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SATURDAY, MAR. 26—16 PAGES _ _ : If Mayor Mahan’s Viewpoint of the City at the Mouth of ihe (hames is Correct—The “Zoiled Doves” Find Private Retreats— Evangelical Work by Pentecost An Easter concert will be held at the Methodist church Sunday evening BULLETIN NEWS LETTERS FROM ITS BROADENING FIELD)c-: LETTERS FROM TOWNS IN TWO STATES S gt o, e 112 turning—New Cottage for Supt. E. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gray spent S oo S B Mg Pl to"iE5;, Lydia Maynard, who was called L. Burnap. s River, N. J., by the death of seph n, of New London. -in-] - *The Business and Social Life of Every Town and 3 Mrs. Enos M. Gray, who has been [per S00-In-law, Capt. Frank Cham and Mcally. : Settl t Reflected in Ti ) Thomas Hogse of Jewett ity more | Dy v o ExiD, s slowly FecOVer:| My ang Mrs. Aliyn Ferkine Ot Groton guests Sune o e] enne o. isit tlement Reflected hese Columns. Rov, Mr. Fuller of Norwich was vie: | Senator asd Mrs, W. L Allyn were | arcl, (PO, Barents, Mt and Are. Mayor Mahan declares that New |on the ahead and damn the ex- London’s chief drawback Is the lack | pense principle, which seems the only of civic pride among its citizenship | plan that is liable to push New Lon- and that if his plan of expansion was |don to the front. The go slow and approved that in a few years the city | sure plan has been in vogue in New iting here Tuesday. esllers in Mestic Sunday. « Several former neighbors and friends : Mrs. J. B Palmer, Jr., has rewurned | Adam Larrabee of Windham was the | som the village were in attendance at from Mansfield after Visiting her par- |SU%St of 'his father-in-law, Dwight | the funeral of Mrs. Isaac Bragaw in ASHWILLETT s Dired the J. Henry Clarke farm | ents.. llup, Monday night and Tuesday. Groton on_Saturday morning. Her r the ensuing year. daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Comstock, Many Pe: Regret Death of James OLD MYSTIC - who Is confined to her home with | Would become what it should have | London so very, very long, that the :;" w:,':",i_m':v;,, B Priston— UNCASV!! LE MONTVILLE. = —— severe attack of rip, was unable to |been 10ng ago; one of the leading | mayors whirlwind methods may k. ” o > $100° Subscribed Tor Hepair Work Deacon Simeon Gallup Improving— | attend. cities of the state. He was in favor | stald citizens out of that well-baate School Closes. Thames Social Club's Dafso—Dr. F. c r Repair Work on | "o, "5 "M. Denison Closes Pastorate | Miss Carric Chapman of Norwich | of reaching out and take within the | footpath that leads to nowhere and city limits landg that are now almost | get them into the broad road thut as ' a waste desert. He also realizes | leads to progres: that land is of no value unless it is Union Baptist Church—Easter Con- 2 ‘was a recent’guest of Miss/ Mildred coft to B HEld to Complete Theological Studies a.|Ppierce at Allyn's Point. James G. Walker, who died recently | ~A. Taylor Going to Indiana—New —— Wesizyan—Easter Concert J. P. Satterlee, who has been spend- et Jewett City, was for years an es- | Spur Track Completed. teemed resident of Ashwillett. The ané v and M ing the winter months in Florida and |improved and favors going to the leg- i i nouncement of his death was received | The social and dance given by the | moved to the lowes fenmaa o} Tore Mrs. William M. Harrls received | Hot ‘Springs, Aric. returned home 1t | ISure and gettik dutiority o raius | mind® g e i) e e by local friends, neighbors and ac- | Thames Social club on St. Patrick’s | Hope’s house. < ‘word Monday of the death of her | week. money for parks and general Improve- | patriotic nn?hs to the -eo n“ JEREETS a Ton ot ‘hte late Dr. Levi | Gas of the ARal was dus to the Tois | ni Sy a0 08RO, Chappell attended | SRS, MEy Mary, Caay st her home 1o A e Walker, for many years prominent in | lowing committee of entertainment! | Sunaay = - - Toctng at Norwich on | place todn{((’l’huruduy) at Indian Hill | board of the M. B church was called |4nd seneral beautificition of the added | Fey® f Tis, correspondence, still social and religious circles here. | W. S Mitchell, John Cuddy, Theodore Pust Wi > cemetery, Middletown. at the close of the school session Sun- | {Titory. Then the city would have|gagpires for place in the newspaper James Walker was the last of the| Craig, Reuben Austin, George Allen, ushing Work of Renovation. Miss Nellle F. Schoonover, a stu- pportunity to grow and theve would | pulpit, probabiy considering himselt ments of a public nature, and in Spending that money, in road bullAIng | cavee: he was rerering feels hurt <7l . 1 ube 0T day to consider the continuance of the family to pass away, there being a| Edwin Phillips, James Phillips, Clar- | The contractors began the carpenter | dent at Smith coilege, arrived Wednes- s be no longer. truth in the statement o number of brothers and sisters, includ- : ence McArdle, George N. Wood 2d, | Work on the interior of the Union Bap- | 4ay evening at Elmhurst for the East- ;m{dmsr):;ema?:of lidu?ry rleh?n;h:{)-l that New London has no advantageous m;fi: ';:7[: 1.: D}L:h:/tflfi‘:: . "t';uc:“i"(" ing the late Rev. Dr. O. T. Walker of | Charles Adams. The entrance prize | tist church Monday morning and the | €r Tecess. o - - sites for large manufacturing CONCErns | ter to the Globe in fesble sffort of Chicago_and Rev. W. C. Walker of | of $5 was awarded Mrs. William Al- | painters began their work outside at | Miss Myrdell Taylor of New London or_residences of magnitude. justification of his claim and to gein dover, Mrs. Harriet Babcock, a | len. Spencer’s orchestra furnished |the same time. Repairs are being made | Was an over Sundsy guest of her cou- He favors general improvement of | prominence by getting into contro. - sister, died a few days ago in Los An- | music and William Smiddy was |at_the Baptist parsonage. sin, M.iss Maude Tinker. conditions in what is now termed the | in"the newspapers. In this last ef. geles_ Cal. The funeral of Mr. Walker | prompter. Physical Director Robert Latimer of | _There is a marked improvement in business centre of the city and es-|fusion he writes nothing worth the re was held Sunday afternoon at the | Robert Hamilton of New Haven was ' New London spent Sunday at his for- | the condition of Deacon Siemon Gal- pecially the widening of Bank street, | ply, so repetition is made of “what's home of Demer Gardner at Jewett yisiting friends in town recently. which is too narrow from Tilley 1o |ine' ygeo” City, with whom he resided, the Rev.| Charles Osborn, who has been in State streets for the present traMic| "Hag this correspondent known that Gane officiating. The burial vas| the employ of the C. M. Robertson and believes in doing something for | njg oritic was W-L-A-C-C-O-K-R, no n the Preston City cemetery. Under-| Co, as overseer of a department in the future New London, as well 85 | reply would have been made to his ot taker O. S. Rix had charge of the ar- | the pox shop, has resigned and will the present. Mayor Mahan reallzes | tack upon what was written in this that radical changes in the present|coirassondence. and the New 1 onien rangements. move to New Haven. ;. A. Pendleton was the auctioneer | Miss ‘Addie Miller is spending the antiquated system of city manage- - p g Tent 1s mot pepalar with the practical- | Bublic would readily “understand the en pepular sot! reason why, Monday at the sale of personal prep- | week in Providence. o beonging to O. P. Mfiner In North | john Lynch attended a reunion of ly retired and wealthy citizens who Moving to Preston. S otinihe Teor Saatey aries nd desire 1o Tive 1h quiet New Lon- | Since the reform wave struck New John L. Main having sold his farm | noon. * S > don in the quiet and old-fashioned | Lendon and removed most of the mo o New York partics Ts moving to €. | 'Frea C. Palmer, who has been tak- A Al e el ok tha| Dven brosd hinks That the wiled a0 ewitt’s place in Preston, belonging | in~ the place of R. H. Melcer as su- s and great-grand-daddies, - A t Rtrs. Paul Mausey OF Ofd Myslle . | pemstendent af the Palmer Eros. Co. 'v{‘,g';;’{n:ffl;vfi'“ s 5‘,’,‘,’,‘,’,,‘,’,"‘}‘;5‘(,,.“” o ) ;’n‘::t':u? i g ork and family are moving to | mill during Mr. Melcer's visit in Cal- good & o ab s SV, W, Eiiilings ‘ang family areichene | s g Mo Gharles Burgess re- ment means a howl of indignation from | Was reason for the broud hints has ing their residence from the O. S. Mill- | turned Sunday night from a few days’ e camgy lz:;'l:‘l::nb':lt he 18 rowny | when :’m:’:‘:’“lmm'"u:l‘ being “Nailed to the cros with keeping a shady place in Blinman says, and he comes near meaning just | street. She wag found guilty In the what he says in that particular, polioe court hy fined and warned te Mayor Mahan told this correspondent | continue life in conformity with the that wrong interpretation was made of | 1aws of God and man, and thus escaps his reference to lower Bank street as | puniehment here and in the the here= “The hell hole of nastiness,” as he |after. simply intended that remark for the| Mayor Mahan in the early part of triangular property at the junction | his administration informed the mem- of Bank street and Montauk avenue, | bers of the police force that he ex- which has always been an eye-sore, | pected every policeman to do his duty and since the opening of the ayenue | Impartially and without fear or favo Substantial Proof of Their Apprecia- | has actually been o detriment) and | and all would be wel, it should thers A adetriment to the whole city a living | be neglect of duty th. would be o o B A o e at of Mrs | cample of the lnck of civie pride. |something doing and that the mayor Mrs. Goorga TE 4 aister, M s SPRY. Jaoree. That - plet should be converted into a |amd ohief of police would be active Arthur James of Now Tondon were| Rev. Marcus Burr, pastor of the |PAtk and the old shacks in the im-|in dealng out any punishment that callers Tuesday on local relatives. Goshen church, recently lost his favor. | mediate vicinity taken down and bullds | was deserved for fatiung of duty. tendance. C. Allyn Brown of Hartford arrived in the, village last week to spend a part of his Easter vacation with his grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Brown, mer home here: lup, who has been sick for the past Blmitieg. Feova’ Cafifornis. Messrs. Rider and Moody of New |five weeks with heart trouble. Noyes B. Allyn, who sailed in Janu- York city were business callers at the | Miss Gracie Hammond of Norwich |ary for California, going by way of Keyes Process company Tuesday, Was o recent guest of her sister, Mrs. ) Panama, was registered at the Santa Albert Johnoson is now able to go | Joseph Daley. Rita hotel in Tucson, Ariz, on the out of doors. Mrs. Benjamin P. Hewitt of Ston- |15th. Mr. Allyn is expected at ‘his The contractor has finished painting |Ington was calling _Sunday on her |home in the village about April 1st. the Palmer Brothers’ buildings here. | cousins, the Misses Welles. 4 iz Amy . Satterlee spent Thurs- % . : omas Rattican has returned to |day of last week with her sister, Mrs. $100 Needed for’Church Repairs. |<yesteriy aster o visit with his brother | Fraderick Richards, of = Laurel * Hill, ..Rev. George C. Chappell preached on | ana sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence | Norwich. The Obscure Apostles” at the Union | Rattican. Mrs. Frederick Turner of Long Cove Baptist church last Sunday morning. | Mrs. John W. Burrows, who has been |5 visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward "he ladies’ choir sang “Watchman Tell | critically ill for the past three years, | Woodin, in' Holyoke, Mass. Us of the Night” The Lord’s Supper | has been rapidly failing for the past| E. W. Phillips of Norwich is building was administered to a large number. | week and is now very Jow. a summer cottage at Long Cove for E. One hundred dollars has been pledged | ~ Mrs. William R, Hull and sister, Mrs. | L. Burnap, superintendent of the Nor- for church repairs. Another $100 18 | Joseph W. Wheeler, are guests this | wich water works. needed to complete the work. week of their brother, Everett Miller | Miss Jennie G. Perkins arrived on An Easter concert i$ to be held next | of Norwich. Thursday evening from East North- Sunday evening. : George S. Palmer of New London G. W er place where they have resided the| visit with relatives in Danielson. Charles E. Lamphere was one of the | field, Mass., to spend the Easter vaca- past year to the William Richardson| Dr. Francis Albert Taylor, who has place near Preston City. been practicing medicine ir ‘this town Closing Exercises of School. for three years and a half, will move The present term of school here | to Indiana. c d_Thursday with public exercises, Spur Track Finished. Hollowell, the teacher, has given & - good satisfaction ana will teach the AThe new spur track which the Cen Spring and summer term tral Vermont railroad has been con- i = W structing from the main line to the Will Move from Norwich. | site of the new mill at Bartletts, is Daniel Vergason and family of Nor- | completed. ich Town will move here onto the Bert Edmonds has resigned ascoach- chorus singers of the cantata, “The 'tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs)| visited the quilt mill here Tuesday. Crucifixion,” -which was rendered the | D. C. Perkins. Dr. Taylor, who was taken ill Sat- eveni; 3 > -| _ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mani leff e e ing of Palm Sunday in the Meth. anjerre left odist Episcopal church, Mystic. Sunday evening for New York. Mrs. Rev. and Mrs. George C. Chappell | Miss Genevieve Frink of the Wolf | Manierre and sen will visit relatives 2 attended the Pentecost meetings at the | T i in Jamaica, L. L, and Mr, Manierre wil r Second Congregational church Weds | ana Bioaenor miies ey Sucst Saturday < E it nesday afternoon and _evening and were guests at tea of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Slocum. and Sunday of Miss Margaret Reeves, | continue his journey to Buffalo. Willlam H. Harris, Elmer Woite, T Amos Georges and Horace Dewey re- GOSHEN. cently engaged in target practice at e the grounds of Mr. Waite at Burnett’s | Rev. Marcus Burr’s Parishioners Give Corners. LEBANON Miller place at once. Mr. Vergason| man for the C. M. Robertson family. has purchased the place. The public schools in town closed Newsy Notes. Thursday for the Easter vacation of A large representation of the resi- | '°1 day . D. W. Rogers has moved from out @ents here attended the large auction : 4 sale at the Whipple homestead near | Of the Keves Process company’s ten- - My ements to Quaker Hill 2 There is not much change in the condition of Mrs. Samuel Dennis, who Campaign for Good enship—La- dies’ Aid Society Entertaine—Teach- ers Will Visit Washington. A meeting in the interests of good clfizoneiing In Hhre, terests of good | Myra Denison, the three year old |ite driving horse, Dick. He was using | yitpimg with a progressiye oity, and | s, X ilaren Rev. G Pentecost, D. D, wh Mre. Belle James is quite ill at h Mrs. Winfield Hanney and chi daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles H. P - » . George ecost, D. D, whe _Businsss was generally suiponded 2 - FRE prest it sttt hai ‘'uesday of Miss Chipman. = were made. The mayor intends to|Songregatienal urch_during the Friday (East day.) N o e e | R e e e Willard Memorial Service. § make a special fight nlong the line of | 3énce of the pastor. Rev. James W % ce | Bixler, has in addition to his duties A Willard memorial service under . public improvement, even if the move p the auspices of the Women’s Christian may be at the start unpopular, believ: | &8 Pastor, conducted 3-::" of nll':ti Temperance union - was held in the ing that once the work is commenced | v fMeeHnis in the ehurob of speci Methodist FEpiscopal church Sunday the . people as a whole will begin to ?ufijeu:i tha hnmvo lnlo:;;un Mld evening. Mr. and Mrs, Olmstead's | irealize that it pays to be progressive | BFiruc v"hlo is hnnr:’ ~ F o class in expression had charge of the | [ and ‘keep pace with other cities of | €4 many that were ‘nfl the Comgre- service, which was admirably con- - P f;‘,"‘}!’.".i..e."":?““.‘““:m“ l‘u‘:“v:humh ucted by Mrs. 4 —_— . B et e i & Evew if Bryan F. Mahan is the dem. | fective speaker. a great word painter, Foreword, - class; - scripture lesson and ocratic mayor of a republican city he | An¢ EQ0F FETUILS KITAL COMES i e o prayer, Rev. Benjamin M. Denison; evidently thy upper hold op- il | oDy o e gbr g 3 s : es of money, A e e P AR L ;::Hv:?m:.evor |f:’;fl:g§3: e carries (’o n good for the community and the Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Culver were in| Week in Providence and Boston. Thursday on business. Surprised on Birthday. s A eus D- J8mes| Mrs. Henry Dart was. pleasantly e B, P’s'l‘lco;u\ef-stic spent | Surprised Sunday afternoon, the an- With Alrs. H. B, Randall ix |Riversary of her birthday, by the Phdieitid B | dropping In of several relafives who spent a few social hours with her. Amon gthose present were Mrs. John MOHEGAN Austin, Mrs. Fred W. Hooper and Mrs. e ety Razy of New London and Mr. and serfes of meetings in the town for the discussion of various practical themes, including prohibition, good schools, etc., the first meetin~ to be held at Lebanon Centér some time in April. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Con- gregational church gave an interesting entertainment in the church parlors last week on Friday eveninz. The en- tertainment was based on the Sgngs of the Seven, and consisted mainly of readings, ‘fllustrated by moving tab- leaux. Admission was seven cents, cake Speci Progressive Farmer Plants Early Easter Programme Prepared— | MS, Frank Austin, Mr. and Mrs, Mel- vin Furber and son Mark of Mont- ville. Mrs. Dart was well remem- Peas. bered. and ice cream seven cents, and vari- | Hanks; eulogy ner: X 4 3 - : =y on Miss Willard, Miss ] = e Returned from California. ous packages for sale at seven cents, | Florence Johnson: singing, The Sa- | FRORSESTUI knsuc-WLOGL TgRDS £0.008% oot ',‘.:',',:::'Qm,, wire wall ghler way o exce} len hbrmrramme has been M#. and Mrs. Radph H. Melcer, who | The net proceeds were $25. One hun- | loons Must Go, class; recitation, On | DESQosGDeTIGRS. SUA . REACCCR ¥ - | when Rev, Charles R. McNally, of the BT I e Easter exercises 92 | nave becn visiting elatives in Cali. | dred_and forty-seven persons wers | Which Side Are You? Frank: Earl Ot o D ot RIShE or | First Baptist church, started a ser reh, the , at 2. > Dbee! - 5 : e - i , mta p. m.. Extra music, Tecitations by the | fornia, Mr. Melcer's former home, re- [PFESeRt (o o o o L L | Willlam; extract frem Mise vviterds wrong, whatever comes from Mayor | vice of meatings in that edifice, hereby children and address by the pastor. | turned to Uncasville Monday. addresses. and -writings. Miss Gene- Mahan goes with those who attend the | drawing from the meetings inaugurat A number are expected from Norwich | S. C. Hartley, the new overser of spending a few days with his friend, | vieve Frink_Miss Etta May Lamphere, : f ed In the Second Congregation m : ser of) Clement Fowler. Horace S, Williams, Everett Johnson; lies smeetings, - for oes WhO, Sapiee h Saction maturally ec and Ney London Sz i};fi:g&‘};flllcgepg‘;‘smf:;v‘;é the Uncas-| Mrs. C. L. Pitcher made a trip to|solo, Batile Song, Frank E. Williams, R e B e Py v R | b G o it Tro ’J'um sigiior the frst OF the week, . |hold goods and family from Taunton, | BN last week returning Saturday. | with chorus by ihe class; Katherine badk. Things Swere different when | few of the ' Congregationaliste, ho o ‘ n v 2 o X e N 3 or o hay T N i e DusIness Misit- | lane the sffect wall bullt at the sige | mostly from Hartford and vicinity, | recitation. The Shoemakers and The | : Fion, a= everything that emanated from | progress st the same tme, on the W' D. Allen has taken time by the | of the Toad adjoining Palmer Bros. | Start today for a few e EEn e S oo i R him s defeated by organizod op- | ground that the good fhfiuenaes of S ein’ Bflwaris mane & toip to. Nor=)- Ameérichn counefl O. (1. "A 3L, held Shom fo s most Drwerfant placos I teen Sl I e orEenie - SeeEe Aeighbor_ calied at the parsopase, In: | ocratic. leaders to et in the front | thers was some rivairy or jealousy ex wich on Wednesday. a_meeting in Palmer Memiorial hall on | OUr natlomws capital =~ o |tion was taken for the temperance | iing the pastor to please step out on |ranks. Mr. Armstrong was oppesed, | isting between the two chumehes. On Visitors are daily calling on our fire | Thursday night,’ at which a class of work. Benediction, Rev. Jeptha M. | o Veranda. Instead of finding a |right or wrong, and now the common | the other hand the Baptists believe warden at hls office for permits under | candidates received the first degree. the new law. Mrs. Julia Starr, Henzy Jerome, Miss Mary Getcheli of Norwich is|Louis G. Newton, Albert Avery, Dan- felson high school is spending the spring vacation with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Danielson. Miss Florence Goodrich and her sis- ter of Chestnut Hill attended the First Congregational church last Sunday. The Ladies’ Aid society met with Olmstead. Two Years’ Pastorate Closed. Rev. Benjamin M. Denison closed business caller, there a@waited him ffty | people are beginning to realize the fact | there is always werk fer the advance ment of religieus principles in New = Londen, which Rev. McNally recent a two years pastorate with the Meth- iy termed ome of the wiokedest oitfes odist Eviscopal church on Sunday. He in the country. That both churches left Thursday with his family for their r the uplifting of bu- new home in New York state. Mr. siting friends in this place this weelk. | jel Devine, were in Norwich, attend- Mrs. Lydia Ficlding entertained her |ing the trial of the case of L. A. son Lemuel of Norwich over Sunday. | Comstock against the town of Water- . Fowler and children were | ford. were working manity and that naturally there was se Leaf farm on Wednes- | Samuel Allen, who has been il is | Ms. M. S. W. Throop at the Bucking- | penison will return in a few days to friendly rivalry to attain the desired week. slightly improved. George Coleman is | DaI blace tast Wednesday afternoon. | Wesleyan university to complete his results in the greatest ~possible arations are in progress for com- | caring for hira. iy iam Avery. Wio has been spend- | theological studies. He will later be measure, x ng work on the new road in this | The tushes and trees around the | In& the winter fn Vernon was a caller| . signea a pastorate in New York s b part of the townm. .., | Uncasville Mfg. Co. have been trim- ;. [OWH recently. state near his old home. TONINGTON < Story of Groton was visit |med and the grounds otherwise put in | PREAE o Ghiitte who recently Missionary Social. NORTH S ON_ in_Mohegan this week. | good condition. tia Fowler spent Tuesday | ~ Frank B. Mitchell has been confined 2t Uncasville. to_the house with grip. e Miss Miriam Ohurch, daughter of WATERFORD. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Church. who has " been very ill with pneumonia, is so received an injury by a fall, was in Willimantic on Tuesday. A missonary social was held Tues- day afternoon and evening at the Bap- A variety supper an dentertainment | tist parsonage. Refreshments, con- was given at the Baptist chapel on!sisting of cake sandwiches and coffee, Thursday evening. e served to all in attendance. The Mrs. G. W. Peckham Addresses Mi sionary Society—Plans \for Farmers Institute. chief features of the evening’s enfer- Rev. and Mps, J. H. Adams are tem e Bi h_improved that }iss Johnson, . 3 tev. @ - What It Cost to Live Fifty Yeare Ago | P2C i tainment were an old-fashioned soap porarily occupying furnished rooms in - it A - iy & 4 iy ,z, who has been caring “for her. has HAMBURG boiling and a hunt for the North Pole. the house of Mrs. W. H, Hillard - 4 gone pome, S———— F1ve . i s T Ve 'y ome Misslon seolety : " A silver collection was taken for the The Woman's H Luxuries. Lyme Juvenile Grange Elects Officers | o iue. of the Baptist church had a meoting " s e E —Cattle Buyers Plenty—Baseball " Easter Concert. Monday afterneon. Mrs. G. W, Peak Toseier bodiint oot S oage CERHINCWELE Officers. An Easter concert will be held at the ham of Boston, New Tngland diatrict iesday evening Re _odge in- S E An Ea > at th e —omie B " G stalled officers. The A. O. U. W. are | Social Evening at Home of Mr. and PONIETENR Seaus gt L .\Ielhud)‘stlchl{r(-l; Sunday morning at ‘““;:'"‘:‘ h;\,’,'r:j,’kl B atate. vice pres on the high road to prosperity. Mrs. John Ross—Martin Staubly [ no0 00 TaTY N8 O o yoks of oxen | apoual hour of sery dent, was present and spoke. The Ladies’ Aid sqciety of the Bap- tist church held its resular weekly session with the president, Mrs. Oscar Rev. and Mrs. N. B. Prindle of Pres- lled on friends here Monday af Cost of Living Fifty Years Ago. Li Cut Hand—Newsy Notes. of Hart Geel Mrs. Willard Anderson and Miss ton e ing was high 50 years ago. A man used to get 75 cents to work on | Dr. H. H. Howe of Yantlc was call- | Carrie Bill were New London visitors | 1. Cramb. | ternoon. - the farm and 1t took about all of it |ed to the home of C. L. Palmer, also|last Thursday. Taken To Bickus Hospital Trustess In Town. to live. The fare then was Indian |the home of O. B. Leffingwell, Mon- Mr. and@ Mrs. James Lord spent sev- N THE PRESENTATION SCENE. Prof. Samuel Train Dutten and meal cakés. fried pork, ~buckwheat | day, on account of sickness. eral days in Hartford the past week. A colored man named Jerry, whose Thomas B. Hewitt of New York, trus cakes, potatoes: now and then a cod- | Dr. Hanford instead of Dr. Manwar- Irs. Harriet Warner and daughter, | hand was badly crushed Monday at tecs of the Wheeler school, were in the birch mill near Lantern Hill, was taken to Backus hospital for treat- ment. fsh_and once in a great while some | ring, as was stated last week, attend- ground wheat meal instead of flour. One | éd Merton Swan when he broke his pair of boots per annum came as a |arm recently. Christmas present. They came so late | _ Last Saturday evening about fifty in the year. Clothes were renewed as | friends and neighbors gathered at the Miss Hester, of Brockway were call- in this place Wednesday. Mrs. James Miller, Jr., spent the day at Millington last Thursday. S. N. Jewett was a caller on Bill of his parishioners with a handsome | that really worthy measures were de- [town Tuesday. horse, and also a S Dariises. which | feated for no reazon jexcept to gratity | Rev. F. M. Hollister, paster of the Medal Contest. they had brought as a gift. The pres- | the spite of some political opponent |local Congregational church, was t ol entation was made by Deacon James Y. |or In the spirit of sweéet revenge in [preacher at the fellowship meeting in Thomas. Gompletely taken by .surprise, | some case where the mayor consid- |the Congregational church at Westerly The Queens of Avilon will hold a often as vou grew out of a sult, al- | home of Mr. and Mrs. John L Ross to | hill the first of the week. medal contest in the audience room ordialty B v ered the general good of the city of | Wednesday wass satinette. The girls used to wear | Epena a social evening. Dancing was | Lyme Juvenile grange elected new | of the Baptist church Saturday oven- | ney gt COdlally Aok led8ed | More importance " than the b Mre, A. B, Maine of Norwich is pass- black dresses, as black never went out |enjoved in Mr. Ross’ auto shed until | officers Tuesday afternoon, March 22: | ing, April 3. The contstants, are Miss [ = 'ppa new horse was at once hitched | scheme of some individual at the ex- |ing the week at the Hillard homestead of fashion. Panteletts were of nan- |about 11 o'clock, when the people ad- | Master, Leslie Beebe; overseer, Olive | Gladys M. Olmstead, Miss Etta_ M. | ;" top buggy and Mr. and Mrs. Burr | pense of the city. in_this villag keen. How would the girls get along |Jjourned to the house, where refresh- | Stark; lecturer, Marguerite Ely; chap- | Lamphere, Miss Maude Williams, Miss ro invited to take a ride. In the| That Mayor Mahan in supreme | Thurman P. Maine is at home from with thése things nowadays? ents were sérved and music enjoved. | Jain, Ruth Harding; treasurer, Lucy | Lottie Marchaund, Miss Esther Bar- | it A Bempend S prepared | command of the republican court of | Philadelphia, coming to attend a meet Mr.and Mrs. Allen Young, Mr. and | The evening passed altogether to0 rap- | Peck; secretary, Morris Peck; gate- | rows. Miss Hattie Lgrsahere. e T “ama ware. served Mipon | common council and municipal mat- |ing of ‘the ‘{own school committee, ot pY . B. Young of Spithead district | dly away. k B Beebe; steward, Ly- 3 jal | t s d strated at the city |which he is a member. M ot TRew London on o sutpise | . Miss Gertrude Ward is making an | R “Harding: Pomons Jennis Stark: 3 thelr return. A Nery Pled A tun, | meating Monday, when recommenda- | Frank H. Lathrop of Norwich was t to Capt. Edward Winslow of |ektended wvisit with her sister, Mrs.| Flora, Rose Gillette; Ceres, Hazel CAMPBELL’S MILLS Doident of ihe Tadies’ Afd soclety, | tions were adopted appropriating big |in this village Thursday Howard s"efeyt' ww_o lre_celd\'ed a Ma- H;{;‘;’: }flgcn‘)’:v:rt;.rver:setitn E"y'l Hart- | Harding: assistant stéward, Harriet Bitgood Brothers Confident in Their | In behalf of the society, presented Mrs, ,l,;,mko, f"f’"f'y for not only x:““:l‘““n ‘;\d":,"A;,,,:L.r‘u,;/“:\:“;,:'”.;:rgrg:fi;"v«(‘." e ‘Waters of Vermons Will spend | ford Monday. & S atile haytostare Dicnty’ st uow Strength Buse: $16 in token of appreciation for | Eaak sireet BNt S0 (08 (0o B e | Wodnesday, 2 her Baster vacation with Mr. and Mrs,{ Miss Nellie Leffingwell of Fitchville | A carload of oxen were shipped last - faithful ‘services Tendercd s musical | of curbing K sldew etk I oe: il William W. Wright. §as the gucst Saturday of Mr. and|week and ‘a number of yoke have| One of B. S. Hall's children is seri- e woas praised for so cleverly | also, rescinding action of the Bt | e te woshd. o, agciuiiion. by rs, Albert Ross. changed hands the past week ously fll. ks T B 4 ine | city meeting which appropri ‘ ] i E 2 1 g the pleasing affair a genuine Y oS hadocnryr AN > invitation of the local grange, will Mrs. Julia Lefingwell and Miss Ida | ~ Captain Lord was in Deep River| John A. Cleveland is working for | qisn ©20 (P08 08 LM pegore de- | monies for a”police signal system oo e iy LIBERTY HILL Crapel are both sick; also Mrs. John s " Miss Edith Lefingwell of Williman- with his power boat Wednesday. e o e o sciation | Titee Dl parting, the company, by request, Join- | for Jhe conpletion ke of the Congregational meeting house Elmer Bitgood will put up $500 that | 26", "8 oin - “Praise God from Whom | in Washington street. There was op- Of I8 COPETERCLITA THINENE AEEEH C. E. Social—James M. Clarke's 79th elected officers Monday evening: Pres- | he can lift a greater weight than any . - position to the sidewalk appropriation 5 b ok, Birthday. tle normal school is spending the | jgent, Lee Harding: manamer. Harold | other man in the state, Duane Bitgood | All Blessings Flow. by ex-Mayor Tinker and Frederick S.| By invitation, R Lucian Deury Easter recess with her parents in this | Reynolds; secretary Partch; | can lie down on the floor and get up Noted About the Town. Newcomb, noted for their conserva- | Will cocupy, the puipit of tho Bapts with a bag of sand weighing 375| Israel Palues has taken the contract |tism and thorough knowledge of mat- captain of team, A. ¥ pounds on his back and carry it. for carrying milk for the Providence | ters financial, and whose judgment is day). lace. There was a C. E. social at Mrs, An. |Plae.. ) paimer of Rainbow i . of second team, Fred Slate, i e E:EZ’!#J‘.’:T&’ Tonna Spposits |18 in A ator holitays. —_— Dajry company. | - tertal to- | SOUENE, bY many when business mat- Martin Staubly of Norwich, who was A. Fargo is getting the material ers of finance are concerned. They - 1% Tiones o the Alon Toomis estate, | employed by John Lemngwell, cut his LEDYARD GRISWOLD settir tonnis fow barm - ' | Cultioned Gare n the increase of ken- OAKDALE. - | hand ly Tuesday. — Rev. L. B. Tenney o! and o | e expenses for the conduct of city SRS Pt s e T e L an Home from Yale—Twelve Attend| 5. ;1 A Geer is having a slight | give some calcium light views on mis- | affairs as some time there mus. be a Small Boy Injured by Fall. ook Tuesday. " K LISBON Westerly Fellowship Meeting—Notes | attack of blood poisoning caused by |sion work in the great southwest at|settlement. But what they sald was AV Mr. and Mrs, James M. Clarke, who S| of the Week. cutting his foot last week. the church Tuesday evening, March | wasted on those assembled and cvery- Rev. H. T. Arnold {‘nz Norwich v jed a tenment in the house : Mrs. Louisa Crandall is il with a |29th. thing that the council recommended | preached ~ in ~ the Congergational Beve e e Tor the Dast tew |Miss Holeck Recovering After Surgi-|{ mmmons White, son of Rev. and Mrs. | severe cold. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Stark were guests | went through by an almost unanimous | church Sunday. Jears, are moving into their son’s, J. cal Operation. W. F. White, arrived home from Yale| Mrs. E. A. Geer is enjoying a visit | of friends in Columbia Wednesday. vote. . The C. E, meeting was led by Mre Clarke's house, and will live college on Wednesday, where he will|from her sister, Mrs. Emma Love, of | Fast day services were held at the| The mayor evidently knows from ex- | . F. Comstock, Iloyd Tiffany was Hfi'}""m:n‘ for the future. Walter Cle- Miss Margaretha Hoelck, who was | spend the Easter vacation of one week. | Sterling. . church at the usual hour Friday. perience that in order to improve | organist, . bt a's brother, Cecil, and wife, will |taken to the Backus hospital Satur- Newton Maynard, son of Mr. and C. A. Barstow and Mrs. Palmer of | property, private or public, means the rtle, the young son of Mr. and !:ccln]' ‘the tenment vacated by Mr.|day to undergo a surgical operation, { Mrs. Frank Maynard, who has been South ‘Windham were with friends | expenditure of money, and in that re- | Mrs. A. J. Fox, met with an accldent Py 24 * | is ‘making favorable recovery. quite sick, is improving. GARDNER -LAKE here Sunday. Spect the mayor belleves in conduct- | last Saturday while at play, falling rs. He V. Oehlers of New York J. B. Palmer was in Hartford Tues- | The last of the rehearsals have been - Schools closed Thursday for two|ing the city as he does his private | and striking & small stick which pen- Mrs. Henry V. held for the play to be given by the| Willlam Denison and family of Nor- | weeks' vacation. Studenis of Bacon | business, and the mayor is the largest | etrated his nose. requiring (he serv- est of her parents. Mr. and |day. B S atmes M. Clarke, for two or three Learned has a sawmill on Herman wich called on local relatives Sunday. | academy have a vacation of one week. | property owner, or one of the largest, | ices of & physiclan to extract it, Mr. Clarke passed his 79th | his woodlot which he purchased from Baraca and Philathea club. o Miss Robie Boynton of Palmertown| A number of young people of this|and the biggest taxpayer within the | School Supervisor C. E. Whesler has A prayer ting was held at Mr. o edy rest amd Mrs, Chester Millers by Rev. N.| visited her parents on. Sunda: lace leave the last of this week on a | confimes of the city. He has con- | been visiting schoels in this section bigthoey this o et R Hone Marley of Bt - e ‘of Prest Tuesday oward Gardn d on 1 ~ trip to Washington, D. C. verted almost waste lands into de- | the past week, S I S “/"““y e o s e e o ATt SCRTgSE CSTloN o iendajrisaaurd o o W i, Sirable residential sections and erect- | The contract for shingling the Her daughter. Mrs. Archie C. Smith, iting her daughter, Mrs. G. A. Kenne- Schenectady. arrived home on see her. - Ditiss Bedn Aberg of Taftville, Will- son of William Lillie, ! jam Henderson of Greencville and night called on relatives in Yantic. “Doctor, is it @bsolutely necessary | ed some of the finest tenement houses | church has been let by the repaif com- Frank White of Hebron visited rel- | to operate on me?” no But it is [in the city. So the mayor is at least | mitiee to A. W. Avery of Uneasville, atives here a few days ags customary.”—Toledo Blads censistent and his progressive spirit ' who began work en A Twelve attended the fellowship meet— ing at Westerly Wednesday. Thomas P, Norman has secured the