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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1918
Page
7
Portland State Council of Defense orders workers to halt automobile use Sunday. The suggestion is to require autoists to obtain local war bureau permits if they have justifiable reasons for traveling. Permit approval aims to ease travel disruption and reduce on road criticism.
Church notes outline Trinity Sixteenth Sunday schedule with Holy Communion at 8, morning sermon at 10 30 on The Brighter Side of the War, Sunday school at 11 45 and evening service at 7 30 with organ recital. Other churches list services, Sunday schools, and events including a Sept 29 rally and a First Congregational sermon on God. Norwich-bound Gilder Olson becomes inebriate case after court.
Mrs D W Robertson and children left for Brooklyn after visiting Dr C A Sears. Mrs James Barber of Providence is guest of her parents in New London. Mrs Charles Barker visits New London two weeks. Mrs John Olson ill at Commerce St home. Miss Katherine Cashman returns to New York. Leroy Brainerd family moved to Gunberg house East Main St. Miss Helen Bransfield returns to Bangor Maine to teach. William E Parker visits Shelter Island. Julia Mitchell teaching in Wallingford High School visits Main St. Miss Winnifred Hurley attends Connecticut Business College Middletown. John Brewster Anderson returns from Middlesex Hospital to join U S Marines. Middletown night rally invitation. St Aloysius big dance. ady.
In Hebron hall on Thursday evening the Amston Red Cross whist gathering drew few patrons due to stormy weather. Prizes went to Mrs. Anne Gilbert and Theodore Frese. About $15 was raised and donated to the chapter. News from the Hebron area notes Michael Frese overseas and Merle Jones ill with typhoid in Georgia.
East Hampton prepares for 14 to 19 September events including a Junior Food Army exhibit with 52 members and prize winning products to move to the county display in Middletown Friday. Local visits and social notes follow, with church services and W C T U annual offerings noted.
Miss Deborah Shea returns from Hartford as Colchester marks the opening of the agricultural school fair in Grange hall. The event draws local families and features booths, vegetable displays, and performances by the Colchester band and Liberty chorus. Rev. Fred Raymond of Glastonbury speaks on Y M C A work, with praise for organizer R S Lund. The fair continues today with a children's entertainment in the evening. Sunday services and band meeting announced.
Rocky Hill September report from the town lists church services for tomorrow and a well attended Friday school fair. updates include Harry Hal improving at Hartford Hospital, Mrs A L Peck visiting from Hartford, and the Sylvester child at Hartford Hospital with a neck abscess. mentions Mrs Ghagan of East Hartford visiting Walter Belden’s daughter, notes a furlough for a local infantry member from Camp Evans, caucus at Grange hall tonight, and State Guard drill scheduled for Monday evening.
A brief quip frames a doctor asking about a will as a witty measure of a family’s affairs. The exchange hints at health concerns and legal readiness, with humor highlighting practical planning. The line preserves a domestic, light tone.
The Middlesex and Grand Theatre listings showcase Elsie Ferguson in A Doll's House and Pauline Frederick in Fedora with a Mack Sennett comedy and vaudeville acts. Also featuring Mutt and Jeff in the Wooly West, Grand Theatre vaudeville, The Kid is Clever, In the Balance, Under the Yoke, and True Blue with William Farnum.
A vintage advertising pitch touts Schenck's Mandrake Pills as a remedy for fatigue and torpid liver. Claims a vegetable formula and mercury-free substitute for calomel, selling uncoated or sugar coated 25c per box through Dr. J H Schenck & Son.
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