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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
6
June 19 news reports Ford Man arrested on obtaining goods under false pretenses. W F Gross a cigar salesman and Justice of the Peace Aid was detained after a $95.97 charge. State police handled the case. bond set at $1,000. Trial delayed to next Tuesday.
The Rev. R. E. Bisbee will lead Epworth League readings and illustrations at the Methodist church. A memorial service for the Odd Fellows lodge will be held next Sunday. Civil groups like I. O. O. F. and Rebekahs are planning attendance with short addresses by Bisbee and M. K. Thomson. Music is planned.
Rocky Hill notes include residents visiting relatives in Pennsylvanian Honesdale and a ten day trip via Berkshires and White Mountains. Agnes Millerick, yeowoman in the US Navy, was home visiting parents. A speeding case on Elm Street ended with a $36.76 total verdict and a separate license violation fined $1 plus costs. Community events feature a Thursday prayer meeting and St. John’s day observances by Masons, plus Thimble club and Rocky Hill Grange lectures.
Colchester lane gossip and town updates report guests from Bolton and Naugatuck visiting the Doane home on Hayward avenue. Visits include John G Clark seeing his ill son in New London and Arthur Strong returning from Norwich hospital. Summer boarders from New York arrive daily as schools prepare to close for a two month vacation. Deacon A A Baker and Julius Fedus plan building work while others roam the town.
Dr Fox of Clinton visited the young son of Joseph Wychodil on Monday as he is not well. Miss Farrelly hosted a Monday picnic for her pupils with a pleasing program and refreshments. Ponsett and Ponsett Center students held a Friday sale raising about 18 dollars for Red Cross work. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Burr was baptized at St James church by Rev W C Knowles. Miss Gertrude Farrelly returned home after a year teaching at Burr school.
East Hampton June 19 Pupils at Center grammar school held graduation at Siebert's opera house drawing a large audience. Notable speeches by Superintendent Connolly and pupil addresses outlined class achievements and future hopes. Various performances under Miss Gladys Lawton plus diplomas and a formal address capped the program. Community notes mention visitors, Red Cross meeting, and local residents traveling, with students contributing $393.09 to the school's second grade fund and totaling $1,375.05.
In South Glastonbury on Sunday four infants were baptized at St Luke's Episcopal church. Ralph Goodrich, Virginia Goodwin, Herbert Chatfield, Ellen Katherine Schaeffer, and others are named as children of local families. Soldiers and sailors from Fort Adams and Camp Upton visited town. Also notes a tobacco crop hail insurance ad and a government labor shift affecting women barmaids in New York hotels and clubs.
Deshome reports officers elected for council and Masons, with Hubbard prelate and Korn etc. A Middlefield Epworth League drama “In Old England” drew a large audience. War Bureau sets July Fourth celebration. town hall rally June 24 features Solandt and Coles. Red Cross collectors report totals totaling 1220.63 with names and amounts listed.
James Skeggs of Saybrook road died at home after a weeks long illness, aged 70. He leaves a widow, three sons James of Deep River, Harry and Frank of Brooklyn, two daughters Mrs George Bumstead and Lillian, plus seven grandchildren. Announcements of the death and arrangements follow. Also notes on local social events and lectures, including vaudeville at Comstock & Cheney Hall by A. J. Giacoma & Company, a social dance, Home Workers meeting, Literary Club gathering, King s Daughters and Sons conference in Chester with Orrin C. Baker of New York as speaker, Mrs Jeanette Lewis’s 90th birthday, W C T U meeting, Thrift Stamp theater at Thelma, and an optometrist appearance at F. E. White’s store.
A brief exchange shows a character resisting social expectation and a man suggesting harsh actions. The dialogue centers on class, dignity, and power within a domestic or intimate dynamic. No clear event or setting beyond the quoted dispute is given.
A compact ad style note describes Freezone a tiny bottle offering instant corn relief with just a few drops. The claim is it stops hurting quickly and is painless to remove the corn, urging readers to get it from their druggist.
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