Darkening Trail and Plaza Show Attract Big Crowds
Amusement notes praise The Darkening Trail starring William S. Hart as Yukon Ed, released in four parts and showing at the Plaza later this week. The Black and White Review touts a four-woman minstrel act, three young men in blackface, and a grand stage setting. Also billed are Leo Zarrell Co hand-balancing, Brennan and Carr tickling with a singing dancing act, Three Norrie Sisters in a songs and dances review, Charlie Chaplin’s Caught in the Rain, and Her Filmland Hero a kid picture.
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William S. Hart
Hart
Mr. Hart
Plaza
Black & White
Leo Zarrell & Co
Brennan& Carr
Dorks
Norrie Sisters
Chatie Chaplin
Filmland
Polis Red Blood at Poli’s theatre in Alaska
The nine part screen epic Red Blood from Rex Beach’s The Spoilers heads Poli’s program for the last half of the week. The big scenic feature shows a sea wreck, gold mine shaft explosion, a northern dance hall whirl, a bare knuckle finish and more with William Farnum and Kathryn Williams leading a strong cast. Vaudeville acts follow, including The Girl on the Moon and Ida Turner, plus Eoler Morton & Evers and the Smittons in acrobatics.
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Rex Beach
Sree
Alaska
Beach
Poli’s
Banes
William Farnum
America
Kathryn Williams
Ida Turner
Eoler
Alma Where Do You Live Next Week At Lyric
The Calburn Musical Comedy company plans Alma Where Do You Live for next week at the Lyric theatre. Miss Florence Mackie stars as Alma with John Kearney taking the role previously held by Charles Bigelow and Arthur Buickly Billy Lynn Nellone Laura Millard among others in the cast. The current production The Firefly is continuing to draw strong crowds as a season highlight.
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Lyric Theatre
Calburn Musical Comedy Company
Alma
Iire
Florence Mackie
Mackie
Empire Presents Winning the Futurity at Local Theatre
Walter Miller stars as leading jockey in the four part photodrama Winning the Futurity at Empire theatre today. The feature centers on the race that crowned Miller, famed as the world’s premier jockey, atop the list of celebrities. Other select features round out an all-feature program with Brother Officers, a Paramount five part masterpiece from England.
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Walter Miller
Empire Theatre Today
Mame
Paramount
England
Normal Students' Work to Broaden with Practice and Model Schools
Municipal plans propose reorganizing the City Normal school to widen the curriculum and space. A model school and senior practice site are to be created at Clinton avenue and Bryant schools, with expert supervision in each room. Enrollments this year reach 39 juniors and 18 seniors, with around 40 juniors anticipated next year. A broader program in English and Science is urged, and the project awaits board action after a special meeting Wednesday.
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City Normal School
Board of Education
Clinton Avenue School
Ryant
Committee On Schools
A. W. Bell
Strucure
Charles W. Deane
Board , Education
Harry Lewis
Bostwick Avenue
Jackson School
Board of Apportionment
Oak Street
Parents Stirred by Sabbath School Seats and Police Action
At Lincoln school commencement parents struggled to rise as children performed, blamed on varnish on seats by Seating Co causing glue like sticking. Bridgeport High School Sabbath labor being halted. board to consult police after debate on contractor notice. Charity Society reports progress in old cases and fewer new ones. committee forms to test police response.
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Besancon
Agatha Besancon
Avon
New Hartford
Alexander Besancon
Bethlehem
Connecticut
Mary E. Flynn
J. W. Flynn
Lincoln School
Willie
Mary
Sadie
A. W. Bell
Board of Education
Pees Can Seating Co
Bridgeport High
Elmer H. Havens
John Cullinan
Birds in Quarrel Over Lace Between Robins Orioles
A Norfolk Bird Study Club observer noted a heated quarrel between a robin and a Baltimore oriole over a lace piece laid on the grass to bleach. The lace measured several inches by two yards, and the owner could not locate it after the birds’ dispute among the trees.
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E. A. Rogers
Pleasant Valley
Farmington River
Rogers
Joseph Bushey
New Hartford
George Wischert
New Milfred
Ben Martini
Danbury
Kenneth Taylor
New Milford
Martini
Mrs. Wischert
Norfolk Bird Study Club
CERTILAX The Certain Laxative
An advertisement for CERTILAX a laxative claimed to relieve constipation torpid liver headaches biliousness and foul breath. Offered in 26c 50c sizes with safe pleasant effects and sold by Curts Chemical Co New York address 117 EB 24th St.
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New York City
Curts Chemical Co
24Th St
New York
N Y Wholesale Prices for Butter Eggs Apples and More
This listing provides wholesale prices for dairy eggs and butter with varying grades, apples by variety and price ranges, berries from Delaware and Maryland, hay and straw rates, vegetables including potatoes onions asparagus lettuce peas and rhubarb, hot house produce like cucumbers cauliflowers mushrooms and radishes, and poultry dressed items such as turkeys chickens squab fowls and ducklings with assorted weights and per dozen or per basket pricing. Strong entities include Northern Spy apples Baldwin Ben Davis Russet Del and Ma Jersey and Long Island peas and Jersey baskets.
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Hennery
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Del
Jersey
Long Island
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Kohler, Morton & Evers
POLIS
Charities Organization Society
Cullinan
Mr. Bell
Horsford
John Rece & Son
Fairfield County News
J. Brush Husted
Millerton
N. Y
North Greenwich
Husted
D. R. Keresey
Augustus Deakin
Dr. Keresey
Litchfield County News
Farmer’s Supply & Roofing Co
Middle Street
Bridgeport Line
Bridgeport
Fairfield Ave
EB. R
Catherine Street
E. 22Nd Street
East 22Nd Street
L. B. Nickerson
New England Steamship Co
the Burns CO
Savings Bank
Main Street
THE
Crawford Laundry CO
Fairfield Av
Courtland St
A. M. Wooster
U. S. Patent
Main ST
Bridgesport
Conn
Frisbie’s Fresh
Kelly’s Cigar Store
James H. Kelly
Southworth
State OF
Everett L. Rogers
Court of Probate
District of Bridgeport
Julia L. Rogers
Crown St
Peerless
Black and White
Brennan & Carr
Norrie
Charlie Chaplin
Keeney
Empire Theatre
Paramount Feature
Calburn Musical Comedy Co
Mme
Emma Trentini
Kitty Gordon
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