Patrons Seize Double Bill at Middlesex and Grand Theatres
Local cinema listings recount a busy schedule with multiple features. At Middlesex, a program includes a six reel feature, Private Peat, and The Lightning Rider serial, plus Sylvia on a Spree and Good Bye Bill. Middlesex also showcases dainty Shirley Mason in a cabaret inflected scene sequence. Grand Theatre presents Idle Wives and Powers That Prey with additional Universal Weekly, plus Thursday debut of The Sea Flower. Future plans promise Nazimova Eye for Theda Bara Theda Bara spectacle, Mabel Normand Micky, and Romance of Tarzan.
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Middlesex
Shirley Mason
Ernest Truex
Biull
John Emerson
Anita Loos
Paramount
Sylvia
Metro
Emmy Whelen
New York
Billy West
Ivoryton Firesmen Tackled Outbreak Near Bleach Houses
Alfred Kellogg of Hartford visited Mr and Mrs James H Rockwell in Ivoryton over Sunday. A fire started by boys near the ivory shop pond got beyond control and endangered nearby bleach houses. Factory men extinguished it. second such blaze in a week. Laura G Rockwell returned to New Haven. Our Semi Annual Clearance Sale begins Monday Feb 3 and runs ten days with price reductions at Wimovsky's Deep River.
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Ivoryton
Alfred Kellogg
Hartford
James H. Rockwell
Ivory Shop
Laura G. Rockwell
New Haven
Wimovsky's
Deep River
Wimovsky’s
Oiz
Masquerade Night at Killingworth Town Hall on Feb 7
A yearly social event at Westbrook Town Hall promises a good time with the annual masquerade. The next masked ball is scheduled for February 7, inviting residents to attend.
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Westbrook Town Hall
Syrup of Figs Advert Claims Poisons Removed
Fragmentary ad text touts California Syrup of Figs as a remedy for stomach liver and bowels. It reads like a health claim urging readers to choose this laxative for cleansing and relief.
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California
Deep River Social and Military News Brief
George Palms and family return from overseas service as Deep River club plans a main meeting Wednesday night at the Town hall. A social club session follows Thursday with speakers Frederick A. Saunders Elmer E. Pierce Robert J. Murray W E Stephenson and Henry F. Shailor.
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Deep River
George Palms
New
Frans Peterson
Hamm
Deep River el Club
Frederick A. Saunders
Elmer E. Pierce
Robert J. Murray
W. E. Stephenson
Henry F. Shailor
Paul Hagen
U. S. Navy
Charles Hagen
Louis Wimovsky
A. Levan
New York City
Emma Sevigny
New Haven
Harold Rankin
Donald Harris
Hartford
Proul Judson, Jr
U. S. Army
Baptist Chapel
Mrs Mabel LaPlace Dies in Deep River at 30
Mrs Mabel LaPlace wife of Representative S R LaPlace died at home on El m street at 9 p m after a three day illness. Her son William age six and daughter Hortense age two survive with her husband a Manchester born father Robert P Bissell and half brother Clarence Bissell overseas. She taught at Union school before marriage and was active in Red Cross work and village charities. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m from her late home.
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Mabel LaPlace
Simon R. LaPlace
El'm Street
William
Hortense
Robert P. Bissell
Manchester
Clarence Bissell
U. S. Army
Chester News Briefs: Local Visits and War Feature
Chester residents share visits with relatives in Hast Haven Norwich and Hartford while John Bocksruth of the U S army returns home. Susan Tracy, widow of George A Bogart, dies. Also promoted is the U S government war feature America’s Answer with part of admission proceeds returning to the treasury plus the Mack Sennett comedy The Battle Royal. Showtimes listed.
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Chester
G. Myron Abbey
Hast Haven
John Bocksruth
United States Army
Nellie Wilcox
Hartford
Town
Gertrude Main
Norwich
Eldridge, Richardson
Foote
Claude Watrous
Charles Kahrmann
Charles Pollacek
Susan Tracy
George A. Bogart
U. S
America
U. S. Treasury
Mack Sennett
Oiz Price Reductions Advertised for Deep River
Brief ad notes price cuts lasting ten days near Deep River with promotional phrasing. The fragment highlights sales and skyward discounts, urging shoppers to visit local stores for deals during the period.
Anniversary Mass in St James Church and Local Socials
Rocky Hill February 3 announcements note an anniversary mass for Edward Carro and Miss Helen Barnard at St James Church turning to a morning service. Reports say Miss Barnard has improved after illness and lists multiple local social visits and a sixteenth wedding anniversary gift scene with friends and neighbors.
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Rocky Hill
St. James
Edward Carro
Helen Barnard
Liberty
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Etta Spencer
Jennie Bulkely
Elm Street
Jessie Griswold
K. K
Mra. C. EB. Holmes
Lower
Maineon
George
Percy Bidwell
Percy W. Bidwell
Vet. Batchelder
George B. Chandler
Jerod Dimock
Samuel Dimock
Gary Tripe
As To The High School Girl
A Kansas City Star fragment muses on the stereotype of the high school girl puzzled by facts about the Dardanelles and Clemenceau, noting the contrast between confusion and public discourse, while hinting at broader social expectations and stereotypes.
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Kansas City
Dardanelles
Clemenceau
Woman's social meeting at First Congregational church
Essex February meeting of the Woman's Society opened with Scripture by Miss Ellen A. LaPlace and prayer by Mrs. Charles H. Peck. Officers were re-elected including LaPlace as president and Philander Williams as treasurer. A social hour followed with refreshments. Local notices mention blues and Reds entertainment at the Baptist church and various visits and meetings around town. Roy Stewart stars in The Silent Rider at Thelma Tuesday Night.
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Essex
Woman’s Ees Society
Ellen A. LaPlace
Charles H. Peck
J. R. Johnson
Ard
Philander Williams
Home Missionary
Clara Banning
Eva H. Morgan
Nelson Bushnell
Millie B. Tiley
Blues
Christian Endeavor
Baptist Church
William Mather
Wilford Chaghplin
New London
Francis J. Miller
Essex Station
Gladys Beebe
Willimantic
Rhoda Beebe
Little Point Street
Higganum Social Roundup Notes from Town and Nearby
Higganum residents share weekend visits in Hartford Middletown and New York with a number of locals traveling for shopping and family, while others report illness and hosting guests. Notable movements include Minnie Madelin of Southport visiting her mother, Eva Cook ill at church, and Ella Burr departing for New York to visit friends. Alfred Neff butchered a pig, two hundred pounds dressed. Mrs Jarvis Kingsland and daughter visited Middletown.
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Higganum
Thomas Riley
Hartford
Minnie Madelin
Southport
Eva Cook
Isabelle Anderson
William Neff
Middletown
Hilma Anderson
Maud West
Ida and
Jennie Walkley
Angie Bailey
Clara Burry
Walfred Carlson
New Haven
Ellen Anderson
Charles Beaver
Regina Miller
Gustaf Grenman
Ella Burr
New York
Joseph Lockwood
Willimantic
E. Dickinson
Alfred Neff
Jarvis Kingsland
Ursula Brainard
Old Saybrook Notes Quiet Week and Local Appointments
Mrs John Carney returned from Hartford after treatment and reported at the Junction restaurant. The Acton library received many new books. Siloam lodge will hold its semi monthly communication Wednesday at 8 in the Masonic hall. A busy freight run occurred Saturday. Miss Alice Golden visited Miss Marguerite McGuire in Deep River. James Scalzo of Lyme fills batteryman post at the Junction, replacing A C Maynard who resigned after service since 1914. Joseph Libby of Waterbury visited town over Sunday. Ensign Cornelius Kerwan of Newport R I visits his brother Thomas A Kerwan this week. Mr and Mrs Ralph Swan and two daughters of East Haddam visit Mr and Mrs B B Warren. Henry Ingham Moore of Chicago visits grandfather Henry F Ingham this week.
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Saybrook
John Carney
Hartford
Junction
Acton Library
Siloam Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Alice Golden
Marguerite McGuire
Deep River
James Scalzo
Lyme
A. C. Maynard
Joseph Libby
Waterbury
Cornelius Kerwan
Newport
R. I
Thomas A. Kerwan
Ralph Swan
East Haddam
B. B. Warren
Henry Ingham Moore
Chicago
Henry F. Ingham
Circularist orator frames Bolshevism as a circle of power
The Boston Herald notes a London street corner speaker deriding Bolshevism by claiming it is a circular movement. He wagers a demonstration tracing power from Pharaohs to Shahs and beyond, suggesting rulers rise and fall in cycles.
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Boston Herald
London
Ily Chronicle
Middlefield Social and Library Talk Planned in Town
The Congregational church social is set for Wednesday evening at the town hall with supper at 6 30. The Mothers Club meets Thursday at the M church with Mrs Bellemaneer Johnson of Hartford speaking as state library inspector. Henry M Torrey of Norristown PA visited, William Bertini and family from Granby visited relatives, and Mrs Harold Burnham has influenza.
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Middlefield
Congregational Church
Bellemaneer Johnson
Hartford
Henry M. Torrey
Norristown
William Bertini
Granby
Harold Burnham
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