Grand Theatre vaudeville and film bill hits town
Bill at the Grand presents William Fox star Shirley in Men’s Daughters with moral warnings for women and a double bill including When Are Tempted. Mary Ander and Pathe weekly feature Noahs tale. Charlie Chaplin appears in Triple 2l. Kathryn Williams shines in We Cant Have Everything as Charity Doe. Grand also shows Less Than Kin with Wallace Reid, Theda Bara in The Yoke for final turn, plus a new animated weekly.
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Bill
William Fox
Pat
E. Lloyd Sheldon
Shirley
Peggy Hyland
Vitagraph
Mary Ander- Pathe
Charlie Chaplin
Kathryn Williams
Charity Doe
Wallace Reid
Paramount
Reid
Esex
Moran
Grand Theatre
Theda
William OX
Ansonia Leads State in War Savings Per Capita
Hartford report shows Ansonia at 16.45 dollars per person in war savings, well ahead of New London 15.97 and Willimantic 14.59. Hartford among largest cities at 8.55. Bridgeport 8.9. New Haven 6.57 with New Britain missing August data.
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Ansonia
Middletown
Hartford
Connecticut
New London
Willimantic
Manchester
Bridgeport
Waterbury
New Haven
New Britain
New Wondon
New Canaan
East Hampton
Vernon
Putnam
East Windsor
Greenwich
Eld
Old Lyme
Sharon
Sims
Avon
Seymour
Willington
Washington
Windsor Locks
Watertown
Essex
Sitch
Canton
Torrington
Bristol
Cheshire
Woodbury
Cornwall
Suffield
Guilford
Winchester
Clinton
Somers
Coventry
Norfolk
Chaplin
Meriden
Thomas
North Canaan
Portland
Sprague
Unionville
Salisbury
Killingly
Norwalk
Hompson
Windsor
Andover
Warwich
Plainville
Naugatuck
Pomfret
Beacon Falls
Walen
Ridgefield
Glastonbury
Stamford
Non
Branford
Westport
Bridgewater
Granby
Field
Madison
Hampton
Sterling
Chester
Berlin
Westbrook
Stow
Cromwell
Wallingford
Old Saybrook
Columbia
Griswold
South
Newton
Redding
Goshen
New Milford
After A Good Meal Yonkers Sentinel
A fragment from Yonkers Sentinel hints at a wartime conversation in Bensonhurst where a husband, motivated by news of wheat and other supplies being sent overseas, expresses a desire to have one last meal before facing death.
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Yonkers
How Father Fell
A brief New Haven Register snippet shows a curious family moment where a father reacts to a marriage proposal at hand. The piece hints at social expectations and familial approval as the suitor contemplates asking for the hand of the narrator from two sisters.
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New Haven Register
Papa
Local announcements and school notes in Deep River
Deep River residents share travels and studies with Mr and Mrs Frederick Kellogg returning to New York City and Miss Mary Judson entering Smith College. The town committee chairs women’s Liberty Loan efforts and town officials premiere the first official war film Pershing's Crusaders. Deep River High School Orchestra forms under Bertram Tourville with listed players and will give a concert. fall and winter opening announced for Sept 26 27 28 at Essex advertiser Kokojan.
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Deep River
Frederick Kellogg
New York City
Claire Mather
Sarah C. Mather
College For Women
New London
C. Rowland Post
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Proul Judson
Northampton
Mass
Mary Judson
Smith College
Howard Southworth
Middletown
Augusta Southworth
Irene Howard
Willimantic Normal School
Town Hall
Pershing
Crusaders
Deep River High School
Bertram Tourville
Lester Adams
Albert Ziegra
Harold Moor
Edna la Place
Helen Saunders
Iva Lee
Esther Pratt
Wallace Prann
Ellwood Bartman
Lillie Olsen
Francis Stevens
Charles Wooster
Marion Carlson
Norman Tyler
Joseph Elgart
Kirt
Old Saybrook Daily Happenings and Travel Notes
Old Saybrook reports residents returning home from summer stays in Springfield and Brooklyn while others depart for Hartford and Omaha. Trains disrupted by noon misalignment caused delays until 4 30 pm. Local mackerel catches remain strong with a four hundred fish haul near Fenwick Light. Belgian Relief week continues with clothing drives at Stokes and Birtland.
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Old Saybrook
Harry B. Augur
Shaker Beach
Springfield
Mass
William H. Pond
James B. Williams
Hartford
Obed'’s Heights
J. W. Reid
William Spellman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Herbert
Cornell University
Omaha
Nebraska
Valley Division
Middletown
C. C. Goodrich
George Comstock
Frederick Gatchill
Fenwick Light
Mr. Healy
Cedar Hill
Ralph D. Smith
Signal Gang
Stokes and Birtland’s
Irwin Granniss
T. Duprie
New York City
Local Notices and Visitor Cards At Griswold House and Borough
Sept 24 and late September notices show Mrs Hoyle and Buckingham visiting the Griswold House with a new hire at the rd factory. Margaret Feron returns from Brooklyn after a two stay. Hughes and granddaughter return to New York City from a summer home on Novelty avenue. Louiis Parker of Hartford visits Nort area home. Tripp and men are shinglin ee. Bull residence lights. Thelma Wednesday. Mary Pickford in How Could You Jean and Roscoe Arbuckle in Country Hero shown in matinee and evening. Winter opening advertisements note events for Sept 26 27 and 28 with A F inviting all to attend.
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de Thelma
Mary Pickford
Jean
Roscoe Arbuckle
Higganum Red Cross appeals for garments and help
In Higganum on September 24 Mr Fay of the Farm Bureau and Mrs Marble visited nearby towns while Mrs Johnson’s son Hilmar fell ill with pneumonia at Camp Ut on. The Red Cross appeal asks all to donate garments for both sexes and offers to repair worn items. Mrs Lowe has recovered from illness.
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Fay
Farm Bureau
C. Marble
Middletown
Thas
A. B. Johnson
Hilmar
Camp Upton
Carl Johnson
E. T. Clark
Clark
Red Cross
Lowe
Carlson Returns to Connecticut College London Town Visit
Miss M Carlson returned to the Connecticut college London on Monday in town on Sunday. Lois Leotard was in New on Monday. Mary Pickford in How Could You Jean and Roscoe Arbuckle in A Count Here. Matinee and evening showings. Winter Opening dates 26 27 and 28. All invited. A F Kokoian Essex adv.
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Ivoryton
A. F. Kokoian
Essex
Adv
Moodus Dated Social Notes Run Through Sept 29
Moodus neighbors report visits and church plans as Epworth League resumes at the Methodist church on Sept 29. Notables include Arthur Osbornes funeral in Chester, and trips by multiple residents to New Britain Higganum Middletown and Berlin fair.
Death of W Benton Tibbals in Chatham-Middle Haddam
W Benton Tibbals aged 65 died at his daughter's home in Chatham-Middle Haddam after years of illness. Funeral will be held at his brother Irvin Tibball's home on Wednesday at 2 30 PM with burial in Union Hill cemetery. Nearby notes mention John Herbert Selden visiting Hartford relatives, Dora House's Red Cross nursing duty in Maryland, Gertrude Smith returning to Portland, Edward Wilkins departing for a government post in Washington DC, and Frank E Taylor's recovery from indigestion.
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Chatham
Haddam
W. Benton Tibbals
Cobalt
John S. Carpenter
Mr. Tibbals
Irvin N. Tibball
Edward Wilkins
Harrison Brainard
Rocky Hill Local Notes and Visitors Summary
Mrs Clayton Beaumont of Granby visited Rocky Hill on Monday. Miss Mrydle Howard attended her father’s funeral in New Haven Sunday. Unclaimed letters list R Singer and Stanley Larsen. Private Earl Howard of Camp Devens called on Monday. The Motherhood club meets Friday at the library hall. Grange fair netted 140 dollars last week. Miss Jessie Bulkley visited Meriden last Thursday. George Yeager leaves October 10 for Camp Greeley Ga with Bernard Fagan and Joseph Glessner. Mrs Harriet Hyde visited Hartford Monday. W S Churchill has moved to Main Street. Several townspeople will attend the Berlin fair Wednesday.
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Rocky Hill
Clayton Beaumont
Granby
Mrydle Howard
New Haven
R. Singer
Stanley Larsen
Earl Howard
Camp Devens
Motherhood Club
Grange
Jessie Bulkley
Meriden
George Yeager
Camp Greeley
Bernard Fagan
Joseph Glessner
Harriet Hyde
Hartford
W. S. Churchill
Main Street
Frederick Hallen Becken dies after long illness in Chester
Frederick Hallen Becken dies at home after a long tuberculosis illness. He leaves a wife, a daughter Ethel, and a father. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 30 PM. Town reports Spanish influenza cases, including Elsie Clark. Neighborhood children host a cheerful gathering for Master George Berg, and the Ladies Benevolent Society plans a missionary meeting with Miss Mary Ely on Thursday.
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Chester
Frederick Hallenbeck
Ethel
Elsie Clark
George Berg
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Mary Ely
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Offer Quick Kidney Relief
Urges readers to treat back and kidney pain as signals of disease and promote Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy. Claims quick relief by attacking germs, notes two centuries of use, and urges purchase from trusted druggists with a money back guarantee.
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Haarlem
Holland
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