World Series Triumph: Red Sox Crowned Champs Over Cubs
Sept 12 The wartime Series ends as the Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago Cubs 2 to 1 to claim the world title. Carl Mays hurled a three-hit gem while Ty- ler Weems wildness and an error by Max Flack sealed the Cubs’ fate in frigid, crowd- warmed conditions.
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Tyler
Max Flack
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Flack
Byler
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Hooper
Dave Shean
Strunk
Mays
Shean
Whiteman
Dark Horse
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Victory Army Enrolled Today Amid National Enrollment
Washington reports the new victory army enrollment as 18 to 21 and 31 to 45 year olds across 4457 sites joined in, with bands and flags, aiming for four million in France by July next year and 1 million in reserve. Major General Crowder notes speedy, orderly enrollment and high compliance. Government offices closed to allow registration, senators and representatives registering, and presidents’ call seen as the supreme answer to manpower needs.
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America
General March
Victory Army
United States
Uncle Sam
France
Enoch H. Crowder
Senate
House
General Crowder
Deep River Civic Happenings And Obituary Notes
In Deep River on Sept 12 Dr Frederick W Devitt visits New York relatives and Miss Ella Hanneen suffers a sprained ankle. Stanley G Fisher returns from a New York business trip. Republican caucus to nominate town officers set for Monday Sept 16. Mrs Joseph Katz of Essex dies of tuberculosis. funeral at St Johns Essex. Local Democrats caucus also Sept 16 in town hall. Congregational church society meets tonight to discuss pulpit coverage during Rev Howard Mortons winter absence in France. Miss E M Hanneen announces fall millinery opening for Saturday the fourteenth. Ladies invited.
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Frederick W. Devitt
New York
Ella Hanneen
Stanley G. Fisher
New York City
Joseph Katz
Essex
Frank Lund
Charles Molander
Gustav Ostling
Chester
Leightsinger
Brattleboro
Emil Carlson
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Congregational Church Society
Howard Morton
France
E. M. Hanneen
Registration at Evergreen hall in Chatham for Sept 12
In Chatham and Middle Haddam Evergreen hall hosts registration from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. today. The Goodnow remains were brought here for burial in Union Hill cemetery after his fatal fall in New York. The Red Cross meets Friday evening at Evergreen hall to make surgical dressings. Mrs Courtney Hyde entertains Miss Green at The Mrs Eric Grape and son Victor recently returned to New York after summer here. Mrs Arthur Bailey was out of town yesterday. Relatives hear of the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Connel in Elyria Ohio. she was Grace Connery before marriage.
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William H. Goodnow
Union Hill
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New York
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Red Cross
Courtney Hyde
Miss Green
Eric Grape
Victor
Arthur Bailey
Joseph Connel
Elyria
Ohio
Connel
Grace Connery
Exhibition by Junior Food Army at Gardner home Saturday
Under supervision of gardens the Junior food army holds an afternoon and evening exhibition at the Gardner home. Station 8 A band concert will be given in the evening. Come and see what the children are doing to win the war.
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Gardner Home
Grand Theatre Vaudeville and Film Lineup This Week
Manager Adorno presents a big vaudeville program tonight tomorrow and Saturday with every act a timer for a big variety show. Tonight features The Scandal Mongers with Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, a Drew comedy and Pathe weekly. Tomorrow William Desmond in Captain of His Soul and other Triangle pictures. Saturday brings Marie Walcamp in The Lion's Claw tenth chapter plus The Allied War Review and more. Next Wednesday George Walsh appears in The Kid is Clever. Coming soon Theda Bara in Under the Yoke and True Blue starring William Farnum Monday and Tuesday. True Blue portrays a western ranch owner who deserts his American wife for inheritance and returns. the tale follows their son on a western ranch with other good pictures and a New Animated weekly.
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Lois Weber
Phillips Smalley
Drew
Pathe
William Desmond
Triangle
Marie Walcamp
Universal
George Walsh
Theda Bara
William Farnum
Grand Theatre
Mr. Farnum
England
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Charles French in The Vamp at Middlesex with Enid Bennett
Veteran character actor Charles French, famed for heavy or fatherly roles, appears in The Vamp starring Enid Bennett at the Middlesex this evening. The program also includes Travel Weekly and Lyons-Moran comedy.
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Ince
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Mutt and Jeff in the Wooly West at Middlesex
Announcement for a Middlesex matinee and night showing of Mutt and Jeff in the Wooly West on Monday September 16. The cartoon duo face schemers seeking to trap Jeff into an unwanted marriage to seize the Fedora mine, with Pauline Frederick starring in Fedora at the Middlesex September 13 and 14. Mack Senett comedy and vaudeville roundup included. Mosquitoes plague interior Alaska as moose and caribou flee to water to escape pests.
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Middlesex
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Resurrection
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Miss Frederick
Count Vladimir Androvitch
Mack Sennett
Tom Brown
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Fairbanks
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Washington Housekeepers Face Domestic Labor Shortage
Washington D C housekeepers face a unique wartime problem as cooks and waitresses defect to government roles. despite 50 percent pay gains many women choose public employment over private housework, reducing domestic staff in homes hotels and boarding houses. officials urge cooperation from households and emphasize Hoover era food saving rules while families adapt to scarce skilled help.
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Washington
D. C
United States Employment Service
Hoover
German Helmets Pile Up Ashtabula Soldier Notes Souvenir
In Ashtabula Ohio on September 12 George Grand bouche writes to his parents asking if they want a German helmet as a keepsake. He jokes that the helmets lie around like hickory nuts and suggests the Germans simply ran from them.
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Ashtabula
George Grandbouche
Biggest beet in Ohio grows at Cincinnati garden
A giant beet in Cincinnati garden of J A Van Price is reported as the largest yet seen in Ohio. The vegetable measures nearly 30 inches in circumference and continues to grow, drawing local attention to the garden.
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Ohio
J. A. van Price
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