Casualties by the War Dept Totals Confirmed Today
War Department released today a breakdown of 376 casualties with 15 killed in action 161 missing in action 184 wounded severely 57 died of disease 5 died of other causes 2 and 1 wounded undetermined. Section No 1 lists New England names for Wounds Received in Action including Boivin Attleboro MA McKay Nashua NH and others. Section No 2 notes Died of Disease Private Wilfred E O Connor Jr MA Lt Moert N Christian Prov Private Swanson New Haven Conn and others.
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War Department
New England
Boivin
Attleboro
Mass
McKay
Nashua
N. H
Montgomery
Boston
Francis Lacasso
Stone
Gilbertville
Ronard J. Talbot
Spencer
Toitelman
Brandford
Conn
Wilfred E. O'Connor, Jr
Moert N. Christian
Paul A. Swanson
New Haven
Benjamin R. Norton
Bridgeport
Fred F. Pratt
Bernardston
Peter A. Smith
James A. Greene
Providence
R. I
Tony Kabrak
Frank J. Morey
Brockton
Rumor Debunked On 102d Infantry Casualties After Soissons
The War Department official casualty summary for the 102d Infantry shows 913 casualties out of 8,600 men, including 122 killed in action and 31 dying of wounds. Wounded or gassed total 232, with 146 missing or prisoners and six deaths from disease. Connecticut units suffered heavy losses, and the 102d led among regiments in killed or wounded within the 26th and New England divisions, part of roughly six thousand casualties in the New England division.
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Connecticut
102D Infantry
New England
Hertling on Peace and League of Nations
London dispatch reports German Chancellor Count von Hertling telling the Reichstag committee that the hour may come when enemies see reason and seek peace before much of the world is wrecked. He supported a league of nations with disarmament and compulsory arbitration and protection for smaller nations, while insisting Germany will maintain a firm front against the foe.
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London
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
League of Nations
Germany
Local Society Notes and Belgians Clothing Drive
Sept iverson ward remains at home with a cold. Ladies Friendly Society meets Thursday with Mrs Bushnell on Deep River. A service will be held tonight at the house. Citizens donate clothing for Belgians. leave at the parsonage.
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Iverson
Ladies’ Friendly Society
Ivoryton Obituary of John F Plummer Former Comstock Partner
Ivoryton remembers John F Plummer who died in a Boston hospital after an operation. He served 17 years with Comstock Cheney and Co then ran a mercantile business in South Paris Maine for 32 years before retiring. Survived by his widow and daughter Minnie Stevens Mile Scalor is known to the musical world. Frank Parmelee is ill at Camp Devens. Caswell Haskell returned from Boston for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivoryton
John F. Plummer
Comstock,eney & Co
Boston
Herman Moor
Plummer
Comstock, Cheney, & Co
Paris
Maine
Minnie
D. C. A. Stevens
Norway Lake
Stevens
Mile. Scalor
Frank Parmelee
Burdette S. Parmelee
Camp Devens
Caswell Haskell
Old Saybrook Notes and Obituaries Lead Week
Old Saybrook reports a New Haven caller visiting a town businessman, a War Bureau lecture at town hall, and residents abroad. Among the day’s items are quarantined labor camp workers with influenza, and the death of 14 year old Gladys Curran from Spanish influenza at her Hartford area home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Saybrook
John D. Keating
New Haven
War Bureau
G. M. Chandler
Rocky Hill
Stanley Davis
New York State
Anthony Baldi
Elm City
J. M. Pratt
East Hartford
John P. Curran
Hartford
Gladys Curran
Haddam Notes and Local Visits in Higganum
Rev E E Lewis and several women attended a conference in Higganum. E W Hazen family returned from Springfield and New Hampshire. Herbert Myers and wife and others from Hartford were in town over Sunday. Ira H Brainerd and daughter from New York stayed at Chrysoberyl Knoll. Peter Kriger welcomed a son born recently at Middlesex Hospital. Nadau left town with his family to spend winter with friends in Vermont. Ladies Sewing Society to meet Friday in church parlors.
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Haddam
E. E. Lewis
H. H. Clarke
Mary Palms
G. A. Dickinson
Higganum Yestern
C. S. Church
Middletown
E.W. Hazen
Springfield
New Hampshire
Herbert Myers
Samuel
Fannie
Lucy Kelsey
Hartford
Ira H. Brainerd
New York
Chrysoberyl Knoll
Peter Kriger
Middlesex Hospital
Nadau
Vermont
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Saybrook Point Community Happenings Sept 25
Thomas F. Davis paints his property at Saybrook Point. Kellogg and Clark attend Peters meeting in Higganum. Mrs. Harry W. Acton of New York visits her parents. LeGrange family to move to Meriden. Rally day at Congregational church with 15 star service flag to be presented by U P S C E. Miss Mabel C. Holman visits Groton relatives. Rev M K Bailey and family plan return to New York for winter. Bailey family spent last winter in California.
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Saybrook Point
Thomas F. Davis
D. A. Kellogg
Mary D. Clark
Higganum Tuesay
Harry W. Acton
New York
Samuel H. Pratt
Grant W. LeGrange
Meriden
Congregational Church
U. P. S. C. E. Society
Mabel C. Holman
Groton
M. K. Bailey
Cromwell Social Notes and Club Gatherings
In Cromwell on September 25 Mrs Andrew Newberg is ill at her Mead ow street home. Mr and Mrs Harry Bailey returned from a few days in New York. Mrs J W Fielding and daughters Ruth and Louise visited Hartford. The Girls Sunshine Sewing Circle will meet Thursday evening at Mr and Mrs O Anderson on Meadow street. Mrs Mandlebaum is confined at home by illness. Mr and Mrs R Karlstrom and daughter Hulda enjoy an auto trip over the Mohawk Trail. Had Been Noticed quotes the Red Cross visit. Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
Andrew Newberg
Meadow Street
Harry Bailey
New York
J. W. Fielding
Ruth
Louise
Hartford
Sunshine Sewing Circle
O.anderson
Mandlebaum
R. Karlstrom
Hulda
Mohawk Trail
Court Equality, F. of A
Wake Up Your Lazy Liver with Schenck Pills
An 19th century advertisement urges readers to try Schenck’s Mandrake pills to revive a tired liver and restore vigor. It touts the product as vegetable and harmless, claiming eighty years of public endorsement and a claim to avoid calomel.
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Schenck
Double Bill At The Grand Tonight With Hyland In Other Men s Daughters
Miss Hyland the William Fox star headlines a Grand Theatre program with a stirring moral tale Other Men s Daughters and a Vitagraph feature When Men Are Tempted starring Mary Anderson. The bill also includes four vaudeville acts and a new Chaplin comedy Triple Trouble. Frederick Villiers will lecture on What I Saw at the Front with the British and French Armies at the Middlesex Wednesday evening. Lewis Reid stars in Less Than Kin at the Middlesex tonight and Thursday, with a Central American revolution theme and a dual role.
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Charlie Chaplin
Frederick Villiers
Middlesex
Archibald Forbes
Serbia
Paramount
Wallace Reid
Dainty Ann Little
Mr. Reid
Central America
Lyons Moran Comedy
Higganum Social Notes and Local Deaths
Higganum hosting visiting guests from Cincinnati and Middletown at a parish convention with about 95 in attendance. Mrs C W Kellogg of Middletown dies after long illness. funeral details not mentioned. Red Cross volunteers and Grange Neighbors night are noted with names of local workers and schedule.
Essex Notes and Social Updates From Saybrook to Middletown
Essex residents report visitors and travels including Mrs Charles and Mrs Elmer Daniels return from Norwich, Mrs George Hether back in the Bronx after a week with Mrs Charles Yung, and Miss Anne Arkin resuming studies at the Woman's College. Several locals attend the Schaf trial in Middletown while others plan on improvements and job changes. The annual meeting of the Christian Temperance Union is set for Friday at Miss Abbie LaPlace home in Meadowoods district.
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Essex
Charles, Ph
Iantic
Elmer Daniels
Norwich
George Hether
Bronx
Charles Yung
Henry Havens
Ison Avenue
Schaf
Middletown
Mies Rose Lieberman
New York
Lieberman
Saybrook Street
Edwin Dolph
Relatves
Ivoryton
Hartford
Anne Arkin
Newidon
Woman’s College
Mary Drake
Bokum Ave
Nue
Lillian Durant
Tiley-Pratt Factory
Utility. A family with an artistic tempera ment stepladder tale
A curious note compares neighborhood value to a family with an artistic temperament owning a stepladder, suggesting practical utility outweighs artistic flair in community contribution. The remark frames a humorous contrast between culture and everyday household tools.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hertling
Red Cross
Boston Transcript
Higganum
Jennie Gilbert
Lettie Brainard
Charles Stevens
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carrie Bonfoey
Hezekiah Scovill
Congregational’ Church
Middletown. Among the Delegates From the South Church
Rufus Bailey
Bailey
C. W. Kellogg
Ursula Brainard
Ida Cody
Ida Carlson
Nellie Clark
Grange
Grange Hall
Travel
Matinee
Paramount Picture
Lyons-Moran
Thomas H. Ince
Charles Ray
Ella Stuart Carson
Patty
Arbuckle
Douglas Fairbanks
Mr. Fix-It
Artcraft
Frederic Villiers
Tom Wye
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Peggy Hyland
Mary Anderson
Daughters
Fox
Tempted
Vitagraph Picture Pathe Weekly
Ictures
Edith Roberts
Pathe Weekly
FOX Standard Picture
Aluminum
Louis M. Schmidt
Sons” Patent Wines
Strret
A. E. Holmes
Main Street
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