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" The report of\ ‘the health WILLIMANTIC OFFICE, Rl ‘Felephone 210-2. JQHN.E. CARR'S HOME DAMAGED -BY FIRE Blaze Staled’in Cellar Whils Family —Was.in Danbury at Son’s Burial— Lon .rcd by Insurance. b Lhbu Th e of Jphn F. Carr on Oak -lre visited by fire_about 10.30 o'cl night. Mr. and Mrs. Sdlurd i4a" Banbury where they anicdithe body of their son C was l‘vneé in that city Saturday afternoon. The fire was Wiscovered ey YeuOs 3agy who was returning | home from work and saw a t in | the celiar of the €arr home. ask- ed the neighbors if anyoue was at( home and when it was learned that | 43§ there an investigation was U HIT IR 6ak %0t the cenar win- | dows was kicked in the fiames shot sut. An alarm was sent in from the 20X on the corner of Summit and | [#ickseat streets. - When the fire com- janies apived it was found that the amibat: entively. sonfined to ar_around the heater. One ¥98' thie heater felt the effect Bl reing :|1maged. h ce The valuma of smo Bank Official Recommends Them. ’s‘ #Norrsll, V. P. Bank of Cotton- ‘TéX., writes: “Beyond doubt I vtv&"‘kéel\efl great relief and take 7 efifure in resommending Foley lls.’ Kidney trouble makes | O(&H%d and hopeless, by ackes, reness, stiffness, backach ‘hese symptoms, as weil wdisturbing bladder disorders, igkly to Foley Kidney Pilis. jeld vfle(v ?{mi ont poisons and purify the! nb Leé & Osgood Co. mzmr . JACKSON LflEflTlsr | 52, Main,, Street, Willimantic onger=9 a. m. mln m. Phone 44 e A L “JAY M. SHI:'J’ARD Ewm;ftldlnz Elmore & Shepard gne;au)uectorandfimbalmer “Nuu. St., Willimantic Tel. connection N. FENN NDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St. Willimantic, Ct. @eDhoAN Lady Assistant damaged the interior of the houas but all of the damazes are covere surance. 1t is thought that ths fire started from an overheated furnace. Jordan Block Wall Ordered Razed The building inspector has given orders that the front wall of the ruins of the Jordan block is unsafe and must be razed by the ninth of the month. The Viclnllz of this wall is now roped off and an officer is sta- tioned nmear to see that none get near enough to the building to get injured in case %his wal! should fall. Boys Took Tires From Fire Ruins, aturday night Officer ~McArthur several boys running away from ruins of the firo and upen inv tion he found a number of bicycle which had been taken out of roins, ready to be taken away. The tire thy tati were imposed and collected in the po- officer took the tires to e St on Rt an stoien . propecty valued at $1,608.74 was recovered and Electric lights house where they will be kept for, some time. It is not known who the boyrs were as they ran B.way at his approach. WIFE'S POSTAL CHECK 2 STOLEN EV HUSBAND tirs. Sicorski, Working to Her Family, Objects to Theft—Hus. band Arrested. the poilte received a Afrs, Sicorski that her postal savings at from her. s moae nnt in her name. 15 the hgme of sireet und‘ found the check. He headqnarters 2 his name as Emelain Sicorski and kis pationality as Rus- sian. He worked, until a week ago, on the rallroad. The polies have learned that his wife works all the time to support her home while her husband spends > most of his money for liquor. He is held on the charge of intoxication and will appear at this morping’s session of the poiice court. ardae CITY REPG‘RTS PRESENTED Water Department Shows Substantial Gain—Fewer Fires—Chief Richmond Praises Po!ice Officers. departments of the city were turned in during the past week. One of the pleasing features is the report of the water department which shows an in- crease in refeipts over the previous year. The water rents alone show an increase of over $1300 over 1915. The report of thegstreet department Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA *W 1a%®ef Musical Christmas A.lu(ujtu! Christmas is a merry Christmas. nesd »rl&; m;rpu. iphsy Selectathe instrument which ¥¥uggest to us the terms of payment which best suits your angd unlegs they are beyond the bounds of good siness:judgment we will accept them. Tedpio wenjence, T Murray's Boston Store Jwith it is ALL the world. Wé ua':help to have the best music in your home this We have a complete line of New Edison Diamond | s¢.Phonographs, Columbia Grafonolas and Sonora Phono- Mng from $15.00 and up to $250 00. The merriness g and dance, happiness of memories, dreams of tomor- w,MUSIC, without it home is but a roofed-in corner in the flhowe@lhat the i mmtunnul diseases ing the past vear. 01 were cases ot infantil were 255 cases Of -eity s number 28 | “The report of Fire ‘Chlfily’l‘m‘u P, Foley stated that there L ‘nres during” 1915. wenty-nine ceding vear. "’8} We fires fwere still alarms. C| fifty-two building pers as- building inspeeto Mrs. Bell reparted that 34,050 ks hafl circulated during the year, less thau the number circnlated dur ing 1915. A number of the books i ts- while B, lel man, lib; rll.u, i o 'Oll on the subjel Xt chos was very much merengd by the lec- ture given by such a forceful speaker. the Hbfary have been destroyed or lost and therc are now 9,810 books cn the shelves. lows: ‘There have been 514 arrasts made. Fines and costs aggregating $1.740.9 lice” court. returned to owners. were out 2,558 hours and reported to city treasurer for deduction and 1,688 complaints investigated and_adjusted by the officers within the past vear The officers by duty and the knowledge of the far Support | reaching importance of their work in preventing as well as detecting erfm have kept the city with but few ex ceptions free’from serious offenses. The public little realizes, the amount of wi and constantly beine accomplished i this particular line of duty which i necessary to met good resialts and i not done might cause serious loss te our citizens and censure for the de partment, and he is able to report the officers have spared no_effort on thei rt to get the satisfactory St o JORDANS WILL REBUILD Owners of Burned Block to Erect Modern, Fireproof Building. It Became known Saturday that F. D. and William P. Jordan, owners ol the Jordan block, which was destroyed by fire recently are contemplating re building as soon as possibie. matter of adjusted _nothing definite = can learned of the matter but it is kno: that the wreckage of the old bullding will be removed as soon as things can Tt is the intention of the The annual reports of .the various{owners, to erect on the site a modern and con- be arranged. fireproof buyilding of steel crete. FUNERALS John P. Carr. The funeral of John P. Carr was held from the home of his parents K;l; Requiem hizh mass was cele- brated in St. Joseph’s church at 10.15, Oak street Saturday o’clock. morning at Rev. T. F. Bannon officiating. Special music was sung at the ser- vices which were attended hy a large floral relatives and assemblage. There were many tributes from friends, various erganizations. Harry J. Kelley, Robert E. were the bearers. The report of Police Chief E. H, Richmond may be summarized as fol- strict attention to however, that is required pa results which have resulted in the past vear. As the insurance has just heg Kelley, Robert E. Casey and_Arthur F. Squires During the morn- ing relatives accompanied the hody to Commissioners on Morse Estate. Ernest P. Chesbro and Charles A. Capin were appointed commissioners solvent estate of Erwin E. s Acting Judge 1. J. Storrs, robate eeurt Saturday. Mr. Morse was in business as a huilding contractor up uatil a few months ago when he lost his life in an automobile aceident. The commissioners will ‘soon hold a meeting to pass upon the claims against the estate. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WON BY SAFETY. Alumni Team Put Up Hard Fight— Score 2 to 0. 6 o . There was a arge attendance football game at Recreation purk Sat- urday afternoon betweeén tie high school teaum and a team compcsed of the alumni. The former werc victori- pus by the score of 2 to 0. The game was hard and fiercely fougit from the start and only the better team work of the high school boys. saved - the game for them- Thc only two peints scored during the game were scored on a safety. This game juarked the close of a successful season for the high school team. This team had one of Lhe most successfu. seasons of any team that has ever represented the school on thc football field, and in @e- featis the Norwic! Acodemy they Accomplished somothing that mne other fienm representing the schoul had ever one. t the n s f o r f ELKS HOLD ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE. Joseph E. O'Neill Delivered the Ad- dress—Local Lodge Has Four De- ceased Mémbhers. Many people attended the memorial rervices held by Willimantic lodge, No. 1311, B, P. O. B, in the opera house Sunday cvening at 8§ o'clock. The members of the lodge gathered at their regular meeting place, Odd Fellows’ hall, about 7.20, ana marched to the opera house in a body. A large num- ber of seats in the front of the theatroe were reserved for the mernibers, while the rest of the hoiise was given over to the relatives and f for the ceremente: Hartford was the speaker of the even- inz, and he delivered a fire oraiior. The deceased memobers the leeal lodge are Charles A. Abb Leon E. rlden, Fred W. Gerrick and Pierre I Moreéau. The last named died 2uring the past year. The commiftee in ci rge of the ar- Danbury where buridl was in_the St |rangemerts of the service consisted ot cemetery. Re - 8. Bau-|yonn 15 Cdliins, T. Frank Cunningham, read a committal service at|Cnares #. cGlone and ~ Wilfred the srave. e Gagnon. £ Mrs. Marjorie A. Tracy. The program was as follows: The body of Mrs. Marjorie A. Tracy, | Prologue— who died last Fearuary, was brought| March de la Clocie. from Cappelia, to this eity Saturday from Bridgeport L. Delibe and placed in the family purving lot | Overture, Stradela F. V. Fictow in the Willimantic cemetery. Mrs. Orciiestra, Brother C. C. Helmold, director- Opening ceremonil Mareh, Introductary Chopen I t Orch elis a ecre Willimantic Lodge, B.P. O.E. Thomas J. Kelley, Exaited Raler. Manufacturer of Famous Medicine Tells Ingredients, So Public Can Appreciate Pure, Reliable Medi- cine. — Many people fear to take medicine to check and abort colds, cure coughs, catarrh, etc. This fear is groundless with all the products of The Black- urn Products Co., Dayton, Ohio. Eloz one containgopiates, narcotics or armful drugs. entho-Laxene, for oughs, colds, catarrh and all distress following coid, is a compound of Wild Chesry, Tolu, Cascara, Grinde- flia, Menthoe Ammonium Chloride, land alcohol sufficient to préserve and keEp in solution. very, ingredient is in concestrated form and the medicine is so strong that only :en-drop doses are to be itaken in the “raw” state. But the tideal way is to make into a syrup by emptying a 3% oz. bottle of Mentho- Laxene into a pint boitle and then fill the bottle with grannlated sugar sugar in a half pint of boiling water. It is said by thousands that this makes a most effective home’ treatment for lall cold troubles. The masnufacturer {guarantees it to please or money {back. Sold by all good druggists, Jack Frost Is Here appreals to you most. You Step in and let us éi{iiafiioo,ooo U3 Y T sound business policy focs Yo 'volnt-) iz Surplus and Profits il'iS,OOi) Established 1832 *YKCluracy in accounting, courteous service, meBromptness and liberaty in dealing, and a ,,b}yzn affairs, characierize THE WINDHAM i PQTLONAL BANK, which aims thereby to e mesubhsh with customers relations that shall flruwe reciprocally permanent, "Ek”"'Wmdham Natmnal Bank WILLIMANTIC, CONN. i administering its pieasant and Better get ready for the : winter Thg Quaker and Glenwood Ranges and Heating Stoves are standard goods. The Electric Oil Heaters are safe and reliable. Come in and let us show you. Telephone 285-3 Main and Union Streets Willimartic, Conn. syrup, made by d:ssolh-g«a pint of Invocation, Chaplain_William L. Jenkins, Tenor solor, The Lorg is My Light, Allitsen Sergi Miss Edra Lillian “htnp’\ld ac- companist. Violin solo, Lamentc, Gabriel- Marie Brother C. <. Helmold. Rollcall of the Absent. Secretary Arthur T. Eelly, Esqu're James lone ‘und s Beasie Seltiva Demr_almn of Altar, Officers of T.odge. Tenor solo, Gloria, Buzzi-Peccia Sergis Adamsky, Miss Edna Lillian Sheppard, ac- companist. Intermezzo, The Breken Melody, Van Biene - Orchestra. Oration, Brother Joseph E. O'Neill, Esq. Tenor solos— If With Ali My Heart, Mendelssohn O, Lord Most Holy, Cesar- Franck Sergis Adamsky, Miss Edna Lillian ppard, ac- compani Trombone solo, selected. Brother Achille Gaudreau, Auld Lang Syne. Dismissal. (After close of session.) Finale, The Chapel in the Mountain, Wilson Orchestra. PLAINFIELD Death of Miss Mary Wakely—Prof. Bouvillieret to Give Publiz Organ Recital — John Fitzgerald Dead— News About the Village. - The death if Miss Mary Wakely, 21, accurred .at St. Joseph's hospital, Providence, R. L, early Saturday morn- Miss Wakely was.-stricken with ap- pendicitis and was taken to the hos- pital and underwent an operation & week ago Saturday. At that time the chances for her recovery were consid- ered bright, but a change set in and Miss Wakely's condition grew worse. Her body was removed from the hos- pital Saturday afternoon to hsr par- ents’ home in Central Villae. She had resided in Central Village for the greater part of her life and was well known. Her death comes as a ghock to the community. Besides her parents, ‘Miss Wakely is survived by two gisters, Anna and Rose, and five brothers, Thomas of Jewett City, Fe- lix, John, Willlam and Lawrence. Will Give Organ Recital. Af St. John’s church Friday evening the Feast of the Immaculate Concep- tion a public organ recital is to be given by Proféssor Bouviellert. Pro- fessor Bouviellert assisted at the or- gan during the dedication of th€Sacred Heart' church, Taftville. Professor Bouviellert, though a young man, has acquired considerablé reputation as a musician. Rev. William A. Keefe, pas- for of St. John’s church has invited the public to attend the recital, Death of The death of n 7gerald occur- ed at his home on Pl‘infldd street, §ttnt‘dw afternoo: n ata 3:30 o'clock rom an attack of pneumonia and ufisy. Mr. Fitzgerald left work uesday of last week and his death came as a shock to his many friends. Mr. Fitzgerald leaves his wife and two children. Heard and Seen Mr. and Mrs. John Simino of Taft- ;'llfle spent Sunday with icker réla- ves. Miss Stella Duxbury of Esmond, R. If your hair is gray, stmeaked with gray, prematursly or just turning gray, jor if your hair is dry, harsh, thin or falling, simply hair and scalp a few times Color Re hair ( evenly dark, life and hea) fascinating, Slq% is so beautifull no one coul Q-Ban. It no dye, but Q-1 storing color money-back bottle at Lee & Norwich, Comn. supplied by mail. l Ll lgendln; a few days with Phln- Wulum Donnelly of Baltiz was a Sunday visitor here. B Misses Mami¢ and Susan Nolan off - m Ea Rm efl Taftville spent Sunday with Plain- mmm > 1 o field relatives. Louis Lamiothe or Providence spent WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFERS Without worry, h;e or risk 1,200,000 e were quick money. %e‘;fl: dollar was a moment was wasted. - A gréat perfice at trifling cost. the week end with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Louis Lamothe. 3 Frank Marcaurelle of Silatersville was a week-end visitor at his BArents’ | peod Mu: o Toacher: Jpoend "‘f"’ Charles home. Errol! Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dufft. of Prov-| "> 3 TEIpENgE idence were callers on local reatives Music at Backns Hospital. The service of sang at s Los= Sunday. ; A % 2 c! Francis Sullivan and Stanley Sulli pifal Sunday aftern: planped by Ever Ready cirele of King's Zn have re’tumedt 2 Tals sud S omas Seminary after a visit at their Daugh 4 ters. There were ylt.um €0~ here: 108 Dy Miss Puth L. Potter, with piano accompaniment by Miss Elizakath ac2eniel Duff and son Thomas and rs. Platt and daughter Gertrude were | SCOMPALIIRL bV Mins otasih several piano selections most accept- Sunday visitors in Painfield. ably. NORWICH TOWN Evening of Cards at Scotland Road Hall—Backus Hospital Paticnts En- tertained—Second Church Pastor and Singers at Sheltering Arms Service. Paul Latham and his classmate, Dana Merrill, of Pepperell, Mass., stu- dents at the State Agricultural col- lege, Amherst, Mass., spent the past few days at Mr Latham's home on the Reservoir road. Mr. and Mrs. Watlter Boshnell and daughter Virginia ha returned to their home in Bridgeport, Mrs.- Bush- nell having spent a few w her. parents. Mr. and Mrs. ker, of Washington street. who came for Thank . Y., was at her home on road for the hotidays. Rhode Island was ot cClellan avenue over v 3 Tague his home on Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. E. Waldo Eirgham of jouth Canterbury were visitors Iori- ¥ at the home of their niece, Mrs. Beverly Bliven, of ‘Washington street. WEDDMGS Bugbee—Marooux. Miss Mary Louisa aarcoux and Ralph Clifford Bugbee were joined in wedlock at St. John's rectory, Mont- yille, at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. lhcheremony being performed by Rev. X, Quinn. Alma Marcoux, a sis ter “of thé bride, acted as maid of bonor and Jegsie Peloguin of Ver- les 74! grpomsman. The bride was 23 blue traveling suit with matc carried a bouquet of bfidsl roses. e maid of honor wore white satin with pearl trim- mings. After the ceremony a wed- ding brea was served at the home of The bride at which relatives and friends “were nrqaent_ The bridegroom’s gift to the bride was a gold t. and pin, ard to the ‘best man, ipitial cuff buttons. The bride’s zift to the bridegroom wa a watch cijain and founiain pen. to the maid of honar a wrist bag. The cou- e left late in the afternoon for New anx and will spend a short homey- Board Walky Laid. The board walks vided by the Norwich Town Rural association were laid about fown Saturday. Local Jottings. Miss Mary Geer of Waskington Su‘eet is visiting friends in New Lon- on. Mrs. Fanoy Holmes of Eim avenue spent the past week with relatives in Hartford. The rain Taursaay eral reunions, especial prevented sev- the dauvglter isiting Mrs. an Bushnell nell. formerly of Norwich Town Card’s sister, Mrs, AT SHELTERING ARMS. Pastor and Quartetts frem Second Church Provide Inspiring Service. George Mullin refurns to New Tork today (Monday) after spending +the el moon = t] ' - :“"5}“‘“ at his hame on OM Cemetary | ghiygett dl";grll e ré'szr‘;"}hi e - reside in Montville where a furnished home awaits them. Shay—Kellogg. Clarence M. Shay of New London and Miss Julia Frances Keilogg, the daughter of Mrs. Addie Kelloze of 350 Decatur street, Brookiyn, N. Y. united in marriage at 1 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon by Rev. Charles R. Ross, pastor of the Embury Memorial Methodist Episcopal church of that rity, at the home of the bride’s mother. Hermon Gager of North Franklin made a brief visit last meck at the home of Mr., ard Mrs. Gzorge Geer on Plain Hill. At the Shelterir ternoon Re H. 3 charge of tiie service, assis[('d cheir of the church. The text Serve word with gladnes: Al of us have service to perform, he said. There is a =hoice of m: Those who serve self have the hardest master, »'re the most poorly paid an? » Jeast satis- ted. r than The best Master of Al Marion S. ton strect Miss TIsabel “Talcottville. was Rogers of Washing- spent the end with Bacheler at r home in Mr. and JMrs. John Ohlson and €on of Hartford have he2n spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Apley of Vergason avenuc. Noank Needs a Watchman. The jalk of securing in some way or another, a watchman for the streets of Noank has r ed fresh impetus in the past few davs since ssveral voung women have been put to con- siderable frizht by the methods of the young men cmployed to make their acquainiance, to put it lightly. hope and Lord fin the in were Mp and Mrs, Adm Branford were guc: and M Nathan b Cante: y turnpike. love. Those 1w gladness are sun. The h heartily e; Leupoid of Friday of Mr. inell of the Old nns and anthera: ed, many exnressi 2 heard =t the anthems selected were” Oh. Thou That Hearést Pr T and We Pless Thee for Thy Peace, Oh Lord. Members of the quartette were Mrs. Henry E. Church, Miss Lucile FLord, Arthur Blackledge Archibald Mitchell, 4th. Miss H. Louise Fuller was at the piano. ir. and Vrs. Or: Wightman avenue wi guests of Mr. and on the West Side, niksgiving rs. Emil Stevens arwich. From the Consular Reoorts. Five thousand Japanese emigrants are to be sent to Brazil each year over the new steamship lin>. In their- new nome ths Japanese will be emploved in the cultivation of rice, bea pota- toes, onions and coffee. China is once more offéring a pro- fitable market for American metals. ‘Argentina is not taking very kindly to foreign soft drinks. Mrs. J. M. Hart of Hartford has re- turned home after spending the week end with her motaer, Mrs. Minnie Ed- miston, of McClellan ave; Winners at Whist. A whist was given Friday evening by the Social club at Scetland Road hall. Seven tables wers played. Cocoa and cake “Pre served by the supper committee. First ladi prize went to Mrs. Wi m B. Wilcox: for gen- Lewis Bussey of Meriden and Albert Bussey of Providence were guests of their sister. Mrs. Burrill W. Lathrop, of Town street, over Thanksgiving. Norfolk.—Dorothy Dyer, §, of Nor- folk, broke the bones of her left hand in a fall the ather day. Miss Barbara Latham, 2 student n the art department of Pratt institute, ONES sometimes wakes u and in consequcn'ce the without his telling them in o mny words. Mrs. Jones attributes it to biliousness and if it doesn't wear off during the day she gives him a dose of liver medicine at night. The next morning he fecls better and she gives him coffee for breakfast,—and the next morning,~—and the .next morning. And in a few days Jones has another spell. Dear Mrs. Jones means all right, but she doesn’t seem to realize that if she didn’t give Jones his niorning coffee she wouldn’t have to give him the liver medicine and Jones would feel all right without both. Houpcquc ev: have found out that Fastant Poitum takes the place of break- fast coffee perfectly. And dn.t is only one of the reasons why Instant Postum has wholly - supplanted, thc use of ecc on thousands upan thousands of Amencan hnukfist tables.