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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1918

Page

7

492 Casualties Reported Today in War Lists

Daily casualty roll includes 492 names from Army and Marine lists. New England section cites Corporal Virgil C. Pentz of Dorchester Center and Private Robert R. Rupprecht of Adams among killed or wounded in action. Also notes missing in action and prayer.

ARMY Marine Corps New England Virgil C. Pentz Dorchester Center Mass A Chase, Jr Nantucket Robert_R. Rupprecht Adams Frank W. Ryan Boston Otis E. Hoyt Haverill Edwin Sutcliffe Uxbridge Thomas F. O'Halloran Worcester Frank C. Sullivan North Cam Paul E. Erving Beverly William Keisling North Andover

How to Fight Spanish Influenza in the Home

Advice column urges avoidance of crowds and germs, promotes exercise and cleanliness as protection. Recommends pills of May-apple, aloes, jalap, and sugar from Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Describes bed rest, mustard foot-bath, hot lemonade, and Anuric tablets to flush kidneys and bladder during flu and recovery.

Pierce

East Haddam News and Local Notices

East Haddam notes show Dr J B Ghee ill with malaria and a trip to Coedes Harbor by A Lawton and Red Pepper cruiser. Gazelita arrived with clams and scallops. Brown couple sell household goods and plan Palm Beach departure. Local residents report influenza grippe and Spanish fever recoveries. Postmaster Bride moved residence to Sarah Lane. Brid e and Strojan appear in town business and illness updates.

East Haddam J. B. Ghee Red Deep River A. Lawton Coedes Harbor Reads Sunor Red Pepper Gazelita Shelter Island E. E. Brown Palm Beach Fla L Porter Saybrook Whippoor-will Terrace Mina Coates J. S. Brooks Wilbur James Bride Sarah Lane H. A. Smith Mida Tuesay Mr. Gilmore W. C. Reynolds Chester Joseph Strojan

Higganum Community Notes Oct 30 Update

Miss Ruth Small and her mother Mrs. Loewe endure a hard cold. Stephen Smith recovers from two weeks of influenza and returns to C. F. Olson’s store. Miss Clara Spencer stays ill with pneumonia. Red Cross activities proceed Thursday. Mrs. Whitney Porter visited Middletown yesterday. Mrs. Howard I. Spencer improves from influenza. Mrs. Jennie May remains confined after a severe influenza attack.

Higganum Ruth Small Loewe Stephen Smith C. F. Olson Clara Spencer Red Cross Jennie May

Hadlyme Social Roundup and Halloween Social

Hadlyme updates list visits from Victory and Mrs Rich with return from Centerbrook. Walter Hanna of Bridgewater and William Selden of New York visit family. Phronie Holmes of Glastonbury returns home. Ladies' Aid to host Hallowe'en supper and social in the hall Thursday evening.

Hadlyme Victory Comstock Milford C. H. Rich Walter Wilcox Centerbrook Walter Hanna Bridgewater Mass William Selden New York City R. L. Selden Phronie Holmes Glastonbury Ladies’ Aid Society Hallowe’en

Deep River Community Notes and Arrivals

Deep River news notes Mrs Julia Spencer plans a New York winter stay. Mr and Mrs John Berg of New Haven visited Harold E Jopson. F G Comstock is ill with the grip. Deep River High School junior promenade set for November. Miss Sarah C Mather returns from New Jersey. The body of Justice Smith of Tarriffville was brought for burial Monday. Blanche Beale of Boston visits her mother Mrs Sarah Beale.

Deep River Julia Spencer New York City John Berg New Haven Harold E. Jopson F. G. Comstock Deeped High School Sarah C. Mather New Jersey Justice Smith Tariffville Blanche Beale Boston Sarah Beale

Influenza Outbreak in Ivoryton Affects Several Residents

Ivoryton reports multiple influenza cases including William Banning’s family, Mrs John Twohill’s recovery, and Charles Wilcox’s household. Elena Fortune of New Haven visited town, George W Dibble stayed home with grip for a week, and the R N A postponed their whist due to the epidemic.

Elena Fortune New Haven John Twohill Charles Wilcox George W. Dibble Grip R.N. of

Connecticut State Guard to Attend Misick Funeral

Middlefield CT Oct 30 members Co M Connecticut State Guard will leave on the 8 50 trolley Thursday morning to attend the funeral of Stephen Misick Services will be resumed in Congregational and Methodist churches next Sunday Nov 3 The funeral of Mrs Philena May Hall was held from the Methodist church this afternoon at 2 30 o clock Rev Lester O Schriver officiating Interment in Middlefield cemetery

Middlefield Co. M Connecticut State Guard Middlefield Center Stephen Misick Philena May Hall Lester O. Schriver Middlefield Cemetery

Those Who Wear Long Hair

A New York Tribune column mocks long hair as a sign of moral failing, noting the hair's appearance stirs suspicion in decent minds. It satirically suggests offenders and musicians may resemble the style, urging readers to trim hair to avoid fashionable, militant reformers.

New York Tribune Hyman Lachowsky School of Theology

In Pursuit of Polly by Polly Marsden

Polly Marsden daughter of a New York cotton broker faces marriage choices. She schemes to elude two suitors a poet and a stock broker driving to catch her after a one hour head start. The scene sets a comic chase with a royal crowd watching the chase unfold.

Polly Polly Marsden New York

Billie Burke in Pursuit of Polly at Middlesex

Billie Burke stars in the Paramount photoplay Pursuit of Polly at the Middlesex this evening and tomorrow. The program includes Burton Holmes Travel and Lyons Moran comedy plus a government war picture Amer ica's Answer with front line photography. A Grand Theatre double bill features June Caprice in Miss Innocence and a Vitagraph feature.

Billie Burke Ax Polly Paramount Billie Burke Middlesex Burton Holmes Lyons- Moran June Caprice

Judge Endorses Nuxated Iron For Debilitated Workers

United States Judge G W Atkinson of the Court of Claims in Washington recommends Nuxated Iron to people under physical or mental labor stress who are debilitated or exhausted. He says it restored his appetite and improved his nerves after following simple directions for use. Hartman Drug Co.

United States G. W. Atkinson Court of Claims Washington Iran

Vaudeville Booking and War Time Shorts

Vaudeville bills list Thursday new Super Bluebird feature The Long Chance and other pictures. Friday World presents June Elvidge in The Heart of a Girl and more. Saturday Marie Walcamp in the thirteenth Lion's Claw episode and Allied War Review. Washington report notes Mrs Daniels sympathizes with men missing collar buttons after losing her own on a War Work trip.

World June Elvidge Marie Walcamp Jary Y. W Secretary of the Navy

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