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

\ | Store Closes All Day Mondays, During July and August August Sale of Furniture Starts Waednesday Morning, July 28th WITH VALUES GREATER THAN WE THOUGHT PREPARATIONS FOR THIS AUGUST FURNITURE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF PATTERNS WIL LOWER PRICES CAN BE FOU WE HAVE STARTED THIS SALE A FEW DAYS EARLIER THAN USUAL ON POSSIBLE, YOou ND IN WE HAVE AND INSPECTION THAT NO FINER STOCK BEEN MAKING GREAT OF OUR VALU ACCOUNT OF CLOSING MONDAYS TO GIVE OUR CUSTOMERS MORE TIME TO COMPARE OUR VALUES WITH . OTHER STORES. DINING ROOM SUITES 9 Plece Queen Anne American Walnut Suite, byffet, table, server, 6 chairs and arm chair; blue leather seats. This is a wonderful value at $463.50. August Sale price $347.75. t extension, 64 inch top, blue leather seats. August Sale price $543. this value without giving it car = . Floss, guaran Ao §33.50 Layer Felt Mattress, $19.75. Cotton Felt Mattress, $14.00. | four pleces $475.00 August Sale and seven plece Queen Anre, 10 Plece Hepplewhite Mahogany 68 inch Buffet, large server with drawer, 3 door china closet, table 5 chairs The August Salc’ price $29.00. Other Suites regular priced 43 spring back, heavy roll arms. Upholstered Regular price $51 and egular 5. LIVING 3 Plece Suite, Davenport removable in combinatio $2 inches long. high cushion seats, % ng rocker to match. Arm ""'";,f,.'ry and velour. —« oale price $383.00. _nport and arm chair, spring spring, Wctom spring cushions supported on bottom, pillow style arms, high back and fine construction, regular price for two pieces is $390.00. Our August Sale price is $273.00. An excellent value. SUMMER FURNITURE. teed not Hickory, Including Will, Chinese Grass, Heywood Bros., Peel Cane, Old Reed and Rattan, uphol- stered in tapestry and cretonne, also complete porch sets, reed Lamps included. . BEDROOM SUITES. price $375.00. 22.50 to $830.00. fewhite Colonial Augnst Sale prices $242.00 to $714.00. and Georgian models, in American walnut. 4 Plece Antique Ivery Sufte, Dresser, Twin Beds, bow foot ends, and Toilet Table, regular price for Three, four HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEI VING ALD DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US BERLIN NEWS SHERLOCK HOLMES HAS BERLIN RIVAL Miss Griswold Solves Mystery, Where Others HaveFailed ACQUITS DOGS, BLAMES FOX: Ana Her Solution of Chicken Mystory | Proves Correct—Engincers Working | on Bridge Basin—Lawn Feto Fri- day Evening—Brief Items. ' For the past few days Berlin has | had a mystery which baffled o | Prentice and family, Selectman toger M. Griewold and others who have ad- vanced from time to time different | Aheories as to the strange dealh of | 3125 worth of chickens belonging to Mr. Prentice Last Friday morning Mr. Prentice went out to see how his prize liens were getting along and wes surprised to find about 40 of them dead and | neatly piled in thre or four groups, | Ludv for burial. A systematic slaugh- r had taken place, and the dogs of | the neighborhood were promptl blamed and Henry Austin, ih warden, was sent for - a vacation Selecim sponded to th of the 14 scene @ ynanimous opin jf¥men was ‘that dogs were ters. lectman Griswold went homa and told his daughter about the mystery and said it was doms, whereupon he recelved the rebuke of his life, for his daughter expressed great surprise that her father should hold such a set of ideas. Miss Griswold, who is quite | a naturalist, sald: “Why, Dad, you | nught to know better than that 214 not kill those chockens and them in piles the way you said they were. Did you ever hear of a dog piling up chickens” It wns a fox did the work. for he always piles the chickens up in order that he can got hold of more than one by the neck at A time and carry (hem.” Mr. Gris- wold recorded the conversation in his mind and pursued the even lenor of | his ways. Yesterday morning Mr. Prentico, who has been constuntly on the alert whot a fox that was making a raid on | his few remaining chickens, with the result that Miss Griswold is halled as the champion mystery solver in town. | To Repair—Maybe! { several conferences with the | mgineers of the state highway de- | paftment and the trolley company, ‘he board of selectmen have arrived »t & satisfactory settiement so far as the responsibility and expense are songerned in the matter of having the | Kensington underpass bridge recon- | structed so the water will be diverted | to #ther dire o The enkin logs put After ve a plan, which, It earried ovt, «.!l provide for about 10 per cent. of ainy flood. Also the water now flading Its way under the bridge from the rallroad property will be drained Selectman Griswold s In receipt of the report of the division engineer of e state highway department, saving | been | of slaughtering app | used years ago cal that the work would be undertaken Immediately and that the cost would be divided equally between the (own and the state The engineers esti- mate the cost under $1,000, unless it Is found necessary to open up and reconstruct the main outlet of neacly 1,000 feet. Lawn Fete Friday. Arrangement for tne lawn fete to be given Friday evening. July 30, on the lawn of Major Frank L. Wilcox's home, under the auspices of ‘the Worthington Community Center, are nearing completion and the commiit- tee In charge of the affair reports that everything will be in readiness tor the occasion play entitled “A Midsummer Nighi's Dream™ will be presented. in whaich local young men and women will par- ticipate. Booths will be arranged tor the sale of ice cream, soda and cther light refreshments. Dancing will fol- low. The receipts of the affair wiil go toward the Worthington Community Center House fund. The play will be- gin promptly at 8 o'clock Roihm is in charge of the arrange- ments, while the play is being directed by Miss Alice Traver of Hartford. Slaughter House Removed. Tha, old slaughter house: which has maintained by the Dunham family on Kensington road for wbout a century has been razed by the Strong Construétion compan The lumber in the building will be used by Mr. Strong in erecting a dwelling house on Norton road. Several piices tus whick » Deen storey " veen stnicp ¢ wewm to Play. ™ ~“oaseball team “we Arnerican Paper pany will play with one tory teams at the S ground tonizht at 7 o'clock. The lo- team has won all but two games this seasoa and scriving hard for Miss Stella Golon, who one of the barns Dunham Goods of the fa:- Mary's play- com- is the pennant | has been doing some fine twirling for the locals, will be on night while Miss Mary Vitkosky will be behind the bat In the game last week Miss Anna Vitkosky knocked the first home run o: the season and says she is going to do the stupt all over again tonight. The team heid practice at the Berlin fair groundas last evening Ladies’ Aid Notice. The Ladies’ Aid soclety of the Ken- sington Methodist church will tain at a silver tea at the home of Mrs. R. A. Wooding on Grove H:ll to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. A committee has arranged a special musical and literary program. Re- freshments will be served. All mem bers and their friends have been in- vited the mound to Leave for Northampton. Charles F. Lewis. Robert O. Clark, Francls Deming and Represen‘ative Claude W. Stevens, four prominent re- publicans, left this morning for Northampton, Mass, where they at- tended the ceremonies when Governor Calvin Coolidge was formally notificd of his nomination the republican candidate for vice-president of United States. Dev. Samuel A. Fisk who was a schoolmate of Governor Coolidge at Amherst college, wiil . attend the ceremonies. The loca! delc- gation was extended an invitation to the ceremonies by National Commit- teeman J. Henry Roraback To Be Teadercd Party. A house party will be tendered 'h evening in honor of Benjamin ' man at his home on Worthington Ridge by his many friends about the town Games will be played after which refreshments will be served Tracks Being Repaired. The car tracks at Upson's corner enter- | A Shakespearcan | Miss Helen represent- | | from Yale university, | within a few weeks between the Ben- and Damon's hill are undergoing re- pairs. The heavy rainstorm of last Saturday afternoon washed the dirt away from the ties and left the track in very poor condition. The tracks will be raised in some places. Berlin Briefs. A. N. Wooding left yesterday for Torrington, where he will spend the week with friends. The town authorities during the past several weeks have received complaints from residents of ‘he | southern end of the town regarding automobile speedsters who opeinie their cars at an excessive rate of speed while driving on the B:rlin pike. | Mr. and Mrs. George F. Dodd, who | have been spending the month at the | White mountains, will return to tneir | home on Worthington Ridge this woek. The Y. M. T. A. B. Drum corps held | their weekly meeting and rehearsal at | their rooms last evening. . The Misses Hazel Vile. Hattie Mil- ler, Doris Honiss and Marion Gibney have returned to their homes follow- Charles Nye. The funeral of Charles Nye was held from St. Gabriel's Episcopal | ehurch in Berlin yesterday after- noon at o'clock, ltev. Frederich C. | Lauderburn of the Berkeley Divinity | school officiating. A choir composed of Mrs. Max Susenhime, O. L. Mason and the Misses Theo Bunce and Es- ther Lund sang during the service. In- (,.menl was in Wilcox ceinetery. ing a two weeks' vacation at the shore. Mrs. John Webber of East road has returned to her home lowing a visit with relatives in sted Henry Fagan spending his v | in Kensington | Rev. Francis Egan of Danbury was | a visitor in town yest acting pastor at St. Paul's during the absence of Rev. J. C. Bren- nan, who was away for his health last winter. Miss Mary Vin- of New ~ation York city is with relatives has returncd where she at- tended the Yale summer school, tak- ing up a course in library work Mr. and Mrs. Paul Donan of | York city are visiting with Mr Mrs. James Fagan of Kensington. East Berlin Items, The Misses Elsie Benson and Ruth Hubbard are spending the day at the shore with friends. Mortimer Pollard has returned home from Stafford Springs. where he has been visiting relatives. A tennis tournamept is to be played Nelson New and son brothers players. Miss Virginia Walsh returned home and some Middletown Sele 1 menem BUILDING LINES FIXED BY BOARD Town Plans Commission Decides West Main Street Case SCOUT DRIVE REPORT READY Meeting to Be Held Tonight—Base- ball Team Manager Explains Sit- uation—Veterans Receive Citatlons —Lecgion Team Gets Challenge. At the ‘public hearing of the town plans commission heid in the court room last evening to hear argumer’s upon the establishment of a building or veranda line upon the nopf and | south sides of West Main atreet, from Pierca street to Washington street, A. pr—COLaem wresided. A number of the [ townspeople were present but no one had any suggestions to offer as to what building line should be estab- lished. tman Johnson said that the Fred wac he.ld‘Yvr the reason that 5m('|ller;(|‘*l|(ck.r°“l desired to build a 2 tore to i property on West Main siress o where near the street line, and de- sired to know how close to the street line he could come. The hearing was adjourned at 8:40 p. m. The commission immediately con- vened, viewed the property and unani- mously decided that the building or veranda line on the north side of West Main street from a point oppo- site the west side of Pierce street to Washington street should be ree feet. The building or veranda line on the south side of West Main street, between Pierce and Washington sireets, should be 25 feet. The difference in building lines wus decided upon for the reason that so many of the buildings upon the north side of West Main street were now upon the street line and it did not ap- pear that there was any just reasva, nor 'was there any objection made by any property owners on the north side of the street to the establish- ment of what is really a line for a business section Here's the Other Side. Last week the Herald printed a communication from a “Baseball Berlin | fol- | vesterday from Hartford where she has been visiting relatives. Miss Betty Pratt of West Cromwell s visiting relatives in town for a few | road roller has flattened l | days. The new highway has been put in tip-top econdition from Hubbard's to | the crest of Caesar hill. The heavy out all “the | rough places 5o that the road hed is | now ready for a coatiug of concrete. Caesar hill is now made in high gear. something unusual in the past owing to the three thank-you-marms, all of which have been drilled #nd ~ut from the hill Miss Georgianna Kelsey visiting relatives in New More than 3,000 tons of coal were received in Middletown yesterday by way of the river. This will be of in- terest to local people who have bcen concerned over their orders placed for the winter's supply with Middletown dt..lerl has heen Britain Fan” in which things more or less pertinent—or impertifent—to the game in Plainville were said. ‘Today, L. J. Marino, manageér of the Aces, comes forth with the following de- fense of the town team: To the Editor of The Herald: As a week has nearly elapsed since the communication relative to Plain- ville teams printed and no one has written anything in answer to it I cannot stand without sayving some- thing in defence of my mates ‘n the national sport. The question asked by “Baseball Fan,” *“Why doesn’t Plainville team play really fast teams?" can only be answered by asking another question: “How can any team bring fast aggregations into town when these agregations wan® such enormous guarantees as $33 or $40 and Plainville teams are unable to pay such amounts because the tans of this town do not turn out in =« large body to make the teams feel confident that the whole town is in back of them. and that every fan will do everything in his power to boost the two teams financially as well as by rooting that they might win. This vear Plainville has two teams that are worthy of the support ot the town They have shown by their clean sportsmanship and sterling characte that they really want to play baseball for all the fun they can met out of it, and for all the enjoy- ment that the fans can obtain from it. If the Plainville faas will only turn out, as I know they will, both teams will combine in their efforts to show the visiting teams that they will do everything possible to play basebail cf a stellar grade and to show any that may be in doubt as to the worthiness of the teams that no team is really worthy enough to represent our nice little town. but that both teams are doing their utmost to carry on the great American sport to victory for Plainville. Very soon, if thiugs can be ar- ranged. both teams will play on the same diamond and give the sport- loving people of the town a double- header every Sunday. The Aces w'll play a preliminary same, beginning say, at 1:30 or 2 o’'clock, while the Plainville team will play at about 3:30 o'clock. When this happens let cvery man, woman or child who is at all interested in putting Plainville on the map, come out and “root” ‘or the teams and do all that is possihie to make Plainville one of the foremost towns of the state. i If this is done I am sure that both teams will pick out worthy opponents from all over the state and exhibit to the fans the finest grade of baseball. Yours for real sport. L. J. MARINO, Manager of the Aces. the irate the Has Night-Blooming Cercus, Scores of people ahbout town are paying a visit to see the night-bloom- ing cereus owned by Henry Bartrum of Savage hill. It is a very rare occa- sion that one of these extraordinarily beantiful flowers should chance to blecom here. The cercus has » num- ber of blossoms, all of which were in full bloom at 10 o'clock last eve- ning. Scarcely once In a lifetime will the cereus blossom, but when it does, all the long vears of waiting are amp- ly repaid by its incompurable beauty. Strong artificial light or daylight win cause the plant to close its petals. It is expected that hundreds will avail themselves of the opportunity to see lme plant in all its glory. The local Boy Scouts will hold a meeting this evening in order to make reports relative to the drive for hon- orary members. The regular meeting will be called first and business other than the drive will be taken up, after which the reports will be heard. So far the drive promises to be a success, but a vote will be made for the con- tinuance of it. The Plainville Busi- ness and Improvement association is giving all assistance possible to aid the Scout movement. Veterans Receive Award. Several young men of this town who were recently notified by the gov- ernment of their being awarded “The Accolade of the New Chivalry of Hu- manity,” are in receipt of them. Wil- Kavanaugh of Whiting street, Harry Judd, formerly of East Main street And now living in Bridgeport, Francis Cassidy of Canal street, Har- lan Uurgen of Forestville, George Lackey, Johu Minor of FEast Main street, Edward Barrows of Broad street, Walter Livingston of South Washington street, Dominick Reale, formerly of Maple street, now of New Brits'2. and Rudolph Stewart of For- emcville avenue, are among those re- ceiving the award. = All the abova- mentioned saw active service and re- ceived wounds during fighting. Challenge Received. The Brock-Barnes post, American Legion, is in receipt of a challenge from the Eddy-Glover post of New Britain, for a baseball game to be played in the near future. B. J. Fitz- patrick is manager of the New Brit- ain post team, while John Guiden is manager of the Brock-Barnes team. Just where the game is to be played will be decided when the chal- enge is accepted and a date set for it. lainville Personals. Cecil A" nedford of West Main street has gone to Maine on a fish- ing erip. Miss Helen Schumann, emploved at the Bristol Manufacturing company, has returned from her vacation. Rev. Timothy Mullen, who is a guest of the Misses Rooney of Crown street, has gone to Morris Cove where he will be a guest at the Cameron cottage. J. B. Baldwin of Plantsvillei is sub- stituting at the Hutton Clothing store during the vacation of Limer Thomas. Mrs. E. D. Warfield of Park street is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Francis, in Southington. The estate of Sarah Graham on East street has been sold. Louis E. Rudolph was the purchaser. The land has a depth of 275 feet and a frontage of 66 feet. W, J. Holland has resigned at the Stndard Steel and Bearings Inc. NOTICE—WIill party who was seen to pick up purse of money at a building In Mrs. Lewis' yard in Plainville, July 7, please return to Prior's drug store and avold trouble? Conductor. OUIJA IS CALLED IN MURDER PROBE Amateur Occult Assistance Is Offered to Police in Famous Elwell Case. New York, July 26.—Ouija boards by the score have volunteered to solve the mysterious murder of Joseph Bowel Elwelly turfman, card expert and “Don Juan.” Since the body of the gambler was found in his handsome residence here last month, with a bullet through the foreheaed, alleged clues. motives and revelations of the murderer himself have been gathered from ethereal planes by the thousands and dumped upon an admittedly bewildered staff of the district attorney’s office. All of these occult communications are not discarded. While disclaiming any faith in Ouija’s ability as a crime investigator, the district attorney nevertheless admits that he has as- signed a man to the special duty of reading occult contributions and to submit to him personally any con- veying apparently useful information. An anonymous communication pur- porting to be an occult revelation may contain a valuable clue, Mr. Swan be- lieves, his theory being that the criminal might use this method of in- forming on a confederate. Anonymous communicants purport to reveal prelude, plot and climax of the crime. The missing automatic pistol with which Elwell was shot has been lo- cated by Ouija boards or other ‘su- pernatural” means” in every part of the Elwell home, from the sitting room in which the murder was com- mitted down into the basement and up ¢o the roof, Until the murderer is apprehended both the police and District Attorney’s staff say they expect na surcease from the persistent profligacy of occult as- sistance now being forced on them. Weittemore's RE SUlgERIOR BULL?—JUST LISTEN! Hartford Trolley Bound for This City Held Up at Newington by Bull— Crew Is Heroic. For fully a quarter of an hour yes- terday a bull held up the trolley from Hartford, bound for New _ Britain, while it ate at its leisure the grass that grows between the rails. At first the motorman thought it was an or- dinary cow, timid, and easily led, and blew the whistle several times as a warning that she must remove herself from the property ot the Connceticut company. However, said ‘“cow” re- fused to budge, let alone listen to the entreaties of the trolley crew. Sug- gestions from the passengers prompt- ed the motorman and conductor to do the brave stunt, whereby they descended to coax the animal from off the tracks. Bur just at the all- important moment when the herocs were about to do some heavy ‘hrow- ing, a slight twinkle in the animal's eyes and other features that appcared on the “cow™ were visil} the trolley crew to be treat to the safety of more intent obsgrvatio conclusion that &'Ae 0 Consequently the bull right of way and the tled back to wait for over. 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