Cromwell War Bureau Holds Plan For Local Fund Drive
Cromwell notes on illness in Lena Ellis and others. War Bureau discusses a town wide fund plan to raise a single $170,000,000 national drive with census based quotas, excluding Red Cross, plus reports on canning club success and a heifer gift funding the local Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
Lena Ellis
Walter Athrop
W. R. Sage
Durham
Henry Swanson
Harold
Camp Devens
War Bureau
State Council of Defense
Petectanl
E. W. Johnson
War Chest Plan. Mr. Johnson
Red Cross
F. K. Halleck
Bureau
New Haven
United War Fund Committee
F. K. Hallock
The
Gildersleeve
Portland
James T. Caffrey
Harry Jewell
Home Economics
Girls’ Canning Club
Jewell
Catherine Hubbard
Middletown
Berlin
Agricultural Department
Washington
D. C
Cromwell Girls’ Canning Club
Viviette at Middlesex with Vivian Martin shown tonight
Paramount production Viviette stars Vivian Martin as a provocative flirt whose lively temperament stirs trouble. The Middlesex screens this evening presenting the film about a girl whose coquettish ways disrupt two brothers and a young man’s lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viviette
Paramount
Vivian Martin
the Middlesex
The Great Love at Middlesex Theatre and More
The Great Love a David Wark Griffith production from Artcraft heads the Middlesex listings with four daily showings on Oct 7 and 8. Featuring noble actors and country estates in England the film follows a war reshaping class lines. Also on bill Bluebird vaudeville Play Things, Lion's Claws serial, My Own United States, Her Price, New Animated Weekly and more plus Interloper and Pershing's Crusaders in a triple Friday lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wark Griffith
Artcraft
the Middlesex
England
Bluebird
Arnold Daly
United States
Virginia Pearson
Kitty Gordon
Pershing
Crusaders
Drink Hot Water Morning Health Secret Declared
A news brief summarizes an old health tip promoting hot water with limestone in the morning before breakfast. It claims cleansing of the stomach liver kidneys and bowels to improve overall health and prevent ailments, citing a well known physician.
East Berlin reports 25 percent Liberty Loan quota met
East Berlin up to noon Wednesday has subscribed about twenty five percent of its quota for the Liberty Loan aiming for the $77,000 target. Local activity includes a Red Cross benefit song recital at the Berlin church and clothing collectors in the area sending a large bundle. News notes mention furloughed Louis Watson heading to a Columbia US C camp, a Methodist church prayer meeting tonight, Mrs Hulbert and daughter visiting relatives, and St. Gabriel's Sunday school teachers meeting with rehearsal at 8:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Berlin
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Louis ‘Watson
Middletown
Columbia
US. C
Richard Hulbert
New Britain
St. Gabriel's Unday School
Airplane sighted over Chatham-Middle Haddam. residents report
On Tuesday afternoon an airplane was seen flying over this village by several locals. Mr and Mrs Eugene Child arrived yesterday for a stay at the Child summer home. Miss Ida Johnson was out of town on Wednesday. Mrs Peckham entertained out-of-town friends yesterday. The note ends with a reminder to donate sheets or napkins for hospital use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Haddan
Eugene Child
Child
Ida Johnson
Peckham
Parade and Relic Train Highlight Deep River News
Seymour Tracy has joined the service at Fort Slocum New York with grand parade plans October 12 from town center to the railroad station. The Relic Train will halt two hours at the depot as speakers promote the fourth Liberty Loan. Local guards may send three or four companies. An Appeal for Belgian Clothing urges readers to donate warm garments to the Red Cross at the LaPlace building Central Row during the second Belgian drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
Seymour Tracy
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Harry A. Moore
Jolly Harvesters
James Gentrick
Middletown
Bessie Beaucheane
Sarah C. Mather
Princeton
N. J
Foris Johnson
George Schaub
Harry L .Pratt
Frank Dolph
Durham
F. A. Geffken
Arthur Brewster
Pratt, Read & Company
Harry J. Luby
Joseph Luby
Denver
Colo
France
Harry
United States Infantry
North Carolina
Spring Street
Pratt, Read & Co
Oliver Markham
Arthur Fargo
Chester
Emma Looby
Centebrook
F. L. Fleethany
Meriden
Austin Mack
Chester Mfg. Co
Alys Marvin
Victoria Markham
Red Cross
LaPlace Building
Colchester Social Roundup and State Guard Plans
Colchester residents Eva Snow and Julia Adams visited Middletown with callers from Norwich and Portland appearing in town yesterday. Jake Thomas of Lebanon also stopped by. The State Guard led by the Old Guard band will march to the station Saturday at 8:30 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colchester
Eva Snow
Julia Adams
Middletown
D. C. Gillette
Norwich
James Caffrey
Gildersleeve
Portland
Jake Thomas
Lebanon
State Guard
Old Guard Band
Danderine Promise: Thick Hair Free From Dandruff
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a miracle hair product. It claims immediate reduction of dandruff and makes hair light, wavy, fluffy and lustrous like a young girl's. The copy urges careful strand-by-strand application to cleanse dust and oil and promises new hair growth with continued use.
Liberty Loan rally in Hebron marks town effort
Hebron held a Liberty Loan rally in the town center with about fifty in attendance. Dr C H Pendleton led as a town hearse, escorted by Horace Porter and Helen Gilbert. The crowd sang, readings and songs followed, and the event moved to Amston and then Gilead. influenza cases were reported. local births, illnesses, and travels noted among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
C. H. Pendleton
Horace Porter
Uncle Sam
Helen Gilbert
Columbia
Bill
H. K. Viner
James Whitcomb Riley
Amston
Gilead
Clarence Porter
Henry Langworthy
Washingtons throw on Potomac proves strong arm and poor policy
A guide on the Potomac points to the exact spot where Washington supposedly threw a dollar across the river. A practical minded observer quips that Washington had a strong arm but a careless financial policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ain
Potomac
Washington
Washigton
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mother's Tender Flowers
An ad urges parents to treat children’s constipation with Cascarets noting a clean liver and bowels. Claims the product is candy tasting and priced at 10 cents per box, marketed as a harmless remedy for young readers.
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Middlesex Theatre
Lilian Gish
George Fawcett
Robert Harron
George Siegmann
D.vv.griffith
Henry Walthall
Maxfield Stanley Rosemary the
Gloria Hope
Lord
Locke
Julia Crawford Ivers
Lyons- Moran
N “Viviette
Chatham—Middle
Haddam
Navy
Langworthy
Ina Rathbun
Noank
N. Eugene-Smith
B. J
Ajter
Clayton
Lustig
James Dingwell
Hartford
Lalu Porter
Centur
Willian C. Robinson
Edward A. Smith
Andover
Farm Bureau
Miss J. Daecey
Seventh Day Adventist School
Mondily
Barton Clothing Co
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
Liberty
Iss
Marie Walcamp
Official
Allied War Review
Jewels
NEW Animated Weekly
Travel
Matinees
Lyons-Moran
Vaudeville
the Garden Belles
Thomas H. Ince
Matinee
William S. Hart
Monroe
Billy West
America
Louis M. Schmidt
A. E. Holmen
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