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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
6
On January 29 30 Mr and Mrs C Irving Hale Mrs George and Mrs Thorwald Miller were en route to Portchester N for a funeral. The arrowed auto stalled at 11 o clock despite expert coaxing. Cutting of the Portland garage answered by phone and drove to town with the party to resolve the breakdown this morning.
Cromwell Dime Savings Bank sold Sutton place opposite HL Walshs on Mainborough Street. Andrew Neilson of Providence, once a boyhood neighbor of Mrs Sutton, paid the price so she may live there long. E Hale sold property on In Hill Avenue Gildersleeve. The District Nurse drive appeals to the public for support citing nursing care for infants illnesses and infectious diseases. Meetings and events at Town Hall and other local groups are announced with multiple community notices.
Fresh creamery butter drops to 59 cents per pound as Russell Bros. at 324 Main St advertise a special 211 ad. The brisk pricing move signals a local push to clear stock and attract shoppers to the corner shop.
East Hampton reports several new influenza cases as the season fluctuates with brief declines followed by renewed outbreaks. Local residents receive updates on illness and recovery while community notices mention Red Cross meetings and postal ad mail.
Old Saybrook reports Edward H. Bramble of Oneida visiting his parents. John Vaughn is jailed for intoxication breach of peace and abusive language after trial by Judge Halleck due to absence of a local justice. Frank McGaw returns as fireman on Saybrook Point and Hartford train. Weather notes show light snow and rain. William H. Smith visit to the capitol. Charles Brooks resumes outdoor activity after illness. Harry Spencer reports from Coblenz about his time and plans to return soon. New train timetable took effect last Saturday with no schedule changes. Mrs. Edward F. Gillman visiting relatives in Hartford and New Britain.
In Westbrook updates Mrs L M N Stevens visited Norwich with her mother Mrs James Perkins who will live with her daughter here. Joseph F Chapman of West Haven buys a coal pocket in New Haven to operate. Mrs James H Stannard remains ill in Manchester with a nurse. Funeral planned for Sarah Tryon 74 at M E church Cromwell with brothers Horace and Everett Platts surviving. Mrs Annie Spencer dies in Brooklyn N Y. James H Spencer travels there. Hoadley ill with influenza. Mrs John Murdoch listed ill. Serene Stannard engaged to Edwin Larson in New Haven. C L Clark in Norwich on Sunday. Mrs Frank Gladwin injured and bedridden for eight weeks. Mrs F W Washburn of New Haven visited Westbrook.
In Haddam Mrs Harold Tracy spent yesterday in Hartford. Mrs Zekiel Shailer and her daughter from Shailerville visited G A Dickinson's on Tuesday. Winter visitors southward do not evoke the envy of last year when the river ice measured 30 inches. Bluebirds have been sighted in town. Cephas Brainerd left for New York to pursue work for the time being.
Edmund Hall of Saybrook visited Hadlyme on Tuesday. Mrs. Melville Daniels will host the Ladies Aid Society Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Maude Tooker visited Middletown Monday. Miss Maria W. Selden has returned from a month in Brooklyn. Arthur Beebe has received an honorable discharge and is at his ferry home. Leslie Cone of the U S Navy, 18, was a guest at John Comstock's.
The Epworth League box social scheduled for Friday evening has been postponed to February 7. A three piece orchestra was advertised for the event, and the notice notes the change in timing for the big dance atmosphere in Durham.
Rocky Hill club met at Library hall Tuesday with about 50 attendees. Visitors from Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Raymondale, attended. Members voted to hold monthly socials at the Methodist Episcopal church. A midweek Methodist gathering will be at Miss Jennie Risley’s home. Mrs. Sidney Templeman of Sarobk visits family in town. Dr. O A Moser and daughter Clorinda depart for Florida. Mrs. Ira Holmes attends in Hartford with an ailing mother. Grange ladies’ night vs gentlemen’s night ended with the women’s program winning. men formed a committee led by L W Button. Another Grange meeting to be hosted by Frank L Sprague. Candlemas is next Sunday.
Local notes from East Haddam list residents visiting Clinton and Middletown friends, health updates on Deacon John S Tracy and Mrs Susan Bogart, plus a Tuesday visit by John H Fay and Greer of Middletown. Windsor guests Sidney B Warner and F W Morgan discussed tobacco purchases. A Friday night surprise party for Joseph Tracy featured games and refreshments with 22 friends attending.
Shailerville reports H R Shailer and George Durkee were in East Haddam on Monday. Matthew Echo is home for a few days. Mrs Walter Ventres is in Deep River for a few days. Mrs George Hamlet called on friends Tuesday. Miss Eva Bailey spent over Sunday in Middletown. Mr and Mrs John Finch have returned to New York.
Russell's Best Creamery offers butter at 59c while prices drop. Russell Bros. advertise at 324 Main St. in a concise local ad noting lower costs and shop location.
East Berlin on Friday evening instead of tonight the Methodist weekly prayer meeting will be held. Dr T C Hodgson was taken to Hartford hospital for treatment. Harry Tryon at Middlesex hospital with pneumonia is seriously ill. Mrs George Miller and child of Dunkirk NY visiting relatives. Village Improvement social being arranged for next week. Local ads note Libbys and other groceries sale prices for Friday and Saturday.
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