War Savings Drive and local notices across Portland
June 28 report from Portland details War Savings pledges with Captain John s noting district progress near 100 percent, and caution that the quota remains high. News covers Emeralds Society officers, Junior Food Army meeting, Hoover Helpers cooking club, and local civic updates including church services and a Swedish Lutheran picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cen- School
Hoover
Rose
Mild House
Up City
Colchester items note state convention and memorial day events
Colchester reports Leslie Leffin and Bennie Mintz attending a state convention in Hart. The town shows a shore sand drill in the park. Etta Lombard visits Mrs. F J Brown. Kelly heads to Camp Lee for officers training. Woodhouse Lodge members plan a memorial day march to Lin cemetery. Mrs A T Van Lyman of Columbia visits. Baptist church services are announced with Rev B D Remington preaching. Edna Owens marriage notice from Albany is received. Cutler calls to protect workers.
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Leicester
Leslie Leffin
Bennie Mintz
Hart
Etta Lombard
F. J. Brown
Kelly
Camp Lee
Virginia
Iday
Memoi Clark Z. Otis
New York
A. T. van Lyman
Columbia
The
Baptist Church
B. D. Remington
Edna Owens
Albany
N. S
Owen
Cutler
Vinol Aids Run-Down Woman On Farm
A Tennessee woman living on a farm describes six family ailments and her use of Vinol. She reports improvement after trying the tonic, noting better health and energy following its use. The account reflects a personal testimonial in a local newspaper context.
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Nature
Beecham
Pine Grove notes from Niantic summer season
Niantic residents report arrivals and departures at Pine Grove cottages. Mrs Mary Blake and Mrs Mary Holmes visit. Lawrence Spencer finishes at New London vocational school and returns home. Community updates cover coal delivery, Liberty Loan drive results, mail service, yacht trips, street lighting plans, and dock repairs at Pine Grove Beach.
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Niantic
Arthur J. McIntyre
Janet McIntyre
Robert B. McIntyre
Putnam
Pine Grove
Mary Blake
New London
James Metcalf
Mary Holmes
Lawrence Spencer
Salem
Lloyd Hobron
Arnold- Rudd
Max Frank
New York City
Bronson
George S. Gris
Metcalf
City
W. E. Beebe
Rocky Hill
Hartford
Selectman
F. A. Beckwith
Hackett
Bridgeport
Grove
Plantfield
New Haven
Annie H. Brown
Pennsylvania Avenue
Boston
Porter
St. John’s Episcopal Chapel
T. J. Hill
Main Street
Sinclair
Daisy
Albert Brown
Frederick K. Partrie
Crescent
Long Island City
Pine Grove Dock
Pleasure Beach
Ocean Beach
Frank Matthews
Captain Partrie
Broadway
Merton R. Darrow
Almus Dorman
J. B. Burnham
Messrs. Burnham
Dorman
Rocky Hill church meeting and town notices
Following morning service a Congregational church business meeting will elect two deacons to replace the late Dr. Frank L. Burr and George B. Stillman. A Sunday evening talk by J C Wang of Hartford Theological Seminary is planned. Also reports on graduates and local events with Grange and Liberty chorus activities and various social visits.
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Chapel of St
Baptist
Raftery
John K. Sandstrom and Son
North Tock
N. H
Henry W. Olson
Camp
War Bureau
Frank N. Ackley
Jerezak
Camp Upton
Camp 1S
Mass
G. H
East Orland
Rocky Hill
Congregational Church
Frank L. Burr
George B. Stillman
J. C. Wang
Hartford Theological Seminary
Y. M. C. A. Work
Margaret Batchelder
J. W. Batchelder
Elm Street
Clarence B. Pratt
M. E. Woodward
Everett W. Sherwood
Rebecca Smith
Edward J. Stevens
Ella Churchill
Charles W. Boardman
Leverett F. Spencer
C. E. Holmes
Mary Potter
Frank Morton
Earl Howe
George Howe
Brook Street
United States Navy
Esther Batchelder
Helen Gough
Saybrook
Frank Griswold
Methodist Church
Library Hall
Thomas Hollister
Rocky Hill Club
Everett Sherwood
New York State
Pennsylvania
Samuel J. Dimmock
Liberty Chorus
The
Grange
Red Cross Meets to Make Surgical Dressings at Evergreen Hall
Chatham-Middle Haddam notices report a Red Cross gathering at Evergreen hall this evening to prepare surgical dressings. Mrs. Babcock was away on Wednesday. The Middle Haddam scenery attracts city visitors. Breezy Corners opens for the season with the first group of girls arriving last Saturday for a two week outing. Dwight Hooker visited East Hampton last evening.
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Chatham
Middle Haddam
The
Red Cross
Evergreen Hall
These later Days Life Quote
A humorous life quotation contrasts old and new dining metaphors. The exchange features Mamma explaining the term wined and dined as obsolete, while Harold notes contemporary slang, pairing grape juice and corn bread as a modern substitute.
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Mamma
Harold
East Hampton Thrift Stamp Drive Pledges Rise Over Top
Today is registration day at Center school for those who have not yet pledged to buy and save thrift stamps for six months. East Hampton pledges show strong support as captains report success and a push to exceed prior drives. Several local residents return from trips, and Red Cross members plan a Liberty Chorus march in Governor's Day parade wearing white and red cross accoutrements. A cake sale at the old Catholic church and dancing with music are slated for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Center School
John G. Johnson
O. P. Johnson
New York
Everard Day
Cronin
Middletown
Nanno
Nan
Linda Rust
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lakeside Cottage
Red Cross Society
Walter Brown
William Christopherson
Stanley Bevin
Crescent Beach
Old Catholic Church
History At Hand Through Faster Than Light Travel
Popular Science Monthly muses that if a telescope could outpace light and view events from Earth, history would unfold before you. You would witness Napoleon at Waterloo, Franklin and signers vowing to be hanged, Yorktown, New Orleans, Santiago, Caesar’s death, and Antony with Cleopatra, then revisit scenes repeatedly for study.
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Popular Science Monthly
Earth
Napoleon
Waterloo
Benjamin Franklin
Yorktown
New Orleans
Santiago
Julius Ceasar
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Nile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Portland
War Savings
Johns
John
Howell Cheney
Director Savings
Connecticut
Barry
Emeralds
Emery A. B. Society
John C. Barry
Dent
William Walsh
Treassemas C. Flood
Glasheen
Marshal
James
Puthall
Colchester
Labor Party
Vinol
Chatham—Middle
Haddam
Johnny
Beechams Pills
Voile
Gingham
Anda
Bray
Jersey
Annette Kellermann
Hamburg
Gillette
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