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‘What Is fioing On ffcl;llfi!' W tonma e 11 A0 T .y al reet 2 : José Couneil, No. 14, K. of C. bp‘n House Block. _ s :,'x':i‘ \Eiy Fenit, No. 33, K. ot A N iimantis. Councll, No. 728, R. A. ending” May 23;« divided as follows: 4, totalled Police e L TR ment, $146.58; street B‘%‘.uu%:::fchfldl? sl M 108 B' i ; ,oiling streets, $17.38; con- G strueting sew« $12,00;. mflt‘fin. ¥ sewers, $12.00;; waterworks, $101.89; CLEAN-UP WEEK PRIZES. sidewalk construction, $12.00 oA S ey Awarded - Monday—Money Offered by Mayor Dunn Distributed to Children —=St Joseph School Leads, The school committee of the Willi- mantic Civic Society’s general com- mittée on” Clean-up week disuibuted Monday to the children the prizes of- fered by Mayor Daniel F. Dunn for the best work done in the campaign ton, was a recent guest Mrs. C. B. Willard road. Mr. Tefft has been a resident in the west for the past 18 years. Guest From Spokane.. Allen C. Tefft of Spokane, Washipg- of his aunt, of Windbam BOY DROWNED, " Dwight Madisort Church; 76, and ‘an 31 'W Main street at midnignt Sun: 08y Tollawing s iack. (OF cercbral spent in many different places in this Timothy Leary of Hartford was a visitor uytnt home of his parents on was in this city Sunday the guest of friends. day. in T, Hills of S John Fitzgerald spent Su at the and neighboring states, although.most of his married life was pn'.:ln this city. In 1863 he was superintendent .| of the Plant Belt Works in New Ha- Ven, and later. was employed by the Winchester Arms Company, help! to perfect -the well known rifle of that name. More than a hundred patents stand in his name in the patent office at Washington, the better known of which are a ready wound bobbin for sewing- machine shuttles and one for throwing switches from a moving en- gine, which is now in use on a rail- way in the state of Michigan. f ~ Mr. Church was born in Mansfield, gfn‘:tii 29, (él.'fl, Lhecfion of Henry and eline (Storrs) urch. He is sur- vived by his wife. Hannah A. Church, | Loomis of Hast Hartford spent Sun- to whom he had been married. over |day at Lake Wangambaug. 53 years, one daughter, Mrs. Le Btta Miss Jane Griswold, stenographer Hoxie, a granddaughter, Ruth Hoxie, | for Dr. L. J. Mason, I8 spending a few and an adopted sister, Miss A. Church | days at her home in Deep River. of Chaplin. Mr. and Mrs, Cariton Pollard and children are at- Mr. Pollard’s parents’ home in Mansfleld for a few days. Miss Carrie Moses of New Britain was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Moses of Coventry Road over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vinton enter- taineq Mr. add Mrs. E. G. Stevens at their fine new home In Eagleville, Sunday, Miss Marguerite Coller was the guest of Miss Alice Murphy at Mt St. Joseph’s seminary in Hartford over Sunday. Mrs, Sarah Johmson and daughter, Miss Isabel Johnson are in Hartford to attend the funeral of George King, .Ja relative, Mrs. Fred Loomis of East Hart- ford entertained her mother, Mrs. J. H. Buhhill of Chestnut Hill at her her bungalow at Coventry lake. Mr. J. Peterson and daughter, Miss Ida Peterson, of Norwich, formerly of this city, called on friends here on Saturday on their way to Hartford, where they spent Sunday with Miss Judith Peterson. STONINGTON Williams-Lanphere Marriage —| Institute Today—Prizes for Collect- ing Caterpillar Nests Announced. Saturday evening at 6 o'clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse J. Main on Dwight street, Mies Susan Ellen, Lanphere and Harold Jones Willlams were united in mariage by Rey. G. B. Marston, of the First Bap- u:i church. The wedding march was played by Miss Edna Williams of Norwich, a sister of the groom. The bride was gowned in moleskin serge and carried white roses. She was at- tended as matron of honor by Mrs. Jesse Main, who wore blue silk and carried pink roses. Edwin Street of Norwich was best man. ceremony a reception was heild and re- freshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Williams left for a trip to Providence and on their return will make their home in the borough. Many valu- able gifts were received by the bride. Gave Special Programme The pupils of grade seven of the borough school taught by Miss Eliz- abeth Bradley gave the following pro- gramme Friday in Assembly hall: Hymn, Heavenly Father, Hear Our Cry; reading, “The miege of Stoning- ton,” by nineteen pupils; song, Early Spring; solo “Thine Own” Ella Rob- inson; song “On the Sea;” Flag Sa- lute; America, by school. Improving Streets. The street commissioners are still busy improving the streets. Work is in progress on Ash and Diving streets and north of Water and Broad streets. Track supervisor M, J H.iggins of the Providence division has given direc- tions for keeping in" order Mathews park and the station grounds. Charles Staplin of Newport has re- turned after a visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilkinson are visiting in Fall River. Mrs. Martha Lucas and Miss Rosalie Luct of Corning, N. Y, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James Gilmour of Providence spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Gilmour. Following is.the programme of the Bible school institute to be held in the Baptist church this (Tuesday) after- noon and evening: First lesson in Auditorium at 4 p. m. Address, Childhood's Needs, Miss Annie F. Weeks, Springfield, Ma ad- dress, Youth’s Awakening, Rev. Lou Koehler, Hartford; address Manhood Opportunities, Rev. C. A. Boyd, Hart- ford. Second lesson in church parlors, 6 m. Symposium under direction of l l g Edward Lamarine Went in Boat Although Forbidden to Go Near Water, $ 3 Bdward Lamarine, the eleven-: old son of Mrs. Thomas Edwin Wood of 53 Beellevue street, lost his life by drowning in the upper pond at Scot- land, Monday afternoon, -about 1 o'- clock. He had been forbidden to Eo near the pond, but slipped away be- tween school sessionss, and went to - pond with another boy. Here he found a boat, which he got into and started to paddle about. The boat leaked, and when the voung fellow saw the wa- ter coming in, he became frightened, and jumped out of the boat. Neither he nor the lad with him could swim, 23 that the fatality could not be avert- for ecleaner city. There was a first| prize of $2.50 in gold for each of the five grammar schools, a second prize of one dollar, and a school prize of $2.50 for the school whose pupils turn- ed_in the largest aggregate number of pledge-cards. The method of com- putation of the was based on the signature by property owners or tenants of cards bearing the name of a pupil in the public schools, who so- licited their help. Each signer has as- sisted in the campaign by doing work upon. his or her premises, St. Joseph’s school won the prize for the best aggregate with 333 votes or home of his mother, Mrs. Fitz- gerald of Rockville. . 3 Mrs. Michael Grady, Miss F. French and Master Francis Grady spent Sat- urday in Hartford» ~ A. W. Buchanan was in Norwich on Saturday on business for the State Board of Education. > Mr.-and Mrs. A. J. Bantam of Wor- cester are at the home of N. A. Gil- man for a short stay. Miss Margaret Walsh of Hartford is entertaining Miss Barbara Mori- arity‘for a few days. N Fred Loomis and Master Lestar cards. % The individual winners flwere: SlL Joweph’s, Willlam Healey, first; Mil- @red Kelly, second; St, Mary’s, Gret- chen Veglard, first Alvert Paulhus, second; Natchaug school, Olive Tay- Ior, first; Dorls Bradway, second; The Oaks, Peter Morin, first; Lillian War- ner, second; Windham St., William Barbaur, first; Leo Lamoureux, second The work of the children in the campaign was of inestimable value to_the committee, and the generosity Mayor Dunn made it possible for a mgbta;fla.\ appreciation of their efforts to shown. The committee thanked all the children who took part in the campaign and acknowledged their gratitude for the splendid work per- REMOVAL ¥ have removed my business from 48 Jackson Place to 521 Jackson Street, where I will pay the highest market prices for Cattle, Poultry, Veal, etc. Send postal card. Telephone con- Reoction. HYMAN CHASEN. Willimantic, Ct. Auto Truck Moving LONG DISTANCE WCRK 1> A SPECIALTY Address P. A. WEEKS, or phone 850-2, 838-12 or 254-6, Willimantio, Ct. DR. F. C. JACKSON, Dentist Painless Extracting and Filling a Specialty 752 Main sh':“zkp;on.' Willimantio JAY M. SHEPARD Bucceeding Elmore & Shepard Funeral Director andEmbalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic i.ady Assistant Tel. connection Bears the Signature of Delibero’s Case Continueds.: The case against Joseph Delibéro, arrested in Putnam Sunday and. brought to this 'city by Chief E." H. Richmond to answer to, the charge of assaulting Leon Fillippeno with' in- tent to kill, ‘was continued Monday morning for twenty-four hours, to permit the prosecuting attorney time to get the witnesses summoned. Bonds were set at five hundred dol- lars by Judge Shea. = — Mrs, John Griggs. Florence, wife of John Griggs of Hofliston Mass., died at her home- Sat- urday. Both Mr. and Mrs. Griges ‘were well known here, as they resided at Pleasant Valley for years. The deceased is survived by her husband and eight children. The body will be brought to this city for burial. o - o In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NCW YORK CITY. pren s sno e e e e ) Mrs, Mary Clemens. Mrs. Mary Clemens, a former resi- dent ,of Willimantic, died Sunday at her home in Hartford. She is sur- vived by a brother, Thomas Lawler of Hartford. The burial will be in St Joseph's cemetery in this city. i FUNERAL. Mre, Hollis A. Snow. The ‘funeral of Samantha L., widow of Hollis A. Snow, was held Monday Prayers were offered at the home of Mrs. James Healey in Chaplin at 11 in the morning, and at 2 in the after- noon services were held at the home of Leander Snow in Eastford. Rev. J. B. King of Eastford officlated. The bearers were lLeander, George, New- ton and “Edwin, sons of the deceased. Burial was in the Grove cemetery, Eastford. Funeral Director Jay M. Shepard was in charge. —_— Many Caterpillar Webs, In spite of the good work done Dby the school children this spring in egg-mass contests, there are yet many caterpillar webs in this vicinity. Along the road “to Chaplin through North Windham, the trees and shub- bery on both sides of the road are well covered with the pests, whose ravages will be more apparent later on in the season. SOLD TOBACCO TO GIRL For Breaking the Law Isador Heller Pays $1 and Costs. Isador Heller, who was before the police court Monday morning charged with selling tobacco to a minor con- trary to law, pleaded guilty to the charge. Heller told the court he knew it was against the law to sell tobacco to boys, but thought it was all right to sell it to girls. He said the father of Alice Lambert, 8 years old, to whom he sold the package, had told him that if she came after tobac- co, it was for him, and to give it to the hose house back ten feet from its| grand lodge session in New Haven. present site. The land was given by Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Higgins wer Frank Fields. He also gives a drive- | in Norwich Monday to attend the fu way on the north side and room to turn | nergl of Mrs. Higgins' sister, Mrs. Ed ;’2‘0«;‘“ rear at an estimated cost of | ward Woodworth: Cradle Roll Meeting. The cradle roll of the Congregation- al church 18 to hold its annuai party in the church pariofs Thursday after- noon. Miss Helen Atwood of Waure- gan is tc speak to the churdren; there is to be an entertainment programme and supper. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Shea of Lis- bon have as their guest their daughter, Mr;A W. J. Connors, of Hempstead, L. L Miss Alice Johnson went Monday to her home in South Manchester for a week’s vacation. Her .place as tele- graph operator at the N. Y., N. H. and Hartford station is filled by Claude A. Morris. Road Contract Awarded. The contract ~for constructing a state highway from Newent church te the Ames cemetery in Lisbon has been given to F. H. Gilbert of Jewett City. The . cost of the road will be about $1%,000, and it will be of native crush- Mrs. M. Colvin, Mrs. M. Irons, Mr. and Mrs. .N. H. Hervey, Mrs. Frank Geist of Providence, Miss Marian Jer- | vis of Taftville spent the week end ;v“itlh Misses Mary and Georgine Camp- ' Misses Laura Fontaine, Lena Sa- broskie and Alvina Allard of Norwich were Sunday guests at Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Murtha’s. Misses Etta Garand and Antoinette Dion_of Willimantic and Misses Ora and Bernadette Garand of Jewett City visited at J. B. Garand’'s at Pachaug Sunday. . Don’t fail to see the new special me- morial wreaths on exhibition in J. A. ‘Hourigan's window. ™Made at Jewett City greenhouses, $1.50 and $2.25. Flat bouquets, $1. Order at Hourigan’s or at freenhoules.—nd\', rs. T. A. Rioux of Jewett City and Mrs. Joseph Tetreault of Moosup went to Waterbury Monday to visit their sister, Mrs. George Labonne. Misses Annie and lLizzie McManus of Norwich were guests Sunday of Miss Maria Fogarty. Attended Grand Lodge. Harry Davis attended the 1. O. O. F.l Coughed for Three Years. “I am a lover of your godsend to humanity and science. Your medicine, Dr..King’s New Discovery, cure cough of three years’' standin; Jennie Flemming of New Dover, Ohio. Have you any annoying cough? Is it stubborn and won’t yield to treatment? Get a 60c bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery today, What it did for Jen- nie Flemming it will do for you, no matter how stubborn or chromic a cough may be. It stops a cough and stops throat and lung trouble. Relief or money back. 50c and $1, at your druggist. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for pimples. Company Uses Local Range. On account of the fiooding of the range at Kensington, Co- G of Man- Chester of the First Regiment, C. N. G., held their annual fleld day on the local rifle range, which was used by Co. L Saturday. Co. G arrived in a special car attached to the 9.37 ‘train Monday and marched to the field, where a programme similar to that of Co. L was carried out. The rifle range ‘here is sald by experts to be one of the best in the state. Manchester ' iss Dorothy Gilli- guests of Mr. “their r. Downing ar gan of Danielson w and Mrs. John _Fitzgerald at home on Main street Monday. Indigestion? Can’t Eat? No Appetite? A treatment of Electric Bitters in- creases your appetite;. stops indiges- tion; you can eat everything. ‘A real spring tonic for liver;~kidney und stomach troubles. Cleanses your whole system and you feel fine. Electric Bit- ters did more for Mr. T. D. Peebie’ stomach troubles than any medicine he ever tried. Get a bottle today. Bée and $1 at your druggist. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for eczema. Murray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, CONN. Hammock Time Is Here The Summer porch or cosy corner is not complete without a hammock. We have an exceptionally good line this season. "Woven Hammocks in pretty color combination, prices range from $1.00 and up to $4.89. Couch Hammocks with chain suspension, made with wind shields, woven wire spring and -tubular iron frame. $5.89, $8.00 and $10.00. With box spring $12.50. Separate iron frame $4.00. Separate awn- ing $6.00. WINDOW SHADES It is a good plan to get ahead of the flies, Spring bugs and in- sects. best way is not to let them get into the hoiise .and then will not be annoyed with them or worried in trying to get them out. 18x83 Window Screens......20c each|28x37 Window Screens......38¢c each $4x33 Window Screens......25¢ each|Adjustable Window Screens 40c each Screen DOOTS ..eceeveew $1.50 and $1.76 THE H. C. MURRAY CO. After the HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER 62 Church St, Willimantio, Ct. Telephone Lady Assistant Rev, William 8. Beard Host to Min- isters. Rev. William S. Beard, pastor of the First Congregational church of this city, entertained a party of ministers from Hartford and veinity at the Windham Inn Monday evening. One of Challengers famous dinners was served and a pleasant social time en- Jjoyed. . Those present were: Rev. R. H. Pot- ter, D. D, and wife, Rev. Mr. Dunlop, Rev. Irving H. Berg and Rev. I Stan- ley Voorhees of Hartford, Rev. Quincy Blakely and wife of Farmington, Rev. Ernest L. Winsner of Bristol, Rev. C. P. Croft of Weatogue, Rev. R. A. Dun- lap of Windsor Locks, Rev. C. M. Calderwood of Manchester and Rev. M, R. Plumb and wife of Windham, Personals, Mrs, H. A. Cook 'spent Saturday in Norwich. J. P. Brown is in New York business. Mrs. Pauline Wood Royce, of New Haven, was the guest of her parents Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey gives to the aged the vigor of e ot et restorative . Noyes. on When Coffee Gets You— The experience will be like that of thousands who have ignored the fact that coffee contains a habit-form- ing drug, caffeine—about 222 grains to the ordinary cup. Some say, “Coffee don’t hurt me,” and seem to get on with it for a time. But there are few persons who can use coffee as a routine daily beverage and not some- time feel its effects—headache, nervousness, indiges- tion, biliousness, sleeplessness, heart trouble, or some other discomfort. . Thousands have found relief POSTUM A delicious table beverage made ‘only from whole wheat and a small per cent of molasses, POSTUM con- tains the nourishment of the grain, including the essen- tial mineral salts (phosphate of potash, etc.), but.is gositively free from the drug, caffeine, or-any other armful substance. : Posturh now comes in two forms: . Regular Postum—must be well boiled—15c¢ and 25¢ pkgs. ' Instant Postum—a soluble foriln—requires no boil- ing—30c and 50c fins. SRR i L The cost per cup of both kinds is about: the same. —the number is steadily growing—and “There’s a " & the supper hour, the general subject being Our Young People. Third lesson in auditorium at 7.30 p. m.. Addresses by Rev. A. B. Todd of Torrington and Rev. H. B. Sloat of Waterbury. The chairman of the institute will be Rev. A. B. Coats of Hartford. The chorister will be Rev. W. F. Newton, state colporteur. Mr. Newton will also be in charge of the Bible school ex- hibit in the lecture room. * The speakers are specialists in Bible school work. Prizes Awarded. Dr. Little addressed the Boy Scouts at their rooms here Friday night his subject being First Aild to the Injured. The prizes offered recently for the boys obtaining the largest number of tent caterpillar nests in their campaign were given at the mesting, Billings Fairbrother first Lorenzo Fair- brother second; Thomas McCormick, third and Charles Palmer fourth. Several pecks of the young caterpillars were destroyed. To Open Clubhouse in June. The opening for the season of the ‘Wadawanuck club will be about the middle of June. Workmen are busy with the improvements. Foundations are being put under the ?ub house and other work is being one. Mrs. Joseph Adams has returned from Providence. Mrs. James Carson will entertain the members ‘of the A. D. Whist club this (Tuesday) evening. Judge Prior and John Gallup of Moosup have been at their summer homes here arranging them for the season. late Garden Seeds kind of seeds you plant COME AND SEE US. We have the best money can buy. Our Seed Potatoes bhave arrived direct from Aroostoock 'County, Maine. Early and late varieties. surpius and Prolits §160,000 Established 1832 “Uspital $160,600. JEWETT CITY Hose House to Be Moved Back—Land Given' by Frank Fislde—Miss At- ‘wood to Address Cradle Relk . At a meeting of the freemen -held Manday evening s it was voted to move ‘Reason” Grocers everywhere sell POSTUM. THE WINDHAM NATIONAL BANK