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M ous Money’s Worth or Your Money Back Plainville News FINAL REPORT ON " GHRISTMAS SEALS John Lamb, Cbairman of Commit- toe on Sale Publishes Total 10 ATIEND CONVENTION Chimney Fire At Home of Frank| Hohbein—Library Campaign !l«'l-' ing Success—Father Downey to Give Keries of Sermons—Rriefs, A total of $224.567 was taken in| | through the sale of Christmas seals in Plainville, aceording to the final re. | port published by John Lamb, ehair-| man of the committee whieh eonduet. | ed the sale, Of this amount, 15 pn; ecent, or a total of $33.72, will be turned over to the state headquarters and the remainder, $101.05, will re-| main In Plainville to be used in the | work of the tuberculosis assoclation, The success of the sale this year has not been as great as it was last year, The school children sold a to- tal of $67.07 worth of seals in con- |trast to over $100 worth last year.| This however, can be accounted for! by the fact that there were so many| other agencies employed in the sale. The other sources of disposal sold about the same number this year as last. Tt — R Just ;'eeeived a new line in Filet Lace by the yard and liy the pair. You can see them in our windows, : Scrims, Marquisettes and Voiles, from . .... Handsome Line of 36 in, Cretonnes ........ ... 25¢ to 69¢ yd. 27 in, Fancy Outing Flannels, all to go at .. .. 12%e¢ 36in,Percales .........................00c0vv.. .. 18c and 25¢ yd. 27 in, Apron Ginghams (all patterns) ..................... 15¢ yd. Extra Large Turkish Towels, value 39¢, now .................. 25¢ 50c value for 39¢ Also a Full Line of Cotton and Linen Toweling ......... vedeneniiiinenemes .o 106, 12%%¢, 20¢, 25¢, 29¢, 35¢, 39¢, 45¢ yd. Table Oilcloth .................................. 89¢ and 50c yard Bigelow-Hartford Axminster Rugs ...... veees. .- $50 to $65 Hodge’s Wool and Fiber Rugs, from ................... $11 to $17 Remnants of Linoleums, value $1.00,for ...................... 69¢ Armstrong’s Best Linoleum ......................... $1.00 sq. yd. Inlaid Linoleum ......................... $150, $1.69, $2.00 sq. yd. Good Floor Covering, Boelig’s make ..... vivveeenn.. 90c 8q. yd. Window Shades, anycolor ................ . 59¢ to $2.00 We give Special Prices for new houses or for quantities. of shades. We guarantee the best work on all of our shades. We also use the best Rollers made. Little Things At Little Prices Special Mid-Winter Sale of Notions YOU WILL FIND AT THIS uu" big savings «n all the little neosssaries needed In every wowgan's sowing basket, as well as articles wagted in every home in the way of shoe laces, polishes, clothes hang- ers, sanitary goods, ete, ALL AT MARKDOWNS, SILKS and COTTONS 50 YARD SPOOLS SILK, black, white ard colors, * 8¢ cach, 50c dosen, “WILLIMANTIC" best 6 cord C white, for 80c dozen. _ JOHN J, CLARK'S three cord Cotton Threa 26¢ a dozen, “CLIMAX" Cotton, 1,200 yard spools, black and white, for 19¢ spool. BASTING COTTON, 260y in white, 4¢ spool, 7 for 25c. DARNING COTTON ‘Pennant” black, white and colors, 2 for B¢ or 25¢c dozen, MERCERIZED Darning Cotton, selling 3 spools for 10c. LARGE BALLS “Howards" white and colors, 2 for 25¢c. BUTTON and CARPET THREAD, In Bluck, 3 “Warrior”, black, white and colors, ... 2B¢ to 69¢ yd. ' NEEDLES and PINS SLEWING NEEDLES the best “English" Gc & paper, NTEEL PINS, “Pocahontas”, selling 8 papers for 100, \ made, ‘otton, black and . INGLISH" PINS, good quality, 300 count, 1be Kind, 10¢ paper, b DRESSMAKERS' STEEL PINS, half pound boxes for 19¢ cach, “PATRIC 200 box, BHELIL, HATR PINS, “Bridal" shell and Ambey, 7¢ box, 4 for 25¢, “Perfection”, 25¢ kind, 19¢, HAIR PIN CABINETS, “Delong”, bronze black, for 12¢ each, “KIRBY BEARD" HAIR PIN CABINETS, regu- lar 26¢ kind, for 19¢ each, HUMP HAIR PINS, the 6e kind, for 3¢, kind, 7e. SBAFETY PIN 10c. “DeLon, all sizes 4c card, d for r'd s, " BILK PINS, quarter pound, in box, and m@reer!u‘d. black, The 100 “Toledo", in all sizes, 3 cards for 3 %c card,, 4 for 25¢. “Triumph", | KNITTING COTTON “Dexters’” white, 7¢ ball. box of 20 for $1.35, HOOKS, EYES, ETC. “DELONG" Hooks and Eyes, 10c kind, all sizes, 7c card, 4 for 35c. ! ALL bc GRADE Hooks and Eyes, black and white, 3 cards for 10c. SWAN FASTENERS, black and while, all sizes, 2 cards 5c¢ or 25¢ dozen, 10¢ FASTENERS “Tenco” and “So-E-Z", bc cardy or 6 canis 25c. “WILSNAP" FASTENERS, all sizes in black and white, 7c card, or 4 for 25c. SNAP FASTENERS TAPE, white, 10c yard. Chimney Fire | Rlight damage was caused by a| chimney fire at the home of Frank| Hohbein on Church street S8unday eve- ning. A still alarm called the hose company to the scene and the blaze was extinguished with the use of chemicals, To Attend Conventton Postmaster James Usher, Assistant Postmaster James Graham and three other delegates from the Plainville post office will attend the convention in Hartford tomorrow and local rep- resentatives will also attend the testimonial dinner to Postmaster Gen- eral Work in the Hotel Bond in Hart- ford. There will be only one delivery tomorrow and the service will be cur- TAPES and BINDINGS ENGLISH TWILL TAPE, white, 10 yard pige: % to %-inch, 10c plece. TAFFETA BINDING, good quality, white, for 19¢ piece, BIAS BINDING, “Wrights", 6 yard pleces, seconds, in black, white and colors, ecach, 6 for 25 RICKRACK, “Warrens”, black, white and colors, 4 yards for 5c. RICKRACK BRAID, yard pieces, 5¢ each, black and | white, assorted widths, 4 DANGER! 93— 283 104— 337 LaField Lemeris SOUTHINGTON NEWS The local members of the ~ Berlin News P GEORGE WINCHEL GLAIMED BY DEATH Well Known Kensington Resident Dies at Age of 88 NEGATICE-SIDE WINS DEBATE Bighinatti 'l"unml fleld Today -— Mecting - of Finance €Corporation Held Last Evening—Ienten Scrvices Arranged—Other Items. George D. Winchell of Kensington, a member of one of the oldest fam- ilies, died at 12:30 o'clock this morn- ing, death being caused by bronchial pneumonia. He was 58 years of age and had been in poor health for about a year. Mr. Winchell was born 1n !g‘nslng— ton, son of Mr. and Mrs, Eil Winchell and lived in Kensington during his bowyhood., When still a young man he moved to Maine and later to Water- bury and other Connecticut towns, where he lived until about four years ago when he returned to his old home. He was ehgaged in the farm- ing business during his later years, He leaves besides his wife a son, Willls, and a grg.ndchild. TFuneral ar- rangements have not been completed. Negatives Win Before an audience of about 30 peo- ple the negative team won the ques- tion up for debate at the meeting of HAVE_KIDNEYS EXAMINED BY YOUR DOCTOR 'l"lke Salts to Wash Kidneys if Back Pains You Or Bladder Bothers Flush your kidneys by drinking a quart of water each day, also take salts occasionally, says a noted au- thority, who tells us that too much rich food forms acids which almost paralyze the kidneys in their efforts to expel it from the blood. They be- come sluggish and weaken then you may sufer with a_dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get sore and irritated, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. To help neutralize these irritating acids, to help cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body's urinous waste, get four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days, and you kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for vears to help flush and stimulatée sliggish kidneys; also to neutratize the acids in the system s0 they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in- jure and makes a delightful efferves. cent lithia-water drink. By all means have your physician examine your Howels at least twisw a year. the Men's Lyceum of Kensington last evening, the subject being, “Resolved: that the United States should accept Henry 4Ford's offer for the develop- ment of Muscle Shoals.” The win- ning team was composed of J. L. Wil- son and Harold Upson. 'Those repre- senting the affirmative were Lyman Hall and Ora Edgerly. The negative side won on weight of argument, as the affirmative team ex- celled in manner of delivery. The audience favored the affirmative team as a vote was taken at' the close of the meeting and it was 23 to 3 in fav- or of the affirmatives, despite the Judge's decision. 3 Charles Bighinatti. The funeral of Charles Bighinatti of Kgnslngtop was held this morning at 10 o'clock from St. Paul's church, Kensington and burial was in St Mary's new. cemetery, New Britain. Death resulted from a sNock sus- tained about a month ago. Mr. Big- hinatti died Sunday. , Finance Corp. Meeting. By-laws of the Kensington finance corporation were accepted at a meet- ing of that organization held at T. A, B, hall, Kensington, last evening, about 22 members being present. David L. Dunn, of New Britain, | lawyer for the corpoymon, was pres- ent and read the papers of incorpora- tion which were accepted. Thig corporation is a mutual bene- fit concern and has in all 25 members. Its business dealings will not be con- fined to Kensington and Berlin alone, | but will extend as far as Hartford. Will Have Lenten Services Rev. Samuel A. Fiske of the Berlin Congregationdl church announced | that plan€ have been completed for the services at the church Sunday evenings during Lent. Rev.'M. Iiske has arranged to have services each Sunday evening until pril 1, well known clergymen ad- | | dressing the congregations. For the service next Sunday Professor Louis Paton of the Hartford Theological seminary’ has been secured. The| service will begin at 7:30 p. m. : Migsion study classes will be held scouts will atbend a meeting of thelr troop in Berlin, Wednesday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock. v Victor Belden s confined to his home on Wilcox avenue by™ illness. His paper route is being covered by Velma Payne. Mrs. Joseph Ryan and .children of Springfleld, Mass., are the guests of Mrs. Ryan's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Brown, The Black and White minstrels will hold another rehearsal this evening at 8 o'clock. Regular holiday hours will be of- |served at the local post office Wi nesday as follows: Open at 7:30 o, m. and close at 9 o'clock and re-open {at 5:15 p. m. and close at 6 o'clock. Mrs. L. M. Root and irs. arjorfe Railey will attend the posta: confer- encc in Hartford. . The Progressive Readlnz citcle wiil meet at the home of Miss Hattie Mil- drum of Main street this evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. 8. Hazelwood of West Cromi- Mrs. E. V. Read, Monduy. Sunday evenings at 6:30 o'clock dur- ing Lent, They will be in charge of | Mrs. Marsh of the Kennedy School of | Missions in Hartford and will be open | | to all young people of the church of High school age or older. The Boy Scouts will meet Friday evening at 7 o'clock under the direc- | tion of Rev. Mr. Fiske, 4 i The Girl Scouts will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock with Mrs.} Garner Goodwin. | Bowling This Evening | The regiilar weekly bowling match- | | es of the Kensington League will be | held this evening at the Casino aleys| New Britain. The following matrhns! are scheduled: Foresters vs. Tubn.‘ Berlin Construction vs. Drum?®Corps, | Independents vs. Baracas; Eagles \'.!." American Legion: The Drum Corps has not taken part | | in the matches and it is not known whether or not a team will be formed to play during the second -round, | which starts March 6. D. A. R. Banquet Each member of Emma Hart Wil- { lard chapter, Daughters of the Amer- | ican Revolution, will bring a trlendi to the reception in the commnuity house Thursday evening. This is a correction of the announcement of last evening, which stated that each member of the cast of “Miss I'oster's Gift" was to invite a friends. Ru‘ reception wjll be held at 8:15 o'coeck foliowing e banquet given to the members of the cast. Items of Interest James Fitzsimons of thé Berlin Savings Bank is confined to his home in Kensington with the grip. H. H. Damon of Worthington Ridge is confined to his home with iliness. E. 1. Clark, a veteran of the Civil War, is ill at his home on Hudson street. o "Mrs. Georgianna Woods has return- ed to her home in New York after spending days with friends in Berlin. East Berlin Items Therk will be the regular meeting of ihe Knights of Pythias at their hali | | | l ‘his evening, Here is a father-in-law to royalty. He is the [Barl of Strathmore and Kingthorne, whose daughter Eliza- beth is about to marry the Duke of York. STOMACH UPSET GAS HEARTBURN INDIGESTION !!! o0 Chew a few Pleasant Tablets, | Instant Stomach Relief! | | Acid stomach, heartburn, fullness. If,you feel bloated, sick or uncom- fortable after eating, here Is harmless relief. “Pape's Diapepsin” settles the stomach and corrects digestion the moment it reaches the stomach. This guaranteed stomach corrective costs but a few cents at any drug store. Keep it handy! services. t the’ state. Mary's parish, New Britain, for many years before being assigned to Papenfoth Derby TFreeman Powers ... Peck Corwln | Hart | Babich | Gwillim W tailed 50 per cent. Thursday, the usual holiday post office hours will be observed. All malls will be despatched as usual. No money orders will be issued. Library Campaign The campaign for Children's books for the Plainville library well started with over 30 books al- ready behind the campaign hopes that large number of books and donations | of money for the purchase books will be made by March 1 as has been The committee a contributed. there are about a thousahd children in Plainville who will make use them. left at Byington's Drug store. Series of Sermons Rev. John E. Fay, pastor of Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Lent at the church on Sunday nings. eve- The services will be con- ducted on Friddy and Sunday eve- well was the guest of her «Jlaughter,$nings. I"ather Downey, who is a professor at St. Thomas' Seminary, Hartford, is rated as one of the ablest speakers in he diocese of Hartford and his serv- lces have been much in demand about He was a curate in St. the teaching staff in the seminary. Temco Bowling The Temco bowling league made the following scores at the Ideal alleys last evening: Cost Dept. 04 92 95 106 114 99 411 Shipping Room 76 88 76 86 83 04 . 94 110 329 378 Toal Room 88 91 . 70 73 .103 87 127 99 388 350 supt, Office 80— 86— 96— 91— 353 266 287 330 287 1170 93— 03— 104— 95— 257 255 271 309 385 1092 83— §8— 84— 97— 262 231 274 323 1090 Funk Martin MeGibbon V. Granger 352 92— 25 93— 84— L e 365 1016 5 A. Dionne 48 87 Riecker 46 V. Dionne .. 99— 28% Rogers , WITH EGZENA Itchedand Burned. Daughter Lost Rest At Night, Cuticura Heals, ‘'Eczema broke out in a small, red s on my daughter's cheek. It itched and burned so that she scratched and irritated it, and it soon spread over her face. We had to linen i.ltens on her hands to keep her from scratching. Her face was disfigured and she her rest at night. “We read an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and Ointment so pur- chased some, and in about six weeks she wascompletely healed.” (Signed) Madame Katharine L. Défossez, The Glencliff, Catskill, N. Y. Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal- cum promote and maintasin skin purity, skin comfort and skin health often when all else fails. of new of Books and donations may be the an- nounces that Rev, William A. Downey will give a series of sermons during| There will be no Wednesday 92— 244 366 398 388 1152 Meter Service 116 22 90 82 380 Machine Room 83 84 97 103 09 96— 316 78— 237 87— 254 95— 277 356 1084 289 208 Ewald Wadsworth Johnson . H. Granger .... 85— 00— 97— 93— 365 Hiltbrand Hobson . Livingston Klatt 373 Safety Switch 75 91 80 82 89 342 Pipes Frozen Several mercantile establishments in the center were badly handicapped by frozen pipes this moramg. Hut-| ton and Jones, Inc., store yesterday afternoon was partly poodrd when the pipes burst and some damage was done before the water could be turned off. The pipes lcading into A. J. Bor- deau’s barbershop were frozen ' this morning and plumbers were put to work throughout the forenoon thaw- ing them out. . Planning Concert The Epworth League of the M. E. church is making plans for a concert to be held in the church auditorium in March. The proceeds wi!l be donat- ed to the Newman fund, which was instituted for the purpose of furnish- ing ald to the Foreign Missions. The concert will consist of solos, duets, | trios, instrumental selections, num- | bers by the league orchestra and readings. Further details will be given later, 1109 Hemingway Stocking . Smith Broadwel 78— 239 106— 257 103— 291 90— 285 | Lambda Delta Tableau The Lamda Delta club will present | the tablea “Our Garden of Flowers" in Grange hall tomorrow m-ening;] The presentation which was given re- cently, met with great success and a | large attendance is sure to be present tomorrow evening. Dancing will be| enjoyed after the affair. Plainville Briefs | C. J. Morse of Broad street is re-| cuperating from his recent iliness. Frank Hohbein, clerk at the post office, is reported as much improved. | Gordon Morse has returned to duty at the post office and is substituting on the rural mail route. Signey Cowles of Litchfield, a for-| mer resident of Plainville, has return- ed to take up his residence here. | ‘ \ | \ ‘ | | City Items Gulbransen Player Pianos, Morans'. —advt, Dan Nolan's Ukulele Class, Wed- nesday evening. Ceatral Junior High school. Ukuleles at C. L. Pierce & Co. | —advt. | Mrs. Della Farrell of 87 Columbia | street, an employe of the Connceti-| cut Light and Power Co., last eve-| ning slipped and fell on the icy side-| walk near the corner of Main and West Main strects, receiving a frac-, ture of the left arm. She was at-| tended by Dr. David Waskowitz who | ordered her removal to the hospital. Edisons at C. L. Plerce & Co.—advt. Rachmaninoff at Fox's theater, March 7th, auspices Musical Club. | Get your tickets at C. L. Pierce & Co.—advt. Miss Anna McCabe, daughter of Po- | liceman and Mrs. James McCabe of 329 Maple street, has left the employ | of the Woolworth Co., | | and taken a | position with the Travelers’ Insurance Ceo. of Hartford. Victrolas and records at C. L. Pierce & Co.—advt. A regular meeting of Martha Chap- te}, 0. E. 8 will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock followed by 4 colonial social and dance to which friends are invited. There will be the usual sacial at 2:30 in the afternoen llfld supper at 6:30 o'clock. 3—7; 107,‘;lhe Pexto Foremen's club, | home with an attack of the grip. | deemable at either Mrs. Kalb Honored by Club—New High School Teacher—Notes. Cowles Dies—John G. Mrs. Sarah H. Cowles, a resident of Southington for many years, died yes- terday morning in the Griffin Memo- rial hospital in Derby. She is sur- Meriden, The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoo nat 2 o'clock from the Grace M. E. Church and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Rev. |\\'l||iam Fanton, pastor, will officiate. { John G. Kolb, who has severed his | A sneeze, a cough or any other symptom of a cold is Nature's danger cignal. It tells you to beware of trouble ahead. It warns you of ‘bron- chitis and possible complications, of the danger of pneumonis, snd the terrors of the deadly influenza. But ou need not be afraid if you heed e danger signal and act quickly. vived by one son, Charles Cowles of# _Take Williams Syrupof White Pine, - Honey and Tar for Coughs, Colds and Bronchitis — the old reliable and harmless preparation that has given b]e;'ed relief to thousands for over 'ears, | _ Preparedby the Williams & Carleton connections with the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co., was presented with a leather armchair by the members of | of which Mr. Kolb was an officer. | | Miss Eloise Lane of Hampton, N.| H., has been engaged as teacher in| tke Lewis High school to fill the va- cancy caused by the resignation o. Miss Maud Johnson. She began her duties today. She is a graduate of the Hampton Institute, Bates College, and | tcok a special course at Oberlin col- lege. She was assistant to the pro- fessor of history in Bates college and has had one year of experience as a teacher. The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Daley was held at 9 o'clock this morning from St. Thomas'? church. Tem- porary burial was in the vault at Oak Hill cemetery. Joseph McDonnell, a former teach- er at the lLewis High school, is a visitor in town. Rev. R. G. Pavy is confined to his| William Huntaer of South Main street is ill at his home with pneu- monia. DISCUSS INTERNAL LOAN Berlin, Feb. 20.—(By the Associat- ed Press)—The minister of finance and the banks are carrying on dis. cussions regarding the prospective in-| ternal loan of 200,000,000 gold marks to be issued Jn short term treasury bills. Subscriptions will be paid in for- eign currency and the load will be re- | gold or paper marks but at the gold rate. Kibbes | almost immediate relief, mpany, Hartford, Connecticut, and | for sale at grocerv and ceneral stores Makes a Family Suppl; of Con:hmlsgmxp . Really better than ready-made cough syrups, and saves about §2. ly and quickly prepsred. If you combined the curative praper- ties of every known “‘readv-made” cough remedy, you probably conld not get as much real curative power as there is in this simple home-made cough syrup, which is easily prepared in a few minutes, g Get from any druggist 214 ounces of Pinex, pour it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with syrup, using either plain granulated sugar syrup, clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup, as de- sired. The result is a full pint of | really better cough syrup than you could buy "ready-made for three times the money. Tastes pleasant and mnever spoils. _ This Pinex and Syrup preparation gets right at the cause of a cough and gives 1t loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty throat tickle and heals the sore, irritated membranes so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. A day’s use will usually overcome the | ordinary cough and for bronchitis, croup, hoarseness and bronchial asthma, there is nothing better, Pinex is a most valuable concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine ex- tract, and has been used for generations to_break up severe coughs. To avoid disappointment. ask your druggist for “215 ounces of Pinex” with full directions, and don’t accept any- thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction or_money promptly re. {usded. The Pinex Co,, Ft. Wayne, nd. A charming gift box made like a miniature buffet, chock-full of wonderful candies. contains a tempting surprise. There are crunchy sugar-coated Tordan Almonds, Cream Caramels, Oriental Each compartment vith Fruit Jellies, Crystailized Cinger and a genercus assortment of supe:fine chocolates. Buffet Chocolates will delight your candy-taste. $1.50 the pound depend on the s Candies, reputation You_ca 2!l Kibi years this purity and the Wherever good cand;; is sold