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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1919
Page
7
Be drove the pill over the fence as the Athletics defeated the Browns 6 to 4. Rain spoiled several games including New Portlevelana and Detroit while Bridgeport and Shields players figured in the scoring.
May 21 report from Deep River notes the Second Annual Banquet for Company F local State Guard held in the town hall. Menu included Parker House rolls and Connecticut river shad. Local residents Parker of Middletown, S. Joseph Holt of Chester, and Ola B. Rankin visited New Haven. Sergeant Rowland White of the Sand Fiala Artillery is in town visiting his mother Mrs. Samuel. Memorial Day parade plan discussed. Enid Bennett presented a film segment “Hands.”
Essex reports a meeting of the tenth milleinnee of Arawana Council in Middletown last evening. Henry K. Post of Waterbury visited his West venue home. John Woods of Stony Creek visits relatives as the diocese of Connecticut holds a 1918 church convention in New Haven with 114000 women employed in agricultural work.
Essey G. Banks is seen as part of a trio led by Thomas H. Ince in a new film project. The note highlights Banks as a key contributor alongside Ince and others shaping early cinema collaborations.
A fragmentary cinema notes column describes SNETT Retaris in a cabaret scene from The Red Glove. Alfred Allen is injured by a gunshot during production at Universal City. It also previews Howe's Travel Festival and a Grand theatre double feature featuring The Love Defender and Children of the West, plus a snowy mountain photography vignette.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a program including sensational scenes during snowstorms and four strong vaudeville acts titled Down and Out. The text also mentions grappling to zero and remarkable scenes, indicating mixed stage fare in a period theater page.
Mrs Lotis Wilcox of Hartford, listed among attendees, with Tidmarsh returning to duties as the Parents' and Teachers' club convenes this afternoon in Ivoryton.
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