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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1918

Page

10

Alimony and divorce actions heard in superior court

Morning short calendar before Judge Coulter included Flora J. Brooks seeking alimony defense in a divorce from Clarence A. Brooks with a $35 allowance, and a $154 monthly alimony for Florence R. Smith. Publication ordered for Margaret F. Nelson vs F. Nelson. Default judgments in G Laurenzi v Agostino and Ernest O. Bergman cases. Note on a $3200 note from Mary Lucas and a separate suit over horses with Karas Brothers. Judge Burpee will be present next week for short cases.

McKinstry Flora J. Brooks Haven S. Pickett Alce Clarence A. Cs Judg Thomas Coulter Aptor Brooks Gordon B. Smith Florence R. Smith Margaret F. Nelson F. Nelson G. Laurenzi Agostino Ernest O. Bergman Ira C. Johnson Mary Lucas L. O. Ryan George E. Wagner Karas Brothers Thomas 8. Coulter Burpee

Barbers' Association Adopts Revised Hours Schedule

At a Barbers' Association meeting yesterday members voted to revert to the old schedule. They will close Monday after 1 p m and 6 p m on weekdays. The new hours: 8 a m to 6 p m daily except Saturday 8 a m to 8 p m, and Saturday 8 a m to 10 p m. Prices were not announced and likely remain unchanged for the present.

Dance at Middlefield Town Hall Friday Night 1918

Nov 22, 1918 at Middlefield town hall dance from 8 to 12 with pencil music by Ford's. Dancing and music advertised. Admission 25 cents. Advance notice.

Middlefield Town Hall Ford

Sage and Sulphur Compound for Darker Hair

An old time hair darkening remedy promotes Sage Tea with sulphur or Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drug stores. The method involves applying with a sponge to strands to fade gray and restore dark, glossy hair, claiming gradual results after one or two uses.

Wyeth Momnall

McKinstry Divorce Set Aside by Court

Cromwell businessman Herbert L McKinstry had his divorce from Mary Shea McKinstry Hartford set aside after Judge Lucien F Burpee opened the case noting contempt of court. The wife’s counsel alleged fraud and the judge ordered a re opening with a decision on punishment to follow.

Herbert L. McKinstry Cromwell Mary Shea McKinstry Hartford McKinstry Ferdinand D’esopo New Haven Winchester Beach Street Thomas F. Kane Washington Street Mead Judge Burpee Burpee Tuesay

Best cuts and roasts from Yale Gordon at Sumner Street

All best cuts of native steer with steaks 35c shoulder 30c hamburg 25c corned beef 25c veal 30-35c soup bones 18c-25c Fresh lot of turnips onions apples parsnips potatoes cabbage and soup bugprhes roasts whole or quarters of beef special for restaurants hotels sold at reasonable price Yale Gordon 60 Sumner St Phone 579-2-adv 2311

Hamburg Yale Gordon Sumner St

Open Saturdays Evenings Loan Plan At Morris Co

Open Saturdays from 7 to 8 pm offering loans of 50 to 500 dollars with weekly repayments. Morris and Co located at 269 Main Street advertises this opportunity to learn more about the plan.

Morris & Co Main St Adv

Bishop Acheson Sails Despite Late Red Cross Telegram

A Washington Red Cross telegram warned Bishop Acheson not to sail. He departed Wednesday anyway, arriving after the notice reached too late to prevent the voyage.

Red Cross Washington Acheson

Red Cross Notes Resume First Aid Classes

Dr James My will resume his first aid classes starting November 26 at 1 Hendley Home on Crescent Street.

Red Cross James My Hendley Home Crescent Street

City Briefs Show Mild Recoveries and Local Events

Felix A. Petrofsky and Miss Sarah Bailey show improvement and sit up briefly. Dancing at Seibert Hall, East Hampton, Nov 27, and a Red Cross whist and dance in Durham on Nov 24. Various adv notices for local shops, dinners, dances, and festive items appear alongside city updates and business notes.

Felix A. Petrofsky Seibert Hall East Hampton the Red Cross Durham J. T. Mitchell

Portrait of General Pershing Gravure For Framing Ad

River water rose nine feet and is subsiding. Advertises fine plush automobile lap robes harness horse blankets and low prices from John T. Walsh, advertising in the newspaper. Includes a gravure portrait of General Pershing as a prized framing keepsake.

Pershing Atery John T. Walsh

Several Obituaries and Funeral Notices Ahead of Week End

Multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Frances Sheehan interred after services at St Marys Portland with mass by Rev Laden. George Lincoln Howe of Rocky Hill dies at Hartford hospital age 46, service in Rocky Hill, burial in Rocky Hill cemetery. Mary Justina Daly funeral set for Bridgeport and Portland interment. Mrs John F Moran dies in East Hartford. funeral Saturday. Daniel J Leary funeral in Cambridge Mass with burial at St Johns. Stephen Charles Smith Jr US Army funeral in Milford area with military burial. Final line notes proverb on handshakes.

Frances Sheehan John R. Hill Main Street St. Mary’s Church Portland Thomas J. Laden St. John’s Church Cromwell Father Lalen Thomas Bride, Jr Frank Cavanaugh Edward Hill John Cronin Thomas Trahy George Cavanaugh Edward O’donnell John Flynn St. Mary’s Cemetery Dr. Martin George Lincoln Howe Rocky Hill Hartford Hospital Ethel Howe Earl Walter Howe Roland Howe Boston Ralph Howe Harvard University Howe U. S. Navy M. E. Alling Rocky Hill Cemetery Mary Justina Daly Center Street Bridgeport St. Augustine’s Church John F. Moran William Curtin East Hartford Comstock Place Ladies’ Auxiliary Gene Middletown L. O Daniel Leary Daniel J. Leary Cambridge Mass St. Peter’s Church T. H. Collamore St. John’s Cemetery Stephen C. Smith Stephen Charles Smith, Jr John P. Bacon W. D. Beach Mortimer Cemetery

Food Economy Still Necessary

Community notice urging women to avoid serving a fourth meal and to use home grown foods for Thanksgiving. President Hoover’s call for economy amid widespread hunger involves 180 million people. women are asked to aid national efforts. Also reports missing in action Private Joseph A. Stovall, details of his service, a Sunday School teachers’ supper at Church of the Holy Trinity, a new package store opening by John Bozzi, and the death of Vernis D. Clements Barber in Hartford with funeral arrangements.

Hoover H. Stovall Cromwell Joseph A. Stovall Co. L 316Th Infantry Stovall Camp Meade Bridgeport Church of the Holy Trinity German Grace Gabrielle Barber Hartford Conn Vernis D. Clements Frank W. Barber Newfield Street Middletown

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