Portland Cross Linen Shower Aids Hospitals in France
The Portland branch will be open daily from morning to five in the afternoon from Sept 30 to Oct 5 to collect linen for hospitals in France. Needed are sheets, towels, handkerchiefs, and napkins, new or substantial in strong texture. Various sizes specified. drop-off points and packing arrangements explained. Also notes on church services, local notices, and community events including Red Cross work and other items.
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Cross Linen Shower
Portland
Cross
France
Red Cross
Rocky Hill Social Items and Local Notes from September 1928
Varied civic and family notices from Rocky Hill include a move to Sphia, Pa. by Valentine r and his family, Mrs. Marcus H. Hills Sr. appearing in Hartford, a large turnout at the school club’s Library hall, and state guard drills announced for Monday. Several residents are listed as visiting Hartford or hosting guests, with October plans noted and a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebration described as well.
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Rocky Hill
Valentine R
Sphia
Beith
Marcus H. Hills
Hartford
Schood Club
Library Hall
State Guard
Coffey
Miss Agnes
W. S. Churchill
Clorinda Powers
New
Justis H. Churchill
Daughastine
John Ghagan
East Hartford
A Hale
Harriet Dingwell
Annimary
Deep River Church Wedding and Local Notices
Helen Comstock Brainard and Paul Stevens wed in East Haven on September 23. Also reported are deaths, military updates from France, illness, and social notices from Deep River including letters, visits, and local events.
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Deep River
Helen (Comstock) Brainard
Chauncey M. Comstock
North Main Street
Paul Stevens
Edward Stevens
East Haven
Frank Tucker
St. Andrew’s Church
John C. Clark
Hartford
Christopher Clark
Anna Clark
New York City
Trinity Lodge
Local Social News and Town Notices
Mrs J H Ball entertains sister Mrs Bonnair of New York while Eckford Morse of Noroton visits friends in town. Mr and Mrs Earl Matthewson of Norwich visit Mr Matthews' mother Mrs Ellen M Matthewson. Mrs Pheebe Deans dancing class held a reception at the town hall. William Hodson packs to vacate his newly sold place to a New York party. Tax and debt figures show a 1 mill reduction and 14 mills levy for next year. Church notices include Methodist services with illustrated lecture by Mrs G Floyd Morgan on wartime aid and a union service. Congregational services list kindness and personal influence topics.
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Durham
J. H. Ball
Bonnair
New York
Eckford I. Morse
Noroeton
Earl Matthewson
Norwich
Matthewson
Ellen M. Matthewson
Pheebe Dean
Town Hall
William Hodson
Methodist
Epworth League
G. Floyd Morgan
Wallingford
France
Congregational
Weather Report for New Haven and Connecticut
New Haven forecast fair tonight and Sunday. Connecticut fair tonight and Sunday with fresh west winds. Disturbances over Lake Ontario and northern Florida bring unsettled weather, high winds in lake region, and general rains on east gulf and south Atlantic coasts. Observations show varied conditions from Hartford to New Haven with mainly clear to cloudy skies and mild temperatures.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Lake Ontario
Buffalo
N. Y
Florida
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Wester
Mississippi Valley
Lake Regan
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Poston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Kansas City
State Guards Inspection at Town Hall Monday Night
A town notice announces an inspection of the State Guards at the Town Hall Monday night at eight o'clock with Colonel Elliott reviewing the company. Also listed is a Congregational church service on Sunday at 10 45 a m and a reference to a talk on Mormonism detailing its cures errors and past and present experiences by an informed narrator.
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Congregational Church
M. K. Thomson
Od Rr Episcopal Church
Anty
Swedish Lutheran Church
Mornne
Elliott
Funeral Of Nelson Tucker In East Hampton
Nelson Tucker dies of pneumonia at Camp Upton. Funeral held at 12:30 with military honors. Procession from his mother's Main Street home to the Methodist church led by Co. L Sixth Infantry. Burial on the 2:05 train to Franklin with a firing squad and taps. Pall bearers and flower bearers named. Community mourns Frank Anderson’s death from pneumonia. Liberty Loan drive aims for 87,600 with early preparations. War relic train to visit Oct 5 from noon to 2. Local church services and clergy announced.
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Nelson Tucker
Eastampton
Camp Upton
Main Street
Co. L. Sixth Infantry
Samuel Thatcher
Frederick Grant
Franklin
Norman Purple
Ihe Bugler
Marshall Bevin
Frank Bissell
Merton Weir
Charles Torkelson
J. H. Conklin
Privse Harold Wall
Donald O’connell
Kabatznick Engagement Dinner in Cromwell
Mr and Mrs Louis Kabatznick hosted a dinner Thursday in Cromwell to honor the engagement of their daughter Mae to Louis Schniers of Waterbury. Community notices include visitors, relocations, and church services at Swedish Mission and First Congregational Church with upcoming cottage prayer meetings.
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Cromwell
Louis Kabatznick
Mae
Louis Schniers
Waterbury
Congdon
East Hampton
H. Bailey
Rudolph Abel
Peter Peterson
Bertha Bugbee
Ma Merrill
Boston
John Larson
Middletown
Swedish Mission Church
Clemens Mortenson
First Congregational Church
Homer’ Wesley Hildreth
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Dennis Steadman
Northfield Echo
R. H. Stow
Mandrake Pills Promise Quick Liver Boost
An old promotional notice touts Schenck's Mandrake Pills as a vegetable liver aid. It claims eight decades of proof, promises relief from constipation biliousness and headaches, and offers mail order at 25 cents from Dr. J H Schenck & Son of Philadelphia.
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Schenck
Urgist
J. H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia
Clinton Town Notes Mix Personal News and Local Moves
Clinton citizens share summer departures and arrivals, property sales, and family updates. Lieut Leo Miller reaches captaincy and Capt and Mrs Miller stationed at Columbia. A newborn to Mr and Mrs Albert Jones. J J Kelsey promoted at Muscle Shoals with Connecticut roots and Yale trained engineer. Literary and Thimble club to meet Tuesday at Grove Beach cottage.
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Clinton
John Johnson
Helen
Park
Washington, D. C
Wright Johnson
Mary Rice
Long Hill
Robert Rose
Jersey City
Leo Miller
Miller
Clarissa Kelsey
Columbia
S. C
Albert Jones
Providence
Jones
Ruth Brainard
Beach Parke
Harriet Langdon
Laura Arnold
Gettine Arnold
New York City
Charles Ellsworth
West Hartford
J. J. Kelsey
Muscle Shoals
Ala
E. B. Hotchkiss
Kelsey
W.C. K. Co
Connecticut
Morgan High School
Wesleyan University
Yale
Literary and Thimble Club
Mary Eliot
Grove Beach
Baptist Church Services Sunday Morning and Evening
The Baptist church schedules services Sunday with a 10 30 sermon on Soul Winning and a 7 30 gospel concert titled Praise The day features two addresses and singing by the choir the young ladies and the children s choir.
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Baptist Church
Counting the Cost in Bridgeport Strike Conclusion
The Bridgeport strike ended with most workers returning to duty. The piece warns that lost days cost lives on the battlefield and add widows and orphans, urging workers to think first and count the cost before future strikes across industries and regions.
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New York Evening Sun
Bridgeport
Battlefront
Pacific Coast
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Chester
Hanson
Henry
Freestone Avenue
John H. Sage
Connecticut Company
V. FE. Peppard
R. E. Bisbee
Acton
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Girls’ Patriotic League
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Hall Mehouse
Ed Cross Surgical
Trin
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Humphreys
Atoll Braggist Lds
Anna Goreic
Alfred Johnson
Richard
102Nd Regiment
Johnson
Harold
7Th Engineering Corps
Pratt
Bruno Strempel
Winthrop District
Ruth Porter
Martha
Loretta Porter
Lorena
Dorothy Looby
Mary Looby
Henry Friedel
Herman Friedel
Belmont
Walter Bangs
Francis M. Bangs
Elinor Johnson
Elmer E. Pierce
New London
Foris Johnson
Berlin
Donald Harris
Storrs’ College
Raymond Wright
James L. Henry
Springfield
Ruby Bartman
E. G. Burke
Byron Matfield
Henry M. Snell
F. A. Hefflin
Massachusetts
Arthur Ott
Ernest Phelps
Albert Frank
Middlefield
Frank Anderson
Victor Anderson
Anderson
Verdith Warren
Yonkers
Verdith Dawn
William
Arthur
Daniel J. Cahill
Liberty
United States
Church Notes
Methodist Church
Marlboro
St. Patrick's Church
Patrick Fox
Moses MacDonald
R. M. Sarles
New England
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Tra Space
Herald
Will
James H. Bunce
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