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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1919
Page
7
Readable text shows partial scores and player names from a bowling intercity event. Key figures include Tucker and Ww L with multiple scores listed. The fragmentary data suggests a match tally with varied frame results and totals, but details on teams or final outcome are unclear.
A brief reads that an individual named Williams will not be welcome in the town of Mary. The notice notes community concerns and a potential ban or social exclusion but provides no formal legal action.
Fragmented lines describe Madison Square bouts, Knights of Columbus guests, and various baseball actions. References include Jake May on a farm, Harper’s forkhand shots, Red Sox ozone, Cincinnati Reds, Rays Boueer, Pirates, and a potential Sunday baseball ordinance in Gotham.
Durham on April 30 reports Ward Church of New Haven in town for business. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lyman of West Street were here Sunday visiting the late Dr H. Jones’s West district farm sale to a Wall party. The Lymans have moved into the Centained.
Sparse OCR fragment reports a brief item mentioning a person and an unnamed event. No clear actions, places, dates, or organizations are readable to define a coherent news item.
A fragmented note notes Constance in a Grand Theatre program. The piece mentions a youth who acted in Griffith pictures years ago and references Douglas Fairbanks in The Good Bad Man. The showing is at the Grand with a Boston connection hinted in the garbled text.
The article reviews Pauline Frederick in the Paramount picture Bella Donna by Robert Hichens and J. B. Fagan and notes Blind Man's Eyes, a Metro production, with Frederick delivering a powerful performance across deep dramatic and lighter humorous moments in a tense play.
Marguerite Clark, noted for Wildflower The Crucible and The Goose Girl, appears in the Paramount film Gretna Green at the Mid-Thursday program. The feature also includes Lyons Moran comedy Burton Holmes travel and four vaudeville acts in the bill.
A Philadelphian recounts a speech by Roosevelt asserting harmony between white and black residents in Atlanta. The tale contrasts street life on Peachtree with back lots, noting trolley car seating and an imagined shift when motor cars appear, with the negro in front and whites behind. The piece reflects dated attitudes in a humorous framing.
Parish updates report park repairs ahead of Memorial day by Deacon L. C Brown and T. P. Kin, plus a Hartford parade and Victory Loan drive reaching $20,000. Visitors include Ruth Brown of Exeter and Clifford Cooper of Lebanon. Lebanon ball game set for Saturday. old Guard band to parade Monday. a local performance features Phantom section and choir with Miss Ruth Brown and Mildred Porter.
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