The Firebrand and Mary Jane's Pa at Grand
A two feature bill includes The Firebrand a Vitagraph drama with romance and intrigue involving a princess and a betraying brother. Also Mary Jane's Pa a film by Marc McDermott and Pathe Brooklyn among vaudeville acts. Grand shows August 26 and 27 plus newsreels Eagle and A Daughter Of The Gods with Annette Kellermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Irice
Brother
Petrograd
Revolu-Ion
Mary Jane
Marc McDermott
Pathe Bkly
Bluebird
City of Tears
Carmel Vers
Bell
the Kaiser
Dorothy Dalton Leads The Mating of Marcella At Middlesex
Dorothy Dalton stars in The Mating of Marcella at Middlesex Theatre tonight and Thursday with Burton Holmes Travel and Lyons Moran comedy. The plot shows a modiste’s model aiding another woman’s divorce with alimony, a contrast to Tyrant Fear. Friday and Saturday features vaudeville plus Wallace Reid in Believe Me Xantippe and a Mack Sennett comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dalton
Ince
Marcella
Middlesex Theatre
Burton Holmes
Lyons-Moran
Fear
Paramount
Miss Dalton
Dalton
Wallace Reid
Mack Sennett
Centerbrook News Occurrences and Personnel Moves
Centerbrook notes Aug 14 details several local movements including Elmore Stevens entering U S service and departing for Pennsylvania. Mrs Stevens takes a job at Caulkins and Post in Middle, Frank Lewis travels to Newport where he is stationed, and families visit. Edward Prann and daughter vacationing with H N Prann belong to Springfield Mass. Albert Osher leaves James Spencers shop for Lorby truck plant. Candy of Ohio visits parsonage. Rodney Ely receives a surprise birthday gathering locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerbrook
Elmore Stevens
U. S
Penn
Stevens
Caulkins and Post Store
Frank Lewis
Newport
Lewis
Edward Prann
Springfield
Mass
H. N. Prann
Albert Osher
James Spencer
Franklin "Candy
Ohio
Rodney Ely
Old Saybrook News Scrolls Through Wrecks and Wanderers
Local notes recount residents visiting Lyme for huckleberries and returning with large picks. William Hood returns to Readville Mass. Catherine Golden visits New London. Special agents search wreck site for belongings lost by freight crews. Ex Mayor Fisk of Middletown attends town. Coroner's inquest for engineer and fireman held in Middletown. Saybrook church Feast of the Assumption services announced. William Thompson of Buffalo visiting Saybrook points. Town committee seeks workmen for New London yards. Justin McCarthy and Joel Beard apply to naval aviation at 19. Charlie Chaplin film The Immigrant shown at Saybrook Town Hall with dance afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inosiy
Watle
Lyme
William Hood
Readville
Mass
Catherine E. Golden
New London
John Fisk
Middletown
St. John’s Church
William H. Thompson
Buffalo
N. Y
Saybrook Point
Justin McCarthy
Joel Beard
Naval Aviation Flying Corps
Charlie Chaplin
Saybrook
Ady
Two Marriages Highlight Higganum Social News
In Higganum on August 10 Miss Hilda Lundgren wed Frank Bronte in a ceremony led by Rev R S Caldwell. Richard Johnson wed Miss Anna Fredrickson at the bride’s parents home with a fitted white silk and crepe de meteor gown and bridal roses. Guests included Miss Freda Fredrickson as maid of honor and Johana Johnson as best man. A buffet lunch followed and the couple left for a Westbrook trip. Nearby visitors included Mrs Harriet Skinner of Bridgeport and Miss Florence Whiting of Springfield visiting local residents. Sergeant Raymond Skinner reports arrival overseas and Red Cross meetings are planned at the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higganum
Harry Beemis
Worcester
Mass
Eugene O. Burr
Red Cross
Hilda Lundgren
Frank Bronte
R.S. Caldwell
Raymond Skinner
Florence Whiting
Springfield
Esther Johnson
Harriet Skinner
Bridgeport
Richard Johnson
Anna Fredrickson
Gustaf Fredrickson
Freda Fredrickson
Johana Johnson
Ellen Johnson
Westbrook
Frank Tyler
Charlotte Burr
Manchester
Biard
Hartford
Dunbar
Pleasant Valley
New Haven
Essex News and social notices from August
Orrin G Rand rents Mack place soon to be lived in by Mr and Mrs Albin Lar ee Grace Strong of Saybrook takes a domestic post with Dr and Mrs Charles C Davis Mrs John Conklin and daughter visit Mystic Prayer meeting at Baptist church 745 pm H F Andre and party stop at Cassius Pratts home while on trip from Pittsburgh Mrs John Olson and three children visit Riverside Ave home Claude Banta leaves Mather tott teamster Rev Charles Peck visiting New Jersey Mrs Rose Gardiner of Saybrook visits sister Mrs B S Platt L J Arnold of Saybrook visits town Fall Virginia Dare dresses silk serge satin hats sale of middies this week Kokojan adv James H Brash Hartford vacation with Brash family in Essex
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Orrin G. Rand
Mack Place
Albin Laroe
Grace Strong
Saybrook
Charles C. Davis
John Conklin
Mystic
Baptist Church
H. F. Andre
Party of Friends
Pittsburgh
Cassius Pratt
John Olson
New York
Peter Olson
Riverside Avenue
Claude Banta
Roger S. Mather
Charles Peck
Congregational Church
New Jersey
Rose Gardiner
B. S. Platt
L. J. Arnold
Virginia Dare
A. F. Kokojan
James H. Brash
Rowe Avenue
Hartford
Walter B. Brash
Ivoryton Social and Civic Notes Aug. 14
Ivoryton details social visits as Mr. and Mrs. Norman Burdick of Willimantic stay with Mr. and Mrs. James H. Rockwell. Red Cross work slated for Laurel hall Thursday. Mrs. Ensley Stalling travels to Boston. Mrs. M. E. Parmelee of Hartford visits her father Ensley Starling. Weeds along sidewalks criticized. Heights residents host Cornfield Point picnic Saybrook Tuesday. Concert and ice cream social at the edish mission church Thursday night. all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivoryton
Norman Burdick
Willimantic
James H. Rockwell
Red Cross
Laurel Hall
Ensley Stalling
Boston
M. E. Parmelee
Hartford
Ensley Starling
the Heights
Cornfield Point
Saybrook
Edish Mission Church
The Injurious Thirst in Crimson Gulch Prohibition Town
In Washington Star style a Western scene shows Broncho Bob arguing there is no cure for Three-Finger Sam’s drink habit. The town of Crimson Gulch is now dry yet Sam still overdoses on ice cream sodas, proving excess persists despite prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Crimson Gulch
Our Joy At Victory
The Springfield Republican comments that Americans should be modest about their role in the western front victory. It notes French leadership earned the main credit, while acknowledging American help, and mocks German claims that Allied success relied on other forces.
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Springfield Republican
Canada
The
Salient
Yankees
U. S. Signal Corps
Navy
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
France
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Annette Kellerstar
William Fox
Annette Kellermann
Old Saybrook
Washington Star
United States Food Administration
Yacht Club Manual
Yacht Club
York State
Mermaid Supreme
Smith & Quirk
Cash Grocers
Transpo
W . H. Clapton, Jr
W. W
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President Lincoln
Butts
Germany
Frankfort Zeitung
Foch
Middlese Theatre
Thomas H. Ince
Paramount Picture
Burton Holmes Travel
Jesse L. Lasky
Xantippe
Cecil B. Demille
David Graham Phillips
Jeanie McPherson
Artcraft
Pershing
Crusaders
Middletown Coal Co
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