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WILLIMANTIC ‘What Is Going On_.'l‘onlflmo. . Willimantie Lodge, No. 11, A. . t. s 332.‘75?%31‘,"!3«‘“. X of C. 4n _Opera House ‘Thread Blocle. oy ‘Tent. No. £3, XK. of M., rdan Block. “vg‘x’ummgc.t;onneu. No. 723, R A, n 1ot in 0ad Fellow ) ch Council, No, 10, R. and & Q7% Masonto Hall ogeph orwich 3 Fowler Ordered to N Insane Hospital—Examined at Re- quest of Selectmen—Interesting Lst- ter Received from Mother General Theresa. - he man who was picked up by the potice Bunday on account of his Btrange actions, and who gave his name as Joseph Fowler, was taken to the Norwich insane hospital Monday afternoon, after an examination by Dr. T. R, Parker. The examination took place’at the request of the selectmen, and the doctor pronounced Fowler un- Questionably insane. He could mnot give any clear account in regard to Where he lived, but finally said he be: Jonged at the Linden Tea rooms, but he couldn’t stop there, as it was only for athletes. After communicating ith the state authorifes and finding complexions The regular use of Resinol Soep, with an occasional light application of Resinol Ointment, stimulates the skin, permits nat- ural, healthy action, and rids the complexion of pimples, biack- heads, redness and roughness, quickly, easily and at little cost. Al ta sell Resinol Soap and Res- teolOfntment. For trial sizeof each, write 2 Dept. 15-8, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. Auto Truck Hoving LONG DISTANCE WORK A SPECIALTY, Address P, A, WEEKS, or 'phone 850-2, 338-12 or 251-5, Willimantic, Ct. HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER Church St, Willimantic, Ct. ‘Telephone Lady Assistant DR. F. C. JACKSON, Dentist Painless Extracting and Filling a Specialty 762 Main Street, * ' Willimantic Telephone JAY M. SHEPARD Buceeeding Elmore & Shepard Funeral DirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel. connection that the man had not, as far as could De ascertained. ever been in of state institutions, ordered his commitment to the Nor- ‘wich hospital. War Preparations Around Tillburg, A letter was lved by - Sisters of St Tomepis looavent Bfontiay, from Mother General Theresa of the mother house in Tillburg which tells of the preparations for war in Holland and Fho part ‘the Sisters will take it the war comes. Already, the letter states, 60,000 troops have been mo- bilized around Tillburg, and the con- Yonis' schools have beén arranged eo accommodate 6 Bol- dlers and about 100 wopnded. The other general reached Tillburg on July 31 from a visit on this side of the water and found the bells tolling for Cablegram Allays Anxiety. In view of the reported German oc- cupation of Ghent, the following cable- gram, received by Dr. Laura H. Hills from her brother-in-law, Dickinson G. that city, served to allay consideradle anxiety among friends here. The cable sald: “All safe in London. Will sail for America Sept. 15.” Fined for Intoxication.~ The only case before the police court Monday morning was that of Naxaire Lacombe of Lafayette street, who was found guilty by Judge Shea of intoxi- cation and breach of the peace. In default of payment of the fine of $8 and costs, Lacombe was conveyed to jail to work out the amount. . To Hold Entertainment. San Jose council, No. 14, K. of C., at a recent meeting voted to hold an entertaingent, probably a high class drama, at some time in the early fall, and the following committee has been selected to make the arrangements: T. F. Cunningham, chairman, Joseph Riordan, Luke P. AlHain, John Mc- Quillan gnd Harry Tobin. - City Labor Payroll. The city labor payroll for the wsek ending Aug. 22, 1914, totaled $653.32, divided as follows: Police department, $145.15; street department, $348.19: maintaining sewers, $12; sidewalk con- struction, $24; waterworks, $123.95. Case Continued Another Month. The case against Lillian _Porter, charged with being an incorrigible girl, has been continued another month an: the girl placed in charge of the pro~ bation officer, Willlam C. Lyman, for that time. Marriage Invitations Issued. Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Ruth C. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith, of North Windham, to James E. Ferguson of this city. The cere- mony will be performed on the first Needs - FRUIT JARS FRUIT JAR RUBBERS PAROWAX JAR COVERS Our Stock Is Complete ORDANGZ=¢ Murray's B \ WILLIMARTIC, CONN. Another Week of Good Bargaing August is the month of out-clearing, .when the makers have set their machines oing on fall work #~d are clearing out e very last of their summer supplies, and we are making for the new things. It is just the time to take advantage of the low’ clearing oston Store room in our stocks Baker, a resident, with his family, of |y, Preserving - w;mmumm g Fire Loss Settled. ‘The loss sustained by Jc Aug. 6, was for the il atiount, 1500 on the house of Wartenvitie when his house acd 18 Contents Sestro - and $150 on the furniture, through the| tne local agency of A. J. Bowen. OBITUARY. taken to Colchester John 'Dennison. John Dennison, the ¢ months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jc day morning of cholera infantum. Mrs, Ellsn Sumner Hungerford. Mrs. Ellen Sumner Hungerford, a sister of Dr. E. G. Sumner, of Mans fleld, and of the late E. B. Sumner Esq., of this city, died in East Haddam Sunday. She was a native of Tolland. Her death leaves Dr. Sumner as tha loxnll;‘nne of the family of nine now ving. Brought Here Monday. The body of Danlel W, Bingham,who died in Hartford Friday, was brought to this city Monday and taken in charge by Funeral Director -Jay M. Shepard, who cenveyed the remains to Chaplin for burial. The deceased was 7 years old and a former resident of Chaplin and Spring Hill. Notes and Personals. William F, Gates is spending a week at Pleasure Beach. E. P."Chesbro, Jr, is epending his lew. vacation at Pleasant V! and Vi former pupils wil attend the se:- ice. To Motor to Maine, Early Thursday morning, probably by 4 g'clock two to cars bearing of ten local men wil leave . Me, where fishing will dulged in’for two days, the here Sunday liam ‘Ross and Ira D. Martin. CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND. Set Forth in Letter Received by Rob- ert W. Byles—Country a Huge Camp and Schools Being Turned Into Hospitals. Robert “W. Boys “superintendent o the Killingly Manufacturing _com- pany’s big plant at Willamsville, has the following interesting _letter, un- der date of August 9, from a Gor- ton, England, friend, setting forth in outiine conditions and sentiment as to the war: o T know you will be expecting a line or two from me. Perhaps when you get this there will have been some big battle. At present we are at high tension. All our fleet is out— over 400 warships—and the seas are being scoured so as to confine opera- tions to a limiteq area and prevent any German warships bombarding our ports. Business is in a curious state. Money is held by the banks and we are dealing with paper money. All iallways are in the Government's bands and business is altogether un- certain and erratic. I expect within a | tion— 25, 1914 State Firemen's Conven- Held for Breaking and En- " tion—Two Held for Breaking and En- To Be Taken To.Denielson. The body of H C. Torrey, died in Phompson wil be taken o his me_in Dani £ He"vas o reiative of Aliosaey oL Torrey of this city. Personals and Notes. Eliza A, Reld, money order the postoffice, has returned vacati on. Seward visited at Block Is- land on Jahn A. Barrett of New London was 8 visitor with friends in Putnam, Monday. Putnam fans are for the Boston Braves of which National lea- gue team Smiling Joe Connelly is a member. Delegates to State Firemen’s Conven- tion. Franklin Baker, Phillas Cloutler, Henry Welch, and H‘flry Burdick’ are delegates to the Stite Firemen's association conven- tion which opens in Greenwich, Wed- nesday. Carrier Louis E. Richardson of the postoffice force commences his annual vacation of 15 days on Monday of next week. Clerk Everett A, Burgess of the postoffice force conducted the exami- nation required of fourth class - masters for nine at the municipal bullding. Continued effort is being made to get farmers out in force on Wed- nesday when the milk situation wil be discussed at a big meeting in this city, one of two such meetings to be held in this state. Rev. B. M. Donnelley, recently re- turned to his parish in the Grosvenor- dales from Europe, has related vari- ous interesting experiences in con- Miss clerk at from her . J. C. Hawkins spent Sunday at his cottage on the comp ground. Mr. and Mrs. Eusebe Aubertin are at Asbury, Park for a short stay. P. D. Donohue of the J. F. Carr com- pany is on a fortnight's vacation, Mr, and Mrs. A, B. Holmes guests of friends in Providence. Allen W. H. Sterry is visiting friends in’ New York city and Stamford. Kenneth Harroun is spending a short vacation at Pine Grove, Niantic. Mrs. J. A. Reynolds spent last we! at’ the Hawkins Cottage on the cam: ground. Miss Delia Donohue left Monday for a week’s stay in Bridgeport and New Haven. 3 D. C. Barrows spent the fweek end with his family at their cottage at Pleasure ch. Raymond Stears of Main street has roturned from a visit with fricnds in Providence, R, L H. D. Pollard has returned to his Quties at the Windham National bank er a two weeks'\vacation. Miss Catherine Moriarty of Bridge- port is visiting her cousin, Miss Mil- dred Fitzgerald, of Hewitt street. Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Alpaugh of Prov- dence are the guests of Mr. and Mrs Frank M. Alpaugh of Prospect street. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith ané Aiiss Kathry Hoey have returnec h:tll’}l a fortnight's stay at Asbury Park, are Miss Leah Mooney has returned tc her home in Pawtucket after an ex- tended visit with her sister, Mrs. James Shea. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coutu and sons. Raymond and Arthur, left Monday for a fortnight's visit with friends in Man- Chester, N. H. The Misses Martha Broll and Mae Clifford have returned from a week's vacation spent at Portland and Old Or- «chard Beach, Me. Attorney A, J. Bowen was in Wil- lington Monday on probate matter: connected with the estate of the late Emily L. Hoyle of that town. Girard Wilson and Miss Eileen Ot- tenheimer have returned to Boston af- ter spending a week with their aunt Mrs. Willlam Palmer, of Valley street Miss Emma L. Hull returned day from a two weeks' visit with Mis Lottie A. Beckwith, formerly of W mantie, but at present, a nurse at N tional Soldiers’ Home, Maine. The visited many points of interest alon. the Maine coast. \ “What sort of bridge does she play?” “Cantilever; she never looks to her partner for support.”—Judgs. ERUPTION ON CHILD [TCHED AND BURNED Like Water Blisters on Body, Face | and Arms. Cross and Fretful, i Used Cuticura Soap and Oint- i ment. "Child Was }gealed. B. F. D. No. 2, Groton, Vt.—" My littla m’:mflomflovuhhbu{ynfl few days all will be suspended. Food is still plentiful, but we are in a tur- ous state. Every man llable for service is caueu_up and the whole country is . huge camp. Nothing is being left to chance, and there is a feeling that whatever sacrifice is necessary we must once and for all get rid of the Serman menace. You will have read the proposition Ciwuc o us; the idea was to keep is out until he (the German emperor) ot rig of France, then take Belgtura. ncrease his navy and go for us. 1 ion’t think there is any doubt as to -ne ultimate result. Our Bulldog fleet s keen to have a go at them. We 1ave every confidence in our navy and very man-jack of us is ready on lnd o give them a hot time If by amy neans they should surprise by land- 1. < Kaiser Wilhelm bhas been asking or this war for a long time, and f _Jink he will get more than emotgh. 74 shall have to sacrifice many men d ships, but it had to come sooner or _later, So we must not mind. There is to be no mercy with spics r traitors—they are to be shot at ncer Every foreigner has to report o the police, his house is searched na all firearms taken. Liverpool is ~losely guarded and all German ships n, the port and at the docks have been eized. Well now, old chum if I bave to 1ke 2 hand'in this business, as 1 may, ny only regret will be that you are ot along with me, as I know Sau vould like to be if you were here. There is no lack of preparation this ime. Arms and shot are in abund- nce, and the day schools are all being tted up as hospitals. Some of tae somen folks are nervous—can't seem o get @ grip on the matter at all Vell! 1 know you will be as keer as e are and your mind will be in the 'd_country. Don't take any notice of unofficial tatements. Our authorities are send- ag out news as quickly as they get , whether good or bad. We are ex Goting our first engagement on_ the ea,_and think the first blow will be a ecisive one. Read the- paper [ am nection with the difficulties he en- countered in getting home from Eng- land, after the declaration of war. Building Cement Bridge. A cement bridge is being built and the steep little hill cut down just be. yond the junction of Woodstock ave- aue and Providence street in connec- tion with the work of building a state highway toward the woodstock town line, two very fine ments. Masses For the Late Pope, parish’ wil recelve communion at the Hartford. Foreign Mail Receipts Light. the receipt of mail light countries that are engaged in the war. A fallizg has been the case this year. diiculty in keeping in their friends and relatives abroad. Opened Season of Repertoire. Playing to unusally large and com- plimentary audiences Monday after- noon and evening the Whiteside- Strauss company opened its season of repertoire. The bill for both matinee and evening was The ce, wiin Dainty Bessie Mae Alice King. The story of theé play revelves around tie experiences of an Indian in pioneer and later days and proved one of the route for New York, from where he will _gail tomorrow (Wednesday) on La France of the French line for France. Fdther Faure will probabiy be indentified with one of the hospiial or ambulance corps and expects to see some exciting times before hs re- ending today and you will be able get a grip of the position bettur han I can give you. All are well end end thelr very kind regards. Shall e very pleased to have a line frum ou. The photos are excellent. Bravo, ‘anada! I see they are sendin; ontingent. Mykindest regards to all of you, Your affectionate chum, JACK. BROOKLYN’S DEBT $32,675, \ccording to Statement of Financlal Condition of Town—Iincrease of $407.85, A statement of the financial condi- ion of the town of Brooklyn as neariy is the same can be ascertained, An- rust 20 and just completed, sno: hat the town's debt is now 382,675. ar ncrease of $407.35 during the flscal vear just closed. The liabilities of the town include sonds Issued to fund debt, $15,000; in- erest on the same to September 1, '14, 200; notes of Brooklyn Savings bank, 317.725; interest on these notes, 3443.13; loans Windham County Na- ‘ional bank, $5,200; interest on samc, 341.67; total, $35,609.80. The town's assets including money due from the state for tuition, burial of paupers, fox and sheep bountles, damage by turns to America. Frank G, Bailey Elected, a meeting of the directors of t% ‘Windham Coun Savings bank, Mon- day afternoon, Frank G. Baile; 3 elected treasurer, to succeed Daniel J. Byrne who has resigned to becoms treasurer of the Putnam Savings bank at Putnam. Mr. Byrne's resignation as treasurer was accepted to become effective as soon as Mr. Bailey guali- fies as treasurer. Mr. Bailey has for a number of years been a bookkeeper at the Windham National bank. Held for Higher Court, John O'Brien of Providence and Thomas Martin of Chatham, Mass.. both 19, arrested in Putnam, Monday were presented at the town court Monday afternoon, charged _with breaking and entering the home of W. A, Thatcher at Alexanders lake Sunday afternoon while members of the family were absent. They plead- ed gullty and in default of the bonds of §500 each were taken to Brooklya jall to await trial at the September term of the superior court. Notes, Willlam S, Brown was in Norwich on & businéss trip Monday. Was Known in Danielson. Joseph _ Fournier, 23, Moosun, drowned when he fell from a sailboat g (4 In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought PLAINFIELD improve- Many of the members of St. Mary’s Ave and eight o'clock masses in mem- ory of Pope Pius X tomorrow (Wed- nesday) morning, complying with the snevestion tontained in the letter of Bishop J. J. Nilan to the pastors of \li of the churches in the diocese of Postmaster Frank G. Letters reports from the off in the amount of domes- tic mail handled is also now noted at the local postoffice, but this is expect- ed each summer, usually earlfer than The few German residents in this section, their country practically cut off from the world, are experiencing the greatest touch with Ekonk Preacher at Congregational BRIEF STATE NEWS Church Sundsy—C. E. Mesting Led by Miss Lathrop—Notes and Per-| / Sarah Crawaha rion ot the Chatres tamiy Wil 08 .| reunion y tort s e pawnary of New Bed- |73 at Evergreen park Wednesday. Rev. Mr. Reynolds of Ekonk *<ariyripy Undes ed at the Co tional ci ry—Under sction taken 1 e it ey et e Sowrd 5 o T was led by 4] . . as. m{u— Viola French of Providence,|™en are now duly consti side- spent Sunday with her sister. Mrs Ak Speciere., illlam A. Devojve. Miss Mildred De-| piginville—A call has been issued State volve returned home with her. by Joseph Smith and wife of ADDO-|Eerlin for the republican convention , B- 1, spent Sunday with Louls|of the Fifth sematorial district, to be held here on Sept. & Fairfield—The industrial fleld of Fairfield will enlarged sion, but the service wag qui te. o kel Mr. Lavalley of Moosup spent Sun 3 ‘spent i with A N. Lavine. Herbert Parker of Rickville is visit- i on and Willlam Han- s00m be by the ing bere with Ralph Gabhan. éy of Central Vii caught 242 bull- |coming here of a factory belonging to heads 8 eels and large pickerel at{the Max Machine company, & Packer pond large New York concern. Tt 15 announced that the| Weedmont—Woodmont is considers e i Hhet ne |ably agitated over the investigation 6F the | the recent burglarizing of the to Saybrook, which leads off to the o~ gt Aoy oot MEnaTaching company went <ol y on a thirty-two_hours a week schedule Monday. Wages of a large number of salaried men have been reduced 15 per cent. The company employs about east to the Lyme ferry, is now opened | Colony’s postoffice for travel. ‘sensati onal developments. War Food Already the great European war is making itself felt right here at With production at a standstill abroad and home. Europe Calling for Food prices of edibles here in America are going up by leaps and bounds, The war has just begun , There’s one food that now calling~for-— will not advance in What will the end be? —a food Europe is Grape-Nuts THE H. C. MURRAY (0, ments on two sections of state road, 4.592.43, and o payment on a third section amounting to $1,000, a_total of $5,902,43. The special tax of five mills, due in September, will more than take care of this, or equat the debt. The above figures are from the report of Omear ¥, Atwood, treasurer of the town. The total disbursements in Brook- lyn during the past year as shown by the cash book amounted to $30.538 51. Items in this amount were as follows: Notes and Personals. Mrs, B. C. Young and daughter. Thelma have returned to_ Clevewnd, after a visit with Dr, and Mrs. W. H. Judson. Mr, and Mrs. Earl Winslow have been entertaining BEverett Carpenter of lProvidmco. at their home in Sim- ville. J. F. Lewis motored to Rockville on & business trip Monday. ‘Willlam Curran was a visitor with grain, including the invaluable mineral phosphates lacking in white bread, but necessary for qfifdy health— faco and arms with water bllsters, 1 2 Tor furkeys Killed and casy|in Pittsfeld, Mass, waters Sunday, prices on odds and ends. v tioo on Hia e [0 B4nd, a4 D Dooke, smounts 1o Was KDown to marly local people. $5.00 SILK WAISTS N $1.50 Very ‘crom.and etha, | , Extracrinary expenses to_ the ¢ Rev. Clarence Gifford, formerly as- d .o teetressess NOW o They itched and burned i;lrh}s t¥e ye;:; lncluge tcoxu‘;v‘of .ight | scistant postmaster here. is to vreach $1.00 WHITE SKIRTS .... s..mow 75c and he scratched and | 300 amalipox epldomic, $50.24: State | Soxe Sundny - o0 Lo Daptist church Made from wheat and barley, Grape-Nuts has for 20 years proved itself a $3.50 WHITE SKIRTS .... now $1.58 T ormed sore places. | tax, $1,64327; total of unusual ex- | Rudolph Richards of Montreal Ia the A b s $5.00.WHITE DRESSES now $1.39 and $2.50 o Mie oo conld us | "“Theve. 1a. dus September 10 pay- | SugT, 06 M- 8ud Mrs. Abel L Reevas dependable food for body and brain. It contains all the rich nutriment of the A food for War and Peace relatives in Stafford Springs, Monda Mrs, H, S. Franklin is spending t3: week at the Franklin cottage at Oak- land beach. Joseph Christina ts spending a few days' vacation 'Rhérl.ndl in Provi- Schools, $6,244.27; library appropria- tion, $100. ‘town eclerk and treasurer, $129.25; tuition of Brooklyn pupiis in Killingly High school, $2,787.50; trans- ortation to high 1 and to Ninth strict, $367: personal takx to state jurer, $267.03; state tax, $1,843.27: ‘nterest and I “'g::i“ Grape-Nuts is every family's friend—delicious to taste, easily digested, richly nourishing, economical. Packed in sealed cartons—dust and germ proof—this food is always crisp and appetizing—and pational encampment of the U. 8, W, V. from the local camp. gad & ROV o U B Price Same As Always--everywhere g\:orn;“o:'&ll to jall for 30 days for Final Entrance Examas, i e right of $300; _selectmen, $217.78; ~dog $209.16; collecting town fspars to town house and .20; _highways . poor, ihcluding U With Grape-Nuts food, you can laugh at high prices and live well— “There’s a Reason” The accounts have been verified and tified to 1] i C. Bab- .'{,,{"‘“ tors, B. Bal son and To Sall for France, HARRY E, BACK, Attorney-at-Law, Wi County Se X Bldg. , Vietor Faure of S P. Q. ot Couty Sevises Bas Siae. |ty "L o0 B ks | 5 e - S page Guide Book Free. -