Mary Pickford in The Little American and War Brides headlining Grand and Middlesex
Virginia era cinema notes announce Mary Pickford in The Little American at the Middlesex June 7 and 8 and War Brides at the Grand June 9 and 10. The article highlights her career from Russia to America and celebrates her top screen status with the Artcraft production. It also mentions Ches Conklin as a comedian and It Pays To Exercise from Mack Sennett, plus three vaudeville acts.
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Mme
America
Per
Mary Pickford
Artcraft
the Middlesex
Mary
Ches- Conklin
Grand Theatre Tonight Showcases Major Vaudeville Lineup
Middletown audiences will see a strong bill at the Grand Theatre with a vaudeville program plus a double feature. Norma Talmadge presents De Luxe Annie, Talmadge saying it’s her best film, and Louise Lovely star of A Rich Man's Darling with a Sidney Drew comedy. Eddie Polo headlines Saturday in The Bull's Eye chapter fourteen along with Animated Weekly Keystone comedy and more.
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Eddie Polo
Keystone
Higganum Community Notes Highlight Local Events
Higganum June 6 residents report Mrs Gustaf Carlson hosting at summer home. Miss Kreamer of Middletown attends. W C T U to meet Friday in Portland with a gold medal contest among five entrants. Mrs John Knowles and daughter Esther along with Miss Effie Richards honored meeting. Children’s Day planned at Congregational church with music. Miss Sally Fanny Gleaton spoke on Suffrage at Grange hall, praising potential benefits. Miss Faith Bonfoey from Middletown accompanied her. Iron G Skinner chaired meeting. Rev William Knowles of Ponsett visited town yesterday.
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Higganum
Gustaf Carlson
Kreamer
Middletown
Portland
John Knowles
Esther
Effie Richards
Hall
Congregational Church
Sally Fanny Gleaton
Grange Hall
Prayer meeting and social events in Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill invites men to a town social in the Congregational church basement on Saturday evening June 8 at 8 p.m. Reents will be served. A social at the Methodist op an evening given by the Library. George Belden was in Hartford on Wednesday. Edward Stevens of Hartford was a BE. E. Lord, Miss Mary R. Lord Carrie Williams attended in Hartford on Wednesday June 14 will be Flag Day. Mrs. Edward Carrol was a visitor in Hartford yesterday.
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Rocky Hill
Congregational Church
George Belden
Hartford
Edward Stevens
BE. E. Lord
Mary R. Lord
Carrie Williams
Edward Carrol
Moodus Church Hosts Children’s Day Ceremony
Moodus on Sunday evening June 9 at 7 30 PM the Methodist church holds a Children’s Day ceremony Mrs Michael Gorman and her son Gerald return from a brief Red Cross visit and stop at Mrs William Olm’s home Jecky man is described as plucky and seizing an opportunity.
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Moodus
Methodist Church
Michael Gorman
Gerald
View
Red Cross
William Olm
Weddings and visits mark town notes at Holy Advent church
The report lists arrivals and visits including Mr and Mrs Kelsey and relatives, Schmelke returning from vy and serving at Pel a Mine, Elizabeth Fishiner visiting Mount Vernon, Mildred Buell and Leslie Dickinson stationed in Newport, and local residents Walter Wellman and Amelia Hurlburt returning for the summer plus church services at the Church of the Holy Advent with altered morning schedule and an evening sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jacobson
M. E. Church
Walter Wellman
New Haven
Wilson Lane
Amelia Hurlburt
Church of the Holy Advent
Colchester Notes Include Local Events and Prices
Colchester reports Cecil Bigelow back from California and possibly headed to Camp Upton. A midweek 7 30 prayer meeting at the Baptist church. Thirty two young men registered yesterday, now 21 since last June 5. Colchester and four other towns registered. Warden and burgesses met Monday. Park game Saturday three thirty Colchester versus East Hampton. No States Guards drill tonight. Elgart notes cucumber run. prices listed for hominy oats corn stock feed gluten barley. Adv. 76.
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Colchester
Cecil Bigelow
California
Camp Upton
The
Baptist Church
Warden
Burgesess
East Hampton
D. Elgart
L. Broder
Saybrook Point Social Roundup
Saybrook Point notes June 6 list visitors and residents. James H. Day visited Middle town while Mrs. William R. Bushnell spent Tuesday in New Haven. The Robertsons joined Rev and White for a weekend arrival in Hinsdale. N J B Holman attended a state charities meeting in Hartford. Dorothy Thompson visited Essex, and Charles Wells family of Hartford opened a summer home here. Mrs. John H. Allen stays with a Hartford daughter for a few years.
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Saybrook Point
James H. Day
Middletown
William R. Bushnell
New Haven
Robertson
White
Hinsdale
N. J. B. Holman
State Board of Charities
Hartford
Dorothy Thompson
Essex
Charles Wells and
John H. Allen
Local Movements and Community Notes in Cromwell
Cromwell residents John Footit and Winthrop Hallock departed Sunday for Montana to establish residence there. Dr Briggs and family relocated to Rhode Island. Rev Frederick Hollister and wife returned to Wilton after a brief town visit. The Luther League plans a Thursday meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs August Anderson. Miss Lucy H Savage of Northfield is home for summer vacation.
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Cromwell
John Footit
Winthrop Hallock
Montana
Dr. Briggs
Rhode Island
Frederick Hollister
Wilton
Luther League
August Anderson
Lucy H. Savage
Northfield
East Hampton News Briefs and Tragic Suicide Report
East Hampton notes report visitors from Bridgeport and Ivoryton, flag day events at the grammar school lawn, and a string of local visits. A second suicide by self harm within a week is described in detail involving Peter Knudsen of Hartford who died by hanging after visiting his sister. The piece also mentions Motion pictures being blamed for youth crime in Steelton, Pennsylvania.
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Steelton
Grove
Six-Foot-Seven Sailor Arrives at Great Lakes Station
The largest sailor by height arrives at the naval training station Great Lakes Illinois. Daniel W. Hagin from Northwestern University stands six feet seven inches tall.
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Great Lakes
Naval Training Station
Daniel W. Hagin
Northwestern University
Westbrook Residents Reflect on Local Doings and Visits
Westbrook social notes report Westbrook residents traveling to New Haven for a day trip, guests at a Quotonset Beach villa, and visits to Agawam Massachusetts. Local War Savings fund chair William Hartley Lewis announced a defense council meeting at W. A. Wilcox’s store. Morgan School graduates Charles Bushnell and Blaise Heisler noted, and Chil day services planned at the Congregational church.
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Westbrook
June Carles _Bushnell
Oliver Chalker
Benny Allen
Old Saybrook
New Haven
Fred L. Bushnell
John Vesser
Sarah Wright
Evangeline Wright
Agawam
Mass
William Hartley Lewis
War Savings Fund
Woman’s State Council of Defense
W. A. Wilcox
William A. Goodman
Chicago
Ill
Quotonset Beach
Leroy Jones
Jamaica
WN. Y
L. W. Gregg
Frank Washburn
Waterbury
Cora S. Chapman
Morgan School
Charles Bushnell
Blaise Heisler
Congregational Church
Card of Thanks to Gilbert G. Stokes’ Family
Mrs Ida Stokes Pendleton extends thanks for sympathy and kindness shown during the last illness of her father Gilbert G Stokes and for flowers sent at the funeral. Westbrook Hall Friday night Olive Thomas in Limousine Life presented excellent comedy drama.
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Gilbert G. Stokes
Ida Stokes Pendleton
Adv
Westbrook
Hall
Olive Thomas
Sleepers Found in Haystack With Six Eggs Near Albany
Albany residents Thomas Falleven and Frank Redmond nine were found asleep in a haystack six miles from home after following a road call. They held six eggs tightly as neighbors reported spring blossoms and birdsong in the area.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas Falleven
Frank Redmond
Shatilerville Social Roundup Visits Across Town
Shatilerville residents Mrs C J Ventres and daughter Miss Jane Ventres visit Middletown Portland and Hamden this week. Mr and Mrs Nehemiah Bates of Hartford were in town Sunday. Mrs F W Bailey of Warehouse Point came by recently. Mr and Mrs Herman Dittman appeared in Middletown Monday. Mrs Harvey Olmsted visits sister Mrs Ives in Hobart New York. Henry Slocum William Slocum and family and Bertha Arnold of New London called on friends Sunday. Herman Dittman John Ely and E R Shailer went to Hast Haddam Monday evening.
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Shailerville
C. J. Ventres
Jane W. Ventres
Middletown
Portland
Hamden
Nehemiah Bates
Hartford
F. W. Bailey
Warehouse Point
Herman Dittman
Harvey Olmsted
Ives
Hobart
N. Y
Henry Slocum
William Slocum
Bertha Arnold
New London
John Ely
E. R. Shailer
Hast Haddam
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