Rumors Denied as Draft News Reaches East Hampton
Local families in East Hampton and surrounding districts received word on draft status and suspected casualties. The report confirms several names including McCutcheon, Griggs, Epton, and Pope, detailing slight wounds and service with Co. C, 102nd Regiment. Letters from soldiers abroad arrived amid late updates on the big battles and ongoing mail delays at Sing Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCutcheon
Bfe
Anon
David Griggs
Epton
Iles Griggs
East Hampton
Henry
Neon
Co. C
Turp
Middletown
Pday
Robert B. Pope
Mabel Pope
Crescent St
Well Co
Jennie Reed
J.C. Broatch
Earl C. Clark
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Promoted by Druggist
A Middletown Evening Medium notice features Dr. Harry G. Davis endorsing Kilmer’s Swamp-Root kidney medicine. The ad urges readers to send ten cents for a sample size and a booklet, noting the product is sold in drug stores and promoted as thoroughly reliable since 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Kilmer
Harry G. Davis
Dover, N. E
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Inton
N. Y
Middletown
Local notices mix with dances and rallies in Middletown
A crowded page lists town notices dances and events. Highlights include General Mans field Council meeting junior U A M I activities at The Higginson Institute and a Syria relief sale at 3 to 10 30 p m with a 9 p m auction. Christmas style gatherings and lectures frame a busy civic calendar with military news from Camp Green France and local fundraisers at town hall and Schaefer's bakery.
Real estate transfers and notices in Staddle Hill and South Farms districts
Annie C Borden sells Lots 6 and 7 in Forest road district to Charles and Lucy Brown. William H Prior sells property with buildings in South Farms, 75 feet frontage on Wall street, plus sewer rights. Aliso, one acre in South Farms near M E church. Nathan Grover of the Naval Reserve leaves for Pelham Bay at 8 20 am. Clarence Hastings and wife consider Frederick Palmer property at 386 Washington street. Sale via Olyn A Brainard agency. Thomas Gilbert sells dwelling and six acres on Newfield street to Frank Barber, superintendent of schools, through Olyn Brainard. Be sure to try Schaefer's rice bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alee
Annie C. Borden
Charles Brown
Lucy Brown
Staddle Hill
Forest Road
William H. Prior
Herman Reinsch
Elsie Reinsch
Wall Street
Aliso
South Farms
M. E. Church
Nathan Grover
Naval Reserve
Pelham Bay
Clarence Hastings
Frederick Palmer
Washington Street
Olyn A. Brainard
Thomas Gilbert
Frank Barber
Newfield Street
Olyn Brainard
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Billy” Davis
Omargarine
Gwift’s Premium
Main St
City Briefs
General Mansfield Council
Ee Eees
Cone’s
Court St
Joseph A. Grace
Headquarters Co. Signal Corps
38Th
U. S Infantry
Camp Green
Charlotte
S. C
Wanut Street
William Mathison
Thomas Mathison
South Main Street
Veterinary Corps
France
New York
Boston
B. H. Tevlin
Main Street
Kincaid
Washington
Shelburn M
Great Britain
Italy
Higginson Business Institute
Ndv
William J. Coughlin, Jr
Springfield Society
Norwalk
Toggery
Charles M. Berg
No. 3
Hose House
Reynolds Garage
Durham
Red Cross
Town Hall
Charlotte Russe
Schaefer’s
Grand Theatre
Jack Spurlock
Young
George Walsh
George Harold Hines
Babcock
Camp Slocum
Miss May Dee
Woodward Avenue
Washington, D. C
Judson McKim
New Haven
Judge Carlson
Weeks
George .C. More
Claude B. More
Lincoln
James F. Connolly
Schaefer
Dr. Coats
Baptist Church
America
Germany
Abraham Lincoln
the Kaiser
Camille
Theda Bara
Charles Chaplin
Spear Bros
Caulkins & Post Co
Uncle Sam
The
Moore
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Middlesex
Heinz
Texas
Florida
California
H. Frazier le
Tiz
Johnny
J. H.seiferman
Tobey
le Gos
Crex
Palmer
Johnson
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