New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1920, Page 7

“&#&mmm&;@fi@m@g&sfim fi#@fim@fififi%##%%@fi#@@m THERE IS NOTHING SPRINGLIKE ATMOSPHERE HANDSOMELY FLOWERED We are offering choice of latest designs and colorings. HAVE A LOOK at cushions, $1.49 yard. fe*fi@@@@@@@@&@@%#fi#%###% @s ? SOME WINDOW HANGINGS BY THE YARD ATTENTION tape edge styles. CALLED 39c, 49c, to to sertion at 79¢, 80c and 98¢ yard. *’;;i READY TO PUT UP WINDOW HANGINGS SCRANTON LACE some plain centers wthi yards long. come B ¥ & ) @ RUFFLED CURTAINS F Marquisette are v graceful window to $5.50 pair. 50-INCH offer lovely yard window shown prices. zoods for door or in white, of much in drapes one s shades NFAST” of blue, R B B D B fefodetotolc] Make Springtime Indoors With the New Draperies We Show THAY the heavy Curtains, lace edge. in_white, g§§ unh prices from $2.50 to $7.00 pa LARGE ASSORTMENT ALSO of Scranton cream and beige. at very popular vogue. DRAPBRY makes the gold, dAVING AN AUTOMOBILLE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS fii’?fifi@fifi@fi@@'@@i&fifi {:@@@@fi@@@@@@fi@@@@ NEW GIVES IT A MORE LINENS, CHINTZ, CHEERY OR THE BRIGHTENS UP A HOME OR THAN NEW HANGINGS OF PRINTED CRETONNES. beautiful assortment of foreian and domestic Cretonnes in all the range from 33¢ tq $3.50 yara. Norman Duplex Drapery, 36 inch, a for Furniture covering and Voiles and Marquisettes in white. ivory and ecru in plain and Fine Voile with lace edge 79¢ yd, or with lace edge and in- H. S. Grenadine 39c yard. the new 98¢ yard. Dotted some figured all & They are and ecru, LEAVER ACE CURTAIN the window draping line. Let us new Spring arrivals n white, FPrced from $10.00 to $15.00 you are real game in how you the ivory ‘and ecru will like them. ivory lace are VOILE AND MARQUISETTE hangings with lace edge, others with op€i-work and borders, are very attractive and priced $2.00 to S11.50 pair, MADRAS HANGINGS, figured ones in assorted colorings $4.79 pair. Figured ecru madras cur- tains for 0 pai White figured madras cur- tains for paj plain motif from drapes. They and are as $2.98 Voile They could want. Swiss, B e windows. yard. moxt deélightful over-hangings for vour also ligured effects. $2.75 to $5.50 We P e rose and green, YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMIILY PURCHASED 01 Us. BERLIN NEWS ‘TAX QUESTION ONCE AGAIN IN THE FORE .~ Adjourned Town Meeting, March 8 Will Decide Rate TOWN 1§ WITHOUT COAL Statement From Local Dealer Today Berlin ight Embankment—Local M Places in Uncomfortable Position—F Car Goes Over n to Marry. Taxpavers will have an opportunity ate Monday which time the fo vote on the tax ing, March S, journed town meeting will be held Tawn Hall. It doubtful there was ever more inferest centerved in the tax rate than this vear. \With the prospect of a 22 or mill rate in addition to an 80 por cent increase «in the asscssment, it is cxpected that every taxpayer will-be on hand. The board of reilef is working on the lists so that they will be rcady tor the town meeting. The board is con- siderably behind in its work owing to the fact that Willinm Webster ha STOP INFLUENZA 1. Keep bowels and skin active Have fresh, warm air. Take milk, broth or light gruels. Drink plenty of water. " Stay in bed. Call a physician. even- at i- in is the it Board of Health becn called to H: at the superior court. Never before have there been so many complaints and applications for abatements there are before the hoard of relief this year. It scems as though every one had « grievanc even to the smallest property owner The gencral feeling is that if th grand list is to remain at $3,500.000 a tax rate of not more than 16 nor less than 14 mills ie sufficicnt. The budget for the current year stands at a figure slightly .in ex .of ;$100.090... The town, to date, has borrowed $26,000 to y through until the AXes are received. Money to pay the town hill is received from other besides that from taxation. amount is small in comparison A certain group of the town's-poli- ticiane arc after Tax Collector ¢ Léwis and when the tawn meetin called will try to put through a resolu- tion which will reduce the rate of pay ng of men at work on Sand on all coliections of taxes. How ef- | hall and vicinity yesterday afternoon ‘fective their work Will be remains to | and this morning in‘an-‘effort to open be secn. fup traffic. Road in State” The High school pupils from | place are being taken to New Britan by sled. riford for jury duty lm their sleds or sleighs and the horses to pick their own No More Coal. way. A Berlin coal dealer news this morning that he has wmore coal and that, consequently, more orders would be received. stated he was unable to get an) ments through and that it wa less to take orders for immediate de>; live This statement will cau consternatipn among those who low on cdal4-and they are numerous.. The Worthington school supply, hug run out and it ma be necessa 1o’ close the school until another ment is received Another dealér had <calls fo 15t two carload 1} cannot get the "'t diamonds’ through, Connecti The Connecticut tie! no 1o s save out sourd but the o ack 1t Company Digging Out. company’ had a Care, thi; Sccording Sclectnian 1! ing, the road Lo a statement maae M. Griswold this morn- | under the Kensington ilroad Lridge is a state highway and as such doc: not come und town care oF supervision. The board of lectmen, as a public duty, recognized | the need of special action at a time of ¢mergency guch as the present, is doing all in their power to remedy the trouble, he stated. The condition of the stretch be- neath the bridse has been a source | of troubie to automobilists and others for several owing to the ac-| cumulation ice and snow at tha point. than a dozen sleis have turned over and in nearly every instance more or ge hast been reported. It was stated that onc member of (he board of sclectmen broke a “bob" on sled, due o the condition of the road. Until a few days ago there was a small swim- i ming pool in the center of the Car Goes Over Bank. A freight car and caboosc the track the morning and wenl over an embank ment, snapping a telegraph pole o the basc before stopping at the foot of the bank. It was necessary to send to Hartford for the wrecker to place the cars back upon the track. One by East Berlin Hems, ho Sacred Heart church wi hold a whist at the home Lewis this evening. The Stanley Works stalled t the vs was Dehan a short women of John had hill vesterday be out. with in- that Morse fruck i been fooi of moc able illness othy fter is io has been calied present session now being held William Brown ury duty at the the superior court ! Hartfovd. for of in weeks of No less Berlin Briefs. Harold. the voung son Mr. and Alexander Bruce, veported as improved from blood- of e . ! being much poisoning. Mrs. Pauline Bigelow is home on Worthington rid Mrs. William “Shroeder out ain after a short Kensington Ttemis. M. Griswold left this morn- Providence, R. T Epworth league church will chureh - parlors HE IS CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT his at 1 her i is able to road. | pc iliness, mped’” Berlin depot this DR inz for "he odist the the hold a supper Monday Meth- in of eveni Hundred Trucks Stalled. An automobilist coming i ford this mornin he had couni- ed 43 automobile trucks stalled be- | | tween this place and Newington and he estimated there were at least 50| held up at points between there and Hartford., Yeste afternoon an i evening there fleets I trucks. from six to cight in a grou that had come up from New York, | and one of the driv aid they had | started out last Monday afternoon and | i had been on the way ever since. It ! took nine hours to get to here from Meriden. To Rov E from Hart- | 1id were several or Marry Wat Tyron. son Tyron. Kensington. vied to Miss Celia L. Condit | home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs George M. Condit. of Waterbury, Sa urday, March 6. The couple will ma their home in Kensington. Mr i a discount clerk in the New National bank Cold ‘Phis morning could called the | coldest of the year owing to the hish wind and the zero temperature. R Vidents who were compelled to wa to the depot will assert that ury Girl. of Mrs will be Manry ma - the ke | Tyron | Britan | /.51/1/7 VEL ADAZ‘{J editor of Grower. has an- Morning. This be “hicago.—Samuel Adams, the Americ Fruit nounced his candidacy fov the repubs lican nomination for vice-president. He was born at Westiteld, Mass.. May morning was the coldest.they ever ex- | 13, 1876, and is a member of the perienced. Drivers, .rather than face| Adams family that has given two the wind, climbed down into the body pyasidents to this country. @@@@@@@@@@@@fi@@@fi@@@@%@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ okcdedeteel allowed’ Bank | | on RITAJN ‘DAILY HERALD; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1920. PLAIN VILLE NEWS. TOWN PETITION 0 BE HEARD FRIDAY Utilities Commission to Act Matter of Railroad Protection STORM ~ HITS * TOWN HARD | | Trolley Service is Resumed on Some Lines—Factory Oflice Force Does Not Put in Appearance—Foresters to Hold Mecting—News Briefs, pefore the in Hart- mat- be a hearing commission | There will i public utilities ford next Friday relative to the { ter of placing gates or other means i of ‘protection at the East Main street i railroad crossing, Selectman John- | this morning. Judge B. F. Gaffney will represent the town of Plainville at the hearing. The petition from the town io commi n requests that the York, New Haven and Hartford road be ordered 1o install sates place a flagman at the crossing. The hearing is a direct result of the fatal accident in which han and Louis irtman of New itain fisured a few week aso. Selectman Johnson petitioners expect that wlil be granted without culty. There some however, he said. from believe that the street is ¢nough to warrant the regular prolective mes son announced the New rail- or ted that the the request much diffi- opposition, those who not used installation of ires. Trolley Service Resumed. The trolley service between' here and Southington ané Lazy Lane was resumed’ at 2 o'lock vesterday after- noon, after being out of commission since 11 o'clock Wednesday morning The tieup was caused by the derail- ment of two snowplows which were sent to aid ars stalled in the drifts. Passengers in some cases spent several hours on the cars. Many people waited all afternoon Wednes- day to get transportation {o Sauth- ington and Meriden. The 5 o’clock train to New Haven arrived at 7 o'clock and was crowded when it left Plainville. The Standard Steel and Bearings company sent a truck to Mithington at midnight to take its niployes to their homes. Many others helped themselves to a ride on the truck in the freezing cold. The office force at the plant failed to appear vesterday morning. The hardships .of the winter are being increased by the non-arrival of coal in the local yards. Dealers are making deliveries by the use of sleds and bob sleighs. Liitle freight is ar- rivin here and if the situation con- tinues in present te. the local ‘stores are likely ta run short of sup- .plies. Graih consigned to Bristol dealers being held up at the freight yards. 1 said that this is the worst weather experienced in New England in many yvears. Some older residents .say it is worse than the blizzard of 1885 because the snow melted then “within two weeks ufter the storm. Ticket Sale Commenced. Tickets for the supper and enter- tainment, to-be held by the Haoly Name society and the Ladies’ Altar society of the Church of Our Lady of are on sale by members of s ganizations. The affair will held on Tuesday evening. March 16, which is the eve of St. Patrick’s day. Supper will be d from 6 ta s o'clock and an entertainment will follow. 1t is planned to secure a zood speaker. Attended Brother's Funcral. James Hanley spent the past diys in New London where he was called last week to the bedside of his brother. The latter died in the New London hospital and Mr. Hanley re- ™ ned in that ci ta attend the funeral Foreman Resigns Position. Charles-Moore, foreman af the knit- ting department at the local plant of ‘the Bristol Manufacturing company, has resigned position. He will leave this week with his family for Stroudsburg. Pa where he hs ac- cepted a position as superintendent of a knitting mill, K. of A. Mceti here will be a meeting of Conrt General Lawton. No. 135. Foresters of Ameri at the club rooms in 1. O. O. . hloc on Tuesday even March 9. The committees in cl of the recently inaugurated membei- thip campaizn will present their re- ports The members are expected to evince an interest in the *tivities of the court hy attending the meeting Will Go to California. Alfred Tondreau and William Covle. employed by the Standard Steel and Rearings company, will leave the em- of the concern next week. They » to Calitornia. for an indefinite its is s is ser few his rge ploy will stay ther McCarthy Patrick Med at the home strec ent his ize match phy's billiard Herbert John Valentine bridge made a 1 heating his own in a Rev been il Pearl weelks. eturned to Cambri In a for recovere: in Brang Valentine, pool in Mur- rooms 1 evenin dc 50 to 37 of rely parish Defeats game of st Cam- 19 balis, 17 made will score gh high ame run run of here provious e Cowles Electric Co. EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL 71 Winthrop St. New Britain, Conn, 149, Plainville, Londc_m Wets Call on Raemaekelfs_” Pe His Cartoons Feature in Liquor !NFLU:N zA™ Pocror PussyroeT SAYS YOU MUST GET WELL ON GINGER BEER. oR DVE" [ Some of the Raemaekers cartoons that England wets fight to we John Barleycorn's Upper right and center drawin > designed espec 1y for Scotland, where people are considered very re- ligious. “The Return™ is sub- captioned, speaking: ¥ thought it was grapes, but I must have been mistaken.” Lower lef! shows two British workmen holding up the umbrella of England to pro- tect their beer from Uncl and stripes shower. lower s an application to the United States in that in the south is claimed that negroes, deprived of their hooze, are taking to cocaine snuffing. the life, are using in ON BRONNER, European Manager N. K. A. London. Fcb. 2 ~Thoroughly to the dangers of the Pussyfoot John- By MIL alive ! country, have | skilled pen of the greatest of modern cartoonists, result, “\WWell, | hoped to have upon every billboard in Eng maelkers’ hibition poking Raemaekers. bered | most trenchant cartoonist opponent of the were manded | should punisl The aid great weig Great Fnglish into their the called lquor service the ! Asn.} | P Louis Raemaekers. within a very, short time it is at land, Scotland and Wales, Rae- attac and g the pro- | incidentally cartoons movement at Unele it fun Sam. will be remem- won word-wide fame as the | str German government. So keen his attacks that the Kaiser de- that the Dutch government Raemaekers. he has come to the will have ha that liquor cause in this country. dry, fact of the Britain may go it but | pleas: inclined All the Wa son campaign for prohibition in this , will not be before John Bul forces | made a vigorous fight for his drink what he pleases and wh The general public is to take the Pussvfoot a matter for jest and audevillians have theiy So do the newg gn as Johnson. paragraphers and poets. But the various liquor men take Pussyfoot ve: ously. ents of the Methodist, Presbytertan churches are a to orzanization realize that the Baptist| They ength to the prohibition ca: just as they were in America. And the ydon't when they read in the.great papers letters from Engfishm feel any ve recently been in the stat whe write s one of them did: England downfall. compete with the sober Bagle™ cither prohibiti The drugged Tiom it to-| h post- nent 1l three games in night and there poned games to be plaved. Would Welcome Jitncys. ion the usuul and i n in have a the tour e also e of the trolley Jew e demorali service during awakened the trolley company commuters waiting holding “crabfes company did not der. From the general U remarks was apparent return of the jitney the spring will be welcomed. Brief Items. car ha the iticism o s methods, rowds which the sin nd of that service the the in bus local meat deale a severe iliness Hugh Simpson. a has recovered from 1t There will be Stations of the Cross this evening | Lady M davs| T« | spe reet There c Kappa Pil Henry hom weeks spe Mrs. home on West Main street. iis in the Church of Our of Mercy. s Helen Vath. of Kew Gardens, I.. has returned to her home after the past week as the guest Auna Murphy on Whiting ding Miss be a special meeting of Tota club of the Congre- ional € rch at the home of Louis of Stronz epurt, on Friday eve- at 7 o'clock. Morgan Park 1t in liam will ' B e has turned to his strect after several Jacksonville, Fia. ! hor Foran. of Pine strest, "t | | on/ W i Stops Irritation; John P. A a patient in St. Francis’ B " Hartford. % Edward Moulthrop apd fam! Whiting Bristol. street, have remo L Piles Cured:in 6 to 4] Druggists refund money 'if OINTMENT fails to ocare nd, Bleedinz or Protruding Soothes and restful sleep Price 60c. can - get application. guire is confined at 523 Stanley street by inflnenza. k of @EE@EE@EE@@D@@DDE@EE@@ GE]EJEIDDEE]EEIIEEIEIEIIE ® Usual Big Saturday Sale at the Great Western Market SALE ON AND TO BIG QUALITY TO YOU. BE ABLE TO MEAT H LEAN ROAST ROAST OF HEAVY CURED BACON IENDS OF HAM CHOPS TIVER S SHOULPER STEAK SALT PORK CORNED BB FRESH 1AM TINE LAMB, CHICKENS SPECIALS PCRK STEER FRE RIB SUGAR SHANK ORI BEEF NATIVE VEAL, AND P OWL MEATS AND GROCERIES. BOTH OUR ME AT SUCH REASONABL AT BUY LOW GROCE AD FIC AD i & C. < JANCY BR PANCY BR PRGS D, MATOIS CANS PEAS R OLIVE isCo CANS & - CANS HIGH GRAD CANS HIGH GRAY 3 n b ib 35¢ B8c | g 20¢ g ih 3 O, for ib 28 n n n ROASTING Be 18 = ONIC (2} AURANTS, CANNED GOOPS FRANK CIANFLONE, Prop. 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