Lest We Forget and Early Photoplay Reviews
A vintage newspaper notes on the film Lest We Forget detailing its wartime drama and Rita Jolivet’s Lusitania witness role, alongside notices for Peggy Hyland in Persuasive Peggy and upcoming bills at Middlesex and Grand teatres with previews of Outwitted Her Debt of Honor and Island.
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Belgium
Lusitania
Beau- Rita Jolivet
Charles Froh
Huns
Grand Theatre
Stevens
Metro
Fox
Peggy Hyland
Marriage unites Clinton and Killingworth duo at Madison
Albert Louis of Clinton and Miss Ethel May Evarts of Killingworth wed in Madison on the morning of May 23. The groom Mr Walk left the same day for Camp Gordon.
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Orth
Albert Louis
Clinton
Ethel May Gr
Ebster Evarts
Killingworth
Madison
Mr. Walk
Camp Gordon
Middlefield Comedy at Town Hall May 18 Benefit Red Cross
Old New England a comedy in acts to be staged at Middlefield Town Hall on May 18 at 8 o'clock A benefit for the Red Cross will be held. Local residents participate in the performance and support the charity event.
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Old New England
Middlefield Town Hall
Red Cross
Vardon May Visit to Help Red Cross Fund Drive
British golf star Harry Vardon is invited by American golfers to visit the United States to aid a Red Cross fundraiser seeking one million dollars. He would come if he can secure a golfing partner and obtain official permission. Vardon, of military age, may receive three months’ absence if authorities grant it.
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Vardon
Red Cross
Harry Vardon
United States
Memorial Day Program At Chester Details
Memorial day activities in Chester organized by Professor R E Foote and the Town Council of Defense. Parade forms at 9 30 at the school house led by the Chester Military band with G A R members State Guards and schoolchildren, proceeding to Laurel Hill cemetery for remarks by Rev Samuel Delzell then to the old cemetery for remarks by Rev Frank Garfield and finally to the Town hall for children's exercises. Gustav B Carlson of Middletown will speak on the war and the duty of those who cannot serve. A Memorial day baseball game between Chester and Deep River will raise funds for smokes for the boys overseas. Residents visiting and entertainment at local venues noted, with no price changes announced.
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Chester
R. E. Foote
Town Council of Defense
School House
Chester Military Band
State Guards
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Samuel Delzell
Old Cemetery
Frank Garfield
Town Hall
Council of Defense
Gustav. B. Carlson
Middletown
John Carini
Ayer
Mass
Camp Devens
Robert Wilcox
New York
J. S. Wilcox
Charles Brooks
Nellie Wilcox
Hartford
Deep River
Elizabeth Fuller
Thomas Fuller
New Haven
Union
Baptist Church
Leland
Memorial Day Service at St James Church
PONSETT Services will be held at St James church on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock to honor Memorial Day. The service is scheduled for the appropriate day and place.
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St. James’ Church
British Governor Appointed In Ceylon Described As Plum
Sir William Manning, veteran commander and colonial figure, named Governor of Ceylon, seen as the British diplomatic service’s premier plum. His earlier service includes Burma, northern Indian campaigns, and Rhodesia, with famed leadership in colonial campaigns.
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William Manning
Jamaica
Ceylon
Britain
India
Cenca
Rhodesia
Memorial Day program set with Lincoln play and Red Cross scenes
The town invites all to Public Hall for Memorial Day exercises featuring Rev. Peck, soloists, and a play about the 1865 Lincoln assassination aftermath. Cast includes Squire Rockwood, A D W Chalker, George and Bud Wilder, with a duet by Irene and Florine Phelps and a ribbon drill by twelve girls. Free-will offering for the local Red Cross.
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Methodist Church
Lewellyn Mack
Mystic
James Murphy
Deep River
New Street
Raymond Perkins
Shore Line
Dauntless Club
Captain Nigret
Little Point Street
Harry Gaunders
Margaret Duggan
Hartford
Lawrence Jones
New Haven
Lower Main Street
Mr. Peck
William Magee
Lincoln
Squire Rockwood
A. D. W. Chalker
George
W. L. Burdick
Bud Wilder
Jack
Buckridge
Bradley
Albert Ely
Susie Bradley
Elizabeth Samuelson
Rockwood
Jared Pratt
Irene
Florine Phelps
Red Cross
Walter Bliss
Ivoryton May 27 Roundup and Local Obituary
Raymond Post of Hartford visited Ivoryton with family on Sunday. Elizabeth Burke takes a weeklong out of town vacation. Merrit Carter sustains a minor head injury and will wear a bandage for days. Red Cross work set for Laurel hall Tuesday for Memorial day observances. Bethany Circle of the Kings Daughters meets Wednesday at Riverview hall Essex at 2 15 pm. Joseph Allen Clark, aged 58, died Sunday at his Ivoryton home after sudden illness attributed to paralysis. He was a long time employee of Comstock Cheney & Co. Survived by widow, son Russell of Middletown, daughter Mrs Dela C Frye, and sister Mrs Clifford Stannard. An appeal for Red Cross work notes Beacon Light Circle of Ivoryton started May 23 a year ago with sewing for Red Cross. four sewing machines operate weekly and 1561 articles completed. All women and girls invited to sew or work at Laurel hall or Red Cross rooms.
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Colchester
Etta Lombard
Hartford
Oliver Way
Backus Hospital
John Condren
Earl Holmes
F. E. Baker
L. A. Freeman
Columbia Grange Dramatic Club
Bridget
Grangehall
Red Cross
R. R. Gandy
Gladys
Stamford
E. S
Walter Lombard
Norwich Avenue
James R. Case
Goshen
James Randall
Elizabeth Gibbons
East Hartford
Linwood Cemetery
Tuervie
Ussell
O' Shen
B. D.gton
Baptist Church
Yester- Seespot
Ivoryton
Raymond Post
Elizabeth Burke
Merrit Carter
Laurel Hall
Bethany Circle of the
King’s Daughters
Riverview Hall
Essex
Joseph A. Clark
Joseph Allen Clark
Mr. Clark
Saybrook
Comstock Cheney & Company
Russell
Middletown
Dela C. Frye
Clifford Stannard
Beacon Light Circle
Old Saybrook Sunday Notes and Local Notices
Old Saybrook Sunday notes report travel visits from George Wa Beach and family at The Hartlands. Grace Dart visits North Cove. J Worden Clark returns home after his dwelling burned. showers have aided gardens and trees. Red Cross drive donations and quota noted. cemetery visit by Carney family and LaMay group. $25 from Red Cross drive at Town Hall. Frank Minnix visiting from Aberdeen to be stationed at Cornfield proving ground. Home Guard Company G drill tonight at Town Hall. William H. Pond at Obed's Heights cottage. William Howard Walls family return from Pennsylvania. Alice Brady appearing in The Divorce Game at Saybrook Town Hall.
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Chines
State Bridge
George Wa’ Beach
Su R
Hartlands
Grace Dart
Hartford
Nathan
North Cove
J. Worden Clark
New York
Stanley M. Davis
Middletown
Old Saybrook
Red Cross
John Carney
A. W. LaMay
John M.golden
New Haven
M. J. Golden
Red Cross Drive Committee
Town Hall
Frank Minnix
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Cornfield Proving Ground
William H. Pond
Ont
Obed’s Heights
Home Guard
Company G
William Howard Walls
Benjamin Douglass Walls
Frank Buffington
Harrisburg
Mifflin
East Waterford
Alice Brady
Saybrook Town Hall
The Wind In The Wheat Song Poem From Chicago Post
Soft is the wind in the wheat and the song it sings. Murmurs rise and repeat across the surface as the wheat sways in sunlight. Fairies dance above the level fields while rustling whispers flow from hills to hollows. The cadence pleases as stalks bronze and golden ripple to the Junetime rhythm.
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Chicago Post
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Philadelphia Woman
Mrs Margaret Ness of Hazzard Street Philadelphia reports seven years of menstrual irregularities and backache improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes friends also benefited and invites others to write the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for information and testimonials.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. i
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Ness
Hazzard St
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