Battling Jane shines as Gish’s finest early Paramount role
Miss Gish stars as Jane a nomad who rides into a Maine town on a bicycle. She befriends a mother, cares for the child she finds, and outsmarts an inhuman father over a baby show prize. The film, praised as a premier photoplay in months, plays at the Middlesex on Wednesday January 8, mixing drama with comedy and travel segments.
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Gish
Paramount
Battling Jane
Miss Gish Eppears
Jane
Maine
Lafayette We Come delivers romance of France and America
A film review praises Lafayette We Come as a rare war drama with a strong love story and mystery. Producer Leonce Perret frames France and America in a bond of friendship, with Pershing’s tomb quote inspiring the plot. Shows at Grand theater next Mon Tue Jan 13 14, plus Mary Miles Minter’s The Ghost of Rosy Taylor and other features.
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Lafayette
France
America
General Pershing
Tomb of
Leonce Perret
Perret
Grand Theatre
Mary Miles Minter
Rosy Taylor
Deep River News Briefs Include Pianos Work Resumes And Local Visits
Pratt Road Player Piano Co. resumes production after brief suspension for inventory. M. Durr ill with pneumonia following influenza setback. Harry Classen returns home to Branford. Contractor Harry A. Moore upgrades the old library room, soon to house Town F. L. Hommedieu. Mrs. Peter Dewahn of Bass attend P. J. funeral today. Mrs. Samuel Bass and son of yn NY visit Mr. and Max Wimovsky at Town Hall Wednesday. Barney Sherry featured in the $1,000 prize Triangle story Real Folks and in episode three of The Secret Stockade.
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Deep River
Pratt, Road Player Piano Co
M. Durr
Harry Classen
Branford
Harry A. Moore
F. L’'Hommedieu
Peter Dewahn
Bass
P. J
Samuel Bass and Son
Max Wimovsky
Town Hall
J. Barney Sherry
Haddam Doctor's Hours Set for Evening Visits
Dr Taylor, physician and surgeon, announces office hours from 1 to 2 and 6 30 to 8 p m at Higgan. The notice lists evening appointments and strives to inform patients of availability.
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Taylor
Haddam Village Social and Property Transfers Noted
Saint Eeee society enjoyed a pleasant evening at Mrs. H W Arnold's home while Hardenbrook Whiteley of Liverpool Watched on. David B Roberts of East Hartford bought White Birch Farm and Major Kitchell managed the transfer. Vital Haddam statistics for 1918 show 37 births 11 marriages and 33 deaths with the oldest 87 and youngest three days old.
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Saint — _ Eeee society
H. W. Arnold
Hardenbrook Whiteley
Liver 1
The
Bible Society
David B. Roberts
East Hartford
White
Birch Farm
Kitchell
P. C. Arnold
Harold Tracy
East Hampton
Lucy Kelsey
Haddam
Porto Rican Troubles: Baker to Appoint Labor Commission
Secretary of War Baker will appoint a three member commission to investigate labor troubles in Porto Rico. The panel, chosen by President Wilson, will include a labor representative, a commercial representative, and a neutral. War Department jurisdiction dictates the pick, with reports from labor and AFL leader Samuel Gompers guiding the move. The personnel is currently under consideration.
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Baker
Washington
United States
Wilson
Europe
Secretary of War
Secretary of Labor
Porto Rico
War Department
Department of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Storm Stops Hanging on Kensington Common in 1763
An eighteenth century London execution halted by fog thunder and rain as crowds feared the world ending. Spectators surged barriers shouting deferrals until soldiers cleared the way and the sheriff proceeded with the sentence two days before the scheduled date.
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London Chronicle
Kensington Common
London
Washington Casualty Lists Add Connecticut Absence
Two army casualty lists from Washington dated January 7 show 222 names across categories: killed in action 30, died of wounds 38, died of accident and other causes 6, died of disease 80, missing in action 46, wounded severely 21. No Connecticut names appear in the lists. Cabled corrections note Privates Stanley Denkowski of New Britain died of disease, Thomas A. Hart of Hartford returned to duty from missing in action, and Stanley Ropiak of New Britain returned to duty after being reported missing.
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Connecticut
Washington
Stanley Denkowski
New Britain
Thomas A. Hart
Hartford
Stanley Ropiak
Animals at Toilet and Hygiene in Nature
A Minneapolis Journal item cites a French savant claiming animals lead in hygiene, using tongues as brushes and saliva as soap. Monkeys show strict cleanliness, beards well cared for, and orangutans possess teeth cleaning habits. chimps rinse mouths after meals.
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Minneapolis
Essex Local Notes and Delayed Sessions 1919
Clarence A. Latham former Grand Union Tea Co. worker dies in Essex Compton R I. Red Cross asks for knitting and wool returns by January 13. Grammar school lacked heat and did not meet. Mrs Reynolds of Compton R I dies. others ill or recovering. War news reports son of LeRoy and Mrs Babcock alive in service. Local clergy announce week of prayer at Baptist M E and Congregational churches. Fissex Ivoryton Red Cross to meet January 13 for officer election. Thelma presents God's Half Acre with Mabel Taliaferro and a Drew comedy. Surrender of the German Navy slated for Saturday.
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Essex
Clarence A. Latham
Grand Union Tea Co
George Johnson
Windsor
Martha Johnson
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Grammar School
Reynolds
Compton
R. I
Griswold House Inn
Jennie Bushnell
Rose Gardner
Saybrook
Jeanette Lewis
Main Street
LeRoy Babcock
Baker
War Department
Leman Babcock
William, Williams
Meriden
John Davis
Baptist Church
M. EB
Congregational Church
William Swan
East Orange
N. J
Charles Tiley
U. S. Navy
R. B. Tiley
Thelma
Mabel Taliaferro
Old Saybrook News Roundup of Local Events and Visits
Mrs Annie Morrow moved to Woodmont private sanatorium for treatment after months at home. Angelle Negville of the destroyer Lawson home on ten day furlough from Charleston. Mrs Mary Morrow back at New Britain Normal after influenza. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Ernest Hull at Saybrook Point. Mrs William D Clark visiting relatives in New Haven. Several residents visited New York City. Ice floes drifted down the river amid Monday tides. Hulls’ chimney fire started by furnace fire. bucket brigade and salt used to extinguish. J B Holman and Miss Mabel Holman visiting Hartford. County Commissioner William H Smith at Middletown meeting.
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Old Saybrook
Annie Morrow
Woodmont
Angelle Negville
Ps. 8
Lawson
Charleston
D. C
France
Mary Morrow
New Britain Normal School
Ernest Hull
Saybrook Point
Babe
William D. Clark
New Haven
James McGuire
Helen O’brien
New York
Hull
J. B. Holman
Mabel C. Holman
Hartford
William H. Smith
Middletown
Nurses Return From France By Coast Guard Ferry
Miss Mary A. Murphy of Saylesville Rhode Island and Miss Ruth M. Walker of North Dartmouth Massachusetts photographed at Fire Island after being ferried ashore from the stranded Norther Pacific. The nurses completed their homeward trip pig a back through the surf as Coast Guards shifted them from small boats to the backs of the guards.
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Mary A. Murphy
Saylesville
R. I
Ruth M. Walker
North Dartmouth
Mass
France
Fire Island
Coast Guards
Scientist links coal age to origin of disease in world
Philadelphia Public Ledger reports Prof Roy L Moodie argues diseases began in the coal forming period. Fungi and bacteria thrived in ancient bogs and fossil evidence in coal shows parasite traces in sea lilies, fish, and early teeth. He speculates that disease rose with the coal era and reptile and mammal evolution followed.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Roy L. Moodle
Pennsylvania
Alleghenies
Moodie
Nurse recalls patient swearing during dressing pull
In a Richmond Times Dispatch excerpt a doctor quizzes a nurse after she ripped off a dressing. The nurse replies the patient swore fearfully. The doctor approvingly says the nurse can let him sit up tomorrow.
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Richmond-Times-Dispatch
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Dorothy Gish
Paramount Picture
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