Middletown explores memorial bridge and park growth plan
At an executive committee meeting Colonel T McDonough Russell outlined a vision for a memorial bridge from Chapman Hill across Sumner Creek linking Crescent to Main Street. The plan includes roadway embankments, a future city park system filling meadowland, sewer improvements, a semi circular dam to curb odors, and a Farm Hill corridor road linking South Farms to Mill Street. A Farm Hill Lakeview trolley could reach the city via Crescent Street, boosting district development and potentially city town consolidation.
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Sumner Street
Uder Committee On Memorial
T. McDonough Russell
Memorial Bridge
Crescent
Man Hill
South Farms
Heer
Stown
Howwer
Colonel Russell
Middletown
Chapman Hill
Meadows
Yower Creek
Main Street
Crescent Street
Sumner Creek
State Highway Department
Russell
Pameacha Pond
Flower
Farm Hill-Lakeview
Durham Avenue
Zoar
Reunion suggested for 1899 M H S class at local high school
Rev Henri deWolf de Mauriac rector at St Matthias East Aurora N Y writes to friends proposing a 20th anniversary reunion for the 1899 class of M H S The group founded class day exercises a debating society and the Jesters club A dinner plan includes visiting the school in session and presenting a token of appreciation The late Harry M Walsh was a prominent class member and his son Gaitley Walsh is the class boy
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Henri deWolf de Mauriac
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
East Aurora
N. Y
Elbert Hubbard
deMauriac
Jesters
Athletic Association
de Kac
Harry M. Walsh
Gaitley Walsh
Lecture on Fiji Islands by Prof Foye at Baptist church
Prof Wilbur G Foye of Wesleyan spoke at the Young People's hour on Missions in the Fiji Islands describing the cannibal past, current Christian conversion, and social changes. He noted 75,000 islanders, about 50,000 in the Methodist Episcopal church, and concerns over education, laziness, theft among converts, and Hindu contract labor. He warned civilizational impact could mirror Hawaii and emphasized missionary responsibility. He displayed native artifacts.
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Wilbur G. Foye
Wesleyan
Baptist Church
Fiji Islands
Methodist Episcopal Church
Australia
Foye
Hawaiian Islands
Fiji
City briefs report local notices and events
The city ledger lists licenses filed for marriages, routine office closures, and police court appointments. It notes theater listings, lectures, religious meetings, and social group gatherings with several awaiting tickets or prices. Local residents and visiting officials are mentioned along with parade and transport updates from Middlesex and nearby towns.
Holy Trinity Parish Notes
Parish schedule lists weekly meetings for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and local church groups. Activities include admissions service, confirmation instruction, various society gatherings, triangle club, evening services, candidates meeting, and Daughters of the King.
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Holy Trinity
Boy Scouts
Girls’ Friendly Society
All Saints
Girls’ Friendly
Woman’s Missionary Society
Dorcas Society
St. Andrew’s Chapel
Triangle Club
St. Andrew’s Guild
Daughters of the King
Church group meeting and study schedule notice
A weekly church notices list events across days. The Girls' club meets Monday at 7 30 with Miss Dorothy Hall. Tuesday at 7 30 the Philathea class holds a quarterly business meeting in the parish house. Wednesday features union cottage prayer meetings of four churches. Thursday at 4 in the parish house the pastor continues the study of prayer and at 7 15 Boy Scouts Troop No 6 meet in the chapel. At 7 30 the standing committee meets in the parish house and a special meeting of the First Ecclesiastical Society is planned in the parish house.
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Dorothy Hall
John C. Bailey
Maplesden
Asylum Avenue Baptist Church
Hartford
Red Cross Rooms
City Court Man Pleads Guilty To Intoxication
John Medwiecki was picked up by Officer James A. Kidney at 8:30 Saturday night on the causeway bridge for interfering with traffic. He pleaded guilty in city court this morning and admitted prior similar conduct. He was quarrelsome and noisy at arrest. The judge fined him two dollars plus costs totaling 10.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Medwiecki
James A. Kidney
Causeway Bridge
South Church Notes Union Meeting and Scout Activities
All-day union society meeting Thursday at 7 15. Boy Scouts meet at North church. Friday 3 30 pastor's class in social rooms and Campfire Girls meet at South church at 7 15.
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South Church
Union Society
North Church
Two. Divorce Actions. Cromwell And Old Saybrook Women Sue For Separation
Martha M. Clarkson of Cromwell sues for divorce from Leonard B. Clarkson of Reading Mass on desertion alleged August 4 1911 and seeks custody of their minor child Leonard H. Clarkson aged 9. Annie Gardner Buffett sues Leroy Buffett of Old Saybrook for divorce on intolerable cruelty and custody of two minor children. George Beers of New Haven represents her.
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Cromwell
Old Saybrook
Martha M. Clarkson
Leonard B. Clarkson
Reading
Mass
Leonard H. Clarkson
Kleit & Alling
New Britain
Annie Gardner Buffett
Leroy Buffett
George Beers
New Haven
Weary of Bureaucracy Voices From Ballots
Americans express fatigue with bureaucrats and motives as they vote last November and expect the new Congress after March fourth to honor mandates. The current holdover body should finish business without blocking its successor, per New York Commercial.
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Congress
New York Commercial
Ladies' Aid Club Hosts Chicken Dinner Event
The Ladies' Aid of the Second Baptist Colored Church will present an entertainment on Tuesday featuring chicken and refreshments. All are invited to attend and support this community effort in a notable local event.
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Macombe Journal
the Ladies’ Aid of the
Second Baptist Colored Church
Boston Transcript
Annual Report Highlights St John’s Parish 1918
St John the Evangelist parish presents its annual report by Rev Dr Donovan, noting 1918 success despite high prices. 3000 Eastern communions and 150 first Holy Communions, 244 baptisms and 43 marriages, 5000 souls in parish, 14 Sisters of Mercy teaching 725 children. Receipts near $30,000 with $7,200 balance, plus $1,300 for cemetery vault. Donations include $200 to United War Work, $1,000 to Red Cross, and bonds. Candlemas next Sunday precedes 10:30 mass.
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Daniel Davies
Fairview Arene
City
Nourse, Sherman Company
Middletown Firearms Specialty Company
James BE. Dooley
Camp Devens
Singer
Aan Hotel
Leonard O. Ryan
Girard Schimmel
Charlotte Tuttle
Asylum Street
Ives
Joseph Skiziarz
Mise Bronislawa Czaja
Flower Street
Leroy F. Bliss
U. S. Shipping Board
Providence
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge
Air Line
William Jackson
San Francisco
Japan
Percy Dearmer
Holy Trinity Parish House
Girls’ Friendly Society
John P. Hawley
New York
Middlesex Theatre
Maurice Tourneur
Sporting Life
James O. Lord
New London
Durham Town Hall
Hahn
Annie Lee Kirton
Italy
Trinity Parish House
Alfred N.sweet
U S. N
R. F
Crescent Street
Pearl White
Irene Fitzgerald
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Red Cross
Ladies’ Aid Society of the South M. E
Philip E. Reilly
U. S.N
Elizabeth
N. J
Grand Theatre
U. S
Donovan
William Butler
Joseph Heck
St. John’s Parish
James FP. Donovan
St. John’s
Sisters of Mercy
St. John’s School
St. John’s Cemetery
United War Work Campaign
First M. E. Church Notes
The schedule lists Monday 8 PM illustrated lecture on The Castles of the Loire by Seymour De Ricci in the college chapel. Tuesday 7:30 PM Unit Leaders meeting in the parsonage. Wednesday union cot tage meetings rotate among North South and our church at listed homes. Friday sewing at 3 PM, Girl Scouts at 7 PM, Boy Scouts at 7:30 PM in the chapel. Saturday choir and orchestra rehearsals at 4:15 and 5:15 PM.
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M. E
College Chapel
Loire
Seymour de Ricci
Union Cottage
South Congregational
Harl C. Butler
High Street
H. S. Hall
Silver Street
R. W. Camp
G. T. Meech
Crescent Street
James Gannon
Hunting Hill Avenue
Howard Thompson
Brainerd Avenue
Evelyn Strong
E. P. Augur
Broad Street
Charles. Brainard
Farm Hill
J.J. Noxon
Court Street
Long Hill Chapel
Poverty as a Blessing In Disguise
A magazine writer states that poverty is a blessing in disguise, noting the disguise is so perfect that few can see through it. The theolized claim suggests hidden lessons or values shaped by hardship and deprivation. The piece emphasizes perception and societal attitudes toward poverty.
Olive Tablets Promised To Aid Liver Bowels
A fragment ad-like item touts Olive Tablets as a remedy for stomach upset by stimulating the liver and bowels. It promises relief as the digestive system functions normalize, noting a soothing healing effect and a cure for bad tastes in the mouth.
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Ae Edwards
South M. E. Church Notes Meeting Times
Brotherhood meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Regular weekly prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p m followed by entertainment committee at 8 15 p m. If you would make a hit you must strike out unless you are a baseball player.
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Brotherhood
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