Reckless Meriden Driver Fined for Bridge Crash
Walter Wasik of 43 Church Street Meriden was fined 75 dollars and costs by Judge James R. Edlin after his Overland touring car wrecked the Lite River bridge injuring a passenger and causing major damage. Witnesses testified speeds near 18 to 40 mph with conflicting accounts. The state highway department halted heavy trucks on the bridge and began repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wasik
Church Street
Meriden
Lite River Bridge
James R. Edlin
Wasik
Bennie Milish
Joseph Czenketh
Portland
Nicholas Kasgerovitch
John Wolynski
John Melin
Sayig
Farr
State Highway Commissioners
Ave
Little River Bridge
James Cairns
New Haven
Stiles
Hartford
Highway Department
Middletown May Lose 13574 Dollars in Fund Return
Middletown faces loss of a long held Town Deposit Fund totaling 13 574 17 with annual interest about 814 45. Originating from a federal grant, the fund has funded schools for decades while towns across Connecticut faced a 1836 distribution plan that could require repayment if money is demanded back by Congress. New Haven received 27424 67 and Hartford 25141 43 in the initial allocations.
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Middletown
Congress
Twenty-Fourth Congress
National Treasury
States of the Union
Senate
House of Representatives
Connecticut
Wethersfield
North Branford
Southbury
New Haven
Hartford
Americans Drink Tea and Coffee on Frontlines
In France, American troops remain abstinent from alcohol amid shellfire and dugouts. Officers and enlisted men alike favor coffee and tea, with only light wine in Paris and rare beer in French cafes. A US officer notes champagne tastes give way to practical French wine aboard.
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H. G. Wales
France
London
Paris
Milford Road Fatality in New Haven Turnpike Crash
In Milford near New Haven two Bridgeport men, George K. Smith age 25 with a wife, and Harold Belcher age 22, were in a motorcycle collision that killed Smith and severely injured Belcher. The bike skidded into a telegraph pole and fence after being driven at high speed. Medical Examiner Fisher and Coroner Mix led the inquiry as Belcher returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Miford
George K. Smith
Bridgeport
Harold Belcher
Smith
Belcher
Fisher
Milford
Mix
School Book Warning in Hartford March 18
Secretary Charles D. Hine of the State Board of Education said he had sent warnings to principals across the state against the book Three Industrial Nations by Lydia R. Blaich. The Indianapolis based supervising principals group notes the work contains a phrase praising German leadership and faces scrutiny in congressional probes into the German-American alliance.
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Hartford
Charles D. Hine
State Board of Education
Principate
Lydia R. Blaich
Indianapolis
Communists Adopt New Name In Russia Crisis
Ambassador Francis notified Washington that the ousting faction in Russia has abandoned the bolsheviki label and will be styled as the communists. Leon Trotzky remains in Petrograd as a commissionaire of the revolutionary commune.
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Washington
Francis
State’ Department
Kerensky
Russia
Bolsheviki
Leon Trotzky
Cable Gard
Petrograd
George Merriman Dead in Florida Winter Home
George Merriman a former Bristol representative in the General Assembly and a leading Civil War veteran died at noon at his winter home West Beach Florida after a period of illness. He belonged to one of Bristol's oldest families and had been in feeble health.
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George Merriman
Bristol
General Assembly
West Beach
Fla
Harry James Smith Dies Authority On Sphagnum
Harry James Smith of Berlin Connecticut a noted Red Cross authority on sphagnum moss died in an automobile accident near New Westminster British Columbia He was 38 born May 24 1880 a Williams College graduate and Harvard AM holder Also an author and playwright with ties to Atlantic Monthly He studied sphagnum moss for the Red Cross and donated moss to aid relief efforts conducted missions in Canada and the U S
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New York
Harry James Smith
Berlin
Conn
American
Red Cross
Entente
New Westminister
British Columbia
Atlantic Monthly
Red Cros
Smith
Canada
Porter
McGill University
Canadian Northwest
Mr. Smith
New Britain, Conn
William College
Harvard
Williams
Oberlin
Horace Bundy Dies at 79 in Hartford Portrait Photographer
Horace L Bundy a retired portrait photographer and collaborator of the late Charles Noel Flage died at his Hartford home on Sunday at age 79. His work had drawn statewide attention and he was active in the local artistic circle.
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Horace L. Bundy
Hartford
Hovorace L Bundy
Charles Noel Flage
Public Service Reserve offers war service roles in Hartford
The United States Public Reserve under Federal Director Leo A. Korper seeks railway workers clerks stenographers cooks and rubber experts and gas blowers for X ray tube work. The War Department asks men aged 20 to 40 for war service with enlistment of those over 31 and induction of those of draft age up to orders to go to camp.
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Public Service Reserve
Hartford
United States Public Reserve
Leo A. Korper
Asd
War Department
Happenings in Middletown 25 Years Ago Detail
A quarantine of local events lists incidents and notes from 25 years prior. Assistant Jailer Gillette was assaulted at Haddam jail by a French prisoner. The Portland board of health debates vaccination and other city matters. Locals discuss extermination of a slaughter house, churchgoers hear Rev P M Snyder, and families note birthdays. Various injuries, political bids, and civic plans appear including rail road hearings and county building talks.
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Gillette
Haddam
Portland Board of Health
John M. Murdoch
Slaughter House
Main Street
Temple of Honor
South Church
P. M. Snyder
George S. Hubbard
Abner Roberts
B. J. Hale
W. M
Washington Lodge
Cromwell
E. Hunt
Middletown
la Grippe
John S. Hutchinson
John C. Bixbee
Meriden
Calef
Hartford and
Charles T. Buck
Middletown Plate Co
Professor Rosa
Pelton
Middletown Savings Bank
German Agents Poisoned Horses in Transit
German agents were blamed today for poisoning over 500 government horses on a shipment from Camp Grant Illinois to the east coast for France. The animals were poisoned at Covington Kentucky after unloading Sunday when fed and watered. Secret service agents are investigating but no clues have been found.
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Cincinnati
Camp Grant
Ill
France
Covington
Secret Service
British Positions Shelled and Raiding German Trench
British positions in the Bapaume and Cambrai sectors along the Lens road between Warreton and Zonnebeke were heavily shelled by German forces overnight. South of Acheville British raiders entered a German trench and took several prisoners, the war office announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bapaume
Cambrai
Lens Road
Warreton
Zonnebeke
War Office
Acheville
No Work No Eats At Camp Devens
Camp Devens March 18 seven conscientious objectors deprived of meals and sent to the base hospital after refusing fatigue work. They accepted nutrition and were released after meeting military demands. Names include Francis X. Hennessey, George Haginale, and William S. Gordon. Two soldiers died at the base hospital: William C. Garrity and Thomas Cunningham.
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Camp
Devens
Francis X. Hennessey
Brighton
George Haginale
Bridgeport
Conn
William S. Gordon
Chelsea
E. F. Potter
William C. Garrity
Lewiston
N. Y
Thomas Cunningham
Waterbury
1511St
Parade Leaders Honor St Patrick in South Chicago
In South Chicago a German, a Swede, a Hungarian, and a Scotch man led yesterday’s St Patrick parade under A. O. H. guidance. Four mounted policemen were promised to lead, but fate decided the lineup instead of Irishmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Guard
Chicago
St. Patrick
A. O.H
Neutrone Prescription 99 Promises Rheumatism Relief
Advertising copy touts Neutrone Prescription 99 as a blood purifying remedy for rheumatism. It claims to purify blood and kidneys, relieve sore joints and muscles, and “put out the fire” of pain. Sold by Hartman Drug Co. and leading druggists, with mail orders for $1 size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman Drug Co
Middletown
Four Die in Indianapolis Grade Crossing Crash
A family of four the parents Ralph and Mrs Gray both 38 and their children Mary 17 and Ralph 10 were killed when their car stalled on a railroad crossing near Indianapolis. A Big Four passenger train traveling about 50 mph struck the vehicle, scattering wreckage and bodies along the track for a half mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ralph Gray
Mary
Ralph
Here
Priscilla Social Club to Meet This Wednesday
The Priscilla Social club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. William Kieft at 29 Burr Avenue.
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Priscilla Social Club
William Kieft
Burr Avenue
Birthday Doubts Emerge Over St Patrick’s Day
An amusing verse recalls the Irish dispute over St Patrick’s birthday with factions arguing for the eighth or ninth, a midnight clock, and a punchline that Patrick is effectively two saints if twins. Fr Mulcahy offers a toast to combine eight and nine, making seventeen the mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick
Ireland
Pat
Mulcahy
St Patrick Mission Remembered Without Bloodshed
A belated tribute honors St Patrick highlighting that his mission on earth was accomplished without bloodshed. The remark emphasizes peaceful achievement and reverence for the saint in a commemorative tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
Earth
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