Grand Theatre line up features two big double bills
A dense listing of upcoming shows at Grand Theatre highlights Clara Kimball Young and Harold Ekwood in a double bill with The House of 5, plus Pearl White and Antonio on The Rose of Blood. It notes Kimball Young as cinema’s camera favorite and mentions Shirley, Kaye, The Kaiser, and The House of Hate along with other features and attractions through week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
William Fox
Miss Ira
Harold Ekwood
Pearl, White
Antonio Ono
Shirley
Kaye
Clara Kimi Young
Miss Young
Prt
Erica
China
Japan
Kimball Young
Shirley Tye
Grand Theatre
the Kaiser
Pearl
Ednesday
Grand
Fox Kiddies
Matt
Jefé
Victor
Carmelange
Rough Lover
Franklyn Farnum
Drew Y
Cap Findlay
Eddie Polo
Pearl White
Antonio Moreno
Lyme Town Notes and Changes in Local Life
Lyme April 16 Corporal N M Terry of Fort Wright visited his father on Matson Hill. Local residents visit Davison farmstead and Mixter homestead in Layaville. Many townsfolk attend to farming shifts with less potato planting and some spring wheat tests planned. Livestock and housing moves noted. several families relocate. Lieut Griswold arrives in France. Engagement announced between Monta Pierson and Miss Rosina Endriss. Deaths mark a heavy week: Mrs Levi Sasserman, Mrs Sarah Comstock, Joel Wheaton, and Anna Bradbury buried in Duck River cemetery. Comstock aged 78, Wheaton Civil War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyme
N. M. Terry
Fort Wright
Matson Hill
James Fowler
Lester
Miss Taylor
New London
Davison Homestead
Harry L. Hosford
New York State
Gladys
New York
Granda
Mixter
Laye
John Cone
Harry Bradbury
Jennie Davison
George Mitchell
Charles Banta
Layville
M. M. Terry
James Maynard
Herman Babcock
Willis Babcock
Harry T. Griswold
France
Monta Pierson
Rosina Endriss
Miss Endris
Local Notices From Hebron And Norwich April Report
Hebron residents note visits by Rev Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and Dr Klein of Colchester in Norwich. Red Cross meetings and Ladies Aid activity continue. New farmers store in Amston to open. London to run it. locals in Willimantic and a Y M C A play Courting by Rube raises funds for Red Cross with N Eugene Smith starring. Archie Gilchrist Newport sailor performs musical selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Roosevelt
Klein
Colchester
Norwich
Red Cross
Carrie Kellogg
Ayer
Ben Dingwell
Willimantic
Amston
London
Kneeland Jones
Deeter
Bennie Bissell
Middletown
Kate Hanna
Boston
Mary Lordi
Wallace Lord and
Andover
Randall Tennant
Rube
N. Eugene Smith
Archie Gilchrist
Newport
United States Navy
East Hampton Social Notes and Events Schedule
East Hampton April 16 report highlights a Teachers' association dance at Siebert's operary raise funds for the Boys' Athletic association. Red white and blue decor and patronesses noted. Burdick's orchestra provided music. Various local residents and visitors are listed with brief mentions of travels, Red Cross meeting, church activities, and a Swedish Lutheran handkerchief sale Friday with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hampton
Teachers’ Association
Siebert
Boys’ Athletic Association
E. G. Cone
E. W. Day
G. K. White
John Carpenter
Burdick
N. B. A. Carrier
Patrick Cavanaugh
France
Northam Gould
Springfield
Red Cross Society
Chatham Hall
Moses Cahill
Claudia
Hartford
G. M. O’neill
J. P. O’connell
John O’brien
Edith Bissell
Westchester
Frank Bissell
John Scott
Lester
Willimantic
Bartholomew Ivers
Camp Devens
James Ivers
Wall
R. A. Wall
Edward Gillon
James Reardon
K. of C
Middletown
Augusta Johnson
Stanley Bevin
William Belcher
Fair Haven
Mass
Julius Gates
Frank Valli
New York
Louis Valli
Young People’s Society of the Swedish Lutheran Church
Ady
Cromwell Local Notes and Social Updates
Captain C I Barrows visited his parents in Cromwell over the weekend while Mrs Davison of Hartford and Mrs Johnson ill at home. A new son arrived to the Petersons, and several residents moved or returned from Hartford or New York. The Dorcas society plans a meeting at Mrs Pederson’s home, a Red Cross fundraiser was applauded after a church minstrel event, and Court Cecelia will host a military whist and dance with proceeds for the Red Cross war fund. No surgical dressings meeting this week due to Red Cross room unavailability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
C. I. Barrows
Camp Devens
Ira Barrows
J. E. Davison
Hartford
E. T. Johnson
Samuel Huxley
Middlesex Hospital
Robert Proudman
P. Peterson
Helen Olson
New York
John Olson
Meadow Street
Elmquist
Woodstock
Paulson
Alma Peterson
Dorcas Society of the Lutheran Church
Nels Pederson
North Cromwell
F. H. Johnson
Red Cross
Court Cecelia
D. of C
Red Cross War Fund
Swedish Lutheran Church Notes Schedule Update
Wednesday morning the pastor and Mrs. Anderson will leave for Spreld Mass to attend the New England conference meet. On Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the church choir will render J S Willeys sacred cantata Gethsemane to Calvary. A visiting pastor will be present Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Spreld
Mass
New England
J. S. Willey
Rocky Hill Community Activities Stir Town Life
In Rocky Hill on April 16 the Ladies Missionary Society met with Mrs. Samuel Ashwell of Elm Street. Local residents Raymond Evans and James Donovan passed rural free delivery carrier exams in Hartford. The Third Liberty loan committee led by Judge L. W. Button and Henry M. Barnard began a house to house canvass with an $18 000 quota. The committee meets next Saturday in lower Grange hall for full sales reports. The Rocky Hill club will host Warden McClaughry of Connecticut State Prison at a Tuesday gathering in early April. The Neighborhood Whist Club plans an evening at Riverview Hill with Mr and Mrs Iean Everett Taylor. Lieutenant A A Houck of Camp Devens visited local residents, a former Methodist pastor. The midweek prayer meeting is set for Thursday at the home of Postmaster and Mrs Frank C Warner on Ferry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
Congregational Church
Samuel Ashwell
Elm Street
Raymond Evans
James Donovan
Hartford
Evans
Frederick Belden
Third Liberty Loan Committee
L. W. Button
Henry M. Barnard
Lower Grange Hall
Rocky Hill Club
McClaughry
Connecticut State Prison
Iean Everett Taylor
Riverview Hill
A. A. Houck
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Frederick R. Comstock
Lieutenant Houck
Methodist Church
Frank C. Warner
Ferry Street
Phosphated Iron Promises Health For All Walks Of Life
Advertises Phosphated Iron as a reliable blood and nerve tonic for men and women. Claims quick relief from fatigue, poor appetite, and nervous strain, urging use of capsule form only. Promoted by Hartman Drug Co. and leading druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman Drug Co
Space Donated By The Jackson Co To Middletown Liberty Loan
A local space donation by the Jackson Company supports the Middletown Liberty Loan Committee. The arrangement aids fundraising efforts and public awareness during the campaign period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Jackson Co
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
Home Guard Dance and Town News From Deep River
In Deep River on April 23 the Home Guard dance is set for the town hall. Visitors include Henry Troeger and Leon Dickinson. Mrs. Bertha Brown visits Hadleyme. Frederick Strickland recovers from grippe. Theodore Dreher plans to move to New Britain. The next Home Guard drill is on Thursday at Union School campus. Mrs. Alfred Williams is seriously ill. Mrs. Russell Stannard regains ability to manage housework. Pearl J. Afflick entertains Mrs. George W. Kenney of Boston. John Gilbert operated on in Hartford and recovering. Harold Rankin plans a May 1 move to Hartford. Egg hatch records at incubator: 183 chicks from 250 eggs. Local Home Guard rifle team to contest Chester tonight. Proal Judson's son Lt. Proal Judson Jr. of 30th Engineers slightly injured April 9 in action. he went to France in January. Yale 1912 grad. Another son, Luchard, in naval reserve aboard U S steamship Noma in French waters. Eugene Gorman seriously ill with pleuro pneumonia in Brooklyn. he enlisted in the U S Navy. Miss Bertha Stallsburg to begin government stenographer work in Houston, Texas. previously with Judge E G Burke. Town hall ad notes showing Talmadge in The Moth on Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
Home Guard
Henry Troeger
Leon Dickinson
New Britain
Bertha. Brown
Hadyme
Frederick Strickland
Theodore Dreher
Union School
Alfred Williams
Russell Stannard
Pearl J. Afflick
George W. Kenney
Boston
John Gilbert
Hartford Hospital
Harold W. Rankin
Hartford
Eugene S. Lord
the National Bank
Chester
Proal Judson
McCann
Washington
Proal Judson, Jr
United States Navy
Bertha Stallsburg
First Selectman
J. O. Stallsburg
Houston
Tex
Flying Instructor Dies in Kelly Field Crash
San Antonio April 16 Second Lieut Robert B Markham of Turin New York a flying instructor at Kelly Field is dead after his plane crashed to the ground from a 200 foot fall. Cadet William Bradley who was aboard escaped with slight injuries as the plane slipped into a tail spin and could not be recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Robert B Markham
Turin
N. Y
Kelly Field
William Bradley
Markham
Will Brainard Enjoys Brief Westchester Visit
West Street resident Will Brainard is home on a short vacation with Mr. and Mrs. James Galvin and their son Will, traveling by car to Hartford for a day, where Edgar Williams and Will Brainard attended the auto show and watched a British tank demonstration. The Brainards, Mr. and Mrs. 8. D. Brainard, joined a Pomona meeting in Hamburg by car, while Mr. Peterson plans to reside here with his wife. The last Red Cross meeting featured Mrs. George Kaufman, and Frank Williams bought a fine pair of cattle from John Purcell of Colchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Street
Will Brainard
James Galvin
Will
Hartford
Edgar Williams
D. Brainard
Pomona
Hamburg
Peterson
Red Cross
George Kaufman
Frank Williams
John Purcell
Colchester
Haddam Neck Widow Northam Dies At Home
Julia C. Northam widow of William N. Northam died at her Haddam Neck home early last evening. She leaves two daughters Mrs Collamore and Mrs Hale of Hartford and one son Charles of Haddam Neck. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. at her late home with burial in Rock Landing cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia C. Northam
William N. Northam
Collamore
Hale
Hartford
Charles
Haddam Neck
Rock Landing Cemetery
Tiz Promises Quick Relief for Sore Feet
A vintage ad touts Tiz as a universal foot remedy, claiming it draws out poisonous exudations, cures foot trouble, and ends soreness, burning, swelling, and bunions. It advertises a 25 cent box and a yearly supply for 26 cents, urging readers to wear smaller shoes.
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Cavalieri
Hempstead
Charles E. Whittaker
Awn
Sardou
Bernhardt
Ed Jose
Frank Losee
Jules Tt
Henry Herbert
W. H. Jelle
Victor Moore Com
Benjamin Chapin
Middlesex Theatre
William S. Hart
Thomas Co
TRE Aord Theatres
Sloan
Ainiment
Pals
Plattsburg Ii
Suttonhole
Trim
Tiz
Harold Lockwood
June Elvidge
Mutt and Jeff
the Fox Kiddies
Findlay
Clara Kimball Young
Shirley Kay
Barton’s
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Thomas H. Ince
W. S. Hart
Wolves of the Rail
Eagle’s Eye
Germany
America
William J. Flynn
U. S. Secret Service
Stara King Baggot
Marguerite Snow
Lusitania
Eagle
Pauline Frederick
LATC
Victor Moore
ISCA
Burton Holmes
Buell & Blatchley, Smith & Bishel Cos
Frank H. Smith
Chatham Pharmacy
Apothecaries Hall Co
Benedict St
Waterbury
Conm
Johnny
Main & Washington Fruitery
TEL
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