U S Employment Service opens in Middletown for peacetime labor
The U S Employment Service opens an office in Middletown to help transfer returning soldiers and workers to peace time jobs. Mr McNeely leads the local unit with Miss Cohen assisting from Hartford. Emphasis is on registering workers and matching with local employers, with women given special consideration.
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Own
Par
Eafn
Department of Labor
McNeely
U. S. Examiner
Employment Service
Middletown
T Miss Cohen
Hartford
Annual Meeting Sowheag Encampment Officers 1919
Sowheag Encampment No 6 IC C F held its annual meeting electing W F Perkins as Chief Patriarch C A L Morgan high priest A F Hayes senior warden F H Hutchings scribe F L Phelps treasurer G A Spatcher junior warden William J Kieft trustee and to be installed January 7 1919 by District Deputy Grand Patriarch William J Kieft and suite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C. F
W. F E. Perkins
C A. L. Morgan
A. F. Hayes
F. H. Hutchings
F. L. Phelps
G. A. Spatcher
William J. Kieft
William JJ. Kieft
Suite
Christmas Packages Arriving on Air Line
The first train from New Haven brought a full car load of packages for Adams and every arrival today carried Christmas matter, indicating the holiday rush is on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Line
New Haven
Adams
Cradle Notes Daughter Marjory Aline Born
A daughter named Marjory Aline was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Maynard in South Farms on Sunday the fifteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjory Aline
Arthur Maynard
South Farms
Butter substitute promises real taste at low cost
An old law forces the use of the word Oleomargarine on labels for Nut and other butter substitutes. The product, made from coconut and pasteurized milk, mimics butter in flavor and nutrition but is sold at a cheaper price. Shoppers are urged to seek Benefit Bran Nut and similar items at retailers listed by the Erportins Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fin Creamery
Erpportins Co
Middlesex County
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Means Renewal and Enrollment
The Roll Call is not a funds drive but a renewal of former members and enrollment of new ones. It records those who want Red Cross work to continue until every soldier is home and families receive ongoing home service and hospital support. Join now one dollar.
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Red Cross
Trose
Orce
Local notices mix with holiday ads and health notes
A collage of 1912 era briefs and advertisements reports holiday shop activity at Stueck's and John F. Convey Cigar Co. while local residents like Ellsworth Meech and John Barry return from travels. notes on influenza recovery, trade ads for cigars and hats, theater and dance announcements, church and fraternal notices, and a hospital donation update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stueck’s
Ellsworth Meech
Arrigoni Hotel
Jass
Clark
Dencie Farrow
High Street
Ford
John F
J. Yale Fairman
New Haven
John F. Convey Cigar Co
George C. More
Mansfield
Conn
John T. Walsh
E. J. Wilcox & Co
Washington Street
Howard C. Leonard
Steamboat Landing
Ady
Higginson Business Institute
Middletown
John M. Barry
John Barry
Marlborough St
Portland
William Nolan
Washington
Hazen
Adyv
Frank Gorman
King’s Avenue
Alabama
Togeery
Frank Jacobson
Caulkins & Post Company
Convey’s
P. J. Ford
Bidwell & Lynch’s
Wetmore Place
Park and Tilford’s and Wallace
Stevens & Brewer
Main Street
Red Men’s Hall
Westfield
Tyom Bosch
Springfield
Schaefer
Nick Danz
Charles Curtis
Pearl Street
Montclair
N. J
Middletown Business College
Clark & True
McCarthy Takes Charge of Post Office
Postmaster Daniel J. McCarthy assumed duty this morning at the new post office building after 21 years with the N Y N H R R Co and 12 years as Union station ticket agent. John A. Larson becomes assistant postmaster, with Henry Maier of Middlefield as assistant. The depot office now operates as a first class ticket office with tickets to all points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. McCarthy
N.Y
Union Station
John A. Larson
Henry Maier
Middlefield
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U.S. Employment Service
Ward
Bert Hulse
Hulse
France
23Rd Engineers
St. Mihiel
Argonne Forest
Paris
New Middletown
New York
Sachem
Storrs
Army Training Corps
Wm. F. Flynn
War Department
M’carthy
P. 0
Barton
Tel
East Hampton
Neville
Candy Shop
Jacques
Spear Bros
Middletown’s
Rapid Fire Guns
Funny Face
Sandy Andy Toys
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
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Army OF the Red: Cross
Katrina Trask
America
Belgium
Italy
Serbia
Roumania
Poland
Armenia
Middletown National Bank
Middletown Gas CO
Middletown Coal CO
Caulkins & Post Co
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