Film Listings Highlight Comedy Drama and The Border Wireless
The program features a comedy drama about social life and family in Do We Eat? with a strong cast including Robert McKim and Gertrude re, plus a Hart Artcraft thriller The Border Wireless about Hun plots on the US border. Also vaudeville acts Wellington and Sylvia, Dolly Kay, Chuck er, and The Three Tivos in harmony singing. Curta Events and more entertain.
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Mud Bennett
Thomas
Ice
Hirza
Robert McKim
Gertrude Re
Frank Hayes
Jack Nelson
J. Montgomery Flagg
Wellington
Sylvia
Dolly Kay
Man
Chucker
Grand Theatre Lineup Promises Variety This Week
Tonight and Saturday feature four acts of fle head the program. The Kultur with Gladys el offers a screen attraction and a good comedy. A matinee shows a thrilling episode for Millions. Next Wednesday Alice dy appears in Woman and from the novel Jane Eyre. Also shown are Under Four Flags, a U S official war picture.
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Grand Theatre
Fle
Gladys el
Alicedy
The War and the Bible in Christian Herald
The War and the Bible argues that World War I evidences biblical truths such as the fall of man. An exchange with a physician frames Germany as a modern Eden before moral collapse. The piece asserts that prosperity alone cannot redeem nations and links war to classical biblical imagery of temptation and downfall.
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John Roach Straton
Christian Herald
Ike
Germany
Eden
Its Ended Then am How Can I Tell When Is Over
A fragmentary quote reflects relational strain as a person questions signs of an ending quotes about communication and uncertainty. The text hints at marital tension and introspection without providing concrete events or names.
Longtime Old Saybrook resident Elisha Clarke dies aged near 100
Elisha Yale Clarke aged near nanogenarian and among town’s oldest, died at his Main street home after months of illness. He taught in New York City for over forty years, then returned to Old Saybrook with his family. He leaves wife and three children, with services planned at the family home Saturday.
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Old Saybrook
Elisha Yale Clarke
Main Street
Clark
Newburen
N. Y
Russell
Mary
J. H. deVries
Canton
Mass
Henry
Glens Falls
Claude McAllister
Lake Charles
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Wilmington
Dela
Charles S. Gates
St. John’s Church
Grace Episcopal Church
First Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
New Haven
Changes at Pratt and Read Co and local notes
James Grota left Pratt and Read Co in Deep River. Louis A. Wright, lately in Hartford, will move to Chester and join C. J. Bates & Son. Elmore C. Stevens, ex U S Tank service, has returned home with honorable discharge. Miss Geneva Christensen enjoyed a pleasant surprise gathering with friends. Friends surprised Miss Bessie Walker at Main Street. The Junior band meets tonight.
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Chester
James Grota
Pratt and Read Co
Deep River
Louis A. Wright
Hartford
C. J. Bates & Son
Elmore C. Stevens
U. S. Tank Service
Geneva Christensen
Bessie Walker
Main Street
Princess Saturday Night at the Movies Tonight
Tom Mix stars in Ace High with the Canadian mounted police in a thrilling western. The last episode of the Vengeance serial and Thomas Edison’s wonder Fair Magic reel are featured. Mrs. Charlie Chaplin appears in The Price of a Good Time on Tuesday.
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Tom Mix
Canadian Mounted Police
Thomas A. Edison
Charlie Chaplin
Westbrook Town Hall Monday Night War Ad Teaser
A brief wartime town hall notice from Westbrook invites residents to an Monday night event featuring the second official war picture and related discussion under civic auspices.
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Town Hall
America’s. Answer
Adv
A Far Cry
Two friends meet on a street morning and greet each other with a warm exchange. One congratulates the other on a new youngster at home, sharing news of a recent family addition. The brief scene captures a casual, friendly moment between acquaintances as they hurry to their offices.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Linder
Essex Local Notes and Social Arrivals
Essex residents and visitors appear in a digest of social items. H D Robinson returns from Hartford business trip. Ferranti of the U S Army on furlough at Main Street home. Supervisor Westbrook at Ivoryton school. teacher meeting held. Walter Clarke from Chester visits his mother on Saybrook Street. Mrs Eliza Parker ill at nephew Merritt Parker’s Guilford home. Mr and Mrs John Errickson visit Killingworth. W B E Society to meet with Frances Hayden. Moonlight skating enjoyed by locals. Funeral of Mrs Jeanette Lewis at Main Street home. Rev C Rees officiates. interment Riverview Cemetery. James Parmelee of Hartford and Ernest Parmelee of Bristol visit town. F B Strickland of Irving National Bank spending weekend at Griswold House. Thelma at the theatre. Enid Bennett in A Desert Wooing. America’s Answer coming Tuesday. Card of Thanks from Mrs Crocker for sympathy and flowers.
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Essex
H. D. Robinson
Hartford
Ferranti
U. S. Army
Stais
Main Street
C. H. Westbrook
Ivoryton School
Walter Clarke
Chester
Henry A.pratt
Saybrook Street
Eliza Parker
Merritt Parker
Guilford
John Errickson
Killingworth
W. 8. E. Society
Frances Hayden
Jeanette Lewis
Rev. C. Rees
Middletown
Riverview Cemetery
James Parmelee
Ernest Parmelee
Bristol
F. B. Strickland
Irving National Bank
New York
Griswold
Services at Swedish Mission church in Ivoryton
Ivoryton January 17 services will be held Sunday at 9 o clock with pastor A delivering the sermon Safely Around the Cape. Mrs 8 R Shailer is ill at home and William Hughes mourns his daughter Annie Buckley in New York. Former pupils honored Nellie Burkhardt with a surprise party at Ivoryton hotel with 35 children attending. Mrs Wesley Winslow and Mrs John Twohills have returned from Winsted. J S Everett of Guilford visited Thursday.
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Ivoryton
Cape
R. Shailer
William Hughes
New York
Annie Buckley
Nellie Burkhardt
Special sale at Public Market boosts meat butter eggs
Durham ad announces Saturday sale at Public Market 400 Main St near Stueck's bakery featuring best meats and lowest prices. Includes meats butter eggs and related specials aimed to attract shoppers.
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Main St
Stueck
Adv
Stueck’s Bakery
London’s Coldest Spot in the Tube Lift
A London Chronicle correspondent claims the coldest place in London is the open tube lift as it descends. He notes an edged breeze pierces clothing and the warm tubes heighten the chill. He salutes the lift men who endure the icy blast and wonders about their mortality statistics.
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London
London Chronicle
Olive Tablets Promised For Constipation Relief
A testimonial touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle laxative option without calomel. The copy claims the tablets ease constipation and cleanse the bowels and liver naturally with no griping, noting pleasant, mild effects like reduced bad breath.
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Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Olive T
Geohe
Weekly Market Letter Signals Postwar Recovery Prospects
Richter & Co reports that railroad and tax settlements may restore confidence and unlock business. Connecticut manufacturers have settled with the government on favorable terms, with restrictions easing as reconstruction proceeds. Foreign trade is expanding as large U S firms deploy reps abroad, while domestic demand remains robust. note on ancient small coin, the mite, used for alms in Asia Minor.
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Connecticut
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Paramount Picture
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Modest Altschuler
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