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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
7
R A Walsh writes and directs a film praised for graphic realism and detailed staging. The international romance set in South America unfolds to a tragic moral conclusion in New York City. Also new weekly House Of Hate and other titles feature in the program.
The Grand tonight presents The Marionettes starring Clara Kimball Young with an all star cast. Also showing The Claw episode five Universal wild animal serial with Marie Walcamp. Vaudeville headliners Dave and Bettina Gleason and Houlihan plus two other acts. Aug 19 20 Adorno books new print of A Daughter of Gods with Annette Kellerman. Coming soon To Hell With the Kaiser.
Tonight at the Middlesex theatre three vaudeville acts are featured Johnny Reilly Moverty Dutlel Covey and Miller and the Merriman headlining. Billie Burke in Let's Get A Divorce appears with Billy West's Straight and Narrow. Next week Dorothy in The Mating Of Marcella and The Tiger Man with William S Hart shown Monday and Tuesday. Also Current Events and Eagle's Eye.
Chester notes visitors from Hartford and South Farms with brief hometowns. Saybrook storm damage and Westbrook wreck attract local interest while road work tightens travel. Library hours and a movie bill plus Hadlyme Hall entertainment close the town page.
The regular church service will be held in the Public hall Sunday at 4 15 p m with no morning service in the church Sunday school at noon The item mentions latest exhibition dances and advertises a Press Want Ad for Try a Want.
The body of J W Danes was identified and moved to Litchfield after a deadly train wreck that destroyed seven cars and a caboose. Officials report he smothered when the engine overturned and was scorched. Services scheduled across several churches, with memorial for Harry Faulk killed at sea. The Red Cross plans August aid, town eyes the widespread damage and fallen trees. Douglas Fairbanks film shown at Saybrook Town Hall Saturday night.
Mrs William Parker and daughter from Springfield Mass visit Mr and Mrs Edward C Chandler. About 100 residents went to Saybrook and Westbrook to view the railroad wreck scene and blown down elm trees. Samuel Rutty has enlisted in the U S Navy. Edward L Keay of New Haven and Miss Ella Hughes wed in Hartford. The couple plan a two week western honeymoon and will live in New Haven after September 1. Franz Peterson safely arrived in France. The forty hours devotion begins at St Josephs Church Sunday ending Tuesday 8 o'clock mass. Wahgun nicut Camp Fire Girls return from Kelsey Point. Town hall Saturday night Monroe Salisbury in The Eagle Pathe News. Coming Wednesday August 14 Douglas Fairbanks in Reaching for the Moon.
Mrs. F Nealy of Brooklyn visits Haddam for a week. Captain Luther of Hadlyme treats Temporary Home children to a sail on his launch. Miss Florence Williams enjoys a vacation in town. Mrs J R Williams travels to Brooklyn to see her mother. Mrs Ezekiel Shailer spent part of the week with relatives. Miss Eunice Kelsey of Gaylord Farm visits her sister Mrs W H Gillette. H Baer and wife return to Middletown after a brief town stay. W G Young of New York joins his wife at Mrs Moshen’s for part of his vacation.
Essex residents and visitors frequent local homes with Hartford callers Mrs. Hilda Hall Miss Mary Staples Louis Parken and families travel companions Mr and Mrs James Murphy return from Hartford after a death in the family New York visitors Mrs Hitch and Mrs Duane de Champlain visit local relatives Saybrook wreck sightseers P J Murphy ill Reginald Herring visits Hartford The Baptist picnic occurs at Sims grove Clinton Thelma Saturday Night Wallace Reid in Nan of Music Mountain and Pathe News adv
A brief notice indicates dancing after a show at Hamburg Lyme Hall with an exhibition of dances and the latest performances.
A listing notes Harry Lauder at Had Lyme Hall tonight with a dance after the performance and an orchestra playing to popular prices. An Agendée Radio report mentions a Paris August 9 event where a mayor announced four foreign groups, including a Frenchman, American, Italian, and Polo, in Dijon on the same day.
Ivoryton residents report many sightseers visiting the Shore Line wreck site in Saybrook yesterday. Lillian A. Johnson was in Middletown Thursday. Leslie Dickinson’s cottage at Great Hammock Saybrook was damaged by the gale Wednesday night. King’s Daughters beacon circle to meet Monday in Laurel. Irene Perkins of New Britain visiting in town, Corrine Shailer visiting Haddam.
Rheumatic sufferers hail Neutrone Prescription 99 introduced to combat winter weather effects. The remedy claims to treat rheumatic disease as a blood condition, bringing immediate and lasting relief with no after effects. Inflammation eases, joints loosen, and overall system benefits, with fast supply. mail a dollar to the Middletown druggists.
A Philadelphia Telegram item describes a family moment when Willie asks his mother about evolution, sparking a shocked reaction from the father as the son inquires if he is descended from his father, illustrating a domestic, humorous scene from a newspaper page.
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