Local sale notices list farm, pets, goods for sale and services
Classified items include collie puppies for sale two genders one male 15 dollars and two females five dollars each plus a variety of farm and household goods for sale or trade. Listings mention tobacco barn for relocation, livestock such as oxen and steers, engines, chairs and furniture, fresh fish prices, meat market specials, and local services from window cleaning to upholstering and wells. The notices repeatedly cite Middletown and surrounding towns with contact details and dates for transactions.
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H. McConowell
Zist
Ave
New London
Rockport
Middletown
Guy & Rice
W. Pey
Essex
Brazos & Sons
P. O
Hartfor
M. L. Carpenter
Norwalk
Fred W. Keilish
Staddle Hill
Fisk
Washington St
Centerbrook
J. EB
Knowles
R. F
Westfield
Tel
Philip Marotta
Rockfall Nursery
Grand St
High St
K St
Rapallo Ave
Clinton Ave
Pearl St
Liberty
Court St
South Farms
Cromwell
Bargain
Hart Ave
Wethersfield
St. Apply
Angelo Caiazzo
Smith Typewriter
Toms Typewriter
Hartford
al Cement
Teriais
Preests Bros
Eee Ee
Erin St
Dew Drop Inn
Clinton
Sam Cannata
E. R. Shailer
Haddan
Shailerville
Middletown Window Cleaning Co
Alsop Ave
Tell A
California Syrup of Figs Ideal Laxative for Children
A vintage ad-like notice touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe pleasant tasting laxative for children and adults. It claims to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels without griping, helping fevers sore throats colic and stomach issues by morning. It warns against counterfeits and directs readers to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
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California
California Syrup of
California Fig Syrup Company
Slavery Days Are Over But Help Still Needed Abroad
A plea for aid from the Near East urges readers to donate amounts such as $60 yearly to support a life, $5 monthly to sustain a soul, or 17 cents a day to nourish a famishing body. The appeal seeks modest help rather than obligation, urging a lift along a hard path in the name of pity.
Space donated to relief committee by gas company
A space was donated to the Local Committee for Relief in the Near East by the Middletown Gas Light Company, supporting wartime aid efforts and local philanthropy.
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Local
Committee For Relief In the
Near East
The
Middletown Gas Light Co
Hazen
Book Store
Middletown Coal Co
Chivalry in the Trenches and Cold Night Gas
A World War I letter recalls a freezing bivouac where a British Tommy, aged twenty eight and gasbed, shares blankets with a Yank. The American narrator, warmed then rebuffed, thanks the man yet warns against future aid as the two soldiers endure the brutal cold and coughing through a gaskenched night.
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Yank
Tommy
William ,L. Stidger
Association Men
Indian is learning white ways and subsiding old customs
In a World Outlook piece, Thomas C. Moffat notes the shift among Indigenous people from nomadic hunter life to farming and cattle raising. He observes new housing, use of disinfectants, engagement with missions, support for U.S. forces in France, large Liberty Loan contributions, school attendance, and the replacement of forts and churches as white influence grows.
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Washington
France
Liberty Loans
Thomas C. Moffat
World Outlook
Spirit of the Army Woman and Their Steady Valor
An Officer's Wife in Atlantic extols army women for resilience and spirit in hardship. She praises their refusal to complain, notes a mother who sews for her child, and mentions a Southerner who adapts by renting a house and managing family duties while women pursue governing tasks.
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Atlantic
Stones laid for each tribe at Jerusalem university
The 12 stones for the Hebrew university at Jerusalem were laid in the presence of General Allenby and French and Italian detachments. The stones symbolize the 12 tribes of Israel and are set on Mount of Olives, facing Jerusalem with Moab’s hills beyond.
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Hebrew University At
Jerusalem
Allenby
Israel
Mount of Olives
Moab
War Department Cuts Air Travel Allowance to Four Cents a Mile
The War Department reduced officers travel pay for air travel from seven to four cents per mile. The Judge Advocate General rules place airplane transport in the same class as prairie schooner travel, dog sleds in Alaska, and buffalo carts in the Philippines.
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War Department
Judge Advocate General
Alaska
Philippines
Expansion of Air School Training Reaches Further Capacity
An appropriation of 1,200,000 is expected to be available for the building program to permit the expansion of St Paul Aviation Mechanics Training school to twice its present capacity of 5,000 men. The war department already has appropriated 300,000 to prepare the school for the winter by installation of heating plants and remodeling of buildings.
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St. Paul
Fined in Worcester for Throwing Kisses at Mill Girls
Three young men in Worcester Massachusetts were fined ten dollars each after being found guilty of disturbing the peace. The carpet factory management complained that their kissing gestures distracted the mill girls, causing reduced work efficiency and potential decline in output.
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Worcester
Mass
Boosters of Sunday Baseball Speak For Bill
Albany supporters of the Sunday baseball bill include Christy Mathewson John J. Evers and Lieut. Col. Huston a Yankees part owner. They will speak in favor of the measure when it is presented in the state assembly.
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Albany
N. Y
State Assembly
Christy Mathewson
John J. Evers
Col. Huston
New York Yankees
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Kenois Building
State Civil Service Commission
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Pserrice
L. Dek. Hubbard
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State Civil Service
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Saybrook
Joe Fish
Joseph S. Annino
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Marinello
Miss Kett
Grand Theatre
Fred F Parmelve
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E. D. Hammond
L. D Mills Company
W. H. Chapman Co
Keily
Saa Ene Ae
Schaefer Brothers
K—S
Bath
Durham
New Milch
H. R. Blatchley
North Madison
Middlefield
M. Salamandra
M.C. Danforth
Enna
Sam Rosulin Biys
H Lieberman
Saybrook St
Carl A.smith
West Rocky Hill
John A. Anderson
Pine St
Durhans
Saan Oor
Burr Block
Middlesex Theatre
Leo B. Santange
Rusco Mall
East Main St
Columbia
Victor
Record Club Library
South Meriden
Cross
Kian
Oijars
America United
William J. Kieft
Highland Ave
United States District Court
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Bankrup
Droom
Bank
Brat
Ady
Nedlin
Evans
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Neslin
Bayer
Sauerkraut
B. & M. Blend
Village Grocery
F. J. Bielefield & CO
Bellans
Bellan 2
A. L. Southmayd
Arthur B. Jenkins
U. & Ang Fore
Mutual Building
Hartford, Conn
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