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SHOWING OF NEW WHITTALL RUGS excellence mark every design that is Woven 'into these splendid h one planned by a master designer and each one e by our ver. The following are here for your inspection in a. variety of for most any color scheme. . Rugs,| Royal Worcester Rugs, made of Body Brussels RuSs | trous worsted yarns, Sx12, $48.00. Anglo-Indian Rug, a saffsfy your home, 9x12, $55.00. Anglo-Persian Rug, Whittall's best quality, 9x12, $65.00. ame_Chlidema Body Brussels 12, §35.00. . Wilton Rugs, 9x12, $40.00 DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT 2 White Goods White Goods, striped and| 30-inch wide white, white or cream 30-inch wide. suitable for | cOlor plisse—Special at 16c a yard. : E ride Unbleached Seersucker, fine and soft, 12%c a yard. e R 10¢ a yarl. wide Persian Lawn, regular | 54-inch wide White Dress Linen at lity—Special at 18c a yard. $1.00 a yard. Turkish or Huck Towels Guest Towels, pink or blue| Large Size Turkish Towels, plain e borders—Special at ¢ each. Good Sturdy Huck Toyels, all white e Turkish Towele, or_fancy borders—Special 2 for 25c. ‘piok border, 42c each. il We have other Huck Towels, plain ftra Soft Turkish Towels, good pink or yellow border, 29c each. 18x42- 31.00 each, DRESS GOODS SECTION “Fall Dress Ginghams, fancy| Eden Cloth in light or dark stripes, stripes and plaids, %o & verd 15e a yard. - © T uckling Fleecg, hew floral patterns, B e roeripes eond | also vine and checks, 15c a yard. e R New . Outings, fancy checks and stripes, 10c a yard. Galatea, all colors, plain anddy Teazledown, new patterns, 12%c a 17¢ a yard. rard. SPECIALS IN. WINDHAM SILKS special offer of, Windham Silk copsists of Satin Dutchess, Taffetas, Peau-de-Soje, Peau-de-Cygne and Louisine in black and changeable c $8¢c, 75c, $1100 and $1.25 a yard. " Ladies’ Home Journal Quarterly Style Book, 25¢ COOL MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Covers, - round, high or V| Long Skirts are 50c and up-to $4.39. -priced ‘as reasonable as 15c Night Gowns, plain or Hamburg quality 1ace trimmed and sib- | FiTmed, are 50¢ up to $1.00. n are 25¢ and up to $1.00 each. Night Gowns of a better quality, plain tuck and ruffle at trimmed with fine laces and Hamburg, a large variety of styles to select from —Priced at $1.39 and up to $4.39. . Health Combinations, Skirt or Draw- ers, all daintily trimmed with lace, Hamburg and ribbons are priced at 75c and up to $3.50. NEW FALL COATS AND SUITS -to-Wear Section offers a good assortment of new Fall Suits and ‘women and girls, smart styles suitable for any occasion with best , coloring and workmanship. 50 to $35:00 for Sults. quality at 50c and up to $1.00, or envelope styles, lace and Hamburg trim- ey ribbon run, ‘$1.00 up $15.00 to $25.00 for Coats. NEW SCHOQOL DRESSES shipment of Children's Schoo1 Drésses reveals some of the prettiest j in serges and corduroy, brightness with touches of pique, plaid rat- nd striped silk. 7 _model is of red or navy blue] A third model is of red serge with a Jeather belt, $2.25. silkc_striped collar and belt to match, % ‘white pique collar and |$2.25. model is of African brown | A fourth model is a two-plece dress, cuffs and belt of ratine, (middy effect, trimmed with silk so tache, $5.89, model is of corduroy ih green, African brown and navy blue, d belt or striped silk, $5.98. collar ~ SILK SWEATERS A Fibre Silk Sweater makes a very | REVERSIBLE HOUSE DRESSES * New Reversible House Dresses made in gingham, stripes, checks or plain colors. Two* distinct styles -in one dress. Easy to slip on—easy to slip off and casy to launder, $1.00 and $1.50 each. ful Fall garment. They are stylish, ive and come in 3 largh variety and shades, $550 and $5.89. Surplus and Profits $175,000 Established 1832 Accuracy in accounting, courteous service, promptness and,liberality in dealing, and-a sound . business policy in administering its ~own_affairs,, characterize THE WIND&AM NATIONAL':BANK, which aims thereby to ‘establish .with. customers relations that shall prove .reciprocally - permanent, pleasant and profitable. - ’ . 5 .:; ¢ Windham National Bank WILLIMANTIC, CONN. wa RD : |DR.F. C. JACKSON, Deatist ¢ Painless Extracting and Filling a Specialty 752 Main Street, B Willimantio Telephone A THERE 1 dlum Bastern Connsetitns equaito e Burr 'l.tm Zor pusiness resuits. rug ‘that will § ¢, ‘Weman's Auxiliary of Y. M, C. A, Electrical Storm Broke Hot Wave— Report of Visiting Nurse Shows a Total of 249:Calls in August. iater aeRacy T re given, the power to appol: the rcomingconvention. In the Police Court. in the police court L/Ojseau was to his Wife hie pay every week, a 60-day Jail sentence was suspended and the ‘Jerring husband was allowed to start out on a six months' term of probation to prove the sincerity of his purpose. He has a wife and four children, from 1 to 4 years of age, and since Mrs. L’Olseau appiled for aid a year ago the family has been helped the town, while the husband was away in other cities. He got back this week and sald he had taken a job in the Hooker house barber shop when he was ar- ted, "¥recia Toba paid a fine of $1 on the charge of assaulting Sophie Zola, who said she tried to get some letters from e first woman and was received with blows and then ejected forcibly from the house. Of two men presented for intoxica: tion, one, a young offender, was placed on probation after payment of $6.60 costs, and the other had to go to. jail in default of mon€y to pay a fine of $1 and costs, amounting to $1.60. Hot Wave Broken by Electrical Storm. Friday kept up the ten days’ hot spell until 4.45 in the afternoon, when a violent electricai storm came down from the north and burst upon the city. 'here were a few scattering drops of /] rain and then the clouds opened and a @eluge came for a space of ten min- utes. The wind blew strong and housewives had much ado to get their windows shut in time to keep out the wet. The rain stopped before emough water had accumulated to cause any serious washouts and in half an hour it was pleasant again. Early in the or fancy border, all linen, 256 up. to,| SyERInE it sprinkled again for a while. 'he atmosphere was cleared and coo! ed. and Friday evening was a delight- | ful change, although not too cold. The lightning was vivid and sharp, but though the storm passed right over the city no cases where the bolts dia damage were reported. The tele- Pphone was evidently the heaviest suf- ferer from the storm, and at the Willi- mantic office Friday night it was esti- mated as reports began to come in that perhaps as many as 150 lines had been put out of commission. The damage covered a large amount of ter- . including Mansfield, Covent: Hampton, Leonard Bridge, Pleasa: Valley, South Windham and some city telephones were burned out. The light- ning split a pole in Coventry, Chief Gerrick reported that the light- ring had put the fire alarm system out of service temporarily by burning out couple of fuse plugs at the Bank street station. These were replaced immediately. "This was the only dam- age reported to him by the lightning. The trolleys had their troubles and the schedules were somewhat inter- fered with. The lightning that persist ed after the rain stopped was responsi- ble for much of the trouble. On the Coventry line, above the cutout south of Perking' corner, power went off at about 6 o'clock and the car was stalled up there for an hour and a half. The trolley telephones were put out of working _commission. The Norwich trolleys were likewise'made late. There were no cars in at 6 and 7 o'clock and the first evening car was at the cross- ing and went back at 3 o'clock. In the schools Friday the heat con tinued to be oppressive. St. Joseph's and St. Mary's schools were closed at noon and the Windham street school at 2.30. The other schools maintained the regular ‘schedule. Nurse Made 249 Calls. Her report for the month of Au- gust shows that Miss Fitzgerald. nurse in charge of the Infants’ Milk station during that time she mare 249 calls. Sixty-one babies were weighed at the milk station and 109 were under her supervision, Two hundred and seventy-nine quarts of milk was dispensed during August, most of it being paid for by the recipients. P Told of Summer Conference. Miss Lucy Buck told of the Summer conference at Silver Bay, N. Y., at the mid-weck service of the Congre- gational church. She was there as Tepresentative from Wellesley colleg: Members of the Sodalits who attend tended the Northfield conference al- 80 spoke. Sunday evening there is £0Ing to be an illustrated talk on “The Alcohol Question Scientifically ~ Con- sidered” at the church, Gain of Thirty at High Scheol. There are 427 students in the class. es of the Windham High sclwol, Prin. cipal Egbert A. Case stated on Pri- day. Last fall there were not 400 at the school, and so there is a gain this year of 30 students who are enjoying ‘the opportunities of this higher edu- cation. 212 of the number are out of town, so that the proportion of Wind- Let Your Light Shine Brightly A Dietz Lantern is-wlmt you need L40cCc and upward UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St. Willimantie, Ct. Telephone Lady Assistant ‘ham_p itor_Edward Cotter, '16. .“.Jon editor, iward Ofttenheimer, Die 'Besserung notes, Miss Virginia Baker. Class notes, Miss Winitred '16; Miss Grace Jacobs, ‘Y’ wen, *18. the election of these officers by class of 197: President, Miss Winifred presid the to- the athletic council, and Eugene Cotter. Manchester Here Today. At Recreation park this afternoon Manager Charles H. Hill of the Thread Mill League All Stars has a game on at 3.15 with the Manchester team of the State league. Archie Hamel will be on the mound for the AN Stars ang for the visitors either Dolphin or Wargock will work.. Next week the Mill League trophy will be presented to the champlon Dye House team. Remains Brought Here. The remains of Yvonne Loiselle, wife of Adelard Dumas were brought to limantic on Friday morning on the 45 train from Montreal where she ditd on Wednesday. He husband and mother, Mrs. Napoleon Louiselle, accompanied the body back to this city and haqd it taken to the home of her parents at No. 19 Bellevue street to await the funeral today. Taken 1l at Storrs. Cyril Feeney of Fall River, was taken “{ll Tuesday night at the Con- necticut Agricultural college where he enrolled on Monday and Dr. C. B Simonds diagnosed the case appendi- citis, had him brought to St. Joseph's hospital and notified his father, Mar- tin Feeney, captain of police in Fall River Captain Feeney brought with him Dr. Philemon Truesdale, who thought he might have to operate in a farm house and brought with him another physician and three nurses. The operation was performed Thurs- day night successfully andethe sur- gical party went back to Fall River Friday morning. Cut By Falling Timber. Emerson Morse, of 560 Jackson street, who is tearing down the house at Prospect and Walnut street har a of John C. Lincoln at Prospect and Walnut _street had a bad gash cut in his forehead by a piece of falling tim- ber on Thursday afterncon. BITTEN BY HORSE. Leander Cady Was Helping Animal Ca Stall. Leander Cady, who lived in Scot- Jand until he came to Willimantic to live with his daugliter, and is a well known baes viol player, was bitten by a horse on Friday afternoon and was painfully injured. The animal was cast in a stall and when Mr. Ca- dy went to its rescue it caught Mr. Cady’s thumb between its teeth and bit the flesh through to the bone. Mr. Cady came across the river and had the injured, member attended to by a physician. LIGHTNING STRUCK CHIMNEY. On Jcpn M. Spencer's House—City Lights Were Troubled by Electrici- ty. A cbimney on the house of John W. Spencer on Ann street was struck and shattered by a bolt of lightning in the midst of the storm Friday after- noon, but the building was not set afire. The electric plant was bothered by the excess cf the free lighting and the lights of the city wavered and went out a number of times at intervals. It was reported that a horse was struck in the lower village at the foot of Gilson Hill, where the trolley goes over the Cepiral Vermofit rallroad A large quantity of mud and gravel was washed onto the trolley tracks and Motorman Ed. Lyons and Albert McNulty shoveiled away industriously for half an hour before they could get the car, duc at 5.05, through at 5.45. The next car came in at 8 o'clock, having got off the track at Occum. On the 5.45 out Conductor McNulty collected his fares in the dark, the lightning having put the light circuit out of business. One woman pro- duced a searchlight from the bottom of her traveling bag and that was a bandy article, At Baltic they had to couple onto a dead car and pull it to the barn. Personals, T. F. Cunningham was in Boston on Friday. Raymond Commons spent Friday in Boston. Mrs. G. Bellows left Friday for a visit in Worcester, Mass. ‘Miss Beselo, Donovan has returned after a week'dstal in Boston. Joseph Comnor of Providence was in this city Friday on business. Miss Ann Britton of Hartford is vis. iting relatives on Oak street. Mrs. M. E. Donovan is entertaining her sister, Miss S. M. Cosgrove. Mrs. Hattie Maloney and Mrs, Eliz- abeth Sadd left Friday for a _fort- wh'l-l stay with relatives in Fitch- rg. ERNEST M. ARNOLD PUTNAM, CONN. Specialist in Inactive and Unlisted Stocks and Bonds Correspondence Solicited ~ Special attention given to handling securities for administrators of es- e oA A A ] A. F. WOOD Business manager, Louls Hickey, "18. | b; to| Assistant business manager, Harold Tracy, | b; A. Bo- tallest corn, 15 feet, field! strawberries, Nellie Fleld; mam. moth Russian sunflower, diameter 17 inches, and hops. Charles Baunders; best castus dahlias, Helen Lakmon: hest_show dahlias, Maud Tatro; fin- est Beauty of Hebron potatoes, George Foote: largest potato display, Willlam Miniska: citron, Clarence Haskell; Bostohn marrow squash, Leonard M Broome; string . Jessle Hewi! son; new sunflower, ‘Maud Straley best zinnias, Rose St. John; best phlox, Joseph Gll; radishes, Alfred Rondeau; onions, Dona Dugas; plum tomatoes, Francis Palaski; grape frult plants, Eleanor Stetson: cotton plant, Daisy Young; cultivated sorrel, Francis Pu- laski; rose, David Clarke; watermelon, Alfred Rondeau: finest balsams, Isa- n: best single marigold, best four dclocks, : musk melon, John Hoppman; freak carrot, Minnie Lew! asparagus fern, Blanche Gagnon: o alis plant, Amelia La Liberty; best begonia, Delia Poreda; potted plant, Daisy Young: best single aster, Stel- la Bernard: best single dahlia. Alice Smith; perfect aster, Emily Takenon: campanula, no card; cucumbers, Ida Sharrock. The money prizes will be announced in this paper as soon as they are awarded. In connection with this there is an exhibition of cake and candy and fancy embroidery. Judges are to be selected and prizes awarded for this part today. W. C. T. U. RALLY. Fall Meeting to Be-Held Sunday Eve- The W. C. T. U. fall meeting will be held at the Baptist church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The speakers will_be Rev. Allan_Spidell and Rev. Francls S. Child. Mr. Spidell's sub- ject will be A Horrible Portrait As It Is. M. Childs’, The Liquor Problem. Special music 18 in preparation by the choir under the direction of Fiss Alice A. Brown, chorister. Pulpit Themes. 4 At the Methodist church the Rev. Samuel Thatcher will preach from the subject, Divine Balustrade. At the Baptist church Rev. Allan Spidell will preach, subject, The Ethics of Wor- shsip. Rev. R. M. Davis of New Haven will occupy the Congregational pul- pit. FRIDAY'S SHOWER. Lightning Strikes Aspinook Bleachery —Enters Textile Plant. Friday was the tenth day of the oppressive heat, Thermometers show- ed a degree or two lower temperature, At 4.30 o'clock a man-size thunder shower with wind and raln did bus- iness for 45 minutes. A bolt struck the Aspinook, bleachery, causing o considerable fire in the color depart- ment. One of the big hoods over the cans was all ablaze. The alarm was sounded in the plant and the fire de- partment maintained by the company did fine work In extinguishing the Gire. with but little damage. The electric fluld entered the plant of the Textile Novelty Co. on FEast Main street and burned out the gen- erator. A big hole was made where it grounded outside, A large pile of weeds, recently cut, were in its track, The bolt did a lively and fantastic business with these. AUQUST VITAL STATISTICS, Thirteen Births, Four Marriages and Four Deaths. The vital statistics for August as on file at the office of Town Clerk John Walsh show thirteen births: Willlam Francis Earl to Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur R. Earl; Mary Plentowskos, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Plentowskos: Napo- leon Louis Carroll to_Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll; Emma Rosa Barre, to Mr. and Mrs. Urbain Berre; Annile Mort, to Mr. and . Mort; Eva Loretta Shorey, to Mr. and Mrs, ' Albert W. Shorey: Homer St. John, to Mr. and Mrs. Antonio St. John; Katherine Hearst, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hearst; Mary Golac, to Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Golac, — Kalko, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kaiko, Caro- lina Bellienski, to Mr. and Mrs Mich- ale Bellienski, Lina Blanche Parizeau, to Mr. and- Mrs. John Parizeau, Earl Clifford Mitchell, to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Mitchell. Four Marriages: Ludvig Paplenski and Ludwika Zatlewic, Nony bello and A Cazapel! Four Deaths: age 38 years, enteritis; Plerre, age § years, accidental drown- ; Rosa E. Bayon, age 3 months, capillary bronchitls: Mary A. Green, age 93 years, arterio solerosis. .« VOTERS TO BE MADE. One Woman on List in Secend Dis- triot. The vaters to be o lst of Moodey, William Maynard, M- Willlam ‘Thomas MoVey, Palmer, i R i 5 z ; ¢ H P ,gzzafa?ig again into New York state, ‘Albert Vachon, who has been study- ing at Yale, enters the Newton Theo- logical institute next Tuesday for a two years’ course of study. A. V. Woodworth has been at Stur- bridge attending the fair, which closed Friday. Henry J. Reeves of Baltic has been spending a few days with relatives in Danielson. Miss Marietta Healey returns Hartford after spending a of two weeks in Danlelson. Dr. F. H. Sykes to Speak. Dr. Frederick #. Sykes, president of the Connecticut college for women, at New London, is to speak at Killing- 1y High school at a public meeting next Friday evening. Harry W. Clarke is engaged In numerating the children of school age n the town of Killingly. Union Temperance Meeting, Rev. Walter E. Lamphear of Hart- ford, field worker of the Connecticut Temperance union, is to be the speak- er at a union temperance raily in the town hall Sunday evening. 135 Apply to Be Made. ‘The registrars of voters report that 135 applicatiops to be made voters have been fled with them, this being close to & record number in Killingly. Following the rule of the week, chil- dren were excused from grades in to vacation the graded school Friday afternoon on account of the intensity of the heat. Epworth League Study Courses will be the subject and Mrs. Herbert Brigss the leader at the Epworth League meeting at the Methodist church Sun- day evenins. To Vote on License. Plainfield is one of the towns that will_vote on_the license question two weeks from Monday. It is stated that there wlill be a strong effort to swing it into the license column, where it finds itself from time to time. Tick D. Swaffeld, FeEwen, Judge A. Dixon. A free ticket will be given to each person who sells ten tickets— Adv. OBITUARY. Napoleon A. Viens. poleon Arthur Viens, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vienms, of Dyer stroet, died at their home late Thurs- y night, after an iliness of about a year. ‘@o Woman's Missionary societies «f the Baptist church held a meeting with Mrs. Henry Chapin_of Potter street Friday afternoon. Kiowa was the subject. Cirouit League Meeting at Sterling. This evening at Sterling there is to be a meeting of the Circuit league which includes representatives of Methodist churches in towns in all of this part of the county. It is expected that Danielson Will be represented at the meeting. Going from Ekonk to Lisbon. farewell sermon at the Congregational church In Ekonk the last Sunday of duties as pastor at Lisbon. County Congregational Ministers to Meet. Next Tuesday there is to be & meet- ing with Rev. C. H. Barber ASHFORD ASSOCIATION To Hold Annusl Convention Here Next Wi ual ition of I ; i H i g H i 5 4 z ! 7 i i 3 giigfi A z it At 10.30. There is to be a lunch served at the Putnam Inn, followed by a mo- tor trip through Thompson, Pomfret by Dr. Mattison of New ¥ Dr. Fennell of Hartford and Dr, B. Hgrtford. Mrs. C. Alton All the churches in the association will send delegations. MANAGED TO SAVE HOUSE. But Alexander Mazzerslli's Barn Was Burned—Struck by Lightning. The large barn on the Alexander Mazerelll farm, two miles east from here, was struck by lightning and burned to the grourd, about § afternoon’s she OBITUARY. William H. lou. The body of Willlam H. Ballou, 55, who d@led in Providence Thursday night, was forwarded to Danielson Friday afternoon and taken to the undertaking pariors of A. F. Wood, who went to Providence for the body The deceased lived in Danielson as a young man, but had been a resident of Providence for many years. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Mary E Bal- lou, of Providence. Miss Grace A. Bassett of Spring street is a cousin of Mr, Ballou. Another Day of Trying Haat. Of all the days of heat during the present week Friday seemed to be the wrost to many. not because the tem- perature was higher, but chiefly be- cause of the strain of living through such a stretch of In bly hot weather began to be felt in greater . Thermometers about town showed readings of 93 to 96. Late in the afternoon heavy black clouds fore- told showers that brought some relief to some towns in this vicinity, but a decided drop In temperature will be necessary to bring a return to any degres of comfort.s ‘When given an opportunity to speak Turner said he had not ro- ig? i f?!.i L g i § !’Ee i 3 i i al £ i § . Intolerable crue! . The couple, married in Put- nam Nov. 9, 1892, lived here for a number of years and later went to Fastford. Mrs. Tripp testified that she had been cruelly treated during practically all of her married life. She t0ld of being abused. verbally. of being kicked once and struck by her hus- band’s hands a number of times. = She said she left him on January 21 last. The immediate cause was an asssuit he made u her because, she tes- tified, she did not return quickly got back her husband, she struck her over the head with a sack partly filled with hard wood shavings, & most peculiar weapon, it was re- Wi in_ Mrs. Tripp's behalf were her son, Walter, 19, who at times saw his father abuse his mother, and her father, Weeks, who had also been & of some of the happenings alleged The judge took the papers in ‘the case, reserving his decision. Court was adjourned until next Tuesday morning at’ 10.30. Francis STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. E. J. Clark Barn at Pomfret Burmed, with Nearby Cottage. The barn on the E. J. Clark estate. Pomfret, was struck by lghtning about § o'clock Friday afternoon burned. The fire was communicated to a nearby cottage and both” bufld- ings burned to the ground. The per- sonal property was saved in great part. = The loss is $5,000, partly coversd by insurance. A call for ald was sent to Putnam and the auto-chemical was sent over. SAFEGUARDS FOR YOUR FUNDS LARGE CAPITAL LARGE SURPLUS LARGE CASH RESERVE LARGE PROFIT ACCOUNT Thess are primary Get in the of a strong Bank. essentiale habit of reading Bank statements. These four conditions are the result of: STRONG CHARACTER O BANKING EXPERI LO N RESPONSIBLE DIRECTORS MANAGING OFFICERS CE Our depesitars are all secured by thess slements. Are you one of our secured depesitors THE WINDHAM COUNTY NATIONAL BANK THE BROOKLYN_ PHOENIX BLOCK, DANIELSON, CONN. SAVINGS BANK - ! July 3, 1915 estsessessesssssssnsssssssnns Sarplus and