Salome at Wilcox studios in Hollywood presents grand epic
Theda Bara stars in Salome filmed at Wilcox studios Hollywood with sets recreating Herod palace and Jaffa gate. J Gordon Edwards directs with dramatic scenes including John the Baptist meeting Salome and the prince murder plot. Also showing The Equal Man with Ellett Dexter and Annttle, plus Mack Sennett comedy and four acts of vaudeville.
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Regal
Wilcox Studios
Hollywood
Cal
J. Gordon Edwards
Jaffa
King’s Palace
Herod’s Palace
Salome
Sejanus
Naomi
Herod
Rome
Marian
John the Baptist
John
Miss Bara
Middlesex Tonight
Cecil B. de Mille
Edwin Milton Boyle
Ellett Dexter
Annttle
Mack Sennett
Lillian Gish in The Greatest Thing in Life at Middlesex
Miss Lillian Gish appears as Jeanette in The Greatest Thing in Life a new Artcraft drama by David Wark Griffith shown at Middlesex on Monday and Tuesday February 24 and 25 Alongside Pearl White in The Lightning Raider and Current Events the program features a roving tale of a girl half boyden half dreamer and her French loving father with a New York tobacco stand scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Gish
Jeanette
David Wark Griffith
Middlesex
Miss Gish
Boyden
France
New York City
Pearl White
Grand Theatre Vaudeville and Films Schedule Emphasizes Fox Kiddies
Tonight four acts of vaudeville grace the Grand stage with a headlining picture Tell it to the Marines starring Fox Kiddies Jane and Katherine Lee. Wednesday brings Alice in the new Select picture Her Great Chance. Monday features Mabel Normand in Mickey. Shows run February 24 and 25 on the following Monday and Tuesday.
East Haddam Welcomes Soldier Fred Wolf Jr Home
East Haddam February 22 Fred Wolf Jr the first local boy to return from overseas duty is back at his Town Street home his smile bright and town pride high. Local residents L L Brockway Hadlyme and others visited while Fred Clark and A Clifton Swan delivered lumber for W C Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Haddam
Fred Wolf, Jr
Town Street
Fred
L. L. Brockway
Hadlyme
Fred Clark
A. Clifton Swan
Tuckertown
W. C. Reynolds
Frank Treat
Chester
Henry Baer
Wm. O. Peck
Marshal Miner
Philip Loudis
Riverside Garage
Harry Frontie
Tylerville
H. J. Clarke
Moodus
William Dougherty
Ed Harris
Hartford
Hayward’s
Moodus notices and social updates from February
Moodus notes report a printing delay for the Connecticut Valley Advertiser and list upcoming meetings and visits. Unity Circle of the Kings Daughters plans a Feb 24 assembly. Mae Kiley and Elizabeth North visited East Hampton. Frank P. Smith of Ashley Falls suffers another spell. Mrs. Frank O Neill returns home after appendectomy. Mrs. Bernice Talbot and Mae Talbot plan a Chelsea visit. Mrs. Cone, widow of William, improves and can walk without crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moodus
Connecticut Valley Advertiser
Unity Circle of the
King’s Daughters
Kimball
Frank O’neill
Charter Oak Hospital
Hartford
Bernice Talbot
Mae Talbot
East Berlin Social and Weather Notes Brief
Miss Marjorie Turner entertained her Sunday school group this afternoon at her home. Services were held at various churches. Several new pink cases were reported around town. Residents enjoyed a light snowstorm Friday and youth sledded down hills late into the evening. Thomas Holigan has been discharged from the army and returned home Thursday. Word arrived that Lieut. Arthur Benson, severely wounded in France, has arrived. A reception at Seysa for the athletic hall class was well attended and pleasant refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Marjorie Turner
Thomas Holigan
Arthur Benson
France
Seysa
Deep River News Highlights Local Courtship, Bravery, and Service
In Deep River on Feb 22 local notices report Miss Margaret and the Sabbath gathering at Ster, coxswain William Saunders returning from a long cruise aboard the U S Birmingham. Other items note Hartford and Middletown visits, church services, and a war bravery citation for Corporal Harold M Johnson building a Meuse river bridge. Several residents recover from illness while others move or return home, with notable criminal arrest in New London for forging a check and a man discharged from military service on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohlman
Middletown
Louis Johnson
Ellen Johnson
J. Aaron Johnson
Martin Johnson
Judson Tripp
Saybrook
Ninth Infantry Brigade
Harold M. Johnson
Alfred Johnson
West Elm Street
Meuse River
Marcia Mather
Ofice
Southern New England Telephone Co
Jerome Russell
Eugene H. Pelton
Margaret Wright
Essex Street
Board of Relief
Town Hall
United Service
Byron Hatfield
Christian Science Society
Lillian Hotchkiss
West Haven
Jacob Riese
A. F. Gangloff
Madison
Frederick Saunders
Royal Eastman
Henry Tabor
Raymond Johnson
Lawrence Carlson
Roy Gladding
Edward Coney
Newark
Agusta Southworth
Charles Brainerd
John Mook
Burns Detective Agency
Denver
New London
National Bank of Commerce
Chris Kerr
William B. Coit
Wimovsky’s Shoe Sale Ad Offers Classic Men’s Footwear
Men’s $6.00 shoes priced at $3.98, $8.00 tan shoes at $4.98, and $6.00 army shoes at $4.49. A lot of men’s $6.00 and $7.00 shoes selling for $2.98 and $3.98. Advertisement indicates Wimovsky’s store.
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Wimovsky’s
Feminine gender defined as opposite of masculine
An Indianapolis seventh grader defined masculine line gender and the teacher asked for feminine. Alice quoted her definition: feminine gender is the gender that opposes masculine, reflecting her feminist mother’s influence.
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Indianapolis
Alice
Local Notices and Social Roundup in Essex
Essex residents report visits from New Haven and New York. Church services at St John s Memorial and the Catholic church are scheduled Sunday with Holy Communion and Sunday school. The Red Men plan an Adoption Degree rehearsal and a trip to New London. Pratt s orchestra provided music for a Washington Fire Co ball at the town hall. Mrs Penelli visits Philadelphia while others attend conferences and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Elmer Buckingham
New Haven
M. E. Buckingham
Railroad Avenue
St. John’s Memorial Church
F. F. H. Nason
Vanamee
New York City
James Conklin
Middletown
Charles Bradeen
Winsted
Inez Peck
Hamburg
Washington Fire Co
Pratt
Red Men
Trib
New London
Essex Square
Pierretti Bros
Nananatic Tribe
Frank Penelli
Cohen
Philadelphia
Ivoryton Daily Roundup Of Visits And Sales
Ivoryton notes a sequence of visits by residents to New Haven Milton and Hartford plus a Saybrook guest. Church events include Bethany Circle of the King’s Daughters meeting and All Saints mission service with a stereopticon lesson. A Deep River shoe sale at Wimnovaky’s offers children’s and tan shoes heavily discounted. Snow depth in town reached four inches.
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Ivoryton
Albin Berg
Clinton
Asa Gilbert
New Haven
Florence Barnes
Killingworth
Horace Strickland
Alice Loomis
Milton
Mass
Louis,Hurd
Beatrice Stillman
Saybrook
Florence Chrystal
Carl Herms
St Luke's mission and Baptist services planned for Sunday
Chester notices detail Sunday rites at St Luke's mission four o'clock service led by lay reader Mr Davidson and a business meeting with Rev Mr Gilbert. Baptist church holds morning and evening services. At 10 30 am the pastor preaches A Proper Way For A Person To Be Provoking. A monthly gospel concert at 7 pm features two addresses and choir music from the youth and children choruses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Mission
Davidson
Gilbert
Baptist Church
Old Saybrook News Roundup and Local Notices
Old Saybrook reports residents visiting Springfield and returning veterans home from New London and New Haven. Selectman Chapman improved and to reside with his sister. four inches of snow blankets the town as ice dealers store ice. Saybrook Point Whist Club sees eight members with Mrs. Dickinson and John Jobson winning prizes. Four Minute Men district meeting set for Feb 24 at town hall with program including flag salute, songs, and speeches from Chester.
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Old Saybrook
George G. Sheffield
Hiram Parsons
Springfield
Merwin Beard
New London Naval Station
John M. Golden
New Haven
M. J. Golden
Frederick
Chapman
Hartford Hospital
C. B. Botsford
Ralph P. Stillman
Henry F. Stevens
M. Mooney
Richard Dickinson
Saybrook Point
Charles Dickinson
F. B. Steele
John Jobson
A. J. Gilbert
Old Saybrook Town Hall
America
Chester
High School Contest Participants Named
Judges selected contestants from towns including East Lyme Essex Haddam Killingworth Lyme Old Lyme Old Saybrook Saybrook Westbrook and Saybrook with entries from Deep River Jewett Tiffany Old Saybrook High Pratt High Es sex Vivian Samuelson and others. The event at Hartford featured the song Star Spangled Banner performed by participants such as Frances Samuelson and John Thomas Frenyear.
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Ralph Hi Watrous
East Lyme
Helen Beckwith
Essex
Frances Samuelson
Haddam
Killingworth
Lyme
Old Lyme
Razer Bugbee
Old Saybrook
Walter Gilman
Saybrook
Helen Black
Westbrook
Esther Swanson
Deep River High School
Jewett Tiffany
John Thomas Frenyear
Pratt High School
Vivian Samuelson
E. Ward Ireland
Hartford
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Theda Bara In
Wimnovaky’s
Deep River
Middlesea
U U.s
Y. M.C. A. Gym
Christian Community Service
W. D. Beach
D. D
William Fox
Adorno
Jane and
Katherine Lee
Alice Brady
Mabel Normand the Great
Mickey
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Edwin Milton Royle
The
Squaw Man
D. W. Griffith
Robert Harron
DW. Griffith
Ting
Lightning Raider
Naoececaalll
Beach St
Michael Gormano/ Moods
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