Firemen Celebrate at Middletown Headquarters Smoker
The Middletown Fire Department held its annual smoker and chowder at headquarters with strong turnout. Chief Pitt reported ready equipment for mutual aid. Hose Co. No. 2 won the commemorative cup amid lively speeches and jokes. Seven women of the department serve.
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Middletown
Georges. Pitt
Arthur V. McDowell
Fire Department
W. J. Coughlin
Pitt
Edward L. Ferree
Hose Company No.2
Ernest N. Hurlburt
Middletown Silver Co
H. C. F. Howell
Hose Co
No. 2
Hooks
Hose
Co. No
O. Schaefer
The
J. James Oliver
No. 3
Union Temperance Service At Baptist Church Tonight
Rev Solandt of Hartford, Anti-Saloon League representative, speaks at 7 30 PM in the Baptist church vestry. Four local churches join in the union evening meeting to discuss the temperance campaign and the state ratification of the prohibition amendment. Music will feature I C Brown, Methodist choir soloist.
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Solandt
Baptist Church
J. A. Solandt
Hartford
Anti-Saloon League
Connecticut Temperance Union
I. C. Brown
First Methodist Church
Meeting for Girls Patriotic League Tonight at 7:15
The Girls Patriotic League meeting, preceding the rally at the High School hall, is set for 7:15 o'clock not 7:45 as previously announced. All girls over 12 are invited. leaders should attend at 7:15. Seats for girls and Boy Scouts will be reserved at the rally.
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Rts’ Patriotic League
Girls’ Patriotic League
Callei
Boy Scouts
Dog Law Still In Effect West of Connecticut River
Dog owners remain under the rule requiring dogs west of the Connecticut River to be kept on premises or leashed when on streets. Enacted September 22 with no expiration, the ordinance stays active until commissioners of domestic animals change it.
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Connecticut River
River Rising With Swift Current And Ice Debris
River levels rose about three feet in the last 24 hours as warm sun thawed snow and ice to the north. The current is very swift today and some ice remains moving downstream from upstream.
St Aloysius Notes Concert Committee Meeting
The committee in charge of the Monday night concert and hall event at St Aloysius hall will hold a meeting Sunday evening to finalize arrangements.
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St. Aloysius
St. Aloysius Hall
Peptiron Pills Promise Strength for Spring Fatigue
An ad from C. I. Hood Co. Lowell Mass touts Peptiron pills as a chocolate flavored iron supplement. It claims the fast absorbing formula boosts blood iron, steadies nerves, aids digestion, and renews energy for pale weak nervous people in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Social Service League Seeks Donations for Second Hand Bureau
At the Middletown Social Service League meeting the directors praised the Second Hand Clothing Bureau and urged residents to send in second hand clothes and household items as spring cleaning begins. Call 1135 for pick up or to arrange donation. Spring clothing for children is in high demand along with dishware, tablespreads, carpet scraps, and other items. Sales at the league rooms on Saturdays and evenings continue to draw crowds. A thanks was given to Mrs. Halleck for a donated player piano and to Joseph Brazos for delivering it from Cromwell. The president highlighted a Yale health survey and announced upcoming women’s citizenship lectures planned for early May.
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Social Service League
The
Middletown
League Rooms
Halleck
Shipyard Buildings Spring Up Across River Sand Bar
Patrons of Union station awoke to two new ship building yard structures rising on sand across the river. Each about 50 feet long, on six foot high spires, with sides boarded and openings cut. Roof boards partly laid, likely ready for occupancy early next week for office and drafting. Located directly behind the Meriden Yacht Club.
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Union Station
Meriden Yacht Club
Farm Hand is High Price Labor
A farm millionaire notes that hired labor costs him $50 monthly but yields $100 in value when counting rent fuel and poultry. He contrasts farm living with city wages of $2.50 to $3 daily and argues for old fashioned work ethic. He urges revival of work and save as the path to success.
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Endles
Lost Gulf Stream Mystery in War Time
In the Brooklyn Eagle the writer muses on the fate of the warm gulf stream amid wartime Uboat threats and tropical weather. He questions reports of the stream curving toward New York and laments Palm Beach’s exclusivity while hoping the current continues to warm the nation’s shores. The piece playfully weighs where the famed ocean current has gone and who hinders its path.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Palm Beach
New York
Spitzbergen
Scotland
Gulf Stream
Sandy Hook
Waterfront Permit Rules Enforced Along Connecticut River
Middletown adopts a 300 foot no go zone along the riverfront with permit cards required for access. Each card must bear the holder's photograph at least one and a half inches wide, ensuring identification at all points of entry.
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Middletown
Connecticut River
Bank Wrecker Guilty Verdict Hits LaSalle Bank Case
Morris Ill March 23 Charles D Munday was found guilty by a jury of wrecking the LaSalle street Trust and Savings bank of Chicago a member of the Lorimer chain of banks in a notable Chicago banking case.
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Morris, Ill
Charles D. Munday
LaSalle Street Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago
Lorimer
City briefs list events and notices across Middletown
A dense compilation of local items notes theater bills at Grand theatre and Emerald hall, market prices, a ship reaching port, Red Cross clothing drives for Belgian and French refugees, upcoming meetings and dances, public notices on millinery openings, ambulance talks, and arrivals. It also mentions road sweeping, garden plots expansion, a funeral in Providence, and staff promotions at local firms.
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Grand Theatre
Middletown
Red Cross
Washington Street
Stueck
St. Aloysius Hall
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Ford’s
Emerald Hall
Portland
Emeralds
Luther League
High School Hall
Lieut. Collier
Hennigar’s
Main St
J. C. Walsh
Harold Howland
Pearl Street
Providence
R. L
Gerald McDonald
Oliver Buell
Farm Hill
Lady Washington Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Adyy
T. J. Andersen
Main Street
Russell Mfg. Co
New England Coal Dealers Association
Springfield
Joseph Merriam
New York
H.lambertson
Udv
Blue Ribbons
Bridgeport
Crescent Girls
Pratt and Awhitney Girls
Hartford
W. Denholm Smith
Connecticut Power Company
Ansel E. Packard
Albert E. Fountain
L. A. Howland
Easter Vacation Maps District Schools Closed For A Week
East Berlin announces a one week Easter recess for district schools. Lenten service scheduled at St. Gabriel's tonight. Several residents visit relatives, and Wesleyan students staged The Elopement of Ellen at Athletic Hall. Red Cross issues urgent clothing drive for Belgian and French refugees. local branch secretary seeks donations.
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East Berlin
St. Gabriel’s Church
B Deérenthal
Springfield
Earldine Hastings
Middletown
Eva Robins
J. Ryan
Ellen
Wesleyan
Atheletic Hall
G. H. Pollard
Red Cross
The
Insurance Men Asked to Aid In Selling Liberty Bonds
A Connecticut Life Underwriters Association appeal urges life insurance professionals to organize for the third Liberty Bond drive in April. William H. Bouteiller sends a nationwide call for active cooperation in their counties, coordinating with local chairs and keeping detailed bond sale records to show their impact.
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William H. Bouteiller
Sam
Connecticut Life Underwriters Association
Fortune Left to Ernest Scoville in Will Contested
Middletown man Ernest Scoville is named beneficiary of most of George Scovill’s estate, estimated between 10 000 and 20 000, while his brother in Columbia receives 50 dollars and contests the will. Judge J White Sumner presided at the probate hearing in Willimantic, with the case likely to go before the next Superior Court term in Tolland County.
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Middletown
J. White Sumner
George Scovill
Columbia
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Willimantic
Ernest Scoville
Tolland County
Aged Lady Injured in Stair Fall at Neighbor's Home
Mrs. Kate Sauer of 123 South Main Street fell while returning home from a neighbor's, missing a footing on the first stair and tumbling to the bottom. She broke her wrist, cut her head, and nearly severed an ear. She was taken to Middlesex hospital.
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Kate
Wesleyan Notes Freshmen win swim meet in Fayerweather
Wesleyan reports a freshmen victory in the Fayerweather natatorium with 29 points, while sophomores tally 11 juniors 3 and seniors 1. Sophomores win the interclass basketball series with five wins and one loss.
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Wesleyan
Fayerweather Natatorium
Sophmores
Stolen Ford Recovered by Hartford man in Springfield
Earle W. Bennett reported his Ford stolen in Hartford Wednesday night and the vehicle was found abandoned in Springfield yesterday. Police retrieved the car and noted a thrift stamp ad on the hood with the thief’s harsh "junk" verdict attached to the Ford.
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Earle W. Bennett
Hartford
Springfield
Baptist Drive For Funds Campaign Ahead For Million
The Baptist church voted to cooperate with the Northern Baptist convention to raise an extra million dollars before March 31 for missionary and war work. A campaign committee of E B Fall John C Bailey and S K Ryan will lead the drive with door to door canvassing starting tomorrow. Governor Marcus H Holcomb presided at a Hartford laymen meeting where plans were outlined Deacon W J Trevithick attended.
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The
Baptist Church
Northern Baptist Convention
E. B. Fall
John C. Bailey
S. K. Ryan
Hartford
Marcus H. Holcomb
W. J. Trevithick
Almost A Young Man Again Kidney Pills Advertisement
A Norfolk Virginia reader reports kidney pills restored energy and vitality after over a year of suffering. The ad claims morning stiffness, back pain, groin twinges, puffiness under the eyes and slowed movement improve with Foley Kidney Pills. Sold everywhere.
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J. R Whitehurst
BR F. D
Norfolk
Foley
You Have Anything To Sell 25 Try Press Wants Times
Classified note urges readers to use the wants column, suggesting placing a sale request by pressing wants three times for visibility. The line reads like a brief instructional ad from a historical classifieds page.
What France Really Needs
France produced only 45 percent of her 1917 wheat crop and war damage looms large. Americans debate rebuilding ethics versus immediate relief, urging tarred roofs, water, beds, boots, and diet, plus doctors and nurses to address hunger and trauma in liberated regions.
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France
New Republic
Herbert Hoover
Atlantic
Rheims
Chateau of
Coucy
Arras
Tracyle-Vai
Home Gardens Program Plans Garden Plots on Prospect Street
Salvatore Mazzatta, who bought the O'Neil property on Prospect street, will be on the site Sunday from 8 to 9 a m and 1 to 3 p m to allot portions of the property for home gardens this summer. He has already awarded many plots to individuals.
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Home Gardens
Salvatore Mazzatta
O'Neil
Prospect Street
No Extra Charge For It Beautiful Miss Marguerite Clark Feature
A full page colored illustration of Miss Marguerite Clark by Harrison Fisher appears in next Sundays New York American ad. The drawing is promoted as suitable for framing and offered with no extra charge to readers.
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Marguerite Clark
Harrison Fisher
New York American
Ady
Gasoline High Prompting Insurance Order Before April First
An advertising note urges readers to save by placing an insurance order before April 1. It lists Guy & Rice at 269 Main Street and promotes the deal amid high gasoline prices.
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Guy & Rice
Main Street
A O H Attention Meeting for Division No 1
All members of Division No 1 of the A O H are to meet in their rooms on Sunday morning at 8 45 sharp Adv notice.
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Div. No. 1
Adv
Willard to Sign Monday for Fulton Title Fight Papers
Chicago reports that Jess Willard must travel to Baltimore to finalize contracts binding him and Fred Fulton to a July 4 world heavyweight title bout. The signing, announced today, had been planned for Tuesday but will take place Monday.
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Union Temperance Service
Peptiron
NEW Spring Millinery
Middle Town
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Liberty Loan Drive
Fortune
Caulkins & Post Co
Berlin
Guernsey
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