Vaudeville bill and film features at Middlesex Theatre
An upcoming program blends big vaudeville acts with film offerings. Fox feature The Blindness of Virtue stars Jack Pickford and Louise Huff in Mile-a-Minute Kendall, based on Owen Davis. Lottie Pickford appears, with Burton Holmes travel segments and a Lyons-Moran comedy, framed by high Paramount quality.
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India
Puck
Fox
Kendall
Jack Pickford
Louise’ Huff
Paramount
Middlesex
Owen Davis
Huck
Tom
Lottie Pickford
Burton Holmes
Lyons-Moran
Headin' South at Middlesex Tonight with Fairbanks Feature
Douglas Fairbanks latest Artcraft picture Headin' South plays at the Middlesex tonight. Exterior scenes were shot in a cactus forest twenty miles from Tucson Arizona where towering plants loom as sentinels of the desert. The film follows a sensational Mexican raiders tale. Also offered are The Eagle's Eye final episode Current Events and three vaudeville acts Eddie Healey Bradley and Earle and Abyssinia trio.
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Eddie Healey
Bradley and
Earle
East Berlin Social and School News Report
East Berlin notes a busy spell with residents returning from Warner and Staten Island visits and a Camp Devens departure. Raymond Carner arrived in France while district schools plan to open Wednesday with a new teacher filling Miss Mather’s vacancy.
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East Berlin
Roland Turner
Leroy Palmer
Warner
Earl Hazen
Camp Devens
Raymond Carner
France
H. L. Homier
Elizabeth
Marion
Staten Island
K. of P. Society
Charter Oak Fair
George Hubbard
Kenneth
Southington
Squires and Children
Cromwell
Jarvis Dowd
Camp Raritan
N. J
Isabelle Lawrence
Marguerite Pollard
Managuin
George DeMore
Meigs
New Haven
Hubbard
Kenneth Noble
Dorothy Sugenhime
Bristol
Edith Woodward
Middlesex Hospital
Albert Hubbard
Higganum
Miss Mather
Stamford
B. Bentcheller
New Britain
Haddam Village Roundup From Haddam Neck Fair
Haddam reports a quiet Sunday with limited traffic as residents show wartime sacrifice support. Visitors include Dr Lovelad and families from Middletown Guilford and Frederick. locals like Nehemiah Dickenson and the Kelsey family are noted. Mrs Dickinson slowly improves after illness. Chapter O E S B holds a meeting this evening.
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Haddam
Dr. Lovelad
E. L. Terree
R. S. Stebbins
Middletown
S. H. Baer
H. White
Guilford
Haddam Neck
Charles A. Dickinson
Fannie
Lucy Kelsey
Frederick
James
Samuel
William Kelsey
Mr. Helm
W. H. Kelsey
Nehemiah Dickenson
O. E
The Ideal Wife and a Woman’s Health Tonic
A prominent man credits his wife for his success urging wives to emulate her. The piece notes common ailments like headaches backaches and nervousness and recommends starting a health boost with a tonic such as E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to strengthen the system.
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E. Pinkham
Higginum Wedding Unites Clara Kharman and Tracy Neff
Miss Clara Kharman and Tracy Neff wed at the bride’s mother home with Rev. Lawson officiating. Bride dressed in white with bridal roses. Everett Kharman served as best man and Miss Bessie McKensie of New Haven was maid of honor. Guests included Mrs. Emma Kharman and family. The couple will reside in Hartford after a wedding trip and have a furnished home there.
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Clara Burr
E. O. Burr
Vernon
Percy
Clifford Neff
Maud West
Hartford
Daisy Marble
Susie Marble
A. L. Brainard
Woodworth
Providence
R. L
Arthur Spencer
New Britain
Edward Spencer
Rufus Bailey
Louise
Middletown
Bailey
Ira Bailey
W. C. Marble
Southington
Percy Kharman
Vernon Kharman
Labor Day
Middle Haddam
Charles Carlson
Stamford
Ellie Spencer
Frank K. Santy
New Haven
Town
Moodus Doings and Local Social Notes From Haddam Neck
Moodus reports include Rev L J Radcliffe visiting New York and a busy Haddam Neck fair Day. Guests from Boston, Hartford, and New Britain appear at local homes while families welcome returning relatives on Labor Day weekend. Gossip quips end the column with a local saying about gossip’s contagion.
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New York
Samuel Williams
G. B. Hall
East Hampton
Howard Monroe
W. N. Manee
Camp Devens
E. V. Kirtland
John Kelleher
Clifford Brooks
C. C. Brooks
Nora Mae Gorman
New Britain
Maurice Gorman
Arthur Williams
Hartford
the Cove
Joseph Knight
New Haven
Frances Knight
Farewell party for Miss Claribel Durant in Essex
Essex notes a farewell surprise for Miss Claribel Durant at her home with about twenty five friends attending. Durant plans to attend a business college in New London after leaving for the trip yesterday. Also listed are visitors, society meetings, and local happenings around Labor Day week.
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Essex
Claribel Durant
Miss Durant
New London
Business College
Burdette Pratt
Hackensack
N. J
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. BE. Church
Sarah Lay
Clinton Scholes
Fred Scholes
Brooklyn
Griswold House Inn
Literary Club
Helen Strong
Essex Station
Fred Smutz
New York
Charles Yung
W.S. E. Society
Frances Hayden
B. S. Platt
Middletown
Charles Smith
New Haven
E. L. Brown
Eliza Parker
Wethersfield
Charles Parker
Addie Scholes
Emily Hurlburt
Rose Penelli
Hartford
West Avenue
John Collins
New Britain
Annie Stannard
James Welch
Charles Saunders
South Manchester
Mann
Peterson
South Main Street
Earle Harrington
John S. Flynn
Hadlyme
Theodore Anderson
F. H. Harrison
Boston
Carl Fk
Labor Day
Emil Swanson
Walter
Short Beach
Ruth
Gertrude Briggs
Grove Beach
Anna
Ella Johnson
Shore
Alice Anderson
Blanche Dames
Cromwell Visitors and Local Notes Highlight September
Cromwell residents report visitors from Hartford New Haven and Brooklyn including Mr and Mrs Perry Spencer and L Nicander. Old Cromwell families lose Captain Ralph Stocking and survive Harriet Wheelock and Elizabeth Adams. Local groups meet Luther League Thursday and Abbie Ericson visits from Portland Maine. Shore trips to Grove Beach Short Beach and Park & Pollard feeds advertised with fall painting notice by John Rogers.
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Cromwell
Perry Spencer
Hartford
L. Nicander
New Haven
Yesteray
A. C. Anderson
South Manchester
J. P. Anderson
William Ahlquist
Ralph Stocking
Harriet (Savage) Wheelock
Elizabeth G. (Ranney
Adams
A. F. Oberg
Park & Pollard
George Beban in Jules of the Strong Heart at Westbrook
Westbrook Town Hall hosts a Tuesday night showing of Jules of the Strong Heart with George Beban delivering a tense drama of love and laughter.
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Town Hall
George Beban
Jules
Ady
Amston News Update and Local Moves
Amston notes a group camping trip to South Lyme and local travel to New Haven. Moves include Dr. Pendleton leaving the town leaving no practicing physician, and Howard Hart relocating to Cromwell for work. Other items cover a local dance, a road accident with minor injuries, horse purchase, visitors, and residents visiting family in town.
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Amston
William Brehant
Fred Burnham
Willimantic
Burnham
Walter Doubleday
Tommy Licker
F. Burnham
Amston Hall
Howard Hart
R. F. Porter
Cromwell
Hart
Emma Russell
Indian Neck
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Neff-Kharman
Moodus
the Hartman
the Thelma
Vivian Martin
Adv
John Rogers
Conn
Westbrook
Monroe Salisbury
Wm. Mang
Walter L Maingees
Ze Ree Ewes
Grand Free Street Parade
Bae Pre
Owe Ee Bath
Douglas Fairbanks
Matinees
Allan Dwan
Hugh McClung
Harry Thorp
Eagle’s Eye
Arthur Rosson
Ry Toa
Jesse L. Lasky
Gardner
Ian D. Taylor
Frank E. Garbutt
Burton Holmes Travel
Matinee
Marion Polkece
Ario
Margaret Turnbull
Billy West
Kganize
Main
Borax
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