Suits in the Superior Court record actions and divorce
In Middlesex County suits pending in the Superior Court the bank suit seeks 380 dollars on a note dated 1916. Eugene Culver and Deputy Sheriff Pattison process papers. Another case attaches Portland real estate. William J. Cough represents Curtis Blaydes in a divorce action against Alfred Leon Blaydes filed in Williamstown Massachusetts with alimony and child custody sought. The parties were married in 1907 in Rhode Island. their son Al Wil liam Blaydes, 10, is cited. Service of process accomplished by registered mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Walsh
Middletown National Bank
Eugene Culver
T. Pattison
Gold
Meriden
John Mosca
Ucket
R. I
Alwil m Blaydes
Sn Street
Williamstown
Mass
Nur
Regis
Two Airplanes Open Aerial Mail Route Between New York and Boston
A new aerial mail service between New York and Boston inaugurates today. Two government planes passed over Middletown and Portland with one landing at Shailerville to repair a compass. The Shailerville plane carried 650 pounds of mail and was piloted by U.S. officers. Both machines, numbered 39366, reportedly followed the air line toward Boston, then back to New York, at about 100 miles per hour, thrilling local residents.
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Middletown
New York
Boston
Shailerville
Emil Schutte
Portland
U. S
Probate Notes: Administration Accounts Filed and Reviewed
Administration accounts filed in local court show claims and asset details for estates. Avery appointed administrator for Theo B. Avery. Hine as executor of Charles Hine. Cotter executes estate filings including bank deposits and personal effects. Harris seeks administrator appointment for her father Christopher. Savage and Marietta Mead administer Mary wage estate with income and claims, hearing set and inheritance tax added to June 4.
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Ary F. Curran
Patrick Curran
Aobert P. Avery
Theo B. Avery
South Farms
L. Hine
Charles Hine
River Street
Cromwell
Cromwell Savings
C. Collard
I J. Savage
Marietta
Mary Wage
Middlesex Unions Meet in Portland at W C T U Convention
Annual gathering of Middlesex county Unions to be held at the national church in Portland on Friday June 7 with sessions at 9 30 am 1 45 pm and 7 15 pm. Dora L Spratt presents Circulatory Organs and Rev Alling delivers War and Construct Legislation. A gold medal contest features in the evening with Mrs Nel gle Arnold and other Portland singers.
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Middlesex
Portland
Midgex
Port
Dora L. Spratt
Mayors To Meet In Mid-Summer Connecticut Association Session
A mid summer meeting of the Association of Connecticut mayors is set for City Hall in New London on Wednesday June 26 at 11 45 am. Gov Holcomb Charles M Schwab and Charles W Morse are listed as guests with other officials and executives attending. A Shore dinner will follow at Dell's Pavilion Ocean Beach and a harbor excursion is planned. The program includes visits to Groton Iron Works New London Shipyard and the submarine base.
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Thers’ Association of Connecticut
City Hall
New London
Nesday
Gover Holcomb
Charles M. Schwab
Sale of Property Involving Life Tenant and Remainder Man
H McDonald as life tenant sells to William Achtmeyer and B Achtmeyer with wife all a parcel north of Silver Street fronting 165 feet east of Walnut Street and including 29 Silver Street property and related buildings. sale and will of Carlos Hale devised.
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H. McDonald
Carlos Hale
William Achtmeyer B. Achtmeyer
Silver Street
Walnut Street
Middlesex Tonight Vaudeville Impressions With Chapin
At the Middlesex tonight a program of vaudeville features will be presented. The Chapin is among the performers in a varied bill likely to attract local theatergoers.
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Middlesex
448 Registered Here At Town Hall Deaths Declared
A fragment notes 448 registered here at the town hall marking citizens aged 91 years during the past year and a declaration of their status. The incomplete text references last night events and the distribution of ages among residents.
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Wclock
Holy Trinity Girls Friendly Society Closes Successful Year
Holy Trinity branch of the Girls Friendly Society held its closing meeting at the parish house with a large turnout. Mrs. Ralph H. Burr and daughters provided music and readings. refreshments followed. Secretary Mrs. Chaffee reported 150 knitted items and 1,500 surgical dressings for the Red Cross since last October. Treasurer Mrs. Blatchley announced $150 raised for the Red Cross ambulance, $15 for the Red Cross drive, $7,000 in Liberty bonds subscribed, and weekly thrift stamp purchases. Members will resume Red Cross work on summer Wednesdays.
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Holy Trinity
Red Cross
Clarence E. Blatchley
Dentist at Russell Manufacturing Suffers Severe Thumb Injury
Dr W E Babcock working nights in the colandering room at Russell Manufacturing nearly severed his thumb Wednesday night when his hand touched a bearing and the fan blades caught it. The thumb was broken and badly damaged. Dr Maitland attended, and he was sent home for treatment. Recovery will take several weeks.
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W. E. Babcock
Russell Manufaécturing Company
Maitland
Babcock
Young ladies raise funds for Syrian and Armenian Relief Fund
A recent sale for the benefit of the Syrian and Armenian Relief Fund netted 225 dollars. The organizing girls thank merchants and townspeople for contributions and attendees of the evening benefit entertainment. Names of the sale organizers include Antoinette Burr, Lois Beach, Lois Smith, Caroline Hyde, Mabel Smith, Margaret Flynn, Harriet Sanford, Marian Armstrong, Beatrice Schaeffer, Esther Black and Miss Mary Thompson.
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Antoinnette Burr
Lois Beach
Lois Smith
Caroline Hyde
Mabel Smith
Margaret Flynn
Harriet Sanford
Marian Armstrong
Beatrice Schaeffer
Esther Black
Mary Thompson
Big Boat Freight Arrives as Hartford unloads record cargo
The Hartford steamship arrived at 4 am unloading the largest freight since navigation resumed. The A. M. Smith left for Saybrook at 8 30 am towing three empty coal barges. A government lighter from Portland yard tied at Rogers and Hubbard dock. The Comet arrived before noon with coal for Middletown and Hartford. Charles E. Jackson departed for a Boston business trip.
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Hartford
A. M. Smith
Saybrook
Portland
Rogers and Hubbard Dock
Middletown
Charles E. Jackson
Boston
Four cakes denied statement on Cuticura claims in 1917
Samuel Pollins of 168 Lippitt St Providence Rhode Island dated June 15 1917 asserts Cuticura Soap and Ointment are highly valuable for dandruff and toilet use. He states Cuticura Ointment as needed helps keep the skin.
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Samuel Pollins
Lippitt St
Providence
R. I
City Briefs Reflect Wartime Homefront and Local Happenings
Local notices report Children’s Day activities, war savings stamp drives, school flag salutes, meat shortages, and cattle slaughter plans. Ads note men’s secondhand shoes and a dance at Beckley station. Community meetings include G A R, vestry, motor messenger planning, and A O H auxiliary. Notes on residents returning from abroad, marriages, and local civic roles.
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Main St
Beckley Station
Thompson Orchestra
Pete’ Vigneau
Mansfield Post
G. A.R
Lillian Chaffee
Adv
Clarence S. Wadsworth
Fred Strong
New Haven
Vestry of
Holy Trinity
Vincenzo Ruitto
Washington Street
Angela Lastrina
Milfer Street
A. V. Mcdowell
New York
D. J. McCarthy
F. J. Zimmerman
Ladies Auxiliary
Middlesex Theatre
Eagle’s Eye
Benjamin Chapin
Marvelle, Lovar
Five Music Messengers
Marvelle, Lovar and Phillips
Lady Washington Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Theatre
Norma Talmadge
Louise Lovely
Huxley
Middletown Yacht Club
Joseph Doherty
Solace
Thomas Dillon
Coast Artillery
South Carolina
Middletown
Trustees Elected at Middletown Savings Bank Meeting
At the annual meeting of Middletown Savings Bank trustees Robert W. Rice John P. Bacon and William H. Bouteillier were elected to fill vacancies from deaths Eldon B. Birdsey Henry L Mansfield and Eddie S Davis resignations Ernest A Inglis and Charles T Davis were elected directors in place of Frank D Haines and Henry L Mansfield Haines declines reelection as he will become a judge.
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The
Middletown Savings Bank
Robert W. Rice
John P. Bacon
William H. Bouteillier
Eldon B. Birdsey
Henry L. Mansfield
Eddie S.davis
Ernest A. Inglis
Charles T. Davis
Frank D. Haines
Haines
Funeral notice for Boe Robinson at Odd Fellows room
The Odd Fellows announce a funeral for Boe Robinson of 49 Loveland Street. The service, with LO. O. F. rites, will be at Indian Hill Cemetery Friday at 2 o clock, with burial to follow. Per order B Hayes noble Grand Attest Albert H Griswold recording secretary.
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Artention
Odd Fellows
Boe Robinson
Loveland Street
Indian Hill Cemetery
LO. O. F
B. Hayes
Noble
Albert
H. Griswold
Board of Underwriters Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The board of underwriters elected officers yesterday naming James K. Guy as president E A Gladwin as vice president Walter C Jones as treasurer E W Sherwood as secretary and H J Wind as assistant secretary for the coming year.
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Board of Underwriters
James K. Guy
E. A. Gladwin
Walter C. Jones
E. W. Sherwood
H. J. Wind
New Haven Girl Passes as Theda Bara in Making Movie Stars
A New Haven debutante impersonated Theda Bara so convincingly during a Poli's Palace performance of Making Movie Stars that even the New York director doubted she was local. The act will be repeated for Middlesex patrons next week with audience-visible filming by local talent.
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Theda Bara
New Haven
Pire
Poli
Palace Theatre
New York
Middlesex
Indian Hill Cemetery Association Elects Officers
The annual meeting was held at 11 this morning at the Middlesex Banking Company on Court Street. Officers elected: President Eben Jackson, vice president Frank Weeks, directors including Russell, Putnam, Weeks, and others.
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Indian Hill
Indian Hill Cemetery Association
Middlesex Banking Company
Court Street
Folose
Eben Jackson
Frank
Stephen
Russell
Om Oh. Prawes
Putnam and
Loule
Obituary notices for Robinson, Sienko, Ewald, Hubbard
Funeral details for Benjamin F. Robinson at 49 Loveland Street with Rev W D Beach and Indian Hill cemetery. Infant Raymond Sienko dies. funeral at Railroad Avenue and St Marys Church with St Johns cemetery burial. Frederick J. Ewald to be laid to rest from Cromwell home with Mass at St Johns Cromwell. Lucy L Hubbard’s funeral at 59 Lawn Avenue and Farm Hill cemetery.
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Raymond Sienko
Raymond
Albert Sienko
Railroad Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Frederick J. Ewald
Erick J. Ewald
Cromwell
St. John’s Church
Lucy L. Hubbard
R. H. Bunce
Lawn Avenue
New Farm Hill
Worker Fractures Collarbone In Ship Yard Accident
John Kohier, 25, of Wilson boarding house in Gildersleeve, suffered a broken collarbone, a rib, and numerous lacerations after a block slipped and a fall at Gildersleeve Ship Construction Co. He was rushed to Middlesex Hospital by auto on scene, with possible skull fracture raising concern for recovery.
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Gildersleeve Ship Construction Co
John Kohier
Wilson
Gildersleeve
Middlesex Hospital
John Kohler
Fragmented notice yields partial legal summary
The readable portions show an unclear dispute or agreement with references to a party and date. No clear action, location, or outcome is ascertainable from the fragment.
The Feminine Idea of a Popular Woman
A provocative remark defines a popular woman as one who guards many secrets. The line hints at social expectations and the allure of mystery surrounding admired female figures.
How She Banishes Backache by Foley Kidney Pills
Mrs Effie E Kleppe Averill Minn writes of prior sanitarium treatment for rheumatism and kidney trouble with no relief. After using Foley Kidney Pills she obtained relief and claims the cure began with a half bottle. The ad extols the pills as unequaled for weak or aching kidneys bladder back muscles or joints and notes they are sold everywhere.
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Effie E. Kleppe
Averill, Minn
Breezes From the Busy Corner on Pickles and Foods
The article highlights Atlantic Ocean defense rhetoric and promotes Heinz Pickles in bulk and bottled forms. It lists gherkins onions mustard pickles and promises ready to serve home prepared foods including potato salad crab salad beans corn beef emphasizing health and happiness in farming humor.
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Heinz
Goebel's Delicatessen Promotes New Rice Bread Line
Food problems arise from substitutes but Kelly's Rice Bread is now better than ever. The shop also touts Pound Cake Fruited and Plain Kelly's Sunburst Sponge Cake Raisin Bread and Victory Bun. Excellent food for hungry ones as questions of what to eat loom.
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Kelly
Goebel
Two Stores at Kelly Busy Corner Go on Pearl and Main
The Kelly Busy Corner Go lists storefronts at 190 Pearl Street and 364 Main Street featuring two adjacent shops. Details are limited in the readable text.
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Kelly
Pearl St
Main
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C. T. U. Convention
Associates’ Party
Acciddent
Russell Co
Georgette
Spear Bros Middletown
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Benjamin F. Robinson
F. Robinson
W. D. Beach
Central Lodge
Rocky Hill
Ford
Faileper Company
Pate
Stone-Cru
Tidewater
Rock Landing
Apo Int
Are Prewerbegerndl
Middletown College Club
Middletown College
Hubbard Park
Albert Mann
Atlantic Ocean
America
Caulkins & Post Co
Main Street
Rainey
Hoosier
Ranney
Rockers
Axminster
Palmer
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