Unconditional Surrender Club Drives Liberty Bond Push
Middletown launches a new Unconditional Surrender club plan to boost Liberty Loan sales. Members pledge to buy one bond and sell another, creating an endless chain to raise funds. Secretary Robert W. Rice reports rapid enrollment as volunteers, including women and Boy Scouts, push initial payments despite influenza delays.
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Middletown
Robert W. Rice
Liberty Loan Dutton
Liberty Cottage
Women’s Com
Katherine Bacon
Siar Nean
Charles T. Davis Named For Senator In Democratic Nomination
Charles T. Davis of West Long Hill was unanimously chosen as the Democratic candidate for state senator in the 33rd district at a Middletown convention. Davis, a longtime farmer and Grange leader, accepted the honor after a brief informal vote and was invited to dinner. The convention empowered the State Democratic Central Committee to fill a vacancy if one occurs. Davis is noted for statewide prominence in the Grange and as head of Middlesex County’s Agricultural Commission.
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Middlefield
Cromwell
Edward Clark
George B. Hawkes
Charles T. Davis
W. F. Rannty
Democratic Party
Frederick W. Harris
W. F. Ranney
Dayton A. Baldwin
Mr. Davis
Ryan
Cincinnatus
Sabine Farm
West Long Hill
Davis
Hotel Chafee
State Democratic Central Committee
Middletown
Grange
State Grange
Agricultural Commission
State Council of Defense
Middlesex County
Baptist Church Notes Philathea reunion 78 Lawn avenue
The Philathea class reunion will be at Mrs B Fall’s home 78 Lawn Avenue at 8 PM this evening. A prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 PM led by William E Spencer.
Cradle Notes: Scanlon Family Welcomes Daughter
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Scanlon of Cromwell at the hospital on Sunday morning. The newborn and mother are doing well.
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John Scanlon
Cromwell
Rand
Papes Gold Compound Provides Quick Cold Relief
A reader touts Pape's Gold Compound as a fast remedy for cold symptoms. Taking three doses every two hours reportedly opens nasal passages, stops discharge, relieves headache and throat soreness, and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
Air Service Inductions Offer Rapid Duty for Stenographers
The Army Air Service seeks men aged 18 to 56 with a priority for those 21 to 31 as limited service stenographers. Postings cover overseas duty or training in the United States with rapid advancement prospects. Non commissioned officers can earn up to 120 dollars monthly plus living allowances. New England applicants must appear in Boston for examination at the Air Service Trade Test Board.
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Army Air Service
Air Service
New England
Air Service Trade Test Board
Boylston Street
Boston
Boy Scout Notes Urge Liberty Loan Subscriptions
Scouts are urged to use the Fourth Liberty Loan time for a patriotic effort. Boys should record their name and troop number on subscription cards and return them to their scout master or commissioner. Masters submit collected cards to the commissioner to forward to banks or subscribing companies. Royden K. Greely, Commissioner.
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Boy Scout
Boy Scouts of America
France
Grippe
Boy
Royden K. Greely
Soldier's Death Confirmed
Mrs Lena Hall of Highland Avenue received a letter from Adjutant General McCain confirming the death of her son Fred L The article also notes Mrs A M Bidwell and her son aged ten are ill at their Wall Street South Farms home with the grippe
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Lena Hall
Highland Avenue
McCain
Fred L
A. M. Bidwell
Wall Street
South Farms
Middletown Fish Market Ad and Local News Flurries
Local listings show fresh seafood on sale including salmon halibut swordfish cod and scallops at Middletown Fish Market. Weather remains mild with bright sun and cool nights as October proceeds. Health updates note influenza impacting Trinity College and local telephone exchanges, while the milk dealer registration aims to improve sanitary standards. Edward Zink warded home from overwork, and several community meetings and church notices are postponed due to illness.
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Arrigoni Hotel
Middletown
Adv
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Connecticut
Trinity College
Washington, D. C
Trinity
Uncle Sam
Department of Agriculture
Daniel W. Prior
Middlesex Turnpike
Middlesex Hospital
Edwards
Lady Washington
E. C. Acheson
Berkeley Divinity School
St. John’s Aid
K. of C
University Club
Alpha Delta Phi
High Street
William Allen Neilson
Smith College
Neilson
Germany
Middletown Building and Loan Association
Charles E. Zink
Durham
Ruth
Page
New York
Air Line
New Haven
Middlesex County Historical Society
Lewis J. Allen
Hartman Drug Co
Sumner Street
Peithaen
Peter
Essex man sent to jail by court
Joseph A. Shaf of Essex was found guilty of indecent assault on a ten year old Essex girl, Blanche Lieberman, and sentenced by Judge John B. Keefer to ten months in Haddam jail. The case, tried over two days, was the only one on the current criminal docket.
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Joseph A. Shaf
Essex
Blanche Lieberman
Haddam
John B. Keefer
Shaf
Gustaf B. Carlson
Keeler
Burdick Will
Carlson
Bert G. Thompson
Commerce Chamber Sees Membership Surge Toward 500
The Middletown Chamber of Commerce membership committee reports a jump from 175 to nearly 400 members since the Liberty loan drive on September 27. Plans to reach 500 were halted by influenza, with focus shifting to war work. Louis S. Smith chairs the committee targeting the final goal.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grand Theatre
Middletown
Richard Bunce
Chamber
America
Louis S. Smith
Trade School To Meriden Offers Vocational Start
Meriden school board accepts state board of education plan to establish a vocational trades school in a J. M. Delaney & Company plant building. State provides instructors and machinery. Town to maintain the building with annual costs between 4000 and 5000 dollars. Also notes discussion of food price trends and wage theories as boomerang statistics.
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Meriden
Meriden School Board
State Board of Education
J. M. Delaney & Company
Marriage as Public Duty Weighs on Gas Gift
A Liverpool garage manager faced a court charge for lending a car to convey a wedding party to and from church. The judge deemed petrol an aid to matrimony a public duty, noting the absurdity of arguing gasoline economy.
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New Bedford Standard
Liverpool
Deaths Entered Into Rest Miss Sarah Lumis
Miss Sarah A. Lumis aunt of Mrs. Daniel T. Haines died October 15 1918. The body will be taken Thursday to Exeter Society Lebanon Conn for burial in the family plot.
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Sarah A. Lumis
Daniel T. Haines
Exeter Society
Lebanon
Conn
How Rheumatism Begins and Its Cure
The article explains rheumatism as often stemming from kidney poison buildup and uric acid. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing, world famous remedy claimed to restore kidney function and heal related ailments, urging immediate use and stating authenticity and origins in Haarlem.
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Haarlem
Holland
Mfg
Eee
Beekman St
N. Y
Town Clock Back October 27 Time Change Set
The United States railway administration has fixed October 27 at 2 a.m. as the time for setting clocks back one hour. All train dispatchers must set clocks to 1 o'clock and trains on the road then must be held to conform to the new schedule.
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United States Railway Administration
Kidney pills claim to ease soreness and kidney issues
Mrs. David Henry of 65 S Lincoln Ave Washington N D writes about kidney pills supposedly relieving dreadful soreness from weakened kidneys. She mentions backache and rheumatic pains as symptoms and asserts personal relief from the pills.
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Soren
Lemeness
David Henry
S. Lincoln Ave
Washington, N
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Joseph C. Lincoln
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
Commerce Chamber
Caulkins & Post CO
The
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Crawford
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Hoover
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