Suffragists in Annual Session In New Haven Conn
New Haven November 21 The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association opened its annual convention at the Hotel Taft with Miss Katherine Ludington presiding. Delegates heard progress reports on suffrage efforts, a Connecticut sentiment survey showed many legislators favorable, and committees outlined the year’s activities. Speakers included John T. King Homer S. Cummins and Miss Grace Thompson Seton.
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New Haven
Conn
Ecticut Woman Suffrage Association
Taft
Katherine Ludington
Michigan
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Henry Townshend
Grace Thompson Seton
Blenetre du Blesse’ Society
France
Mabel C. Washburn
Hartford
Connecticut
National Suffrage Association
Daphne Selden
United States
McLean
Brandegee
Miss Selden
General Assembly
House
Ninan Parshall
Mark Bulkeley
Hartford County
West Hartford
John T. King
Bridgeport
Homer S. Cummines
Stamford
Arthur I. Livermore
New York City
Caroline Ruutz-Rees
Greenwich
Fitzgerald
Grace Murray
Arnold Gesnel
New Wireless Wizard Perfects Invention Eliminates Towers
Roy A. Weagant, chief engineer of the Marconi Wireless Company, wins lasting recognition for a breakthrough that removes the static burden in wireless telegraphy. The device halves power needs and removes the need for tall towers, marking a major advancement since Marconi's initial work. Weagant, born March 29 1881 in Morrisburg Ontario, is hailed for this pivotal achievement.
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Roy A. Weagant
Marconi Wireless Company
Marconi
Mr. Weagant
Weagant
Morrisburg
Ont
Election Expenses Reported in Hartford Campaign Notes
Hartford November 21 Thomas J Spellacy Democratic and Citizens tickets candidate for governor filed campaign expenditure statements. Spellacy spent 4036 total with 4000 to Democratic state central committee and 36 to George H Bishop Citizens party treasurer. Additional items include 3500 and 500 to Treasurer Holt to comply with 1911 act. Other candidates listed with receipts and expenditures.
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Hartford
Thomas J. Spellacy
Democratic
Citizens
State Secretary’s Office
Spellacy
Democratic State Central Committee
George H. Bishop
Citizens’ Party
F. P. Holt
Louis Ullman
John Q. Tilson
Third Congressional District
G. Harold Gilpatric
Census cotton report shows 1918 harvest and 1917 1916 comparisons
Washington census data cover August 1 to October 31 with 1,915,608 tons of cotton seed received at mills, 913,418 crushed, and 1,038,565 held at mills. Production figures list crude and refined oil, cake and meal, hulls, linters and hull fibre. The report counts 8,681,005 bales for 1918 to November 14, vs 8,571,115 in 1917 and 9,615,003 in 1916, with round bale bases and Sea Island totals given for each year.
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Washington
Sea Island
Sues for Divorce and $500,000 Damages
Danbury reports Mrs. Samuel H. Rundle filed for divorce alleging intolerable cruelty. She seeks alimony and damages of 50000. Rundle, a prominent 87-year-old retired hat maker, bank president, and Danbury Fair president, is married since October 16 to Miss Gladys Brown of New York and Washington. His real estate and other holdings were attached in relation to the suit.
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Danbury
Samuel H. Rundle
Rundle
Gladys Brown
New York
Weshington
Greenwich
Conn
Neutrone Prescription 99 touted as rheumatism relief
An ad promises rapid relief from stubborn rheumatism without liniments plasters steam baths or electricity. It claims noticeable easing of aches and swelling in joints and muscles after taking Neutrone Prescription 99, with bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar and mail order service through Hartman Drug Co and Woodward Drug Co.
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Hartman Drug Co
Woodward Drug Co
Wilson to visit England and Italy after peace talks
President Wilson plans to visit England and Italy to study postwar reconstruction, traveling aboard a large passenger ship under the Shipping Board. Secretaries Daniels and Colby attended planning at the White House as convoy and transport arrangements were discussed.
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Washington
Wilson
England
Italy
Navy
Daniels
Bainbridge Colby
White House
Colby
Shipping Board
Europe
Men Preferring to Share Advice Over Self Retention
A short adage notes that most men favor giving good counsel to others rather than keeping it for themselves, reflecting a common belief about human restraint and generosity in speech.
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
Relief comes instantly. A dose taken every two hours until three are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold. It opens clogged nostrils, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and eases soreness. Get the genuine for only a few cents at any drug store.
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Grippe
Pape
Goethes Delicatessen ad runs weeks of meal deals
In a cheerful newspaper note the ad touts Goethe's Delicatessen offerings with ready dishes and economical prices. Items include old New England clam chowder 25c a quart, fish cakes 35c a dozen, baked beans 20c a pound, potato salad 20c a pound, macaroni and cheese 15c a pound, plus chicken roulade liver paste head cheese frankfurts boiled ham and pork sausage and pies.
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Old New England
Thanksgiving advance hints and grocery prices listed
A brief ad outlines Liberty Cabbage at 10c per pound and eggs at 49c a dozen, with a note that coal wagon cargoes may resemble coal in price. It also advertises citron, orange peel, lemon peel, Sultana table raisins bulk at 20c per pound, fig and plum puddings, Heinz mince meat bulk at 30c per pound.
Happenings in Middletown 25 Years Ago in November
A fragment from a Middletown newspaper recounts events from 25 years prior: hunters extinguish a large charcoal pit fire near Higginum saving owner’s property, Wesleyan President attendances and a Syracuse meeting, local brick yards finishing season, new houses planned on Park Place, Pastor C A Paddock visiting, and community relief plans for winter amid rising destitution. Rockford crime note reports Rev David Gerdes sentenced to ten years for opposing liberty loan and Red Cross. he previously claimed defiance even against German attaque to protect his daughter’s honor.
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Middletown
Higganum
Raymond
Wesleyan
News Colleges
Syracuse
Roger
Middlesex
Forest City Council
Friends
Waterbury
Gildersleeve
F. H
E. R. White
Park Place
C. A. Paddock
Baptist Church
Tuttle
Orpheus Hall
Selectman
Loveland
Rockford
Ill
David Gerdes
White Side County
Sugar rules violators hit Lowell confectioners
Washington reports the food administration notified all licensees to refuse all orders from D. Apostolas & Brother, confectioners of Lowell Massachusetts for evading sugar regulations. The unfair order remains in effect until further notice.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
D. Apostolas & Brother, Confectioners
Lowell
Mass
Belgian Queen Honored by Legion of Honor
Paris on November 21 reports Queen Elizabeth of Belgium received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor from France.
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Paris
Legion of Honor
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Blood tonic urged after Spanish Influenza and grip
Public health note urges building blood health after influenza and grippe with Phosphated Iron capsules from Hartman Drug Co. and leading pharmacists. Claims iron and phosphates restore strength, appetite, sleep, and color, and stresses natural recovery with fresh air and nourishing food.
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Hartman Drug Co
The Kelly Busy Corner Co Two Stores
The Kelly Busy Corner Co operates two stores at 190 Pearl Street and 354 Main, expanding its retail footprint in the downtown area.
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Kelly Busy Corner Co
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Philip A. Tumulty
Joseph P. Tumulty
Monticello Avenue
Jersey City
Mr. Tumulty
County Ireland
New Jersey
Rox A. Weagan
Cotton Census Report
Dr. McKee
Germany
Charles Buchanan Sherman
Utica
N. Y
Berlin
Sherman
Chicago Surface Lines
Chicago
Chicago Surface
Illnnois State Utilities Commission
Peleg
Euher Pamber
Roger Kennedy
Wilcox, Crittenden Co
George M. Southmayd
R. J. Atwell
Main ST
L. I
Pillsbury’s
Kellogg’s
A.M. Bidwell
Bidwell & Lynch, Successors
Main Street
Pearl St
Cerise
Prince Henry
Admiral von Two-step
Admiral Cervera
Santiago Harbor
GJ. “Wiewer Co
Wain and
Court Streets
Brainard & Logan
Richter & CO
New York Stock Exchange
New Britain
50 Shares Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co
J. F. O’connell
Prop
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