Amusements at the Grand and Middlesex This Week
The Grand presents Amusements of the Apes with jungle atmosphere and dramatic scenes including Hell Morgan’s Girl. Olga Smithson and Sennett comedy Ladies First play at Middlesex with Fairbanks feature Young Fellow and a Lyons-Moran short. Also Burton Holmes travelog and a first-run photo romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell Morgan
Curwell
Olga Smithson
Lola Morgan
Inn
Middlesex Theatre
Fairbanks
Middlesex
Wmn
Burton Holmes
Lyons-Moran
Grand Theatre Presents Double Bill and Vaudeville Show
The Grand Theatre announces a splendid double bill Their Bit starring Fox kiddies and an all star cast in The Woman, a Vitagrah production, plus a big vaudeville bill. On Thursday Monroe Salisbury appears in his latest Devil Bateese. Next Monday and Tuesday Chaplin screens his latest comedy.
SAYBROOK POINTS BIRTHS AND SOCIETY NOTES
SAYBROOK POINT NOV 12 Residents celebrate birth of a son born Sunday evening to Mr and Mrs George E Kirtland. Ms Ruth Grannis of New York visits D A Derby and Mrs D A. Ladies' Aid to meet in chapel Wednesday. Mary D Clark spends time with Miss Jessie Pratt. Buston Langdon takes a job at Stafford Derby’s drug store in Stokes and Kirtland. Fred Chapman recently owns a property from London. J F Noxon of Pittsfield visits Mrs A Clark. Birds By Other Names discusses birds in New York Evening Post noting swallows as air planes and the nightingale’s poetic use. Charles Towne’s comment on the galli of the night referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Charles Towne
Jetus
Danderine Promises Hair Beauty and Dandruff Control
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a cheap remedy to beautify hair, stop dandruff, and prevent hair loss. It claims the product cleanses the scalp, nourishes strands, and makes hair fuller, softer, and more lustrous within weeks. It targets girls with promises of rapid, visible improvements.
Colchester World War Victory Parade Ends in Celebration
A large Colchester parade led by Rev B D Remington and G A R members honored veterans. Civilian groups join, schools close, and Liberty chorus performs. Kaiser Bill effigy hung, bonfire lit, and night revelry follows with flags, bunting, and a community display of patriotism. Several locals noted for post parade movements and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Remington
H. J. Bailey
Red Cross
Camp Fire
Liberty Chorus
South Main Street
Broadway
Lebanon Avenue
M. R. Abell
Hartford
Albert Reed
Groton
William Pur
Charles Hinckley
Goshen
Albert Watrous
Westchester
Grante
Grange Hall
Norwich
Nelson Webster
Norwich Avenue
John Champlain
Annie Elgart
New York
John Donohue
Naugatuck
Jennie Mintz
New Haven
Deep River Celebrates With Recption For Local Representatives
Deep River held a patriotic celebration attended by about 500 as S R LaPlace and Harry A Moore were hosted at their homes with sandwiches, doughnuts, cigars and cider. Miss Marguerite Thomas visited from New London and Miss Ethel Faith spent Sunday with her parents. Nelson R Scoville's funeral was held with Mather Post G A R members, marking a day of continuous town activity and factory closings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
S. R. LaPlace
Harry A. Moore
Marguerite Thomas
New London
Ethel Faith
E. M. Faith
Nelson R. Scoville
Mather Post
Town Hall
Germany
Adv
Armistice Day Celebrations Mark Haddam
On November 11 Mrs. C. M. Ingersoll was in Westbrook while Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Baer and G. A. Dickinson visited Chester for the honor roll unveiling. The armistice signing sparked bells and parades all day with new companies marching and Home children presenting a neat showing. Russell Jones of Hartford was in Haddam, with visits to Essex, Middletown and Hartford planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddam
C. M. Ingersoll
Westbrook
H. Baer
G. A. Dickinson
Chester
Essex
Middletown
Hartford
Russell Jones
Bluff in European Collapse Shocks Tro y Times Opinion
The Troy Times comments on the rapid European collapse proving Central Powers bluffing, noting the fury in European capitals and comparing distant decisions to a cook’s skill, implying overconfidence and misjudgment in wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Moodus Celebrates Armistice With Parades and Joy
Moodus marked Armistice Day with a town parade of 500 plus, drum corps, and Old Glory as bells rang and guns fired. An auto parade to East Haddam followed, with 30 decorated autos and speeches at Haddam court house. Community news notes weddings births new purchases and a kick-off fundraiser pledging a $2000 quota for United War Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moodus
Cing
W. W. Beckwith
W. N. Manee
Beckwith
East Mill
Greens Village
Stone Stone
Main Street
America
Miss McCarty
United States
Holland
East Haddam
Marshall Fmmons
C. E. Emily
Liebke
A. E. Purple
Moodus Drum and Fire Corps
New York
Court House
Haddam
Reynolds’ Opera House
Ivoryton Mirth As Townsfolk Hold Grand War Parade
Ivoryton Essex and Centerbrook residents celebrated a big parade marking a war news day. A New London band and R H Comstock drum corps provided music while Essex State Guards and local groups rode autos through Ivoryton to Essex. Speakers enthralled the crowd as villagers shared in the day’s festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivoryton
War Bureau
New London
R. H. Comstock
Essex
Centerbrook
Essex Company of State Guards
Joseph H. Gates
New Haven
Florence Barnes
William Booma
Piretti Brothers
Ice house plans expand in northern town area
A fragment notes plans to erect and add an up to date ice house and enter the ice business in this region. It mentions towns north of the current location joining the venture.
Moodus man found dead by his own action
Frederick Meigner a 60 year old Moodus resident was found dead in his home by neighbors. He hanged himself with a rope thrown over a door sometime yesterday or last night. He had been seen on the premises yesterday and left two daughters in Moodus and a son serving in the Navy. Medical examiner Dr Plumstead and Coroner Davis were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moodus
Conn
Frederick Meigner
Meitzner
New York Net and Twine Company
Navy
Plumstead
Davis
Middletown
Eckman’s Tonic Upbuilder for Weak Lungs and Health
A nineteenth century advertisement claims Eckman’s Tonic Upbuilder strengthens run down systems and lungs. It markets the remedy as twenty years' successful and available in 80c and $1.50 bottles from druggists or the Donald Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Donald Eckman LA Ratory
Philadelphia
Taintor Homestead Moves to New York Winter
Mrs Charles Taintor and Miss Agnes Kane closed the Taintor homestead and will spend the winter at the Martha Washington hotel in New York. Miss Florence Dibbell visited relatives in Brooklyn. Rebecca Eliot of Wheaton College was weekend guest of her parents Mr and Mrs John Eliot. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church meets Wednesday afternoon with a business meeting at 430 and supper at 530. Anna and Helen Lynch visited relatives in New Haven. Female union membership in Britain rose by 130352 in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Charles Taintor
Agnes Kane
Taintor
New York
Martha Washington
Florence Dibbell
Brooklyn
Rebecca Eliot
Wheaton College
John Eliot
John Hull
New Haven
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Anna
Helen Lynch
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Saybrook Point
Colchester
Michael Bride
George Bride
Walter Lewis, Sr
Henry L. Spencer
Fannie Markham
Eastampton
G. B. Hall
Peter Griffin
Stacia Griffin
Mary Gorman
James Gorman
Falls
Daniel Brackley
Michael Cashman
St. Francis’ Hospital
Cashman
John Bride
Bristol
United War Work
Continental
Franklin Countryman
Lawson
Hall
L. J. Radcliffe
E. FE. Swan
Ida Johnson
China
P. Berry & Sons, Inc
Hartford, Conn
New England
Tarzan OF the Apes
Elmo Lincoln
NEW Animated Weekly
Woman Between
Famous Fox Kiddies
Vitagraph
ALL Star
And
Charlie Chaplin
France
Knights OF Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
WAR Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Salvation Army
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Morgan’s
Dorothy Phillips
San Francisco
Mack Sennett Comedy ‘‘Ladies First
Douglas Fairbanks
Jesse L. Lasky
Jack Pickford and
Louise Huff
Sandy
Paramount Picture
Stewart
STARI
A. E. Holmes
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Arthur B. Jenkins
Conn. Mutual Iufiding Hartford, Gonm
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