Little Women at the Grand and vaudeville crowds
The page advertises the week’s show bill with Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women staged with Marguerite Clark as Jean Fanshaw, Pearl White in The Raider, and The Crucible. Also features vaudeville acts, Billy Bouncer’s trampoline contest, and Clara Young in The House of Glass at the Grand Theatre with Lure of the Circus and Wives of Men among other attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa M
Pearl White
Marguerite
Little Jean
Jean Fanshew
Billy Bouncer
Middlesex
Bert
Tatie Rale
Burkett and St. Clair
Eddie Vine
Grand Theatre
Clara Young
House of Glass
Salisbury
Ruth Clifford
Mary M
Eddie Polo
Plac
Bart Westbrook in For Border Wheel Friday Night
A fragment notes Bart Westbrook and a feature titled For Border Wheel Friday Night along with a mention of waelin in A Dog's Life indicating a local page or column item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart
Border Wheel
Waelin
Local youths plan county camp and rifle team tops State Guard
In Cena Gaans county, planning starts for a County Boy Scout camp this summer as town boys save for a two week outing. The Deep River rifle team defeated Co. C East Hampton 762 to 744 at the local range with high scores by Nordberg Hill Emerson Bissell Cahill Bride and Captain Moore Carlson Starkey Rankin Johnson Kennedy. A return game is set for Bell town next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Bevare
Cena
Florence Gill
Claire Zeeb
Middletown
Marjorie Burnham
Hampton
William Wooster
Dudley Warage
Co. C
Eastton State Guard
East Hampton
Nordberg
Hill
Emerson
EB. Purple
Bissell
N. Purple
Cahill
Bride
Deep River
Harry A. Moore
Arthur Carlson
Felix Starkey
Markham
Simonton
Lieut
Robert Rankin
Albin Johnson
J. A. Kennedy
BE. G. Burke
Fountain Hill Cemetery Association
Etta Jones
Chester
Hugh M. Alcorn
Sydney Jones
Lursfield
Hartford
William Purple of
Moodus
Frank Brockway
Deep River Business Men’s Association
Masonic Banquet Hall
Deep River Town Hall Minstrel Show April 1
If not, then it will be for your bene fit to see the big show in the Deep River Town hall Tuesday evening April 1. Scott and Bayrd two man minstrel show and Thomp son Blood Boston comedian. Two hours of merriment. General admission 25c plus war tax. Reserved seats on sale at New Era office. Entertainment followed by dancing. Pratt's orchestra adv. 283
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River Town Hall
Scott and Bayrd
Thompson Blood
Boston
New Era
Pratt
Scott & Bayrd
Chester News Roundup Prominent Local Arrivals and Events
Chester residents: Eugene Gorman of the U S Navy visits home briefly. Mrs. John Webb sick at home. Mrs. Joseph Stuart returns from New Jersey. Miss Elizabeth H Smith visits Hartford. Mrs. Jacob Feinstein hosts Morris Shapiro of Middletown. Medora Rebecca Lodge members plan Essex meeting. April 1 minstrel show Scott Bayrd and Thompson Blood at New Era with general admission 25c plus war tax, reserved seats at office, dancing after. Pratt's orchestra.
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Chester
Eugene Gorman
U.S. Navy
John Webb
Joseph Stuart
New Jersey
Lizabeth H. Smith
Hartford
Jacob Feinstein
Morris Shapiro
Middletown
Medora Rebecca Lodge
Essex
Middlefield Grange program pits married against unmarried members
Middlefield Grange No. 63 met in the town hall with a forty minute program by both sides. The married half featured a piano solo reading a nurse’s piece a paper on nourishment and a chorus. The unmarried half performed a minstrel. Judges from nearby towns awarded the prize to the married group. An addendum notes a tractor attachment demonstration at F F Brewster's Brookfield Farm in Durham.
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Middlefield
Middlefield Grange No. 63
P. of H
Town Hall
H. G. Burnham
William Elliot
Maria Winter
Fred Winter
Julius Thompson
Helen Rich
Durham
Henry Dunham
Mattabessett
Case
Hemlock
Pomeroy
Meriden
W. Babcock
Liege Street
Middletown
Fond. du Lac
F. F. Brewster
Brookfield Farm
Cromwell Visitor Notes and Local Mentions
Cromwell on March 27 features Miss Jessie McCrae of New London visiting friends. John Neilson of Portland has purchased the David ee property and Baisden works on improving her home. Lucy Savage is on vacation and E. Dabock a Middletown dentist in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
Jessie McCrae
New London
John Neilson
Portland
David Ee
Lucy Savage
Moe Ee
Prince Axel of Denmark May Become King of Finland
Copenhagen dispatch says Prince Axel of Denmark may soon become king of Finland. The visit of Mannerheim to Copenhagen was linked to the appointment. Prince Axel recently returned to Denmark after a long visit to the United States and Great Britain.
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Prince Axel
Denmark
Finland
Copenhagen
M. Mannerheim
United States
Great Britain
Durham Town Hall Dance and Local Ads
Evening dancing at the town hall features Hahn's popular orchestra. Advertisements list 283 W. E. Babcock as a Middletown dentist and note Fond du Lac and Brewster's Brookfield demonstrations in Durham Saturday afternoon. A Yale alumni Weekly piece criticizes Germanized PhD dissertations as drudgery and urges constructive humanities scholarship.
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Town Hall
Hahn
W. E. Babcock
College Street
Middletown
Fond du Lac
Ford
F. F. Brewster
Brookfield
Durham
New York Evening Post
Dean Cross
Yale Graduate School
Yal
Why Chilly Weather Brings Rheumatism
Rheumatism plagues all ages and should be fought with warmth and hydration. It is caused by uric acid built up when kidneys lag in filtering impurities. in damp cold skin pores close, forcing kidneys to work harder and allowing uric acid to settle in joints. A week of four ounces of Jad Salts daily is claimed to stimulate kidneys and purify blood. Jad Salts is inexpensive and widely used by sufferers.
Banquet and reunion of Co. G 6th Infantry at Saybrook Point
Old Saybrook reports a banquet and reunion of Co. G 6th Infantry at the Pease House Saybrook Point with planned speakers, promising insights on river workers and members from several companies. Other items note C R Ellis leaving for New York, Red Cross garment drive dates, an ex captain’s discharge, visitors to Montclair, and a New Haven theatre trip. An Eastward dirigible maneuver preceded Friday night in Westbrook for Chaplin in A Dog's Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Saybrook
Co. G., 6Th Infantry
Pease House
Saybrook Point
Kers
C. R. Ellis
New York
Red Cross
John A. Ayer
State Guard of
6Th Infantry
W. R. Bushnell
Edward K Foote
Montclair
N. J
George W. Grinnell
William R. Havens
William A. Clark
New Haven
Dirigible
Westbrook Town
Hall
Oop Chaplin
Adv
Local society notes and library additions in Haddam
Mrs W M Bramhall of Groton visited Mrs Harold Tracy yesterday. Sunday school class members enjoyed a gathering at Mrs F H Arnold's home. Miss Hubbard's music pupils held a library recital to benefit Armenian relief. Clifford Arnold suffers an abscess. Mrs William Burr of West Haddam and relatives visited friends. Mrs R S Towle of New London stayed with her father L T Treat. New books added to the library include The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and other titles by Mary Roberts Rinehart Zane Grey and more. Street Middletown Tel 1147-2-adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Towle
New London
L. T. Treat
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Wheat
U. P. Trail
Zane Grey
Roubaux
W. E. Babcock
College Street
Middletown
Tel
Fond du Lac
Ford
F. F. Brewster
Brookfield Farm
Durham
Senator Borah Refused Mileage Still Noted
The Charleston News and Courier notes that Washington did not ride a railroad, yet Senator Borah is not recorded as ever refusing his 20 cents mileage. The line suggests a curious record or lack thereof in early travel allowances.
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Charleston News and Courier
Senator Borah
Drink Hot Water For A Rosy Complexion Daily
A health note promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims internal cleansing clears skin, reduces headaches and bilious spells and improves complexion. The remedy is inexpensive and supposedly washes away toxins before meals.
Peterson's Ointment Heals Sores and Piles, Erie Letter
A customer letter praises Peterson's Ointment for healing a running sore after three weeks of use. The Ohio era ad-copy notes high satisfaction, with claims of rapid relief for eczema and piles and mentions a 35 cent price for a large box and a pint bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
A. C. Gilbrath
Reed Street
Erie
Buffalo
John D. Trockefeller
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Westbrook
Clara Kimball Young
Monroe Salisbury
New Britain
Mary McLaren
Matinee
Florence Reed
Dustin Farnum
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Barton Clothing Co
and Custom Tailors
Deville
Vauville
Billy Bouncer’s
Marguerite Clark
Paramount
Burton Holmes
LYONS
Adolph Zukor
Plina Cavalieri
By Alicia Ramsey
Paramount Picture
Margaret Turnbull
Edward Jose
William A. Brady
Louisa M. Alcott
Paramount Artcraft
Harley Knoles
Rene Guissart
Anne Maxwell
George Kelson
Lightning Raider
D. F. Nixon
the City Savings Bank
Lyman D. Mills Co
Court Street
Louis M Schmidt
Aoenew
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