Main's Circus to Perform Monday in Middlesex
Main's Circus brings Dottie f and her troupe of trained elephants Etta' Myer and her posing the defying west show. Cheerful Gardi ors ride the most Sir Bomersault riders of the world. The three Cowdens perform on trapeze. Caesar the horse, from Madison Garden show, leaps 23 feet and seven inches high. Jack Pickford and Huff plan a Paramount picture in Middlesex tonight and Thursday. Minute Kendall will have its station in this city.
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L. Main
Dottie F
Ele- Etta’ Myer
Gardiors
Bomersault
Lott
Wallett
Hollis
Cowdens
Jack Pickford
Huff
Middlesex
Paramount
Kendall
Noted film stars in drama and travel comedies
Owen Davis presents an intense drama featuring Jack in a standout screen role. The story promises strong situations softened by a wholesome remedy. Also shown are Lyons Moran comedy and Burton Holmes travel segments.
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Owen Davis
Jack
Lyons-Moran
Burton Holmes
Vaudeville Treat Heads Thursday to Saturday at the Majestic
A three day vaudeville showcase brings nine acts, headlined by Monroe Isburg in Take All. Also featured are a Sidney Drew comedy and other Bluebird pictures. Next week Wil Fox stages an all star Standard picture titled The Blindness of.
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Monroe Isburg
Sidney Drew
Wil- Fox
Norma Talmadge in The Safety Curtain Tonight
Norma Talmadge presented by Joseph M. Schneck shown tonight for the last time in The Safety Curtain. Adapted by S A Franklin and Paul West from Ethel M Wi s original, directed by S A Franklin. Talmadge plays a London dancer whose husband Vulcan mistreats her as she resists Sylvester, a dissipated Englishman. Also other good pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Talmadge
Joseph M. Schneck
S.A. Franklin
Paul
West
Ethel M. Wi
S. A. Franklin
Miss Talmadge
London
Vulcan
Sylvester
Durham Town Notes and Social Roundup September 4
Durham observers relay a busy week with guests from Norwich Plantsville Wallingford Meriden and Westfield autos trips to the Berkshires Sachem's Head Guilford and Westfield. The community notes a funeral and church events as well as a war bureau meeting and social suppers with thanks for kindness and flowers.
Cromwell War Efforts Highlight Local Activities
Cromwell reports residents visiting relatives in Milford Boston and Massachusetts while soldiers like Harold Swanson depart for training. Co D resumes weekly drills Friday. War Bureau plans a war chest with Edward W Johnson named chairman. Mrs Couch announces 12814 quarts canned against a 9280 quota. A town war exhibit September 14 at Gardner Home will showcase canning livestock and parade photos.
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Cromwell
Charles Barker
Milford
C. Watrous
Harold Swanson
Camp Devens
Bertha Bughee
Ruth
Boston
Mass
Tiffany Lind
Massachusetts
Herman A. Stovall
Edgewood Arsenal
New Lane
Edward Wiedmire
Wei
War Chest
State Council of Defense
W. P. Couch
Canning
War Bureau
Gardner Home
Couch
Fragments of a Dreamy Dinner Story
A quirky excerpt shows a narrator recalling a porterhouse meal and a dream involving a fish and a hedge of odd phrases. The tone hints at a personal reflection or humorous aside from a longer piece.
Local visitors and residents arrive and depart Colchester
Colchester sees a stream of visits as residents and guests travel for fairs and holidays. Mr. and Mrs. David Gilmore return from Providence while Mrs. A. an Vi van Cleve hosts guests Clark Otis of Scranton. Several townspeople attend the Norwich fair and Dr. Cyrus Pendleton moves into the Bunyan house. The State Guard meets Thursday in Grange hall after a July vacation.
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Colchester
David Gilmore
Providence
R. I
Clark Otis
Scranton
Penn
A. An Vivan Cleve
Walter White
Bridgeport
Labor
Harry Levine
New London
Jennie Mintz
Carl Carrier
Charles Green
Helen Flavin
Hartford
David Shea
Jeremiah Shea
Camp Devens
Labor Day
George Martin
New Haven
Nellie Rudden
Hannah King
Naugatuck
Frank Doane
Norwich
Robert Gilmore
Anna Avery
Cyrus E. Pendleton
Hebron
Bunyan
South Main Street
J. A. Young
James Kinney
Thomas P. Kinney
State Guard
Grange Hall
F. E. Baker
Obeying the Law in a Park Incident
An inspector questions a special officer about a man who exploited a grassy area rule in a park. The man reportedly ran across the grass despite the sign reading Keep off the grass, prompting tension and a rebuke from the inspector.
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Special
Adelaide Chronicle
Australia
Essex Notes and Local Social Highlights
Essex items report visitors and travels from Waterbury to Waterford with family ties and church activities. Henry Post visits mother Mrs Estella A Post while Home Workers of the Congregational church plan a Thursday work session. Local residents report army overseas arrivals and returns.
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Essex
Henry K. Post
Waterbury
Estella A. Post
Home Workers’ Society of the
Congregational Church
Louis J. Reiss
South Windham
A. W. Reiss
Arthur Saunders
Camp Greenleaf
Oscar Rosedale, Jr
Frank Parmelee
Edward Hyatt
Ross Perkins
Elsie Malloy
Salem
Mass
Abbie M. Pratt
West Avenue
T. D. Coulter
Maine
M. E. Church
Deep River
Labor Day
Raymond Miller
Tiley, Pratt & Co
Railroad Avenue
Hugh Buckingham
Hartford
Main Street
Humble Epworth League Meeting and Local Notices
Higganum report notes Epworth league meets at 7 45 in the Methodist church and a Sunday school board meeting follows Thursday prayer session. Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs Charles Lawson at Middlesex hospital reported. Funeral of Frank Emmons at home conducted by Rev R E Caldwell with burial at Manchester. Hadam Neck fair awards five dollar prize to the fattest baby in Had dam Neck.
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Higganum
Axel Stone
Frederick
E. O. Burr
Haddam Neck
Gordon JL. Cody
East Hampton
Swedish Lutheran Church Notes
The Ladies Society Enighet meets Thursday at 2 30 p m in church parlors with hostesses Mrs Aaron Swanson Mrs C J Carlson and Mrs Nels Larson. At 8 p m the L L holds its regular business meeting with Lutheran Brotherhood reports. Friday at 8 p m the board of deacons meets in the vestry room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedish Lutheran Church Notes
Ladies’ Society Enighet
Aaron Swanson
C. J. Carlson
Nels -Larson
L. L. Will
Committee On Lutheran Brotherhood
Board of Deacons
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Main‘’s Circus
Paces Pickfori
Kendall Ei Yr
Mamount
Grand Theatre
Durham
Earl Thewson
Frank Ives
Alice
Plantsville
H. P. Ryan
Rimer Jenkins
Wallingford
Donald
Julius J. Rich
J. H. Ball
Berkshires
John Hall
Meriden
Sachem’s Head
Guiliford
Harry M. Booth
Louis H. Ruge
Woodmen of the World
U. A. M. Hall
E. P. Gladwin
Westfield
Merriam M's. Co
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Tech
Durham War Bureau
Eny
Cateer
Eva Booth
Edward Lutters
Adv
John Rogers
Conn
Nes
Town
Monroe Salisbury
Bluebird
Triangle
the Barton Clothing Co. and
Custom Tailors
Swift & Company
Yhett
Cornet
Victor
Enkow
Sedgwick & Casey
Asylum Street
Jesse L. Lasky
Gardner
William D. Taylor
Frank E. Garbutt
Burton Holmes Travel
Matinee
Wallace
France
Marion Polk Angellotti
Margaret Turnbull
Donald Crisp
Paramount Picture
Billy West
Thomas H. Ince
William S. Hart
C. Gardner Sullivan
William 8. Hart
Joe August
I. Goldstein & Son
George F. Redford
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