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G Garage Pellows Block Flainville —advt NEW YORK FIGHTS FOR CONVENTION Anxious for One Bié Party to Meet in Metropolis New York, Oct, 4—Declaring that New York had financed the national campalgns of both democratie and re- publican parties for 60 years, 1, A Munsey, publisher, has told a eommit- {tee which aims to bring the next democratic convention and the re. publican convention of 1928 to this eity, that a rejection of New York's [Invitation by either party would b “Iittle short of Impudent,” | The statement, which comprise Mr, Munsey's entire speech, enliven- ed a meeting at the Biltmore hote!, | of business, financial and industrial | leaders who launched a campalgn to | boost New York as the convention | i Plainville News illlt BULL WARNS AGAINST DIPHTHERIA il Hath Ofcer Cals At tention o Increase in State GOD REGORD N TONN Barrows Funeral Friday Moming = Ladies' Ald Soclety Changes Elec- tion Month—First Friday Devotions (WE ARE AGENTS FOR MeCALL AND PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS) (Use 2.5201 When Oundering by Plione) THE NEW CORDUROY AND BEACON ROBES OFFERED IN LARGE ASSORTMENT NEW COLORSE, NEW PAT-. COME MAKE YOUR LADIES WILL BE PLEASED AND PIND CHOICE OF MANY HERE, TERNS AND BMART NEW STYLES THAT WILL PLEASE AND CAPTIVATE, BELECTION OF THE FULL LINE Corduroy Robes——Handsome ones in black, with vividly colored handings and eordings are decidedly new and styles we offer are specially desirable con- sidering the moderate prices asked, Other robes of corduroy in pretty colorings await ==Episcopal Church Notes—Driefs, Dr, J, N, Bull, health officer, lssued a warning yesterday to guard careful. ly against the spread of diphtheria, During the month of September, only one case of the disease was reported in Plainville; and after a thorough in- vestigation, It was found that the case Nice Bathrobes of Heacon cloth, many new styles and colorings are offered in dark and light effect. Eiderdown Robes are always in demand, we have them, and the workmanship, style and upusual ff- ish place all our robes on a high plane, & : ’ Even the pavement couldn’t withstand a recent severe storm ,, you here, Corduroy Robes range in price this way: 82.08, $3.98, 85,00 and upward to § The newn most particular, Other Robes of $5,00, 85,98, 86,530 up to Reacon eloth and siderdown, $3.08, 75, and beauty of our new Bath Robes will surely please and make easy selection by those " GLOVES OF OUR OWN IMPORTATION SPECIAL FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS Twelve Button Length French seam sewn, brown, grey, white and beaver, speclally priced, for two days—=$3.50, pair, Strap Wrist Kid Gloves, pique sewn, with spear point and two-tone embrojdered backs, beaver, grey, brown, mode, tan and white—8$2.9 Novelty Gauntlet Kid Gloves, one pearl clasp, three rows two-tone cmbroidery, ‘cholce of black, grey and brown—$3.50 pair. Berlin News RECKLESS DRIVER " APPEALS DECISION Stephen Gernet Not Satistied With $40 Fine Meted Out in Berlin HIGH COURT FINES POTTS School . Children on = Hike—Makes Town of Rural Route—Start on Automobile Trip to Other Item Of Interest. Syracuse— Stephen Gernet, forferly of New Britain and lately removed to West Rocky Hijll, was fined $40 and costs in the Berlin town court last evening on a charge of reckless driving. Gernet flled an appeal to the super- ior court, The accused was involved in an ac- cident Sunday night when his car was struck and badly damaged by another machine driven by David G. Lawlor of Springfleld on the turnpike in Beckley. p It was claimed that the accident was the fault of Gernet,gand he had endeavored to make a left turn from the 'pike and was in the act of doing so when he was struck. = Both ma- chines were considerably the worse for wear after the accident. Potts Fined $100 Charles Parnell Potts of New Tochelle, N. Y., who on August 22, drove his car into another machine joaded: with musicians from New Haven, causing injury to severdl and resulting in the burning of Potts' car, was fined $100 ‘in the superior court in Hartford - yesterday by Judge Kellogg onga charge of reckless driv- ing. 1le was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge George Griswold in the . Berlin‘ court. on August 23 on a charge .of driving while under the in- fluence of ‘liquor and was fined $100 for reckless driving. He appealed his casé. His companion was dis- charged in the: Berlin court after a charge of . intoxication "had been brought against him. Hike Is Enjoycd Members of the seventh and eighth grades of the Worthington school yes- terday afternoon ‘enjoyed a hike to the south end of town and held a “dog roast.” companied by one of the teachers and arrived home about 7 o'clock, being m parents in automobiles. The boys of the class, however, this morning took a different attitude to the prolonged stay of the girls. They were sure that the main delegation, M P Y aadsasansasd OPEN:NOSTRILS! END .A COLD OR CATARRH ow To Gét Relief When Head . .nduNm are Stuffed Up. $0050600000000000000000000 Count fifty! Your cold in head or catarrh disappears. Your clogged nostrils will open, the air passages of your head will cléar and youw can breathe freely. No more snuifling, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or headache; no struggling for breath at night. Get a.small bottle of Ely's Cream Ralm from your druggist and apply a little of this. fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It penetrates thromgh every air passage of the head, soothing and healing the swol- len or inflamed mucous membrane, giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield ke magic. Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable. Re- lief is sure. The children were ac-| on the turnpike by several of (hrl Kid Gloves, over- Two-clasp Kid Very white, clasp, 8 pair. plaue sewn, with wrist, from which the boys broke lo become hopelessly lost on the Jarvis farm property. This morning they were having a great time on their way to school, relating the circum- stances to their schoolmates. However, it was learned that there was no truth to the rumor that the group had become lost and that sev- eral of the parents had started out to find them. Miss Cobey, the teacher who accompanied them, is thoroughly tamiliar with the ground covered and the hike merely took a bit more time than was planned. Several of the boys arrived home shortly after six o'clock with the story of the “lost katallion.” Things Are Progressing Miss Mary Griswold, superintendent of schools, stated this morning that conditions in all the schools of the town are extremely satisfactory at the present time and that the teachers are taking hold in great shape. She also stated that there will be numerous activities in the schools this year, both among the Hupils and among the teachers, as several of a social nature are expected to tievelop in the near future. ' Surveyors Are Busy Surveyors were busy this morning on Berlin street laying out the ground for the posed new street to be made in B&RI on the site of the pres- ent post ofMce, the old Berlin hotel. The entite property occupied by the post office, as well as that formerly occupied by a wooden structure west of. the monument, has been pur- chased andsthe building west of the monument is now practically razed. Work will start en the destruction of the hotel in the near future, it is ex- pected. i Little Girl is 111 Claire Salavada, daughter of Boy Salvada of Kensington, is seriously ill at the New Britain General hospi- tal, following several operations at that institution. The Salavadas are well known among the Italian resit dents of the town and reside on Farmington road next to the A. E. F. barber shop. On Inspection Trip Postmaster W, W, Fagan Kensington post office started out this morning on an inspection trip over the rural delivery route, in com- pany with Hiram Hurlburt, rural car- rier for Berlin. Mr. Fagan makes periodical trips over the route and makes a report on the condition of it. * Start On Auto Trip Mr. and Mrs. K B. Adams and Miss Anna Reed of Berlin, with Mrs. Laura Austin and Mrs. Charles War- ner of Kensington, left this morning for a trip to Syracuse, where they will visit the falr which is in pro- gress there. The trip will be made by way of the Mohawk Trail. The | Syracuse fair is famous throughout the country for its llve-stock exhibits. | Home On Furlough {. John Mailna of Kensington home on a furlough from the United States army and will spend about 30 days at his home in that sectio of the town. Work is Progressing Work on the repainting of the | woodwork at the Berlin station and j the platform coverings there is pro- | gressing rapidly and the squad of | painters expect to finish their work in ja short time. |along on the repairing of the Ior- esters’ hall. The Berlin Congrega- tional church is also changing its in- | terior appearance, alded by a squad | of painters. The carpenters at work jon the addition to the store of Thomas Barratiero are also busy every day and the work is progres- | sing slowly. | East Berlin Items There will be the regular mid- week services at the Methodist church this evening at the usval hour. | The library will be open Friday af- | teFnoon from 3:30 to 5:30 and in the evening from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock for the exchange of hooks. George Stepler and family attended the Danbury fair in Danbury Wed- nesday. | There will be a meeting of the | Modern Woodmen soclety at the Ath- letic building this evening, followed of the is | Work is also gettting | Gloves, plque sewn, two-tone em- broldered backs, grey, beaver, tan, mode, black ane Cholce for $2.00 pair. Strap Wrist Kid Gloves, pique sewn, with pearl beaver, mode, grey, white and black, with two-tone crochet embroldery—8$3.50 pair. Fancy Suede Gloves, gauntlets, with Paris point embroidery, pigue sewn, grey and mode for $3.98 pair. clastic at the improveme by a meeting of company. The ladies of the Methodist church will meet at the home of Mrs. L. M. Root on Main street I'riday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A fire escape is being erected on the north side of the Athletic building. The members of §t. Gabriel's church will enjoy a supper next Thursday evening after which a busi- ness meeting will be held. About sixty friends of Mr. and Mrs. James Holigan tendered them a house warming social at their new home on Penfield Ave. last night. Games and refreshments were ‘en- joyed. Mr. and Mrs. Holigan were presented with a handsome electric table lamp. It appeared like old times of years ago to see such a large gathering of the local residents for a social event. Direct World’s Series returns by radio. Gross’ Oil Station, Berlin TurnpiRe,—advt. SOUTHINGTON NEWS Larger Than School Registration Ever—Second Game of Series Satur- day—Items of Interest. The school census ‘f the town which has just been corpleted, shows a larger registration this year than ever before. The work was done and completed by Urbin Kelley and Thomas Murphy and both have com- pleted their reports and have counted up 1,422°children who are eligible to attend school her This is larger than in many recent vears and shows that growth of the town during the past decade. . The second game of the series be- | tween the Milldale baseball team and | the aggregation of stars representing |the Peck, Stow & Wilcox team will be played on the Milldale school grounds Saturday afternoon. The Milldale team beat the factory “team last Sunday in the first contest by the score of 3 to 2 and the followers of the both teams are anxious to see their champions capture the next one. If a thind game is to be played, it will take place on the Milldale, school grounds, Charles Francis, for many years a clerk at the post office, has handed in his resignation to Postmaster Johf McGrath to take effect this week. Mr. and Mrs. Francis, who are now residents of New Britain, but former residents of Southington, plan to gog to Iorida for the winter. Mr. IFrancis stated that they will prob- ably return in the spring, but there is also a poasibility that the will make their home in the South per- manently. Why Suffer From Bronchial Asthma? simple Home Treatment Makes Breathing Easy. Just because vou start the day tired, \ifeless, worn-out from loss of rest and | the difficuit breathing of miserable Asthma “do mot think you have to stay this way Tong. Be strong afid well easily again by using this simple treat- ment known as Oxidaze, the prescription of 4 Worcester, Mass. physician. For any forin of Asthma where the bronchial tubes are irritated, the breath- ing short and difffcult, Its healing, reliev-| fng actlon is really wonderful. Sufferers | who can’t breathe at night and who gasp for a good, clear breath will appreciate the relief and comfort Oxidaze gives. Oxidaze 13 a tablet made from essen- tial olls which, when the patient dis- solves In the mouth, almost immediately soothes the Irritation, clears out the| | choked up air passages and enables the | sufferer to breathe easily and get a real comfortable night's sleep. 1t is sold by leading druggists. including Dickinson Drug Co. and Clark and Brain- érd Co., who agres to refund the full| | purchase price of the fArst pavkage to any suffsrer who doss not obtain satisfactery breathe clearly and | |with which people treat sore throats, was not in any way connected with the Plainville schools. This was the |enly case of communicable disease in [Plainville during the entire month, and the situation here as regards pub- lic health is very satisfactory. The increase in diphtheria in the state Is blamed on the carolessness According to Dr, Bull, diphtheria can he ehacked If precautions are taken | in time to allow a %ore throat to %! treated before the disease develops. | He makes an appeal to the parents of the town to keep any of their children who have the least symptom of sore | throat away from school. When the | symptoms first appear, the best course to follow is to summon a physician so fhat the sickness can be checked. With the disease caught in its first | stages, there is hardly any likelthood that it will spread. Dr, Bull does not mean dn these warnings to give the impression that Plainville is threaten- ¢d with an epidemie, but it is his be- | lief that “an ounce of prevention is| worth a pound of cure.” | Barrows Funeral Friday The funeral of Mrs, Sadie Callen- lar Barrows of Broad street, who died yesterday morning at the Charter Oak hospital in Hartford, will be held ‘omorrow morning at 9 o'clock from he church of Our Tady of Mercy. Burial will be in the family plot in 3, Thomas’ cemetery, Southington, Changes Election Month The Ladies’ Aid socicty of the Bap- ist church voted at their meeting esterday (o change the election nonth from November to January, It was also voted to hold the annual sale of fancy and useful articles on De- :ember 4 and 5. The meeting yes erday was one of the best attended scssions held in’ recent months. First Friday Devotions IFirst Friday devotions will be held in the church of Ovr Lady of Mercy tomorrow morning at 5:30 and 7 o'clock. Confessions will be heard this afternoon and evening. Tpiscopal Church Notes Tonight the, parish supper will be held commencing at 6 o'clock. Every- Yody is invited. Meeting of the ves- try at 7:30 o'clock. Tomorrow the church school teach- ers meeting at 7:30 o'clock. Baptism service for children Sunday afternoon it 3 o'clock. Pythians Go To Bristol. The degree team of Pythian lodge, K. of P. will visit Ethan lodge of Bristol this evening to work the rank of page on a large class of candidates in that city. Members of the lodge making the trip wil leave from in front of the lodge rooms by automo- bile about 7:30 o'clock. Commerce Chamber Meets, The October meeting of the Plain- ville Chamber of Commerce will be held in the chamber rooms this eve- ning at 8 o'clock. Many important committees will report and several projects are to be suggested, it is un- derstood. To Attend Funeral The members of the Ladies Auxil- iary of Brock-Barnes post, American Leglon will attend the funeral of Mrs. Susie Barrows tomofrow morning at 9 ,0'clock in the church of Our Lady of Mercy. All members are requested to be at the church at 8:45 o'clock. Mrs. Monroe Hartson The funeral of Mrs, Monroe Hart- son, who died at her home at 80 Banettt street, New Rritain yester- day morning wil be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from her home. Rev, Lyman & Johnson will officiate, Mrs. Hartson is the mother of I.etter Carrier Gordon D). Hartson of Plain- ville. Burial will be in West cemetery, Plainville. Pythian Sewing Circle. | The sewing circle of Pythian Sisters will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. William 1. Wilber on Washington street. | Grange Fair Notes, ! the annual fair of Plainville Grange.| Comupittees report that they are in| readiness for the opening of the big! event, One of the features of the bazaar will be the fancy work booth. | The largest variety of offerings ever seen will be displayed and many of | those things that the ladies delight in will be on sale. | The entertainments are being re- hearsed every night and they are| sure to please the audiences, and the orchestra has been engaged for the dancing. The fair this year will be| one of the best ever conducted by | the Grange and work on the various boothts will he started this week. ® To Open Bowling Season. | The Plainville Tigers will open the | bowling season this evening at the| Recreation rooms against the Peck | Spring Co. team. The Tigers are out to equal and surpass if possible the splendid record made last year and| for that reason the members of the| team have been practicing shoots. John Valentine is manager of the or- ganization again this year and s waiting challenges from any team in| town or throughout the state. ! Plainville Briefs. Mre. M. L. Messenger of West Main relief. Asthmatic sufferers should give Oxidaze a trail. It is harmiess and inex- peasive, street has returned from the Catskills where she spent the summer. I Miss Alice Wilcox of Washington | Plans are rapidly taking shape (nri‘ city, The committee approved ‘plans for ralsing % $260,000 civie fund for the conelave, The money to be solicited from trades and Individuals, will go to entertaining the 400,000 delegates and tourists who, it Is estimated, would come here in connection with the convention. Sponsors of the plan emphasized its non-partisanship, declaring the chief alm was to “cure New York of its provincialism and dispel ideas, which they lared prevalent In the west that “New York is all Broadway, white lights and booze. Success of the movement, it was said, would mean a later drive to hold the republican national convention here in 1028, Various speakers, citing New York's claims to the convehtion, pointed out that no national convention of either chief political party has been held here for a half century, Secrettary Hughes Named Chairman of Pan-American ‘Washington, Oct, 4. — Secretary Hughes was elected chairman of the governing board of the Pan-American union at a speclal meeting yesterday the first held since the Santiago con- ference last March. Ambassador Mathieu of Chile was eclected vice- chairman, Cotton Deut. of Mills in New Hampshire to Close Manchester, N. H., Oct. 4—The cotton department of the hig mills of the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. in this city wiM be shut down on October 6 for an indefinite period. are given as the reason in posted at the mills today. About 10,000 operatives are affected. The worsted department will continue in operation and as busimess improves the cotton department will be grad- ually reopened. TAGGART LEAV HOSPITAL, Boston, Oct. 4.—Thomas Taggart, former chairman of the democratic national committee, who was bhrought to a nospital here last being taken' ill at his summer home in Hyannisport, left the hospital to- MOTHER! Clean Child's Bowels with “California Fig Syrup:' notices Hurry Mother! Even constipated, bilious, feverish, or sick, colic Babies d Children love to take genuine “California Ilig Syrup.”” No other lax- |ative regulates the tender little how- els so nicely. It sweetens the stom- ach and starts the liver and bowels without griping. Contains no narcotic or soothing drug: y “California” to your druggist and avoid vounterfeits, Insist wpon genuine “California Iig Syrup” which contains directions. Rusiness conditions | month after| lin Oklahoma. Photo shows how force of the water, e M SAYS BONUS BILL WILL BE BEATEN IN CONGRESS| Capt. Purham Calls Leglon Statements | | Misleading—Organization Will | Fight Proposed Measure New York, Oct. 4.—Capt, Knowlton | Durham, president of the Ex-Service | Men's Anti-Bonus League, with head- | quarters at 19 West Forty-fourth stpeet, issued a statement yesterday predicting the defeat of the soldiers’ bonus which will come up for passage at the next session of congress, He sald that statements of American Legion members in Washington that | the bill would pass were misleading | and inaccurate. “In presenting our statement to the public,” said Capt. Durham, “as to why we oppose @ honus for able bodied veterans of the world war the two things we wish first to impress on | the public mind are that only a minority—and a mighty small one at that—of the membership of the American Legion are in favor of a bonus for able bodied ex-service men, notwithstanding what their leaders claim to the contrary, and secondly, that this league stands first, last a all the time in favor of the most gen crous care and compensation for every disabled world war veteran. We will do everything in our power to prevent the passage of the bonus bill.” BRITON [ Sir Thomas Oliver Would Limit Cars in Cities to 15 Miles‘an Hour Buffalo, Oct. 4. { former chief of the medical st | the Industrial Bureau of the, Br i Home Office, a special delegate to the Sir Thomas Oliver, T of ! session here, expressed amazement to- day at American trafic conditions, "1 wa mazed, when I arrived in,] this country to observe the speed at | which motor vehicles are permitted to operate in your c! Sir Thomas said. “The seeming lack of regulation j of traffic is astounding to one who is accustomed to observe the strict regu- (lation of traffic in England.” Sir Thomas referred to the deaths of 100,000 persons by accidents in the street of American cities since 1900 as terrible, “In England, where traffic congestéd, we have no such total as that,” he asserted. "I believe your cities should limit automobile speed to fifteen miles an hour and enforce such a limit,” _— | The police have been notified tliat | the operator's license has been re- turned to Raymond Niedzweiki of 2 IParmington avenue. There will be an important meet- ing of the Brotherhood of the IMirst Baptist church at 7:45 o'clock to- morrow evening. ollowing the meet- ing a social and refreshments will be enjoyed. The regular meeting of the Laurel Court, No. 8, 0. of A. will be held in | Masonic hall at o'clock tomor- ro wevening. A social and refresh- ments will follow the business ses- sion, 4 New Victor records every Friday. L. Pierce & Co. bhin' Blues,” e C. trot: L. fox National Safety Congress, which is in | i { | is more | Pierce & Co.—advt Junior Minstrels., T. A. Lexington lodge, 1. 0. O. 1, will| work the initiatory degree on a large class of candidates this evening. The | new degree team under the direction A. B. Fair—adv | it was carried off the street by 'nv P'ast Grand Martin Anderson will make its first appearance, Dr. J. H. Potts of this ecity will leave this evening for Hanover, New Hampshire, where he will attend the 126th annual reunion of the Darte mouth medieal school. He will re- turn Monda ————————— Says—Now Stiff Joiots Must Go! New Discovery Limbers 'Em Up and iven the Creaking Ccases, fes; it's true—the world pro- All you have to do nowadays to limber up that stiff, rusty knee joint is to aqueeze a half inch of miracle working substance from a tube. Then rub it on the offending part for about a quarter of a minu® or until it soaks through the skin and disappears on its errand of mercy. Then read the evening newspapers and go to bed. The chances are that your misbe- having knee joint will lose its “creak" while you are dreaming about the high fences you used to leap when you were a youngster. “And in the morning,” says one who has tried the new discovery, “you'll Teel so happy that you'll want to jump into your sportiest clothes and walk briskly down the street just to show the neighbors that you are not as old as they think you are.” Joint Ease: They call this wonder working substance, for the reason that when ordinary remedies fail to limber vp the stiff, inflamed rheumatic joint, or reduce the swelling, Joint-Ease succeeds. It's a good name for a good, clean, stainless prescription that in just a few months has proven to a.multitude of people that lame, swollen, distort- ed joints can speedily have the kinks taken out of them and work as smoothly as ever, tut Ybint Kase is for bothersome Joints, whether in knee, ankle, hip, shoulder, spine or finger, and for that purpose its sale is immense. 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