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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1918

Page

8

War Savings drive captains meet. shipyard launches lighter

The War Savings drive captains and members will meet at 8 pm in the hall. The second lighter for the War Department was launched yesterday at the Gildersleeve Ship Building Co yard, with talk of an 180-foot steamer possibly being built there. The piece notes fall-like morning weather, fog, and crops needing rain and warmth, plus updates on local graduates and social visits.

Thomes McDon War Savings Drive War Department Gildersleeve Ship Building Co

East Berlin Notes and Social Planned

East Berlin district reports Mrs. Charles Nelson bedridden with illness and Miss Margaret Vance visiting from Middletown. Arawana Campfire Girls plan a social event while corn and vegetables thrive in cool weather. Schools near completion of exams and will close for summer next week. Thermometer reads 40 degrees, cooler than Thursday. J R Smith returns to New York after visiting relatives. Grange hall mass meeting forms district committee to coordinate Fourth of July celebrations.

East Berlin Charles Nelson Margaret Vance Middletown J. R. Smith New York Grange Hall

Giant Fleet of Messengers Shapes Postwar Peace Dream

A poetic reflection from Emergency Fleet News envisions a colossal moving fleet that delivers comfort across seas, unites nations, and guards a lasting peace against tyranny. The savant trusts a determined people to turn this vision into actuality, overcoming doubt.

Seven Seas

Fielder Jones Resigns as St Louis Browns Manager

Fielder Jones, manager of the St. Louis Americans, resigns his post effective immediately citing fatigue with baseball and plans to return to his lumber business in Portland Oregon. Jones won a world championship in 1906 with the Chicago White Sox, the famed hitless wonders fielded in two years.

Fielder Jones St. Louis Browns St. Louis Americans Jones Portland Oregon Chicago White Sox

Cromwell Special Meeting Seeks Flag Pole Site Vote

Cromwell schedules a Monday June 24 town meeting in the select men's room to choose a site for a new flag pole and to appropriate the War Bureau expense. Guests include Mr and Mrs A E Freer Miss Dorothy Cooley and Mr Cassidy of Richford Vermont. Eastern Star members invited to Congregational church service next Sunday evening.

Cromwell Selectmen’s War Bureau A. E. Freer Dorothy Cooley Cassidy Richford Vermont H. EB. Freer West Street Eastern Star Congregational Church

Foley Kidney Pills Promised Relief for Backache Pain

An advertisement extols Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for backache and urinary troubles. It claims the pills ease pain in the back and sides, support weak kidneys, and restore youthful vitality, urging immediate use to relieve distress.

Red Greene Foley

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