Funeral for Miss Rose Carini Held at Local Church
In Chester on May 7 a funeral was conducted for Miss Rose Carini at 9 AM at the Roman Catholic church. Other notes mention a Hartford hospital patient returning home, visitors from New York, Victory loan progress lagging by several thousand dollars, and upcoming community events including a Junior Garden club meeting and a Sixty-seven Club ball with Wight's orchestra providing music. Local ads promote tire rebuilding and chrome leather retreads with a five thousand mile guarantee.
At the King's lay and local community notices
Mrs. Mary A. Tucker and Mrs. Emma Lord Banning were appointed to attend the King's convention in Hartford. Ian Knowles and Frank H. united with the Congregation Sunday morning. M. E. Wilder has settled in a new home in Niles Gladding's street. The weeks Home Workers' society will meet in the Ladies room of the church Thursday after work. Conklin of steamer Middle was a Sunday visitor at Grove street. Clarabel Durant of New London was a Sunday visitor at Meadowwood. Brothers have been laying ce at Roscoe Doane place. Eva Hull is visiting Mrs. William n. An orchestra of syncopation will play at the initial ball of the club Thursday evening. In Deep River Town hall a Japanese decorations event is planned with jazz music. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a food sale at Mrs. Niles E. Friday afternoon at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's Lay
Mary A. Tucker
Emma Lord Banning
Hartford
A. H. Reynolds & Co
Ian Knowles
Frank H
M. E. Wilder
Niles Gladding
New Street
Bristol
Weeks Home Workers’ Society
Conchurch
Conklin
Steamer Middle
Grove Street
Clarabel Durant
New Long
Meadowwood
Roscoe
Deep River Town Hall
Old Saybrook Notes and Local Updates
Old Saybrook residents discuss loan campaign closings, lodge activities at No. 32 A F and A M, and social events at Masonic hall. Reports mention J J Kerwin returning from a furlough, Eastern Star whist event, and local visits by Mrs Stillman and others. Shad fisheries continue nightly catches as shoreline residents and ex-representatives prepare for the centennial observance.
Evening Mothers Club Meeting at Grace Andrews Home
In Glastonbury May 7 the Mothers club schedules an evening meeting on Wednesday at the home of Mrs Grace Andrews on Water Street. Updates include Mr Massey moving his family into Saunders house this week and Addie Cornwall staying with Mrs James Robinson in Hartford who is recovering from an operation. Elizabeth Watrous is ill with kidney trouble influenza is improving. Martha Endress visits Wethersfield with Mrs Alfred Dixon. War sailors and soldiers to call at the memorial Friday and register. Leigh of Hartford welcomed a son to John and Mary Colbert Leigh. Mrs Frank Lord and guests of Mrs Walter J Goodrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glastonbury
Mothers Club
Grace Andrews
Waterbert Massey
Saunders House
Addie Cornwall
James Robinson
Hartford
Hartfore
Elizabeth Watrous
Martha Endress
Wethersfield
Alfred Dixon
Berne Association Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
In East Berlin on May 7 the Berne Association held its annual meeting. Officers elected include J. C. Bauer as president, Luby as first vice president, Walter E. Penfield as second president, H. L. Porter as secretary, Colonel Charles M. Jarvis as al, E. T. Clark as captain, and Rev. A. Fiske as chaplain. A surprise party honored Miss Sugenhime at her home that evening. A bowling score by the lady bowlers was noted as very pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New Britain
Tues
The
Bern Association
J. C. Bauer
Speedy Rush Named Cornell Football Head Coach
J H Speedy Rush former Princeton coach to succeed Dr Al Sharpe as Cornell football head coach. Rush visited Ithaca to discuss the proposition with Cornell committee and it is understood preparations are in place with only minor details remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedy” Rush
Cornell
J. H. “Speedy” Rush
Princeton
al Sharpe
Ithaca
Rush
Deep River Club Promises Warm Season Event In Town Hall
The Sixty seventh Club schedules a town hall evening with Wright's jazz orchestra of New London for lively music. The Whale town orchestra is touted as top syncopation, drawing likely strong patronage. Ex Representative Elliott L Bidwell visited Hartford. High school drama tickets are selling well for Friday night. Philathea society hosted members from Old Saybrook with a fine music and literary program and lunch. School sessions shift to 9:15 to 12 for morning, afternoon unchanged. A small barn fire at Thurber L Harris’s property was quickly put out. Local business group plans a welcome celebration for returning service members, with a committee coordinating timing and proper recognition.
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Deep River
Wright
Jazz Orchestra of
New London
Whale Town Orchestra
Elliott L. Bidwell
Hartford
Philathea Society
Baptist Chapel
Congregational Church
Old Saybrook
Valley Road
Thurber L. Harris
Wight
Orchestra of
Kings of Syncopation
Sixty-seven Club
Deep River Town Hall
Deep River Business Men’s Association
William G. LaPlace
Ernest L. Prann
Edward G. Burke
Ely & Bushnell
Centerbrook
Conn
Red Cross asks ladies who knit to help
Higganum May 7 The Red Cross appeals to every capable knitter to assist. Yarn is available from Mrs. R. E. Thayer who will deliver it to volunteers. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church schedules its annual meeting at Miss Nellie Smiths home Thursday at two. Station Agent Y J Kiley visited Candlewood Hill last night. Haddam tax collector Mr Richards reports April collections at 13124.68 the highest April total. Grange plans a meeting Friday night. Mrs E E Thayer was in Middletown yesterday and a dancing school reception is set for Friday. Mrs E O Burr was out of town yesterday.
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Richards
Haddam
E. E. Thayer
Middletown
E. O. Burr
Ely & Bushnell
Centerbrook
Conn
Children's night at Grange draws large Rocky Hill attendance
In Rocky Hill on May 7 a children’s night at the Grange was expected to attract a large crowd. Miss Faith Schultz of Northfield visited town. The Methodist mission study was omitted this week. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Merriam returned from New Rochelle New York. Frank W. Church and family with Mrs. Ella Churchill spent Sunday in Lebanon. Midweek prayer meeting scheduled Thursday evening. Marcus Hills is having his Main street house shingled. Howard Spencer from Drexel Hill Pennsylvania visited his parents on High street. Mrs. William Tennyson returned from New York. Mrs. Ralph Stoddard and children came back to Quincy Massachusetts after visiting her parents. Country Store and minstrel earnings by Grange men totaled about $31 on Saturday evening. Mrs. H. M. Brainard visited Hartford on Tuesday.
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Rocky Hill
the Grange
Faith Schultz
Northfield
Horace Merriam
New Rochelle
N. Y
Frank W
Ella Churchill
Lebanon
Marcus Hills
Main Street
Howard Spencer
Drexel Hill
Henry Spencer
High Street
William Tennyson
New York
Ralph Stoddard
Quincy
Mass
W. R. Griswold
The
Grange
H. M. Brainard
Hartford
The Cook's Specialty at University of Nebraska
A Wegwan at Nebraska asks a new cook if anything can be cooked well. The reply claims raw oysters as a tested success, presenting a brief humorous kitchen exchange between mistress and new cook.
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Awegwan
University of Nebraska
Ivoryton Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
May 7 report lists Paul Jones of New Britain visiting his parents in Ivoryton, George Neulon from New Haven staying for summer, and Arthur Johnson in town with his parents. All Saints Mission sociable at Ivoryton Hotel drew the largest attendance, with plans for a church lawn party on May 17. The Sixty-seven Club hosts jazz and popular music events in town as locals note Brook, Conn. adv. 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivoryton
Paul Jones
New Britain
Curtis P. Jones
George Neulon
New Haven
Arthur Johnson
Oscar Johnson
All Saints’ Mission
Ivoryton Hotel
Wight
Orchestra of
New London
Kings of Syncopation
Sixty-seven Club
Deep River Town Hall
Ely & Bushnell
Centerbrook
Conn
Gloom Either Way Reflects Price Waves Through History
The Kansas City Star recalls price trends from 1890 to 1895, noting a steady rise after wartime spikes and earlier declines. The piece contrasts hard times then with later wage readjustments, urging resilience during industrial slumps and urging memory of those years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Omaha
Coxey
German Razor Wins Negro's Acquittal
In Chicago Judge Stewart discharges Albert Wright a Black man after he explains his possession of a German razor used in a brawl. Wright says the razor was a keepsake from a German soldier and the court notes its origin. The case ends with the man being released and the razor kept.
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France
Rhubarb Recipes from Biddy Bye for Fresh Pie Plant Dishes
Rhubarb is ripe and readers seek new uses for the pie plant. Recipes include rhubarb and raisin pie with a butter dot and top crust baked thirty minutes, raspberry jam flavored with rhubarb, and a rhubarb jelly pudding using gelatin and raisins served with whipped cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddy Bye
Small Town Staff Rates Set for Carter-Trotman Grinder
Superintendent of water and lights Holder reported consulting the Carter-Trotman Company on a current rate for their electric sausage grinder. A motion passed fixing charges at 65 cents per month, rising to 1.00 per month in November December January and February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumpkin, Ga
Carter-Trotman Company
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Chester
Rose Carini
William
William Stahl
Trust Company
L. M. Brooks
St. Luke’s Mission
Davidson
Orchestra
Dsaybrook
Oldo
Astock
A. F
A. K
Masonic
J. J. Kerwin
Thomas J
York
Porto Rico
South Chapter
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Z. K. Prescott
Nelson M
William S. Clark
P. Stillman
Joseph B
Myrtie Gates
HB. Koenig
Faron
Frederick Miller
Ivory RB
Ernest
Capitol
East Berlin
Higganum
Negro
China
Shanghai
Ay Eliens
Hsu Shih-Chiang
Erty
Pophan
Hartman Drug CQ
Wee Marty
Winifred
National Biscuit Company
Georgette Crepe
Wayne
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