City notes on streets duties and wartime orders
Council panels curb work and property boundaries on Green Street as war orders halt new public works. Fire committee reports fence ownership, Memorial Day plans approved, and water board seeks funds for frozen mains. Health officer proposal debated while trolley removal and theater schedule fill civic agenda.
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Main
Mansfielder
Stow
State Council of Defense
Railroad
Washington Green
Middletown
Social Service League
Alderman Atwell
Public Works
Campbell
Wes
McDowell
Water Board
Fairview Fenue
Alderman Well
Arnut Street
Mylest
Owever
Charles M. Berg
Hose House
Thomas J. Young
Libstreet
Inglis
Water Street
Thomas P. Walsh
R. W
College Street
Highye
Green
Washington
Ing
Palmer
I. E. Palmer Co
West Washington
A. W. Ll
C. Floyd Haviland
C.H. L
Pennsylvania
New York
Walsh
Carlson
Court Street
Connecticut Co
Common Council
Lecture for Armenians by Dr Frederic G Coan in Middletown
Dr Frederick G Coan, a leading Red Cross and Armenian relief speaker, will lecture at 8 o clock Thursday in Middletown at an Armenian and Syrian relief meeting. The event aims to raise awareness and funds, presenting his eyewitness perspective on Near East tragedy.
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Middletown
Frederick G. Coan
Red Cross
American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
New York
Boston
Armenian and Syrian Relief Committee
Coan
Uramia
Persia
Kurdistan
Turkey
America
Big yield promised as trees bloom townwide
Plum and pear trees are heavily flowered signaling a likely bumper harvest. Arbor Day observances appear in Connecticut and Rhode Island with events noted over weeks. Local notices include dances at Odd Fellows hall and Emerald’s fair with Ford’s orchestra, plus theater showtime promotions and civic meetings.
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Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Middlesex Theater
Frank Dugan
Buffalo
New York
John O’brien
Naval Reserves
Liberty Street
Portland
Ford
Pythian Sisters
Woodmen of the World
Connecticut Probate Assembly
Hartford
Joseph McDowell
Albany
N. Y
Middlesex
Adv
Joseph Tynan
Camp Devens
Jerry Tynan
Hook and Ladder Co
Lusitania
John T. Walsh’s
Center Street
Mary Donovan
Gaetano Alessi
A. Caiazzo
Robert P. Eaton
Nourse, Sherman & Co’s
Vermont
Theda Bara
Camille
Charlie Chaplin
T. M. Russell
H. M. Winston
State Capio
Card of Thanks for Memorial Service Honor
A grateful expression extends sincere appreciation to all who attended or participated in the South Congregational church memorial for Corporal Robert M. Wilcox Co. F 102nd Inf. Ralph M. Wilcox and Family acknowledge the support. May 7, 1918 Middletown Conn.
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South Congregational Church
Robert M. Wilcox
Ralph M. Wilcox
Adv
Middletown
Conn
Bricklayers Union No 11 Holds Special Meeting
Bricklayers masons and plasterers union No 11 will hold a special meeting at Central Body hall Wednesday night. Business of importance. Charles Bengston president.
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Bricklayers
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers’ Union, No. 11
Central Body Hall
Charles Bengston
Adv
Blue Cross War Aid Urges Support For Horses
The Blue Cross seeks help to save war horses worldwide, tracing its 1912 origins to Our Dumb Friends League and Balkan war relief. It argues all branches are essential and asks gifts through Mrs. Leroy Bliss for Middletown and Middlesex county. A separate item notes Town Clerk W C Howard’s accident and hospital sewing, plus YMC A Ladies Auxiliary meeting with Henry M Winston to speak on War and Democracy.
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Blue Cross
Our Dumb Friends League
The
Leroy Bliss
Middletown
Middlesex
County
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Henry M. Winston
Wesleyan
Bring Up the Reserves In World War Food Order
A wartime plea emphasizes mobilizing all reserves including women’s energy and intelligence to efficiently carry out food orders as nations strive to prevent dependence on scarce world supplies and sustain their front line efforts.
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America
The
Food Administration
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Hobson
Nickel Theater
Dr. Coan
the Nickel
Charles K. Champlin
Spear Bros
Middletown’s
Mother Day Cards
Broatch
Bishop Potter
Strengthen America
W.C. Howard
Westfield
Middlesex Hospital
Uniontown
George H. Chadwick
Caulkins & Post Co
Main Street
Hammocks
Middlesex County
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