window seat, a grand staircase, dining and kitchen areas, and a full basement. Estimated cost ranges from 5500 to 7000 dollars excluding utilities, with four second floor bedrooms, ample closets, baths, and a rear sleeping porch. The plan suits east or south fronts and aims for a comfortable homey look.
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Henry Larson
Gildersleeve
Nenar Jackson
Marlborough
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Julia Chap
New
Catherine Delay
High Street
Stanley Works
Julia
Mary
Elizath Bransfield
Missay C. Austin
Belchertown
Mass
Austin
Bransfield
Raymond .Sutcliffe
Keester
John Howard
Thomas
Supreme Council of the
Temple of Honor of America
Freestone Sle
Supreme Council
Lutheran Brotherhood
Swedish Lutheran Church
Eilersne
Rev.g. Erickson
Adolph Bengston
Frank E. Magnuson
Cial
Gustaf Josephson
Ponsett
Colchester
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