War Work drive completes Middletown meeting auction boosts pledge total
At Stueck's Tavern last evening Middletown Chamber of Commerce members gathered to inaugurate the War Work campaign. The event raised 43,428.41, with 1,560 from a live auction of battlefield relics and art pieces. Chairmen and speakers praised women in the war effort and highlighted demobilization needs for overseas troops.
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Stueck
Middletown
Philip Stueck
Presi H. Bunce
Chain of Commerce
America
Presit
Richard H. Bunce
Patrick McGivney
A. H. Campbell
Te Council of Defense
William A
E. Campion 2
EB. Campion Acheson
Arthur V. McDowell
Gormor
Frank B. Weeks
George Burnham
Bunce
Windsor
Campbell
France
Germany
Patrick J. Mc
Lights of Columbus
McGill
Chateau Thierry
Knights of Columbus
Our Boys
K. of C
Saint Mihiel
Meed
McGivney
Commerce
Cied
Applifor
Chamber
W. H. Bouteiller
Ins
J. Atwell
Caiis
R. W. Camp
F. A. Beach Ne Bank
Wesleyan _ strand
Durham
Wedworth Wadsworth
Howard Warmer
Warner
Berlin
James Boylan
William A. Shanklin
Shanklin
Paris
Foch
K of C
Ford
James O'Neill
Chamber of Commerce
Taste It Then Decide on New Nut Butter Brand
Readers note a new nut butter called Sweet Nut made from coconut milk solids. The product allegedly follows an old law and is sold at 32 cents a year through a store channel linked to a grocery wholesaler, with nutrition claims and limited distribution.
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Nj Co
Oct deaths in Middletown total 193 by cause and age
In Middletown during October there were 193 deaths from pneumonia and grippe 146 measles 1 diphtheria 1 tuberculosis 7 accident 1 cancer 1 and all other causes 36. Seventy five deaths occurred in institutions 46 were non residents nine were under one year old 17 were 65 or older and 18 were between one and five years old.
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Middletown
Clearing House Statement Nov 13 Debits and Exchanges
New York sub treasury debit 2,350,281 dollars, exchanges 638,119,176 dollars, and ees 67,137,997 dollars.
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Clearing House
New York
Treasury
Exchanges
Ees
Wartime notices and events fill local pages amid influenza concern
Numerous listings from Middletown and surrounding towns detail war era activities including dances, concerts, shop notices, and church events. Items mention the influenza situation easing, theater vaudeville, harvest dances, boat movements, and charity drives. Numerous ads promote Horlicks Malted Milk, insurance talk, and local business updates amid wartime effort.
North Church Schedule and Holy Trinity Services
This evening at 7 30 there will be six studies on The Workers of the World replacing the regular prayer meeting. Thursday at 2 pm Home Missionary Society meets in the parish house for Red Cross sewing. Friday at 7 15 Boy Scouts Troop 6 meet in the parish house followed by Campfire girls at 7 30. Holy Trinity services at 7 30 and 10 30 conducted by Rev Dr Frank Flood German. The Holy Communion will be celebrated Thursday morning at the Church of the Holy Trinity in recognition of the Allies victory.
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North Church
Workers of the World
Home Missionary Society
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Campfire
Holy Trinity
Church of the Holy Trinity
Frank Flood German
Card of Thanks for Patrick J. Cody
The Cody family thanks friends for favors and kindness shown during the illness and death of their son and brother Patrick J. Cody.
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Patrick J. Cody
Patrick Cody
Adv
Joseph B Hubbard Celebrates 86th Birthday Amid Armistice Joy
Joseph B Hubbard of 97 South Main Street marked his 86th birthday on Monday as citywide celebrations followed the armistice signing. A longtime former L D Brown Silk Company employee, he now lives with his son Henry W Hubbard, treasurer of Russell Manufacturing, and remains an avid reader with two grandsons in service.
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Joseph B. Hubbard
South Main Street
Mr. Hubbard
L. D. Brown Silk Company
Henry W. Hubbard
Russell Manufacturing Company
Maiden Name Restored as Stella DeTora Belardino Divorced
Stella DeTora Belardino of Hartford has been granted a divorce from Louis Belardino now residing in New Haven by the Hartford County Superior Court. Married in New Haven on March 8, 1916, the complaint cited habitual intemperance and intolerable cruelty. Belardino’s wife may resume her maiden name. She was born in Middletown, daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael DeTora of 55 St John Street. Community Thanksgiving service to be held Sunday, Nov 17 at 7:30 pm at First Methodist Episcopal Church on Church Street with Rev. Percy L. Dearmer to speak and a large church-chorus to lead Congregational singing. The midweek service tonight will also be a Thanksgiving service.
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Bouteiller
Middletown
Edwin Slavin
Bunce
Robert W. Rice
Rice
Marne
Joseph Merriam
James H. Bunce
F. L. Caulkins
Russell Library
Insane Asylum
Haddam
E. C. Acheson
State Board of Health
Allied Nations
Rusco Hall
New York
Holcomb
Connecticut
Grand Theatre
Samuel P. Willard
State Board of Education
Methodist Chapel
Portland
William C. Felber
Anna M. Hanson
Tolland
Conn
Pocahontas
Middletown Yacht Club
A. M. Smith
Hartford
Saybrook
Sachem
Court St. Cecelia
Briggs’ Hall
Cromwell
Ford
Cromwell War Chest
Air Line
Boston
Robert H. Hibbard
Aviation Examination Board
Horlick
James S. Stewart
Skowhegan
Miss Bush
Arrigoni
Swedish Lutheran Church
C. E. Anderson
Leo B. Santangelo
Samuel Tennebaum
Oak Street
Karl Hermann
Kelly Busy Corner Co
John Bozzi
Fire Department
Thomas Walsh
Stella DeTora Belardino
Hartford County
Louis Belardino
New Haven
Belardino
Michael DeTora
St. John Street
This City
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Church Street
Percy L. Dearmer
Berkeley Divinity School
Real Estate Transfers and a Thanksgiving Service
Donald McLeod sold land with dwelling on Park street in Durant to Carsten H and Caralena L Osten of Brooklyn NY. Arthur J Miller and David D Miller sold land on the Easterly side of North High street to Lizzie E White of unspecified location. Sam Tenenbaum sold land on the Westerly side of Oak street to Carl W Herrman with 50 feet frontage. Henry J Ennever sold two acres in Farm Hill district to John and Christine Johnson. Special Thanksgiving Service replaces the announced topic at the North and South Congregational churches midweek service, in the social rooms of the South church.
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Donald McLeod
Carsten H
Caralena L. Osten
Brooklyn
N. Y
Park Street
Durant
Arthur J. Miller
David D. Miller
Binghampton
Lizzie E. White
North High Street
Sam Tenenbaum
Carl W. Herrman
Oak Street
Henry J. Ennever
John and
Christine Johnson
Farm Hill
Morris Plan Co Weekly Loan Repayment Offer
A weekly payment plan to all borrowers makes loan repayment easier. The message invites interest with a call to Morris Plan Co at 269 Main Street. A separate line notes a spinster’s ideal man is someone who will say the word.
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Morris Plan Co
Main Street
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Guy & Rice
South Church
Hall
Union Society
Philathea Circle
Spear Bros
Middletown’s
Fashion Center
Tarzan
Edgar Rice
Tarzan OF the Apes
North
South Congregational
South
Popham
Hartman Drug CO
Aana
Hartman’s
the Hartman
Caulkins & Post Co
THE
the. Y. W. C. A. the Knights OF Columbus
the Jewish Welfare Board
WAR Camp Community Service
American Library Association
the Salvation Army
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