Amusements at Middlesex and Grand Theatres
Newsreel and feature reviews for Middlesex and Grand venues. Highlights include Mickey and a twoheadliner bill, plus Doris Normand's versatile performance. Middlesex showcases The Spender with Bert Lytell, The Sign of the Cross, and Old Mexico travel reels. Talmadge day brings Norma and Constance in double features The Forbidden City and Mrs Leffingwell's Boots. The Cavell Case screens Friday and Saturday alongside vaudeville.
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Middlesex
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
T. W. Bisbee
the Spender
Metro
Bert Lytell
Mr. Jefferson
Wiliam Farnum
Wilson Barrett
Paramount
England
Talmadge
Grand
Grand Theatre
Norma Talmade
Constance Talmadge
Cromwell town meeting set for March 7
The adjourned annual town meeting will be held Friday night March 7 to review the current year's expenses as presented by the selectmen. A tax rate will be voted to cover the projected expenses and income. Rising school costs due to higher teacher salaries and state revenue loss will push school costs to about 14000 dollars this year from 9294 dollars. Also a Home Club event for Belden Library, hosted by Ww. R. C. Home, is planned for Tuesday March 4 at 8 p.m. Tickets are 35 cents with refreshments provided.
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Home Club
Belden Library
Ww. R. C
W. S. Stroud
Aline Kilmer in Good Housekeeping verse
A brief poem by Aline Kilmer appears in Good Housekeeping. The speaker declares fear banished and bravery found, as night and wind are faced with resolve. The verse reflects personal courage amid darkness.
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Aline Kilmer
Old Saybrook Social and Local Notes Summary
Old Saybrook notes list Miss Delia Lemay visiting East Haddam relatives, C C Ellis and son in New Haven, and Captain Bates of the railroad bridge visiting in New Haven. State Guard Co G drills tonight in the armory. Ash Wednesday services set at St John’s 3 39 to 4 30 pm. Local residents Chapman, Burns, Carney, Wombaldt, Aurgensen, Gilman, and Sheffield are mentioned with visits and errands in nearby towns including New Haven New London Hartford and New Britain.
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Old Saybrook
Delia Lemay
East Haddam
A. W. Lemay
C. C. Ellis and
New Haven
William E. Bates
Railroad Bridge
Charles Bates
Co. G
State Guard
St. John’s Church
Frederick S. Chapman
Howard T. Chapman
Robert D. Burns
New London
Kitty Carney
Hartford
John Carney
P. A. Wombaldt
Camp Dix
Wrightson
N. J
Washington
D. Aurgensen
Newtonville
Mass
Serial romance stories praised by Louisville women
In the Louisville Courier Journal dialogue a speaker remarks that an 18 year old girl is doing well by writing serial stories of married life. The exchange highlights the popularity of such fiction among women.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts exhibit set for Hartford
The ninth exhibition of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts will run April 14 to 27 in the Wadsworth Atheneum annex Hartford with oil and sculpture works. Local social notes include a Sunday school teachers conference in Wethersfield and town meetings at Grange hall.
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Rocky Hill
Mar
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford
Hartford County
Methodist
Wethersfield
Percy W. Bidwell
Churchill Street
Julius Bulkley, Jr
Eugene Brown
Craig
East Hartford
Mary Scudder
Grange Hall
Congregational Church
St. James’ Church
F. L. Burr
Grange
Red Cross
Library Hall
Taking No Chances in Washington Star Note
A young man asks for the daughter’s hand in marriage but Mr. Comrox declines involvement, joking that he would share blame if the couple’s union falters and distant from any personal commitment.
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Washington Star
Ivoryton Social and Personal Notes Pulse
Piretti Bros. moved C Andersons household goods from Saybrook to Ivoryton Saturday. Emma Chrystal spent Sunday with friends in New Britain. Paul Jones of New Britain visited his parents in Ivoryton. Harry Rawson visited family here Sunday. Friends honored Mrs Frank Martin at her home Saturday evening for her birthday. Mrs Frederick Chapman returned from a week in New London. Franz Peterson visited New Haven Saturday. Anna Theise of Pond Meadow visited Sophia Myers Sunday. Florence Champlin is in New Haven hospital for throat operation.
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Ivoryton
Piretti Bros
C. Anderson
Saybrook
Emma Chrystal
New Britain
Paul Jones
Curtis P. Jones
Harry Rawson
Frank Martin
Frederick Chapman
New London
Franz Peterson
New Haven
Anna Theise
Pond Meadow
Sophia Myers
Florence Champlin
Homecoming Troops Sail Plans For New England Division
The Providence Journal reports the Twenty-sixth division is set to sail home in April as the homeward troop movement accelerates. With about three hundred thousand troops returned to date, New England's Own is listed among divisions to sail before July, after delays in ship availability. Four divisions return next month, with five more planned for April and the Yankee division likely to lead.
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Providence Journal
New England
New York
Petunia Citizen Quips About President Wilson
A Petunia resident boldly comments on President Wilson causing Constable Sam Slackputter to warn him. The exchange highlights strict law enforcement and local tension in a Kansas City Star fragment.
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Kansas City Star
Wilson
Petunia
Keerful
Sam T. Slackputter
Adrian
Montana Taxation Debate Sparks National Backing
New York Evening Post notes Prof. Louis Levine of the University of Montana faces suspension over publishing a monograph on mine taxation. The Daily Missourian cites near unanimous student resolutions, the Alumni Association investigating committee, and broad protest as governors and taxation experts back Levine’s critique of Montana's mining tax system.
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New York Evening Post
New York
Louis Levine
University of Montana
Daily Missourian
Alumni Association
Levine
Montana
E. R. A. Seligman
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