Pardmaster Gildroy Killed in Hartford Rail Yard Accident
Cooper Gildroy, 33, a yardmaster from Middletown, died near Hartford after falling from a string of freight cars while inspecting the Valley line yard layout. He had recently moved to Hartford for work and had long family ties to railroading. funeral services are set for Thursday at his High Street home.
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Cooper Gildroy
Hart
Hartford
Ock
High Street
Middletown
Morgan
Asant Street
Pars
J. Gildroy
Gildroy
Pittsburg
W. D
Runaway buggy injury narrows escape for Thomas Daley
Thomas Daley of Liberty street lost control of a buggy on Grand Street at 9:30 this morning. The horse bolted, crashing into a telephone pole and tearing through Bride's store driveway. Daley was thrown across the dash, suffered a broken left arm, and was treated by Dr. Charles Bak.
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Thomas Daley
Liberty Street
Dona
Grand Street
Grand Reet
Main
Whiffletree
Main T
Bride’s Store
Daley
Charles Bak
City Court Arraigns Magnano Over Water Meter Dispute
Vincenzo Magnano of Center street was arraigned in city court on a charge of violating a city ordinance. He allegedly refused an order to shut off a well used at his tenement, despite water meters being installed and the health officer condemning the well. The case was continued to next Monday morning.
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Vincenzo Magnano
Center Street
Hhouse
Magnano
Young Portland Girl Falls From Moving Car on Main Street
A Portland girl stationed at the Omo Mfg Co stepped from an automobile in front of F B Main Co on Main street yesterday around 5 30 p m as the car slowed she tumbled into the street. She rose with little injury though shaken witnesses present found amusement in the mishap.
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F. B. Main Co
Main Street
Portland
Omo Mfg. Co
Swedish Lutheran Notes Open Meeting at Spring Street
Swedish Lutheran Church notes show Enighet ladies society meeting tomorrow at 2 3 with C A Swanson Mrs John Carr and Mrs Axel Larson as hostesses on Spring Street The Bible class plans an evening lawn at Mr Ahlbergs Prospect Street and Luther League holds a basic meeting Thursday evening at the church.
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Swedish Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Society
Enighet
C. A. Swanson
John Carr
Axel Larson
Spring Street
Ahlberg
Prospect Street
Luther League
Yelock
Company to Close Saturdays Half-Days On June 29 to August 31
At employees' request the mill will close Saturdays at noon from June 29 to August 31 inclusive. This gives workers a chance to work in home gardens. Customers are asked to place orders after Friday noon for delivery that week. The Co- adv.
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Adv
Baptist Picnic At Park Draws Large Crowd
The annual First Baptist Day School picnic was held today at the park with a large crowd in attendance. Dinner was served at noon in the pavilion, and an afternoon program featured games and sports.
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Baptist Picnic
Lawn Social for Swedish Church Members in Portland
Members and friends of the People's Society of the Swedish Church will hold a lawn social for Emanuel Ostergren on the Portland street tomorrow. Refreshments will be served and a social time enjoyed.
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Portland
The
People’s Society of the Swedish Church
Emanuel Ostergren
Union Prayer Meeting At United Churches
A mid week prayer meeting hosted by united churches will be conducted by the pastor. The event aims to gather congregants for communal prayer and spiritual reflection. Attendees from local congregations are invited to participate and join in worship.
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Wnited
Stolen Autos Quickly Recovered In City Case
J A Broatch parked his car near North church after lunch yesterday. It vanished by 6 pm. By 2:30 pm an Oldsmobile blue touring car was left at Kinsella's drug store. Police traced connections, recovered Broatch car, and arrested driver William Chandler. Under seat of Oldsmobile a letter to DiMenna & DePolo and building plans were found.
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J. A. Broatch
West Court ‘Street
North Church
New York
Kinsella
Caulkins
Broatch
New’ York
Greenwich
Broatch Auto
William Chandler
Dunn
Mr. Broatch
Chandler
DiMenna & DePolo
Obituary of Andrew J. Peck in Higganum
Andrew J. Peck died suddenly at his Candlewood Hill home in Higganum in his 67th year. Survived by wife, two daughters Mrs Ira Harvey Middletown and Mrs Wilton Scovil Meriden, two sons Winchester Higganum and Harley at home, two brothers Howard Peck Middle town and Herbert Peck Buffalo N Y, three grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 30 from his home with Rev Lawson officiating, interment Higganum. Also funeral for Miss Della Sanford Gould at 7 30 p m tonight at the Grout home in Higganum.
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Andrew J. Peck
Candlewood Hill
Higganum
Mr. Peck
Ira Harvey
Middletown
Wilton Scovil
Meriden
Winchester Peck
Harley Peck
Food Administration Cuts Sugar for Ice Cream Makers
Hartford reports the food administration limits sugar for ice cream makers due to wartime demands. Connecticut, with surplus milk, faces tightened sugar, allowing 75 percent of normal for ice cream producers and denying sugar to products below state butter fat standards, though Connecticut lacks a formal ice cream standard.
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Hartford
Food Administration
Connecticut
The
Promoted to Captain Burr Joins Devens Orthopedic Unit
Dr Harold L Burr of this city in the U S Medical Reserve corps has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain. He is attached to the Second Infirmary brigade orthopaedic department Camp Devens Massachusetts. He completed a special course in orthopaedic surgery at Harvard Medical School. Captain and Mrs Burr expect to arrive here tomorrow to spend a short time.
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Harold L. Burr
U. S. Medical Reserve Corps
Burr
Orthopaedic Department
Camp Devens
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Eight To Camp Devens
Adjutant General Cole announced the Middle town quota of eight men will depart on the 8 10 a m train Thursday July 25 for Camp Devens Ayer Mass They will reach Willimantic at 9 21 and Worcester Mass at 11 55 where they will take a box lunch and leave by the M special arriving at camp at 1 10
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Camp Devens
Cole
Middletown
Ayer
Mass
Willimantic
Worcester
Berkeley Man Married in Grayton Maryland
Rev. Harry Cobey graduate of Berkeley Divinity School class of 1917 wed Miss Matilda Gray on June 29 at Grayton Maryland. The couple plans a Greenfield Massachusetts parish assignment for the summer while Cobey serves in Washington.
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Berkeley
Harry Cobey
Berkeley Divinity School
Grayton
Matilda Gray
Harding
Washington
Cobey
Greenfield
Mass
Special meeting notice for Middlesex Aerie No 681
Notice to members that a special meeting will be held Thursday July 11 at 8 p m to reconsider moving. Howard Kilpatrick W Pres adv
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Middlesex Aerie
Howard Kilpatrick
W. Pres
Adv
Tailor Injured Tripping in Yard Breaks Collar Bone
John Stachowicz, a Wrubel's tailor, injured himself Tuesday noon by tripping over a line in his yard or Hotchkiss street, and fell breaking his collar bone.
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John Stachowicz
Wrubel’s
Hotchkiss Street
Rob Sewing Machine Bank in Sharon Pa Sale Note
A July report notes Mrs James said sales of a Rob sewing machine bank drawer and a person from her drawer may be involved in a shop incident at Sharon Pennsylvania.
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Rob Sewing Machine Bank
Sharon
James
Portland Woman Credits Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs Josephine Kimble of Portland Indiana recounts crippling displacement illness and fatigue that left her unable to stand or work. After trying various treatments, she credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength and ability to do her housework. Thousands of American women share this sentiment and are invited to write for guidance.
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Portland
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Josephine Kimble
West Race St
Mrs. Kimble
City Briefs and notices from Middletown and New London
Light vehicle lamps at 8 53 pm. Dr Harold W Davis has returned and opened his office. 107 William T May of New London visits Middletown friends. Singing and dancing at Arrigoni Hotel. Sergeant Carl Ed ward Carlson arrives overseas. Grand theatre presents Anita Stewart in The Message of the Mouse and American Buds for Kiddies. Noank coal yard short for winter. New Haven railroad employees now federal. Labor Day events in New London. Hammill bill raises clerks and carriers pay. rural carriers up 20 percent. New York boat brings modest freight. Hydrangea paniculata blooms slowly. Driveway row at South Main admired. Dr John Gieselbreth promotes painless chiropody. Crother sails Middletown Yacht Club to Saybrook Point. Miss Margaret Commerford vacationing with parents. Frissell family returns from Atlanta visit. Meckler visits friends. Edward D. Cody to Newport for USN medical dept. Miss Victoria Basile vacationing at Ocean Beach. Rutledge returns to Goodyear Rubber Co. Miss Fannie Norton vacationing in Taunton. Wilbur enlists in U S Navy. Red Cross work at South Church Philathea. Bethel honored at New Haven convention. Middlesex theatre features Prunella and travel. One city court case: health officer order neglect adjourned. Edward Gustafson leaves Hazen's Book Store for Ambassador Stationery Co. Lt Sidney L Rieser to New York neurologic Institute for instruction. Haymaking hampered by weather. Joseph Broderick returns to Middletown. E J Lucas called to Long Island by brother William’s death.
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Harold W. Davis
William T. May
New London
Middletown
Arrigoni Hotel
Carl Edward Carlson
John Carlson
North High Street
Grand Theatre
Anita Stewart
the Fox
Adv
Noank
New Haven Road
Connecticut Federation of Labor
New York
Charles R. Crother
Middletown Yacht Club
Saybrook Point
Margaret Commerford
Meriden
Pearl Street
Herbert L. Dickerman
B. Y. P. U. of Christian Endeavor
Andrew George
Frank H. Frissell
F. H. Frissell
Marion Curtis
Atlanta
Ralph Frissell
79Th Field Artillery
John Meckler
Edward D. Cody
Center Street
Newport
Medical Department
Victoria M. Basile
Main Street
Ocean Beach
Patrick J. Rutledge
Goodyear Rubber Co
Fannie Norton
R. S. Norton
High Street
Red Cross
New England
New Haven
Bethel ‘Church
Ofuel Ostergren
Lawner Witt
Bers
Middlesex Theatre
Marguerite Clark
Prunella
Burton Holmes
Edward Gustafson
Hazen
Ambassador Stationery Co
Sidney L. Rieser
Neurological Institute
Joseph Broderick
Willimantic
The
Railroad Co
Connecticut War Census Exhibit At Library Meeting
Connecticut state librarian George S. Godard addressed the National Association of State Librarians at its Saratoga meeting on The Military Census. He presented a Connecticut farm survey exhibit covering five counties under the state defense council program.
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Connecticut
Hartford
National Association of State Librarians
Saratoga
N. Y
George S. Godard
Godard
Connecticut State Council of Defense
John D Rockefeller Quietly Celebrates Seventy Ninth Birthday
John D Rockefeller observed his seventy ninth birthday at Pocantico Hills home. He played three rounds of golf before noon and enjoyed a long automobile ride in the afternoon. Telegrams of congratulations poured in, and he told reporters he was well and happy but declined interviews.
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Earns
D. Recxefew
John OD
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Dividends Not Deferred by Major Railroads
Washington officials said there is no basis for reports that the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads deferred their regular dividends because government contracts had not yet been signed. The officials commented this afternoon on the rumor.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Administration
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Pardmaster Gildroy
Tly
Della S. Gould
Della Sanford Gould
Edward P. Grout
Rocky Hill
George Griswold
John Sanders
Sanders
Mr. Griswold
Pe Coupound
Vege
Vinci
the Comfort Powder Co
Boston
Wilson S. Reynolds
South Main Street
John Gieselbreth
Spear Bros
Middletown’s
SEC
Wailisa
Amountai Broatch
Just David
Eleanor H. Porter
Grace Miller
Anna Alice Chapin
Leonard
A. Leonard
Leonard Ear Olas
Buell &Blatchley
Main St
Joseph P. Kinsella
Fifth Ave
Citi
Caulkins & Post Co
Couch Ae
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