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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1919
Page
7
The Middlesex show features Norma Talmadge in The Heart of Wetona and Mary Pickford in Jo Enlists as part of an Artcraft program. Upcoming screenings promise thrill with The Raider serial and a Fourteenth episode reveal. Also notes local court drama and current events in brief.
Dorothy Dalton stars in Hard Boiled at Middlesex as a rascally town plot unfolds amid wholesome dailies. Tom Mix appears in Hell Reform at the Grand with Fox production. Final days tag vaudeville acts closing after two days of show.
Captain Frank A. Lewellyn, three year star quarterback of the Dartmouth eleven, returns from France aboard the Santa Theresa in New York. He has served over a year with the Ninety-ninth Aero Squadron and brings the American Distinguished Cross and the French Croix de Guerre for valor.
The sixth annual Holy Name Society sale and whist at St. Joseph church drew 26 tables and a full hall, with prize winners named. Organizers anticipate about 400 dollars in proceeds while noting no future events by the society. Assistance from nearby towns and local musicians enhanced the evening, as residents plan town meetings on elm spraying and school principal housing. Local residents and guests attend church services and social events through the week.
Chester residents report short visits and trips. Mrs. Leonard Seibert of East Hampton stays with daughter Mrs. F. L. Burr. Mrs. L. M. McCallum returns from Worcester. Ferdinand Harding plans a Sunday return to Somerville. Miss Jennie Cordini visits Bridgeport friends. Robert Wilcox from New York will spend the weekend at home. Mrs. William Bogart visits her husband at Hartford hospital. Sunday is Baptist denominational day.
Numerous Sunday schedules across churches detailing examinations for upper school at 9:00, Sunday school at 9:45, morning worship and sermons, and evening services. Includes All Saints Chapel, Swedish Bethel, First Methodist Episcopal, Associated Bible Students, South Church, First Church, First Church of Christ Scientist, The Salvation Army, First Baptist, Christchurch, and Trinity Church with listings of speakers Rev. Ettore Di Stefano, Rev. Theodore A. Greene, and Dr. Grenfell-related lectures and programs. interdenominational union services and educational events noted.
Rev Eli Mowry of Mansfield Ohio a Presbyterian missionary arrested in Korea was found guilty of allowing Koreans to use his premises to spread propaganda for independence. He received six months at hard labor with bail set at 300 yen. Dr Mowry appealed the ruling.
Sunday and weekday worship times listed for multiple churches. Swedish Lutheran notes no Sunday services due to pastor attending a conference. First Congregational plans 10:45 a.m. service with Rev. M. K. Thomson on The Christianity of Peter, plus 12:15 p.m. Sunday school. Methodist Episcopal shows 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. sermons by Pastor R. E. Bisbee with 12 p.m. Sunday school and 6:45 p.m. Epworth League. Cross Street Church holds 11 a.m. Sunday school and 7:30 p.m. service. Wardens and vestrymen to meet Monday at 7 p.m.
Essex residents note church services with sermons on the Unseen Christ at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Essex Center. The Epworth League plans a rally with the Christian Endeavor group that evening. Local residents welcome guests from New York and Hartford as everyday life continues in the parish and town.
A local testimonial from D McMillen of Hudson N H extols Foley Hinney Pills claiming rapid relief for back pain kidney trouble and bladder ailments after two bottles. The ad likens the effect to water dousing a fire and notes the product is sold everywhere.
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