Professor Rich Dies at Devens Massachusetts
Wesley Rich a former Wesleyan professor died at Devens Massachusetts on Wednesday night September 25. A Middletown native and Harvard PhD graduate he served in the national army in World War I and died of pneumonia after influenza. He leaves his wife Mary Rand three children and his parents. Military honors will accompany his burial in Newton on Sunday September 29 with President Shanklin conducting.
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Vegetable judging contest yields Litchfield County first
In Berlin today the vegetable judging and demonstration contest crowned Litchfield County as first with Lakeville High School team members Marion Eggleston Katherine Finnegan and Emma Reed. Middlesex County Portland Garden Club took second and East Haven for New Haven county placed third. Teams judged five vegetables and gave two demonstrations on market preparation and exhibition prep.
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Middlesex County
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New Haven County
Russell Library Notes School Story Hours Grow
Russell Library weekly story hours draw more children each week. Last Friday 56 fourth graders heard Pied Piper of Hamelin and Epaminondas told by Miss Lillian Hick. Next week Miss Fahy will present East o the Sun and West o the Moon and Persephone to fifth and sixth graders. On October 4 Miss Penniman leads third graders. Parents urged to bring children to enjoy the best books in the library.
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Clothes for Belgians Drive By Middletown Scouts
The Boy Scouts distribute hand bills in Middletown to highlight the Red Cross clothing drive for Belgian and French refugees. Outer and undergarments are in demand as the Refuged committee led by Mrs. C. Fisher plans to ship a large amount after the drive ends. Scouts will resume distribution and residents are urged to have donations ready tomorrow with cars available for pickup.
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C. Fisher
Retown
Autumn display invite at 69 Washington street
Announcement invites the public to the first autumn display by E. J. Co. on Thursday and Friday, September 27 at 69 Washington street. The notice extends cordial invitation to all attendees.
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Washington Street
Lemon Lotion Claim for Sunburn and Freckles
A vintage advertisement promotes lemon juice mixed with Orchard White to create a whitening lotion. It claims to lighten sunburned and freckled skin, promising clear, soft skin after massage on face neck hands. It urges readers to buy lemons and Orchard White at low cost from grocers or drug stores.
Wife deserted after three months in divorce hearing
Jury cases set for trial in Keeler court next week include Walter Gildersleeve vs Georgianna Wyllie and Walter Gildersleeve vs Paul Neuscheler with Wheeling Mold & Foundry scheduled for Thursday. An uncontested divorce Addie Blaydes vs Alfred Blaydes proceeds with alimony not pressed. affidavit needed to show Blaydes not in US service. Middlesex Y M C A notes report a wet but lively turnout for a baseball pennant celebration and a fundraising drive urging Earn and Give campaigns for war work. several local speakers and a snake charmer entertained attendees.
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Georgianna Wyllie
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Wheeling Mold & Foundry Company
Bertha B. Cone
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Alfred Leonard Blaydes
Blaydes
Richmond
Charles E. Barden
Lenox
Mass
Robert B. Ford
Fannie Hilliker
M. Eugene Culver
Culver
South Bennington
United States
Jennie Tiffany Swan
William Albert Swan
Middlesex County
East Hampton
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Foot Army
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Local Weaver Campaigns Against Made In Germany Goods
Baldwin A. Amato of 714 Main St a Russell Mfg Co weaver began a protest against German made items. He bought scissors at a hardware store, found them marked Made in Germany, exchanged them for a pair labeled Made In U S after returning home.
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Main St
Russell Mfg. Co
Amato
Union Service Sunday Evening at North Congregational Church
The Rev. William H. Hall will give a blackboard interpretation of the military and political situation in Palestine at 7 30 Sunday evening. The talk aims to inform those following the wartime events. A quartet will sing the new Liberty anthem.
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William H. Hall
North Church
Palestine
Hall
East
Three Years in Business At Toggery Shop
John O Connell of the Toggery Shop opposite the post office completed three years in business yesterday. He has been very successful in trade since starting his business career and enjoys the confidence of a large patronage in his line of trade.
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John O’connell
O’connell
Rousing Rally Aims to Boost Local War Effort
A big rally is set for South Green Monday at eight. The Sixth Regiment Band will perform and Private Earle Barrows, who lost an arm in Lorraine, will share his wartime experiences. Victor G. Mills, a noted orator, will also speak.
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South Green
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Lorraine
Victor G. Mills
Ady
Birth Announced for Brainerd Daughter at Middlesex Hospital
A daughter was born September 24 at Middlesex Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Foal O Brainerd of 622 High. After four months at their Fishers Island cottage they returned to their South Main street home, Mr. and Mrs G E Burr reported.
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G. E. Burr
South Main Street
Middletown News Briefs Amid War Time Rallys and Socials
Local items report various notices from Middletown including social events at St Aloysius hall and the Arrigoni Hotel. Updates mention Harold Selleck and Winthrop S Porter leaving for Pittsburg and New York respectively, shop promotions at Schaefer's and The Toggery Shop, a Liberty Loan exhibit, and community gatherings. Private Beers ill at Camp Devens, and a rally at Liberty Loan cottage with speakers T M Russell, Franklin Leslie, and Leonard Ryan are noted along with Sixth Regiment Band appearances.
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Pittsburg
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New York
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Midlesex Hospital
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Emma Beers
Johnson Lane
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Leonard O. Ryan
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J. E. Boylan
New Haven
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South Green
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Patriotic Celebration at Swedish Lutheran Church
A Red Cross benefit event at the Swedish Lutheran Church hosted by Rev. Charles E. Anderson featured piano and violin solos, a public health nurse sketch, baritone singing, and a salute to Old Glory. Speakers included Mrs. Acheson of Middlesex Red Cross and Rev. Olof Lundgren. Funds raised support the Red Cross and Avon Massachusetts Orphans Home. results to be reported at the Luther league meeting next Thursday.
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Fleitzer
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Fresh Air
Oscar Olson
Meriden
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Emma Pierson
Bessie Anderson
Anna Carlson
Lawrence Ahlberg
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Ellen Johnson
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