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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
5
New York February 27 lead stays firm with East St. Louis spot February and April 580 to 540. Spelter also firm with East St. Louis spot February and March at 645, and April May and June 625 to 633.
New England Tobacco Growers Association annual meeting in Hartford heard a serious outlook due to high labor and material costs. Officers were reelected unanimously: President Howard A. Middleton Broad Brook, Vice President Frederick L. Whitmore Sunderland Mass, Secretary William K. Ackley East Hartford, Treasurer Harry W. Case Tariffville. Also Mayor R J Kinsella welcomed attendees and Lieut Gov Clifford B Wilson attended. In Paris, the peace conference financial questions were examined. a communique announced the Finance Committee lead by M Crespi would present its findings to the council of ten.
James R. Sloane 72 longtime Grand Army figure and 1913 department commander died today after two years illness. He spent 35 years with Charles Parker Co as confidential clerk. A Civil War veteran, he served in Company C first Connecticut heavy artillery and helped found Merriam Post where he was a past commander. Survived by a widow and five children.
New York February 27 Habeas corpus hearing seeks Arthur William Pratt’s release amid investigation into the disappearance of Charles Coppola of South Norwalk Conn. Pratt is accused of attempting to sell the missing car authorities say.
The Sanpa, a 3500 ton wooden cargo ship, was successfully launched this afternoon at the Housatonic Shipbuilding Co yards in Stratford. Sponsor Miss Esther L. MacLeod of New Haven christened the vessel. Three sister ships remain on the ways, nearing completion.
President Wilson sent to the senate the nomination of John J. Mitchell of Boston to be United States marshal for the district of Massachusetts.
A stormy Feb 27 meeting in New Britain debated a tax rate not to exceed 21 mills. The Taxpayers Association led a drive against budget details, with secret items and missing copies. Fire and police pay increases were reportedly excluded, and the crowd dispersed in disorder after adjournment was finally declared carried.
A delegation of ten Mansfield Woman's Relief Corps members including president Mrs. Catherine Carrier visited St. Luke's home to present a large flag. Mrs. Russell Frisbie spoke on the Corps mission, highlighting patriotic work, Americanization, and school outreach. Mrs. Graham urged thanks and a house visit invitation as Miss Bauman unveiled Our Flag, and the flag was raised for display, marking a joyful afternoon.
Waterbury police opened an investigation after 15 sticks of dynamite were found yesterday in the yards of Randolph & Clowes & Co. A bundle large enough to blow up half the town was spotted by coal dump workers as it landed near them. One laborer alerted authorities and fled in alarm.
Hartford mayor John Buckley III is hospitalized at St Francis with a breakdown from overwork while serving as executive secretary to Governor Holcomb. The fever has subsided but no removal date is set. Buckley also directed Connecticut draft board work and pressed on despite illness.
A folk remedy claims a dose every two hours, up to three, will end a grippe and break a severe cold with relief of stuffed sinuses, headaches, and fever. It touts quick, pleasant taste and no assistance needed, available at drug stores for a few cents.
Miss Pauline M Getz and Adolph Behm wed at St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church in a 3 pm ceremony. Rev. E B Hingkeldey presided as members of the bridal party and family hosted a reception on Oak street. The couple plans to reside in Middletown after a wedding trip to New York City.
Wesleyan has three games left on the basketball schedule, including a March 7 game at Yale in New Haven and two home contests. Williams visits on March 1, followed by a March 8 Brown game. The Wes leyan lineup will shift with Ryalls at center, Parsons at guard, Robertson at left forward, while Travis and Captain Dixon remain starters.
Cromwell’s Co D S G rifle team defeated East Hampton by 78 points with ten prone five sitting five kneeling shots. Capt Stow and Lieut Garde posted perfect scores as Cromwell averaged 97.5 per man. Next week Cromwell faces Farmington. lineup includes Taylor Sixes Sanford Steadman Fielding Proudman Stow Garden.
The annual dramatic event by the college club becomes public this year with proceeds aiding Middletown girls’ scholarship fund at Connecticut College. The play Mrs Gorringe's Necklace, a comedy of character, features five club women and five Wesleyan students in a London setting about the loss of a diamond necklace. It will be staged March fourth in the High School hall.
In Center Street neighborhood court Carmelia Carta had judgment suspended after a neighborhood fight case. Josephine Carta and Jennie Milardo were found guilty and fined 10 dollars plus costs totaling 16.10 each. They paid and left for Home on Center Street.
A carpenter from Manasquan New Jersey says a nonoperative method cured his rupture years ago after failed trusses and a painful operation. He reports no recurrence, warns others, and invites letters for full information.
The page includes a Clearing House statement with sub-treasury credit 3 060 782 exchanges 597 963 511 and balances 64 812 776. It also carries multiple small classifieds offering Foleyhealth products and various sale notices for flowers, a Cromwell building lot, cars, horses, wagons, and a Portland property. notices list contact details and brief item descriptions.
Miss Josephine A. Collins, among 22 militant suffragists arrested for heckling President Wilson, resisted release from Charles Street Jail. Three guards finally escorted her from the jail as a brother paid her $3.50 fine.
John Lobden foreman at Colt Mfg Co Meriden living at 15 She-man avenue Meriden was found with a crushed skull beneath a machine on Middletown avenue near New Haven. He was taken to New Haven hospital in serious condition. A garage employee found the overturned machine and tried to aid him but needed help to release him. No witnesses identified.
Warning on kidney health cites nervousness dizziness back pain and sleeplessness as signs of failing kidneys. Promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules imported from Holland claiming relief or money back and urges asking for the original GOLD MEDAL brand in sealed packages.
Thirty freight cars carrying 120000 rifles left Bridgeport for the Russian mission in New York. The shipment, bound for Valdivostok via the Panama Canal, completes a large imperial Russian government contract and had been stored here since the czar’s regime fell.
In Paris on February 27 Premier Clemenceau visited the foreign office for the first time since an assassination attempt. He entered and left the Quai d Orsay unassisted and took part in ongoing peace conference negotiations.
Safecrackers stole bonds valued at $130 000 from the James B. Oliver estate office in the Oliver building in Pittsburg on February 27. Police have no leads. Central Lodge No 12 L C C F will perform the third degree on four candidates tonight.
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