Big Liber Lo meeting promises supper and speeches
A Friday program at Stueck’s ball room includes a 6:30 supper for attendees and a grand theatre event at the Grand with reserved seating for supper ticket holders. Speakers include Rev George R VanDeWater Lieutenant H J Manning General Mesrop Azgapetian and Wesleyan professors Fife and Nicolson with a comic feature by Howard Warner. Tickets and windshield markers for Liberty Loan canvassing will be distributed at the supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stueck’s Ballom
Her of Commerce
Lible
Ernest Davis
Adorno
I of Commerce
Adorno’s
Germ
George R. VanDeWater
St. Andrew’s Church
New York City
H. J. Manning
Somme
Mesrop N. Azgapetian
Caucasus
Russia
Azgapetian
Howard Warner
Fife and Nicolson
Wesleyan
Stueck’s
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
Arthur Allin
Margaret Allin
Maud Jackson
Minn S. Cornell, Jr
Robert Merriam
Maida Jones
Lillian Hotchkiss
Frances Nejako
Carolina
R. H. Bunce
Publicity Committee
Liberty Loan
Liberty loan drive urged by St Aloysius Society
At a regular meeting of St Aloysius Society last evening speaker W J Coughlin urged members to buy bonds and exceed the last loan. The society has about 0 members in service. Officers will be elected next Tuesday. Frank J Barry resigned as recording secretary to enter college. John J Tynan, honorary president, is improved at Devens and may leave hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aloys
T. A. B. Society
W. J. Coughlin
Frank J. Barry
John J. Tynan
Devens
Autumn display invitation at E J Co Washington street
Announcement of first autumn display scheduled for Thursday and Friday September 27 and 28. E. J. & Co. invites the public to attend at 69 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milline
Washington Street
Lemon Juice Frightens Free Skin Tans
A damaged clipping offers a home remedy for tanning and freckles. It suggests squeezing two lemons into three ounces of a whitening lotion to create a cheap bleaching mix. The instructions imply using lemon juice with a base lotion and note lemons and White are widely available at grocers or stores.
Essex Man on Trial for Indecent Assault
Joseph A. Shaf of Essex faces a superior court trial before Judge John E. Keeler on a charge of indecent assault involving nine-year-old Blanche Lieberman. The afternoon incident at Shaf’s home is recounted in detail as jurors hear varied testimony and the panel is enlarged due to challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Shaf
Essex
John E. Keeler
Blanche Lieberman
Shaf
Lieberman
Thomas Coulter
Arthur H. Bishel
Robert T. Pattison
Linus M. Baldwin
Middletown
Albert H. Hubbard
Haddam
Gustav B. Carlson
Carlson
Blanche
Inglis
Son of Alderman Rogers Arrives Overseas in War Service
Lieut George E Rogers Co K Pioneer Infantry, son of Alderman John W Rogers, has safely reached overseas. He studied at Norwich University for about four years before attending the first officers training camp at Devens where he earned his commission. He subsequently served at Camp Lee Camp Dodge and Camp Upton before departing abroad on Sept 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
John W. Rogers
George E. Rogers
Co. K. Pioneer Infantry
Norwich University
Devens
Camp Lee
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Upton
Letter From France From Portland Soldier in 372nd Infantry
Mrs. Carrie M. Daniels of South street Portland reports a letter from her son Sergeant William Daniels Co. M 372nd U. S. Infantry saying he is well and with Americans ready for anything that may come up. He was employed by the F. B. Fountain Company before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Carrie M. Daniels
South Street
Portland
William Daniels
Co. M
U. 8S. Infantry
Daniels
Army
F. B. Fountain Company
Delegates Attending 25th Junior American Mechanics Convention
H J Hendley C A Stearns and C A L Morgan served as delegates to the 25th annual Junior American Mechanics convention in New Britain on Tuesday. Frank A Smith sat on the credentials committee and William Harris acted as state conductor. The next convention was planned for New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Hendley
C. A. Stearns
C. A. L. Morgan
American Mechanics
New Britain
Frank A. Smith
William Harris
New Haven
Auto Thief Sent to Reformatory in Middletown
William Chandler of New York pleaded guilty to stealing J. A. Broach’s car in Middletown last summer and was sent to Cheshire Reform School by Judge John E. Keeler. Aged 17, Chandler had a troubled history and was captured in Stamford. Other cases included Walter Thorell, charged with a homicide, and James E. Nugento jailed for stealing potatoes. Several youths were placed on probation for burglary at a bowling alley, while others faced charges ranging from taking a party without permission to nuisance abatement failures. Frederick Bennett, found insane, was sent to the hospital for the insane. the court completed pleas and moved to the next case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chandler
New York
J. A. Broach
Cheshire
John E. Keeler
Chandler
Geor Burnham
Lowell
Mass
Middletown
Broatch
Stamford
Walter Thorell
Cromwell
Inglis
Thorell
James E. Nugento
Tony
Domenico di Seetotewadco
Salvatore Annino
Sebastia Salonia
G. H. Siegal
Reform School
Howeve
Oreste Corvo
Ernest N. Humphries
South Farms
Vincenzo Magnano
Thomas P. Walsh
Walsh
Frederick Bennett
East Haddam
Joseph A. Shaf
Berlin Fair News Highlights Four Liberty Loan Speakers
At the Berlin fair yesterday three New Britain members of the 102d showed the cost of war service. One lost a leg in France, another an arm, the third sent home after gas exposure. An expected airplane turned into a large fish hawk, drawing cheers as it landed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Liberty
New Britain
102D
Theair Grounds
Linen Shower Aids Red Cross Linen Shortage In France
Red Cross chapters urge households to donate linen for French hospitals. Middletown Chapter to host a linen shower starting September 30 and running through the week, with new linens preferred. Middlesex Chapter quotas include 800 sheets and hundreds of towels and napkins. Local firms will sell linen lists to raise funds. Later notes announce time and place of the shower. Also reports youth work certificates issued by the State Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
Middletown
Middlesex
James H. Bunce Co
FY Brewer Co
Adv
Marriage License Issued By Town Clerk Howard Farnum
Town clerk Howard R. Farnum issued a marriage license yesterday afternoon to Howard Farnum of 318 Street and Miss Margaret Dahlquest of Portland. Those who witnessed say the wind was from the west as they crossed the line Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Howard R. Farnum
318 Street
Margaret Dahlquest
Portland
Berlin fair Red Cross auction and local notices
Local briefs report a Berlin fair auction of a four year old heifer for Red Cross aid at 3 pm, plus Middlesex county War Bureaus meeting led by Louis Smith with George B. Chandler in Old Saybrook. Other items note late trains, community meetings, church events, fall millinery displays, and social gatherings around Middletown and nearby towns.
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New York
William J. Atwell
Republican Town Committee
Arrigoni
State of Maine Express
Middletown
Cobalt
Central Lodge ‘No. 12
Hammock Mill
Meriden Road
Anderson’s
Main St
Berlin
Durham
South M. E
Wall Street
Fraternal Benefit League
John L. Burnham
Portland
Luther League of the Swedish Lutheran Church
Red Cross
Fresh Air
E. J. Wilcox & Co
Washington Street
Co. H. Davis
Detroit
Gladys Davis
A. P. Hull
South Farms
O. N. Glim
Gardner, Mass
Rev. J. Johnson
New York City
Baptist Church
John C. Bailey
Raymond Maplesden
Suffield
Connecticut
Venus
Mercury
Paints Ad Promotes Interior Enamel Finish
An advertisement claims B. P. Glass Interior Enamel Finish is the best interior paint with a pure white genamel finish. It offers a full color line and price points: gallons 4.90, half gallons 2.35, quarts 1.20, pints 0.65.
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B. P
Painting Paints for Inside or Outside Use
Boino Paint A offers lower-priced paint suitable for interior or exterior work. The color options include White Steel Grey Buff Brick Tobacco Brown and Dark Green. Galion price is 2.35 for a gallon half gallon 1.80 quarts 1.00 pints 55c.
Interior Floor Paint Quick Dry Finish
Quick drying durable interior floor paint offered in light brown maroon yellow and dust colors. Available in quarts at 1.00, half gallons at 1.95, and gallons at 3.50.
Stove Pipe Enamel for Repair and Finish
An enamel coating for rusty stove pipes restores appearance with a jet black varnish like finish. Sold as a 12 pint can priced at 38 cents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
ST. Aloysius Society
Coughlin
NNE
Auto Thief
J. A. Broatch
Hawk
Samuel P. Willard
Stat Board of Education
Spear Bros
Middletown’s
Kraften Linen
Broatch’s Modern Book Shop
George F. Redford
Importers’ Co
Brainard & Logan's
United Tea
Full Informa
Tion
The
Jackson Co
Court St
Kelly
Caulkins & Post Co
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