Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 28, 1913, Page 3

'MARCH 28, 1913 INSURANG=. TAKE A POLICY in the . AETNA ON YOUR. AUTO with J. L. LATHROP & SONS A small amount of money cannot be investeq so well in any other way as in a Policy of Insurance against Loss by Fire. ISAAG S. JONES Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Richards .uilding. 91 Main St RAILROAD WRECKS demonstrate the value of acci- dent insurance. Get a policy in the TRAVELERS’ B. P. LEARNED & CO. Thames Lcan & Trust Co. Building. Agency Established May. 1848 The Office of WM. F. HILL Real Estate and Fire Insurance .18 located In Somers' Block, over C. M. Williams, Roor 9, third fioor. Telephone 147 ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Erown & Perkuns, [ilsmeys-ai-law Over. ¥irst NaL Bank, Sieiuckel si Entrance stalrway next to Thanies Natlona' Gank. Telephone 33-3. To.Ye HAVE YeU A A FRIEND THAT HAS ASTHMA? Recommend AS-MOON. It will at the first relieve and eventually cure ASTHMA in jts most stubborn form. Order through your drusmist. The Moon Pharmacy, 465 Bank St., New London NOTICE Sactfin Street will be closed from Waehington Street to Uncas Street until further motice. E. C. LILLIBRIDGE, Street Commissioner. STAFFORD SPRINGS Scheols to Close Term Today—Fire Warden Appoints His Deputies. of the public schools close to- (Friday) for the spring vacation of two s Congdon of Ingleside Milford, home for tion, is the Parley Patten of V ing a few days in town spring vac: i on is spend- Mrs. Wesley O. troit, Mich., is the Mrs. J. Allen Mix. John W. Larned town fire warden, has selected the following deputies ham, M. W. Leon- . F. H. Plumb, H. | Kel M. F. Da. Hollister of guest of Mr. De- and Preble. Napoleon Pero left Thursday morn- ing for a visit in Philadel =) Mrs. Robert L. Stevens of Man n chester has been spending a few davs with relatives in the borough. Wendell P. Prase of West Stafford | is making preparations to move to | Springfield, Mas: | The Current Events club will meet | Monday evening and has arrangzed an | interesting program as follows: Topic, | Cathedrals, Canterbury, Becket, Chau._ cer, Salisbury, Stonchenge, Chester. The committee consists of Mrs. H. Alden, Mrs. J. A. Mix, Mrs. H. Burwell, Mrs. G. Amidon. The hostesses will be Mrs. J. A. Mix and Mrs. F. G._ San- | ford. Miss Louise Beckwith and Miss | Alanna Mix will sing. New Way Corn Cure, | Gets-It, Quick, Sure!! Never Tried Before?—You'll Marvel How It Makes Corms Vanish, There mever was anything like “GETS-IT" for corns. and there Isn't enything like it mow. It is the corn RECORD SALMON ON EXHIBITION Norwich Public Given First Glimpse of Archibald Mitchell’s Prize Fish—Record Atlantic Salmon For 1912, Weigh- ing 40 1-2 Pounds Awarded Field and Stream Cup. stops and holds the | “Landed.” There is a Jarge photograp.a | of the village of Majapedia, showins A sight whi attention of every passerby, and espe Cially the angier, is that presented by | the famous Restigoushe Salmon club the window of the men's deparim ouse and the junction of the Resti of the Porteous & Mitchell company, | ouche and Metapedia rivers, c \here there is on exhibition a wonder- | conveys some idea of the beautiful ful 40-pound salmon and the scenery that is such a notable featur~ awarded the captor of thi of that locality, It might be ment Arehibald Mitchell, by the Field ond |ed that Matapedia is in the provir Stream Publishing company. The | of Quebéc and directly across ! handsome cup, but recently received | Restigouche river in New Brunswick, the river at this point being the div‘i- in_gline betwcen the two provinces. Taken as a whole it is a most uniqu and attractive window display, and is worth while for everyone interested by Mr. Mitchell, was offered for the largest Atlantic salmon taken on the fiy_during the 1912 season. 5 The dominant figure in the display is naturally the prize fish, which has been very artistically mounted by |in angling to see this exhibit. Th Crosby of Bangor, Me., a noted taxi- | Glsplay will remain during the celer dermist. This record salmon was | bration which the Porteous & Mitchel company is holding to commemorate 1ts 40th anniversary and which ends on Saturd: April 5th. CHARLIE CROKER TWIRLS AGAINST WEST POINT killed by Mr. Mitchell on his fishing preserve on the Restigouche river, New Brunswick, on Jume 28 of last year. It weighed 40 1-2 pounds. Its Former N. F. 4. Pitcher Scores Win. ning Run—His First Year With Col- lege Nine. Charlie Croker, the former N. F. A star twirler, pitched the last three in- nings for Colgate inst West Point on Wednesday, winning his game by the score of 3 to 2. “Chas” struck ou: two and made one hit and scored th- winnmg run. Croker has been working hard this spring and is traveling in great styie He 15 one of the regular varsity twirl- ers in spite of the ract that this is his first year with Colgate. SUFFIELD'S ROSY OUTLOOK. Coach Elated Over Material for the 1913 Baseball Team. After the exercises at _the Connecticut ary institute at field the morning, Principal Truesdell called on Coach Leonard to say a few words on the baseball situation at the school. Mr. Leonard salq that the institute has botter pros- pects than it had even last year, when the school turned out a winning team. He also said that in Moward Martin and E. Kenncy Potter the school ha: the best captain and n spectively of any school in th: Following this Caj a ghort address ir that the team would have new suit and that this of course costs mon Manager Potter then made an appeal for financial port of the basebail 21 | team and | schedule for in the nex: oped to have the completed with- fow qays. This includes at least one home zame every week and in geveral cases two. Principal Trues- | dell askea the s for pledges and | nearly $300 was promised. Coach Leonard was in charge of the N F. A. squad last year. Collins and Monty Matched. Thursday evening Jack Monty of this city and Youngz Collins of Wili- mantic were matched to box at Baitl April ® for a side bet.of $50. Monty says he can eat Collins alive, but is going to train hard he same, s that failure to win wilt not be through poor condition. Jack savs the side RESaa 2] | bet seem: Jike finding 50 bonex and he ha will receive d which bans MR. MITCHELL’S RECORD SALMON | length was 48 1-2 inches and girth 25 ants Win from New Orleans. Gardner Wins in Billiard Tournament. Philadel L. W, Gardner o . defeated the fish and cup, the fly on which the prize fish was taken is shown, together with some of the tackle used in sal- mon fishing. The attractiveness of the display is still further enhanced by = | Dr. Walter e ser of Phil- number of other things susgestive of | adelphia i game of the salmon fishing, among which are thc | champlonshiy urnament of two famous paintings by Brackett en- | the National Acs of Ameteur titled “The Leaping Salmon” anl| Billiard Players. The score was 400 STOCK LIST HEAVY. | Market Depressed by Indication of eavy Losses by Floods. | New York, March 27.—Speculative | operations were on a small scale today and the stock market was heavy: and spiritless. Rather exten covering on the rise earlior in the week appar- ently had weakened the technical jo- sition of the market and prices drop- ped. The market also felt the lack of the sturdy support from abroad on the previous two days when large pur- chases were made here for foreign s count. London took some stocks here today, but its operations were on a | reduced scale. { While it was tmpossible to form any | - clear idea as to the extent of property loss in the floods reports of the enor- | N ¥ Norfoile & Westorn. .. mous amounts involved contributed largely to the heaviness of the list. | Interruption of railroad traflic and | destruction of industrial plants gested the necessity of heavy expendi- tures for replacement with the pos- | #ibility that securities will be realized for money reguirements. There was some speculation, also, as to the ef on the money market, it being expect- | ed that interior banks will draw down their New York balances to meet needs at home. Some bear selling was un- dertaken on the strength of the flood Teports, the effect of which was most Do, 5 Slaes Shed S0°% i outhern Pactic Southern R pronounced among the railroad Stocks. | 1y peniee Copper Final changes showed losses of about & Tilon, Factic 2 point for Reading, Union Pacifl Paul, New York Central, Steel, ing and other important issues. Some | new low prices were made during the day. Rumely slumped & 1-2 to 41 and Do. ot = tea States Healty Blases! Yowve No Busimess Haviug Corns—Use “GETS-IT,” They’ll Vanish! cure on a mew principle. Put it on any corn In two seoonds: it stops n, “the corn begins to shrivel and isappears. It never falls. . Stmplest thing you ever saw. No rfissy ban- dages, “no greasy salves to turn healthy flesh “pecly” and raw, no plas- tors that make corns bulge out. Your corns won't pull and hurt ‘way up to your heart. lLay aside your knifs and razor. No more digging and tusging and wincing. no more bleeding, no more danger of blood poison. “GETS- I ‘never hurts healthy flesh: It is sate ‘painless, quick, simple, sure. For Warts, callouses and bunions, t0o. “GETS-IT" s sold at all druggists' at 25 cents a bottle. or sent on receipt of price by E. Lawrence & Co.. Chi- \ 1llinois two points to 119 1-2, its low figure since 1907. Bonds were irregular, with some ac- Do. prd ., 1 tive issues showing considerable heav Western Maryland 40% iness. Total sales, par value, 31200, P Lo o 3 Wheeting & L. z Tnited States bonds were unchanged | Twil sies 57.30 sharcs. 5 on call g —t COTTON. o 8TOCKS New York, March 27.—Cotton B closed quiet’ middling uplands, 1 ) P middling gulf, 12.95; sales 1700 bales. =y Futures closed barely stead 1800 Dwo. 3 March, 1. ; April, 12.10; May, ILSEY' June, 11.88; July, 11.86; August, 11.75; September, 11.48; October, 11.44; De- cember, 11.46; January, 11.41. MONEY. New York! March 27.—Money on call steady, 3 1-2 a £ 1-2 per cent.; ruling rate 4 1-2, last,loan 4, closing bid 3 3-4, offered at 4, Time loans easier; sixty and ninety days 5 5 1-2 per cent six months a5 1-4 5 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Open. High. v w0 [ 2 s5% s9% s 3% 5% 5% inches. Tt is a splendid specimen and is the largest salmon ever taken by | _New Orleans reh 27—The New Mr. Mitchell in his many years of| York Nationals today defeated the New | angling. Orleans Southern league baseball team The prize cup is beautiful piece of [by 8 score of § to Tesreau and handiwork. It bears this inscription | Goulait pitched for . the Nationals. on the face, “Record Atlantic Salmon, | Brenton and Stout were in the box for caught season 1912, weight 40 1-2 Ibs., | New Oriezns. New York got nine hits won by Archibald Mitchell” On lh:-lu}h!_xn\\' « five. The New York reverse side is inseribed “Field and | Nationals left for lobile, Ala, to- Stream. Record Cup.” In addition to | night. % | the second | in to 993 Gardner kad a higa Tun of 86 and an average of 11.26-34. Df- fonheimer's high Tun' wes 59 and his | average & S1-33. 4 i J. &, Cope Morton Philadelphla, won thio night game from Percy -Collins of Chicago, 400 to 376. Morton’s high Tun wasg45 end his average 5 55-69. Collins had a. high run of forty and an aversge of & 83-69. Baseball Results Thursday. At Baltimore. Mr. St. Joseph’s col- lege 7, Holy Cross 1 (6 innings). Washington, March 27.—Washington Americans-Georgetown, wet grounds. WILLIMANTIC Pinochle and Pool. | The pinochle and pool 'tournament | contest between the Thread City Cy- clers ang the Willimantic Fire com- panies Thursday evening took place in the Cycler's club room. In the pino- | chle contest Latham and Chaffee for | the Hill Tops scored 3 and Meldin and {Lyman of the Cyclers 2. Johnson and Ashton of the Hilltops scored- 3 and { Wood and Kelley of the Cyclers 2. Martin and_Hills of the Alerts scored three and Jacobs and Perkins of-the Excelsiors 2. Beebee and: Keinker of the Excelsiors scored 3 and Mustard |and Comins of the Alerts 2. In the pool contest French of the Alerts Scored 50 and Powell o fthe Excelsiors 37. Russ of the Alerts scored 50 and Taylor of the Excelsiors 23. Dondero of the Cyclers scored 50 and St. John of the Hilltops 21. Wood of the Cy- clers scored 50 and Moran of the Hill: tops 32. Spanish War Vets’ Carnival. A. C. Tyler camp, No. 8 Spanish War Veterans opened their three {mights nickel carnival in town hall Thursday evening. The proceeds will | be used for furnishing their quarters at the armory. Mayor Dunn made a | stirring opening address in which he | referred to the patriotism of the | Spanish War Veterans and the worth- | iness of the cause for which the car- {nival is being held. Helmold's or- chestra furnished music for dancing. Inter-City Bowling. ‘Wednesday evening's scores in the Inter-City Bowling League tourna- ment was as follows: Jordan Hard- | ware, 1185; American Thread Co., 951; | Cyelers, 99s; Never Wins, 930. ‘ COLCHESTER | Boys’ Club Holds Second Annual Ban- | quet—Interesting Reports Read— i Speakers of the Evening. the Colchester Boys’' club Wed- | At nesday evening its second annual ban- quct was held. Tabies were set for 60, fncluding members and. suests. JProf. R. A. Moore, the president of the di- réclors o fthe club, acted as toast- master, Hon. Hamilion Wallis, treas- | urer of the club was the first speaker !and he impressed upon the boys the | ok that Dr. Cragin was dofng hero | for the bovs of Colchesters that he was {once a here with the opportuni | ties have and that now he | is a doo: New York city. Ever. | Doy ner. st the chances tha | he hels nd it is up to each | {boy to ard and success will come to_him. Rev. H. A. Blake, the next speaker, put the bovs in good humor with a few stories that all boys like. speak- ing of the good work that the club was here and wound up by having the hovs give three cheers for the director of the club which were given | with a will. Among the guests were a number of | former members of the club now at j college who told of some of the things | that the club hag done for them. Th were Edward Carrier of Middlebury Vi. college, Edwird Kelley of Holy Cross college, James Case of Storrs Agricultural college. The banquet was brought to a close by a vote of to the ladies who served the The following reports were read | nl by the rmen of the different com- mittees: cre sury: Total en- | ren dues collected e September, November, 155 Feb- | ember, 0 | $1.8 total, $19.10. | retary gvmnasium: An ex. | { hibition was held on March 21, 1913 al windup of the work of | months. Four basketball | ved resulting as | 14, March Boys' 21, 12, A club of old- ecretary of ind er boys was formed about Jan. Ist with a member 2 together | five meeiings we | Scouts have an have held 6 mecting: been held the iongest being to Gardner's Lake| The Story club had an enrollment of and hel: three | meetings. The Manual Training o i 41 _enrolled, lessons were hibition of work was held he on given, ¥ cal club has been formed who have started out with a telegraph line | connected between two rooms in -the club. | Secretary of the interior: Game con- | sts in plng pone, checkers and 4 ball pool have been run for the younger and older bovs, maszazines have been given the club which have been put in the reading room. Thres hound books were given the club by Mr. H. | Irving Hancock of Philadelphia, who | formerly liveq here Secretary of soctal affatrs: Begin- ning with the crgenization of the club for older boys there were started a serles of soclals and practical talks which consisted of the followlng: Feb. 12th & Lincoln social with E. T. Bun- van as the speaker, some of the fel- lows giving incidents in the life of Lincoln. Feb. 26th, a social run by the Washington party with Rev. FL A. Blake as the epeaker using for his sibject the first part of his bicycle trip in Europe. Following these two | events there was printed a card bear {Ing a list of good things coming for March and part of April, the first two | illustrated lectures were held at Ba- | con_Academy and were very well at- | tended by the members of the club. They were on the Philippine lslands and the Mississippi valley and south- | ern states, March 13th Mr. Blake gave part_of his bicycie trip Furope. On the 21st was held the | gymnastic exhibition with a very good attendance considering the weather. On' the 26th came the second annual banquet, March 29th, comes a kite fiying contest. Campers’ night comes on the 2nd of April On the $th of * HAMBURG-A (PLYMOUTH) Assuring Arrival CINCINNATI CLEVELAND CINCINNATI CLEVELAND S-AMERICAN LINE LONDON, PARIS @& HAMBURG (BOLOGNE) ON 17,000 TON STEAMSHIPS HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE 607 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. in Paris by Day June 7 June 24 July 12 July 29 OR LOCAL AGENTS. JEWETT CITY i Death of James O. Sweet, Prominent Resident—Represented Town Legislature of 1876—Whist Series Won by Borough Players—Baptists to Call a Pastor. James O. Sweet, one of Jewett City's most prominent townsmen, died at his home In Sylvandale, Lisbon, Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock| Mr. Sweet | has been in falling health for years, but has been able to drive out guring the week. Wednesday he fell into a stupor, from which he did not raily. Mr. Sweet was born in North King- ston R. I May 7 1831 the son of Eliza Green and Constant Sweet. He was educated in the schools of his native town ang later at Wickford Academy, and taught school for some time. He first engaged in business for himself in Latayeite, R. L In 1858 he came to Jewett City and bought of George ¥. Howard the business of the Ash- land Cotton Co.'s store, which he con- ducted until 1864, when he entered the employ of the Ashland Cotton Co. as bookkeeper, still conducting the bus- iness of the store. For fourteen years he was bookkeeper and selling agent. Ten years he was super’atendent and bookkeeper and selllng agent and 25 years treasurer and general manager. June 8, 1909 he resigned, but re- mained as a director as long as he Tived. iness was wisely conducted the mills only being idle a short time and that | was In consequence of hard times, He was widely known throughout New England and was recognized as one of its most successful manufacturers. Mr. Sweet was so capable a man that he was tendered many town of- fices. -He was treasurer of the town of Griswold for 14 years and served on the board of education for several vears. He represented the town at legislature as its republican represep- tative in 1876. In 1900 he was elected warden of the borough of Jewett City and served a term of two years with great suc- cess. When the Jewett City Savings bank was_incorporated June 11, 1 he was elected vice president. Ju 11, 1901, ‘he was elected president and | continued in that office up to the time of his death. e was a regular attendant of the Congregational church, always help- ing to adyance the welfare of the | church and was chairman of the Kc- clesiastical soclety’s committee for many years. He was a member of Mt. Vernon lodge, 75, F. and A M. and of Rellance lodge, No. 29, I. O, F. He was also a member of the | National Manufacturers' association. Afr. Svieet married, Jan. 1, 1862, Bi- len M. Cole, ago. e is survived by four daugh- ters, Mrs. A. N. H. Vaughn of wich, Mrs. John J. Crawfora of New York, Mrs, Edward A. Faust and Mrs. F. D, Ballou of Jewett City. There are five grandchildren, Pdward, Harold | and Ellen Ballou, David and Ruth Bal- | lou. It is with the sincerest sorrow that residents of this town, young and old, think of missing Mr. Sweet's pres- ence on the stree He was most cordial in his greetings, always Denev- | olent and a man held'in the highest | esteem. S Honored Livingstone and Fanny Cro: by. The Woman's Home Misslonary so- ciety of the Congregational church met with Mrs. K. F. Burleson on Tuesday with the president, Mrs. Taust, pre siding. At the close of the opening exercises there was a very. interesting programme by Mrs. Gane and Mrs, Geer. Hymns had been selected in memory of Fanny Crosby, whose 93rd birthday has just passed. gramme was in charge of the chairman | of the committee, Mrs. Gane. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA The pro- During all these years the bus- | wWho dled several vears | The pro- | gram committee for the April meeting is Mrs. J. C. Hawkins and Mrs. M. L. Grant. Jewett City Won. The last in the serles of the six games of whist played by the Holy Name societles of Jewett City, Greene- ville and Plainfleld was played in Jew- ett City Tuesday night. Jewett City won with a score of 68 to 64. Jeweit City players were Louis Masse and Velo Sharkey 25, John F. Hennon and | William Burns 20, Octave Masse and Wilfred Generus 16, T. J. Driscoll and T. E. Shea 7. The final score was, | Jewett City 239, Greeneville 260, and | Plainfield 358, Jéwett City winning the series. Jewett City now intends to challenge the Moosip Holy Name so- | ciety. EIGHT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. At 29th Birthday Dinner for Josoph Geist. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Geist gave a dinner party of fourteen covers Thurs- | day in honor of Mr. Geist’s father, | Joseph Geist’s eighty-ninth birthday. Besides the family there were Mrs. | i Hattie Bailey Mrs. H. C. Jeffers and | three children, and Mrs. Harry Fitch and five children, all of Lisbon. One grandchild, Frank Geist, was not able to be present, but the eight great- grandchildren were all there. A Dangerous Fire. Duncan McKay had a near call td| | losing his house Thursday. The chim- ney caught fire, the flames. streaming | |two feet in the air. The men in the | Geist family and J. B. Palmer, who was passing, assisted in subduing the | flames. At one time it looked as if | the house would take fire in spite of their efforts. i Thursday’s Storm. A bad rain storm and high winds |raged all day Thursday in town. Part | of the Toof over the passageway lead- | ing from the office to the storehouse at | At dam was 324 inches since 1 5.30 the inches, o'elock. Aspinook was blown off. | water over the |a rise of three | This is not higher than usual at this | time of the year. Last year the high- | est rise was 51 inches. | Remembered by Old Soldiers. | Griswold townspeople were interest- led to reaq of the death of Stephen Parker in North Franklin. Mr. Park- ler lived in Jewett City in his younger days. His _wife was an aunt of the late Mrs. H. F. Cheney and a sister of the late Mrs. Edward Cook. The 0ld soldiers in the town knew him well The Baptist church voted Wednes- | Important to all Women Reuders of this Paper Thousands upon thousands of women have kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to | be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladded disease If the kidneys are not in condition, they may | organs to become You may suffe: deal with {pain in the Lack, bearing-down feei- ings, headache und loss of ambition Poor health makes you nervous, ir- | ritable and may be despondent: it | makes any one so. 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Women’s and Misses’ Spring S $15.00 to $45.00 NEW SEPARATE COATS, DRESSES A A variety so broad and varied that no matter what your idea of a becoming Spring Su may be, you are sure of finding it here. uits WAISTS HAVE JUST BEEN {he RECEIVED. s 121-125 Main St. “Where Shopping is a Pleasure” Zationa in the vestry a.m, 2 to4 Babies! | Soon they will be big irls, and their faces and g be only a memory. Bring the babies and w catch their smiles. LAIGHTON THE PHOTOGRAPHER Oppostte Norwich Savings Socie: p. day evening to extend a call to Rev. | Mr. Bpidel of N ;The Ladies' society church Low water pressure, m. meets WAUREG o HERE Sastern C anhalfin vton Cent 3 - e Special Dis March Music by : 0 ! AN EOT ARKER-DAVENPOR April some views on an interesting subject will be shown With a mirror- scobe. Stop Experimenting with “‘so-called” hair destroyers. The time thus wasted only serves to make the undesir- able hairs take firmer root. 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