School Sweater Room Find Leads to Theft Case
An item owned by a pupil was found in a school sweater room and reported to the office. The accused pleaded not guilty to theft and intoxication, denying drunkenness and staggered behavior while escorted to the police. He claimed ignorance of how the pocketbook came to his possession. He denied prior court appearances. The sentence included 30 days for intoxication and 30 days plus a $7 fine and costs for theft. The elderly man gave Providence R I as his address. Lescowicz, arrested on Cromwell road, faced a three-year court history with a large family present. he was fined $1 and $4 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Smith
Hor
Providence
R. I. Ph
Lescowicz
Cromwell Road
Patriotic meeting for school children in Cleveland shows unity
In Cleveland last week a large crowd attended an annual patriotic meeting with 1 500 nurses and leaders from the American Nurses Association and Red Cross. Annie Goodrich urged nursing as patriotic service while Clara Noyes outlined aims to expand membership and mobilize nurses for national service, amid calls to curb luxury nursing. A later report notes nine hundred children at local High School for a program by Camp Fire Girls Boy Scouts and Junior Red Cross among others, featuring tableaus and songs supporting Uncle Sam and wartime food effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nurses’ Association
Na- Pali
Annie W. Goodrich
American Nurses’ Association
Lef
U.S
France
Clara D. Noyes
Washingon
Te American Nurses’ Association
Red Cross
Miss Dee
Red Cross Nursing Service
Julia C. Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Florence Nightingale
Mng
Middletown
Middlesex Hospital Association
St. John’s
St. Mary’s
Central Schools
Camp Fire Girls
Boy Scouts
Girls’ Patriotic League
Junior Red Cross
Thrift Stamp Association
Junior Food Army
Sam
Greeley
Central School
George B. Gilbert
Bertha Rockwell
Sellen
Father Barry
Russell
What Is a City Dock in a Changing Waterfront
A fragmentary report describes access to a city dock obstructed by coal piles and poles since a recent period. A seller “clam p” has attempted business nearby and a boat with fish reached Hartford amid disappointed buyers. The piece questions river usage and public access, asking how a dock can be useless if land access is blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Dock
College Street
Hartford
Annual Roll Call Supper At Baptist Church Parlors
Annual roll call and church supper will be held in the church parlors this evening. Choir or orchestra will furnish music and church officers will be present for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Spring Fever and the Half-Sick Health Trend
The article discusses a seasonal decline labeled spring fever, describing inner fatigue and pale appetite as signs of thin blood and potential anemia. It praises tonics like Sarsaparilla and Peptiron as remedies to improve blood quality and restore strength during the difficult transition to warmer months.
Three more men reported missing from Company C 102nd U S Infantry
The casualty list today adds three missing men to Company C alongside over thirty killed or wounded in weeks. Harry S. Cook of East Hampton Connecticut, Joseph P. Leary of Middletown, and John F. Cronin of Portland are listed missing since April 21. Leary, 19, enlisted in June and sailed to France in September. he is the son of John Leary of Wilcox Crittenden & Company. Warren E. Thompson, missing since April 24, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Thompson of 15 Hotchkiss Street, Portland native now in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
102Nd
U. S. Infantry
Company C
Harry S. Cook
East Hampton
Conn
Joseph P. Leary
Warwick Street
Middletown
John F. Cronin
Portland
John Leary
Wilcox, Crittenden & Company
France
Wilcox, Critenden & Company
John Driscoll
Warren E. Thompson
Frederick W. Thompson
Hotchkiss Street
Thompson
Connecticut Company
River Notes Tug A. M. Smith Hauls Barges to Saybrook
The tug boat A. M. Smith transported two light barges to Saybrook yesterday and returned with the spile driver to Middletown Coal Co dock, then to A. N. Piter son dock in Cromwell. This morning it brought two more empties from Hartford aboard the Raymond. The Onrust, returning from Saybrook last night with three coal cargoes for Hartford, paused in fog at Goodspeeds, then ran into a shad net below East Haddam, taking debris aboard.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Smith
Saybrook
Middletown Coal Co
A. N. Piterson
Cromwell
Smith
Hartford
Raymond
East Haddam
Weather Wisdom Signals Early Spring Growth
Seasonal variations are pronounced this year with lilacs nearly finished by Memorial Day and tobacco under glass showing rapid growth. If the favorable weather persists, setting out will begin very soon, marking an early garden season.
Former Middletown Rubber Executive Allen L. Comstock Dies
Word reached here of the death in Pasadena California of Allen L. Comstock formerly connected with the Goodyear Rubber Company in Middletown. Born in Uncasville Conn he moved to Boston in youth and entered the rubber industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
California
Allen L. Comstock
Goodyear Rubber Company
Middletown
Uncasville
Conn
Boston
Hartford Lodge delegates visit Middletown for degree
Central Lodge of Middletown hosts J C O F Hartford Lodge No 82 on Thursday evening. The first degree will be marked by the local lodge with several Hartford candidates receiving the degree simultaneously. Special music and light refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Lodge
Hartford Lodge
Middletown
Hartford
Russo Finnish border blockaded by troops on front lines
London reports May 15 that the Russo Finnish border is blocked with pro German and Red Guards forces. The terse dispatch notes heavy troop concentrations along the frontier amid ongoing hostilities. The comment hints at grim prospects for a favorable outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Guards
Middletown Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. William Martin marked their fifty years of marriage with a quiet celebration at their Oak Street home. Born in England and Bristol respectively, they wed at the bride’s home in Middletown with Rev. I. Gilbert officiating. The couple has eight children and eight grandchildren and remain in good health.
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William Martin
Oak Street
Mrs. Martin
I. Gilbert
Fannie Tolhurst
Cornhead
England
Mr. Martin
Bristol
Middletown
Middletown Plate Co
Meriden
Martin
Fourth Officers Training Camp Opens at Devens Mass
Camp Devens Mass May 15 the fourth officers training school opened with about 950 candidates. The assignment of candidates to barracks occupied by the third school consumed most of the day. A colored Dartmouth student expected to be sent to a southern camp. Bands from several units to Boston for Red Cross parade. other units to Fitchburg and Manchester for demonstrations and drills.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Officers’ Training School
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
801St
302Nd
3038Rd
304Th Infantry
302Nd Field Artillery
Boston
Red Cross
303Rd Infantry
Fitchburg
308Rd Field Artillery
Manchester
N. H
Westbrook Sues On Mortgage And Other Local Suits
The town of Westbrook sues to foreclose a $2700 mortgage on the DeForest and White properties, alleging nonpayment at $675 yearly. Attorney Ernest A. Inglis handles service by Deputy Sheriff Robert T. Pattison. Arrigoni Coal Co sues Alpha Alpha of Chi Psi at Wesleyan for $500 on common counts, with Pattison garnishing organization funds at Middletown National Bank. Alfred D. W. Chalker sues Manuel J. Martin to replevy a Milton player piano, valued at $300, through Judge Thomas Coulter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Frank and Mary DeForest
Kate H. White
New Haven
Ernest A. Inglis
Robert T. Pattison
Arrigoni Coal Co
Alpha Alpha of Chi Psi Organization
Wesleyan
Middletown National Bank
Middlesex County
Alfred D. W. Chalker
Essex
Milton
Manuel J. Martin
New London
Thomas Coulter
Fissex
Superior Court
Wesleyan Notes Missing 1919 Wesleyan Ex Member
Lloyd W. Litchfield former member of Wesleyan’s 1919 class is listed as missing since April 20 per casualty lists. A Needham High School alumnus, he joined Troop B in 1917, belonged to Omega Phi, and attended only one year. The article also mentions new drilling assist and Junior Plattsburg plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd W. Litchfield
Wesleyan
Litchfield
Needham High School
Needham
Mass
The
Old National Guard
Omega Phi
Plattsburgh
Must Have Licenses Food Administration Issues Notice
Hartford May 15 The state food administrator was wired from Washington to say that a presidential proclamation requires licenses from the federal food administration by June 1 for packers and handlers of tuna and salmon, poultry and egg plants, cotton seed equipment and hulls, importers manufacturers or distributors of cotton seed hulls, and small producers of fermented beverages under one half percent alcohol excluding retailers carriers and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Hartford
Washington
Shubert Substituted in New England Lightweight Title Bout
Sammy Waltz who was to face Tommy Shea in Middletown was sidelined by a furlough. Al Shubert of New Bedford steps in as a replacement for a 15 round lightweight New England championship fight at the Princess theatre. K. O. Fitzgerald faces Freddy Light in the semi final. a strong preliminary bout is also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Waltz
Tommy Shea
New Haven
Middletown A. C
Princess Theatre
al Shubert
New Bedford
K. O. Fitzgerald
Hartford
Freddy Light
Real Estate Transactions Describe Land Sales and Dwellings
James Longworth sold to Francesco Tuccio and Sebastiana Tuccio a tract with a brick dwelling and 45 foot frontage on Center street. Roberts sold to John Mark Murray land with buildings at Farm Hill bounded by the Russell Manufacturing Co pond to the east and Front Street to the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eal
James Longworth
Francesco Tuccio
Sebastiana Tuccio
Center Street
Roberts
John Mark. Murray
Farm Hill
Russell Mfg. Co
Front Street
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Cloak Room
Nurses’ Convention
Cleveland
Alf
Mr&s
A. W. Inglis
Arrigoni
Howard H. Warner
Central National Bank
South Dakota
Middlesex Chapter
the Red Cross
Town Hall
Girl Scouts
M. E
Connecticut Home Guard
Connecticut State Guard
Ira J. Trench
Banks
Tapley
Storrs Agricultural College
Holy Trinity Parish House
Girls’ Friendly Society
Orange County
Cone’s
Court Street
Pocahontas
Court
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Methodist Church
J. E. Loveland
Broad Street
Voile
Batiste
Spear Bros
Middletown’s
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Shubert
Shea
Caulkins & Post Co
Main Street
Ane
Ranney
Brussels
Palmer
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