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CLOSED ALL DAY TODAY LABOR DAY STAFFORD SPRINGS Public Schools The public schools will open Tues- day morning with the following teach- ers: § Miss Edith Cushman Moore; grade 1, Miss Jose; ell; grade 24, MMi grade 2B, Miss 3, Miss Edith Mary Hartnett; srade 5, Miss Ethel Rich; grade 6, grade 7, Miss Marjorie B. Baton. Pinney mar school—Grades 1 and 2 M. Dunham; grades 3 and Blanche Miss Isad §, Ralph Mary E. and Miss Berth street-—dtiss Lucy Nickol Oreutt- Attended Mother's Funeral. i ville, Miss Elizabeth O’'Connor. Roc E in Phil- well’ Hill—Miss Zelma Cooper. Leon- s been o Dn ard district—>Miss Margaret Guihar. 8 ifunaral, Crystal Lake—Miss Annic _Herring, fenas West Stafford Center- Bradway and Miss Jennie Towne. Crow Hjll—Miss Ruby school—Frederick S. pal; assistants, Miss Margaret V lantine, Miss Lillian Welsh, Mis . cisit- | ence M. Quilty, Miss Gertr T el engl field. Supervisor of music, iss .\lnu‘ ” < = < jory I Morse. Superintendent of | schools, William Meicher. T The school in the Lull district will 3 not be reopened. The pupils will be‘\ BRIEF STATE NEWS transported to the West Stailord school. nings with the score a tie, 3 to zame had to be called on acco darkness. Miss Tessie Doherty i weeks’ vacation in Boston Frederick S. Gorham, principal of the | high soho day. The stores, banks and observe t and the usual holiday hours. mill will On account of the prevalence of in- fantile paralysis in many places, lo- all children now out of town to return at cal healt] to school—Kindersar and prings Genevie Mary E. Hogan; Battige; grade Miss Edith A. Bdd Miss Hazel Comins; grade Miss Ruf L. dore J. Dun! A. Booth. Hedges, 1 Mies F. Euni M. Bowler. H Game a Tie. c Sa After going 12 noon. Borough Briefs. ol, returned to town on S libra he hollday by closing postoffice will observ The Rhode Islan be closed for the day. No Paralysis Cases. h officers will require least 12 days before they are permi ted to attend school. so bring ing that they have not been exposed to the disease. other towns They must a certificates of health ow Teachers coming fro; i1l also be required Open Tuesday— Teachers Appointed—Twelve-Inning Game With Indian Orchards a Tie. fise Ethel Gorham, princ] in- the » furnish physicians’ certificates show- ing. that they have not been exposed. Stafford has not had a case of the disease and the health officials who have been very watchful do not intend to let down the bars until they are satisfled that all danger is past. Scheols will open as usual, Tuesday, September 5th. N Social and Personal. Miss Helen Lyon of Springfield, is the guest of Mf. and Mrs, George Flannigan. Miss Alice Sumner of Bennington, Vi, is visiting Miss Nellie Quinley. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mullins are visiting friends in Springfield. Miss Mary Hanley of the Johnson Woolen Company’s office, is having a n, th and onth's ings bank ity has resigned at the rington of Spring- Middletown.—\T Johnson of annive Sept. =) 2l of ch white squirrel wh had in captiv nd an dut as an at the Bronson li- m to AReTE R A AR 3 ST | NUMENTS We eouldd build monuments so cheaply that we would be ashamed to admit that we cut them, but— we @do build monuments so well that we are proud both of the workman- ship and the economical price we ask for them. THE CHARLES A. KUEBLER CO. W 39-41 Fra PAI NT THIS FALL pores are open. Paint sinks deep. dampness all dried out. busy. No gnats and moths to stick in of frequent showers. Jobs not rushed. Mild weather hest for drving. PAINT THIS FALL. OUR PAINTS used with-the above ideal conditions., will brace your house for winter weather. FRED (. CROWELL, 87 Water St. nklin Street e borough. [ BIG DEMONSTRATION IN WESTERLY Seventeen Organizations to Participate In Labor Day Parade —Close of Wilcox Reunion—August Post Office Re- ceipts $5,452—Burdick-Purdy Marriage. { —— A Seagraves hook and ladder truck | testing and legume inoculation, by M. that has been on exhibition in Provi- | A. Hawkins, agronomy demonstrator. dence, in connection with the annual | Farmers are invited to bring samples convention of the International Fire | of sofl from their farms, and these will Chiefs' assoclation, was in Westerly, | be tested for acidity and lime re- Saturday, enroute to Danbury. Conn., | quirements without charge. At 2 p. equipment of that city. The demon- strator stated that the apparatus just as it stood, fully equipped, and With | for utility chemical tank and hose, or an Ameri- | ticultural Instructor F. J. Godin will can La France city service truck of | read a paper on “How to Grade, Pack standard make, were what was offered | and Ship Vegetables to the Market.” to the Westerly fire district for 35,-| Horticultural Prof. P. Corriveau will 000, but neither offer was accepted | gemonstrate apple packing on Wednes- Ho added that he understood that | day. Set 15 Bt 10 o m. At 2 b . Westerly had selected a truck of the | G. 1, Meloche, Instractor in home Maxim_ type, furnished the ladders, | economics, will demonstrate the pre- and will pay fully as much, if not | g0t F%, ¥ S more, for it than for a Seagraves or American LaFrance make, The West- erly truck may be just as good, may do the service required, but the Sea- graves and American La France people_consider each other their only competitors. The new truck for the Westorly de- partment is expected to arrive within ten days and, the talk of the Sea- graves man to the contrary, it is be- lieved *that it will fully Al all the needs of Westerly, and do just as good service as any other manufactured. The people are satisfied with the ser- vice given by the two motor appara- tus that have been in use for the past two years, and the new apparatus is of the same type., An added advan- tage of the department is that 1 the apparatus will be of the same make, with interchangeable parts in an emergency, and can be readily driven by any of the operators in the depart- ment. The committee selected the Maxim machine, after an examination of trucks of different makes, and of the new truck stands up has the other two, and it rely will, the Westerly public ought to be sat- in the extension department will de urposes. At 3 p. m. Hor- sistant State Entomologist J. J. Pills- bury will read a paper on “Spray Ma- terfals and Equipment.” On Thursday, Sept. 14, R. B. Cooley, professor of animal husbandry, will give a demonstration of stock judging at 2 p. m. Agronomy - Prof. G. . B. Adams will talk on how to select seed corn, and at 3 o’clock the cold pack method of canning fruits and vegeta- bles will be explained by E. K. Thom- as, state leader of boys’ and girls club work. R. B. Cooley will be in charge ot the stock judging on Friday, Sept. 15, beginning at 10 a. m. Three demon- strations will be given in the State College tent near the main entrance to the fair grounds. Miss Caroline Hazard is to have a kinderaarten building erected in Peace Dale as memorial to her moth- er, Mrs. Rowland Hazard, whp was keenly interested in educational work. She was sponsor for the first kinder- garten opened in Washington &unts the” “stepping_stones” in the read of oy the present Hazard Memorial. Ae s The new building, for which the Miss Dorothy Eliznbeth Purdy, of | foundations are already laid. is to be . = . oflon Spring street, northeast of the Providence, and Harry Whoeler Bur- | Peace Dale Coneregational church. It ey e thy Motewm is to he 48x34 feet in size, an dentrane Methodist ehurch, the o difont hall. cbe sou‘h, will be 20x33 Lo, don the north will he performed by the pastor, ard S. Ninde, D. D. The 1 in Providence for the past 1ghter of Dr. place. and dressing mein floor, a L for use in expected the hors' Toy while in room, coat room also on basement is groom is A. colloge | Normal and anastics, Boston, Posse uilding will be ready for and for the mast year has been super- | 0¢Cupancy about Christmas time. e at the West-| Much interest naturally is attached ans onnds, M, | to the disposition of the cstate of Misa |and Mrs. Burdick will reside in Glen Brown Nickerson, who died at B e Rere: M B ratol e nsett Pier ‘Wednesday nd 4 jeicector *in'" the* Fpnblic uneral was held from her home in Providence Friday. According to the new tax list made public Friday Miss Nickerson was taxed in Providence for §769,980, but Labor Day will be observed in Wes- terly on a larger scale than ever be- formerly of the wn & Sharpe Man- ufecturing Co. The disposition of such a large estate is a_matter not simply of curlosity, but of great public in- terest, and there is much specnlation concerning the probable contents of Miss Nickerson's will, particularly a the young woman had no close rela- ented in 1 parade is scheduied for the parade. the sor morning, and organizations, and a division usiness are not el ible to place in divisions comvosed of ore: d b e wi end a2 st being cousin: el et i ng feature of the 1 he f e rtained at will he field sports, including a ain of baseball. Miss Nick e her death she made e of de will be the e e rarade wlibe e on for Henry G. Clarke can, of Quiney. Mass., fo; ot S0 WRom slc feash Westerly, presid of e O L e the mai Granite Cutters’ understanding at the Pier e e e Nickerson was visited dur- Fede: r. At 2 o'clock, on pyazsand, tha, o the Vose field, Mr. Duncan will de- to her will was poeaafid. FDis vor reralisibl | 1 eved to have been a provision dip for Mr. Clarke. ject Local Laconics. The annual rounion of the Wilcox Family and_Allied Familise, held on There is a general home-coming for Thurcday, Fri and Saturday in|Tabor da Westerly every to the visitors mem it being pronounced h us vote little m enéficial than the pre- There was a bus Saturday and t the way And to t Mr. and Mrs. William A. Murray, w in Westerly on dent un jns terly v in recognition of tha indus- trial pai de for Labor day. piloted by members of the rederick L. Stillman, of Plainfield, local committee. visited Watch Hill, J., a former resident of Westerl: Pleasant View, Weekapaug and poin is here on a visit to retatives. of historical interest in and about th Congressmen Stiness and Kennedy, town, including the Dr. Joshua Bab- | of Rhode Island, were of the ffty-s cockhouse. Pabcock Bur ound, | who voted against the eight-hour rai Governor Wood house, Wequatequock | road bill. l:' ‘ground, Thomas arm. Wilcox church, and e NOANK T ture of the final = & - T R s with speeial reforsnce. to | Child Dies from Paralysis — Another lcox _amcestry. by DrRaymond | Child in Family lli—Electricity for Webh Wilcox, M. D, L. D, of New ! sp; HitsE 24-H York. surgeon nited States Ar; S, Igya:d il e o Medical Reserve Corps, and president | Schedule. of the American Therapeutic society. One of the small childrer of Mr. and James Whittey of High etreet d from infantile paralysis Friday night, and another is very ill with the Postmaster John A. Farrell reports the receipts of the Wosterly post of- fico for August $5.452.24, was the i . 24. was the|came’ disease. Both children were at- largest for anv single month the | anded by v i is vi establishment of an office In Westerly. | 1ona ooy por guvy oy Sl of this wil- lage and Dr. Gray of Mystic. Health Officer Dr. A. M, Purdy arrived early Saturday and the house was quaran- 0 one from a distance has th the children and it is not known how the disease was communi- cated. 24-Hour Work at Yard. The electricity being installed in the Paimer shipyard will result in making The sum of $ 015.14 of August, 19 record, an_Increase stand of post offices is based upor the receipts of from April to April, and the Westerly office lacked $§47 of beinz made a first class post office, which would carrv with it an inersase in the salary of postmaster, as well as placing Westerly omon~ the most pre- $3 tentious cities. Already there has|it @ day and night concern, with men heen an increase from April, over last | 8t Wwork in all the departments con- year of $1,000, therefore tha Indica. |Stantly. Big changes are to be made tions are that Westerly will he among the first class post offices when th: next rating is completed. in the plant before the big boats are commenced. The foundation for the machine shop is in. A floor is being laid in the headhouse, where two big dynamos are to be installed. The Bing- For the benefit of farmers and the general public a demonstration will be made at the Kingston fair next week on agriculture and allled work, under the auspices of the Rhode Islaand State college. The programme will be as follows: and work on the William Castle Rhodes is being rushed. A large num- ber of men has been taken on recent- 1y. Rev. Mr. Potter Continues Iil. Lurking Painters less mow, and | ofearly | elderly people. Mrs. Margaret Moretti of Flushing, N. Y., has returned home after a week’s | stay with Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Potter. i Mr. Potter, who has been ill for a long time, does not gain In strength and | for reason of his advanced years his | friends_entertain grave dounts of his How It Helps Coughs and Colds| | ~ecovers” Dr. and Mrs. Fred Fitch and chil- dren, who have been for two weeks at {Grotcn Long Point, have returned to their home in East Hampton. Miss Mary Stahler of New London Tuesday, Sept. 12, 10 a. m.—Soil i Buy your bottle of Foley’s Hl-c:-l:d Tae stop tho Early fall brings croup, bronchitis, asthmatio. broathing, troublesome. migh¢ | has been visiting in the village. gough, whoeoping covigh, and tickling, irri- Caught Seven Swordfish. The schooner Grace Phillips, Capt. werl, 2furaates the distressing cough of | Andrew Ostman, has returned from a { fishing trip with seven swordfish. Tt givos+smuffles” to Infants andehildren || _Several of the lobstermen have haul- ‘adex and provokes adencids and fore inflamed | ed out their boats to paint and over- throats, haul, making ready for blackfishing. Give Foley's HoneyandTar freely. Itis | Miss Mildred Chute has returned to sosoothing and curativ, relieves hoatseness | her home in Brooklyn. and puts a healing coating on the inflamed Loren Park has returned to his home to be added to the fire department|m. D. J. Lambert, poultry igstructor | liver & talk on how to select poultry | At 3 o'clock As- | the_school which had its inception in | the | oma a5 the value of her estate is estimated fore, if all the plans for the evert|as high as $6,000.000. This she in- | materialize. not barring the dem- | harited from her grandmother, Mr onstration of twenty vears when | jane Brown, wife of J. R. Brown, every industry in the to Pl ? . 3 There is more or less decorations in | hamton is completed, ready to leave, | THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK 16 Shetucket St. REO CARS Are Good Cars REO GARAGE in the New Majestic Building Shetucket Street H VICTROLA % The Plaut-Cadden Co. Estab. 1872 Plaut-Cadden Building 144-146 Main St. Norwich, Ct Expert | TIRE and TUBE i Repairing ) g W. R. BAIRD | ) Tires and | . Supplies 1 331 Main Street | PURE DRUGS | Compounded Accurately by GEORGE M. RATHBONE | B 133 West Main St. Tel. 182-3 Wm. Smith & Co. Fresh and Salt i CHOICE MEATS | Groceries and | : Provisions | 85 Town St. | ¢ 3 Norwich Town | c P Tel. 34-12 | Home Cocking The New Lenox 200 Main St. 4 GOOD ROOFING in all its branches d Chas.E. Whitaker 81 Water St. AND POCKET BILLARDS Come and See My New Line of $1800 SUITS tor this month | | only | . Louis NELKIN : 11¢ Franklin St HOME FURNISHERS Everything For the rHome SCHWARTZ BROS. 9-11 Water St. Tel. 965 AND DYEING First-class work at right prices LANG'S DYE WORKS 157 Franklin St. Tel. 1217-4 and CATERING Everything Furnished MABREY 67 Broadway and High Grade GROCERIES A. T. Otis & Son 72 Franklin St. Bulletin Bldg. G w. Soda Water HAMILTON and Bottling Works FANE C. E. WRIGHT FOOTWEAR & Céve 'St 130. Main St. Tel. 425-2 g % % : : THE BEST AUTO LIVERY 25c DINNER and in town EXPRESS 5 5 of al! | f DOOL‘:;:‘PSON descriptions R REUTER'S ek 140 Main Street Thayer Building gy § | % § | 3 : 3 ; % | CARMENCITA CIGARS A Mild, Fine Fiavored Cigar, Made in \V a Clean Factory in a Superior Way 5c each—box of ¢ for $2.25 CHARLES A, BETT! FERGUSON’S on Franklin Square Diamonds, Watches, Cut_Glass and Silverware 239 Main Street RS H. C. LANE BLACKSMITH 5 Durkee Lane Tel. 731 WASSERMANN The | Plaut-Cadden Co. Estab. 1872 Plaut-Cadden Building | 144-146 Main_ St. Norwich, C' Willard Storage Batteries and everythi pertaini to them. Things Electrical | Walter P. Moran Shetucket St. Telephone Photographic Goods? Why The CRANSTON CO. of course 158 Main Street REDERICK i TALCOTT Violin Maker and Repairer. Phone 1927 Colonial Theatre Building Room 3 Day and Night T. J. Fitzgerald Phone 9/7 First Quality Coffee, Tea and Spices at The_Old Norwich Tea Store 164 Main Street J. H. MYERS Artistic Funeral Designs Tne Shos Docior Specialist on any Kind of Cripple Werk GUODYEAK Shoe Repairing Co. 86 Franklin Street Tel. 717-4 EAST SIDE WET WASH Ernest Freeman 15 Ripley Place Tel. 1112-4 WET WASH Where is He Going? Why to the WAUREGAN HOTEL of course Call and see Us. Get our prices. G. E. FELLOWS & Co. 86 Lake St. Devos Ready Mixed Paint Varaishes, Oils and Brushes and Metals Preston Bros. Inc. v~ 56 Broadway about the same cofdition; not very en- couraging reports coming from the sick room. He is still in charge of a trainea nurse. Mrs. Mary Luce has returned from a visit in Plymouth. Miss Hope Burrows and Miss Ada May Davis are to spend part of their vacations in Vermont and New Hamp- shire. GIFTS TO CATHOLIC CHURCH. Large Amounts Are Made Available For Religious Purposes. ‘mucous linis throst. Itatops conghs 2 ; ingessily and qulekly and rellovestrous IIoyia e fore this! nhdifi thing has achance = forbaiy | L. L. Park, who attended the con- e jroh: oc Seate the parent vention of fire chiefs in Provigence, Tholast isjust as as &g-fi has retturned home. a less amougt than of suy other | Mrs. Mary Hull has returned to Old oough yrup: il oo rtiat Mystls after a visit to her daughter, s00 oul or rs. Claud Chester. FOLEY'S HONBY AND TAR, for it is the | = ‘oaly zenuine, 8d cORLains no Opistes e h>Lohsa Tetined from a visit in Providence, Postmaster A. W. Rathbun is in Cus wu USaLUM v Statistics just compiled of bequests to the Roman Catholic church in the United States during the last three months show many large religious ben- efactions. Probably the largest was $1,000,000 distributed under the will of the late Miss Eliza Jenkins of Balti- more. The bulk of an estate of nearly $1,000,000 left by Miss Jessie Gillend- er, a daughter of the late Arthur Gil- lender, at New York, was bequeathed in her will to charitable purposes. The Missionary society of St. Paul the Apastle is the chief beneficiary, re- ceiving nearly $400,000. Mrs. Larbara Givernaud, widow of Etienne Givernaud, has given the Give ernaud mansion in'New Durham, Hu son county, N. J,, 7alued at from $20 000 to $250,000. St. Joseph's Or. phanage of Jersey City. Three hun. dreq thousand dollars will go to the Diocese of Detroit from the estate of the late Michael Capllis, packer and real estate dealer. The Church of the Holy Spirit at Atlantic City, N. J., gets $100,000 by a codicil to the will of Mra. James Flaherty. The bulk of a $100,000 estate, left by Patrick J. Hamilton of Los Angelcs, goes to Archbishop Walsh of Dublin, Ireland, = Funds for the library and gymnasium of the new $500,000 Quig- ley Preparatory Seminary, Chicago, are to be provided by Misses Mary T. and Clara A. Cudahy, in memory of their father, the late Michael Cudahy. The Willlam T. Doran, nounces that the Michael Dinan gift of $25,000 for an engineering buiiding at the University of Detroit has been increased to $1€6,000. gifts of simflé® magnitude have been Rev. received. over $195,000,000. More people are lg;ndlr cations on Natiopal mer than have ever dons do before, many persons traveling fong distances by automobile in order to camp in these public playgrounds. The rabies epldemicwvhich is carried by infected coyotes is spreading east- ward in Utah. ‘Rabid coyotes are common in the entire western part Forest Notes. The annual value of the farm wood- lot products of the United States is The Bost Engine and the best lower on the market. Seo me before you buy. W. P. HOLMS Griswold, Ct. Tel. 82 High Grade HARDWARE and PLUMBING Murphy Hardware Co. 16 Thames St, Tel. 795-5__ STORER FARM Incorporated ' Quality Milk for. babies and chiid- ren. ist. prizes and highest scores everywhers. 9c and 10c per quart bottls, Telephone 1292-4 GET IT at RING & SISK'S Druggists Franklin Square B RuEniture HIGH GRADE Upholstery Work MEMORIALS of Merit THE C. A. GEO. E. ZIMMERMAN 33 Warren St. Tel. 1254 ——— . JAMES L. CASE KUEBLER CO. 39 Franklin St. Tel. 561 37 Shetucket St. DR. A -t‘uu of C. B. ELDRED ] your. nsurance : lB"'I"L 43 Broadway & of all il i solicited Tel. 341-3 \\ ——— e LET WE PAINT IT FOR YOU! GEO. F. ADAMS 17 Town St. Tel. 1348-4 SUPPLIES and ACCESSORIES C. E. LANE Shop tel. 731 House tel. 1123-2 Need a Plumher? Specialist In Things gl e Photographic 4P, BACRSTOW 555 &co. HOUGHTON 23 Water Street Shannon Bldg. PROVIDENCE BAKERY 56 Franklin St. Tel. 1133-3 Everything Pure, Clean and Good at the Drive Him to the GREENEVILLE GRAIN CO. for his Oats and get a bag of Lib- erty Flour at the same time. 449 N. Main St. Tel, 326-5 LUMBER of all descriptions CHAPPELL CO. Tel. 24 HIGH GRADE COAL CHAPPELL CO. Telephons IF HE'S SICK send for DR. COLES 135 Franklin St. Tel. 1095 e e Haberdashers “Head to Foot” Outfitters to Men EAGLE CLOTHING CO. 152-154 Main St. THUMM'S Delicatessan 40 Franklin St. $2.00 SKIRTS Made to Measure Guaranteed to Fit § MILLSTEIN 106 Main St. Rent a Remington Typewriter now from R. WAGNER Box 196 Norwich, Conn. Light Repal of all at the MENDING SHOP 227 Main St. Franklin Square over Trolley Station e e . Athletic and Sporting Goods Complete Stock of Up-to-date H. Motor Cycles, Bicycle Supplies and C. V. PENDLETON, Jr. 35 Broadway e 8ee SPEAR and You'll See C. A. SPEAR c. Ve PENDLETON, Jr. 35 Broadway Liquors, Cigars and O fiEometrist Bowling Alleys Frankiin Square S e up stairs 18 Bath St. in Somers Bidg. ————— e e, METAL Second-hand CEILINGS s John ‘0. Johnson Auto Tires 18 Central Ave. Tel. 719 and 719-3 e HAIR DRESSING Harper Method Also Manicuring MISS FARNHAM Thayer Block Tel. 578 D. J. Handleman 13 N. High St. FINE MILLINERY Nora T. Dunleavy 324 Main St. FARMING IMPLEMENTS and MECHANICS’ TOOLS of all kinds THE HOUSEHOLD Bulletin Building, 74 Frankl of the state. and one has been killeé within thirty miles of Salt Lake Ciy. Tourlst registers are in use on many of the National Forcsts. regis- tering their names and destination perzons going into the mouvntains c arrange to have telegrams and othei important messagcs forwarded by Torest Rangers. Experiments at the Forest Laboratory, at Madison, have resuiied in the methed whereby the yields and acetate of lime from tive distlllation of hardwoods béen decreased fiftéen per cent. S. J, an- Many _ other y thelr va- rests this sum- Pertiand. -— Highway Commissioner Charles I. Bermctt has awarded Frank Arrxigon! & Bro. the contract fo building a concrete road in Middietow 1,800 yards Iong, at a cost of $8,0:0. The new road will begin at the Pori- Jlana bridge.