Vaudeville and film program at Grand Theatre opens
Tonight and over the weekend Grand Theatre presents a large vaudeville program with Mack Sennett comedy and Bluebird photoplays. Feature attractions include Kitty Gordon, Marie Walcamp in The Lion's Claws chapters, Christmas week Chaplin Shoulders Arms, Green Eyes with Dorothy Dalton, The Danger Mark with Elsie Ferguson at Middlesex, plus Burton Holmes travel and Lyons Moran comedy.
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Grand Theatre
Bluebird
Clifford
World Film Core
Kitty Gordon
Mself
Marie Walcamp
Charlie Chaplin
Green Eyes
Dorothy Dalton
the Middlesex
Paramount
Ince
Billa Stuart Carson
Ades Motion Pictures
Vaude
Mack Sennett
Elsie Ferguson
Florida
Robert W. Chambers
Miss Ferguson
Burton Holmes
Lyons-Moran
Red Cross sewing and garment drive starts in Clinton
Mrs John Heser and family have moved to the former Ross place in Mill district. Beginning Monday Nov 4 the Red Cross winter drive will operate in the Morgan school library with sewing and knitting Monday and Tuesday 2 to 5 PM. Weekly sewing at the church on Wednesdays. Urgent call for garments and sewers. Gauze work at several homes on specified afternoons and evenings. News of local moves includes Harry Hurd family relocating to Grove Beach and Guilford visitors returning home.
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Clinton
John Heser
Killingworth
Ross Place
Mill District
Ers
Red Cross
Morgan School
George Hull
8. B. Reed
Wednnesday
William P. Hull
J. E. Bliss
William Horan
Billy
Guilford
Thomas E. Lynch
Harry Hurd
Grove Beach
Pleasant surprise party for George and Robert Bailey
Shailerville reports a pleasant surprise party Wednesday evening with music and a bountiful supper for George F. and Robert C. Bailey. George C. Russell visited Middle Town on Monday. Herman Dittman returned from New York early this week. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Clark of Middle Town called on friends Sunday. Mrs. der Case hosts her cousin from Essex this week.
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Shailerville
George F
Robert C. Bailey
George C. Russell
Middletown
Herman Dittman
New York
R. M. Clark
der Case
Essex
Hot Water Claims to Cleanse Liver and Cure Ailments
A note asserts hot water washes poisons from the liver and keeps the organ clean to prevent headaches, colds, and bad mornings. It warns that a failing liver causes symptoms and implies releasing bile and toxins through daily cleansing. It presents no medical evidence.
Westbrook War Drive Seeks $170000, Local Quota Set
Westbrook residents join a regional effort to back the We Barre war drive benefiting soldiers and war efforts. The town’s quota is 1000 dollars with solicitors listed across Chapman, Stannard Hill, Spencer Avenue, and West Beach. A local war rally with speakers and moving pictures is planned for next Tuesday at the town hall.
Deep River Community Notes Nov. 7 War Effort Meeting
Deep River reports a busy day with funerals, illness updates, and civic activity. Mr and Mrs George Berdensey attended a New York funeral, Richard Graves and Nelson Scoville are ill, and Edward C Chandler rests after influenza. Town rally in the hall supported by the Council of Defense drew interest with Y W C A and Knights of Columbus speakers. The Deep River High School orchestra performed and Rev Ryan Hatfield chaired the gathering.
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Deep River
George Berdensey
New York City
Baltimore
Henry Friedel
Kirtland Street
Friedel
Edward C. Chandler
Thomas R. Duggan
New Haven
A. R. Jones
W. R. Harris
West Factory
Council of Defense
Anna Walters
Francis D. Larson
Knights of Columbus
C. W. Robino
New London
Society
C. F. Savage
Y.M.C.A
Deep River High School
Ryan Hatfield
Saybrook Point Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Marion Frangear returned to Thompsonville where she teaches the high school. Peter C. Lane of Hartford spent Sunday with family. Mrs. James McGuire visits sister in New York. Miss Jessie Arbuckle, supervisor of the deaconness home in New Haven, called on friends. J. B. Holman attended the state board of charities meeting in Hartford. Mrs. Gurden Ransome and daughter Polly were in town. Miss Irene Cone takes Agnes Sparks’s place at Saybrook school. The committee planning events, Miss Hazel Schley, visited Hartford. Hon. and Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley of Hartford were visitors.
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Saybrook
Marion Frangear
Thompsonville
Peter C. Lane
Hartford
James McGuire
New York
Jessie Arbuckle
Deaconness Home
New Hav
J. B. Holman
State Board of Charities
Gurden Ransome
Polly
Irene Cone
Agnes Sparks
Saybrook School
Joseph Sparks
Hazel Schley
Morgan G. Bulkeley
One Might Risk Putting Them Over At A Dinter in Evanston
A fragment from the Milwaukee Journal describes a voyage crossing with sailors and travelers from many places. The text notes interesting stories shared aboard and cautions against repeating them, reflecting a lively but incomplete reminiscence from the trip.
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Evanston
Milwaukee Journal
Rocky Hill Political Figures and Local Deaths Reported
The roster lists Rocky Hill residents and local political figures including Webster, Healey, Quigley, Egan, Bowers, Robbins, Britton, Holmes, Sherwood. Hartford visitors Mrs Nathan Guile and Miss Frances Webster visited on Wednesday. Funeral services for Leon Everett Taylor drew large crowds at the Congregational church with Rev. M. E. Alling. Masons conducted burial rites at the cemetery and floral tributes were abundant. Miss Sarah Baldwin of Milford, long a Rocky Hill resident, was buried at Rocky Hill Cemetery after services at the Rocky Hill Congregational church. Mrs. John Grover is ill in Southbury with pneumonia. Eulah Blodgett and Esther Freeburg attended Howard Chidsey’s funeral in Windsor. Mrs Keller of the Hartford Red Cross will speak Thursday at Library Hall. Jack Doyle’s funeral occurred in New Britain after death in Tariffville.
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Leon Everett Taylor
Congregational
M. E. Alling
Rocky Hill
State Guard
Masons
Sarah Baldwin
Milford
Rocky Hill Congregational Church
Rocky Hill Cemetery
John Grover
Southbury
Eulah Blodgett
Esther Freeburg
Howard Chidsey
Windsor
Keller
Hartford
the Red Cross
Library Hall
Jack Doyle
Tariffville
New Britain
Moodus News Briefs and Local Notes
Miss Arnold at Moodus post office has been on the sick list for several days. Miss Beulah Chapman of Hartford visited Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Emily. Mr. Klapper, taken to Middlesex hospital with pneumonia, is in critical condition. Mrs. William Davis works in the east mill. Mrs. C. H. Emily and Miss Abbie L. Purple rode to Middletown in Mrs. Emily's car. Charles Lyman of North Moodus is not feeling well. Center school teachers are boarding with Mrs. Elizabeth Brainard. Republicans won the town election on Tuesday. Young men from Hartford visited this week for hunting season. F. A. Andrews works as a carpenter at the Atlantic mill.
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Moodus
Arnold
Beulah Chapman
Hartford
C. H. Emily
Klapper
Middlesex Hospital
William Davis
East Mill
Abbie L. Purple
Middletown
Charles Lyman
North Moodus
Center School
Elizabeth Brainard
Tuesay
F. A. Andrews
Atlantic Mill
Local notices from Higganum and surrounding events
Rev Caldwell will meet the catechetical class after school Friday. Mrs Brainard and brother harvested 500 bushels of field corn on Haddam Island under Mrs Brainard’s supervision. The Congregational church Ladies Missionary society gathers Friday with Mrs Whitney Porter. Y M C A boys group meets Friday evening at the reading room led by Rev Caldwell. Also a brief note about Matthias Erzberger’s Belgium reparations stance cited from the Springfield Republican.
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Higeganum
Caldwell
Beda
Brainard
Brother
Haddam Island
The
Congregational Church
Whitney Porter
Mr. Caldwell
Home cough remedy using Pinex and sugar syrup
A home cough remedy using 2½ ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle topped with plain sugar syrup or molasses honey or corn syrup. Advertises quick relief for ordinary coughs chest colds and bronchial conditions including bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma. Promises affordable, effective results and urges readers to ask their store for the product.
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Norway
Ns Sok
Old Saybrook Notes and Railroad Delay
Local items from Old Saybrook include visits, travel plans, and a train accident near Giant's Neck with no injuries. A frost formed overnight and ice appeared in many places. State Guard Co. G gathers for drill at 8 PM and a quip about a mind reader closes the page.
Middlefield War Work fund drive and events
Middlefield announces the United War Work fund drive begins Monday with house-to-house visits. Local quota is 2000 dollars. Sunday services proceed as usual with a 6:45 p.m. union sermon at the Congregational church. A farewell supper for Capt. E. C. Hedges is set for Monday at 8 p.m. at the town hall, with members asked to bring cold fried chicken and others to bring refreshments. a 7:30 drill for Co. M follows.
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Middlefield
United War Work Fund
Congregational Church
E. C. Hedges
Town Hall
Phosphated Iron ranked as key blood tonic after influenza
A health notice urges readers recovering from Spanish influenza or grippe to build strength with Phosphated Iron. It claims impure blood hinders recovery, cites iron and phosphates as essential, and touts capsules from Hartman Drug Co as the genuine form endorsed by doctors and pharmacists.
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Hartman Drug Co
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Grace Stannard
Spencer Avenue
Middle Beach
C. M. Post
E. Moore
Sea E
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West Beach
E. A. Lynne
Hayden District
Hannock
N. E. Wren
Essex Road
H. E. Kelsey
H. C. Marshall
Martin James‘Crofut
J. l Meder
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Chapman
Public Library
E. N. Bushnell
War Bureau
State Bureau
Hazen
Haddam
Middlesex County
Old Saybrook Town Hall
United War Service
E. F. Schmidt
Binajah Bushnell
Branford
Saybrook Point
Higganum
Springfield Republican
Matthias Erzberger
Belgium
Germany
von Bethmann- Hollweg
AETNA
Standard Brunswick
Main St
G. H. Siegel
Prop
Mor
Louis M. Schmidt
New Seftain
Metablicaed
Old Saybrook
Henry Ives Clark
Garden City
L. L
Post Office
Frederick Stannard
George Watson Beach
Jack
William D. Vars
Providence
R. I
William Vars
Bridgeport
William H. Thompson
Blaisdell
N. Y
W. H. Thompson
Boston
Giant’s Neck
South Lyme
Berlin
M. J. Golden
Catherine
Thomas J. Curran
State Guard, Co. G
Axes Ave
Ottawa
Walter J, Marriott
Ogdensburg
Ruth Clifford
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Tarzan OF the Apes
Barton Clothing Co
Custom Tailors
Adolph Zukor
the Danger
Thomas H.ince
Paramount Picture
Heaven On Earth
Hell
Morgan
Dorothy Phillips
Long Island
John Moore
Center St
Arthur
Jenkins
Conn
Mutual Building
Hartford, Conn
the Hartman
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