Hazen in Senate Race Sparks Local Prohibition Debate
Nomination for the fourth senatorial district heats up as Hazen, tied to the Durange Company and a physician from Middletown, campaigns on a prohibition platform. Smith of Chester and General M W Potter of Deep River also weigh in, with delegates to be chosen tonight and a Tuesday convention in Sok to decide the race.
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Middlefield
Hazen
Reptive Smith
Chester
M. W. Potter
Deep River
Hal Potter
Republican State
Potter
Smith
Republican Party
Entative Smith
Senate
Sok
Spain
War Reporter’s Lecture At The Front
Fred Villiers war correspondent and artist spoke at the Middlesex Theatre on What I Saw At The Front. He described prewar and World War I battles with photos, noting generals he knew and the daily fighting overshadowing the talk. He did not promise a quick end, suggesting Germany would strain to fight on, and the audience contained many war workers.
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Fred Villiers
Middlesex Theatre
Apave
America
Lee
Joffre
Foch
Peri
Frederick Villiers
Tha
Germany
Villiers
McDowell
Big Hawser Arrives In Middletown Harbor
A massive hawser weighing over 6,000 pounds and 19 inches in circumference, 1,200 feet long, was unloaded by the New York boat at the land harbor. It is the largest jet seen in Middletown, transported from Kingston on the Hudson. The hawser’s mate is due tomorrow for use in launching a project just finished at the Gilder at 1 o'clock Saturday.
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New York
Landhi
Middletown
Kingston
Hudson
Gilder
Commerce Chamber Seeks New Members and War Work
The Middletown Chamber of Commerce, with just under 200 members, plans a drive to reach 500 members to fund war work. 88 new members joined at a recent meeting, including staff from Russell Mfg Co and Wilcox Crittenden & Co, plus ten from Middletown National Bank. Dues remain five dollars, covering the rest of 1918 through January 1, 1920. Secretary J. V. Dempsey available for information.
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Chamber
Peasance
Chamber 13
Middletown
New England
Chamber of Commerce
Bunce
T. M. Russell
Russell Mfg. Co
Wilcox, Crittenden & Company
Francis A. Beach
Middletown Nation Bank
James H. Bunce
Bunce Company
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Injured at shipyard in falls Twenty Feet
Joseph Nantste of Ferry Street Falls was seriously injured at the Gildersleeve Ship Construction Co. while helping remove staging around a large ship to be launched Saturday. The plank gave way, he fell twenty feet, and struck a timber injuring his lower spine. He was rushed to Middlesex Hospital and condition to be determined.
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Joseph Nantste
Ferry Street
Gildersleeve Ship Construction Co
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown Poultry Show Plans Coops Purchase
The Middletown Poultry Association met in the city court room to discuss buying coops to replace costly hired crates. If bought, the coops could be rented for other poultry shows reached by automobile transport. A decision will be made at the adjourned meeting. October 16.
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Middletown Poultry Association
Middletown and Meridesociations
Town Hall
Jane
Italians Rally at Grand Theatre Sunday Evening
Italians urged to attend a Grand Theatre rally Sunday at seven o clock with music by the Italian band and several good speakers delivering Italian language remarks.
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Grand Theatre
Don't You Need One Now for Indigestion Relief
A vintage ad note promotes F ¢ Tablets as mild yet effective relief for indigestion and related bodily discomforts. It claims the tablets cleanse the stomach, tone the system, and alleviate symptoms such as nausea and bloating.
Dancing and notices fill city pages at St Aloysius and nearby venues
Local items report dances at St Aloysius hall and Arrigoni Hotel with plans for lessons and social events. Advertisements note moves of barber Edward Kidney and chef D F Clifford’s dancing school reopening sessions, plus a boat docking and coal barges on the river.
Funeral service for Michael J. Brown at St Francis Church
The funeral for Michael J. Brown was held from his home at 19 Cooley Avenue South Farms and at St Francis Church where a requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Francis A. Jordan. Miss Catherine Kelly sang at offertory and prayerful attendance followed. Pallbearers included Michael A. Brown Philip Brown John Carey Philip Crowley William Carroll and James Kidney. Burial took place in St Johns cemetery.
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Michael J. Brown
Cooley Avenue
South Farms
St. Francis Church
Francis A. Jordan
Catherine Kelly
Father Jorden
Michael A. Brown
Philip Brown
John Carey
Philip Crowley
William P. Carroll
James Kidney
St. John’s Cemetery
Obituaries of Drobrinski La Rochell Williams
Joseph Drobrinski died at 3 AM at 134 Asylum Street after a long illness. He worked at New England Enameling Co. and survived by his wife. Funeral Friday 7:15 AM from the home, 8 AM at St Mary’s Church, burial in St John’s Cemetery. Ernest Anthony La Rochell, three months old, died at 65 South Main Street. Funeral Friday 3 PM, burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Henry R. Williams, 18, Wesleyan student, died at Murray's Asylum. Cause pneumonia. Family from Philadelphia attended. body sent to Philadelphia for burial.
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St. Aloy- Pop Sheridan
Neville’s Candy Shop
Main Street
Ira Hedges
Norwich University
Neil Conroy
Springfield
Aetna Accident and Liability Co
D. F. Clifford
Stueck’s Hall
Clifford
Edward Kidney
Washington Street
St. Aloysius Building
New York
Gildersleeve
St. Aloysius Hall
Sheldon S. S. Caampbell
Arrigoni Hotel
S.C. van Zandt
H.S. Gre
Trenton
N. J
F. M. King
Lincoln
Mansfield Post
Omo
Red Cross
Stueck
J. E. Cronin
Court Street
Thomas Foley
Brazos and Sons
Tom
Durham Fair
Sixth Regiment Infantry
St. Aloysius Popular Hall
Joseph Cianci
Center Street
Portland
Raymond Gandy
Broad Street
Stamford
Highway Bridge
Union Street
South Farms
John T. Walsh’s.—adv
I. C. Bennett
Camp Devens
Winthrop Warner
Charles W. Warner
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Naval Aircraft Section
Joseph Drobrinski
Asylum Street
The
New England Enameling Co
St. Mary’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Ernest Anthony la Rochell
Nellie Spooner L. Rochell
Old Saybrook
Nellie Spooner
South Main Street
Pine Grove Cemetery
Henry R. Williams
Wesleyan
s.Murray’s
Asuuarium
Silver Street
Obituary notices for Wear Haskell and Johnson
Charles H Wear formerly of Middlefield dies at Wilson Sanatorium Hartford funeral from William Wear Merriam street Meriden Saturday at 2. Harriet T Haskell funeral Saturday from Court street services led by Rev Dr F F German and Bishop Acheson interment Cromwell Hilmar O Johnson of Higganum dies at Camp Ut on remains arrive Middletown tonight funeral details to follow
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Charles H. Wear
Middlefield
Wilson
Hartford
William Wear
Merriam Street
Meriden
Harriet T. Haskell
Court Street
F. F. German
Acheson
Cromwell
Hilmar O. Johnson
Hilmer O. Johnson
Higganum
Camp Upton
Middletown
Biggest Ship Ever Built in Connecticut To Launch Saturday
The 281 foot wooden steamship Batta hatchee will be launched Saturday at 1 p.m. from Gildersleeve Ship Construction yard at Gildersleeve The vessel, 46 feet beam and 25 feet depth, has been in construction since December. Divers have prepared the yard with runways piles and a dredger deepened the river channel. A sister ship is planned for December. The Sixth Regiment Infantry band will perform patriotic music at the launching.
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Connecticut River
Battahatchee
Gildersleeve Ship Construction Company
Gildersleeve
Sixth Regiment Infantry
Middlesex Hospital Delivers Baby After Cesarean
A successful Cesarean operation was performed by local physicians at Middlesex Hospital last night on Mrs. Sebastiano Costagne of 64 Center Street. Both mother and child are reported healthy with a baby girl weighing 9 pounds 10 ounces.
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Middlesex Hospital
Sebastiano Costagne
Center Street
LET PRESS WANTS FIND 25 Your Lest Articles
The fragment appears as a garbled prompt about press desires to locate 25 items labeled as Your Lest Articles, repeated with odd pricing symbols. No coherent events or names are discernible from the readable text. Further readable context is needed to form a proper news item.
Married Fifty-Eight Years Adams Ranney Anniversary
Mr and Mrs C Collard Adams celebrate fifty eight years of marriage with more than one hundred guests at Ranney Mansion Cromwell October 3 1860. Four veterans survive Judge J B Davis and Hon W R Walkley of Danbury, plus Mrs Mary Ranney Simpson and Mrs Kate Ranney Wilcix, former pupils of Mr Adams. They now observe the anniversary in the home where Mrs Adams was born on Pleasant Street Cromwell. At Wesleyan exercises October 1 Mr Adams was introduced by President Shanklin as Civil War chaplain and oldest alumnus to give the benediction.
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C. Collard Adams
Ranney
Cromwell
Elizabeth Gridley Ranney
Charles Collard Adams
B. Davis
W. R. Walkley
Danbury
Adams
Mary Ranney Simpson
Kate Ranney Wilcix
Mrss. Adams
Pleasant Street
Shanklin
Red Cross Linen Shower Urges Middlesex County Help
Women in Middlesex urged to donate linen for a Red Cross shower amid a low progress report. Seven thousand five hundred articles were targeted but only one eighth received. volunteers asked to report pieces to Mrs. T. M. Russell and to buy materials locally if needed. Donations of face towels and handkerchiefs are most needed. pillow slips not requested. Local sewing will stay open on Washington street to finish work. even sheet pieces with strong seams acceptable. Reports from towns show Middlesex 194, Portland 21, Middle Haddam 10, Haddam 10, Ivoryton 55, total 290. Chief Archibald Inglis marked twenty-five years as Middletown police chief today, the longest tenure since the department began.
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Middlesex County
Red Cross
T. M. Russell
Lucy Robinson
Washington Street
Middletown
Portland
Middle Haddam
Haddam
Ivoryton
Lilberty Cottage Rally Speakers Set for Saturday
Rep. Samuel Russell Jr State's Attorney Inglis and Rev. William Hall headline Saturday evening at Lilberty Cottage rally Hall to share experiences in Turkey.
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Lilberty Cottage
Samuel Russell, Jr
Atttorney Inglis
William Hall
Hall
Turkey
Old Age Starts With Your Kidneys Medically Styled Ad
An old age health advertisement claims weakened kidneys and digestive organs trigger aging. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a home remedy to cleanse kidneys, boost function, and delay aging with dosage guidance and a money refund pledge. It urges readers to buy from a druggist and request the original import.
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Haarlem
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