Probate actions and estate settlements reported in Hartford area
The probate column notes several estate actions including wills admitted to probate. John F. takes real estate from his father’s will. Annie C. Borden files her accounts as executrix of William A. Borden and has a court order to take ownership. Judge Francis H. Parker succeeds J. J. Duffield as Ellen M. Pike trustee and has filed a surety. Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. reports annual accounts as trustees for multiple estates in Hartford. Administrators and trustees across Cromwell Middlefield and Middletown file inventories, accounts, and distributions. The Loveland will from Durham awards $3,000 income to Belden E. Loveland with remnant to grandchildren, wife Hattie Baldwin and daughter Hattie S. Baldwin receive $3,000 income and per stirpes heirs. Executors named include Charles S. Loveland and Hattie S. Baldwin. administration by Mrs. Caroline Sanders and Mrs. Tena Robb.
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John F
Annie C. Borden
William A. Borden
Asume
Oer Vodshee
Gesnik
Francis H. Parker
Hart
Ellen M. Pike
J. J. Duffield
James & Lee Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co
Hartford
R. Williams
Joseph W. Alsop
A. Luther
Margaret 8. Hubbard
Jerusha C. Hubbard
Eliza J. Storer
George H. Bishop
Caroline L. Abbott
Samuel Russell
Thomas R. Beaumont
Cromwell
Ralph Stocking
Cromwell Savings Bank
Nicolo Mariani
New Haven
Giuseppi Pagano
Middletown
Henry W. Lyman
Middlefield
Orlean N. Miller
Charles N. Burnham
Lyman A. Mills
Enoch T Birdsey
Norah Gleason
Kate Ahearn
Minnie Fnowitch
Benjamin Enowitch
William Street
Angéa
John J. Fisk
Humphrey 8
O’connor
Frances H. Cronin
Hannah Cronin
Staddle
Savin S. Loveland
Durham
Belden E. Loveland
Windsor
Conn
Hattie L. Baldwin
Alarming Deficit in Six Months of Railways
A Philadelphia Public Ledger note discusses a $225,000 deficit after six months of government railway operation. It argues comparisons with private operation are unfair due to wartime conditions and cites retroactive wage increases. The piece suggests the deficit may be eliminated later as conditions normalize.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Fragmentary Evening Transcript snippet analyzed
A fragmentary OCR line from the Evening Transcript features disjointed phrases about admitting preferences, a suitable father-in law, and evasive dialogue. The readable text is incomplete and lacks a cohesive narrative or identifiable entities.
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Epree
Serteinz
Germans Driven From Loges Wood and Nearby Fronts
American troops drove Germans from Loges Wood and the northern edge of Grand Pre after heavy fighting. Patrols entered the Kriemhilde line while battles continued through the day and into darkness. American advances reached Bantheville Wood as patrolling extended toward Brieulles and Bois de Foret with explosions observed near Cléry le Grand and Aincreville. A San Francisco soldier named Whitaker fought a German enemy with bare fists in a fierce close-quarters clash near Grand Pre.
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Grand Pre
Cote de Chatillon
Kriemhilde
Loges Wood
D Carre
Haois Wood
Bantheville Wood
Befu
le Mort Homme
Laundres-St. Georges
Brieulles
Bois de Foret
Cléry-Le-Grand
Aincreville
Kamerad
War Ends Wext Summer Say Hoover Letter
Boston Oct 19 National Food Administrator Herbert Hoover warned that the war will not end before the summer of 1919. He told a Massachusetts audience that victory requires 3,500,000 American troops in France and unprecedented equipment, and that no end is possible before the campaign of summer 1919. The Western Front position could improve, but a final victory would not come until another year has passed.
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Boston
Herbert Hoover
Massachuwee Repes
Hoover
France
Amherst Cadet Dies of Injuries in Fort Worth Crash
Cadet W. L. Woodside from Amherst Massachusetts died in Fort Worth Texas last night from injuries suffered in a crash a week earlier that also claimed the life of his instructor Lieut. R. BE. Graham.
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Fort Worth
Texas
W. L. Woodside
Amherst
Mass
Lieut. R. BE. Graham
Wake Up With Schenck’s Mandrake Pills Tonight
Advertisement claims morning tiredness is cured by Schenck's Mandrake Pills. It promises a revived liver and renewed energy, stating the pills work quickly. Available in uncoated or sugar coated forms for 25 cents per box, from Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son of Philadelphia.
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Schenck
Konenkamp Re-Elected President at National Union Meet
Washington National Headquarters a national conference ends with S J Konenkamp re elected president by acclamation J F Campbell chosen secretary treasurer and vice presidents L L Marshall Kenney Boole E L to Philadelphia Los Angeles Chicago The committee chaired by Konenkamp will push negotiations on locked out workers wage adjustments and plan next campaign The next convention is set for Atlanta starting October first 1919
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Konenkamp
Washington
S. J. Konenkamp
Telchers’ Union of America
J. F. Campbell
L. L Marshall
Los Angeles
Kenney
Philadelphia
E. L. Boole
Icago
Prophecy of Austria's Doom and Slavic Alliance
In 1843 Mazzini warned of a Slav movement threatening Austria. Now Dr Masaryk, chair of the Czecho Slovak National Council, foresees an alliance of Czechs Poles and Jugoslovs against Austria and Germany. The majority of this coalition would be Austrian.
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Austria
Kansas City Star
Mazzini
New
Europe
Dr. Masaryk
National Council
Germany
Privates Named Hugh Bote Rewarded for Loyal Service
A private in a Wisconsin regiment has been advanced for good and loyal service despite his name Hugh Bote. The promotion signals recognition of dedicated conduct within the unit during ongoing duty and reflects a straightforward military advancement amid routine postings.
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Philadelphia Record
Wisconsin
Hugh Bote
Machine Turns Turtle In Stamford Fatal Result
Stamford October 19 Mrs Harry Das kam of 49 Washington avenue was instantly killed when a touring automobile turned upside down at Bedford Street at 2 am Frederick Walters chauffeur of 317 Atlantic street and Victor Jones of Cos Cob were slightly injured Jones who drove the car said the crash occurred as he swerved to avoid a hit to another vehicle Jones and Walters were taken into custody Mrs Das kam was a night bookkeeper for a local taxi firm and was being taken home in one of the firm's cars at the time
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Stamford
Harry Dashan
Washington Avenue
Frederick Walters
Atlantic Street
Victor Jones
Cos Cob
Bedford Street
Jones
Walters
Daskam
The Walkers and Gasless Sundays Opinion Piece
A Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger essay extols gasless Sundays as a healthy, peaceful escape. It lauds walking over motor travel, praising the fuel administration for permitting pedestrian activity as roads pale under autumn woods and endless green bypaths. It laments past days of car noise and suggests walkers cherish the quiet.
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Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
Fuel Administration
Happenings In This Vicinity Twenty-Eight Years Ago
A digest of local events: Middletown Coal Company busy with Cromwell orders. Regan to lecture at Russell Library Hall with rare pictures on canvas next Tuesday. Fruit growers from Portland to Colchester sell apples at ten cents a bushel for shipment into jelly. Master Clifford Waite to Hartford for Saturday lessons. Selectmen report town has paid for Orphans’ Home board for twelve years. Night school planned under new law. Grocery clerks plan interviews to urge merchants to close stores two nights weekly in winter. Mr. and Mrs. J William Bailey celebrate eleventh anniversary. Durant district votes to add a schoolhouse for three thousand dollars. Antique two-horse chariot seen on Main Street, said to have been used at a reception for George Washington.
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Middletown Coal Company
Cromwell
Regan
Russell Library
Portland
Chatham
Westchester
Colchester
Clifford Waite
Hartford
Orphans’ Home
J. William Bailey
Durant
Main Street
George Washington
Australia’s postwar drive to expand exports and industry
Australia pursues large scale industrial and railway expansion to reduce transport bottlenecks and reliance on sailing ships. Queensland copper and tin, New South Wales coal and metals, plus wool and agriculture, drive plans to raise output, build storage, and broaden foreign trade. Delegates at Melbourne converge to coordinate development efforts across resources and markets.
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Australia
Great Britain
Queensland
South Wales
Port Kimble
Sydney
Northern Territory
Melbourne
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Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son
R. J. Atwell
Main
Kae
Telegraphers’ Convention
Francis H. Sisson
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Commonwealth
DEECT
Toading
MT Morgan
Central
Sedan
Napoleon
Yere
Prussia
M. Thieres
Rma
Bismark
Worlds Army
Warner
the Grand Theatre
U. S
Battahatchee
Adorno
Arthur B. Jenkins
Reem
Mutual Builiding
A. E. Holmes
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