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NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 10916. Fined) | hooe Nwnber Charter Ofail Orders Carefutly From July 7 to Sept S. we will close Fridays at When buying, cavefully note values offered. That best tells where to buy. inclusive, 2 o’clock. FOR THE GIRLS’ VACATION WEAR Specially Note These Seansonable Wearables SOME WONDERFUL FOURTEEN Y B ED FOR PRE OFFERING OF SIX TO MOST WAD IN OUR VALUE IN JUST WEAR. GIRLS' SECTION WE FOR THE LITTLE L. 4 CLOTHING THAT ARE L instance—aAll in the latest Sbhring styl in the most de- nd coloring. Garments that any girl will take pleasure and and every one greatly price reduced. Take Coats for sired materials a Taken every of them. but in Lot of Girls Dresses—Prettiest ht from our own stock. Some slightly rful bargain at Half price. kinds and many mussed from handling, one a wonc That's all we ask. aried range of styles in girls’ Middy , etc. Splendid choice, and a Look at Middies—There is a s, smocked Middies, the new Coat Midd Lvalues at every price. Tako Rlou spe are made of., are Separate for the Girls’ from Then there In fact everything of da white ones to choos: and Bloomers in white and Khaki. Needs, and all specially priced. ty tion Gloves for Summer-Time Wearing Kayser 15 butten length Silk Gloves, white, tan, grey, navy, pongee, black, for $1.00 and $1.50 pai Kayser 12 button Ilength 1k Gloves, black, hite and colo for 75c¢ pair. Chamoisette Gloves, 16 button length, in whi for 59¢ and $1.00 p: Chamoisette Gloves in 2 clasp style, white and colors, for 59¢ and 75¢ pair. FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DRY GOODS PURCHASED Of US. AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY RECEIVING ALL AN DEPEND PROMPTI. HAVING to | nloyed by the concern fought out 1 his re- ! rine innings for the supremacy of the factory. Both teams entered the full of confidence and several were made Cooley acted as umpire. MecCabe and Bernarde in the points for the e men vhile Isaacson and McKeon worked Tor the benedicts. AY'S sked on matte: pertaining the welfare of the town a marks on any question are & | ceiva with interest. He is chairman | Ber:in f the board of financ which has e were iZast Berlin, Mr. Mildrum is very pop- ular and practically all of the votes here, it is felt will be cast for him Te so a member of the board of finance Bricfs, John and Claire Kichard er, | Rache, alnl academy, the Murray, Mary and , Marie nd of the Immaculate Watertown, summer vacation Kensington, Fair Dates Selected. State ssued John Berlin League to Get Stand of (andidates for Legislature WILL T APFECT ISSUR ? State Board of Agriculture to Offer The Agriculture bulletin of the Board of students Heart spending | their hor been the the 16. be will bet- has by for are secretary. The dates selected ai Septemver 11 to The same rules as last year will observed, and those sin charge endeavor to make it blgger and ter than ever. The announcement made that special prizes will be offered for the best Connecticut grown potatoes | and corn at a mid-winter meeting of the board, the time and place of which will be announced later- To be eligible for these pri the pota- toes and corn in question must be awarded a first or second place at any local fair. The vegetables must also be grown by citizens of this state The following prizes are offere For the best one-half bushel e econd, the potatoes $30. Third, the potatoes $25. Fourth, the best one-half bushel of potatoes $15. For the best ten $50. Second, hibit, $30 Third, hibit, Fourth, the hibit, $15 Observe Today the twenty-fifth sary of the wedding of Erne drum te Miss Mary Galpin and in nonor of the event, Mr. and Mrs in Berlin Fair are Julius Collins of Hudson street at- tended the funeral of his sister, Mr Lucetta Culver, Portland today. Mrs. Culver was widow of J. B. Culver, late of East Hampton and died in Royal Oak, Michigan, last Tuesds Interment took place in the Center cemetery, Portland. in the is also . Prizes for Connecticut Grown Po- {atoes and Corn—Observe Silver Mr. and Mrs. Tiridgeport are in Kensington. Nelson Bradbury of Anniversary. the guests of friends fhat the Women Suffrage question ze: will vitally effect the local campaign Jof a representative, is the belief of fany voters: The open meeting in Grange hall Wednesday evening, at which able addresses were delivered by Miss Adele D. Murray, president of the Berlin Equal Suffrage e ynder whose auspices the meeting was held, Mrs. Edward G. Porritt of | Hartford, secretary of the Connecticut Women Suffrage association and Dr Valeria Parker of Greenwich, has been the subject of much comment during the past two day the con- sensus of opinion seems to be the lo- #al campaign will be fought out on hat issue. Despite the fuct, that none of the men mentioned for the position have expressed their desire to run, nevertheless the feeling per- vades that it will be acceptable to Colonel Charles M. Jarvis, e- lectman William H. Gibney, Francis Deming and E W. Mildrum. All of these candidates, if they may be con- sidered as such, are very popular anl have manifested much interest in town affairs for a number of years and their public spirit nas ever bee foremost. Bach has given sone time to aiding in the betterment the community and no mistake be made by the voters if any chosen for the honor. But, and there’s the “about town this members of the The Red Roses Grange will hold a strawberry fes- tival on G. C. Goodwin's lawn next Thursday evening. of the Berlin of Miss Anna I friends in East Allison is the guest of pe Orange, N. J. le: best one-half bushel of Miss Ellen Moore has returned to home in Kensington after a t with her brother, Edwin Moore Boston. best one-half bushel of | he of Porter left aker, Dr. R. M. Griswold attended the outing of the Second Ward Republi- can club of New Britain, which was held in New Haven today. saac trip to vesterday Oregon on a ear corn exhibit, and the best ten ear corn ex- the best ten ear corn ex- best ten ear corn ex- = A Sage Brush Tragedy. (Boston Herald.) pity that Mark Twain is not living to write the obituary of “The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise,” on which he worked in the bananza days lildrum enjoved an extensive auto-{ of Jong ago. A brief news item. mobile trip through the state. Thev | chronicies the suspension of that were accompanied by their chil-| \cwspaper; its passing brings back (ki | the memory of the remarkable boom where the great silver fartunes Church | vere made, a city of which but a Mass | Ditiful ghost survives among the sand Sacreq | and sage. For .years “The Enter- | prise” struggled on after the great baom ‘busted,” but Virginia City could not “come back.” In all the romantic story of the West there is no chapter more en- church | {y;neing than that which tells of the = I, pastor. yice of that fabulously rich mining ship at 10:45 K.{ camp. It was the wildest place that T will conduct the services the wild West knew, the richest sermon will elivered by conter in the land, where millions ’hn of California. Sunday | were made and lost in a minute. Tts v‘x:x\‘n\m’rhr- :m-m an FEn-| qays of glorious prosperity were only e ’1"”“‘ e ”"“.'Mfl: few yea but to the occa- e ;,'”l” | sional whom curiosity draws ! to its stree and tumble- purpose shacks, its glory seems further past than the mysterious ion of the Mesa Verde. West full of lost cities and towns—nat only the mining but the prairie states as well among them all Virginia City hy itself. And the s that the place does it has long been dead, still live, or exist, 2 to the hope that in the boom will come all the sovereign by the way, a state | Silver Anniversary, is anniver- W. Mil- Tt is a a two pe At the Churc Paul’s J. C. celeb: . 1es. wil. are St Roman Catholic Rev. Brennan, pastor. will - be ated at the Heart church, Bast Berlin morning at 8:30 o'clock Paul's church el Kensington Rev. lornin The pas 2nd the it is said that the local suffrage leagu-: will endeavor to have all the candi- | dates to work for their causc Up to the present, none of these men have made a statement on the sub- ject, but the women of the Jeague feel that their plea for suffrage will teive consideration. It that one or two of those r vithdraw their name election day, but whether this or not, it is safe to say the c: will be conducted a manly basis, for it is cer ot their calibre will or mean politics and wiil s of the rub, morning tomor and Kensington rOW St. ce Congregational Carleton Hazen, re- b entioned 1t avor Miss Loretta and the topic “what the carth?” Kensir Methoc Church—Re i will soc 5 g0, o, deserted be: is on down in the civili The | dead regions, but lis in a tragedy not know j and the p there who not t Ep shury at pastor scopal pas- 10:30 will low - mor The whoever be hard the may interes ure as they 2 m. and 7 conduct Berlin Rev orst Sermon | scheol at ndeavor qo i both servic meeting: Colonel r of town few years and ha desire to see tiling and movement the - hette JFirst Selectman Gibney ! position for the p and his reccrd as town Congregational A. Fiske, pastor, tomorre t 10 o'clock. | by the pa Sunday The Senior Christion VIl e e G SR subject will be: “What ! y,ck And v life on earth?” |, of Nevada Benedicts vs. Batehelors, ahout as large in area as all New The Paper Goeds srounds was the | Ungland and New York combined— | cene of a fast and exciting baseball | there are fewer persons than in the Church. Morning class of it that eople : neon fair socicty which ha gpeacs S ir il el s the purpose of ot e lirteen , i?iai | Plainvillc ¢ game this afternoon, when teams of | ity of Somerville—and a very differ- too well known for repetition at th the married and single men, em-!¢nt class of population in the main! time. Mr Deming’s opinicn is al- nville News| LOCAL YOUNG WOMEN JUNE BRIDES TODAY Cupid Goes on a Rampage Cele- hrating Local Victories FOUR COUPLES ARE WED Three of the Brides Former Members of Trumpull’'s Clerical Force— Sciool ChikdNen Successfully Ex- ccute Fire Drills—Other Matters. Wedding bells chimed for several oung people taday and sides held the center of the < a big day for Cupid and little wizard of the arrows went rampage in celebration of his vietories. Four lacal voung had “Mrs.” prefixed to their names, their friends joining in the celebration of the event At the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bartlett on Park street there was a very bpretty wedding this afternoon al 4 c'clock when their daughter, Florence Pascom became the bride of Francis 1lay Baton of Hartford, Rev. F. T. Grant, r of the Con- gregational church, ting. The hcuse was sti 1v decor- ated, ferns and mountain laurel be- ing effectively used in carrving out the color scheme. The bride was at- tended by Miss Laura M. Minor of Plainville as maid of honor. Arthur H. Peck of New Haven acted as best man. The bride’s gown was aof crepe de meteor and lace with pearl trim- ming She carrfed a shower houquet of White roses and sweet peas. The niaid of honor wore a gown of white net over blue silk and carried a houquet of pink roses. The bride- groom’s gift to the bride was a ai mond stick pin. The hridegroom pre- cented his attendant with a pair of gold cuff links, the maid of hanor re- celving a gold chateline pin from the bride Attending the ceremony and ception which followed were a num- her of guests from Hartford, New Maven, Newar Springfield, Mass., nville, After honeymoon the couple will ts the residence at 56 Campbell artford. hlushing 1 on a several ladies re- up avenue, Lindstrom-And There is rable interest among loca] people in the wedding of Miss Enda Andrews of this place and Fdward Lindstrom of Southingtan, which will be solemnized this evening 6 in the Church of Our Saviour The rector, Rev. R. H. Turton, will perform the ceremany. A number of invitations have been issued and it is expected that the marriage will be witnessed by large congregation. Following the cere- nony there will be a reception at the Lome of the voung lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews of West Main street. 30th young people are well known cmong the “Circle T" emploves. The “ride-elect was one of the popular raembers of the office force Mr. Lindstrom also works the Trum- bull factory. Norlander-D: Miss Ruth Daniels, another mem- her of the clerical force at Trumbull’s became a bride this afternoon, when she was joined in wedlack to Taw- rence Norlander of New Britain. The ceremony was performed at the home ©f the young lady’s parents in South- ington. The couple will in New Britain. ws, consid o’clock in aniels, make their home Bronkie-Dennis. Olive of Whiting is to be this evening to Walter Bronkie of The wedding will take place in the Capital city and will be s quict affair. The couple will be vnattended. fter their honeymoon live in Hartford. Successful Fire Tnder the personal abservation of Rev. H. T. Walsh, acting school visitor, twa very successful fire drills Miss street, at 8 o’clock Hartford Dennis married they will Drills, of This Bank Is to BUILD UP its business in a safe and conservative manner, avoiding all speculations, no matter what may be the expectations of profit. SAFETY | is placed above to DEPOSITORS profit to stockholders. We want all the good, safe business we can get and assure our customers of every courtesy and proper accom- modation. Money in our SAVINGS department draws 4% interest. Piainvifiefiust Co. PLAINVILLE., CONN. Banking Hours:—9 a, m. to 3 p. m., except Saturdays, 9 to 12 and 7 to 9 p. m. Whe re Dattle Occurred in Mexico; ““Goodbye’’ to Their Soldier Boy PARTING FROM THEIR SOLDIERS The large black star on the accom- | Carrizal, American and Carr zista forces clashed. The solid black | line (A) indicates General Pershing’s | { panying map indicates 1oint where & 3 SAN)DIEGO! PEARSON MADERA / SJALAS VARAS u-:;%@:"‘;mu_— SCALE OF ' MIU o [T k2 SC 190 o ASCENSION NAMY ANIMAS, \ UIPA TeRRAZASY B ® CHIHUAHUA & 3¢ 2 OPPOSING LINES line stretching from Columbus, M., scuth to Namiquipa. (B indicate Carranzista lines. The small mark the route of the American forces from of Guzman to the scene the battle of Carrizal. The photo- | IN MEXICO graph reproduces a parture from New York city af] Twenty-second corps of engin New York National Guard, when womenfolk of the soldiers bade well to them. scene at the were given by the school children | last Wednesday morning. i Absolutely no warning was sgiven | to either teachers or pupils. Never- | theless the brick building wa emptied with no signs of confusion in | approximately twenty-four seconds after the alarm was given. It took | about fifty-five seconds for the chil- | dren ta get out of the wooden build- ing. In this instance they did not | resort to the fire escapes on the out- ! side of the building. The school | Loard plans some changes in the out- side fire escapes duri the vacation | and when these are made it 1s be- | lieved the drill can be executed in rauch quicker time. Father Walsh believes that the re- sults of the drill indicates that both records could be surpassed by from five to ten seconds in an emergency. Sunday in Churches held p. Burton, will be and 7 Services tomorrow 10:45 a. m, The rector, Rev. R. H preach in the morning, Sunday school following. After school meetings prayer will be summer. Advent Christian—In of the pastor, Re Rev. E. J. Lewis of W occupy the pulpit at both morning and evening services tomorrow. Morning worship will begin at 10:45. Sunday school will be at noon and at €:30 In the evening the Loval Workers’ service will be held. The evening sermon will be given at 7:15. Baptist—The pastor, Rev. J. G. Ward will preach at the regular morn- ing service at 10:45. Sunday school will be held at 12:05. The Youns People’s service will start at 6 o'clee Rev. A. B. Con‘s. D.D., secretary of the Baptist convention will give the sermon in the evening at 7 o'clock. Congregational—Rev. F, L. the pastor will be the preacher at the regular morning service tomorrow on “What One Man Saw. Civil Service Frank W. Hohbein, under civil service for the post office, today issued notice of a examination to be held Britain post office on July 8 for purpose of creating a new list of e ibles for clerks and carriers Plainville. Applic Episcopal at m. will | ! tomorrow Sunday | and the evening discontinued for the the absence J. W. Denton, aterbury will | Grant, | ams.” local secretary j competitive New he in the for be between eight- een and ive vears of age and | must be citizens of the United States. No male applicant will be eligible for ! appointment unless he weighs at least 125 pounds. The list of eligibles now in be supplanted by that prepared the results of the examination. nts must fort use will from i Drunks Under Arrest. Dexter Cole last evening by Constables Marino and David to the accused was staggering the streets and was unable to look after himself when they locked him np. Cole declares that while he had a few drinks he was on his way home and was not causing any disturbance Officer Marino rounded up David Powers of New York city, who came here looking for work at the trans. fer station. Powers was ping off a jag in a box car in the freight yards when discovered the officer. Both men will be given an opnor- tunity to explain the reasons for thejp conduct when thev are brought fore Justice A. H. Condell afternoon Expects To Cross Border. j. F. Dimes of Crown street re. ceived a letter from his son, Fred J. was taken into custody According the officers, around by he- 1his | sist in the farewell demonstra | the | wora | without a Dimes vesterday, the young man writ- ing that he expects to be ordered to cross the Mexican border to join his regiment in a few days. Young Dimes is a cavalryman in the regular army. He has been doing patrol duty for sev- eral weeks, remaining on the Amer ican side of the boundary with a de- tachment from his regiment, the ma- jority of which are now with Per- shing's army In Mexico. Dimes had been worried for some time beacuse of the possibility that he might not be given an opportunity to go into action with his comrades but the latest turn in the Mexican =itua- tion has changed his despair into joy | He writes that the soldiers are itching for a chance to get into the thick of the fight and orders to go forward cannot be fssued too quickly to suit them. Brief Ttems. all of the teachers left today for their respective Practically local school homes where they will spend the sum- mer vacation. Accompanied by Prin- cipal Judd the graduates went on an outing today. The Forestville baseball team will play the Plantsville nine at Allen's field tomorrow afternoon. Rev. W. P, Kilcoyne is oxpected home this evening from Keyser Tsland where he has been on retreat 1or 1 week Local ministers are making ar- for a meeting to be held at the tional church on Sunday, July 2. Rev Walter E. Lanphear of Hartford, who is taking a prominent part in the fight for a saloonless nation will the speaker. rangements union temper Cor he A number of Plainville people were in New Britain this afternoon to as- on they entrained There are several local 10 boys | 8 I Morse is at New Britain | for treatment. f militiamen as Niantic, in the New Britain companies Mrs. J. W. hospital { one of those letters,” | “The TRAGEDY IN POSTAGE STAMP One That Carries Sorrow Into less Homes Daily Count- Dead Placed on Swiss Government. | Globe.) | | | Soldiers’ Mail b; (U one tica There is small postage stamp, with a black border, and (dead) sents a greater tragedy than any the single “decede, which repre- bat- It is the stamp | tle in the present war. used by the international mail the Swiss govern- | prisoners of vice, conducted by between the of all nations and their families, lette: directed to soldiers who 1 fallen at the front or died in hospi A large table at the Be head- | quarters is piled high with these let- ters, each bearing the fatal stamp | “decede.” This but mail and day’s mail piles rle again. to families in E nce. Turkey, Austria, . pan—the entire range of fighting countries—for Switzerland has taken over the entire work of administering | this mail service between families and | their men at the front. ° | For a small country it is an enor- ! mous work that Switzerland has thus bearing expense | penny's charge to anyone. | Located right in the heart of the car- war | on ment, s ave als. ne is one he ta nglanc or- | assumed, the entire nage, with the fighting nations on every side, Switzerland is peculiarly placed for effectively carrying on this l these i vans adding to them constantly | addvessed | plac celves i 91 i land auties humanitarian work. It js like the lomatic work which the United S assumed for the different count but the magnitude of the work is T ably greater owing to the vastnes these daily mails between all fighting countries. And yet Sw land does this work simply and out noise and few know of the e3 of the undertaking. Some thirty to fifty wagon loa this mail are handled daily, wrig representative of the Associated P) All about the big rooms, long lin postal employes were at work so the soldier mail—letters, pacH] and money orders—going to va countries. Many poor people m loaf of bread daily to the son or er away at the front or in prison. of the wrappings of a loaf of b had broken open and disclosed the sender had ingeniously insert copy of the Paris Matin inside bread. It was doubtless done wit malice, the official said, by some m er who wanted her son to ge| gllmpse of the home paper package contained a small rem of a Christmas tree, with some of] trinkets adhering. Others were p) ages neatly divided Into small sec of chocolate, tobacco, soap and needs and small for the away from home. But the most poignant | this busy bureau was the { with letters and packages | could never be delivered the stamp | binding these hundred and hundreds luxuries branc table hed . each be: ' One employe letters in package, there were man with the inco v every ‘decede a the letters are first fort is made to deliver them, when the officlal record or other thoritative information shows the dier is dead the fatal hlack-bord stamp “dacede’ goes on the letter it is returned to the An this stamp carries into countless h daily the news which is a each of these households. “There was a strange incident a said the of letter by a mothe Germany to her son in France. ing he was dead, the letter was turned to the mother, with the st ‘decede’. But the mother, not un standing the French word ‘dec thought it meant the name of town to which her had | transferred. And she she wi him a nd this time all the dren in the letter and 1t his name at ‘De France.' course there is no and the letter back with an explanation why it ¢ not be delivered.” It other nearby rooms scores of ployes were at work on postal ord It needed nice calculation in each making the exchange between Fire francs, German marks, English si ings, Russian rubles, Italian lira, trian kroners, etc ch day the Swiss postoffce and forwards ‘an averagd 084 letters and postals, 16 small unregistered packages, § registered packages and 8,328 pc orders—this is the daily average the special service of soldier mafl] And vet Switzerland doing work without charge and doing it 81 lIv; its state railways carry all mall free of charge: all postage sta i hundreds extra posta] employes are engage the administration and expenditure millions of dollars are waived—thaj the way a small country is obeyini large impulse to do its share in better part of the war's work, received sender. tragedy was sent son joined with of again waived

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