New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1917, Page 5

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gHIIIREuNIl'fi'IVEN_ FOR HOME GARDENS * Generous Citizeus Offer 150 Acres for Raising of Food . One hundred and fifty-three acres of land to be cultivated has been offered to, the people of New Britain through . the general committee on gardens a exclusive of the acreage which will be planted and tended through the agen- » eui of the factories, several of which g farms-of their own. lonc of the hnd ‘tendered is now be- -ink plowed and some is lying in its natural state waiting for applicants ? ‘Who are willing to plant and cuiltivate [ %4 the plots As each acre will contain approximately eight individual plots the committee is now ready to ac- eommodate 1224 farmers. In the neighborhood .of 250 applications for jand have been received and many more are before the closing of application time. It is thought the nt land will be sufficient to care for the needs of the amateur planters i dut If it 18 not there will undoubtedly |, ~ be more forthcoming. Those who wish Jand aré urged to get their applica- tions to the committee right away as the time for planting is already here and the crops should be gotten into the ground at once. _ Not {ncluding the land under culti- vation by the factories the following . tracts will be distributed in plots as so0n as the demand arises. : Tract A, donated by W. L. Hatch, Monroe street, seven acres. Tract B, by W. L. Hatch, Monroe street. nine and one-half acres. Tract C. by T. F. Lee, Lincoln street, twenty acres. Tract D, on Plnlnvllle trolley line, by Hart and Huwhlnmn two and one- Thalf acres. Tract B. by F. W. Holmes, South w street, tvulv« acres. J Tract F, by F. W. Holmes, South street, five s Tract G, by Pmup Corbin, Corbin ‘. avenue, four acres. ‘ Tract H, by Rev. J. T. Winters, Stan- fey street, one and one-half acres. I by Rev. J T. Winters, Sex- ton street, one and one-half acres. Pract J, by F. G. Vibberts, Allen 5 street,-one and oneé-half acres. Track K, by City Development and !hnn.v Co., ‘Seymour '‘Park, eleven, v £i4 'l'r-et L, by New Britain Lumber & Coal Co., loymour Park. two. acres, y E. 0. Kilbourne, Stanley ty-nve acres. N, by L. T. Booth, Hart street, ' two and one-half acres. ; - met,o by Children’s Home, two ~ ‘!'rwet P, Lyons street@by G. A. ¢ Quixley, fourtren acres. ek Q, Randec~ker’s Lane, 'bv A. w. Wllllnm- Corbin’ :vonue thi 'l‘nm. R Shuttle, Illd" thirty acves. * There'are also in the city m §i 5 tracts being operated by the . B ” Reouts and the factories. Aa the above mentioned tracts have not been taken care of applicants are 'again esked to hurry with their applications |\ . 'and they are sssured of getting land ' in good condition as near their homes as possible. At a clal meeting of the common council t0 be held tomorrow eveming it is expacted that a sum of money sufficient for imniediate work of the ;committee will be voted. Each appli- cant will be required to pay the ex- pense of plowing his jand but this will not be great and in comparison with the benefit derived will prove far more fhan a 100 per cent. investment. PODGE CAR IN FRANCE. 7" 8y special permission of the French ! government the first pleasure car to enter France since the war began will be & Dodge Brothers sedan recently bought of the Colt-Stratton Co., our New York dealér, by the Comtesse Regina de Regis de Oliveira. . 7 The car will be used in France in Y% ruins of the war, including the 4 Rheims, Soissons, and Ypres cathe- H drals, will be photographed under the direction of Rodin, the sculptor. These pictures will later be shown in this z country for the benefit of the “Com- ~ mittes for American Aid for the Res- toration of French Monuments of Art” of which Mrs. Cecelia Sartoris, granddaughter . of General, Grant, is the American representativee The committee which has been formed in « this country for the collection of the /> restoration fund has a notable list of members, including Theodore Roose- velt, Jules Jusserand, Robert Bacon, Myron T. Herrick, Cardinal ‘Gibbons, etc. In the collection of the fund for the restoration of French art, this American-made automobile, now on its way to France, will play an im- portant part.—advt. \ PLATE PRINTERS WANTED. ‘The Civil Service Commission tele- 3 ing and that 78 appointments are to 5 be made at once. The oniy examina- i tion required is a physical examina- tion and & sworn statement of the applicant’s experience. Application blanks Form 1080 may be obtained by calling at or writing to Room 145 post office bullding, Boston or from % the local civil service secretary at any post office. Bxperienced plate print- h\‘ ers are urged to fill put applications T and send them at once to the Civil Serviee Commission = at Washington, . D. C. COLLEGE CLUB OFFICERS. The following officers were elected at the meeting of the College club motion picture work when the art |’ NEW BRUTAIN DAILY HERALD. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1017. \ Your last chance to buy the Encyclopaedia Britannica, printed on gen- | uine lndla paper, endsin 2 or at the very latest 3 weeks from today. We are close to the day When we must stop taking orders. The few remaining ‘sets of the Britannica are selling so fast that if you want to bé sure of gettmg a set, NOW i is the time to order it. And" it is NOW or NEVER if you desire ’co owh this great work in its most convenient form—the pOpular “Handy Volume” Issue, printed on genuine Indla paper. J These remaihing séts are the very last in the whole world, printed on the famous India . paper, that can be offered. .. They are printed on the last India paper manufactured be- fore the war made it impossible to get the special kind of flax from Belgium, Ireland and ' Germanyand hemp from Russia ~for the making of India paper. No more of these raw materials . isavailable, orwillbe procurable , for years after the war, for the ‘making of India paper. And the only sets of the Bri- ta(tm'ca for sale anywhere in _the ’warld, printed on_this beautiful paper. are right here in America. Ordershavegreatlyincreased in the last month—the sales have jumped to an average of more than 2,000 sets a week. This fact makes it certain that the few remaining sets will not last beyond 2 or 3 weeks. " If you know the Britannica, know how useful it will be to you; and are quite sure you should own a set, order it im- mediately. This is your only assurance of getting ;‘t. 3 When the last day is announced on which we can accept orders with any prospect of filling them, it is reasonable to expect a great rush of orders to come in at the eleventh hour. This was shown last June when a slight increase in the price was made “on account of the increase in the cost of bookmaking materials, and we received over 17,000 orders after the last day. We are giving you warning NOW to save you any disap- pointment in never getting one of these very last sets. In this case when the last set is gone you will not be able to buy a first-hand set of this great library of knowledge, printed on genuine India paper, at any price. Today in England, Australia and other countries people who failed to buy the Britannica when they had the same chance that you have now are adver- 'tising for it and have to pay whatever premium may be put on it by any owner who can be induced to sell his set. Don’t wait until the_ eleventh hour. ' Don'’t put off ordering until “tomorrow.” Take the time today to send in the “re- serve order” coupon and then you will be sure of getting a set. You should satisty yourself that the Britannica will be use- ful to you in your busmess or work, increasing your mental efhcxency and earning power. You still have a chance to know what the Britannica is and what _ it will mean to you. Go at once to DICKINSON’S BOOK STORE 169-:71 MAIN STREET and examine the Britannica for yourself. You can there sée a complete set, investigate its ' contents in your own way, run through the index of 500,000 facts and learn all about this great work. You can compare the large-size, higher-price Cambridge issue and the popu- lar “Handy Volume” Issue, which sells for about 60% less. You can also select the style of binding you prefer. We don’t want any one to’ order the Britannica unless he is positive that it' will be useful to him. We could sell many thou- sands more sets if more India paper for printing them could be obtained. Hence we desire . that evegz' single one of the remaining sets shall go to men and women who ‘will_find the Britannica a prac- tical everyday help. Go at once and see the different issues. You can leave your order at the same time. But this is YOUR LAST OPPOR- TUNITY—remember, when the last one of these remaining sets is sold you will NEVER AGAIN have an opportunity to buy " this valuable work printed on genuine India paper. Its 29 volumes contain 41,000 separate articles, covering cluding more than 100,000 business men and women. Only a few sets are left and when ! these are sold ° no more can be o prmtedongenm paper.. 'l'lutefon,his m Please of the u;rn-nln Huly'ch-“hq- m—u l-l-u-l-

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