New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1922, Page 7

BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1922, 7727 A Two Wbrth); Dress Goods Specials Tricotine and French Twill Serge BOUGHT MONTHS AGO FOR FALL SHOWING, WHEN PRICES WERE MUCH LESS IN THE MAR- 3 SOONER THAN WE CLUDED TO GIVE UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE ALL WOOL FABRICS FOR FALL GOWNS AND SKIRTS AT PRICES LESS THAN THEY WOULD COST IN THE MARKET TODAY. KET THAN THEY ARE TODAY The Tricotine is navy blue thoroughly sponged and shrunk. $5.00. We offer it now for $3.50 yard, AND ARRIVIN in 56 inch width, . Real value is French Twill blue, black, as wi would be $3.00. Bear in mind, these are both all wool and extra big values. Sales That Profit All Purchasers | and Make August Interesting The inducements offered have brought far-seeing folks in plenty to take advantage of the many, and substantial mark downs in Furs and Furniture, Inspection of the goods in these two departments, will post you best as to the values we AUGUST FUR SALE THOSE. WHO BUY coat, cape, or wrap, or any ‘of the smaller fud pieces, scarfs, muffs, etc., can do so with a surety ue far out of the ordinary. The quality of the skins the grade of workmanship is unsurpassed, choice of kinds with our guarantee, at the August prices, assures you of goods that would cost you much more in 'November. Consi of buying Furs at this August Sale and do it now. Berlin News AUTOS COLLIDE ON BERLIN TURNPIKE Kensington People Injured in Sunday Afternoon Accident MANY AT LEGION MEET Worthington Athletic Club Carries Oft Honors in Relay Race While Kenxs ington Men Defeat East Berlin Nine—Notes About Town. Two accidents, one an automobile collision on Berlin street and the other a runaway on the Kensington High road, were reported to the lo- cal police authorities yesterday. No one was hurt in the first accident, while two people are in the New Britain General hospital as the result of the second. An Overland automobile which was| owned and driven by Robert Raper of Boston collided with an Oakland | car at the Boston Post corner last evening at about 9 o'clock. The Oak-, land car was owned Adrian Raby of Meriden. (‘anslahle{ Brown, who was on the scene at the, time of the accident, stated this morning that the Oakland car was ginng north on the turnpike and WaS | st ‘ten years. about to turn to go towards New| Britain when the Oakland machine, which was coming from New Britain, was about to turn towards Meriden, when they both collided. The bumper on the Massachusetts car was knocked off while the fron wheels of the Meriden car were smashed. No arrests were made hy‘ the local officers. Runaway Accident. Joseph Pac and his three year old | daughter of Iensington are reported as resting comfortably at the New Pritain General hospital, where they were taken following a runaway on the so-called High road yesterday. | They are suffering from lacerations! about the face and bruises about the| limbs. ; : Mrs. Pac, who was in the buggy at| the time of the runaway, was not ser. | jously injured, but is suffering from the shock at her home in Kensington. Her condition was not thought to be the most successful events ever staged to her home on Main street, serious enough to take her to the, hospital. The family were driving along the, road when the harness broke and the horse dashed away, out of the control of Mr. Pac. The father and daughter were thrown out on the road, land- ing on their heads, and it was first thought that their skulls had been| fractured. They were removed to the| hospital in the New Britain police ambulance. Democratic Caucus Soon. The democratic caucus for the electlpn of delegates to the state con- vent#n will be held at the town hall on Tuesday, August 29, according to an announcement made this morning by Thomas Fagan, chairman of the democratic town committee When asked if the other caucus dates had been set, Mr. IFagan said that the caucus for the town elections will be held the latter part of September, the complete details not being arranged. Many Attend Meet. The officials of the Bolton-Kasica | The first event of the and driven by itween East Berlin and | fit {ed from J give. chokers, stoles, i she is getting val- L EI, under regular pri summer furniture if you make your while reasonable time, August. der the advantage — post, American Legion, this morning :xpressed themselves as being well pleased with the outcome of the ath- letic outing and track meet held at afternoon of last week. From pres- ent indications the meet will be an annual affair in Berlin and will aid greatly in putting this town on the sporting map. = The rain of the early morning at first put the damper on the occasion but with the coming of the sunshine {in the early afternoon hundreds of people turned out to witness the vari- ous events. It is thought by many that if it had not rained earlier in the day that there would have been a much larger crowd. As it was the people flocked to the grounds from Berlin, New Britain, Bridgeport, New Haven and Meriden as well as Ken- sington and East Berlin. | The marathon race, which was the jfeature of the afternoon was late in starting from New Britain but was the beginning of an active day. The results of that race with all other out of town scores will be found com- iplete on the sports page of this edi- tion. local poftance to he staged was that of the relay race for Berlin #ubs. The boys of the Worthington Athletic club, who have been interested in sports for the past years, were the victors of this race with St. Paul's Y. M. T. A. & B. society of Kensington coming in second place. The local event with the majority of sporting men were interested was that of the baseball game And how those Kensington men did | play ball. As many of the spectators| sald, there never was a better game | of ball played in this town in the | The Kensington nine | were the victors over the East Berlin| lads with an 18 to 1 score. McCor- | mick, the star pitcher for the New | Britain Kaceys and McKeon comprised | the batteries for the Kensington team | Iwhile Witham, Brunelle and Clark were the batteries for the East Ber-| lin players | Members of the Worthington Ath- letic club again came to the front in | the 100 yard dash for local people | only. Hall came in first with 8t | Claire second, and Goodrich third. Time 12 and one-iifth seconds. In [the tennis match the Kensington out- | defeated the players from Berlin Concerts were renderd throughout the afternoon by the New Britain military band and in the evening ldancing was held at the Town hall on Berlin street. Over 100 couple were present at the Town hall to help in winding up what is considered one of | in Berlin. { Still Unidentified The state police have heen working | lon a clue for the past several days to|summer vacation as the link up the identity of Patrick Put nam of 151 HEast 70th street, New | York, with that of the unidentified | hody of a man found on the turnpike near the gypsy camp on the evening of August 6 and although it was at| first thought that the body may have been that of Mr. Putnam, new de- velopments in the case show that de- scriptions in both cases differ Information which has been secur- Porter, New Britain un- dertaker and the state police, chow that Mr. Porter claims the body of the dead man to have weighed about 120 pounds and that it five reet, four inches long while the state police | claim that the body weighed about! 113 pounds and was five feet. seven inches long. Putnam, it is said, was known to have weighed about 155 | pounds and was fully six feet tall. He ! [ has been missing from his home in New York since July 14 and it fs claimed that he was in New Britain and Hartford the day before the acci dent occurred on the tnrnpike in this | town, Dr. Charles Putnam, father of the boy believes that his son is still alive ‘We ask $1.75 yard, FURNITURL SPECIAL SAVINGS MADE on everything on our three big furniture floors now reduced for Aug- All dining room suites, chamber suites and ddd pieces offered much i needs and buy now. the community grounds on Saturday | im- | in[able be- | Kensington. | | guest of EXPECTED WE HAVE CON- Serge, a!so 56 inch width, in nayy | ell as in colors. Regular worth | | | SALE | suites, living room || ces. ‘Beds, mattresses, couches, of every kind at special ravings selections now, Consider your All purchases held for you a if desired. Buy furniture during identified young Putnam's picture as that of a man he gave a ride in his automobile on August 5 at about 11 | o'clock in the evening. | Mr. Cole as well as Clifford Moore of 210 Fairfield avenuve, Hartiord, claims that the description of young Putnam is about the same as that of the unidentified man who was buried {one week ago Saturday in the Bridge | cemetery, this town. Ford In Ditch, A Ford touring car with the li- cense number 33,491 was found this morning in the ditch near the Willow Brook park at Towers' corner on the New Britain road. Neither the local nor the New Britain police have had |& report of an accident at this point and it is not known how the car |came to its grief and whether or not anyone was hurt. The machine evidently went ithrough the fence at the corner and | which borders n the car tracks and the park where laborers are | working. The Ford is facing towards | Kensington and the only apparent :viflmuge- to the machine is a broken | tront twheel. Hurt At Meet, Gustave Lindquist of Berlin, was | |injured “at the track meet on Satur- |day afternoon when an out-of-town athlete was performing a high jump |and in landing skidded for some dis- tance and spiked one of young Lind- quist's ankles, The boy was standing on the side lines watching the events. |He was removed to his home wher |the wounds were treated and he was to be about today as usual. News In Brief. Harry McKeon of the American Paper Goods company, is on his two weeks' vacation. Mrs. Ruth Post of {veturned from her vacation and work at the Hartford, has is | again at Berlin Savings bank George Scofield with his family of Bridgeport, is visiting with his par- ents in this town. George Scofield, | Sr., is confined to his home with ill- | ness Miss Esther O'Brien of Kensington, left Saturday for her vacation which will be spent in Washington, D. C. John McCabe of Kensington, spending his vacation at Block Island. George Griffith of the American Paper Goods, is having his annual va- cation of tw weeks, Mr. and Mrs, Paul H. Lund of Ber- lin, spent the week-end in Worcester, Ma Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Cooley of| [Kensington, and Miss Cora Cooley of [New Britain, are registered at the | National Hotel, Block Island. ! East Berlip Ttems, ! Miss Virginia Walsh has returned after | few days as the| New Britain is spending her guest of Massachu- | the past friends in Esther Lund spending Miss friends and relatives in setts, Mrs. Earl Farwell and sons, Arnold | and Francis, have returned to (hf"r} home in Lynn, Mass., after spending the past two weeks with her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey on Main street, | A parish meeting will be held at Gabriel's church Tuesday evening § o'clock daylight time, at which members of the St at it is hoped that all church will be present | Miss Gertrude Porter of New Brit- ain, is spending a few days as the | guest of Miss Virginia Walsh on Main street. Mrs. Marjorie Bailey and son, Les- lie, and Miss Virginia Sugenhime, re- | turned to their home on Wilcox ave- nue Sunday aiter spending the past week in Momauguin The ball game Sunday between East Berlin and Cromwell played in| Cromwell was won hy Cromwell, |score 10-0, Next Saturday the home |team will play the Skinner Chuck |Anna Prior Dies At Her Home Plainville News S —— —— - m—— LEGIONCIRCUST0 BE VARIETY SHow Grounds Ready for Opening Per- [ormance Tonight . OF C. _OUTING ENJOYED | On| South Washington Street — Drum Corps Captures Two Awards At State Field Meet in Westfield, The American Legion society circus will open tonight for a week's run in| the town lot on Whiting and Maple | streets which Belectman William Johnson has offered for the use of the Brock-Barnes post An elght foot cama has heen erected around the lot by a Harttord ! concern and all booths have been fin-/ ished. The dance platform, one of the | largeet in this vicinity is also rnnr})-i and nothing has been left undone in order to please the large number of patrons who are expected to support the Legion members in their Jrive for building funds. Leroy and Appleton, New Britain acrobats, who are known throughout ! this state for their tumbling, will be| the headliners. Supporting them on the program will be the Lachere Sis- | ters ,aerialists; the ass Rrothers, tumblers and the ik Aba BVa troupe of acrobats. | The Block-Barnes post offic nounce that all the acts advertised during the past week have been se- lected with care under the guidance of Leroy and Appleton, who are in| charge of the arrangements, Realizing that some of the past af- fairs have been more or less made up of local talent or joking acts, the offi- cials .wish the people to unde | that they have spent close to § | in planning for this circus. Slectric ights have been strung large transformer has been i grounds. It was also nece erect a telephone pole in the center of the lot in order to carry the wires 1cross the grounds. Much of the can- vas for the side show h been pur- chased outright and this will be used for other occasions. The Alpha string orchestra, of New Britain, has been secured to play for the dancing and Colello’s Carnival hand of New Jersey will render music for the side show and feature acts. The grounds will open at 7 o'clock | and the feature acts will commence about 8 o'clock. In order not to in- terfere with the efforts of the legion to raise funds, C. B. Eastman, owner of the Community theater has an- nounced that he will ¢ © his place Auring the week and urges all his pa- trons to support the post affair. There will be no performances in the afternoons during this week. On Wednesday evening, ture of the entire bill will be present ed when a woman will slide down a| wire, hanging by her teeth, to an ap- pafatus connected to it. The tower stands 100 feet off the ground at the starting point and ends near Whit- ing street, a few feet from the side- walk. an- Many at Outing The annual outing of the Plainville Chamber of Commerce was enjoyed | by about 75 at Savin Rock Saturday afternoon. Automobiles, conveying the party, left from in front of the Chamber*of Commerce headquarters shortly after 12 o'clock. Dinner wa served at Wilcox pier and the com- mittee in charge was praised for their management of the affair. Following the meal, sports were en- joyed at the athletic grounds and the baseba!l game letween the married | and single men proved to be the fea- ture of the day. The married men showed up in good style and despite the advantage the younger opponents had against them, succeeded in play- ing nine innings with®he score a tie, 12 to 12, The game had to be post-| poned on of shortness of breath which afflicted the majority of the married men | William Catferty, feeling stronger than the other players, hit the ball | for a record drive when it crashed | into the hotel window. This little trick met with a call from the man- ager, who after a conference, an- nounced that the sum of cents would be necessary to stem the rising tide of indignation and patch the pane. He was tendered with avone dollar hill and told to keep the change | aceount 65 AMERICAN LEGION i SOCIETY-CIRCUS AUG. 21-26 PLAINVILLE | DANCING Stupendous, Stupifying Spectacles Congres: of I'reaks and Curiosities. —0— i Leroy & Appleton—Comedy acrobats | Lachere Sisters—Aerialists Frederick Trio—Casting Act Mille. Beupre—Slide for Life Glass Bros—They are tumblers Sheik Aba Ba Troupe of acrobats | W. Zeigler—Juggler of Jugs | Imperial Mikado Troupe Fred Bacon—the human torch Capt. Daring and His Lions Bildgwaters Musical Seals Acrobats and Brickbats And many other acts. [ar ey Change of program cach night.' Pt Y Alpha String Orchestra of New Britain Dancing each night. —0— Ford Car Given Away Mr. |team from New Britain and on Sur iday East Berlin will play a rmurn‘ game with Cromwell, both games be- | and until August 5, was unable to find a trace of his son when he was| | thought to have veen in Hartford Ldward Cole of New Dritain yecterday ing played on nw' home field. Plans are being' made for an Old | |Home Day to be held at St. Gabriel's church, Sunday, Sept. 3rd, BARGAIN WEEK —At— BESSE - LELANDS the largest fea-| GREAT AMERICAN HOME! OH, IT WAS TERRIBLY EXCITING' ONE PLAYER HIT A HOME RUN OVER THE FENCE AND TWE REFEREE P WOULDN'T LET HIM TAKE IT - HE SAID IT WAS A FOUL - | DON'T SEE WHY HE DID THAT - NOBODY COULD CATCH 1T~ ONE FELLOW STOLE SECOND BASE AND THE REFEREE LET HIM DO IT = | WANT TO GO OFTEN Now! / THE OM, IVE NEVER BEEN To A BALL GAME ! Nt (LTI SAY, WHEN ARE YoL GOING TO CHASE SOME FooD IN =HE TOOK THE WIFE To THE BALL GAME FOR HER FIRSY TIME — —sporting biood, that's us The fat man's race was won John Simpson. John s not very fat and there was a question to how he ever entered the race. However, not to cause another argu- ment, he was presented with a purse, | lined with cloth, not green backs. The tug-of-war left many slightly mutilated collars and backs. Willlam Downham was the captain of the team which was clauimed victors, and he ¥eceived a box of cigars to pass on to his men. ‘The men are looking for the cigars vet. He was so excited that he did not remember who played on his team. The standing broad jump was won by Pierce Clark, who received a ther- mos bottle for his litheness. William Cook chowed how he could hop, skip tand jump and got a watch, one that was guaranteed to run for 365 days, generally sold for a dollar. John Raseley cautured a safety Miss Prior is survived by a broth- razor for the running broad jump. Thomas G. Prior, of this town, | John wanted a shave anyway, he said Mrs. William Hurley of Republican Caucus. Several nieces and Chairman Edwin H. Hills of the republican town committee, has fs- sued a notice that there will be a | caucus at & p. m. Tuesday, August 29, at the town hall. The caucus has been called for the purpose of electing dejegates to the republican state convention to be and 13. inated Delegates publican county and members for the two years. Miss Anna Prior Dead. Miss Anna Prior died at her “home on South Washington street at 2 o'clock yesterday morhing. She had heen in this town for the past two months, coming here from Adair, Towa, where she had kept house for, Rev Timothy Mullen, a former Plainville resident. She was 58 years old and was horn in Plainville, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Prior. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from the Church of + Our Lady of Merey. Rev. John E. Fay pastor, will officiate, and burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. Candidates will also be nom- for state officers and senator. will be elected to the re- congressional, senatorial, probate convention, and town commitee for by 850 Wesley Buys, a gold medal; award for awarded medal. Bascball Results. with sore, several local enter the game. the match and later date, “Dixie" Saturday Griffin injured er, and a sister, Waterbury. nephews also survive. Drum Corps Prizes. The plainville fife and drum corps showed their proficiency at the drum corps’ #ate field day in Westfield, Mass., Saturdav, when they captured three prizes. First award for the best ancient playing went to them, which Now 39c¢ Beacon Lights of Business 4 LONG perilous coasts, lighthouses throw their guiding rays far into the night to warn the mar- iners and help them safely past the shoals. Business, too, has its beacons. They are the adver- tisements, which throw a powerful light to guide you in your buying. They show you what to buy, where to buy and when to buy. Spend a few minutes a day running through the adver- tisements in this paper. Then buy the products that have proved up in the light of advertising. Merchants and manufacturers who advertise deliber- ately focus thousands of eyes on their products. Their wares must be good, their values honest and their prices right or they could not advertise successfully. 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