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NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916. BOYS" CLOTHING AT GREATLY SPRING ROOM, OVERCOATS, SHIRTS, AND TOO NUMEROU NOT somewhat b SUITS that were sSUT that were SUITS that were U that were (with 2 pair of YOUNG hav been $12.5 87.00 a suit—fourteen suits in the lot. YOUNG MEN’S SUITS, the S: Peck make, regular kind, to close at 8 suits left, in brown and gre (seventeen nobby ones two years). w. Of Manchester grade, $1 HAVING AN THIS IS TH MACKINAWS, yken, but all s ME For the Youths of teen and eighteen years, Suits (mostly brown mixtures) that 50 alway: a suit. (Ages three to eight ycars.) AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF REDUCED PRICES ODS ARE ON FINAL THE WAY, AND MARKDOWN ON SWEATERS, ODD MANY MORE USEFUL ARTICI 'S TO MENTION. I NORFOLK SUITS, 7es ave here $10.00 and $12.50, at . $7.50 and $8.50, at . $6.50, at i $5.00, at Sl ants) that w our regular SUITS. xteen, seven- we have BOY 0 to $14.50, for of them left. $6.00 1o $3.98 to (Three to ninc 18.00 to § 18.50. Just twelve Very to twenty- MACKINAWS 5.00 ki UIT: Galatea, the best special at $1.2 clos t $3.9 ‘Why mnot your boy. 5. buy BRITAI AGRIGULTURAL ASSN. |01 Oficrs Re-elected and Plans| * for 1916 Fair Discussed TW0 COMMITTEES APPOINTED ¥pidemic of Whooping Cough in Fast | { Berlin—Commissioner Visits Dairy | Houses—Women's Aid Supper and | “Entertainment Tomorrow Night. The Berlin Agricultural society, | conducts the Connecticut State | held meeting in clerk’s office last night. Colonel M presided. which fair, its annual the | town Charles Jary of the Atwater, president B. H. presented the financial the fair held fall. approximately equalied “eaciety, treasure re The the port of last expenses | evening, a collation 1 him WE WINT PANTS, oy goods, from seven to seventeen nd. s 1, one and two of a s one NE D SR THE SUITS, BOYS' lines years, the are OVERCOATS At Less Than Cost. Chinchillas mostly, and not many $8.50 o $12.00 kind at $7.50 kind at $5.48 Kind at years.) in broken sizes, s fourteen to c. to of these for YOU CAN DEPEND ON US. ved. The February and Mrs. H. was next meeting will be held 23 at the home of Mr. B. Cooley. Parcel Difri John Martino, who carries the mail from the depot to the post offices, is desirous ‘of the townspeople help- ing him out in a small wa Many of Kensington's fair shoppers buy their goods in Hartford and have the stores deliver them by parcel post and give their address as Berlin, Mr Martino the Kensingtonites would be conferring a great favor on if they have their parcels de livered from the Kensington post Post Ities. | office for when addressed to the Ber- lin office, it is necessary for him to haul the packages there and later te the Kensington office. Inspecting Local Farms, Deputy Dairy Commissioner T, H. Bishop of New London is spending a few days in the town various Mr. Bishop makes a minute examination of the conditions of the dairy houses and examines the | there. He also tests the blood of the stock, an analysis of the milk. commissioner, after his offers suggestions to the owners. used The Alamen’s Aid Supper, Final pians are being made by the | members of the Women's Aid society of the Berlin Congregational church, which will he held tomorrow evening in the church. income, but nevertheless the directors feel the fair was very successful. All the old officers, with -one exception were re-elected, the exception being tiat Charles Davis of Middletown takes the place of Marsden Bacon the same city. The officers of the society President, Charles Berlin: vice presidents, W. ster, Berlin; W. H. Lyon G. F. Kibbe, New Britair Hubbard. Jr., Middletown; Leland Gwatkin. Berlin: tr TI. Atwater. Berlin; directors, Wileox, Berlin; R. S. Woodruff, Haven; James B. Palmer, Norwich; 1. Gold, West Cornwall; Mel- Sherwood, irfield; Charles Middletown; Rev. S. A. Fiske. serlin; T.. H. Healey, North W. H. Hall South Willington; R Clark, Fast Berlin; C. w Stevens. Kensington; Dr. R. M. Gri: Kensington; R B. Murr: of at prese: M. TJarvi H. Web- Meriden: Kent are Pavis o wold, Berlin b Gas vear D weel many decided to hold the fair the week following Labor but the auestion of how and evenings it would rin and will be decided the time of which order to facilitate coming fair, filled, the premi nd the finance committec will consist of B. H. Af- " Webster 104 Ads all of Berlin, w end will he und jon of Major Fran raneis Deming. William and Claude W. Stevens. nent as to the length of the comiug rair was divided as to whether it would advisable to run four days or a whole week, consequently held in abeyance. Whist Club Meets. The Flome Whist club on held its bi-monthly vening at the home of Dr. and Mrs M. H. Griswold. When the returns were tabulated the ladies’ prizes cre arded to Mrs. Nichols and M E. Williams. while Georse Grifith and H. B. Cooley were ed the gentlemen’s prizes. During the was left open at he next meeting. not n worl hcalnmittee for were he the two ommittee The former water, W ns. ancial 1e senti- of Kensing: meeting last aw Wood- | it | ard- | and entertainment wili be | was received from Mrs. J. | New Britain last night, that she would | be unable to appear because of illne: | The news was was | by the committee, Mrs. Crain ha made an enviable reputation as an en- | tertainer, but committee is in com- { munication with talent and promises a program will be thoroughly enjoyed. member | have been working, hard during the { week on the sale of tickets and expect {to have a record crowd on hand, The proceeds of the supper and entertain- ment will be used to pay for the re- ! pair of the church chimneys. which down during the blizzard as local which were blown in December Whooping Cough Prevalent. Many cases of whooping cough have been reported lately, especially in the | 1ast Berlin district among the young- er children. The attendance at the Hubbard school has dropped siderably in the lower only eight pupils, out of a registration of twenty-eight in one room having at- tended the sessions this week. Par- ents are cautioned to keep their chil dren home, if they show symptoms of being afflicted with the cough. Briels, Danile Hitchwar and family. who have resided on the Nichols farm for the past ten years, have moved to IFor- cstville. The house is now occupied by Louis Ramponi and family, who formerly lived in Kensington. rooms, The Grange will give ioned dance in its new 1 | night. ” | Julius Baldwin, who | treatment at the New Brit | hospital, was reported 1 proving this morning. The East Berlin Curs | met at the home of M afternoon Through an old fash- i1 tomorrow undergoing 1in General as slowly im- "nt Bvents cl Nelson this an error, it night, Hes was stated that the in ladies whist and The H will be held in the barement of | the church next Theirsday evening { this column last of the hold | | | socinl tonight social inspecting the | | legal | ddosed all and | x i examination, Following the supper | iven. Word ! Crain of | greatly regretted | [ who {in the off con- | J.°H, Mansfield and Miss Carrie Mansfield of New Haven are the guests of Mr, and Mrs. H. H, Spooner of Blue Hills. Stanley Wikoski and family recent- moved into C. J, Miller’s house. The second games of the bowling series hetween the East Berlin and American Paper Goods teams will be rolled on the New Britain alleys this evening. Membership cards of the IZast Ber- lin Village Tmprovement society are ready for distribution and can be had from the members. John Henry of returned New visit Yorlk with Brooklyn, ha after a friends in Kensington. The condition of Mrs. I3, M. Gr wold of Kensington was reported as hom | trifle improved this morning. William Hills. who suffered a shock last Saturday, is improving slowly. of Saturday being a Lincoln’s Birthday, the company will be On account holiday, Trust day Plainville Worthingtons play the Rovers of New Britain, also a preliminary game on Friday night, FFeb. 11, Town Hall, Berlin. Dancing will follow. Me- Keon Orchestra will play.—advt. MRS, AYi.OP HONORED. adelphiz Woman Gets Badge Of Scottish “Black Watch” Regiment Pl I'eb. 10.——Decoration and gold honor badge “Black Watch” Regi- conferred Mrs. of this “In of her kindly act writ- than one thousand letters soldiers in the trenche: of Counaught, governor (anada, sent the decora- William K. Macnaught, told Mrs. Taylor her letters are highly prized by the soldiers. The letters were addressed to “‘Some Soldiap In The Trenches” and each one was concluded with an original verse. I did not make a copy of the letters,” said Mrs. Taylor, “and I cannot s At was in them, except way—merely words of Philadelphia, of of the Scottish the silver ment. has been William R recognition ing more to Britis} The Dul eneral tion by Sir upon city, in Taylor of guest comfort.” It said the “Black conferred ur was this Watch” on is the first time badge has been an American. HONOR COL. HEPBURN. nda, Ta.. Suspends Business Dur- ing Clarinda, | uneral Services, IFeb, 10.—Hundreds of lowans today paid their last tribute to Col. W: P, & man, who died at his home heras Monday. The funeral this afternoon were under the auspices of the local G. A. R. Post and the Hepburn, former con- se | Masons. Business suspended, in Clarinda was virtually HANIFAN MADE CHAIRMA W. Va., Feb. 10.—L. state supervisor of rural appointed the executive committee of the Southern conference for education and industry as chairman on social center work, it became known today This committee will make a of the social cen- ter work done throughout the coun- try and report he meeting of the conferenee in New Orleans in April. J. Charleston, Hanifan, has heen schools, by survey Plainville News MASONS MAKE PLANS FOR MINSTREL SHOW Prominent Men to Don Burnt Cork at Benelit Entertainment DEATH OF HISS MARY WALSH Masonic Singers and Jokesters to Ap- pear in the Town Hall February 22 and 23—Utilitiecs Commission In- vestigates Collision. Political leaders and men promi- | nently identified with manufacturing in the town will throw off the manfie of business on February 2 and 23 when they will don the burnt cork and warble their sweetest for the henefit of the: Masonic building corporation, On these dates they will appear in the Town hall as disciples of Hi Hen- ry, presenting an old-fashioned min- strel show. There is considerable in- terest in the affair and the commit- tee in charge expects that there will e a large attendance on both nights, New Britain will send a good-sized | delegation to encourage their Plain- ville brothers in their debut before the footlights, asd other Masonic or- sanizations in neighboring towns will | also be represented at the show. Rehearsals have been in progress for some time and the soloists, joke- | sters and members of the chorus ad- | mit that they are making good prog- | Thirty-five members of Fred- lodge will take part. An enter- | taining program has been prepared | and it is expected to furnish much ! enjoyient Te latest Broadway hits | will be interpreted by leading citizens | of the town and there will be a num- ber of local hits from Messrs Tamhbo and Bones, occupying positions on the ends. Charles IT. Calor will serve as inter- locutor and will introduce the singers | in addition fo exchanging pleasantries with the end men. Hiding hehind the burnt cork on the ends will be Charl, R. Sherman, Ralph Seymour, Joseph N. McKernan and Oliver H. Robert- son. The company has prepared a num- ber of surprises in minstrelsy and the entertainment gives promise of being | exceptionally good. After the entertainment will he enjoved. Inve: dancing ating Collision. Members of the public commission were here investigate the collision between two trolley cars on the New Britain line in which six passengers were injured Tuesday morning. A report of the accident was filed with the hoard and the members came to Plainville to | personally look over the locality where the cars came together, Their investigation had not T completed today and they had no nouncement to make as to the of the crash. While the Connecticut company has | thus far refused to make any state- | ment regarding the responsibility for the wreck, the opinion prevails among trolleymen familiar with the conditions that the motorman on the “extra” was largely to blame. The track is mearly straight at the point where the cars collided and there is practically no grade. Railroad hold that in all probability the tra” was running too close to car ahead of it and when the stopped at the crusher to discharge passenger the motorman following was unable to ‘apply his brakes time .to avert the crash. | The crew on the ‘regular” Is | working as usual but the motorman | on the “extra’” has been laid off until “New Haven' decides on the meri of his report. Funeral of Mrs. Fuch Funeral services for Mrs. Frederick | Fuch, death occurred Tue: “I DON'T SUFFER ANY MORE’ “Feel Like a New Person,” says Mrs. Hamilton. - utilities vyesterday to | | | een ( an- | cause | men | “‘ex- the latter in whose New Castle, Ind.—*“From the time | I was eleven years old until I was seven- | teen I suffered each | monthso I had to be in bed. Ihadhead- | ache, backache and | such pains I would | cramp double every month. I did not | know what it was | to be easy a minute. My health was all run down and the doctors did not do me any good. A neighbor told my mother about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and I took it, and now I feel like a new person. I don’t suffer any more and I am regular every month.”’—Mrs. HAZEL HAMILTON, 822 South 15th St. When a remedy has lived for forty years, steadily growing in popularity and influence, and thousands upon thousands of women declare they owe their health to it, is it not reasona- ble to believe that it is an article of great merit? If you want special advice write | to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read | bad eough don’t proceed to dose yourself | the cough temporarily by deadening the | today | The administrator claims that as Con- company, prior to her illness, and was brothers. who is proved from 6 to 8 o'clock. provement night Springfield. corsage at florist, streets, from glad to dispose of at very We would also advise you to call and look and ing at and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence, Don’t Merely ‘‘Stop”’ a Cough Stop the Thing that Causes It and the Coush will Stop Itself A cough is really one of our best friends. 1t warns us that there is in- flammation or obstruction in a danger- ous place. - 'l erefore. when you get a with a lot of drugs that merely "Mo‘)” throat nerves. Treat the cause—heal the inflamed membranes. Here is a home- made remedy that gets right at the cause and will make an obstinate cough vanish more quickly than you ever thought pos- sible. Put 2% ounces of Pinex (50 cents worth) in a pint hottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar syrup. This aives vou a full pint of the most pleasant and effective cough remedy you ever used, at a cost of only 54 cents. " No bother to prepare. Full directions with Pinex. Tt heals the inflamed membranes so ently and promptly that you wonder ow it does it. Also loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough and stops the formation of phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes, | {hus ending the persistent loose cough. Pinex is_a bighly concentrated com- pound of Norway pine extract. rich in| guaiacol. and is famous the world over for its healing effect on the membranes. avoid disappointment, ask your! t for “215 ounces of Pinex.” and | ccept anvthine else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt-| 1y refunded. goes with this preparation.| The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. ——————————————————— be held Saturday after- noon at 2 o'clock at her home on East street, Rev. A. Houck, pastor of the Methodist church, officiatin Interment will be in-West cemetery. Undertaker W. A. Bailey arronged to put off the funera: antil that time f to accommodate relatives from outside the state who wish te aitend, Instatled. The Connecticut company has sub- stituted incandescents of twenty can- dle power for the sixteen cundle puw- er bulbs which it installed on Whiting strect after the old contract for strect lighting had expired. Under a couft order the company is forced is furnish sixteen candle power lamps. The new lights do not give satisfaction, how- ever, and it is not likely fhat ‘he “concession” will keep the town from appealing to the public utilities com- mission for better service. The selectmen have not what course they will pursuc ing the action of the company with other citizens they helieve matter will eventually have to be t en to the utilities board to ascertain what interpretation should be made of night, will Better Lamps decicded regar® but the k- the order issued by the conrt when the company was given the right t extend its line to Southington. Settle Estate Svon. Preparatory to making formal plication to the probate court for per Patrick ap- mission to settle the estate of James clerk Gray rec Coughlin, Administrator filed with the town ord of the sale of property on F strect to Mary A. McConnell of Wa- terbury. The police in question was owned by Coughlin Only a partial distribution of egcentric old man’s wealth has made and it is understood the heirs are anxious to have the remaindor given to them and the estate settled. There is a dispute over tha status of the appeal of Charles ¥. Conlon from the action of the probate court of Bristol in approving of the admi trator paying certain claims presented by Mr. and Mrs. William Coughlin. the heen lon’s attorney failed to file notice with the superior court within thirty davs the appeal was automatically vacated Attorney N Pierce has ed ve the case re-opened but the ministrator has refused and the lawy-r now threatens to make his request to the court. The threatened litigation may hold up for a time the final set- lement of the estate but it is expected that application for permission to distribute the property will he made in a short time. Miss Mary Walsh Miss Mary Walsh, highly respected vonng lady, evening at the Mr. and Mrs. Whiting street. She had ‘been some time and her death had expected for a few days. Miss Walsh was twenty-three vears of age She was employed in the lo- cal plant of the Bristol Manufacturing al- Dead. well known and died 1.+t home of her Walsh of in for be . parents, Jeremiah T. held in high esteem by her in the mill. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock from the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Besides her parents, the is survived by several associates your sters Bricf Ttems, The condition of Rev. at the home of his sister in Ansonia, recuperating from a recent illness. is reported to be greatly i H. T. Walsh, Sequassen lodge will hold a meeting tonight in 0dd Fellow : The Tadies Aid society of the Meth- odist church will serve a supper in the church parlors tomorrow tvening Im- to- Directors of the Business and association will m New Britain club, Murphy of Whiting with reiatives in at the . James J. is visiting . Valentine Flowers For Sale. Jlets, roses and other blooms for this time. J. L. Ahlquist, corner Maple and Whiting Plainville. -d5 more stock bargains left which we are low prices. We have a few our winter our stock of Hub rubbers boots which we are sell- over We Want Every Business Man who is in any way interested in Office Furniture and Office Equipment to see our exceptionally fine dis- plays of the following manufacturers: Standard Furniture Co. Desks and Tables B. L. Marbie Co. Office Chairs Stow and Davis General line of exceptionally high grade equip- ment such as Directors’ Tables, Suite Furniture, Wardrobes, Umbrella Racks, Telephone Tables, Cos- tumers and waste Baskets. Macey Co. (New Tus- can Line) Vertical and Horizontal Filing Sections, Record Desks and Bookcases. Card 03 ASYLUM 3T HARTFORD. A GRACEFUL SUIT FOR MATINEE GIR Sanford Freeman few Mr hav days and Mrs. returned after spending a in New York. Mrs. Edward Sharp gave an Eng- lish tea this afternoon to the mem- bers of Alxandria lodge, I. O. D. of St. George. the series of whist parties will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dyer, this even- ing at 8:15 o'clock. The fourth in Mrs. Calef of Springfield, has re- turned to her home after spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Lenord B. Mallory. Miss Helen Hare entertained twen- ty of her friends Tuesday afternoon, the event being her tenth birthday. Games were played andr efreshments was served. Miss Hare proving a de- lightful little hostess. The vaudeville postponed. will he at the Guild hill which February show held was 17 Miss position ot Ruth 1cku with the Trevele of Hartford. ccepted a Insurance Mrs. relatives two Capen in weeks who has Springfield has returned heen visiting for the home. past There will bhe Lincoln service Sat- urday evening at 7:45 o'clock, in Congregational chapel. Under the aus- pices of the Boy Scouts. Parents and all friends of the hoys arc invited. About nde party ford. 5 members of the Christian vor beiety enjoved a Monday West sleigh evening to Hart- Julia T at Wells The many friends of Harry Latham, who has heen very ill with pneumoni will he to know that he is now improving rapidly Miss Spring is River, pending weels Vermont pleased program will meeting of Grange, Feb. 11, including “A Trip to California” by Miss Saunders and a talk on “Rural Credi by F. E Duffy of Meadow Brook 'm. West Hartford. Being *“Photoszraph Night,” | all members are expected to come and | bring their pictures. | A v the regt ed be given at Newingtoun satin of modish black fox features Brocaded maroon quality features this The bell and ing are this beautiful suit of moleskin this sleeves interesting DS LIFE WITH BULLET. Panora, Ta., Feb. 10.—M. G. Rey- nolds, aged 57, president of the Guth- rie County National bank and a brother of George M. Reynolds, the Chicago banker, committed suicide shooting himself late vesterday at home here 111 health and ency was given as the cause costume Is incompgrable, NOTED R New York tanoby at many establishments to New in 1876 Feb. 10.—Andre bY day his home in this eity, his widely York despond- visitors He was born | ‘ France 900 MINERS § Pittsburgh, Feb. 10.-—-Nine miners employed in three the Ford Collieries company merville near here, struck today to enforce a that the company reduce the price of powder from 8 to 5 cents a package. PRIKE, ¥ | TEXAS REACHES QUE London, Feb, 10, 11:45 a, m.—Th Swedish steamship Texas, New Orlea hundred mines of of Cul- demand ported wireless that he cargo cotton was on fire town today by Destroys Liguor Eravinm ey and Orrine We would not under any circumstances liquor habit, until we had absolutely satisfied claimed for it. ORRINIE th» orly treatment has sufficient merit to be sold under a p ositive if the gesired results are not obtained. It has we k vhom it has the You have nothing to risk and everything guarantee remedy for ourselves that it did for {he habit iarantee to refund the stood the te habit endorse a is liquor mo t of ye cured of drink 1 in : ORRINE a protects you OR-~ for those who wish to sa hly use and No. 2 in e rubbe: greatly Birnbaum. { reduced prices. 1. J, trial, because the c¢h box thor RINE is in two forms: 0. 1 for secret to take it voluntarily s $1.00 a box. Clark & Brainerd Co., Main street. Cc Ask us for free booklet. 181 heav designy band With trim turbag For lingering cold days TOWN for Gothenburg, which on Tuesday re: of] arrived at Queens: AURANT MAN DEAD Bus noted restaurant man, died to: ¥o years he conducted local dining patronized B; | The |