Autoist Fined For Passing Trolley In New Britain
Pat N. Humphreys, president of public works in New Britain, fined 10 with 11.50 costs after pleading that stopping ten feet from a trolley car was impractical. Judge Edlin ruled the statute applies to cars from either direction, with appeal possible next term. Attorney Bertrand Spencer argued both ends are alike for the open car scenario. Once the matter proceeds, Humphreys faces possible September prosecution or appeal outcomes. A second local case, a resident charged with intoxication, resulted in a $1 fine and $2 costs.
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Pat N. Humphreys
Public Works
New
Chapman
Cac
Bey
Edlin
Humphreys
Bertrand E. Spencer
Wesley U. E
Ers
For Court
Phreys
Cutting Affray In Cafe Sparks Razor Attack In Saloon
A cutting affray occurred at 9 55 pm in the Saraceno saloon on Court Street during a card dispute. Charles Tatti, a Calabrian resident on Rapallo Avenue, slashed Love Carta with a razor, leaving a deep facial wound. Carta was taken to Middlesex hospital for treatment and disfigurement is feared. Tatti fled and has not been arrested. locals note his quarrelsome past, including a prior razor incident. Tatti was employed by I E Palmer Co.
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Saraceno
Court Street
Charles Tatti
Rapallo Avenue
Love Carta
Carta
Middlesex Bos
Tatti
I. E. Palmer Co
Fire alarms and river boat delays near Saybrook
A New York boat reached Saybrook at 4 o clock with a bright light seen on shore prompting a fire check. The Middletown steamboat was reported possibly on fire and wires burned from a highway bridge light, delaying passage of the vessel. A gas line on South Main Street exploded, burning a section of grass around 7 this morning.
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Saybrook
Mabel
Hartford
New York
Orth
Middletown
Highway Bridge
Treet
Belgian hares sold from window display shipped to Cuba
Eight young Belgian hares exhibited in Oscar D Schiltze’s market have sold and are bound for Cuba. A boy calculates that in seven months the island could be thickly covered with hares, given the current trail of events, a quirky forecast tied to the shipment.
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Oscar D. Schiltze
Cuba
Ords
Leadership speakers set for August meeting
Chairman William Her arranged with Judge Coles and Priday to speak at the upcoming program on Friday August 9. The event, titled Hising America's Man Power, is the next subject of the four speakers lineup.
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America
Man Power
William Her
rTimay
Coles
Priday
Probate Court Hears Numerous Estate Filings and Accounts
The Probate Court records filed inventories for the estates of Benjamin F. Robinson Eliza Clery James S. Russell and others detailing stock holdings bank deposits and appraisals. Executorships for Mary A. Longworth Maria Luttrell Dora J. Smith and Robert Galvin are noted with accounts examined and tax issues discussed. A judge will rule later on Mary Savage transfers and related state tax questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Robinson
Executrix
S. Harris” Warner
John E. Bullard
Manchester and Lawrence
Central Vermont
United Zine Co
United Fruit Co
James Longworth
Mary A. Longworth
Howard S. Peck
William H. Du‘ang
Hartford
James S. Russell
Middletown
William Street
John S. Russell
Leo Santangelo
Harvey I. Brooks
Deep River
Robert Galvin
Joseph W. Barry
Dora J. Smith
Mary G. Savage
Cromwell
Charles W. Cramer
Connecticut
Lyman A. Mills
William Lyman
Harriet A. Lyman
Catherine E. Lyman
Grace F. Ray
Middleown Trust Company
Henry W. Bulkey
Recruiting for 472nd Engineers Seeks Skilled Tradesmen
Colonel W A Mercer of the Connecticut recruiting district calls for men qualified in topographical and lithographic drafting, survey, auto mechanics, cooks, photographers, and related trades for the 472nd Engineers, National Army in Washington DC. Nonregistrants may enlist by contacting Mercer in New Haven. Lester D Webster of Rocky Hill was found physically qualified and sent to Fort Slocum to enlist in the engineers.
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W. A. Mercer
Connecticut
472Nd Engineers
National Army
Washington, D. C
Military Mapping Service
Mercer
New Haven
Lester D. Webster
Rocky Hill
Fort Slocum
Engineers
Weathering Thunder Storms Drenches Fields Before Dawn
A heavy thunder storm before 7 yesterday morning was brief and left dry ground. A second shower soon after soaked the soil, followed by additional showers at intervals. The day ended with a steady rain that lasted into this morning, leaving farmers hopeful yet moist.
Foremen Honor Monroe Hefflon With Wedding Buffet
Portland workmen at Glider Sleeve Ship Building Co present foreman Monroe Hefflon with a lavish wedding buffet at noon as congratulations. Yard Foreman Hanford delivers the presentation speech, wishing him future happiness. Hefflon plans to marry soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe _Hefflon
Glidersleeve Ship Building Co
Portland
Hanford
Hefflon
Coles Co. Closes Mill Office Saturdays in Summer
At the request of our employer we have decided to close our mill office Saturdays at noon from June 16 to August 31 inclusive. This is done so men may work in their home gardens. We appreciate customers co operating with us in delivering any orders they wish that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coles Co
Ready Cash Ad describing loan terms
Fragmentary OCR text notes a ready cash loan offer tied to an office on Main Street. It mentions funds advance and repayment weekly, but readable details are minimal.
Local Notices and Vacations in August Highlights
Examinations of registrants completed by Dr J Francis Calef. Lincoln's one cent sale to run Thursday through Saturday adv. Several residents plan August trips to Maine Sound View and Clinton. Merchant Marine training acceptance in Boston. Induction call for two men for Syracuse Aug 5. Local Board 21 issued working certificates. few applicants. Church feast Saint Ignatius Loyola July 31. Berry crop hopes amid showers. Railroad rates for agricultural fairs discussed. Wives’ earnings do not affect soldiers’ allowances. Land sale on West Silver Street. Paris Inc and Farrow Williams Co reports filed. Chiropodist Dr John Gieselbreth. Davis family at Clinton August. Local theater show with Lina Cavalieri. Heavy rain indicated river rise. A K Sanders manages store. Ladies Aid at Swedish Lutheran church. One cent Lincoln sale advertised. Mae Lawton returns from Brooklyn. August closures for Dr Murphy and Dr French. Shoe repairs at Yale Shoe Shine Parlor. Families heading to Westbrook Chapman Beach for August. Dr D A Nolan returns to Camp Gordon. family planned to join later.
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Esa
J. Francis Calef
Lincoln
Frank D. Haines
Haines
James T. Mitchell
Mitchell
Maine
J. Allen
Syracuse
N. Y
Samuel P. Wizard
Board of Education
Johnson Lane
Saint Ignatius Loyola
Washington
Railroad Administration
Margaret S. Borden
Antonio Gaski
West Silver Street
South Farms
Frances Brewer
West Mystic
Arrigoni Hotel
Ady. Tf
Paris, Inc
Farrow-Williams Co
John Gieselbreth
Main St
Julius “Davis
Clinton
Waterside
Middlesex Theatre
Lina Cavalieri
Burton Holmes
Lyons-Moran
Adv
A. K. Sanders
Patro
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Swedish Lutheran Church
Nils Bengtson
John L. Johnson
August Johnson
Lincoln’s
Mae Lawton
Washington Street
James J. Lawton
Flatbush
Brooklyn
John T. Walsh
Murphy
French
Yale Shoe Shine Parlor
William H. Bouteiller
Westbrook
Chapman Beach
Arthur
Losey
Ernest
Davis
D. A. Nolan
Medical Reserve Corps
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Naval Academy reforms under Porter at Annapolis in 1865
The Naval Academy returned to Annapolis in 1865 under Vice Admiral Porter who instituted the honor-system and regular hops. He promoted athletics and supervised a transformation from 1865 to 1869, including boxing demonstrations and naval life drills that forged seagoing habits and practical skills.
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Naval Academy
Carel Howe Foster
Scribner’s Magazine
Newport
Annapolis
Army
Academy
Porter
Russell County Team Faces Corinthian Giants Sunday
Russell county fans prepare for a Sunday 3 p.m. game at Russell field in Mill Hollow as the local Russell baseball team hosts the Corinthian Colored Giants of Hartford, a tour traveling by auto and undefeated in two years of play across New England. Doc Ward will call the game, a move to show support for Sunday ball and attract top teams to the area.
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Corinthian Colored Giants
Hartford
Russell Field
Mill Hollow
Russell
Corinthians
New England
John “Doc” Ward
Middlesex County
Obituary: Michael Carey and Julius E Spencer Die
Michael Carey died in Springfield yesterday and burial will be in St John’s cemetery, in charge of W J Coughlin’s Sons. Julius E Spencer of 9 Russell Street South Farms died at Middlesex hospital aged about sixty. he leaves a wife, two children, a sister Mrs Bertha Cannistro, and four brothers. Funeral Friday August 2 at 2 pm from A L Southmayd’s Mortuary chapel, Farm Hill old cemetery interment.
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Michael Carey
Annie Carey
Springfield
W. J. Coughlin
St. John’s Cemetery
Julius E. Spencer
Russell Street
South Farms
Middlesex Hospital
Anderson E. Spencer
Joseph R. Spencer
Bertha Cannistro
Hubbard District
William
Chancey
Anderson
Henry Spencer
Middletown
A. L. Southmayd
Farm Hill Old Cemetery
Wedded To Elizabeth Catherine O'Connell at St John’s Church
Mayor Arthur V. McDowell and Miss Eliza beth Catherine O'Connell were married Tuesday at 4 30 p m in St John s church rectory by Rev Dr Donovan. Attendants were Miss Catherine Beecher and Philip J Stueck. They plan to reside at 8 Loveland Street after a wedding trip. The mayor’s marriage came as a surprise to friends as no license had been filed long before the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Catherine O'Connell
Arthur V. McDowell
Goodyear Rubber, Company
Elizabeth Catherine O’connell
Belle O’connell
William Street
St. John’s Church
Dr. Donovan
Catherine Beecher
Philip J. Stueck
Loveland Street
McDowell
Thought to Have Been Struck by Lightning Barn Fire Near Berlin
A large barn and two adjoining outbuildings were destroyed by a blaze believed caused by a lightning strike in the West field district near the Berlin line yesterday afternoon about five. Sixty tons of hay, farm tools, and the structures burned. three horses inside were removed, cattle were in the pasture, and total losses and insurance details remain undetermined as the fire spread rapidly after discovery.
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John McNerney
Westfield
Berlin
British Coolness Noted by Naval Papers After Rescue Dog
The Rivista Nautica recounts a North Sea patrol chase of submarines by British destroyers. Three Zeppelins attacked, an air bombardment followed, and amid the heat the destroyer commander sent a wireless about a dog overboard. A boat was launched and the dog saved, praised as an example of British coolness by the Italian paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monthly
Rivista Nautica
North Sea
State Guard Company K Drills Omitted In August
Co K, State Guard, met at the armory Tuesday evening with no drill. It was announced drills would be omitted during August and the next drill would be held on the first Tuesday in September at Camp Locke.
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Co. K
State Guard
Camp Locke
Norwich Bulletin
Motor trip to Maryland from Middle Haddam
Mrs Henry Anson Bates formerly of this city and Mr and Mrs Veo Fuller Small are touring by car to Annapolis Maryland where Ensign Henry A Bates is now in training They will visit Mrs Alfred J Harris of Fairfield NJ who was formerly Miss Helen Bates
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Maryland
Henry Anson Bates
City
Veo Fuller Small
Bates
Middle Haddam
Annapolis
Ensign Henry A. Bates
Alfred J. Harris
Fairfield
N. J
Helen Bates
Bull Attacks Farmer in West Cumberland
George Wilson a farmer and carpenter from West Cumberland was badly injured near Portland when an infuriated bull he was leading gored and trampled his right arm from elbow to shoulder. Neighbors helped, but the bull ceased its attack on arrival.
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Portland
George Wilson
West Cumberland
Wilson
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Russell CO
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Caulkins & Post Co
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