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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
7
Prolonged screening of The Romance of Tarzan and Too Many Millions heads a Middlesex program featuring Jace Reid in a money comedy, a Jester comedy, and vaudeville acts plus The Goose Girl with Marguerite Clark. Also four vaudeville acts and travel pictures.
A February advertisement from Central Connecticut Power and Light Co announces free electricity during 1919 and a home wiring offer with a special rate. It invites readers to telephone or visit the Middle Town office or Walter A. Bru for details and to view electric fixtures. The Oakum factory has reopened after several weeks of shutdown.
A vintage advertisement extols Danderine to cleanse hair of dust and oil in minutes. It claims hair becomes wavy fluffy and abundant while eradicating dandruff itching and shedding. The copy emphasizes roots and growth, urging readers to buy at drugstores for salon like results.
Higganum residents report a minor accident as Miss Freecot tin, principal of the Union School, fell and injured her wrist, with Miss Clara Spencer substituting. Local updates include family visits, illnesses improving, service discharge, and a Centenary Council meeting at the Methodist chapel this evening. East Hampton firm advertises electric fixtures via Centre Conn. Power and Light Co. in Middletown listings.
Miss Catharine Rowan of Middletown visits Deep River while Miss Ellen Johnson from Connecticut Hospital for the Insane joins her parents in town. Tonight a town hall meeting aims to form a local baseball association and elect officers for the season amid waning postwar interest. Ice shortages worry icemen as eight inch ice becomes scarce. Charile Chaplin’s A Dog's Life plays at Comstock Cheney hall Ivoryton Friday.
A list of fabric price cuts announces discounts at Wimovsky's. Thirty five cent percales drop to 24, 35c outing flannels to 29, 26c calico to 17, 29c apron ginghams to 28, 49c pillow tubing to 42, 68c sheeting to 62, and 25c muslins now 18.adv 72.
Westbrook reports a Red Cross meeting and a War Bureau session on Tuesday. Plans discussed include installing electric lights at headquarters. Mrs. James H. Ripley visits Springfield briefly. The Ladies Congregational society hosted a gathering in church parlors. Miss Amy D. Chapman visits West Haven and New York City. A whist event for Red Cross and War Bureau is set at Red Cross house on Main Street for February 7 at 8 p.m. Music and refreshments planned.
East Hampton notes report Middlesex Hospital Aid dues collection details with several local members named and calls for donations. Visitors include Verdith Dawn Anderson returning from Yonkers and George Kennedy of Hartford. Local events mention a dance at Siebert's hall with Heck's orchestra and a Red Cross meeting at Chatham hall. Private Miles Healy returns to Camp Merritt after furlough, and other residents are recorded as visiting Middletown or Middletown events.
Mrs. Percy W. Bidwell visited friends in Hartford on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Templeman will move to Saybrook on Thursday. Herbert Spencer of the US Navy is home on a 48Hour furlough. Red Cross met at Library hall today. Large Grange attendance on Wednesday evening. Fred Tully House on Main Street being re shingled. Fred B. Whitmore of Higganum died Sunday at Middlesex Hospital, born in Rocky Hill. Skating remains popular. Mrs. Lillie Gorman improving at Middlesex Hospital. Mrs. Fred Filmore visited in Middletown Wednesday.
Pirette Bros. visited Higganum with a load of household goods. John Hall moves from Higganum to Ivoryton. Clark dies at Mare's Hill after days with pneumonia. C and C Hall and Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life noted. Savillion J. Clark's funeral at his Ivoryton home Saturday at 2, burial in Centerbrook. widow Anna B Clark and sisters survive. See Wimovcky prices on fabrics in Deep River ads. February sale at Atkins Essex offers cottons and percale at 25 cents per yard.
Berlinfi Conn Feb 6 everything is set for the opening night of the Village Improvement society social at Athletic hall this evening. The program features mostly local entertainment and a pleasant time is anticipated. District schools close Friday for a teachers' meeting. Dr Hodgson is convalescent and he and Mrs Hodgson left for a rest with relatives at Wilmington. Miss Sarah Morgan from Middle sex hospital was visiting home. G R Manton formerly of this place was calling on friends. Skating is suspended due to several ice breaks. The coat of a horse is nature's gift. the coat of a donkey is often the work of a tailor.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for common childhood woes. It claims Cascarets purify the liver and bowels, reducing sickness, trouble, and cost for careful mothers managing white tongues sour stomachs or colds. The tone suggests a home remedy mindset with an emphasis on harmless relief.
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