Local notices and caucus calls from 1918 Middletown area
Multiple public notices and political caucus reminders from Middletown and surrounding towns in October 1918. Items include Democratic electors caucus in Killingworth and Durham, assessor and registrar schedules, probate estate actions, and tax list preparations with dates, times, and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
Samuel MacDonald
FE. R._ Gillette
Guy B. Clark
Killingworth
Grange Hall
Moral Assembly
Quetee of
Kilingworth
Arthur E. Parmelee
C. H. Chittenden
Cleveland
P. Marquard
Durham
Durham Conn
William 8
Scranton
Robert White
Middletown
AEP
Assessors Office
Municipal Pbuilding
H. Durang
F E. Boardman
O. B. Com
Haenens
Conn
Henry Hanson
Thomas C. Lawton
Registrars of Voters
Democratic Town Committee
District of
Court
Casualty Lists Report 672 Names From Army and Marines
Washington announces two army casualty lists and a marine corps list totaling 672 names. Army figures include 125 killed in action, 40 missing in action, 317 wounded severely, 51 died of disease, 4 from airplane accident, 3 died from other causes, and 2 wounded with undetermined degree. Marine casualties total 50, with several sailors listed as killed in action or wounded. Names span New England states and nearby communities, listing Lieutenants, Captains, Corporals, Privates, and other ranks with hometowns such as Belfast Maine and Holyoke Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Redline Corps
Marine Corps
New England
Frank D. Hazeltine
Belfast
Francis A. Scott
Portsmouth
N. H
E.harold King
Harrington
Del
Alexander F. Lippitt
Providence
R. I
Richard 0. Recknagel
New Britain
Conn
Howard I. Banks
Bethel
William Barnes
Bridgeport
Mass
Attleboro
William Aspray
Archie K. Hughes
Worcester
James P. Shea
Hartford
Bert D. Stimson
Athol
Paul Sutula
Niels C. Nielsen
New London
Ernest J. Ferranti
Bridgewater
Wilbur W. Sinclair
Woodstock
Gaudias J. Joubert
Book-Age Nuisance In New Bedford
A middle aged woman on Purchase Street stops a passerby with a request for muslin then tries to sell a book titled The Life Here after for 25 cents. The unsolicited book agent fails to connect with the potential buyer who notes she is not religious. The encounter ends with the agent remarking she has met many agents but none like that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford Standard
Purchase Street
New Bedford
Turn of the Wheel Describes War Era Rail Labor
A Topeka State Journal item cites the Omaha Bee on Americans abroad in Italy building railroads during wartime. It notes a shift from civilian rail work to military service, highlighting a laborer nicknamed Tony the Wop who laid rails and then enlisted to fight the Kaiser for his homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka State Journal
Italy
Omaha Bee
Tony
Lemon and Orchard White facial lotion claims
A recipe advocates mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to produce a quarter pint skin whitening lotion. It promises relief from tan lines redness sallowness sunburn and windburn with daily use. The ad notes lemons and Orchard White are readily available at grocers and drug stores.
Space donated by Paris Co to Mid dletown Liberty Loan Committee
A Paris Company donated space to the Mid dletown Liberty Loan Committee, providing a venue for Liberty Loan activities. The gesture supports local war bond drives and community fundraising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Middletown
Liberty Loan Committee
F J. Blelefield Co
Paris Co
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Adolf Muroskd
Mserty Loa
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Civil Service Examiner
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Box 98
Burns Lace Mfg. Co
Cooley Ave
South Farms
F. C. Box
Lawn Ave
Age Telephone Co
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Washin
Leonard
Kends S Building
Inspector of Ordnance, Russell & Co
Justin Horton
Burns Se Mtg
Southares
Frank Arrigoni
Rather
Evening Press
A. R. Greene
Andover
Belle Stowell
Mindietown
Honeurs
Pythian Hall
Ee G. B. Tuttle
Bale
Luthos Orchestra
Dorothy
G. Hull
Yale Music School
Grand St
Delina Miller Peckham
West Sns BL
New York City
Anna Bray Voight
Hartford School of Music
Mt Vernon School
P. O
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John Sellars
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St John St
Chester White
A. Simonson
Hapallo Ave
Allison SS Bros., Inc
Tei
Moreeneican Liberte
PP Napa
Newt Modante
Guy & Rice
Ais Spring St
eBsi Ag
Humphrey
O'Connor
IL. Fisk, Admr
Washington Street
District of Middletown
Erg Curtiss
Bacon
Eldon B. Birdley
Curtiss S. Bacon
Osea
Atate
Pearl Street
William J. Coughlin
Annie O'Connor
Holden
Aar Curtiss
John Meyer
W. N. Hunt
E. R. Shailer
Hadda
Shailerville
Harry Manevitz
Hotchkiss St
Siddletown Window Cleaning Co
Alsop Ave
E& Db Hammond
D Mills Company
W. H. Chaman. Co
Sublb Farms
Walter C. Jones
Real St
ARMY
Joseph A. Miller
Charlestown
Joseph Whalen
Somerville
Edwin R. Kingsland
Holyoke
Carleton P. Frost
Hanover
Maurice W. Howe
Fitchburg
Emery Packard
Watertown
Anthony J. Donahue
Pawtucket
Frederick W. Amundsen
N. Norwalk
Carl T. Baker
John Brown
Waterbury
William J. Connors
Gardner
Daniel Bronski
Jamaica
Plains
Louis Fishman
Boston
Adelard Labbie
Soldier Pond
William J. McNeil
Curtis E. Mayville
Milton
Charles J. O'Boyle
Lieut
Lloyd Hamilton
Burlington, Vt
Zosmeo Priejeff
Joseph Edwards
Cambridge
Irving J. Farley
Hancock
Walter W. Pairadee
William P. Allison
Raymond A. Lyons
William §. Miller
Westminster
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H. S. Hall
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Madre-Biel
Switzerland
America
Time Hill
Cincinnati
Clark & True
STORE
J. Taylor
Russell Mfg. Co
Liberty Bonds
Germany
Magee
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Bacon Bros
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