Vaudeville and Silverscreen Bill Sets Monday Rally Night
A big special bill features Zita and Hoot and Cleveland and Dowgy, plus Vincent Moore gongs, the Three Joys, and Alice Joyce in The Lions. Jack Sherrill appears with the Withee in Once to Every, starting 6:30 pm, ending 2:45 pm for a Victory Loan rally hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Government-backed rally follows the show. Monday and Tuesday showtimes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Seena Cess
Mack Sennett
Zita
Hoot
Cleveland
Dowgy
Vincent Moore
Alice Joyce
Lions
Jack Sherrill
Chamber of Commerce
Adorno
Larry Evans
The Love Auction at Grand Theater
A poor girl rejects a sweetheart for a millionaire she does not love. The Love Auction stars Virginia Pearson at the Grand with a tale of ambition, deceit, and tragedy. She turns to her boyhood friend as a life of hardship unfolds, ending with a drunk husband and ruined happiness amid vaudeville acts and Eddie in The Love of the Circus. Harold Lloyd provides a comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Harold Lloyd
Big Eaters Get Kidney Trouble
An old newspaper blames heavy eating for kidney weakness and general health decline. It warns excessive rich foods clog the eliminative system and cause back pain, sediment in urine, and fatigue, urging readers to seek relief.
Easter Week Socials and Hospital News In Middlesex County
Community notices report Fast day service at Baptist chapel this evening and guests from New York staying with local families. Local residents return for Easter and hospital treatments noted for Henry Taber and W Wright. Hospital committee elections and church events listed along with local dances and shopping ads from Middle town.
Easter services and local notes in Old Saybrook
Old Saybrook April 18 local Red Cross sent nine bags clothing two bags shoes for St Johns church Saturday 8 am. Confessions 3 and 7 pm and before Mass. Easter service times Grace Episcopal 11 am, Sunday school noon. Mr Gilbert of Middletown preaches his last Saybrook sermon. Joe Tryon returns to Boston for parade then back to Shore Line motorman job. Weather rains flooding low lands. Plus local visits and holiday schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Saybrook
Red Cross Society
St. John’s Church
Joe Tryon
Boston
Shore Line
William H. Wolfe
Florida
John M. Golden
New Haven
M. J. Golden
Grace Episcopal Church
H House
First Congregational Church
George B. Gilbert
Middletown
Charles S. Gates
Lola Gates
Stannard Hill Greenhouse
Westbrook
Conn
Chester Sanitary Laundry
Local notices and visits brighten Easter season
Rees and others travel to relatives in Brooklyn and New York City for Easter leave. Forest of short mentions: Hill greenhouse in Westbrook. Mrs Garrity and son visit family in Brooklyn. A Braddock returns to Wiesex from New York. Martelli from Rhode Is College vacationing at home. James Murphy family to spend Easter in New York. Selden Williams visiting parents. John Conklin from the steamer Middle town visits Grove Street. Union fast day services at Baptist church. Theodore Hall visiting grandmother after France service. two servicemen on furlough meet wartime acquaintance Henry Clarke. Also ads for Green Trading stamps, Stueck's bakery, and Deep River town hall events with local baseball entertainments. The Thelma Saturday Night show featuring Fred Stone in The Goat at Manhattan, with other city ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Chapel
Gamuel- Bass and Son
New York City
Max Wimovsky
Alice
Julia Marvin
Elm Street
Lillian Christensen
Henry C. Cornwall
State Hospital
Middletown
Henry Taber
C. M. Durr
Middlesex Hospital
Henry M. Snell
Middlesex Hospital Aid Society
Chester Sanitary Laundry
Stannard ‘Hill Greenhouse
Westbrook
Baldwin Chapter
O. B
F. J. Fleetham
William Casey
Catholic Church
Margaret Duggan
Town Hall
Mary McLaren
Vanity Pool
Sperry & Hutchingon
Main St
Hosmer Gladding
Fred- Lee
Union
Baptist Church
Theodore Hall
Wallingford
Theodore Fordham
France
Henry Clarke
Sperry & Hutchinson
Chester School Closes For Weekend After Thursday Sessions
Chester notices show the local school closing Thursday through Monday with several teachers returning home. Citizens and local figures like H G C Brooks and W W Chase are mentioned in brief business and social notes. A St Luke's Mission service is scheduled for Sunday at 9 AM with Rev George B Gilbert presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
H. G C. Brooks
New Britain
W. W. Chase
Newberg
N. Y
J. Fe Berg
E. Rhodes
Ildheteen
St. Luke’s Mission
George B. Gilbert
Robert Kelsey
Sperry & Hutchingon
Main St
Middletown
Stueck
Dance Event At Town Hall Easter Monday Night
An old fashioned and modern dance program presented at the town hall on Easter Monday night April 71st by Hahn's popular orchestra with a brief advertisement noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hahn
Sperry & Hutchinson
Main St
Middletown
Stueck
Danderine Promises Thick Glossy Hair For Girls
An advertisement touts a small bottle of Danderine as a cure for dandruff and itchy scalp. It claims the product makes hair thick, glossy and wavy and prevents falling hair for girls.
Sewing machines loaned to societies and births and events
The sewing machines were all delivered to different societies and owners for this work. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olson celebrate the birth of a son born Wednesday. About fourteen of the YMCA go Middletown Saturday for athletics at the YMCA building. Henry Bailey of Hartford is ill at A. L. Brainard’s home. Dr. Taylor attends. Mrs. Charles Carlson entertains Mrs. Kastner of Stamford. Sperry & Hutchin met yesterday. Swedish Lutherans will hold Easter Sunday service at 2:30 PM at the M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Olson
Middletown
Henry Bailey
Hartford
A. L. Brainard
Taylor
Charles Carlson
Kastner
Stamford
Sperry & Hutchinson
Danderine promises rich hair growth and shine
A promotional paragraph touts Konwiton's Danderine as the easy, inexpensive solution for lustrous hair. It claims dandruff removal, itch relief, and rapid new hair growth within two weeks, urging immediate purchase at drug stores and repeated use for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konwiton
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the Thelma
Fred Stone
Hick Manhattan
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Frederi
House of Hate
Eve Gish
Deep River Town
A Press
M. EB
Chatham—Middle
Haddam
California
Virginia Pearson
Eddie Polo
Matinee
BSO
Prica Suierbe m
Seer
the Lion and the Mouse
Charlie Klein
I Mabel
Jesse L. Lasky
Cecil B. DeMilles
Artcraft
Jeanie
Viola Dana
Satan Junior
Ethel Clayton
Maggie Pepper
Dramatic Power
Weekly Y Hughes
Mr. Early Bird
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
The
Barton Clothing Co
and Custom Tailors
William S. Hart
Thomas H. Ince
Fountain
Violets
Sweet Peas
Lily of the Valley
MAX Tailor A
IID Clothier
Malin Street
A P. French
Central Bank
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