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Mid Winter Sale of House Wares Comes Now With its Bargains BEAR IN MIND, WE MAKE SPECIAL PRICES ON IN HOUSEWAR THE MAK THOUSAND: COME F Enameled Rox four sizes to ular $2.75 to for this sale $1.69 each. TFolding Ironing Tables able ones, with t $1.98 for $1. $1.69 kind, $1.49. Hard Maple Bread Boards in. 10 29¢ va ished ones, table use, 11 in. size, 45¢ value, 37¢ each. Nickle Plated copper with blac handles The $2.25 kind $1. Tate’s U ing and cleaning, less. Large 49c 39c ones 25¢ and Dustless 49c. Same handle, 59¢ kind HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE PROMPTLY OF ARLY OR PHONE. choose from. With single ratchet large $3.98 kinds, Floor with polished handle, 69c grade for as above RECEIVING BARRING FEW RESTRICTION SPACE ALLOWS BUT SPECIAL MONEY SAVINGS. ¥ S MAKE sters—Lisks with Reg- priced Electric Toaster toast, cook esggs, fact get a meal. cord and plug for kin Adjust- wo ratchets, we Adjustable Curi That will fit an 98¢ kinds, 79¢ eac —Pol- dining ach. Wet Wash Ba size for lue for 25c¢ kind 99c¢. The $1. Teg k enameled in. ze with .89, or dust- absolutely dust- kind, 39¢. The 29¢ kind 19c. smooth wood, 8 a ea. Mops—Tate's, ten quart size and with 75¢c each. We pri plain for 39, DEIIVERY FOR NEW ALL DRY GOODS MENTION OF A FEW BRITAIN PURCHASED OF SVERYTHING ENFORCED BY OF THE OUT YOUR LIST. Range—Will make make coffee, Complete $2.50 each. in with tain Stretchers— size with special pins to adjust curtains while drying, h. ets—Hard wood, with cut in handles and extra across botom medium size, 00 ones 89C. Nickle Trimmed Caseroles. feet and black side handles. Regularly priced $1.98 Sale price $1.69 each. Extra Grade Towel Arms—of good rm 59c grade 45¢. Five arm, regular 25¢ kind for 19¢ 3 arm, 15¢ grade, 12c each. Star Fibre Water Pails—Of full sold regularly for ce them to you at this sale for only 59¢ each. YOU CAN DEPEND ON Beriin News BEEBE ADOPTED BOLSHEVIK METHOD Kensington Man Rode on Train But Paid No Fare DDRESS WAIL 10 JAL Out rmy wf Ten Sets For Mount Lamentation to Chop of Thrift Stamps Highly rcessful —J¥Fagan-Carey Nuptials. Refusal to pay his fare while riding In the Berlin dinky line, on Saturdey vening resulted in a jail sentence for iuseppe Beebe, of Kensington, this pornihg, when Judge Griswold fined | im $3 and costs which ounted to 15. As Giuseppe had in all probabil- y invested most of his money in the ip that cheers under which influence seemed to be when arrested he was bnt to the Hartford county jail to ork out his fine. Conductor William ). 1lahan of Bristol made the arrest on aturday night and Beebe placed the town lockup for the night. He owed little concern when sentenced jail as he smiled broadly when told b by the court Home I'rom Servce. A number of om their ha. Eawin e Naval Reserve py. IHarry local tations over boys were home the week- home from station Pelham Vile was home from the me station as we lward Adams, rant and Arthur Woods. rthur Anderson was @ home from e Naval Reserves. § ant Leon 1l was home fro \p Devens, ass. Woodchoppers Ofi to Worl. A Yarty of sembled at orning to begin e which is to be order to relieve the present acute el situation. At the present time ere is very little coal in Berlin. The alers have none and it is impos ple to obtain any from New Britain, thdt city hag very little, also. To ovide an adequate supply of fuel in case of any oppi 11 be Loiselle was Skinner ambitious residents Town hall this the woodchopping held in the ten the town srgency, the wood- bee wa . The wood cut and kept by the town. Tt 1 be sold to residents who are short fuel. The choppers all took their n lunch and coffee was supplied by b committee. Their destination was mestation moun hers joined the , and 1t results are expected se men who are affected by Pnday closing order, this n excel- t opportunity to find some useful ployment in addition to the health- recreation which the wood-cutting I afford them. Those who de join the next party are requested communicate with the chairman of b committee, Garner Goodwin. All welcome and their servioces eatly needed, for the wood supply be* none too great. em at the wood To rt Fagan—Carcy. hristopher Fagan and Anna Carey, fh of Kensington, were married this Wood—sale | A number of the | are morning at St. Paul's churrch at 8 o'clock by Rev. J. C. Brennan. Ths couple was attended by Rose Fagan, a cousin of the groom, and Leo Lynch. After a short wedding trip, they will reside in Hartford, where Mr. Fagan | is emplayed by the Travelers' Insur- { ance company. Fuel Conservation State fuel Commissioner Thomas W. | Russell has sent a list of fuel-saving | suggestions to the local committee of | the State Councilaf Defense. Mr. Rus- sell declared that the only way th>| situation can be improved is by mild | weather. Until then, all possible steps | must be made to save the present sup- | ply. He has therefore asked that an | attempt be made to close the local schools for the time being between February 11 and 16, regardless of ths fact that the schools may be well sup- | plied with coal. The main point of | | this idea is that the domestic needs | | of the town must first be protected, | even if it nec ry to go into tha cellars o1 the schools and take the 1 for the relief of the homes o the This step | of the | Suggestions. | ec | town that are short o fuel. { has already been taken in two | leading cities of the state. Up present time, there has been no action | taken on the closing of the Berlin | schools and they were all open this morning. i Thrift Stamp Sale. | The local post offices report a heavy | sale of war stamps for the past month. | The heavy purchasers were the school | | children who have been reported as being the heavy buyers throughout the | countr Many resident here have purchased the cards completely filled with the cent stamps. Berlin Briefs. of Hartford ta the ! John Rowe ends in Kensington. } is visiting fri | East Berlin lodge, K. of P., visited imr-rm»n lodge on Saturday evening | and spent an enjoyable evening. | I %FRATERNAL NEWS i Y. M. T. A. & B. Society. | At the meeting of the T. A. B. so- | ciety held yesterday afternoon, the | of insuring the soldiers | = ! advisability representing the organization, both at | the training camps and at the front, was considered and as a result a com- | mittee to confer with various insur- ance companies has been appointed | by James Murphy, president of the society. The committee plans to have, | at an ecarly date, representatives of | | some of the insurance companies come to outline their plans to the memb Themas Crowe, chairman of the| War Saving Stamp committee, has an- | nounced that beginning next week | stamps will be on sale at the society rooms. The committee will start with a working capital of $50 which was | voted them by the society. The committee in charge of the last moonlight dance announced that it realized $153. | Three new candidates were initiated | at the meeting yesterday and six ap- plications were received. sir Francis Drake Lodge, No. 429. Sir Francis Drake lodge, No. 429, will meet on Thursday night at the usual time and place. Members will receive their War Savings stamps on application to the committee and oth- | er important business will be trans- acted. { members of the Scotia, will hold its regular meeting Wednesday evening in St. Jean the Baptist hall on Church street. Yadies’ Auxiliary, U. S. W, V. Miss May Claughsey will entertain the ladies’ auxiliary of the U. S. W. V. and tigeir friends Tuesday afternoon from 2 till 5 in the G. A. R. hall. Women’s Relief Corps. Stanley Women’s Relief corps, No. 12 will hold its regular meeting in Judd’s hall on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, | Washington I. Morgan Lodge K. of P, The regular convention lodge will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock sharp. The rank of es- auire will be conferred on three can- didates. A circular letter will be sent to all members calling attention to the tion of the 54th the order on February Steiner and P. C. Arthur F. Mitchell are expected to malke a re- port relative to this occasion. The lodge are urged to with C. H. Clark, agent lodge, in the sale of Thrift of this co-operate for this Stamps. Lady Owls Dance. A successful dance was held by the Lady Order of Owl at Electric hall cn Saturday evening. The prizes were awardd to A. Nagle, Miss G. Erown, Mrs. Claughsey and James Meeker. Norden Lodge, 1. O, G. The 22nd anniversary of Norden lodge, I. O. G. T., was celebrated at the bungalow last evening. After the address of welcome which wa given by Chief Templar Frederick Timour, C. J. Ellstrom delivered the main talk of the evening. The pro- eram consisted of piano selections by Helen Johnson, vocal solos by Alara ! Carlson and selections by the Nordea Ladies Sextet of New Britain. lowing the entertainment, Fol- refresh - } ments were served. Alexandra Lodge. The members of Alexandra lodg will meet at the home of Mrs. Erne: Whatnall of 11 Kelsey strcet on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock to sew for the Red Cros OBSERVE LINCOLN NIGHT. Stanley Post, G. A. R., Will Hold xercises Wednesday Evening. Lincoln Night will be observed by Stanley Post, G. A. R., on Wednesday evening when the members of the post, the Woman's Relief corps, the Sons of Veterans and Auxiliaries and the Spanish War Veterans and Auxili- aries will attend. The women of the auxillaries have arranged the pro- gram, which will be in charg of F. V. Streeter, chairman vocal and instrumental numbers terspersed with personal cences by the old soldiers, In this connection it might be noted that Commander S. H in- remini treet- er were both in Washington at the time of Lincoln's assassination funeral. Commander Wood's pany acted as an escort when body was taken from the House to the Capitol and Mr. Street. er, then a lieutenant acting as cap- and com- the Tady Wallace Lodge, D. of S. tain of the commissary department t was also present throughout that on. Lady Wallace lodge, Daughters of | tire memorable period. { First Selectman | ana J. { member | club anniver- | Lol | criminately in France and that their mor i which they buy drink. | “Dear Father:— | I expect to see | mail | trving of | Wood and Past | | Department Commander . v, {Dr. T. White | | and Rev. F. C. Gillette were selected. I tion, Charles H. Newton; | the town |Plainvilie News WAR BUREAU CHOSEN FOR PLAINVILLE Former Committee Replaced by State Council Organization 5. 5. GWILLIN CHAIRMAN Prominent Citizens Connected With Important Sub-Branches—Funeral of J. J. Bowen Iargely Attended | by Former Associates. . i | The State Council of Defense has installed a 'War Bureau for the town of Plainville which to take the place of the former sub-committee that was under the supervision of the state council. The fact that it is unusual for towns under a popula- tion of 5,000 to be granted a War Bureau, is proof of the importance of the town in this respect. A great deal of good has been accomplished by the committee since it has been in operation. It is made up of the following S. 8. Gwillim, chairman; H Castle, secretary; . T. Wheel- er, treasurer. e AL G tle is alsao the chairman of the Tiome Garden Movement and the distribution of home economics assisted by R &) Usher. F. T. Wheeler is in ct the finance, Liberty Loan, War ing stamp campaign and any other drive in the effort to raise money. For the relief, Red Cross and home | service committee, J. H. Trumbull is Sav- Labor, William Foran; transporta- fuel, H. A. fuel admin- istrator; information and research is! in charge of S. S. Gwillim: C. . Newton is in charge of all activities among the foreign born population of publicity chairman, L. L. | Brastow; women's activities, Mrs. S. S. Gwillim. The committee on com- munity co-operation is composed of William J. Johnson H. Trumbull. Funeral of J. J. Bowen. Castle, who is the local The funeral of John J. Bowen was held yesterday afternoon from kis late home at number 19 East street at 1:30 o’clock, and from the Church of Our Lady of Mercy at 2 o'clock. T many beautiful floral pieces tes- t to the esteem in which the v man was held by those who were his friends and knew him. The pallbearers were William Callenbach, oseph Sherwood, Joseph Murray and Hugh Flood. The flower bearers were Private Peter Skinner of the U. A., John Garrity and John kin- ner. Rev. James MacDonald officiat- cd at the services and the hody wa taken to Southington where burial was in the St. Thomas cemetery. The Court General TLawton, > company No. company of Forest- and the Young Men's Catholic of Bristol attended the funeral in a body. Solos were rendered at the funeral by James Donohue of Bristol, who sang “Some Sweet Day” | and “Beautiful Land on High.” Penies Soldiers Dri Randolph Stewart, Stewart, is one of the offer testimony in refutaton of cha that the American soldiers ar securing alcoholic Dbeverages indi. a ung o F. of / T 1, Sessions Cloc ville, son of A. W. first soldiers to Is are impaired by the case In letter his father, young Stewart says suppose you have seen ir about drink getting the of the boys. Don’t put any stock in that as they can’t buy anything to drink or even accept it as a gift.”” “Somewhere in Frane, “January 6. in to “p the papers est of some “Just a few lines to let you know I am pretty well and hope all at home are well. I have been having a bad foot but guess it is going to come out all right. I just received a box from home. Of course I was a little excited when I saw it and opened the wrong end. T also received a box from the Hose company and have written to them thanking them for it. We have had a few good days the last week. Tt has been pretty cold but we have had a lot of sunshine. Had a little snow, about five inches. “We all gave money for a tree for the little children here Christmas Each company of v z0ing to have a night at the Y. M. At week. Davis is asking me if you are all well. He and I are getting to be zreat p Dougl tomorrow, | is if he doesn’t h: so much at the office he can't get away You know he works there. T have been to raise a mustache but it doesn’t grow any too fast. I guess T will have one by the time I get back | there. Davis and T went out scouting and managed to get hold of an apple pie. Tt certainly tasted zood but not like those at home. Wet get twenty | per cent. extra on our pay for foreign service. That makes $36 a month They pay us in French money. Tt is all francs. The lar is a hundred | franc note. That would Jess than | $20 in United States money. “We are allowed to write as many Jetters as we like now, but there is nothing for us to write about. «T suppose you have seen in the pa- | pers about drink getting the best of some of the boy Don’'t put any stock in that as they cannot buy any- that ve be | classes idgway Johnson Dentist. Russell building, Plainville. | OFFICE HOURS | Mon., Wed. and Fri, 9 4. o to 8 p. m. | | parents appli W The " Hartford Silk - Store for today. Positively no Mail or Tél Approvals, Credits or exchan Hartford’s “Dollar Day” aix at C. S. Hills and Company’s store. Come expec and dependable ; many instances less th voo b CIQ thing to drink or even accept it as a gift Bonds home.” have taken two and am sending $15 Plainville Briefs . Miss Martha Hird has returned to her home after making a visit with friends in Springfield, Mass., for the past few days. A month’s mind was celebrated this o’clock at the church of Our Lady of Mercy for the late Mrs. Margaret Gribbon. Rev. James MacDonald was in charge of the mass. Liberty month mass of requiem morning at 9 Tomorrow morning at § o’clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy a mass of requiem will be celebrated for | the late John J. John Skinner of Broad street is s Bowen. riously ill at his home with an attack | of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. J returned from Westerly being called there by t Hamlin’s sister, who n Spencer of that town. being Ash Wednesd of Lent, a mass will the Church of Our 8 oclock in the svening services at se will 1ley have 1., after eath of was Mrs, Wednesda and the fir: be celebrated Lady of Mercy at morning. At the 7 o'clock there will also be a e and at both services ashes be distributed at sailor in the spending a home of his street Francis LaVasseur United States navy wee| furlough the North \Washington Tomorrow being Lincoin’s birthday, a on | the local post office will close at 12:30 remain closed for the rest of the day. The city delivery will be made in the morning and the rural delivery will be made the same as usual. noon and will Tugene Parkeson of the States navy has returned to his ship after spending the week-end at home of his parents on Broad street. Letterers for the following are at the post office awaiting their owne: Frank Vincent, Jack B. Street, Mr. F. J. Racine, Miss Helen Clancy, Mrs. Bertha L. Babcock and Mrs. beth Warner. The board of directors of Sequa club will meet this evening with I Warfield of Park street. Mrs. B. J. Chichester passed through an operation at the New Britain hopital the past week. Mr. and Mrs. [van Farrar spent ye t v with Mr. and Mrs. 7. Wai ssen United | the | D. successtully | field of Hartford. FOR FILING TAX.| S5 | April 1 New Date Announced By Re- | venue Authorities. Wa Feb. of the time for filing income a March TIME EXTEND shington, 1 April 1 is announced by Internal Rev- cess profit returns from cnue Commissioner Roper. This ruling applies also to reports on pavments of more than $800 during the year, to be made by emplovers and business e terprises, and covers incom both above and below §$3,000, and corpora- tion incomes. Delay in the prepara- tion of blank forms and regt was the principal cause for the post- ponement. i Forms have not vet been issued for excess profits returns of three classes —individual, partnership, and cor- poration-—for income returns by trustees or fiduciaries, and for partner- ship income rcturns. These are now promised for next week. All other forms have been distributed, includ- ing thase for individual incomes of the above and below $3,000, co | poration incomes, and reports on pay ments of more than $800, or the so- called “information at the source.” | The extension of time to April 1° s to returns by corporations doing business on a fiscal year basis. Originally they were required to POTt within sixty days after the end of their fiscal year. This was extendcd to Feb. 1, and iater to March 1. , CITY ITEMS Coxswain U. S. navy Lome on Fdward ent the Franklin An annivers | brated Williams | Square. ry high m at 8 o'clock this morning Renaud. At the meeting league of the | church Thursday evening, Profe Leo Wick will give violin selection assisted by Mrs. Arthur Baldwin | freshments will be served evening Mrs. E. Miss S | the winter Florida. of the Swedish Luther: ¥ her sister, en Alling and Atkinson, a months at Orange ! “A MOORLAND Did it ever occur to you that of the week-end at his s was cele- | in i St. Peter’s church for the late Joseph Luther n Re- during the City, Miss Mercedes | ley street was | of her friends at her home Humphrey cral violin honar of her Holleran of the hostess of ab at a birthday vester Muldowney rendered The party we 1 birthday William Anna lace at mor T. Winte regular Dau night and social will Afte solos 12 wedding and M took thi John "he King | Kranzit church Rev. of Franci: Elizabetn Mary o'clock. ated. St. g at 9 3 off After the Columba, meetir zhters n electri held. Cathoiic Women's Benevolent , Legion will meet on Wednesday after the services to be hel church. The will St. Mary’s of Court stile, to , & whist morrow ha be he meeting hool h FARMER."” the only substance that Nature makes primarily and solely for use as a food is Milk? Th the BEST Food. MOORLAND cican, nourishing. It i cows. It comes to you Fresh, in ized. SOLD BY GROGAN CEDAR HILL FARM; TELEPHONE corland Farm Milk” on tk Quali s being the case, how natural it is then, t produced > bottle cap stands for milk should be RICH tested pasteur- by Healthy, Tubereulin s natural raw state—not HATFIELD, OoF 98! leanliness and ty. The Popular Shoe Store AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY ‘I'o Purchase Reliable Footwear In order to Pumps we will giv buy your footwear r tract to our store other people who you the quirements not only our are not acqus make room for our new s greatest Shoes and 10 at- a stock of opportunity will rin money-sav at prices so tc regular tomer inted Al mpt cu: with A Women's Patent and Gun Metal Calf Shoes, Leather or Cloth Cuban heels. Regular 00 and $6.00. T $3.89. A very choice lot of en’s Lustrous Black Kid, inch lace boots, with plain toe and Louis heels. Sold regular- ly at $5.00. ljereit Many other ecqually Children at remarkably Leather Button tops, pricc Wom- i at low AISHBERG,, Ask the Clerk for S. prices Black Kid and Calf, 8-inch L Cuban and ular $3.50 Louis and AT A special lot of Black Glazed Kid, boot with white plain toc heels R \ and $4.50. Women’s s-inch lace linen tops, leather Louis price $4.00 Women quality. The Shoeman Main St., Hartford H. Green St and for footwear of 2 { & amps. : -]