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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1918, ALL PEACH STONES SAVED AND BROUGHT TO OUR KTORE WILL HELP THE UNITED STATF END THIS AWFUL WAR OUR AUTUMN OPENING DAYS OFFER YOU THE NEWEST FASHIONS REGARDING NEW SUITS Most pleasing styles are shown in pl tailored and belted models, with pleated back and medium length coats, button and fur trimmed. Skirts are in full back effec The materials are velours, broadcloths, silvertones, suede and serges. Amonz the new colorings there is reindeer, sable, concord, delphine, hydroplane, rose taupe, deep root, congo, elephant, navy and black. Reindeer and rose taupe scem to be the favorites. THE NEW COATS Duplicate in cloths and colors the kinds and shades told of above you will find full belted cffects with large convertible collars becoming and seasonable, with sizes ranging in both suits and coats from those for the girl of 16 years up to 52 1-2 bust. Make it a point to visit our department for feminine wear these open- ing days. (One Floor Up.) 1LOOK AT FURS As shown by us these Opening Days. Coats. Wraps. Stoles, Scarfs, Sets. and separate Muffs and Collars i all the wanted and most desirable Pelts at extremely low prices for kinds and qualities. Anticipate your Fur wants and sclect from our fine showing. AUTUMN MILLINERY At its very best these days in our biz new department. one floor up, where the latest and prettiest styles for Woman, Miss and Child are shown in bewildering 1aricty. We invite you to see them | | i LAINVILLE NEWS PLAINVILLE QUOTA INNEW LOAN HIGH May Be Double Allotment During Third Drive, or $160,000 COMMITTEE IN SESSION Rallies Will Be Held on Opening Day To Give Campaign Impetus—Currie and Glynn Overcas—Questionnaires Out. A meeting of the Plainville Liberty Loan committee was held last eve- 2ing at 8 o'clock in the rooms of the Plainville Trust company. The pur- pose of the meeting was to appoint sub-committecs and in gencral to plan for the drive in Plainville A. McLead opened the meeting and outlined the essential poiats of the drive. The new loan will be ap- proximately $6,000,000,000. This is double the last loan, and is expected to mean that the quota of each town | will be doubled. Plainville’s quota for | | the third loan was $81,000 and thi Lywill probably mean that the quota for VISIT SHOE DEPARTMENT H And acquaint yourself with the new styles in Boots that are fashion- able for Fall and Winter wear. There is a fine showing of the very latest, | just what you want and will wear with pleasure, THESE ARFE OPENING DAYS for latest styles in women's wear of | every deseription which we invite you to see. Everybody welcomed here. 8 | the fourth loan will be ia the neigh- borhood of $160,000. Mr. McLeod, al- though admitting that it would be a | great task to raise this sum, expressed his confidence in the ability of the people of Plainville to do their bit 1s they have done heretofor Mr. McLeod suggested that nomina- tions he apened for a genmeral com- mittee of three men to take charge of all canvassiang and soliciting for the Joan. These men would then appoint sub-committees and assistanis to help | them in covering the various sections # | of the town. The following men were { | . | HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY <OR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON { PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALD DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. NEWS Budget Nearly Completed. problem, but his interest was main- BERLIN A meeting of the finance board was | tained by carefully selected assign- held last night in the office of the town [ Ments in which he saw daily progross i | treasurer and the board worked on | His progress in July and August has | i ! { the budget, which is nearing comple- | been exceptional. Samples of his {tion. With the exception of a few | Work show his present development 4 ! minor changes which will have to be| His interest is such that he had an | made in the part already drawn up, | attendance record of 100 per cent. and the addition of a few items, the| He bas obtained a good training in | | budget is completed and will be given| elementary spelling and arithmetic, | | out for approval, perhaps at the nextjand he goes back to society literate | meeting of the board | and confident instead of illiterate anc ol i) distrustful of himself.” 5 1 | Bunce and Hultgren Leave f0r| e resistrars win ne in escion at! e ; the Berlin town hall from 9 a. m. to National Al\my Cdnmnmem 2 n \’;‘ n’\‘:;:’l"“\ moved from New | VeIl Known Couple Marricd Today Britain to Berlin, and will occupy a At St. Josepl’s Church. ) g | |tenement in the home of Postmaster Petgr Kelly and Helen Heslin were STATE GUARD OUTI <G \. B. Goadrich united in Inarriage at St. Joseph's ' Miss Minnie Thompson is the guest| thureh this morning by Rev. Patrick , T {of her aunt in Northampton, Mass. Daly, pastor of the church, with a | i 1 Members of Tocal Company Arrange , day ;nuplul mass at 9 o'clock. Following | the ceremony a reception was held at | the home of bride on Cherry street, | 1 i D Tl | reein oot inttohaedbine canvention of - LohticscoubISEISHTROLEA RO Beels | Judget Committee Discusses Fi- | 1o . attended the conve oflifpmntee 5 5 that organization in Hartford yester-| noneymoon which will be spent inj nances, Nearly Ready for Action by ! day | Boston. Upon their return to this 3 city they will reside in their new Yoters, here will be a party for the mem- | home at the corner of Lake and High bers of the primary department of the | streets. Two lacal boys, Lewis Bunce and|Kensington Methodist Sunday school| The bride Roy C. Hultgren, left this morning for | tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. : Henry L. Porter, the only local | for Field Day Late This Month—| . 1. of the Sixteenth Coanecticut was attired in a gown of white georgette and white char- | Camyp Greenleaf, Ga. The boys made{ Through a misunderstandiag it was| meuse and wore a veil. She carried announced that the French Army band | a shower bouquet of white bridal roses | < 4 would pass through Berlin street| The bridesmaid’s gown was c Second County Board of Hartford, and | mpypsday afternoon of this week and Mm,l::,]“‘xe;,::\1\-Ngm::.“(:\. ‘\;lx(\n{‘.(::?{l bays from Plainville, Avon aad rm- | that residents of this section shauld| plack velvet picture hat and carried | ington accompanied them display American and Freach flags| pink roses. The couple were at- | The Berlin war board took them out|on that day. The band will not pass i tanded for a farewell party last night, taking | through this town until Friday after- them to Hartford with a few of their | noon when the flags should be dis- friends, where a splendid dinner was | Dplaved as requested served and they were the guests of the e s = AND NOT A CLUE IN SIGHT. town at a theater party During the eveaing short speeches RECONSTRUCTING MEN The much talked about petition of E e dlnnaelby o rbors ot ey the War Savings Stamp committee board and the two draftees responded. | ek will be presented to the common Before the boys left Berlin they were | it S, med New Britainite Being Taug B nente vt lca heone bain | mEOEN T BLiini o Bein s AU ht | asternoon to City Clerk A. L. Thomp- gift of the war board to ecvery man To Write with Left ITand at Wash- | son to lock up in his e until the leaving the town to enter the service | council opens, with especial instruc- The party was conducted to Hartford ington Army Hospital, tlonk! that l cyveniholiiyine e oot up Berlin’s part of the quota for the a brother of the groom. by' Chairman Charles F. Lewis the alderman from the Third Ward | (=pecial Sto fho Herald) shall not have a squint at it in ad- State Guard Ficld Day. Washington, Sept. 18.—The case of L vance, as his proclivities for mussing The Berlin company of thé Con-| ® Connecticut soldier now taking a L e mectiout State Guard Is making plans | €OUTSS in physical reconstruction at| OVSF the councll business in advance for a big Neld day late this month | Walter Reed Memorial Army Hospital | A€ Well k s g %t the reservoir of the Mattabassatt| this city, is attracting attention at the | D@ issued to the spectators gallery for Fishing association. The plan was in- ; ('apitol. Representative Young i ',”. sl e o paition ted. troduesd at the last drill of the saards | North Dakota told his colleagues of | that is they will be reserved for you Rt et e e oS R e Cane hich Tietdesny bad ek | if you get there on time to get one. (ot the of and men, a committec H " as follows It l'f‘]?"l'\(‘s every member of the Bus hacn spboiated o lnok Into the Phis man is 25 vears old: was born | counctl to be present tonight, as it matter further and definite steps will | in Russia: arrived at Elis Island im- | Will be apt to be taken as a reflec- be taken when the plan receives the | migration station five years ago, not | tion upon his loyalty if he isn't on sanction of the higher officers of the | able to read or write in any language, | hand to vote on the petition. In gua The committee is composed | Not even his native tongue. He work- | case any city father is unavoidably of Lieutenant Carter, Sergeant John-| ed as a polisher and grinder in a shop | detained, it might be well for him ®on. Sergeant Stevens, Corporal IFow- | at New Britain, Conn. He speaks| to send in an explanation of his ler. ,Private Georgini and Private Co-| English fairly well, but never learned | absence, so it can be read by the bey to write it He enlisted with the | city clerk at the time the petition The plan of the day as spoken of at| Ninth Infantry on July 15, 1917; went | is presneted. the meeting of the guards last week is | overseas and was injured in such a S ta take the men to the reservoir Sat- | way that his right arm had to be NEW FACTORY RUNNING. Urday afternoon September 28 and to | amputated He was brought to H e B raet e ddition tolthie Now, Femain there until Sunday afternoon, [ Walter Reed Hospital and enroiled | Britain Machine company, located on the 29th. Th fattahassett Fishing [ with the first class in academic Work. | the Berlin branch road, on the old issocintion hasx allowed the use of | I was told that the task of learning | Stanley farm is now practically com- the clubrooms for the guards ta use| how to write the English alphabet | plated” ana yesterday the power was B8 sleeping quarteres and the men will [ was very difficult for him, and also | turneq on for the first time. The con- e quartered there. Their meals will | learning how to write English words | ctruction of the plant, which was only be cool by the company cooks and | with his left hand. His progress in | gtarted during the summer, has been bey will be under military discipline. - June was slow, owing to the double |vere rapia, council tonight. It was handed this | by Miss Rose Heslin, a sister | of the bride, and Mr. Patrick Kelly, ! | | { { | | | naires to last registrants was hegun unaaimously chosen for this commit- tee: Frank T. Wheeler, Joseph N. Me- Kernan, and Edward Brastow Nominatians were then in order for a publicity committee to take charge of advertising and to bring the loan before the public. For this commit- tee Rev. E. C. Gillette was selected as chairman and Henry Trumbull and John Lamb as his assistants Mr. McLeod fhen mentioned the ad- | visability of appointing a committee to secure speakers and to fake charge of the work of holding Liberty Loan rallies. J. H. Trumbull, R. B, Bennett and Rev. R. H. Burton were appoint- ed to assume the responsibility of this work Mrs. Fdward H. Hills will take charge of the women’s committee on the house to house canvass, and will be allowed to choose her own assist- ants, The members of the committee who were present at last night's miceting agreed upon September 28, the open- ing day of the drive, as a day upon | which general rallies would be held, and as a day for recciving voluntary | subscriptions. Those who subscribe voluntarily upon that day will not he approached by solicitors at any time after that day. The places at which booths will be placed for voluntary subscriptions will probably be the ! Plainville Trust company. the post office, the factories, and one of the stores in town Onc outstanding feature of the fourth loan is that while the pa ments may be made ,on the weekly instalment plan, the first payment must be ten per cent of the amount of the bond, For instance, the initial payment on a fifty dollar hond will be five dollars, and on a hundred dollar bond will he ten dollars. The committee expects this provision to be a stumbling block which will be dif- ficult to overcome Hearing on Donahuc Estate. Mrs. Anna Donahue of Elm Court nas applied to the probate court that letters of administration may be E: nted on the estate represented in- testate of the late Miss Anna T. Don ahue The hearing will be held at the probate court on the twenty-fifth day of September at 10 a. m Arrive Overseas. Cards have been received from Robert Currie of Broad street an- nouncing his safe arrival overseas Mrs. Ellen Glynn has received card from her son, Vincent D. Glynn, stating that he has arrived safely overseas. He enlisted in the medi- cal corps a few months ago while at- tending the Catholic University of Washington, and was transferrved to Camp Mill, 1., 1., several weeks ago Send Out Questionnaires. The work of sending out question- today by the local draft hoard. The men to receive them tirst will be those between the ages of 19 and 36, and the others will be sent out im- mediately afterwards. As soon as the questionnaires are returned the work lassification will begin Entries for Agricultural Fair, A notice peared in la night’s Herald stating that all eatries in the Plainville Agricultural association fair must be sent in by September 17. Ow- ing ta the hurry in which the plans were made to get the fair out of the way before the Liberty Loan drive be- gan, the committee has oxtended the date to the morning of September 20, and all ntries must be mailed to Wil- liam J. Toran of 11 Pine street by that time. Although the date an the en- try blanks is September 17, the public This department is now ,showing almost @ fonable shades. Kxcellent qualities, moderatel of the season -3 We mention a few of the fashionablp {abi i ~ Velour Coatings_g i4-inch Velour Coatings in seven bea fall shades; also black, for a fall c nothing better for wear. If you v select it now. ks Wool Dress Plaids - Wool Dress Plaids for separate Skirts, 49 to Joi inches wide, newest color combinations, very pq none of these we can duplicate at the , ¥rice ) to $4.50. ALL THE DEADING FABRICS OF STH New stock of lining fabrics, in new weaves Satines and Venetians, for coat linings, fancy b i 2d Satine, yard wide, highly mercetized o some of silk fabrics. their wearing qualities dre assu Mercerized Printed tines, in a rich assortment of. desi and black grounds, for only 69¢ yard. Mercerized Venetians, 32 inches wide, in plain colors and b Other grades of Lining Satines, percalines, all colors, at p’) ) is requested to disregard that state- VETS DA GOU T a possible Seymour Goes to Georgia. Among the men who left Plainville | Warriors Bold And Those Who Iave | this morning for Camp Greenleaf. Ga.. 0 was George . Seymour A small Taken Many Schooners | Over the crowd was at the station to see the { hovs off, cven though the rain made! Bar are Present. / it unpleasant Present at the roll cal n police Bricf Ttems. Ii§ ol Miss Ethel Prior left today for the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, where she will resume her | Irish Guards, and D Toseph court this morning were Alfred Cases late of his majesty’'s First: Battalion studies Coutermache who campaigned n Ralph Williams has resigned his! Cyba and the Philippines 20 years position with the Stanley Works in ' et e New Britain ) bl oy & £ < 5 hands of John Barleycorn George Skinner has resigned hisj position with the AMeriden Journal Casey has been in the country WANTED-—Good second-hand gun. | three months, having been discharged 113 Broad st., Plainville. 9-18-2dx | from the British army beca FOR SALI-—Two young English set- [ shell shock and shattercd ter dogs ready for fall training:| He was at the fir from registered stack W. E. Baker Plainville, Conn 15-1d of Ypres. One of his brothers wus killed besid him at Ypres and an other was taken @ prisoner and died STEAL THRIFT STAMPS. in a German prison cimp. presumably John Strifensky of 57 Lafavette | of the hrutalities inflicted upon him ' For two years and ten o s he street complained to the police this |/ 0F 1Wo e ndE Len fmon thahs fought the Huns and he said this morning he would like to join the sometime vesterday afternoon | American army I've tried and been morning that his store was entered | through a side window and $8 ¥ rejected, so I guess I'll have to try of Thrift Stamps was stolen his majety’s army again said ATTENTION! Sick Women To do your duty during these trying times your health should be your first consideration. These two women tell how they found health. Hellam, Pa.—*“T took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Compound for female troubles and a dis- placement. 1{elt all randown and was very weak. 1 had been treated by a physician without results, 50 decided to give Lydia E. 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