Friday the 13th Auspicious Day on Front in France
War dispatches on September 18 report the first American major operation by General Pershing’s army between the Meuse and the Aisne as part of a broader plan to roll up German lines. Casualties are down, prisoners up, and cavalry is skirmishing north of Bois Communaux as fresh troops move forward toward coal and iron basins. The emperor’s appeal to Essen workers signals German discontent and potential dynastic consequences, with Hindenburg and Ludendorff taking the blame if defeat comes.
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Pershing
United States
Meuse
Washington
Flanders
Bois Communaux
Pruss
Entente
Key
Germany
Essen
Ofdenburg and Ludendorff
Hindenburg Anddorff
Famous Players-Lasky presents Sar dou plays with Pauline Frederick
The famous plays of Victorien Sardou once starring Sarah Bernhardt and Fanny Davenport are adapted by Famous Players-Lasky with Pauline Frederick as the star. The picturization of these notable works has drawn wide attention for beauty and effectiveness.
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Fedora
Victorien Sardou
Sarah Bernhardt
Fanny Davenport
Players-Lasky Corporation
Pauline Frederick
Middlesex Presents Fedora and War Exhibit In Berlin
Fedora shown at the Middlesex tonight and Saturday with Miss Frederick in a strong photoplay role. Also Sennett comedy and vaudeville headlined by Tom Brown’s Review and Marion Claire. Berlin fair features a war exhibit by federal authorities including machine guns rifles and doughboy gear. Matt and Jeff in the Wooly West slated for matinee and evening shows Monday Sept 16.
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Berlin
Uncle Sam
United States
Europe
New England
War Department
Matt and
Jeff
Bud” Fischer
Matt & Jeff
Matt
Wooly West
Middlesex
Grand Theatre vaudeville and films headline big bill tonight
Grand Theatre manager Adorno presents a full vaudeville program with big timer acts. Tonight's feature stars William Desmond in Captain of His Soul plus other films. Saturday shows Marie Walcamp in The Lion's Claw tenth chapter, plus allied war review. Wednesday brings George Walsh in The Kid is Clever. coming soon Theda Bara in Under the Yoke. William Farnum stars in True Blue Monday and Tuesday with a Western plus British character contrasts.
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Grand Theatre
Adorno
George Walsh
Pep
Theda Bara
A Word From F. P. A. in France Humorist Report
Captain Franklin P. Adams, famed wit, serves confidentially in Department G-2-B at Pershing's HQ in France. He jokes about G-2-B meaning Giving it to the Bodies and sends a friendly note to American Press Humorists, praising the fervor to wallop the Boche.
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Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Franklin P. Adams
Pershing
France
Maine
The Great Test of Self-Control in Society
The article argues that self-control is easy when alone but tested in social settings. It emphasizes maintaining equanimity, restraining sharp retorts, and avoiding friction with disagreeable people as the path to character development and lasting strength.
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New Success Magazine
Ladies' Friendly society meets in Centerbrook
Centerbrook Sept 18 full attendance at the ladies society meeting. Miss Ida Ely has improvements at her Main street residence. Mr and Mrs Miner moved to Main street rent. W C Griswold vacancy from Merton Fairman. Woman's Home Missionary society to meet Friday at the parsonage. James Lynch of New London in town on Thursday. Garden thieves began fall work. Miss Laura Wright hosted friends at her Main street home.
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Centerbrook
Ladies’ Friendly Society
Ida Ely
Main Street
Laura Wright
Main ‘Street
Ivoryton Registration Day and Fall Millinery Opening
William Bige low the boy wanderer has been in town for days. Russell Stannard of the U S Gloucester was home on a 48 hour furlough. Amandus Anderson runs a portable wood saw at Com stock Cheney plant. Whistles and bells marked registration day at Rose hall run by H K Rose with 80 to 90 men registering. Miss E M Hanneen announces fall millinery opening for Saturday Sept 14. Ladies invited.
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Ivoryton
William Bigelow
Russell Stannard
U. S. Gloucester
Amandus Anderson
Comstock-Cheney
Rose Hall
H. K. Rose
E. M. Hanneen
Adv
Whistling and Nerves Across War Dispatches
A Kansas City Times piece cites Carl Ackerman quoting Von Hindenburg on nervousness and whistling during wartime, with a London dispatch noting his calm reply that he is right and looking to the future. The column closes with a Riley poem about luck and merit amid troubles.
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Kansas City
Carl Ackerman
von Hindenburg
London
Reichenberg
Inquirers
Eckman Alterative Promises Strength Against Illness
An advertisement promotes Eckman’s Alterative as beneficial for throat and lung affections. It highlights a calciune lime salt ingredient, claims twenty years of successful use, and offers 80c and 1.50 dollar bottles through druggists or the Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Doctors Urge Use of Phosphated Iron for Health Boost
Leading physicians nationwide advocate Phosphated Iron capsules for blood and nerve support. They credit the tonic with rebuilding energy, improving sleep, and lifting fatigue, noting its benefits in spring weariness. The Hartman Drug Co. of Middletown, Conn., markets the genuine capsule form through major druggists.
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Hartman Drug Co
Middletown
Conn
Married man’s speech hampered by wife’s veto
A lighthearted remark notes that a married man often has much to say but is prevented by his wife from speaking freely, highlighting domestic dynamics with humor.
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Boxford
America
Ghuirt & Collar CO
Troy
Gen. Pershing
Junior Food Army
Fédora
Samount
William Farnum
William Fox
Allus
James Whitcomb Riley
Happy Party
Mr. Happy Party
Cash and Carry Sale
Hamburg
Kelloggs
Libby
Guyer and Borsalino
The
Barton Clothing Co
and Custom Tailors
William Desmond
Marie Walcamp
Official
Allied War Review
WM Fox
William
Farnum
Animated Weekly
Geo. Walsh
Main & Washington Fruitery
Louis M. Schmidt
Anoens” Patent Vitae
Iai
Arthur B. Jenkins
U. S
Rog
Cenn
Mirtant Belicing
Hartford
VAUDE
Tom Brown
Musical Review
By Victorien Sardou
Matinee
Paramount Picture
Mack Sennett
Mutt and
Elsie Ferguson
Artcraft
New York Tribune
Misa Ferguson
J. Stuart Blackton
Humphrey Ward
Middletown Coal Co
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