Sandy and Shoulder Arms at Grand and Middlesex
The Grand Theatre features Sandy a Superb Picture with Pickford and Louise Huff tonight and Saturday plus vaudeville acts Kennedy Sheriden Day Piero and Alison and the Fat Woman. Also Foxs Riders of the Purple Sage with Farnum Monday and Tuesday. At Middlesex Charl e Ray in A Nine OClock Town and Chaplin in Shoulder Arms Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Hogan Rice
Kentucky
Pickford
Louise Huff
Wassiter
Lost Canyon
Fox
William Farnum
Grand Theatre
Kennedy
Sheriden
Day
Mr. Kennedy
Middletown
Sandy Duncan
Piero
Alison
Barnamazé Bailey
Carlyle Blackwell
Evelyn Greeley
Paramount
Charles Ray
Middlesex
Thomas H. Ince
Charlie Chaplin
J Mittlman’s 27th Anniversary Sale Nears Christmas
Durham readers are urged to visit J Mittlman’s at 510 Main Street Middletown Conn for the pepoget event celebrating the 27th anniversary. New stocks are offered at reduced prices with a good chance to pick up Xmas gifts at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Mittleman’s
Main Street
Middletown
Conn
Adv
Middlesex Hospital
Tucker’s
East Haddam United War Fund Fancy Dress Ball
Hadlyme Public Ball Saturday evening at eight features a dance and victory celebration to support the United War Fund. Admission is 25 cents with proceeds aiding the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Fund Victory
Hadlyme
Market Letter on Postwar Reconstruction and Prosperity
Hartford weekly market letter notes relief at end of hostilities and expects rapid reconstruction. It highlights America’s industrial readiness and anticipated demand for raw materials and finished goods in Europe. Cites strong investment interest in life, casualty and indemnity stocks and public utilities. Russell Manufacturing Co. around 207.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richter & Co
Hartford
Conn
America
Europe
Russell Manufacturing Co
Hoodeoed and a True Story From Indianapolis News
An unsigned fragment from a Indianapolis News page reflects chaotic scenes with speeding arrests, mistaken payments, a stolen car, and a raft of notes to family. It includes a claim that the piece is a true story and references military service and urgent goodbyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Goodby
Old Saybrook News Briefs and Local Updates
November items from Old Saybrook note division leaders and foremen collecting a day’s pay for the United War Fund. William Kempton travels to Hartford on business. A Hartford–Saybrook passenger train missed connections by nearly an hour. Local nurse Miss Josephine Dupree cares for a newborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Chapman. Town hall features Triangle programs and a Pershing’s Crusaders show with strong attendance and proceeds surpassing a hundred dollars. Church services scheduled across Saybrook with Sunday school times. Guards on the railroad bridge receive notice their services are no longer needed as the war ends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Young visit friends in igganum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Fund
William Kempton
Hartford
Charles Buffet
Rocky Hill
A. L. Chapman
Josephine Dupree
St. John’s Church
Grace Episcopal Church
First Congregational Church
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Henry Stevens
Eugene Faircloth
Robert A. Chalker
David Hughes
Frank S. Young
Igganum
Higganum Community Notes Highlight Local Visits
In Higganum on Nov 15 Mrs. Burr of Windsor visits Mrs. Clara Burr. Mrs. William Burr of Ponsett attends Red Cross activities. The Women’s Foreign Missionary society marks its 25th anniversary with a memorial fund for the late Mrs. Jennie Carlson at the M church. The Usher family visits in Boston. Mrs. Houston Langdon stays with niece Miss Clara Spencer recovering from influenza. Miss Helen Brainard visits her aunt, Miss Ursula Brainard. School dismissed early for a teachers’ meeting. Cornelius Gilbert and wife visit his mother. Miss Hazel Wedge, post appendicitis operation patient, stays with Grandparents. Fred Wilcox delivers wood in town. Swedish Lutherans announce 2:30 pm services at the M E church Sunday. Special notice: 27th anniversary sale at J Mittleman’s, 510 Main, upcoming for Xmas shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higganum
Burr
Windsor
Clara Burr
William Burr
Ponsett
Red Cross Society
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
M. Church
Jennie Carlson
Cyron Usher
Boston
Mass
Clara Spencer
Helen Brainard
Ursula Brainard
Cornelius Gilbert
Bridgeport
Gilbert
Hazel Wedge
Hartford
W. C. Marble
Fred Wilcox
M. E. Church
J. Mittleman’s
Main Street
Middletown
Conn
Adv
Florence Chrystal in Middletown and local events
Miss Florence Chrystal visited Middletown on Thursday. Comstock-Cheney hall hosted Friday night’s showing of Pershing's Crusaders. Henry F. Ellsworth of New London spent yesterday in town. George M. Walkley remains confined to his home by a cold for a few days.
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Ivoryton
Florence Chrystal
Middletown
Comstock-Cheney Hall
Pershing
Crusaders
Henry F. Ellsworth
New London
George M. Walkley
Essex War Work quota tops five thousand dollars
The United War Work drive in this place progresses rapidly with a Essex quota set at five thousand dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin G Bailey visit the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bailey in Madison while Miss Margaret Nonemacher moves to Ivoryton to live with her sister Mrs. Mary Wolfe. Isaac W Wooster the carpenter works for George Clarke in Centerbrook as Mrs. Frederick Bannaster is ill on Saybrook Street. William Brown plans to move from Niles Gladding’s rent near Middle Cove to North Main Street in Middletown. Mrs. J Mittleman at 610 Main Street, Middletown, Conn. There you will gift at lowest prices Lady. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Southworth attend a Westbrook funeral on Wednesday. Henry K Post has been discharged from Camp Upton and returned home. J Frank Hall finishes painting Miss Clara Banning near Mack’s Landing The Thelma Saturday Night. Roy Stewart in The Boss of the Lazy Y and coming Tuesday Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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United War Work
Essex
Irvin G. Bailey
Fred Bailey
Madison
Margaret Nonemacher
Lucretia Post
Ivoryton
Mary Wolfe
Isaac W. Wooster
George Clarke
Centerbrook
Frederick Bannester
Saybrook Street
William Brown
Niles Gladding
Middle Cove
P. J. Campbell
North Main Street
Main Street
Miidletown
Conn
Eugene Southworth
Westbrook
Henry K. Post
United States Service
Camp Upton
New York
J. Frank Hall
Clara Banning
Mack’s Landing
Community canned goods drive for Middlesex Hospital
Chester residents are urged to donate canned goods to Middlesex Hospital. Items should be sent to Tucker's Market for sorting and tagging, with a truck collecting on November 23. An entertainment note lists Princess on Saturday Night, Olive Thomas in Limousine Life and Vengeance serial, Florence Reed in Today.
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Princess
Olive Thomas
Florence Reed
Adv
Local Happenings In Middlefield And Hartford
Mrs Imogene Camp visits her daughter in Hartford. William Somers moves to Durham for a new job. Mrs H M Torrey and her infant return from Middlesex hospital to visit the Camp family. Mrs Fred Winter Jr is taken to Middlesex hospital for an operation Wednesday. Rev F L Grant of East Hampton will preach at the Congregational church Sunday morning. Rev and Mrs Winfield Hawkes, guests of their son, return to their home in the West.
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Middlefield
Imogene Camp
Hartford
William Somers
Durham
H. M. Torrey
Middlesex Hospital
EB. P. Camp
Fred Winter
F. L. Grant
East Hampton
Congregational Church
Winfield Hawkes
Illness Detains Kenneth Ingraham and Local Influenza Rise
Centerbrook notes Kenneth Ingraham is kept from work by illness. The Woman’s Missionary Society will meet at Miss Ida Ely’s Main Street home. Mrs. Alfred Wright hosted whist for friends. Corporal Z K Prescott returns to Camp Upton after furlough. About 80 to 90 influenza cases reported in town.
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Centerbrook
Kenneth Ingraham
Missionary Sociey
Ida Ely
Main Street
Alfred Wright
Z. K. Prescott
Camp Upton
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Manager House
Standy
Weekly Market Letter
Old Saybrook
Horlick
the Thelma
Roy Stewart
Chester
Foley
Ada Sanders
Cottontown
Tenn
DEW Drop Inn
AETNA
Standard Brunswick
Main St
G. H. Siegel
Prop
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United War Workers’ Fund
France
Savard & Lyon
Hartman Drug CO
Hart, Schaffner & Marek
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Barton Clothing Co
and Custom Tailors
Atre
Rose Sol
Jesse L. Lasky
Jack Pickford and
Paramount Picture
Keystone
Thomas H.ince
Charile
Ethel Clayton
Star and Crescent Club
Alpha Delta Phi House
James Kennedy & CO
And
Riders of the Purple Sage
Chester L. Hull
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