Local Soldier Missing and Red Cross Rally Report
A telegram reported missing in action John F. Cronin of Company C 10th U S Infantry. His brother Thomas Cronin in the U S Navy and Lt Harold Hodge in England are among his relatives. A Red Cross rally at Emer hall drew strong attendance and launched a drive of 40,000, with Middlesex county showing active support. The event featured talks by Eleanor G. Acheson and Leonard D. Hough and first hand front line accounts from War Lodge, A F and A M. A veteran speaker recounted ambulance and ammunition convoy service in France. The night included new songs by the Liberty Boys and a note on war causes by Professor Itcher. A special War Lodge communication scheduled for 8 pm announced Grand Master William F. English of Hartford attending.Upcoming meetings include United Workers of the Congregational church and a relocation notice for a shoemaker shop to the Allen building.
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Harold O Street
John F. In
Co. C
Red Cross
Emerhall
Land
Portland
Eee Be
I.chapter
Andia
Eleanor G. Acheson
Middlesex County
Ofestor
George M. Dutcher
Wesvan
Leonard D. Hough
Professor Itcher
Mr. K
France
Ie Rs
Liberty Ys
Daniel
A. F
A. M
William F. English
Hart
Grand Lodge of Connect
Alock Grange
United Workers of the Congre Church
Fred G
Main Street
Aon Allen
Emmons
Julio
Westbrook Community Notes and Local Events
Westbrook notices list a May 14 meeting at town hall, visits by residents, a Red Cross rally, and speeches by Reverend Morton and W S Upgrace. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. F A Gladwin in New Haven. Funeral of Gilbert G. Stokes conducted at Mrs. Pendleton’s home. survivor links to Jane Stokes. Beach's film The Auction Block promoted as a feature.
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Westbrook
W. W
Ton Hall
F. C. Wendell
East N
Wes Hotel
Plumb
New York
D. A. Fox
Russell A. Stokes
Camp Devens
New Haven
F. A. Gladwin
Irma Thompson
Hartford
Connecticut River
Red Cross
Town Hall
Ev. Howard Morton
Deep River J
W. S. Upgrace
Gilbert G. Stokes
Moodus Red Cross Event at Rental Hall
Moodus hosts a Red Cross fundraising evening at the rental hall with seats on sale at Purple and Silk store. Admission is 25 and 50 cents, offering an accessible entry to supporters in Moodus.
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Moodus
Red Cross
Con’ Rental Hall
Purple & Silkstore
News of Good Times Spreads Quickly Across Town
Local chatter swirls about a widely shared hopeful development. Residents say word travels fast as people stay busy with daily tasks and plans.
Haddam Neck Red Cross drive plans and memorial day notes
Captain A T Clark selects lieutenants for the Red Cross drive and a Middletown rally is noted. Memorial day services at the Haddam cemetery are planned with Liberty chorus music and speakers A T S Clark and Rev W H Raymond. Grange meetings discuss county farm benefits and prohibition. Shad fishing in Haddam reach is moderate.
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A. T
Clark
Red Cross
E. G. Clark
Mabel Nyman
Reuben Oster
Leonard J. Selden
Mindietown
W.F. English
Connecticut Home Missionary Society
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor
Gustave T. Bochman
Hartford
Miss Winter
Meriden
Edward Worthington
Moodus
Bailey
M. G. Williams
Florida
Liberty Chorus
A. T. S. Clark
W. H. Raymond
W. G. Sexton
Grange
County Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
E. Selden Clark
Storrs College
Middletown
Haddam Reach
Hebron Red Cross concert draws large crowd in town hall
Hebron May 15 crowd packed the town hall for a kitchen concert by twenty of the YWCA Choral Society of Hartford led by Miss Carolyn Washburn using a dish cloth as baton. Utensils like a broom and teapot served as instruments. Money raised about $80 for the Red Cross. next Red Cross event May 24. Florence Katcheldt to speak May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Y. W. C. A. Choral Society of
Hartford
Carolyn Washburn
Lebanon
Colchester
Columbia
Amston
Gilead
Red Cross Society
Helen Jones
The
Red Cross
Junior
Florence Katcheldt
Windham
Tolland
C. E. Pendleton
C. E
Lorena Lord
Edwin T. Smith
William Ellis
Connecticut
Frank Raymond
Manchester
Middlefield society notes and local appointments
Mrs William Patterson joins Lyman Gun Sight factory. Annie Peckham resigns for Lyman Gun Sight Company. Dorothy Steele of Hartford visits grandmother. Co M C H G hosts supper, speeches and drill at 6:30 pm Friday May 17 in the Middlefield town hall. 25c, followed by a dance at 12 with 15c admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefield
William Patterson
Lyman Gun Sight Factory
New Haven
Annie Peckham
Wallingford
Lyman Gun Sight Company
Dorothy Steele
Hartford
Town Hall
Red Cross Meeting Reported By Buffalo Express
Fragmentary local item from May 15 noting a Red Cross meeting in Chatham-Middle Haddam area. Vague quotes imply community chatter and social chatter about a prior event and pie tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Middle
Haddam
Red Red Cross
Emma
Red Cross
Funeral of Thomas K OConnell at St Patrick’s Church East Hampton
East Hampton obituary notes the funeral of Thomas K OConnell held at St Patrick’s Church on Tuesday at 10 am with a requiem high mass. The service featured solos by Mrs M W Wall and William Morrissey, multiple floral tributes including one from the East Hampton Business Men’s association, and processional interment at St Patrick’s Cemetery. Relatives traveled from East Hartford, Stafford Springs, Middletown, Portland, Moodus, Colchester, Naugatuck, Meriden, New Britain.
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Thomas K. O'Connell
East Hampton
Thomas K. O’connell
St. Patrick's Church
Father Fox
East Hampton Business Men’s Association
N. B. A. Carrier
R. A. Wall
Norman W. Purple
William M. Wall
H. C. Hodge
John Gallivans
The
Business Men’s Association
H. G. Hills
A. M. Starr
William H. Wall
Charles E. Torkelson
M. S. Purple
James Reardon
Eliot Keser
Portland
Harold Wall
Richard Gillon
Michael W. Wall
Edward Lynch
Richard O’connell
East
Hartford
Michael O’connell
Stafford Springs
Donald O’connell
Robert O’connell
Joseph O’connell
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
East Hartford
Middletown
Moodus
Colchester
Naugatuck
Meriden
New Britain
Colchester Local Notes and Social Updates
Colchester reports include Miss Bachua Cornwell turning 98, Red Cross and Liberty Chorus events, and a St Andrew's dedication plan with speakers Hon. E M Day, Hon Michael O Connell, and Ex Mayor Murphy. Town groups drill and parade upcoming, with church festivities at St Andrew's and a Memorial Day prep underway. The Hebron game awaits, and cows are delivered for Mr Cohen.
Summer visits and local notes in Hamburg society
May 15 notices report Mr. Breastle returning to his summer home and visits by the Avery Baileys of Mt. Vernon N Y to Mrs. Bill. The Clark family and Miss Beebe visited L Bill while Mrs. Leeds plans improvements with laborers. Mrs. Jones and Miss Harding visited Harding’s, Miss Lord attended a Red Cross dance in Saybrook, Conn. Supervisor Connolly toured schools and led a teachers’ meeting at Sterling City. Red Cross work via schoolchildren was organized and sent by Secretary Hine.
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Hamburg
Breastle
Avery Bailey
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Mary Bill
Ernest Clark
Emma Beebe
L. Bill
Florence Leeds
Frank Jones
Ruth Harding
L. D. Harding
New Britain
Clark
Hartford
Hasford
Marjorie Lord
Red Cross
Saybrook
James F. Connolly
Mondaly
Sterling City
Hine
Red Cross rally to be held in Athletic hall Berlin May 16
East Berlin reports a Red Cross rally at athletic hall Thursday evening with Captain Arthur Rudd of the regular army as principal speaker and the Berlin liberty chorus providing music. Citizens are urged to attend. The Five Hundred club meets tonight in one of its series. St Gabriel's choir rehearsal shifts to Friday at 8 o'clock due to the rally. Farmers face trouble securing help as many workers stay only a few days. G Smith, visiting friends in town, left for New York today. The piece notes a growing fad among residents.
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H. E. Rich’s
James Quinn
Willimantic
Lee Palmer
Middletown
Laura Anderson
Deep River
Katherine O’connell
Company L Home Guards
Red Cross
Siebert’s
Opera House
Arthur Rudd
Russia
G. B. Carlson
Liberty Chorus
Home Guard
Stanley A. Bevin
Patrick Duffy
Elie
Daniel Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
May O’connell
Naugatuck
T. K. O’connell
Daniel Healey
New Haven
Lionel Robinson
Red‘ Cross
Continental Hall
Moodus
Purple & Stik
East Berlin
Athletic Hall
Berlin
Farm Bureau
G. Smith
New York
Sage and Sulphur Compound Renews Dark Hair Overnight
An old Sage Tea recipe called Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. A local druggist touts rapid results after one or two applications, claiming hair appears darker and more luxurious within days. It notes the product is a toilet preparation, not a medical cure.
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Wyeth
Anuric praised as aid for kidney trouble warnings
Mrs. Jos. B. Green urges use of Dr. Pierce's Anuric to counter kidney distress and prevent Bright's disease diabetes or bladder stone. She notes dizziness urine irregularities rheumatism and urges exercise open air water intake and lighter meat diet as part of the remedy. Another testimonial from G70 WN Linden Ave endorses the treatment.
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Dr. Pierce
Anuric
Bright
Jos. B. Green
New. Street
Ieee
Pires
Linden Ave
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Beach
Adv
Chatham—Middle
Itiah
Peremnent
Bufislo Express
C. E. A. Iddletown
Leslie W
William Bigelow
St. Andrew's Church
Thomas Clark
Norwich
Ida Reynolds
Tip Top Hall
Dublin
New London
Camp Upton
Mary Day
Phineas Spencer
Newark
N. J
Truman Spencer
Broadway
Miss Lillie Treat
Academy Hall
J. M. Klein
F. E. Baker
Cohen
St. Andrew’s Church
E. M. Day
Stafford
Murphy
K. of C
B. D. Remington
Bachua Cornwell
Milwaukee
Sage Teavis
Backaci
Court SE
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