Middlesex Theatre Christmas Bill Promises Prime Vaudeville
The Middlesex presents The Girl of the Golden West with lavish praise for Mabel Van Buren and a Paramount picturization. Also Ethel Clayton stars in Women’s Weapons with Vera Doria, Elliott Dexter, and Robert Vignoli directing. A four-act vaudeville lineup follows with West and Held, Charles Martin, and The Three Rosebuds. Two showings on Christmas Day and two more at 6 30 PM after a 2 PM afternoon start.
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Middlesex
Ethel Clayton
Paramount
Middlesex Theare
Miss Clayton
Vera Doria
Elliott _ Dexter
Robert Vignoli
West
Held
Charles Martin
Grand Theatre Tonight Shows Big Vaudeville and Films
Grand Theatre presents William Farnum in The Rainbow Trail and Edna Goodrich in Her Husband's Honor with other shorts. Christmas night features four acts of vaudeville and Little Miss No Account starring Gladys Leslie. Through Thursday to Saturday four new vaudeville acts. Violet Mersereau in Together on Thursday. Friday shows Inside the Lines and Fight for Millions sixth episode The Hun Within. Dorothy Gish stars in The Hun Within a Paramount Artcraft picture directed by Chester Withers. Also current events and more pictures at Middlesex tonight.
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William S. Stone
Hun Within
Dorothy Gish
Disturber
Dr. Griffith
Paramount Artcraft
Chester Withey
the Middlesex
Beth
Beating the H L How a Frenchman lived on five francs a week
A frugal Frenchman narrates his thrifty living plan costing five francs weekly. He visits a friend's house Sundays for a lavish meal, then dines sparingly rest of the week. On market day he eats a single large dish of tripe and onions at a restaurant, which he dislikes yet keeps his appetite in check until Sunday.
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Boston Transcript
Poor Poetry and Oblique War Jokes in London Opinion
A London Opinion column cites Alfred Noyes noting a postwar poetry slump while prices rise. He quips poets are born not paid as sonnets once worth five pounds now fetch more or less, reflecting humor on wartime inflation and value. The Ottumwa Courier notes a demo promoting Dutterine with a weight criterion.
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London
Alfred Noyes
Mrs Young's Baby Healed By Cuticura Soap Ointment
Mrs Young of Orland reports her baby broke out with red pimples on face and hands that burned and itched and caused scratching. She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, saw improvement almost from the first, and the child was healed using both products.
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Frank Young
Orland
Westbrook Dedication Honors War Service Honor Roll
Westbrook marked the dedication and unveiling of its war service honor roll at the Chapman School with Connecticut State Guards, the Westbrook drum corps, and Liberty banners. The display lists local servicemen and stars for the three killed in action Eddie Anderson Dayton Bohling and Fred Knittle, plus wounded markers. The ceremony included prayers, addresses, a drill by Home Guards, and taps at the Town hall.
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Westbrook
Connecticut State Guards
Leland
Chester
Clinton
Essex
Old Saybrook
Saybrook
Chapman Post
No. 72
G. A. R. Horatio Wright Camp
Sons of Veterans
Chapman School
Library Green
Liberty Loan
Liberty Pole
Liberty Chorus
America
G. W. Eastland
M. E. Church
W. B. Sherret
C. Robert Watkins
U. S
Russia
Marian Wright
Charlotte Dibble
Eddie G. Anderson
Dayton
Wm. H. Bohling
U.S. N
Fred T. Knittle
U.S. A
Eddie C. Anderson
Fred R. Avery
Joseph J. Boehm
Dayton W. H. Bohling
Charles M. Brainard
George R. Buell
Benajah Bushnell
Malcolm J
Home Guards
Town Hall
Mr. Jacobs
Clinton M. E
G. Wilson
Hadlyme
Wm. Hartley Lewis
Christmas Week Social Notes From Clinton Area
Clinton residents share holiday visits and travel as Myra Swain returns home for Christmas recess. Alfred Stevens and son from New York spend several days at the Stevens homestead on High street. Lynch family attends Branford funeral. Agnes Dillon visits Brooklyn. Mrs Chapman and Ely visit Pearl River relatives. Eberhardt Funk returns from an Alabama army camp with honorable discharge.
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Clinton
Myra Swain
Cos Cob
Alfred Stevens
New York
Stevens Homestead
High Street
Thomas FE. Lynch
Elizabeth Lynch
Hannah
Rosa Lynch
Branford
Agnes Dillon
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Chapman
Ely
William Wilson
Pearl River
Eberhardt Funk
Alabama
Prison friends in America noted in classified line
In a brief classified entry from the St. Paul Pioneer Press the writer alludes to a man with friends in America. As those connections were found, they were watched or removed from view, framed by a terse prison context.
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St. Paul
Famous Italian General Hero on Mission for Government
General Ugo Pizarello, famed Italian war hero, arrives on a government mission. He has earned fourteen decorations for gallantry, including the Victoria Cross and Italy’s Gold Medal of Honor. He has been wounded twenty times, with two head injuries, and once led fifty men to capture an Austrian battalion in the Carnic Mountains.
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Ugo Pizarello
Italy
Pizarello
Carnic Mountains
Burglar Caught After East Berlin Store Breakin
East Berlin December 24 Robert Coles store now owned by Robert Cole was burglarized again. A man leaped from a side window. Leo Lewis was arrested after being chased by Coles’ father and Constable Lawrence. A dress suitcase with candy cigars and tobacco was found. Lewis confessed. The M E Sunday school Christmas tree events rescheduled due to illness. Post office holiday hours Wednesday. Miss Sarah Morgan left for Middletown. Red Cross drive successful. K P society meets tonight.
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East Berlin
Westcott
Robert Cole
Robert Coles
Lawrence
Lewis
M. E
Sarah Morgan
Middletown
Red Cross
K. of P. Society
Saybrook Point Visitors and Holiday Guests
Saybrook Point December visitors include Mrs William Thompson and daughter Elsie in New London. Miss Jane Reed returns from New Haven. James H Day of Hartford visits. Mrs Mary Thurlou of Pottsville Pa spends holidays with her mother Mrs J N Chase. Mrs Ruth Whiting of Derby with her mother. Isabel Spencer and brother depart for New York to join their father B E Estler for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Lewis W Pratt of Hartford guests of Mr and Mrs C C Fairbanks. Mrs Hale in New London Saturday. Mrs G G Sheffield visits New London.
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Saybrook Point
William Thompson
Elsie
New London
Jane Reed
New Haven
James H. Day
Hartford
Mary Thurlou
Pottsville
J. N. Chase
Ruth Whiting
Derby
Isabel Spencer
New York
B. E. Estler
Lewis W. Pratt
Cc. C. Fairbanks
Hale
G.G. Sheffield
Old Lyme Community Gathers For Christmas Week Happenings
Local notes report Lewis Hughes buying a fox hound from a Massachusetts kennel, George B. Clark selling firewood from East Lyme, and Bertha Bradbury sending antiques to New York per Miss Anna Bradbury’s will. Army men return home for Christmas, Red Cross marchers parade, and Pythagoras lodge elects officers. Frankie Saunders, 16, dies after years of diabetes, with funeral led by Rev. E. M. Chapman.
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Old Lyme
Lewis Hughes
Massachusetts
George B. Clark
East Lyme
Bertha Bradbury
Anna Bradbury
New York
Miss Bradbury
George Mitchell
Monte Pierson
Red Cross
Frank Howard
Black Hall
Pythagoras Lodge
W. M
Robert Noble
Victor Nelson
J. W
John Noyes
George Griswold
Jennie Davison
Lyme
New Haven
C. C. Davis
Frankie Saunders
Frank Saunders
Christmas concert postponed in Killingworth
Rain forces postponement of the Christ mas Sunday school concert at the Congregational church to next Sunday evening at 7. Elville Harris Fred Seretzel and Ernest Malacarne returned home from camp. Town schools closed for the holiday season with Christmas trees and exercises. Heavy rains have badly damaged local roads.
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Killingworth
Congregational Church
Elville Harris
Fred Seretzel
Ernest Malacarne
Old Home Remedy for Severe Cough and Croup Relief
A vintage home remedy advises treating severe coughs or chest colds with Pinex mixed in a pint of syrup or honey to create a quick acting cough medicine. It promotes relief by loosening phlegm soothing irritated throat membranes and stopping tickle with a strong pine extract as the active ingredient.
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Essex Light and Power Co
War Bureau
C. R. Watkins
Archangel
Bridgeport
Conn
John H. Cook
Congregational
Fred R. Ames
New Britain
L. N. Stevens
Norwich
James Perkins
Theodore Herrmann
Biowvo VS
Horlick
Hoftick
the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
George Fawcett
Vessel
Lasky Presents
Matinee
Belasco
L. Lasky
David Balasco
Handker
Coats
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Neville
Alonzo
Neville’s
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William Farnum
Edna Goodrich
Gladys Leslie
THUR
Violet Mersereau
Middletown Coal Co
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