Theda Bara Stars in Heart and Soul at Poll Theatre
The Poll theatre presents Theda Bara in Heart and Soul with notable vaudeville acts by The Lunatic Tumblers and Barry Morton. Dream Fantasi en delivers artistic effects and dance, while Europe and America scenes are showcased by Porterite and Company. The film is praised for beauty, grandeur, and universal appeal, with daily matinees at the Lyric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theda Bara
Poll
Sir Rider Haggard
Dream Fantasien
Bridgeport
Keith
Charles O'Donnell
Ethel Blair
Barry K. Morton
Zella Russell
Laugh Producers
Bursell and Little
Porterite & Company
Europe
America
Hearst- Pathe
Pol
Devine
Asa
Beauty
Lyric
Plaza presents The Sinister at Broadway Theatre this week
Plaza showcases Edgar Lewis’s The Sinister at the Broadway Theatre with a dramatic race prejudice theme, praised for entertaining education and strong fight scenes. The program includes a two reel Mack Sennett comedy His Naughty Thought and a new $25,000 score by Plaza's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Lewis
Broadway
Plaza
Play &Nd
Lyric opens eight segment with Kellerman grace
Fox proclaims a million dollars spent on production as a new Lyric engagement opens. Annette Kellerman, famed as the most perfectly formed in the world, appears on screen astonishing audiences with her grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Gost
Annette Kellerman
It Pays to Advertise at Spooner Park Theatre
Beginning tonight the Spooner Stock Company presents George M. Cohan's It Pays to Advertise a clean farce about advertising and ambition. A rich man's idle son starts a bold campaign for fame and wealth, sparking a noted New York success. Matinees on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner Stock Company
Park Theatre
George M. Cohan
Cohan & Harris
New York City
Weather Summary for New Haven and Connecticut
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday with warmer inland. Winds will be moderate from the west and southwest. The week should be mostly fair early then showery by midweek, with a disturbance over Minnesota bringing unsettled weather to northern districts and heavy rain in eastern Massachusetts. Temperatures expected to be slightly above normal in most northern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Minnesota
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Massa
Aero Club to send twenty recruits to France
Twenty American recruits are to be sent to France at the expense of the Aero Club of America. This action signals a growing aviation support effort and reflects ongoing transatlantic exchanges in flight training and air service during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
The
Aero Club of America
U S Wants Typists for Civil Service Exams
The United States Civil Service Commission announces typewriter examinations on June 30 for the New England district. The tests may lead to many appointments in the Quartermaster Corps naval establishments and other government service in the New England states. Exams will be held in Danbury Hartford New Haven Middletown New London Waterbury Bridgeport. Further information at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
U. S. Civil Service District
New England
Quartermaster Corps
Naval
Danbury
Hartford
New Haven
Middletown
New London
Waterbury
Bridgeport
Post Office
New Haven Schedules Updated Effective June 25
Important changes of time schedules for passenger trains on the New Haven railroad will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, June 25. Timetables with full details will be distributed to agents before that date. The crew of the American tank Petrolite, picked up near Gibraltar, is reported safe and well.
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New Haven
Gibraltar
Quality home furnishings and hats at Dillon and Nothnagle stores
Points of interest promote white hemp and Milan straw hats at E. H. Dillon Co. 1105 Main Street and home furnishings at Nothnagle store stressing quality over price. Also notes Captain Martin, former Naval Attaché at the French Embassy, on active duty chasing German submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
iAdv
Nothnagle
Nothnngle
Martin
Washington
Notable New York Briefs Across US and Europe
A Cologne dispatch notes the Greek king’s abdication unsettled the Kaiser and German headquarters. The Spanish War Minister threatens resignation over political influence by military associations. Two thousand US apprentice seamen subscribed $100,000 in Liberty Bonds. Chicago Moral Court Judge Uhler allows women to drink and smoke in saloons, discharging two who were charged. New York opens a recruiting station for cooks, mechanics and drivers. Lordship Night features Murray’s Orchestra with 15 pieces at 25c admission. British aviator Captain Bonnel arrives to recruit for the Royal Air Force. The US seeks 1000 teamsters and 75 wagon masters for quartermaster service. Rutgers student John V. Piper’s body found with foul play suspected. A fishing party tragedy near Cleveland kills a mother and son. three others injured. Marriage notices list Morris-Hallock in Shelton, Storms-Simons in Danbury, Queritle-Myers in Danbury, Wahlstrom-Anderson in Danbury, Morris-Nolan in Greenwich, Swanson-Brennan in Stamford, Cable-Schede in Norwalk, Brown-Banks in Norwalk, Gandrup-Bell in Norwalk, Coe-Bissell at Bantam Lake, Swift-Ketcham in Norwalk, Lockwood-Reed in Norwalk, Wesson-Elliott in Stamford. Obituaries note Emily Selleck in Danbury, William McGuire of Danbury, Benjamin White of Torrington, Melville Young of Norwalk, Jane Smith of Danbury, Marion von Eulenburg in Danbury, William McClellan of Port Chester, Sam Haat of Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrl Morris—Hallock
Shelton
L. Phillips Morris
Newtown
Maylah H. Hallock
Bridgeport
Storm—Simons
Danbury
Dickerson B. Storms
Lucy K. Simons
Queritle—Myers
Adolphus Queritel
Freeport
L. I
Mattie Myers
Wahlstrom — Anderson
Carl J. Wahlstrom
Anna Anderson
Morris—Nolan
Greenwich
Allen L.morris
Westport
Ethkel M. Nolan
Norwalk
Swanson—Brennan
Stamford
John O. Swanson
Jane V. Brennan
Cable—Schede
Waldo Cable
Mabel Schede
Brown—Banks
Harry Brown
Fannie Banks
Gandrup—Bell
John Gandrup
Cora Bell
Middletown
Coe—Bissele
Bantam _ Lake
Stanley L. Coe
Emily Bissell
David
Emily Sherwood Selleck
David E. David
McGuire
William A. McGuire
White
Torrington
Benjamin F. White
Young
Melville M. Young
Smith
the Jane Smith
von Eulenburg
Danbury Hospital
Marion Alethe von Eulenburg
McClellan
Port Chester
William C. McClellan
Hunt
Sams E. Haat
Also Mentioned on This Page
POLIS
U. S
IRS
Pauline Frederick
Cecil Spooner
George Catatakes
THEDA
Jess’’ Bara
O’donnell
Blair
Buzzle
Little
Hearst
Harry Morton
Porter White & CO
Pathe
Cologne
the. Hague
United States
Uhler
Chicago Moral Court
New York
New York Telephone Co
Newark
Lordship
Murray
Golden Hill
Main
Lane
Bonnel
John V. Piper
Rutgers College
Cleveland
Swift—Ketcham
George L. Swift
Mildred E. Ketcham
Lockwood—Reed
George W. Lockwood
Minnie Reed
Whesson—Elliott
William E. Wesson
Ethel M. Elliott
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