Memorial Tablet Names List Readied for Meriden War Bureau
Plans to honor 209 fallen soldiers from Bradley and Hub Company Meriden by erecting a memorial tablet proceed with a carefully compiled roster. The War Bureau will finalize the list, allowing one given name and initial only, before submitting to the town clerk by Wednesday night for Meriden Thursday morning casting. The roster includes Emil Abrahamson, Elijah Ackley, Frank Ackley, Charles Ahlberg, Austin Ahrens, Richard Anderson, and many others, with potential corrections to be reported promptly.
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Bradley & Huba Apany
Meriden
War Bureau
Emil Abrahamson
Elijah H. Ackley
Frank N. Ackley
Charles R. Ahlberg
Austin A. Ahrens
Richard \. Anderson
Benjamin ©. Anderson
Cars F. Anderson
Carl S. R. Anderson
Carl W. Anderson
Charles E. Lerson
Clarence O. Anderson
1St L. Anderson
George Anderson
Jorge E. Anderson
John H. Anderson
Henry 8. Austin
Samuel J. Baines
Frank C. Barker
J. Barry
Edward T. Barry
H. Barry
John M. Barry
Nellie Barry
E. Irving Bell
Edward T. Bement
Carl B. Bengtson
J. Wal- Bengtson
Edward B.bergeson
A. Bjorklund
Harry E. Brans
J. Clement Bransfield
Thomas C. Clark
William G. Clayton
Harry R. Én
Nathan Cohen
Samuel G
George E. Collins
John A.colstrom
Charles D. Cornwall
Perry H. Cornwall
Edward J. Cosgrove
John 8. Cosgrove
Arthur S. Cramer
Raymond V. Cramer
John F. Cronin
Joseph T. Cronin
John F. Curtin
John Curtin
Joseph
Titus S. Hale
Kellogg S D. Hale
Sherman W. Hall
J. Cornelius Hansen, Jr
Joseph B. Healey
Irving W Hick
Harold A. Hodge
Earl K. Hughes
R. Leslie Hughes
Flavian A. Ireton
Vincent T. Treton
Elgnar A. Jackson
Marshall N. Jarvis
Frederick Jobson
Harry J. Johnson
Robert E. Johnson
Stanley F. Jorczak
Oscar S. Josephson
Daniel P. Keane
W. Bernard Kes Ber
Sidney J. Keser
James C. Kingston
Edward K Kjellerstedt
John Klem
Joseph Kobusz
Alek Korminski
Felix Krajewski
Leon Krak
Frank Kregar
Rudolph C. Kuldell
Charles A. Larson
Eric Larson
Wodward Lawler
Harry L. Lawrence
F. Dudley Lewis
Bridge Work Well Done Opens Bridge Across
Bridge work finished with final planks laid and roadway set to open tonight. Swinging gates to replace apron gates will be operated from the draw tower. Superintendent A L Doe leads a capable highway department crew. a footpath may follow later as maintenance transfers to the department.
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Highway Department
A. L. Doe
Memorial Service for Corporal Forsberg at Sun Day Church
A memorial service for Corporal Ed ward H. Forsberg who fell in action October 26 will be held at the First Congregational church Sunday at 10 45. The Rev M K Thomson will speak on Keeping Faith With the Dead. Members of Company K State Guards and all soldiers and sailors home on furlough will be welcomed. The church notes it has lost three of its sons in the war and eleven members served the country.
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Edward H. Forsberg
First Congregational Church
M. K. Thomson
Company K
State Guards
Congregational Church
District Nurse Drive for Portland Funding
Mrs. Frank D. Haines announced that $1200 must be raised to retain district nursing services in Portland. Funds now available cover through mid February, and a forthcoming drive aims to secure the remainder. Townspeople have consistently supported war drives and are expected to respond cheerfully to sustain full-time nursing locally.
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Portland
Frank D. Haines
The Other Wise Man Lecture At St John’s Parish House
Local notices report Rev G B Gilbert to present a stereoptical lecture on The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke at St John’s Rose Hill Wednesday evening at 7 30. The program features prepared visual aids said to enhance interest for the community.
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G. B. Gilbert
St. John’s Parish House
Rose Hill
Henry van Dyke
Gilbert
Strickland House Visit Affects Local Youths
Mieyon shell residents report family move to Strickland street as Luther League team prepares for away game against State Guard five in New Britain. Local players Hoberg Ahlberg Carlson Lynch Larson and Nyman listed. All games this season out of town due to no local floor. Fourth Liberty Loan instalment of 20 percent due Jan 15 at First National Bank Portland. Edna M. Lundgren wife of Rev. Olof Lundgren dies at 30 after pneumonia. funeral in Meriden then in Mt. Jewett Pa. survivors include husband and two sons. Rev. C. G. Erickson officiates. Miss Ackley of Waterbury to be interred in Center Cemetery. Bridge street tower switch issues delay Portland car 15 minutes from Gildersleeve.
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Mieyon Shell
Strickland House
Strickland Street
Luther League
New Britain
State Guard
Hoberg
Ahlberg
Carlson
Lynch
Larson
Nyman
Liberty
First National Bank
Portland
Edna M. Lundgren
Olof Lundgren
Swedish Lutheran Church
Meriden
Mt. Jewett
Lundgren
C. G. Erickson
Nelson’s
Adv
Brooklyn
Westbrook Notes City Skating Mint and Church Meeting
Westbrook local column notes improving weather for skating and various town visits. mentions Florence Magouigal illness, Dr Tonks return, Major Taylor and Loomis in town, family visits, and a motor trip to Middletown. Also reports on quiet W W J A, First Congregational church annual meeting with officers elected, treasurers reports, changes to Sunday school quarters, and plans for a nominating committee for 1912 election.
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Westbrook
Magouigal
Florence Magouigal
J. T. Tonks
Lyme
E.J. Taylor
Old Saybrook
Austin Loomis
Clinton
Mary H. Wilson
James Wilson
Middletown
Clarence Post
E. A. Post
Main Street
W. A. Wilcox
First Congregational Church of
W. B. Sharrat
Board of Trustees
L. M. Gregg
A. A. Wilcox
Ladies’ Congregational Society
C. J. Merwin
Woman's Missionary Society
OC. L. Clark
Charles M. Post
Charles A. Grovenor
Edwin A. Post
Gilbert A. Post
Harold Stevens
G. D. E. Post
C. L. Clark
James H. Stannard
Red Cross meeting in chapel. local notices and deaths
Rockfall January 14 report notes the Red Cross will meet in the chapel Wednesday afternoon and, if stormy, Thursday. Mrs. B. B. Bigelow is in Clinton due to the death of her niece Norma Hull, daughter of Mr and William Hull. Henry Geffken returns home after weeks in Hartford. The saying about the wings of riches ends the fragment.
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Rockfall
Red Cross
B. B. Bigelow
Clinton
Norma Hull
William Hull
Henry Geffken
Hartford
Clinton News Highlights Include Dances and Mourning
Mrs A H Mee Gee visits daughter Mrs Arthur Cucuel Jr in Bristol. Raymond Doane hosts about eighty guests for an old fashioned dance on Commerce street. Norma Hull, daughter of Mrs William Hull, dies at eighteen after influenza and pneumonia. Daniel Allen visits family in town. Della Miller vacationing in New York City.
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Norma Hull
William Hull
Grand Theatre presents La fayette romance and more
Tonight at the Grand Theatre a patriotic romance La fayette We Come headlines a varied bill. A veiled princess mystery and love tale stream amid closeups of Foch Wilson Haig and Pershing with BE Lincoln and Dolores Cassinelli leading. Also Mary Miles Minter in The Ghost of Rosy Taylor and a Universal Weekly comedy.
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Grand Theatre
Lafayette
Marshal Foch
President Wilson
Douglas Haig
General Pershing
BE. K. Lincoln
Dolores Cassinelli
Mary Miles Minter
Rosy Taylor
Universal Weekly
Constance Talmadge
Mae Marsh
Marie Walcamp
Kultur
Colchester notes on State Grange session and locals
Colchester reports the State Grange session in Hartford this week with local delegates in attendance. Edward Mahoney of Goshen visited Sunday while a special Grange gathering occurred at the Gillette home on Broad Way. Rev E D Remington fell ill after preaching at the Baptist church and is convalescing. Regular Grange meeting set for 8 this evening. Hon E D Day travels in New York this week. John O’Brien of East Hampton, formerly of Colchester, visited Saturday. Mr and Mrs Ned Raymond of Hebron were in town Monday. A T Van Cleave remains in Hartford today.
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Colchester
State Grange
Hartford
Edward Mahoney
Goshen
E. R Gillette
Broadway
E. D. Remington
E. D. Day
New York
John O’brien
East Hampton
Ned Raymond
Hebron
A. T. van Cleave
Armenians aid main event in Hebron service
In Hebron a Congregational church service on Sunday supported Armenian relief as volunteers urge help for the stricken, with hundreds of thousands reported massacred since the European war began. Lucius Robinson and Mr and Mrs Edward A Smith were named delegates to the Stafford Springs Sunday school convention. Ladies Aid election set for Tuesday at 2 pm.
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Hebron
H. K. Viner
Middletown
Ladies’ Aid Society
Saybrook Point Social Notes and Local Visits
Saybrook Point notes report Mr and Mrs Thomas Davies hosting relatives from New Haven over the weekend. Charles B Brooks is ill and homebound. Essex dance Friday drew many youths. Mrs William F White returned from Ware Massachusetts where she cared for her mother. Friends visited Mr and Mrs Fred Stowes at their new Ivoryton home. Mrs Annie Lord spends winter in Hamburg. Robert Havens visited relatives in East Haddam. Mrs Boyd Savary hosted her Ivoryton mother this past week.
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Saybrook Point
Thomas Davies
New Haven
Charles B. Brooks
Essex
William F. White
Ware
Mass
Fred Stowes
Ivoryton
Annie Lord
Hamburg
Robert Havens
East Haddam
Boyd Savary
Do This Each Morning You Won’t Need Cascarets
Morning routine ad proclaims Cascarets as the best laxative. It promises gentle nightly use, claiming relief from headaches and bilious feelings, improved digestion, and a rosy complexion with no griping or sickness, while stressing sleep-through action.
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Cascarets
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Lyman H. Payne
Carl J. Penfield
Richard P. Penfield
Frank H. Peterson
John Poplowski
Henry M. Porteous
Frederick G. Post
Harry R. Post
Arthur F. Potter
Francis W. Potter
John W. Powers
Theodore B. Powers
Edward J. Quigley
William J. Quigley
Edward Quirk, Jr
Harold B. Raftery
Carl J. Rambers
Harold G. Roman
F. Leslie Sanborn
Committee of Public Information
Enjamin
Anderson
Ernest Wiliams
McClure Ellsworth
Leander H. Taylor
Waverly Avenue
O. H. Raftery
Trinity Church
Trinity Cemetery
Kellogg S. D. Hale
West Haven
General Hospital
Hale
Newport News
Warren Lodge
Brown
F. W. Nelson
Carl B. Bengston
N. Aaron Bengston
High Street
Camp Meigs
Washington, D. C
John Cosgrove
Lower Main Street
Edward
Howard
Stella Broderic
Wladyslaw Mozelewki
Wheeler Place
Great Hill Pond
Florence Fleming Noyes
Wheeler House
U. S. Army
Mackinaws
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Douglas Fairbanks
New Artcraft
the Middlesex
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Marjorie Daw
Mirandy Smiles
Mirandy Judkins
Teddy
Miranda
Paramount
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Middlesex
GHAND
Wea
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Matinee
Big Double
Billy
Vive la France
Dorothy Dalton
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Mirandy
Victor Moore
Ren Ongle
Standard Brunswick Allye
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