Portland Gy Drowned at Pacouset
A 15 year old boy named Martinson drowned on frozen Pacouset pond while skating. Rescue efforts by bystanders failed as he did not surface after breaking through. The body was recovered near the cove by Oscar Markham. The incident prompted discussion of ice thickness about nine inches. A chewing gum wrapper found by the scene is speculated to have distracted him. Also noted are local cinema listings and town notices.
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Martinson
Peary
Mirheld
Oscar Markham
A. Sears
A. J. Emmons
Res J. Johnson
Dis
Sar
Rocky Hill Ferry Service Halts Amid River Freeze
Rocky Hill Feb 10 The ferryboat service to Glastonbury and Rocky Hill is suspended with the river nearly closed since January. Local residents W McNamara and two daughters were visitors from out of town Saturday. Julius Bukley visited Hartford on Saturday. Twaddle, recently released from Ford Hospital, returned home. Red Cross will meet Thursday at Library Hall. Jad Dimock has improved considerably. Mrs George Stabbott spent Sunday with her sister in Burnside. Clarence Pratt visited from out of town on Saturday. Mrs B H Bliss and daughter Matt Middletown visited Peck on Main Street Sunday. People are busy making valentines for St Valentine’s Day. Nine o’clock mass was held at St. Mary’s Church Sunday morning.
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Rocky Hill
Sacred Heart Church
Bertha Cole
Southington
M. EB
J. Ryan
Springfield
Mass
H. A. Barnett
New Britain
M. H. Hazen
Louis Hazen
Hartford
Correll
Middletown
Earl Hazen
Camp Devens
East Haddam Offers Free Electricity for Home Wiring
In 1919 East Haddam residents are urged to wire homes and take advantage of a special rate and offer. Contact Walter A. Klay at Middlefield 40 to secure details and see how to qualify for the 1 percent electric fixtures incentive from Central Conn. Pow Hampton.
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Walter A. Klay
Hampton
Walter A. Biru
Middletown
Fire at East Berlin bureau prompts safety calls
The East Berlin fire department fought a blaze in a clothing bureau under a stove pipe hole. A spark possibly dropped from the chimney started it, burning the bureau and walls. Residents rang the Sacred Heart church bell to summon others, underscoring the need for accessible fire extinguishers. Local residents Bertha Cole, J Ryan, H A Barnett and family visits noted.
Silver Plate Glass Through the Ages
Silver plate glass with beveled edges and tiny surface figures originated in Venice. Early mirrors were small, five feet at most, and large panels were assembled from multiple pieces until the seventeenth century when gilt moldings hid the joints. Louis XVI adorned Versailles with expansive looking-glass panels.
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Venice
Louis XVI
Salle
Versailles
Bolshevist Nation Fire Threat Raises Debate
In a New York Tribune column a New York University economics professor argues Bolshevists would burn Liberty bonds to spare the people the burden of repayment. The piece suggests radicals fear not widening poverty but eroding respect for property, framing a provocative political critique.
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New York University
New York Tribune
East Hampton Seeks Baseball Push and Local Events
East Hampton plans a baseball association meeting in O Connell's barber shop on Feb 11 1919 at 9 o clock to spark a season. Recitals at Wesleyan are underway with a February 21 event planned, Red Cross meetings and social events fill the week, and local notices advertise vanilla extract, free electricity in 1919, and home wiring details with Walter A. Birch in Middletown.
Handsome Electric Fixtures Offered by Local Power Co
Central Conn. Power and Licht Co of East Hampton, Conn advertises a fine selection of electric fixtures. Contact Tel. 140 for details on available lighting and wiring options.
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Central Conn. Power and Licht Co
East Hampton
Conn
Local notes from Durham and surrounding towns
Residents visit relatives and passers through include R C Markham of Middletown and O U A M members meeting tonight. Ex sailor Herman de Macarty recounts service on USS Aroostook with mine squadron one returning from overseas with a German sub souvenir. Scarlet fever recovery at Middlesex hospital for Miss Bertha Stevens. square dancing at town hall Friday with Hahn's orchestra. Ice on mill pond nine inches deep signals upcoming harvest work.
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Durham
R. C. Markham
Middletown
B. A. Markham
Bishop Atwell
New London
Frank Beaiherd
Grippe
MR. Culver
Oo. I
Markham
Deep River
H. P. Ryan
Elmer Crowell
Johnson Lane
G. de Macarty
U.S.S. Aroostook
Invergordon Scotiland
Aroostook
North Sea
United States Navy
Bertha Stevens
Middlesex Hospital
Charles Stevens
Hamden
Fred C. Miller
Middlefield
Town Hall
Harry Ryan
Hahn
The Right Sort Dialogue About a Naval Pacifist
Two Anselanders discuss their mutual friend Jim who has joined the navy aboard a destroyer. They joke that he is a naval pacifist, defining the term as one who plants depth bombs to spread oil on troubled waters, reflecting wartime irony in a Boston Transcript style.
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Anselanders
Jim
Navy
Destroyer
Boston Transcript
Colchester News Roundup Grange and Local Happenings
Rev Irving Urnaps Hartford sermon at the local chapel. William S Curtis ill at home on Norwich avenue. Mrs Frank Doane visiting Hartford for hospital treatment. Grange meeting Tuesday with officer installations and supper. Mollie Slater visiting out of town. Walter Dowde and William Hurd from East Hampton in town for fishing Saturday. Funeral of Mr Sloper held at daughter Mrs L Broder's home. Band meeting tonight and grand concert with dance Wednesday in Grange hall. Leo and Walter White returned from Hartford for the weekend. Deborah Shea home from Hartford yesterday. Colchester Middletown special makes first 3 15 pm run to Middletown this afternoon. Nellie Gray returned to Comstock's Bridge.
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William S. Curtis
Norwich Avenue
Frank Doane
Hartford
Grange Mee
Mollie Slater
Walter Dowde
Wm. Hurd
East Hampton
Sloper
Engaged Couple In Kansas City Parlor Scene
In a Kansas City Journal note a man seeks to propose while the woman tests his vow about paying his brother to stay out of the parlor. He answers yes and adds he hopes he was not presuming. She states if he paid him she would object. They are now engaged.
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Kansas City Journal
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Portland
Pacouset
Moving Pictures
Emerald Hall
William S. Hart
Sennett
Hursday
Adlion
Adv
Teres
Picare
McDonald’s
Frank Clarkson
U. S. Navy
Philapoeave
Daniel B. Sullivan
Central Islip
S. 1
Patrick Foley
James Sullivan
Carl F. Olson
Estella Taylor
Edward Dunn
William J. H. Weihe
Boston
Riees
Norfolk
Harry Howard
Charles L. Co
Gildersleeve
Charles L. Jarvis
Jl N.jarvis
Wilm Gildersleeve
Charles Jarvis
Alfred Gildersleeve
Mar N. Jarvis
Ferdinand Gildorve
William Gildersleeve
East Berlin
East Hampton ‘Baseball Association
O’connell
Wesleyan
Gunnison
Warren
College
King’s Daughters
Red Cross Society
Colchester
Forrest Thatcher
Julia Ivers
Manchester
James Ivers
Chatham Hall
Irving Fountain
Clarence Goff
Bristol
Otis Goff
Jolly Boys
Silebert
Opera House
Heck
Co. C
6Th Infantry
Siebert’s
Central Pomona Grange No
Alice Beers
East Hampton Grange
Millard Park and
South Manchester
A. M. Park
Chatham Pharmacy
Irving Urnap
Foley
E. J. Bedard
Cowiche
Bvnni Winks
Tyan A
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