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NEW B};ITAIN DAILY HERA PLAINVILERS ‘Robert Touhey ey Tells of Sog Victims While in France OUR BIG ANNUAL OF HOUSEWARES GHILDREN HADE CRIPPLES | . STARTED TUESDAY WITH A RUSH. ,mm Poisoned By Candy Tefe By Germans—Father and Son Banquet HUNDREDS OF HOUSEWIVES CAME T\us\s Hawkins Sul'pvriw(l—-}’arish TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE Robert Touhey, T. & N. is visiting o at the home of James J. Murphy of UNUSUAL PRI(‘E SAVING:}. DID Whiting street. He is a first class " ® pharmacist in the navy. He has made | several trips across the *pond” but vOoU GET YOURS? he says that his land service in| M Fraace was more exciting and educa- | tional than the work aboard ship. Touhey tells of entering a Belgian | town which had been vatated by the| At e German troops and of the atrocities| [ Full fashipie committed by the Huns. He saw ol f§ fast black. group of about 60 Belgian children | ONDERWE eversthing in Housewares at Special Sale Prices (excepting Wwe cannot control.) You know our quality of merchan- dise. You & our prices at a sale like this are actual reductions. You know from past occasions what to expect. » i SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY-——We offer 1,200 pieces of Nickel Plated Bath IReom Iittings, ranging in value up to $1.25 each. If you need Bath sroup of about ‘50 Relginn cridren | Room Hquipment, now is your time to buy and save money. Every piece Gt ety handefanethed Rinloh o e N ROWET, BARS wit an inquiring turn of mind he accosted | Vests, Drawers and Ti8 Ther , TOWEL BARS with straight ball top posts, 16, 20 and 24 an inquiring turn of mind he accoste anq Vs Drawers and TiERES inches, GLASS SHELVES, with beveled edges and Nickel brackets, 18 and SeEleTig Rt e ithe | . e R e o o The officer called one of the children | W ’S Uni n s handy; TUMBLER AND SOAP DISHcombination holders, just what you |Sxosemosrieallsd ioneTotiuie Ghliccer | omen 0 will want; TUMBLER HOLDERS, of extra fine quality, with strong wall that the child's fingers had been sev- | Union Suits of fine pure Wool, als “', post; WALL SOAP DISHES, thatare extra hea and very strongly ered, leaviag only the thumb. The| eavy or medium weight sxlk andflemm""' made: BATH TUB SOAP DISHES, the handy kind to hang on edge of the officer assured the sailor that the| tub: TOILET PAPER HOLDERS, with nickel plate dwall back, look at e GG BeGl A T . . fhem: WHITE ENAMELED BATH TUB SEATS, those with rubber pro- o et { OUR FlNAI LEARAN' E OF WIN I ER‘ :OA S tected ends: BATI SPRAYS, with rubber protected nickel spray heads | " Another instance was in a French| ! + EACH. V- squs f sailors en- : i Hfm I i e e e ot et These-Rock-Bottom Prices for Saturday ill not siip. Itegular $1.98 kind, sale price is—$1.69 cach. denly stricken with convulsions in ti WHITE CABINETS. enameled ones, for bath room. With mirror Strecta i mhcinanibe ot enitie | One LOt Of Coats to Close for . $12.95 front and two glass shelves. Regular price $1.89, our sale price—$1.39 ea. were so attacked excited comment ~ and the milocs inveetissted. They One Lot of Coats to Close for . $18.75 found that the children had been eat- ing candy left by the Gern The C C 9 75 et e One Lot of Coats to Close for . $29. e = piece was found a small quantity of HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE D ELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY potassium bichloride, a deadly poison. | n 9 7 F 4 bes Maay of the children had eaten the! case. Touhey declared that many of the ! GOWNS FOR $1.25 ENVELOPE CHEMISE FOR $1.20. big guns on the western front were Fine quality Nainsook envelo 5 ; ok I . : e - o ' y pe Chemise, lace { ably be held for the benefit of those [ from the fair will be turned in to-| manied by sailors from the United @ New line of Muslin Gowns, pretty colored em- | .3 Hamburg trimmed, ribbon run, vadsety of | who -do not understand the meaning | wards the street lighting at S S.ia( S navy. According to his a broidery, also Hamburg trimmed, extra quality for styles, value $1.60 and $1.59. | of Americanization at the town hall. | Berlin. these sailors were picked out from — ! Dance a Succes: Men Fail to Register. among the best gunners in the navy, this price. Brassleres Priced to Close: | | Remember a few restrictic - 3 : Sl ] TS T o x y A The dance and social given by the | Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodruff re-| and had beea trained in manning = s o White and flesh, discontinued models, !ANNIN[i T[] fiflflM Ladies orohestra of Kensington | Porls that as yet only a few of the; the big guns aboard the battleships. | SEiniSfotinnofdusliysusiin and Blaus jrestiar Values to $2.50. NOW ........ $1.00 {at the Berlin Grange hall last evening | 10cal men who have been discharged|They wear a marine’s uniform with $1.25 qualty. Special for Saturday ... 79c Each Values to $1.00 NOW ... T was a success. This was the second | from the service have registered at|‘U. S. Navy” on their hats. appoarance of the group, which con- | the office. The war board has issued| Touhey is very well known in ots o¢ Misses Tilliam mrehy. Agnes |2 reduest that all men discharged| Plainville, haviag made extended vis- s ok o iy ~ | from the service register at the town s , and on receiving his d P tt t } $3 98 $4 98 $5 98 e C Gorman, Lillian Stack, : S | » i \":r‘g‘;rme;""mv °w‘y:'[‘l”“\,nm‘i“zf‘mv 2k, | clerk’s office at an early date e from the service will reside in| reesu erlor € 1Coa a ue% '\vmes. ot o Berlin Cutting Ice. Plainville. He intends to open a Extra quality all silk Taffeta, and silk jersey top Petticoats, new high grade qualities, latest plain and e S . i ¢ . ice men of Fast Berlin have| pharmacy in Sauthington and to do} Ghangeable colors, in a wide assortment of styles, regular and extra sizes, the very best poss R bpeclfll C()mm] [ee W'H H(]ld Following is a letter received BY | jecided to fill their small houses with| busine in partnership with his| il ¢ 3 il e y best possible for the | Colonel €. M. Jarvis, who has been | : ces | g what ice they can get. This morning| brother. M d AN | chairman of the Berlin War Bureau | the jcemen leasing the Hazea pond at| Miss Hawkins Surprised. | ee[lllg \nun fly ang | correspondence board, from Private | mgst Berlin started fllling their| A pleasant surprise party was ten- | | Pasquale Gianotta, who has been in |houses. The ice at the present. time| dered to Miss Vera Hawkins last eve- | | active service in France for over a |at this pond is five inches thick. }mm at the Maplehurst on West \M!v\j possible to be with his father. The preciation of his faithful work in the (& musical program w} | F LEWS IS GHAIRMAN year: | Teachers’ Convention. Street by the pupils of the. eignth | Price of the tickets will be nominal, ' pagt. Larson is the chief executive |received and Alva Bengston “Chivegrey, France, All the local public schools Were! grade, of which Miss Hawkins was & | (e committee having decided to make fficer in the Swedish Luther league | Adeline Ohman favored with vo “Dec. 18, 1919. closed today owing (o regular| teacher. About 50 of the pupils were | (e assessment just enough to defra¥ of the church and under his direction | Selections. At the close of the mu > S DCENE B JEEILR convention of teachers which Was| 5, ;esent to bid the retiring teacher | th'® expenses of the supper a most successful year has been | ¢l program the pastor made a spee Dance a Success—War Bureau GeciS. o1 want to thank you and the Ber- | held this afternoon at the Wethers-| oo om0 o0 10 EO0IE FEAE Lindsay Is Wounded. SR e e e GH i o O e e Letter from Soldier in France—Fair | 1in War Bureau—in faét, all 'who con- [ fleld Grammar school. The 1locall .;4 gamies and refreshments were Private James B. Lindsay, of Moun- {he church, about a week ago, | of the parish to Mr. Larson w. < : | tributed toward the ‘round robin’ |teachers attended. The schools Willl (oo oq™ Miss Hawkins left the Plain. | tain View, was reported on vesterday's report of the league was read, show- | Fesponded with a fow remarks, Is Well Attended—Begin to Cut, which you sent me. I believe that is | reopen Monday morning. | ville school today, her resignation | casualty list as wounded. Lindsay en- jng the financial, and social year to At the close of the meeting | one of the finest letters that I have Manton North Arrested. | lm\]’ng e e listed in Company I of New Britain p,ve heen a success ° freshments were served in the churd Ice—Briefs, | recetved in a long time and it is some- | Manton North was arrested late 0 00 o Rl e at the beginning of the war and went Reyv. Dr. §. G. Ohman was in|Mr. Larson is employed at the Jo¥ ' R lmmg that makes a fellow feel that | YeSterday afternooa by the state game| The regular meecting of Sequassen | OVerseas with that unit. He fought in . harge of the reception and under | A- Andrews furnishing company. harles F. Lewis, chairman of the) . ", 01 17 g proud of him, | Warden on the charge of using “dead- ebin g of Lysee A B el & . i | the S. u " | talls” and “slip-traps” 1n trapping| 10dge, L O. O. F., was held last eve- | > N him a programme was carried out. | foxes and muskrats. He will face tris) BlDE 10 T @ O B hall and was ai-q T=o0 Robeils, Frencls Bevnes BUrliag ipe bpening of the programme, | _, Treat ‘em Rough, e . | éhares thmorrow marniag at ihe| tended by a large Dumber of miew. | Modeloy and Herlam Burgess, of this jyis cpire songregition eang. and ihe | Dol em. fry em, scramile Ui will| “There are a lot of people in the | paritord police court. North has|bers. The Sequassen lodse degrce | !oWn. His-family and friends re-|pastor read scripture and praver |To2%t ‘em or eat ‘em rew. N town whom I never met While at|peen one of (e most successtul trape| team initiated a class of candidates | CCiVed several interesting lotters from | organist Harold Sjolander rendered | 655S: Strictly fresh. 55c doz. Ru i tan | home, but that little letter that they | netd 010 0 0 MO S CEEEN TSR o Finitiation. was followed by a so. | him telling of his experiences in the sell Bros., 301 Main St.—advt. A IR R ey wrote in the ‘round robin’ is certain-| frapped about 75 muskrats and seven| cial. on next Monday evening at 8|1y going to make me feel as if T had | roxes, Parish Guild Supper. ! ville man in Company I who has been I} i 5 The supper given hy the Parish = dence in Berlin. I would like to have i | Z Y Brief Ttems, L dir throughout the state | ® Miss Marjorie M re, w’ s be ) “hurch of Our Saviou preadin rougho | you thank each one of them for me tavjorie Moore, who has been| Guild of the Chu of Our Saviou Conporall Alirad Lioiand = et Tadl seriously ill at her home in Kensing-| at t s se last ening v 3 committee has been appointed | ;nq te1 them how we boys over here 3 Gleneaom S B 0 BT NOBEG evening Was | y,;noq (o his home on West Main e | ! ton for the past few weeks, is much| a pronounced success, hoth socially k 3 ocal War Bureau to carry on | appreciated this letter: also-we were | jmyroveq Rt e s eet after serving in France with the ¢k in Berlin. In the near fu- | very zlad to receive a reproduction S —rs el e ""‘,‘rh”‘"””:‘ L o ool i (B erl cin B, SWIELC N UHS con for M. ¢ | of the Berlin Honor Roll, and I am ~ OLIgN, paoanas veeniliving S IOSUINE £ e ¢ “land M William Holland Sl e it Sy - |at Hartford for the past few months,| iary of the church was to have heen e Americanization work in New | Bl AL A0Y Sgrinel s'in town on business vesterday. held after the supper owing to e G S. N., is sp g P 5 are on the Honor Roll, as they have ] a furlough at his home in Mountain S Wl insteoctitine Rlocaliicon ¢ Margaret Wileox, who has been| the late hour at which the supper was | 3; An open me ng will prob- at school, has returned to her, over, the meeting was postponed un- in Berlin for a short stay { til next month, and Miss Biddle, of Hartford, will come to The date of the mceting will | War Bureau, announces that!and I am certainly proud to receive local Americanization committee, | one. was recently appointed, first meeting at the Berlin | ! war zone. Lindsay is the fourth Plain- Francis P. O'Brien, promoter done their share wherever they were. | ow “As to news, there isn’t much to tell except that we are in hopes of : returning home sogn and at present | Miss Florence Brandegee, who has| Hr Clellan, Anniston, Alabama, and has T R 6 TR o BN || \1\ at her honie on Berlin street ;‘k“”‘- e returned to his hom t 0 We which is located about 90 kilometers f‘”,”“ ";f’j“" of weeks 1s recovering.; °€ ““““*’,;1_‘ o "( e 0 Main street. He has been in the serv- fosliFelcitof DizonaiTeRwE e I Sl L RS L IIE BOL e Sl here is very mild and only a little wet Eandapracticofiof Bihe fbasker: (e lleglic s R 5 b 3 S8 of ‘ ball team will take place this avening; Son” banquet will be placed on sale All kinds of sheet metal and they tell me that the snow never o ¢ = 1 4 cutt = at the Berlin town hall | tomorrow morning and will be sold | airing, furnaces. guiters, lead- stays over 24 hours and that they get T > 2 : e 2 2 Troop 5. Kensington Boy Scouts! only in pairs, as a boy cannot attend repairs, roofing, efc. gersliticgorilephcre | will hold their regular weekly meet-| without a man and a man will not be i ht. Tel. 228-2. W. H. Met “We have at present billets to sleep A 8 | in and enough wood to keep us warm, Theodore E. Fanion has received an honorable discharge from Camp Mc ice several months. ing this evening at their rooms at the, allowed to attend without a boy. If | Ir, W Britain 2 | Kensington Congregational church| o o e allowed | v v v ik = ki Ly " | a man hasn’t a son, he will be allowed plenty to eat and all we want to drink | parlors to adopt one for the evening, and the ight S, he co v re ¢ b 2 i | Ve desire t CXPress x sincere JfocRlisntpryines & B) untry around | The Triangle club of the American| same applies to a boy who finds it im- | Bl S here is very nice: in fact, better than | Paper Goods company will give a I have seen so far, and T have cov-|dance and social this evening at the ered quite a little of France, from | Berlin Grange hall { 7' T’r—\ere? no head- | ‘Calia to the Swiss border and from | George Stack of the T. S. army,! KILLS PA ard of Thanks. ur many kind neighbor: nd nds for the many expressions | | jnr love and sympathy shown to us | duri the illness and the death of ache/no sleep»— there hack as far as Paris, only I|stationed at Camp Uptan, w a guest our beloved mother. We also thank lessnas.mnep- don’t think that it can start to com- ! of friends in town yesterday | l 1 n the donors of the many beautiful i i 5 MINUYE pare with Berlin or Kensington: that, | Choir rehearsal of the Berlin Con- floral tribute of conrse, is Impossible | gregational church choir will be held { Pettinato and Conforti Families. “They were going to send us to Ger- | t0mMOITOW evening at the church. Agony of Rheumatism and Gout, Neu- -~ many for patrol duty, but I'm glad The Jolly Three, who have been' yalgia, Lumbago, Chest Colds and | gy Y ATV that they chaneed their minds, for |IUDNing dances at the Berlin Graage Sore Throat doed in Half the EMIL LARSON GIVE Z e e dat hall for the past two y g ! | now I believe that we will be coming D2 ears, will in the Pime it Takes Other Remedies, = Romo 1n & month o so. aa aoom as | TUWUTe Nold their dances svery Satur-| yeserine won't mister i o ai-| HANDSOME PRESENT things are settled up, which T hope | ‘23 ©¥ ,””;g\f‘ ;‘j"“s‘“”‘ hall. ways ready for use—it's mad- | | won't take long. sl ‘h‘m_‘{"mm“’:r“" Ff"“"“"{‘ °f| mother’s old-fashioned mustard ““Will now close, once more 1hank~‘ SEiR e rhhn ’Vo New Haven| jiagter with other up-to-date pain Ing vou and all those who contributed Tos Lo Infthe future i iciilers added. | | | ~ Ap}easan?t toward the ‘round robin,’ also for their . The best and qui emedy in | Worker Presented With Watch kindness, and hoping to be with you | the world for lamen muscles, | coffee-like soon i ThIN PEUPLE Bl o e L il By His Friends. flavor and rour service | packacne, neadache ana 1 e R “ 1 Larson PVT. PASQUALE Musts e—ask s an economy S Rl AL © h¥ | prominentiy identified in the activi- and easem ¢ e G ’ | low mustard—not cheay ) ‘I | ties of the Swedish Lutheran church, ; makmgwfll - fhn -]n‘vtr'l\ Attended. | Use it freely to drav pain /¢ \”»]r hnmsanml- '\"u'p:l.\r\.r: I,»(x 1'“}" e fair and bazar given under the | those sore feet—it’s great for ohi church 1 night when the members soon makeit o G s EhenmRet o[ I A s j those sore e el | s el e o rlin ou small, | p) too, and for frosted feet {g\grfavord:e Improvement Society at the Athletic|ateady increase of firm, healthy flesh each | for and get Mustarine always in tns | ToCePtion in his honor. AMr. Larson and get Mu S in the YOouUSness m Prominent Swedish Lutheran Church ie drimk . hall at Fast Berlin last evening was|day. It supplies an cssontial substance (o | yoilin 1o w presented with beautiful largely attended. A minstrel troupe/the brain and nerves in the active form in Hamilton watch-and a purse by the 3 : o af the local young men and women| which it normally occurs iy ol members of the church throu the f 3 | S in the living c - s of the ch Theres a.!@ason Was the feature of the evening. Danc-|of the body Bitro-Phosphate replaces | D' pastor, Rev. Dr. S. G. Ohms: A ing followed the performance This| nerve waste and cr haw strenisth and % # lirge number of the congregation Gen. Louis Botha, premier of evening the Weslevan Glee club from| enersy. Sold by Clark & Brainerd In New G as present to attest to the high es- sfrjq diGen TanlChristing & Wesleyan college will stage a play.| Britain and most ’ i Ren A ey Dancing will foilow. . receipts guarantee of results o entified with the ple league nations, about to leave Charing| sts under definite CA““,OX Blis ER . {eem in which he is held in the South African minister of defence. | Cross Station, London, e -routs it money back. o " | chuopl snd as & mark of thell &% Whosa pame has become prominently | Paris,