Tow n and City Governance Plan Aims at Consolidation
A local effort to create a consolidated government structures a general committee of ten and an advisory body of fifty representing town and city interests. Leaders include Charles T. Davis and Arthur L. Allin with a wide roster of professionals, bankers, merchants, officials, and educators to advise and ratify executive policies for a unified town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irca
Chamber of Commerce
Ws Il
Executive Committee
Charles T. Davis
Arthur L. Allin
James A. Lawton
George Burnham
George A. Craig
Ernest A. Inglis
Eben Jackson Samuel Russell, Jr
Charles A. Tuttle
Henry M. Winston
E. Campion Acheson
Charles A. Anderson
Joseph Brazos
Frank W. Barber
James H. Bunce
James B. Boylan
Francis A. Beach
Frank A. Coles
Gustaf B. Carlson
Fred L. Caulkins
Arthur J. Campbell
Carroll A. Campbell
James F. Connery
James F. Connolly
John Gd. Cronin
George M. Dutcher
Ernest S. Davis
Daniel J. Donahoe
Library reception for Middletown residents at Russell Library
A reception for adult residents of Middletown will be held Friday evening at Russell Library. The program titled What a Library Should Mean to a Community will be given by Henry N. Sanborn, librarian of the Port Public Library. The library will close for circulation at 6 o clock Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Russel Library
Henry N. Sanborn
Port Public Library
Daily Health Talks The Best Way to Treat Constipation
Constipation woes are blamed on overreliance on laxatives and pills. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are recommended to gently move bowels, with figs prunes olive oil and fiber as aids. The article extols natural diet, activity, and the Anodyne Ointment for soothing relief, urging a shift from pill dependence to holistic care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Babcock
M. D
Pierce
Buffalo
Proposed Bridge Survey Opens Door to Memorial Park
Charles F. Taylor leading a division survey with Walter Jones Thomas Shea and William Badger for a proposed Main Street extension bridge over Sumner's Creek. The piece favors creating a scenic memorial park along the stream with play areas shaded nooks and accessible to the city and South Farms, noting a dam would be needed to control fresher waters and urging Chamber of Commerce support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Taylor
State Highway Commission
Ing
Walter Jones
Thomas Shea
William Badger
Main Street
Sumner’s Creek
Mill Hollow
Hotchkiss Woods
Chamber of Commerce
Second Hand Clothing Bureau Sees Strong January Activity
The January meeting of the Social Service league met in league rooms with Mrs Dodge presiding and fourteen members present. Reports highlighted Christmas relief efforts including 47.75 in contributions and 15 baskets of clothing toys and goodies. Eight Santa letters were answered, and calls to and from the office totaled 63 and 49 with four individuals helped. The league partners with the Connecticut state employment bureau and receives monthly letters from Pacos seeking aid. The Girls Club visited Durham on January 16 and various fundraising and social events filled the month including secondhand clothing sales and requests for donations of wrapping paper dress skirts and underclothes.
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Social Service League
League
Hall
Probation Officers
Hartford
Miss Eastman
Connecticut State Employment Bureau
Main Street
Pacos
Girls’ Club
Durham
Paul Wilcox
Thomas Hoops
Apollo Lodge Visits Durham Lodge Installation in Durham
D D G C William L Morgan installed officers of Alson J Smith Lodge of Durham with about 30 Apollo lodge members present. After refreshments, games continued nearly till midnight. Tomorrow night Apollo lodge plans to install uninstalled officers and discuss plans to recruit new members over the next six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo Lodge
Durham
William L. Morgan
Alson J. Smith Lodge
Baptist Church Mid-Week Social Staged Tonight
The Baptist church invites members and the congregation to a social gathering instead of the usual mid-week service. Rev Raymond Maplesden of Suffield will attend and refreshments will be served. Later plans aim to invite Rev Peter C Wright of Hartford to a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Raymond Maplesden
Suffield
Peter C. Wright
Asylum Avenue Baptist Church
Hartford
Violinist Lieutenant Hochstein Missing in Verdun War
The Musical Courier reports Lieutenant David Hochstein, a violinist who performed in Middletown on April 6 1916, disappeared in a battle northeast of Verdun during the war and is feared killed by shell blast. He is remembered locally for his musicianship and hoped to have survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Courier
David Hochstein
Verdun
Middletown
Hochstein
Company M Banquet at Y M C A Tonight
Members of Company M with families will dine tonight in the Y M C A dining room and then use the association facilities including bowling alleys and the gymnasium.
Real Estate Agent Sells Multiple Properties in City
Real estate agent Leo Santangelo reports sales of a double house for Gustav Loewenthal at 22 and 24 Warwick Street to Samuel Tennebaum, and a house and lot at 97 Asylum Street for Morris Johnson to John Negrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Santangelo
Gustav Loewenthal
Warwick Street
Samuel Tennebaum
Asylum Street
Morris Johnson
John Negrich
Adv
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers for Thursday Garment Work
Red Cross workers are needed at the rooms on Thursday mornings and more women are urged to attend each Thursday to wake refugee garments, which are in great demand.
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Red Cross
Theatre tax cut keeps ten percent rate in 1919
Washington reports the conferees trimmed the theatre tax from 20 to 10 percent and pared cabaret admission from 20 to 15 percent in the 1919 20 revenue bill. Club dues were reduced in similar proportion. The change maintains the theatre levy at the 1918 level.
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Washington
St Aloysius Notes Preview Carnival and Dance Plans
St Aloysius minstrels rehearse tonight at 8 o clock for a four night carnival at the end of February to aid the building fund. Frank G Ford is musical director. Week end dances resume this Saturday. The society’s 25th anniversary event is set for Wednesday evening February 5 with Stueck catering and an enlarged orchestra for a lively program. The society organized 25 years ago yesterday.
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Arrigoni Hotel
Odd Fellows’ ‘Hall
Russett “Ne
Kronan Society
Masonic Hall
St. Francis Parish
Ford
Siebert Hall
East Hampton
Committee On Merchants
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Middlesex Theatre
Fannie Ward
Sessue Hayakawa
Bryant Washburn
North Church
Hazen
William Russell
Connecticut Colony
My Russell
Russian Symphony Orchestra
Elias Breeskin
Alexander E. Ingraham
Washington
Armory
Connecticut Poultry Association
Hartford
Charles L. Bliss
Middlesex County
J. L. Paine
Portland
John W. Savage
New York
Samuel P. Willard
State Board of Education
F. of A
Ady
Smith & Bishel Co
St. Aloysius
St. Aloysius’ Minstrels
Frank G. Ford
Stueck
Arrived from Overseas Corporal O Connor Returns Home
Mr and Mrs Timothy O Connor of Mainstreet received a Boston telegram announcing Corporal Malachi O Connor of the 493rd Aero Squadron arriving aboard the Melita from France yesterday. He goes to Garden City to be discharged at aviation headquarters after serving since August 1917, including four months at Kelly Field and time in Romorantin, France. Friends welcome his return.
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Timothy O'Connor
Mainstreet
Boston
Malachi O’connor
493Rd Aero Squadron
Melita
France
O’connor
Garden City
Aviation Headquarters
Kelly Field
Romorantin
Russian Symphony Orchestra Concert Evening
The Russian Symphony Orchestra enters its sixteenth consecutive season to present Russian music for American audiences. Conductor Mr. Altschuler asserts that only Russians can interpret Russian music, framing the performance as a distinctive, oppressed-rooted musical expression for listeners to understand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian Symphony Orchestra
Altschuler
Adv
Victoria lodge attends funeral for Sister Minnie Johnson
Members of Victoria lodge No. 26 are requested to attend the funeral of our late sister Minnie Johnson at the Swedish Lutheran church Thursday afternoon at 2 15. Per order president adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Lodge
Minnie Johnson
Swedish Lutheran Church
Maria W. Johnson
High Street
Won Egg Prize at Hartford Exhibition
The Hartford egg show awarded prizes yesterday with the Middletown Poultry Association taking second prize at Sie. The New Haven Poultry Association won the first prize of $15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Sie
Middletown Poultry Association
New Haven Poul Association
Uniforms for Public-Space Workers Spark Debate in Syracuse
Syracuse reformers urge simple uniforms for women in public workplaces and modest attire for stenographers to improve health. Club leaders call waistlines and skirts overly revealing and ban silk stockings, while workers push for material support over fashion policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse Council of Women’s Clubs
Administrators Appointed in Several Estates in Middletown
Probate notices reveal Thomas W. O Keefe named administrator of the Mary O Connor estate succeeding Frederick J. Zimmerman who resigned. The Middletown Trust Company is appointed administrator with will annexed for Charlotte R Hubbard estate with executors Burrows and Birdsey deceased. The trust company authorized to sell real estate of Mary E Kelly estate on Schuyler Avenue a house and lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. O’keefe
Mary O’connor
Frederick J. Zimmerman
Middletown Trust Company
Charlotte R. Hubbard
Henry G. Hubbard
William H. Burrows
Eldon B. Birdsey
Hunting Hill
Schuyler Avenue
Edna Anderson to Leave Middletown for Oklahoma Health Work
Miss Edna Anderson of the Middletown District Nurse Association will host a farewell supper at the association headquarters in the Middlesex building Monday evening. She has accepted a public health position in Oklahoma and plans to depart Middletown in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Anderson
Middletown
Hubbard Place Sold on Farm Hill by Hubbard Estate
The George A. Hubbard property on Farm Hill has reportedly sold to a Long Island buyer. The estate covers large buildings and about 25 acres, with plans to cultivate early garden truck at the site.
Real Estate Transfers on Erin and Warwick Streets
Luciano Giolelia sold to Fiorin ta Gioielia a parcel with dwelling on Erin Street bounded north by the street. Gustav A W Loewenthal sold to Sam Tenenbaum a parcel with buildings on Warwick Street about 53.11 feet wide and partly by land formerly of Simons Miller Plate Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luciano Giolelia
Fiorinta Gioielia
Erin Street
Gustav A. W. Loewenthal
Sam Tenenbaum
Warwick Street
Simons & Miller Plate Co
Dartmouth Outing Club to stage intercollegiate ski meet
The Outing club of Dartmouth college will stage its intercollegiate ski and snowshoe meet at Hanover from February 13 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth College
Hanover
Metal Market Prices and Offers in New York
New York metal market report shows lead dull and East St. Louis spot at 5.50 with spelter weak. East St. Louis spot January February gy 7 and March April offered in the quotation list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East St. Louis
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Spear Bros
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Corey
Amelia Carlson
Highland Avenue
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Pine Grove
Berger
Larson
Albert Olson
Gustaf Peterson
Nils Bengtson
Arthur Johnson
Harry Lindquist
Lucretia Addison
John P. Bacon
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Russell Bros
Sarah E. C. Coe
R. I. Hawley
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