New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1918, Page 2

169171 Main CITY ITEMS home of Stein-Bloch and Shu- Clothing. The Farrell Clothing advt Comstock of street, tioned at Newport, Va. is recovering from a se- Iness with pneumonia utenant ey partm arrang- two steel fire escapes in- the woman's building at ow ome. Ridders must sub- Wednesday d on plans to ticket prohibition party next to nominate a he ction week spring e Bd- new store, at a cost of permit ha on issued to Was buile on Stanley street o has written relative to of the y,” a municipal to City Cler the new zine, pson 1 purchase aerial child from its er noa mer ¥ v afternoon, narrowly missed be- truck The 1l driving alone R the child. which Cros got away ell's automobile. the autoist by an of wquet next Thur closes Sunday.—advt. Lt calc chance to cent sale, St—advt. vour last of our Pharmacy one Park nt Richard Aambulance Corps, pending a home Anderson of stationed few « on H. C. Noble M. Wightman of the Judd Mfg. Co., are out of a business trip for the con- sident and on of « nk J. Cheney makes oat he mior partrer of the fir: J. ey & C-, doing busl in_the of Toledo, County and State afore- and that sa!d firm will pay the of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for and every case of Catarrh that t be ¢ by the use of HALL' ARRH CURE. FRANK J. CH rn to before me and su y presence, this 6th day of De: A. D. 18%. A JEAS jal) I’'s Catarrh C and acts throt pus Surfac th re is taken Intern- h the Biood on the e System. Send * & CO., Toledo, O. ists, 75C. Is for ccuMpation. ARM SUPPLY DEPT.| New Britain’s Store At this time everyone who can, should plan a garden, not only for patriotic reasons but for their own protec- tion as well. 'war. BUY YOUR Plant your SEEDS ARE SCARCE AND HARD TO GET. SEEDS Package Seeds Seed Potatoes Sheep Manure Garden Tools Sprayers Everything in Seeds Buckeye Incubators Dairy Supplies Agricultural Implements | such complex passages in it that I got | | It is 8:15 o’clock and was brought down that i ed from the train, | could be. I | oaa { weighed a ton. contem- | | number between | were much | French | here | lage | nothing { desolate pla | any | companies VT DAL BOYS g and Grabow- | But U. S. Better of the Stanley nteresting of the Stanl Tetters fong those “Over battle for demo- nteresting missive First Lieutenant | feriain, . who tells en route to the Ife while in them. 'February 11. '18. | B exciting and full %y from our old | 6 tax the patience of “finally got al only one man enroute €' has hitched up with | g\Jfollowing outfits by now, Bavei’t heard from him to fect. 8 reached ‘the end of our rail ey about 8:30 o'clock In the morning and mavrched 12 kilometers to our billeting place. It was in a mine and there were so many, and away lost several times “It is quite exciting here just now. clear, and con- sequently there are quite a number of aeroplanes in the sky which are caus ing a lot of shooting from the anti- aircraft guns. The Boche guns are quite far off but we can see the shells burst, though we can't see the ma- chines themselves. The day after we )t here therc were a number of Boche machines in the air and it was exciting to watch themn try to outd tance the guns. They did it pretty well, but we heard later that one of them morning. 0 go back; when we finally got to the mines on the morning we land- | I was as tired as L had only two hours’ sleep on the train and the march was about 12 kilometres long. Besides, [ carrying 1,021 fifty-centime pieces in my haversack which constituted the | amounts of the men’s pay deliv- | to me the day before and it | a was ered “We were night but I since I have French officer: d us all to dinner, at the mine only had one of the best been in France. The stationed there invit- splitting up our | their three hattalion We had a wonderful with excellent wine, enjoyed with the French officers who splendid fellows. We were the American officers they had met 1 interested in us. The are so pleased to have us here that it makes us glad to be be to help them. “The march the mine to where we in what is left of a little French in ack of the lines, nd about } four kilometres from the front, There | all around us. The village is | hut piles of rock, the most | imaginable. We live in dugoutz beneath all debrls and are very comfortable. There haven't been rats in my dugout, but they are around, pic at the rubbish dirt. We are in reserve the in the line and take our turn np there tomorrow few days—no definite There has been no shelling right here, but there is up in front and it is great fun. T like it o far. T have been up part but have not been in the front line vet. “The country devastated. Nothing but shell holes and bare black trees. It looks something like the end of that pond hetween Pitts- field, M and Adams, Mass. where the water has receded leaving the old tree stumps, except that it does not show the ever present shell holes We are the picked battalion of the | regiment and are in the front lines one times messes, first the are vil- next day from are now. We war all and ing or or a ordc et is terribly Complete Seed own food and help win the IMMEDIATELY—SEEDS IN BULK Onion Sets Seed Corn Fertilizer Insecticides Buckeye and Standard Brooders Poultry Supplies Rackliffe Bros. Co., Inc. Cor. Park and Bigelow Streets | we're pretty (W BRITAIN DAIL NERVOUS EXHAUSTION “FRUIT - A.TIVES”, or Fruit Liver Tablets, Gave Great Relief. MR. WM. H. OSTRANDER 885 Grant St., Buffalo, N. Y. “I have been Paralyzed on the whole right side since April 80th, X referred the case to a physici n, who wrote me personally, advising the use of ‘Fruit-a-tives’. I bought three boxes and used them as directed. Zam feeling fine— better than I have in the past ning Tonths. 1 would not be without ‘Fruit-a- tives’ for anything ; no more strong cathartics or saits so long as ‘Fruit-a- tives’ are purchasable ; no mora bowel trouble for me. 4 vecommend *Fruit-a-tives’ {o ail, I feel more like 40 than 61, which X have just passed”’. WM. H. OSTRANDER. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At all dealers or sent on receipt of price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURC first, which is a great honor. T only ope and I feel that my hope is well founded, that B men will show up as well or better when it has its chance. The day after we got her 1 went up to a dugout over three kil- ometres away, and the fecol French guide that we had took us in one place right across from open coun- try on a path winding in and out among the shell holes and right in sight of the Boche lines. Of course far away from rifle and machine gun fire but our going was liable to disclose the position. The Frenchmen have been in the war so long that they take all kinds of chances that look to us as dangerous. The spirit of the men is wonderful and they are in for anvthing, dangers or not but preferably dangerous. I have complete confidence in them.” “February 14, '18. “My career as a soldier has actuall I'il jump ahead of my story »u’ that I am in the front and as I write T hear the ng over our heads and oc- \sionally breaking near here. Tt is not half as bad as I thought it would be at that. I shan't be able to tell you all about everything on account of censorship, which by the way, affects only ¥ and not vou. None of your lett are opened and you can say whatever vou like or know. TIf you only knew how things really are it would be so much hetter for you. Yesterday the fourth platoon was out putting up barbed wire well in back of the front line, when all of a sudden they began to shelled, over a hundred shells burst around them, but not a single man was injured in the crowd of forty. It is necessary to get a ve nearly direct hit and one man is so small that he is pretty hard to find. besides. we are in shelter Co. begun. and tell line now, shells ps is time. It a hefore that the line. T with a few others say 1 am officer and I live with a lieutenant who speaks no Inglish, I am forced to use my French which is a pretly good thing for me. We live in a dugout which is in the cellar of a ruined house. ..We are in a town held by the Germans last fall and contains a lot of German sou- venirs. I will try to get hold of a now up at last night At T can American T am me up and all t the only Manufacturing Retailes Men’s Ready-for-Service Clothing. We are thinking of YOUR BEST INTEREST the day we buy the and linings for the We Make for You until hed garments leave our your name on the woolens cloth the fi store with BECAUSE fail to deliver Satisfaction our investment in and workmanship, though they be the best of their kind, has failed in its object, for we want you for a permanent customer. Put us to the test! HORSFALL’S IT PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND. 93-99 Asylum St., Counecting With 140 Trumbull St. If we to you woolens HARTFORD, most of the | French | Y HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918, Roche helmet or something like that as it ought to be quite interesting. T am separated from my company by quite a distance, but I expect to rejoin it in three days. te more now as it time out., we do c work during the night and sleep ! during the day.” Cannot wr is to go ¥From Sergeant Ogren. Scrgeant Bdward E. O pany 1, 102d Regiment. part follows: “Winter is some experience, I sure ren writes in P feel for the drafted men who kick when | steam heat is poor without heat a while and see how they like it. We had to occupy some prac tice trenches from 10 p. m with no shelter and the 6 below / ‘Will you'believe me— 1 hay the first American girl over here I left the States. She and two women were attached to one of the big base Y. M. C. A’s. Arthur Benson and T happened in, and we stayed there a whole hour and just looked at her. The Y. M. C. A. is a wonderful insti- tution. It's the only place we can zo after work is done and thoroughly cnjoy ourselves and is the nearest thing to home one has over here. They should go to 6 a. seen !’ From Private Grabowski. { Private Joseph S. Grabowski, { pany 1024 Regiment, write { when he left New York, the broke down and after floating around for 12 hours they were sent back to ‘ort Totten On the second attempt went across safely. He says the soldiers drill every day and are | ticing shooting, bayonet drill trench digging. vervone that | | ! and quartered are ae Company E men are horses, cows and chickens on one and pigs in the cellar. In conclusion, he s States and working is far better than being out here, but we will stick it out and probably sometime we will be back on our jobs in dear old America.” | Private Samuel Holden, Fort Terry, N. Y., where he is tached to Battery B of the 56th Regi- ment. He says he has been picked out from the battery as the official song writer and has put out a good parodies. He expects to across soon. MANY DOCUMENTS RECORDED. writes from Lt- g0 Eighty-five Deeds Ave Filed With City Clerk: 17 Property Transfers. Two marriage licenses, nine d certificates and the follawing 17 war- rantee deeds were filed in the city clerk’s office during the past week: Peter Joseph to Shushan Joseph, land and building on Gold street; Alexander Semasko to John Semasko, land and building on Church street: Margaret B. Cadwell to Sven Swan- son, land and building, highway: Wallace L. Haley to Bodwell Realt Co., land on Belvidere Heights lace L. Haley to Bodwell Real land and building on Haley Catherine Nipert to William bold, land and building on street: Mike Kassay to John land and building on Clark and ton streets; Laranze Konyfall to Frank Olozowy et al, land and building on Brown street; Corrado Cassarina to John Romano et ux., land and build- ing on Oak street; Paul H. Bellman to Waler Bilomizy et ux., land and build- ing on Allen street; Bodwell Land Co. to Leroy H. Page, land and building on Stratford road; Charles F. Gaffney to the Connecticut State Boara of ucation, land and building on Pros- pect street; Title Realty and Devel- opment Co. to the Phoenix Realty Co., land and building on City and Con- necticut avenues; estate of Elizabeth Lazarski to Julla Lezarski ot al, land and_building on Boath street; estate of John Unterspand to Christina Un- terspand. land and building on Tast street: Warren E. Horton to Fannie lace street; Tda A. Steele to John and Martin Dagata, property at 21 Dwight court. CLOTHING WANTED Old and New Garments for Belgians and French Sought by New Britain Chapter Red Cros Local members of the Red Cr clothing for the suffering Belgium and France. rments they wish worthy cause, are icate with the lo the Red Cross or by telephone and some person in authority will be dispatched for the garments. Ebidy hoped during the coming campaign to secure tons of clothing, as there is a crying need of it in the war stricken countries. The Red Cross, asks that the apparel be clean and in good con- dition. peoples of Persons having to donate to this asked to commun- headuarters of MARRIED ' EARS. and Mrs. A. J. Dre 1 brate Anniversary Tuesday. | Mr. and Mrs. A, J. | North Burritt street, the 25th anniverss riage next Tuesday, and in connec- tion with the observance a reception for immediate relatives and friends will be held. The couple were mar- ried in Germany and came to this countr shortly afterward. They have made New Britain their home for many years Six children have been born of union, Mrs. Martha Neidel of Hampton, Ma Elsie and Dressell of this cit Arno Dres who is emploved at the 3rooklyn navy yard and Alton and Walter Dressell of this city. Mr. Dressell emploved by the Union Mfg. Co Dressell of 460 will celebrate ry of their mar- | S | ITALIANS ARE ACTIVE. | The Italilan Republican club { viting all Ttalian citizens tao attend { their special meeting tomorrow at 34 | Church street. The Italians hope 10 | get all of their countrymen interested Imm will urge the voters to merge into an independent club. At the present | time there are three different political 1.~|uhs among the Ttalians is in- m. | thermometer | Com- teamer | prac- | wears | wooden shoes and in the billets where | ¥s “living in the | s we did before | few | M. Horton, land and building on Wal- | will conduct a drive for old and new | 2006-2 | facts sell to Cele- | i found Cost the Average Family Less Than 10c Per Week items ley Cheers at Rally Luther M. comes In another paper Barne candidate for mayor, out with the statement that the cheers for Quigley which wero given during his own rally at the P. & F. Corbin factory on Thursday were the result me up there for the purpose scheme of Covert.’ Mr. Ba sks the other paper 'to that the was disturbance at any time quoting from that paper. In the other print- ed accounts of that rally nothing but printed and no mention anywhero of any “dis- of a “put him were was made turbance.” In h also only called explanation” quoted time cheers for ot arnes mnd the is s too much in explaini wrote up t “after going Inn and vho municipal farm d the wa e E Mike White" other interruption of talk when a started threc M m T ar at during the group of for not to he ast middle heers Quigley rnes did 1e path to Cor via the [ r Mike Whit Two Alderman O. F. Curtis day st Corbin’s sent bin's was not 430 noon and with gave ctory not ecch that al pi- Rarnes admits Fmorc hat not his 0ld him 1 used the published as i count of I perver He o U. S. Meat Consumption 170 pounds at $.0062 The average family 4%z persons = $4.72 per family per year BARNES GLAIMS HE | WAS USED UNFAIRLY Also Says Cfivert In‘sflgated Quig-| no | onae | men | hear it | Inn | for | for Packer’s Profit in 1917. The Meat Bill is one of the large in the family budget but less than 10 cents per week of it goes to the packer in profits. In converting live stock into meat and getting it into the hands of theretail dealer, the packer performs a complex and essential service with the maximum of efficiency. The above statement is based on Swift & Company’s 1917 figures and Federal Census data: Swift & Company’s total Output 5,570,000,000 Pounds (Meat and by-products) Swift & Company'’s total Profit $34,650,000.00 Profit per pound $.0062 170 pounds per person per year = $1.05 per person per year 1918 year book of interesting and instructive facts sent on request. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois stitutes fairness as he has of the most, g direct path fo the municipal farm. In the first place Mr. Barnes' specch, as writen by himself, was printed in | and in the introducto para- raphs of the reporter the descriptive | words were: | “During his speech Mr. Barnes held | of men.” the attention of his audience well, but | Hard to sec anything so very unfalr « he was interrupted once when a groug | in that, since it is nothing but fact. of men near the main “three cheers for Mayor Quigley,” and when the 1 o'clock whistle blew and the speaker concluded his re- the applause of his listeners was mingled with the shouts for Quigley given by this same coterie gate gave EASTER The Time when Everybody's Thoughts Center on Flowers HE glorious event of Easter calls for the most jorful gife in the calendar — flowers. _ Easter and flowers have always been inseparable— flowers are the one thing that can fully express your_sentiments on this great e sion, “Say it with Flowers” this Easter. ‘orsage Bouquets for personal gifts, ST S cacs. Sweet Poss, Spring Flowers, e ore of Growing Plants that last. e rbgoments of Flowers or Growing Plants in baskets, B e Lo fe o s ey T ekl aa Gt T Volz Floral Co. 92 West Main St.