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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1919
Page
7
A brief note previews Cecil B. DeMille Artcraft film Change Your Husband showing tonight at Mid Town. Swanson stars as the woman with sparkling costumes and a delightful performance. Also playing The Raider with Current and Pearl Whits in a contrasting feature.
S. Hart, a clean-hearted Western newspaper man, guards decency while exposing corruption. He considers two choices stay true to himself and his paper or rid Glory Hole of indecent citizens. He opts to stay and faces risks to reputation and livelihood.
At the Grand theatre a double feature will show Once to Lion and the Mouse with Jack Sherill and Alice Lloyd and a Lydia comedy. Wednesday offers a second double bill plus the same lineup for an audience.
In Chester on April 22 First Lieutenant Abbey has received his discharge and returns home. St Francis hospital treats an injured man with possible further toe loss feared. Everett Hunt back from Guilford. Walter Searle of New Jersey visiting Mr and Mrs Harding. John Paul joins Russell Jennings Mfg Co. Large service at St Luke's noted. Community gathering planned for Samuel Davidson's business meeting Thursday. Garden seeds and nursery items advertised from Northern grown supplier W H Chester. Call evenings or phone 42-3.
Centerbrook news records Mrs Edward Prann and child visiting his father then returning home. Rose Penilli returned home after visiting her parents. Matt High started school after the week’s vacation. Wright and son visit, Thelma Lee Wataneaay night, Enid in The Marriage Ring.
A fragment notes Westbrook items such as blankets and rugs being dried at Chester Sanitary Laund. The brief text hints at a local laundry operation handling household textiles. No additional details or dates are legible.
The week features a Methodist weekly player meeting Thursday evening at seven o'clock and at 7 15 the Epworth league will hold a business meeting. Red Cross plans an all day sow on Wednesday the 23rd to finish summer work. Attendees bring food. Local obituaries note the funeral of Erastus L. Hurd held Saturday at his home.
April 23 notes report J W Cooper returning to Philadelphia Monday evening and Simeon R Shailer back from New York. Mrs Susan Buell visits Clinton and E R org of Guilford was in town. The Girl Barats led by Mrs Warren Leonard hiked Monday as Dorothy Phillips stars in The Talk of the Town at Co. & C. hall. All Saints Mission reports large Sunday attendance and charity efforts as mats are prepared for Saturday May third sale of potatoes.
April 22 updates from Saybrook Point show Henry B. Kelsey visiting from out of town while Mr and Mrs Morgan of Hartford explored property. Mrs Georges Way and daughter Mabel shopped in New London. the graded school reopened after a vacation. Several residents, including William E Butterfield of Hartford, spent the weekend locally. A community event and a coaster race reference appear amid miscellaneous visits and family notes.
Local residents and visitors share Easter Sunday and weekend news. Richley Hunt and daughter return from New York after visiting in town. Pelton heads to the West Indies for a plantation assistant superintendent post. The LaPlace and Pratt households host guests from New Haven and Pawtucket. Lillian Bennett is ill at home on New City street. A one cent sale at Pond's Drug Store runs April 24 to 26 with buy one, get one cent more. The Thelma feature includes Enid Bennett in The Marriage Ring and a newsreel.
Miss Regenia Miller of Middletown visited her sister Mrs Newton Merwin on Sunday. Ira G Bailey, ill, is reported to be somewhat better. Miss Marie Andeen spent a short time in town. Miss Baroni hosted a friend over the Sabbath. Mrs Edward Lewis was in Middletown on business. Beatrice Neff, employed in Bristol, visited her parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Neff. Mr and Mrs Kastner and daughter returned to Stamford after a short visit. Mrs Mazie Clark and daughter Phylis, Easter visitors from Hartford, returned to duties there. Mrs Swain Johnson returned home after visiting her daughter. Mrs Edward Grenman of Hartford attended Easter services. C C Olson was a Middletown business caller. Robert Brooks began duties yesterday on the R F D route. Fred Wilcox of Ponsett was in town yesterday. Clifford Neff spent the week-end with his parents.
Relatives return to Baltimore from winter in Hartford. Capt Barrows guest of parents in town. Old pumping station in the Nooks burned. Miss Lindh of Portland visited. Grange welcomed visitors from nearby towns. Co. D drill tonight. rifle team to face Winsted in Hartford next Saturday. Easter services at Congregational Church praised. choir led by Miss Anna Anderson. floral decor admired. Easter message by Rev Homer Wildreth. Christian Endeavor praised. Bible school concert noted. Miss Congdon’s singing class highlighted. Earnest Workers meet Friday at 2?30 in church parlors. church prayer meeting Friday evening.
Elijah Johnson and family of Hartford visited in town with Mr and Mrs Vee Small of Wilbraham Mass. Mr Small's brother and his wife stayed at their summer home yesterday. Mr and Mrs Dunlap of Mount Clair are coming this week to their summer home here.
A series of visits and weekend guests are noted in town: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buell and Mrs. Charles Hall are parents of a large family with a daughter and a son named Leander Stevens in Essex. Charles Stevens of New Haven and family visit their Jones Street relatives. John Newsom and family of Trinity College, Hartford, spent time with their parents Mr. and Mrs. John Newsom. Elizabeth Finer of Mount Vernon New York visited. Miss Charlotte McKnight of New Haven stayed with her grandmother on Commerce Street. Mrs. Herbert Fester of New Haven visits her mother. Rebegea Eliott of Norton Massachusetts visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Eliot.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate coins were in use in France during the fourteenth century. Details are sparse, but imply monetary practices of that era.
Miss Edna Harvey of East Lyme visited friends in town last week. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Noyes. Emmeline Kane has been very ill. Mrs. Abby Caulkins mourns the loss of her black dog killed by an auto. Nellie Hughes and Cora Huntley attended Miss Nan Watrous’s funeral in New London. F. W. Harding rented the Bradcnt storehouse for farm machinery. Frank Wilcox began his R. F. D. route term. Parents teachers club postponed meeting due to rain. Pythagoras lodge met for their ceremony. Mrs. Richard Bump underwent operation at St Tastee hospital in New London and is comfortable. D. O. Maynard, Old Lyme businessman, died Sunday at 73 after illness. He had been a sturdy neighbor and active in town affairs.
A fragment notes usage of "Neutrone Prescription 99" by rheumatics who are tired and aching. The wording suggests an old advertisement or medical claim about relief and activity. The text is sparse but indicates a promotional style.
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