New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1916, Page 7

(Our Store Open Every Evening Until Nine o'Clock) Useful Things For Boys Xmas Gifts That Can Be Selected Quickly It is at our boys’ department in the north annex that you will find many suitables for gifts to the youngsters that will give them pleasure and be of use at the same time. Gift givers are planning more sensible : - embrances than formerly, and our well stocked boys’ department gives good chance to make suitable and satisfactory selections. Every Boy Wants a Jerse) School or Gymnasium exercises. have them of all wool, high neck, long sleeves, in maroon 8 to 14 year sizes. sleeveless and sizes, choice $1.50 How About a Something no boy Our showing of Sw prehensive, includi qualities from $1.7, the Shaker Knits. low for the | , navy, and oxford. Also in all whites, neck style, same each. of wool are $2.50 and gray In one- a Bathing Suit s sit to 18 black Rubber (‘oat boys, at $2.98 cach 59¢. Good swenter‘.‘—f should be without. veaters is very com- | ng many kinds and 75 up to $5.00 for 4 to 14 sizes. Are Rubber Taking Swimming Lessons?—If so, We | buy him a Bathing Suit, which we of- ferin cotton at only $1.00 each. Those with choice of blue piece style. Get him for him to swim Coats that will up nd take notice. years. The best s that are made for . Hat to match for All sizes are here. TAKE A LOOK AT CORDUROY SUITS—You know how hard on their clothes the boys o best wearing mate £ 5 to 8 years are. rial that you can get. Corduroy looks well, and is the very Come see what we have. Corduroy Trousers of any size from 6 to 18 years at 1.00 pair, can’t be equalled any- where. Come see RAINY DAY Useful OUTFITS FOR GIRLS 6 TO Sensibie Raincoat or Cape for some little Miss what we have for useful gifts to boys. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. and Practical, as a gift of long service, u wish to remember. 16 WOULD MAKE GOOD would be a In blue, red and tan there are Rain Capes in 6 to 12 year sizes that any little lady would be glad to own and wear. See what you think. Rain Coats in Swagger Belted Styles with large novel pockets and button up storm collars, for the 8 to 15 year old girls, are really worth your notice, priced from $1.98 quest. to $7.50 each. choose there for Her Christmas. LAVING AN AUTOMOBILE PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS Neatly packed in Christmas Boxes upon re- Go to our garment store, one floor up, easily reached by elevator, and DELIVERY FOR. NEW BRITAIN YOU OAN DEFPL PURCHASED OF US WARD CARTER 1S NSTANTLY HILLED While at Work on the High Ten- sion Wires in East Berlin | BADLY BURNED ¢ Winners of the Home Whist Club—~Grades Four and Five at Jensington Grammar School Plan Christmas Program—Briefs, i Fdward Carter, son of Mr. and Mrs. | - of Berlin was instantly ock this morning high tension He failed to wer the calls of his fellow work- u and when they investigated they o%nd his lifeless body over the wires, | and at once summoned Dr. T. C.| Hodgson. Bvery effort was used to | resusciate the young man, but he was | vond all human aid, and Medical | <aminer R. M. Griswold was notified | \nd gave permission to remove the body. Mr. Carter left home about | 16210 o'clock to go to work repairing the electric wires, and his parents wera prostrated with grief when his | body was brought home short- Iy after 2 a. m. Carter was seventeen years of age “lost February and was one of the | most popular of the younger set in | the town. His many friends were | fied at his tragic death. He was | h craduate of the Worthington Gram- | »%v school and also spent a year in ihe New Britain High school. He first | entered the employ of the railroad electrical department 2 year ago last Getober and was considered a faith- ful employe. For the past several days linemen have been at work try- to locate railroad telephone S HIGH HEELED SHOES PUT CORNS ON TOES ans Jifeles ing Tells women how to dry up a corn so it lifts out without pain. Modern high-heeled footwear buck- lées the toes and produces corns, and many of the thousands of hospital \ses of dnfection and lockjaw are the result of woman’s suicidal habit trying to cut away these painful Tpésts | For little cost there can be ob- | “‘v"‘fl at any pharmacy a quarter 67an ounce of a drug called freezone, vhich is sufficlent to rid one's feet of cvery hard or soft corn or callus vithout the slightest danger or in- tonvenience, A few drops applied directly upon the tender, aching corn stops the soreness and shortly the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. It 1s a sticky substance, which dries the mo- ment it is applied, and thousands of \&en and women use it because the Jcorn shrivels up and comes out with- ‘out inflaming or even irritating the furounding tissue or skin. Cut this out and try it if your corns bother you, of ! splice 1 o'clock | The men waited until 12:40 o’clock | Christmas Cheer (a play)— { when the line is supposed to be cut . Old Woman | out for the night. | the power house {0 ' said to have ! climbed one poie as Carter ascended t again called to his friend and when trouble between Middletown and Ber- lin, and during that time the current has been shut off at various intervals. ‘ resort the wires were cut at | East Berlin in order that the trouble | might be located on either side, and | it was to take up the slack after the | had been made that the men | were called out last night. Carter, in | company with other linemen, left on | a las | the last train for Middletown at 11:29 getting off at East Berlin. then ve the cur syitched off. The 1 is said Tdve come back from the station that all was cl and the same is also cen reported from Mid- Ventres, a friend of fellow workman, and h port AT dletown. Orville Carter, as well as a another a few rods away. Ventres | called to his friend to advise him that | the top wire was alive. His call was ; not answered and as he looked in | Carter's directinn he detected a flash | and immediately investigated. e | no reply came he climbed the pole | to discover the lifeless body acros the wires. Other linemen came to h ald and between them they lowered | the bodr to the ground. Carter's body was badly burned about the hands, and death is thought to have been instantaneous. Besides his parents, Mr. ° Carter leaves two half brothers, Ralph of New Britain and Howard of Nebras ka, and a sister, Zepherine.. Funeral | arrangements will not be completed | until word has been received from | his brother in Nebraska, who was | notified by telegraph. The only explanation of the ac dent that could he obtained from the power house emploves was that the power must have hacked in from Middletown. A voltage of 11,000 is carried over the wire from Berlin to Middletown, and a return wire car rving 550 volts comes back from thai place. |Medical Examiner Griswold is con- ducting a thorough investigation of the matter and will try to' place the responsibility for the tragedy. Flome Whist Club Mecting. The second December meeting of the Home hWist club was held at the home of C. W. Stevens last even- ing and took the form of a Christ- mas whist. Both Mr. and Mrs. F. | Williams plaved their wusual good game and as a result captured the prizes for the men and ladies respec- tively. The other winners for the evening were Mrs. George Griffith second ladies and H. B. Cooley sec- ond gentlemen’s. The next meeting of the club will be held the first part of January and the place will be announced later. School Entertainment. Tomorrow afternoon the pupils of Grades 4, and 5 of the Kensington Grammar school will be given a rest from their studies and a Christmas program carried out. Miss Dorothy Horefall and Mrs. E. J. Gugerty, the teachers have arrangsd the follow- ing program for the children to carry out: Recitations The Spirit of Christmas Salvatrice Mary Christmas Hilda Albert Reading-—The Golden Cobwebs George Colby The Night Before Christmas ... Esther Olander Gol Bless Us Every One . Lois Cowles Song—S§ilent Night . Grades 4 and 5 Christmas recitation Eva Kingo, Anna George, Lena Po- lumbo and Grace Michaels. December Elliot Ritchie Honeypinks Gifts ... Josie Pedemont notified ' Snow Domonic Ventuso Mary McCormack Original Poem. .. .Dina Brignoli That Chritmas Night..Kate Venturo Merry Christmas Song.Grades 4 and 5 Santa Claus Scout. ..Mary George ‘While Shepherds tched Their Flocks by Night....Michael Rayno Bells Across the Snow.Mary Masselle AN Christrnas Scamol B e Theresa Achele, Victoria Karam and Dina Brignoli. Christmas bells Christmas ... Martha Riggott Julia Negri rgaret Carling Mistletoe .. Lols Cowle: Crackers . Joseph Ringwood Tather Christmas..Willlam Bollman Two children. . Bdward Boll Carol Elmer Bradbury, Esther Olander, Robert Fagan, Katheryn Carbo and Mary McCormack. Berlin Briefs. William S. Norton will spend the holidays in Worcester. The following advertised letters are at the Berlin post office: Edward C. Stearns, Harold Bacon Stanton and Para, Emilio. The Berlin post office will close from 8:30 until 5 o’clock on Christ- mas day. r meeting will be held in the n Congregational church at 7:30 o'clock this evening. WANTED—Orders for Christmas Ice Cream, Friday or Saturday. 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You can feel this take hold of a cough in a way that means business. loosens and raises the phlegm, stops throat tickle and soothes and heals the irritated membranes that line throat and bronchial tubes with such promptness, ease and certainty that it 1s really astonishing. 3 Pinex is a special and highly concen- trated compound of genuine Norwa; pine extract, combined with zusjacoq and is noted for its speed in overcoming severe, coughs, throat and chest colds. ts millions of enthusiastic users have made it famous the world over. There are many worthless imitations | of this noted mixture. To avoid disap- ointment, ask for “214 ounces of inex” with full directions and don’t accept anything else. A cuarantee of absolute satisfaction or money promptly refunded, goes with this ) The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, YOUR NECKWEAR ALWAYS. AT Wilgon's E;t:i;‘)ara,tion. i It | the | | peal of the state department at Wash- L W. J DAY'S SANITY DOUBTED BY SISTER Mrs. Martha Buys Wil Make Attempt to Break His Will INDIAN AND NEGRO FiGHT N THE WONDERFU FRUIT HEDICINE Thousands Owe Health And Stiengih 7o “Fruit-a-tives” “FRUIT-A-TIVES”, the marvellous ! medicine made from fruit juices — has | relieved more cases of Stomach, Liver, Blood, Kidney and Skin Troubles than any other medicine. In severe cases of Rheumatism, Seiatica, Lumbago, | Pain in the Back, Impure Blood, Neu- | Principal Judd Bars Exchange of Christmas Gifts in School—Grange | Plans for Installation Exercises— Typhoid Victims Improving. William and Claiming that her brother, J. Day, unsound subject to undue influence at the time he prepared his will, Mrs. Martha Buys of this place, has taken appeal to the superior court from the action of the probate judge of Bristol | in admitting the document for record. This makes the second appeal filed by 1 been was of mind an s, Buys, the first having abated on the ground that legal ser- vice had not been made as the papers were incorrectly signed. Day died several months ago leav- ing a large estate. He was a part owner in a machine shop in Rast Bristol and was reputed to be quite wealthy. A large part of his fortune he left to his brothers and to the woman with whom he boarded. Mrs. Buys' appeal is scheduled for the January term of the superior court, Judge W. J, Malone and At- torney Newell Jennings, counsel for the estate, having withdrawn their obpjection to the errors of service. Grange to Install. Officers of the Grange recently elected for the ensuing term will be installed at the meeting to be held on January 2. Plans have been made for a most interesting session and it is expected that there will be a large attendance of members. In connection with the exercises the committee in charge plans to have a get-together night. There will be a program of entertainment and light refreshments will be served. The Grange has elected Ole W. Robertson to represent it at the meeting of the state Grange to be held in Norwich on January 9, 10 and 11. Irederick S. Spencer will attend as alternate. Christmas Program. Principal O. L. Judd has made ar- rangements for a Christmas program to be given in the various rooms in the Grammar school Friday afternoon from 1 to 3 o’clock in connection with the exercises attending the closing for the holiday recess. Parents and friends of the children are invited to attena Principal Judd here to the order is straining the children from the ex- changing of gifts in the school. This plan was successfuly followed out last Christmas and the principal was well satisfled with the results. Elton Once Lived Here. Local people were interested in the despatch printed in the Herald last evening concerning the sad fate of Howard L. Elton, who was executed on December 16 in Oaxaca, Mexico, by Carranza officials on the charge of aiding the rebels. Mr. Elton once lived here and was known to several local people. His relatives in Water- bury were notified yesterday of his death. Mr. Elton was arrested several weeks ago on the charge of con- spiring against the provisional gov- ernment, the officials alleging that he bought ore stolen from a mine which had been confiscated by Carranza. He was sentenced to death but at the ap- has decided to ad- ued a year ago r ington his punishment was changed to twenty years in prison, His case was subsequently reopened, however, but Elton was unable to produce any evidence that would alter the original findings of the court, and his life was forfeited as a result. Mr, Elton had lived in Mexico for abaut fifteen vears. His father ws well known here, having taught mus ns in Plainville a number of | rip in Control. Plainville is in the throes of an epidemic of grip, according to reports of the town's physicians, number of people are confined to thei The doctors have been kept v MAKE WOUK EASIER New Britain People Are Pleased to Tearn How It Has Beca Done. It's pretty hard to attend to duties ‘With a constantly aching back; With annoying urinary disorders. Doan’s Kidney Pills have made work easier. So thousands have gratefully testi- fied. They’re for bad backs. | trons. They're for weak kidneys. New Britain people gratefully ommend Doan’ Mrs. F. W. Street, New rec- Spencer, 275 Britain, say: fered almost continually from duil pains across my back. They an- noyed me mostly when I over-worked. Mornings I was so stiff and sore that I could hardly straighten up. Doan’s | Kidnev Pills gave me great | relief and I think that continued use will cure me. I have recommended Doan's Kidney Pills to others and don’t hesitate to endorse them publicly.” Pricc 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that | Mrs. Spencer had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. Maple | “I sut- riet ralgia, Chronic Headaches, Chronic Constipation and Indigestion, “Fruit- | a-tives”” has given unusually effective results. By its cleansing, healing | powers on the eliminating organs, “Fruit-a-tives” tones up and invigor- ates the whole system. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25¢. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruite a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y. —— for the past few days and they report illness in a large percentage of homes, The post office has been hard hit| by the ravages of the disease. With the Christmas rush but beginning Postmaster Prior was in a quandary as to how to get the mail distributed. | wo of his clerks, Hohbein and Rich- ards, were reported on the sick list| this morning and J. J. Graham, the as- sistant postmaster, had to give up| work before noon. The postmaster | himself is suffering from grip but he | kept an the job. Substitute Clerk Alderman of New Britain, was called on to come to the rescue this afternoon, Mail showed up in big batches at the office today and there were indi- cations that the grip depleted force will be kept exceedingly busy for the next four days. Indian Defeats Black, James Gilyard, known to the po- lice as “a bad negro” when he is| associating with John Barleycorn, met his master yvesterday when he attempted to end the career of Chief Deerfoot, a Sioux Indian, employed as checker at the transfer station. Gilyard and the Indian got into an argument in a cafe and after an exchange of ‘‘compliments,’” the ne- gro rushed home, returning a few minutes later with a dangerous look- ing carving knife. He dared the red- skin to *“come outside” and promised to make hash of him should he make an appearance. Deerfoot is an accommodating sort of chap and he responded to Gil- vard’s invitation. After relieving him of the wea hich Gilyard seemed afraid to when the opportunity presented itself, the chief gave the negro a sound thrashing. With hlood streaming face, ird was last towards a doctor's office, No arrest were made in the case. on down his seen headed Typhoid Patients Recovering. Reports from Hartford hospitals in- dicate that there has been a most encouraging improvement during the last few days in the condition of Plainville patients receiving treat- ment for typhoid fever. All of them were said to be quite comfortable to- day and unless there is an unexpect- ed change for the worseé in their con- dition they will be able to return home next week. Thirty Days For Connor, John Connor, who claims Everett, Mass., as his home and who is em- ployed as trucker at the transfer station, was arraigned in court last evening before Justice A. H. Condell on the charge of intoxication. He | was arrested during the day by Con- stable Marino. Connor’'s record was not of the best and the court imposed a sen- tence of thi days in jail, Brief Items. Car] A. Hulten of this .place and Miss Ezilda Morin of Bristol, have taken out a marriage license. Sequassen lodge will have a regular meeting this evening in Odd Fellows hall. The Mohawks of Southington will meet the Plainville Young Men’s club basketball team tonight in the Town hall. The Plainville team will be made up of Hird, White, Bonney, Cowles and Smedberg with Bugbee and Neilson for substitutes. The pre- | liminary game will be between the Laurel street team of Bristol and quintet representing the club’s juven- | ile department. Dancing wiil follow. At a meeting of the Ladies’ Benevo- lent society of * the Congregational a ik church held yesterday it w voted THIS IS THE GIFT The useful practical tl of them—all for the home STORE hings are here—hundreds at most any price you have in mind to pay. Come in and see our wonderful dis- " Suggestions: Rugs Arm Chair Smoker’s Stand Clock Baskets Beds and Bedding Blankets Bookcases Book Racks Candlesticks Card Tables Chairs Tables Couches Humidors Cellarettes Curtains Sofa Pillows Desks Dinner Gongs Fern Stands Fireside Chairs Willow Chairs Serving Trays Tip Tables Fancy Tables Sewing Tables Side Chairs Screens Porticres Pictures - Senora Phonographs Period Furniture Oval Mirrors French Mirrors Nested Tables Magazine Racks Leather Easy Chairs E FLINI-BRUCF © ABYLYN 5B B0 TRABULL wood college for the Christmas days. Mr. and Mrs. George Woram in New Yark for a few days, The Thursday night prayer meet- ing of the Newington church, will be held at the home of Mrs. R. B. Doane. i are Mrs. Mabel Perry Smith and little daughter of Binghamton, N. Y. are visiting at the home of D. K. Perry on Golf street. Latham and daughter, are in New Jersey for Mrs. J. H. Ruth Allen, the holidays. Mrs. Willlam F. Sternberg enter: tained the Maple Hill bridge alub th afternoon at her home on Golf stvee ! Dr. Valerla H. Parker, fleld seare |tary of the Connecticut Soclety o ! Social Hyglene, has been secured b {the Maple Hill Literary society as speaker at their meeting February £1 Dr. Parker will give for her leotm “The Need of State Supervision for Delinquent Women.” It is a plea fof a Connecticut Reformatory for Wom: en and to enlist support for & W |that s to be presented at the 184 legislative session providing for establishment and maintainance such an institution. Diseases 0f Menand Women to have the next supper on the third | 8 Wednesday in January. Suppers will | be served in future between 5:30 and 1 7 o’clock, instead of beginning at G:30, The society also voted the usual con- tributions to the church and other benevolences. The Trust company is distributing handsome art calendars among its pa- The company has arranged to start a new Christmas club next week Miss Hazel Gould has returned from Mount St. Joseph’s seminary for the | f Christmas holidays. FOR SAL Wreat for —Christmas trees, Holly Cut Flowers and Plants hristmas. John Florist, Whiting street.—advt. Maple Hill Ralph Moody, who Is a student at y of Maine, is home for the holidays. Mrs. John Graham has returned af- ter spending several weeks in Bos- ton. | Miss Dorothy Paige and Miss Har- Welles are home from Beech- L. Ahlquist, | g Yield Speadily fo Ay Scieatific Treaiment Success in Life Dcpends on a Healthy Body. The weak cannot with the strong. Shattered nerves and failing health mean ruin sooner or later. Do you have dizziness, indigestion, numbness, head- aches, weakness, palpitation, a poor appetite, fulness after eat- ing, bad taste in your month, or backache? Do not worry? Are you despondent, have a poor memory, no ambition? compete Life 1s a battle of the Strong. To be strong you must have good health. Let me start you on the road to health. I treat suoccessfully, Rheu- matism, Neuralgia, Iiver, Stom- ach, Bladder, Kidney, Rectum and Bowel Troubles, Piles, Skin Diseases, Nervous Debility, Bronchitis, Catarrh and all Spe- ‘clsl Diseases of Men and Wo- men Consultation and Examination free. Fee as low as $2.00. Comservative, honest, upright business methods, and modern scienti- fic treatment have won me the reputation and large practice I am en- joying today. DR. J. CLINTON I am after resuits, and I get them. HYDE The Hartford Specialist 254 TRUMBULL STRE Hours: 9 to 12, 1:30 to 5, 7 to 8. T, HARTFORD, CONN, Sundays and Holidays 10 to 1.