Fire at Sullivan shoe store in St. Aloysius block
Fire department responded to a blaze in the basement of Timothy Sullivan's shoe store on Main Street. Rubber goods stock stored in cases fed the fire and dense smoke that prevented entry. two floor holes and sprinkler hoses limited the damage to the basement, with street-floor stock undamaged. Estimated loss $400 to $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Sullivan
St. Aloysius Block
Main Street
Kidney’s
Sullivan's Shoe
Parade Seats for Boston Parade Telegram to Mayor
A telegram sent to the city mayor on March 22 requests an urgent conservative estimate of grand stand seats for a Boston parade on arrival by the 26th division. The mayor asked for 50 seats and the War Bureau will accept requests until April 4 before allocating seats by filing order. Oil Stove Fire in six tenement near Noiseless Typewriter Co caused minor damage after stove explosion. family smothered flames with bedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Marcus Holcomb
War Bureau
Middletown
Frank H. White
Typewriter Co
John Kosinski
Industrial Survey Reports Kept Open For County
Robert McNeely of Norwich visited Middletown on Friday and Saturday to arrange that county industrial survey reports will continue to be taken and sent to Washington. The Community Labor Board remains in place until further notice, with figures for the weekly report requested every Monday afternoon. The work is voluntary, and organizers hope for spirit and cooperation to keep the program efficient and agreeable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McNeely
Norwich
Middletown
Washington
Community Labor Board
Sons of Italy Votes to Join National Order
The Sons of Italy society with about 200 members voted unanimously yesterday to join the Order of Sons of Italy in America. An initiation and large celebration are planned as the lodge is formed under the new national body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Italy
Sons of Italy Society
Order of Sons of Italy of America
Sons of Italy Lodge
Order of the Sons of Italy In
America
Morris Plan Idea Offers Simple Loan Path
The Morris Plan Idea proposes easy loans for any good purchase. Character and earning power establish credit with us. Call and talk the matter over. 325 Main St adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
South M. E. Church Notes Brotherhood Meeting
Brotherhood meeting is set for Tuesday evening at 7 30. A regular weekly prayer service follows on Wednesday evening at 7 30 with the official board meeting at 8 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South M. E. Church
Freshet at highest point disrupts river traffic and church notes
Fresh water rose to three feet above the lower land floor at the steamboat dock and 14 feet higher here, 20 feet at Hartford. Upstream water fell after peaking last night. Autos flooded Cromwell road, one stalled near Little River bridge. Towboat Comet and Onrust moved barges and coal cargoes. Middletown steamer passed Hartford inspection, then proceeded to New York. First Methodist Church notes outline week events, cottage meetings, Boy Scout and Girl Scout activities, and Middlesex County Boys Conference schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Cromwell Road
Little River Bridge
Saybrook
Middletown
New Tk
St Johns Church Notes Promote Regular Masses and Rosary Sunday
St Johns church outlines offertory masses Wednesdays Saturdays at 8 o clock and Fridays at 7 and 8 for League of the Sacred Heart. Holy Communion at 5 am Benediction and Way of the Cross at 7 30 pm. Next Sunday is Rosary Sunday with a 9 30 mass for Scapular and Rosary Confraternities living and deceased. Parish asks members to donate usable clothing to Red Cross for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Church
League of the Sacred Heart
Michael E. Kearney
Father Kearney
Red Cross
Europe
Parish Activity Schedule at Holy Trinity and St Andrew's
Holy Trinity Parish notes detail weekly programs for Scouts, teachers conferences, morning prayers and youth events. Activities include Girls' Friendly Society branches, choral litany, and services led by Rev. James S. Neil. St Andrew's Chapel in Warwick Street hosts Triangle Club and candidates meetings with guild sessions through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity
Kentucky
Girls’ Friendly Society
James S. Neil
South Manchester
Conn
All Saints
Girls’. Friendly Society
Davis
Woman’s Missionary Society
Dorcas Society
St. Andrew’s
Warwick Street
Triangle Club
St. Andrew’s Guild
North Church Notes Schedule of parish meetings
Monday 7 30 Girls club and standing committee meet at the Parish house. Tuesday 6 30 Philathea class hosts supper social at the Parish house for new members and guests. Wednesday Neighborhood prayer meetings. Thursday 2 p m Home Missionary Society at the Parish house. 7 30 Boy Scouts Troop 6 meet with Middletown troops at the High School. Friday 7 30 p m term ends with activity at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Church
The
Home Missionary Society
Middletown
Daffodils Bud in Sunlit Spots and Local Notes
City brief items note daffodils in sunny spots nearly ready to bloom but frozen stalks wilted. George T. Meech returns from a six week Saranac vacation. Clarke buys Wiese grocery on Warwick Street. takes possession April 1. Middletown’s manufacturing property assessed figures contested at town meeting. Various local residents and services referenced with dances, obituaries, and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Meech
Saranac
Frederick A. Clarke
Henry J. Wiese
Warwick Street
Middletown
Herbert Johnson
Ensign
U. 8
S. N
New London
Anna Lee Curtin
Harold W. Reinsch
Miss Lee
Arrigoni Hotel
Cromwell Road
Newfield
Leo Lewiss
Ellen Eldridge
East Berlin
Sons of Herman
Sons of Hermann’s
Court St
Trevithick
College Street
Alabama
Camp Merritt
Sons of Hermann
Hall
Johnson Lane
George Schaefer
Lawn Avenue
Charles F. Bynon
Holcomb
Joan J. Clinch
Lillian Hanley
Ellis Island
M. H. Waller
Union Street
River Front
Twentieth Century Club
Ellis’ Hall
Howard Bardwell
Springfield
Camp Wadsworth
Moodus
Conn
Darcy
Mexico
Denver Colorado
Order of Hibernians
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
D.E. Rogers
Burr Ave
Grand
Florence
Reed
Trout Season Opens April First For Anglers
Fine weather earlier in the month spurred anglers to prepare for opening, but Tuesday morning's conditions cooled excitement as water warms and fishing waits for better days.
Christ Church Weekly Services and Meeting Times
Christ Church notes list Monday at 7 p m boys meeting at the parish house Wednesday Holy Communion at 7 a m Friday Holy Communion at 6 30 a m Evensong with sermon at 7 45 p m preached by S H Rees vestry meeting follows service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church Notes
S. H. Rees
Victor Shoe Repair Sold to Two Former Employees
Louis M. Schablein has sold the Victor Shoe Repair business to two longtime employees, Sebastiano Gionfrida and Sebastiano Bartolotta, who will carry on the repair shop. Schablein plans to enter the tire business in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
M.schablein
Victor Shoe Repair
Sebastiano Gionfrida
Sebastiano Bartolotta
Schablein
New Haven
City Court Fines Drunkenness Prisoner
There was only one prisoner arraigned in the city court this morning. Timothy Kelly faced a drunkenness charge and was fined 1 dollar with costs totalling 4 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Kelly
Obituary notices from Hartford area in brief
Obituary notices announce Mrs. Carl O. Larson of Portland died at Connecticut State Hospital leaving husband Carl and two Hartford daughters with funeral plans to be announced. Miss Annie Mannix funeral set at 9 and 9:30 am at Adelaide Street home and St Augustine's Church, burial at St John Cemetery. Aloisie Vohlitka funeral from South Farms home with interment at Farm Hill cemetery. John Rudolph Spellman funeral from East Hampton home to Swedish church with service by Rev. Anderson. he leaves parents and brothers Carl C. and W D Spellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl O. Larson
Jennie G
Main Street
Portland
Connecticut State Hospital
Hartford
Annie Mannix
Adelaide Street
St. Augustine’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Aloisie Vohlitka
Vachlav Vohlitka
East Main Street
South Farms
Jordan
Farm Hill Old Cemetery
John Rudolph Spellman
East Hampton
C. E. Anderson
Carl C
Plainfield
N. J
W. D. Spellman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Funeral of James H Rich Held in Durham
The funeral for James H. Rich was held yesterday at 2 30 PM from his Durham home. Rev L W Ruge conducted the services and interment followed in Durham cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Rich
Durham
L. W. Ruge
Durham Cemetery
Arawanna Tribe Meets for Initiation and Visit
Arawanna Tribe No.17 of the Improved Order of Red Men holds a regular meeting in their wit wam at 7 30 PM with seven initiates to be adopted and eleven taught hunting. On Thursday April 3 a group travels to Meriden for class initiation at Mentonese Tribe. Next Monday the great chiefs of Connecticut visit Arawanna Tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
Mentonese Tribe
Connecticut
Arawanna Tribe
Probate accounts filed for Middletown estates and inventories
The Middletown Trust Co. filed annual accounts for the estates of Pease Whitney Comstock and Henry W. Bulkeley. Clifford H. Lyman filed the ancillary estate inventory for Eliza M. Brainard, probate in Hampshire County. Mary E. B. Hines listed inventories for Ephraim Hines including bank deposits, securities, insurance, and a house at 13 Babcock Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Trust Co
Pease, Whitney, Comstock
Henry W. Bulkeley
Clifford H. Lyman
Northmapton
Mass
Eliza M. Brainard
Hampshire Country
Middletown Savings Banks
Moodus Savings Bank
Mary E. B. Hines
Ephriam Hines
Middletown Savings Bank
Central National
Middletown National Banks
United States
Middletown Building & Loan Association
Trolleymen’s Union
Aetna
Eastern Casualty Co
Loyal Order of Moose
Babcock Street
Weekly Schedule of Church and Community Meetings
Tuesday 7:45 social rooms April standing committee meeting. Wednesday 7:30 p m neighborhood meetings. Thursday 2:00 union society in social rooms 6:00 Sunday school teachers tea and talk by Mrs Maize B Clark. 7:30 Boy Scouts in High school hall union meeting of all troops. Friday 3:00 South church visitors in social rooms 7:15 Campfire Girls in social rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Epworth League
Union Cottage
K. P. Harrington
High Street
Thomas Eckersley
Pari Street
Durant District
Marry Crowell
East Long Hill
Howard Peck
Farmill
W. H. Hall
Court Street
E. A. Wilcox
Brainerd Avenue
A. C. Kieter
Aslyum © Street
South Farms
Edgar L. Bailey
High _ street
Irving West
Crescent Street
Queen Esther Circle
J. F. Nixon
Middlesex County Boys
East Hampton
Union Society
Maize B. Clark
Boy Scouts
South Church
Automobile Owners Liability Rates Advise Talk With Guy Rice
Automobile owners are urged to consider liability risk from others or momentary indecision. The notice suggests that liability rates on pleasure cars are often lower and advises talking with Guy & Rice at 325 Main Street, telephone One Thousand, for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy &Rice
Main Street
Adv
Wall Papers Spring Sale Draws Local Business
Our special low prices on fine Wall Papers this spring have resulted in wonderful business in this section of our store.
Paints and Varnishes for Interior Work Price List
Interior paints and varnishes offered with enamel finish in white or colors at equal price. Prices listed: Pints 65 cents, Quarts 1.20 dollars, Half Gallon 2.35 dollars, Gallon price not specified.
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J. F. O’connell
Ven
Max Press
Irving Bacheller
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Corey
Stueck Block
S&t
Probate Matters
South Church Notes
Automobile Owners
Caulkins & Post CO
Main
Hoosier
Brussels
Axminster
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