Mrs Jack Found Dead in Middletown Home
Mrs Jack wife of William Jack was found dead in bed at her home on Robinson Street. Age 27, she had been ill for two days with a bad cold. Doctors call the death due to heart failure induced by influenza. She leaves two boys and a girl, all five, and another relative caring for the children. Body turned to undertaker A J Emmons for burial preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaci
William Jack
Robinson
C. A. Sears
Middlewe Co
Middletown
Amy
A. J. Emmons
Harsh Living for German POWs and Local Events
Harold Hodge writes from a German prisoner camp about captured uniforms and basic needs as his unit faces winter. A watermelon feast at Temple of Honor brings light relief. a pool bet tests temperaments amid community chatter. Town committees meet to discuss election matters and pay raises as Liberty Loan drive hits progress toward a $75,000 goal. local officials eye finances and upcoming meetings with regional associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Harold Hodge
U.S. Infantry
McCronin
Hodge
Harold
Hall
Red Cross meeting urged for Portland women
Friday, president of the Red Cross and the auxiliary requests that the women of Portland attend the meeting. John T. Fitzgerald is confined at home on Marlborough street with a cold. Mrs Harms of Newark, N J, visits with her daughter, Mrs Alexander Mehaffey Jr, on Freestone avenue. G P Trace and Captain James A Stalker, formerly with the Gildersleeve Ship Building Company as war department representatives on the lighter contract, have left town after completing the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Portland
John T. Fitzgerald
Marlborough Street
Harms
Newark
N. J
Alexander Mehaffey, Jr
Freestone Avenue
G. P. Trace
James A. Stalker
Gildersleeve Ship Building Company
War Department
Haddam Neck community notes and local updates
Sergeant Albert Olson returns to Florida after a two furlough spent with his father and mother. Red Cross drives collect towels napkins and handkerchiefs with a goal of one article per family. Liberty Loan chairmen organize district efforts, and 160 articles aid Belgium relief. Local events include Grange activities Seaview Pomona and a charity literacy program. A Hartford burglar is captured after a struggle with Daisy aiding neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddam
Albert Olson
Aviation Service
Florida
Roland Ladd
Red Cross
E. G. Clark
H. G. Brainerd
R. S. Bailey
Ruben Ostergren
Leonard Selden
A. T
Seaview Pomona
Theodore Carlson
G. T. Sandin
Sandin
Boston
Archibald Woodbell
Mabel Johnson
Middletown High School
Middlesex Hospital
Hartford
E. G. Carlson
Daisy
Ven tres family and visitors noted in Shailerville list
Shailerville reports Carlton J. Ventres and wife from Brooklyn visiting his mother Mrs. C J Ventres. Leander Case was in East Haddam Monday. Mrs. Leander Case visits Cromwell friends. Mrs. John Eldridge of New Haven visits Mr. and Mrs. George C Russell this week. Several locals attended Mrs. Philip C Arnold’s funeral Monday afternoon from Haddam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shailerville
Carlton J. Ventres
Brooklyn
N. Y
C. J. Ventres
Leander Case
East Haddam
Cromwell
John Eldridge
New Haven
George C. Russell
Philip C. Arnold
Haddam
Death Of Lyman Clark In East Hampton
News reaches East Hampton of Lyman Clark’s death from pneumonia at his Waterbury home on Tuesday. He was the sole son of Hayden L. Clark and Mrs. Clark, survived by his wife and three children. The town also reports Spanish influenza cases and ongoing warnings, with community notes on church and society events, local visitors, and Red Cross activities amid the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Lyman Clark
Waterbury
Clark
Hayden L. Clark
Westbrook Ladies Society Held In Church Parlor
Westbrook residents report a church parlor gathering by the Ladies Congregational society on Wednesday afternoon. George M. Hile remains confined at home with a severe cold. Mrs. Charles A. Grosvenor returns from Norwalk with sister Mrs. P. D. Stannard. her niece Miss Persis Stannard has gone back to school. Miss Marian Wright is ill. The Grosvenor blacksmith shop near the R R station has been dismantled after the prior structure collapse that killed Judson Jones last spring. A “Fighting Fourth” Liberty Band plea appears as well as town pride on the local thermometer showing last night’s figure. Town Hall hosts Douglas Fairbanks in A Modern Musketeer and Roscoe Arbuckle in Out West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Mary Quinlan
Boston
Katherine
Annie Cahill
Donald Gates
Storrs’ College
Catherine Cahill
Middletown
Eric Moard
Moses Cahill
Elizabeth Daley
Red Cross Society
Chatham Hall
Westinghouse
R. R
Judson Jones
Liberty Band
France
Social notes from Rocky Hill community
Mrs. William Patries has returned from a visit to Springfield. Miss Ellen Korber of Plainville visited Mrs. Ephriam Goodrich. Dominick Denunzio and family occupy their new Main street home. Mrs. Valentine Cramer to Philadelphia with her children to join her husband. Mrs. Marius Hills visited Hartford. Harvest supper at Methodist Episcopal church raised 35 dollars. Lee D. Hall recovering from illness. William Kermode bought a cow from Mrs. James Grimes. Margaret Grimes gravely ill with pluero-pneumonia. Mrs E A Peck at Camp Devens with son Wallace also ill. Winfield Churchill visited Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
William Patries
Springfield
Ellen Korber
Plainville
Ephriam Goodrich
Dominick Denunzio
Main Street
Valentine Cramer
Philadelphia
Marius Hills
Hartford
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lee D. Hall
William Kermode
James Grimes
Margaret
E. A. Peck
Camp Devens
Wallace H. Peck
Winfield Churchill
Westchester News: locals and coming events
Brainard returns to New Haven to work on the railroad. Claire Lycette leaves for New Haven to train as a nurse. F A Williams and Elgar visit Indian Neck Branford, while Jennie Williams stays with Mrs. H C Brown. A Bull Hill school fair drew interest and patriotism at the Bridge with pupil helpers. Mrs. Jane Brainard and Miss Vera Huntington were in Hartford yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Brainard
New Haven
Claire Lycette
F. A. Williams
Elgar
Indian Neck
Branford
Jennie Williams
H. C. Brown
the Bridge
Bull Hill School
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A. N. Sh
Ty Loan Committee
Nich
Minent
W. Jorden
Temple of Honor
Mr. Jorden
Fred Porteous
Jordon
Mr. Porteous
Liberty Loan
Cal LA
N. Shepard
A. Sears
New London
State
Fai Society
New County Medical Association
Fred Godfrey
G. Taylor
Cobalt
New York
Emma Colbert
Crawley
Middlesex Avenue
A ' Cramer
Pittsfield
Condren
James Condren
Fairt
George Kavanavitch
I Grange
Chatham Pharmacy
Willimantic
David Bride
St. Francis Hospital
Sacred Heart, T. A. B
O’connell’s Hall
Gertrude Daley
Grippe
George Kennedy
Westbrook
Town Hall
Douglas Fairbanks
Roscoe Arbuckle
America
Liberty Loan Committee of
New England
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
Meech & Stoddard Inc
Uch
Beacon
UNION
James H. Bunce Co
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