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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
6
In Portland on March 15 1918 Priscilla Rebekah of Middletown invites members to a winter themed program at Hemlock Hall featuring the mayor as guest honor. The evening promises music dancing and ice cream after the program.
Emeralds host Luther League in a Friday game at Emerald hall for the best of three series opener. Both teams have shown strong season form with tough road to success and a friendly rivalry. A neutral official will oversee the games to ensure fair play as the series unfolds.
Local items from Old Saybrook include Percy Williams covering Valley branch stations, a 30 foot flag pole added to the town hall with a 12 by 8 flag donated by D. P. Griswold of Wallingford, and the mast from Captain William Stokes’s yacht The Ella. Government road work at Cornfield Point advances as cold weather persists and Proving Ground visitors increase daily. The Red Cross calls for aid, while freight traffic rises and New Haven to New London sidings fill up amid bridge work east of New London.
Birth announced for a daughter of Mr and Mrs S St John Morgan at Chestnut Hill Massachusetts. Community items note Luther League meeting for Red Cross and Swedish Lutheran church activities. Safety committee formed for Hose Co No 1 and local officials listed. Judge Cramer visits town, and war bureau members appointed for Liberty Loan activities. Church services and youth groups including Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls outlined with dates and hosts.
Hamburg residents recall a remarkable March event when an aurora borealis lit the sky after a Thursday evening program ended. Waterbury resident Fowler visited her mother Mrs Bello ne, while Tucker caught the 6 o'clock trolley back to New Haven. A dancing class finished its session and a later meeting with refreshments was planned.
March 13 community items detail prayer meetings at Miss Ella Burr and Mrs Adolph Stone homes, Red Cross work led by Miss Brainard and Mrs Loewe, local illnesses including Herold Stone pneumonia and Mrs Loewa wrist injury, visits by families and neighbors, society meetings, and a death of Emily Child. Also mentions F Olson trip, Missionary society, and a local sale ad.
East Hampton hosts a town hall meeting this evening under the Grange for Farm Bureau support with illustrated lantern slides on farming and canning work by youth. Also notes trimming the Chatham pharmacy show window, Home Guard gathering, funeral for Miss Winnie Burns, L A O H whist event, Red Cross meetings, and community notices including a hospital visit and a birthday.
The Providence Journal notes Mr. Bryan once claimed a million Americans could mobilize quickly for invasion defense. The Waterbury American recalls the remark and says Bryan now focuses on federal prohibition, with seven years to muster support for ratification rather than rapid military action.
A quirky note shows poets drafting advertising lines for a yeast maker, blending verse with marketing. The fragment hints at creative experiments in copy while nodding to a production context.
Cromwell March 13 residents recap: Mr and Mrs Edward S Coe return home after weeks in New York. M Gaffney takes a post with Noiseless Typewriter Co Middletown. Cromwell OES to meet tonight. Locals send several members to New York flower show. Mrs Walter Bailey and daughter Dorothy visited yesterday.
Lent survival theme noted as average man’s verdict. Navy Night Sunday drew a full crowd despite the storm and featured first hand pictures of sailors. Christian Endeavorers visit Edith Russell Wednesday. Ladies host a 5 to 7 supper and cake sale Thursday. Prayer meeting topic The Heart of the Gospel Friday at the parsonage. Monthly Endeavor meeting Wednesday with Edith Russell as guests. All are welcome.
A New York Sun feature notes Washington’s dry spell and a fast train to Baltimore departing after office hours and returning after dinner, nicknamed the Rum Hound Unlimited by locals. It highlights the novelty of a post workday jaunt to the city and back.
Trotky now understands that at Brest-Litovsk he heard peace without annexations and realizes the Germans sought annexations without peace, altering his view of the negotiations and aims.
Distressing kidney and bladder symptoms signal trouble as back pain and urinary issues emerge. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root, an herbal remedy for kidneys liver and bladder, is claimed to heal and strengthen with gentle, rapid effects. Send ten cents for a sample via Dr. Kilmer & Co. and mention the Middletown Evening Press.
Miss Bessie Kingsbury returns to New York after a few Colchester days. Residents and visitors include F H Bartlett of New Haven and Kathryn Morgan returning to Stamford. Mintz family to travel from Dallas to New York then home. A stereoptical lecture, Grange absence, town officers elected, and a Tip Top Hall dance are listed among community updates.
East Haddam reports a busy week with Edward E. Smith filling his ice house and several visits by residents including William K. Raymond and family to Arthur Alexander, and Mrs. Annie Bartman staying with her niece, Mrs. George Fuller. The Main Street school closed due to Miss Daniels illness, and transportation for Mt Parnassus pupils arranged by Philip Lustig.
In Rocky Hill March 183 the Ladies Missionary society will meet with Mrs W E Pratt Friday afternoon. A mid week prayer meeting is planned at the home of Mr and Mrs George Andrews on Thursday evening. The Ladies Aid of the M E church met today at Mrs John Grover's home from 4 to 5. Ernest Collins will move his family to Hartford this week. W J Kermode mourns his sister's death in Montreal and was too ill to attend. Mrs Julius Bulkley visited in Springfield Sunday. Miss Catharine Troxall ill with measles and Miss Quanita Brown has whooping cough. Suffrage meeting at Grange hall with Miss Schoonmaker speaking on Women and War. The Red Cross will meet at Mrs E F Belden Thursday afternoon.
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