Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 26, 1917, Page 6

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E. church at & quarter of six for Jewett City, where they had supper and spent the re- er of the evening in playNg games. A very pleasing programme was given. The first of the P. H. S. class games for the cup start today, Monday, with the Seniors aganst the Freshmen and the Juniors against the Sophomores. Sugar Supply Short. Sugar is scarce in Moosup. One tried to obtain a quarter's Saturday forenoon and was compelled to * go to nearly every store in town before succeeding in mak- ing his purchase. Alumni Team Defeated. Friday evening in_ Milner hall, Plainfield High School basketball teain defeated the Alumni by a score of 42 to 20. The game was inclined to be a little rough at times, but this ly edded to the interest. Winson and J. Smith starred for the Alumni, Winsor making 4 fleld baskets and % foul baskets. J. Smith played well with Winsor and caged two baskets also. For Plainfleld, Smith was the individual star, making 8 fleld baskets and 2 foul baskets. The line-up fol- lows: Plainfield. Allen ... Salisbury, Nolan Right Forward Bt L CTOS +--- Lathrop Left Forward Summary—Field_baskets, Plainfleld, Smith 5, Daggett 5, Burby 3, Potter 3, Allen 1; foul baskets, Smith 2. » Alumni—Fleld baskets, Winsor 4, Smith 2, Belknap 2, Salisbury 1; foul baskets, Winsor 2. Danbury—For the first time in the history of the order, the Knights of Columbus will hold a Fourth degree exemplification in this city. The event ‘will be held here Sunday, May 27, and it is expected that from 125 to 150 members of the order from other cities will take part in the degree. STOMACH UPSET? " Get at the Real Cause—Take Dr.\ Edwards’ Olive Tablets That’s what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of tonics, or trying to patch up a poor digestion, they are attacking the real cause of the ailment—clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets arousé the fiver_in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are per- forming their natural functions, away goes indigestion and storhach troubles. If you have a bad taste in your tongue coated, appetite poor, Iazy, don’t-care fecling, no ambition or afl'fl. troubled with undigested foods, you should take Olive Tablets, the sub- stitute for calomel Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are @ compound mixed with c You will know them by their color. They do the work without EAST HADDAM = Grange Increase Building Fund by $25 —Mark Phillips Painfully Injured While Cutting Wood. The last of the series of parties given by the five hundred ' ciub was held at the home of George Gélston on Tuesday evening. The evening be- ing favorable, a large number were in attendance. . Additions to Building Fund. The regular meeting of East Had- dam grange was held Wednesday eve- ning. Since the last meeting twenty dollars had been received to apply to- ward the hall building fund. During the lecturer's hour readings and dis- cussions on the merits of Washington and Lincoln were given, enterspersed with music. The program was int@- esting and instructive. Mark Phillips Cut His Foot. On Wednesday, Mark Phillips, who was chopping wood for J. H. Lee, had the misfortune to cut his foot quite badly. Dr. Norman Williams _was called to dress the wound. Mr. Phil- lips being a man well along in years and entirely alone has the sympathy and help of neighbors and friends. Charles Spencer is on the sick list and a trained nurse is in attendance. Miss Loretta Plumley was the week- end guest of Mrs. George Morga®. The few remaining crops of tobacco were shipped on Thursday to Arthur Manning of South Manchester. Miss Emily Stark and Miss Dorothy Sisson visited at the home of their cousin, Mrs. Walter Gillette, recently. A meeting of the Nathan Hale Me- morial chapter, D. A. R., was held on Feb, 23, with Mrs. Eisie Johnson in Moodus. Beef is Scarce. Cattle buyers are plenty, but beef is scarce and high in this section. W. M. Gillette refused $325 for a pair of five-year-olds on Thureday. Mrs. Merton H. Lee returned to New Haven Thursday leaving her daugh- ter, Doris, who is somewhat out of health. Mrs. Emeline Stark is now under the care of Dr. Norman H. Willlams and a decided improvement is noted in her condition, which is very grati- fying to her friemds. A farmers' institute meeting is be- ing arranged for St. Patrick’s day, March 17th. Miss Plumley’s Pupils to Entertain. An entertainment will be given Fri- day evening by the pupils of Miss Plumley’s school, District No. 1. Both teacher and pupils have labored faithtully to provide a pleasing pro- gram and it is hoped there will be £ood attendance to encourage and help along the good work. Willeha Capt. Frederi of the affairs of Machinery Intact. crh Hinsch, in charge o man Lloyd liner Willehas thership of the Deutschland, has disabled as “another goose “T am sick and tired of denying such rumors,” continued Cay Hinsch. ‘“There is absolutely nothing to it. Al the machinery of the Willehad is in- tact.” 4 Officials at the custom house also asserted that nothing had been tam. perea with. Former Salem Man Suicides. A man who gey as J. K. Sloan of New York city on Feb. was found dead in & Sat- d, mof tamford hot ha visited frie day. % b iembers of the Pentecostal churen | REED HOME BURGLARIZED are to hold a prayer meeting at Mrs. Frank evening. usan 0 visiting friends at Columbus, ted to return here the latter Saw Boston Match. W. E. Keach witnessed the Morn- ingstar-Slosson billiard match in Bos- ton, the contestants belng two former (110 hospital world’s champions. Ric] C. Bernard of Fall River nds in Danielson over Sun- Hill's, School street, Tuesday Public schools will reopen through- out the town this morning after hav- ing been closed since Wednesday, giv- ing an extra long Washington recess.|growing list of burglaries in. this Fred Switchboard Expansion. An extra section has been installed on the switchboard at the local tele- | 4 phone exchange. Solvio Maynard, who is attending a school for_the study of wireless teleg- raphy in Boston, has been spending a few days at his home on High street. Rounding Up Census. This is the week that should mark census here. Activity on the part of the enumerators and co-operation by the public should make possible the listing of all desired information at least. Inquiry indicates that good progress is being made in the surrounding towns-and many of them hope to have the enumeratars complete the work be- fore Saturday night, while some of them undoubtedly will better hat by a day or two. Profitable ‘Waste Paper. The appeal to the people of Daniel- son _and surrounding towhs to save old newspapers, magazines, books and waste paper has met with a splendid suctess. Ton after ton of such m3- terfal has been held and baled amd sold for good prices. So good are the prices now, in fact, that the income to be derived from material heretofore destroyed is sufficiently attractive to maKe the saving a feature of good business detail: An example of what can be done is shown by the Boy Scouts. The organization’s total reve- nue from old papers and like materials was $73. In addition to this sum, the boys raised $45 by their co-operative entertainment run at the Orpheum the- atre, Manager J. F. Lewis.assisting them in every way. PIERRE PETAC PUZZLED. itary Census Enumer- Him to Speculate. Questions of M ator Cau: Dear Mr. Bulletini— Makes long I ain’t write a letter buy your paper, don’t it? I say buy be- cause I been learn something with high price of live, which. keep me usy. with you I am going for be big sol- dier. "He speak with me buy questions about the job. “Can you rides He axe m horse?” I say yes, and got opinion she need some general for army. Well, for be ones general I am much oblige for the chance. “Handles a team?” say the mans. ~ 1 say yes, monsieur, but me no can understand what for general got to drive a teams and steer automobil] and motosickle. And the man axe me if a can run telegraph, wireleast, steams engin, mashine eelectrick and can your a good swimmer, which is job for admiral. I will like for kno buy The Bulletin to was Sacretorro de stat. Buy whites flag army, all mans is general and wear dress suit (white fronts) on flag- draped floor of honeur. Mashin-gun stenographer on this army got capaci- ty %00 word a minut, which is world record. I will like for be general with a; peace in a fights than sends buy returns male price for gen- eral salary on harmy. I like fot be hofficer, and will be much oblige for ‘With best wish for fob, ples sends horse at once. Yours, PIERRE PETAC. SCOUTS’- BIG DAY. Sixteen tired, ‘but happy, members of the Danlelson troop. of S ness. 7 2 M,m&mml.t:nntothm tomobile. Bates escaped with a shaking up. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING Articles of Silver and Other Things Stolen From Thompson i One more was added to a_steadily ces- tion when the home of E. Reed in Thompson was broken into d robbed during the eariys hours of turday morning. “Th burglary was reported to_ the police here and in_other surrounding - s The articles taken include a solid silver water si Reed family for years. ~ Othef articles of lesser value were also carrid away It was about 2 o'clock Saturday morning when members of the house- hold, in the sleeping rooms on the second floor of the -dwelling, were awakened by noises. As these ceas- ed, members of the family peered out into the stormy darkness, but. could see no one, the impression being that the noise came from outside the dwelling. % g was found that d. the close of the taking of the military | by the burglars. In the morning._ the house had beén robbed.. Those concerned in the break were not over-given to nervousness, for it was found that & lunch off“bread, pfe ang other w“‘“m There is an inclination. . hary _ to charge the break up to the same giing that has been opersting In Putnam d and Webster, _Southbridge, Pomfret other places. in this. vicinity, there is also an impression that’ the gang which_is s so and_successtul has a hidden. quarters nat distant. from robbed in urday. erick - E. February 7, held from the home_last Wi Mr. Reed ‘was a wealthy tool manu- facturer who had been engaged in bus- iness in Worcester for a long term of vears. 3 shesis » OBITUARY. Mrs. Patrick Hickey. * Mrs. Mary E. Hickey, widow of Pat- rick Hickey, died Saturday in Pom- fret, where the family has been resi- dent for years. Mrs. Hickey was born ‘coutmaster Legg saw to nothing was overlooked end of giving the boys a royal good ime. their splendid effort in mon- ey to pay the expenses of the trip, he directed. every detail of their enter- tainment. They were given a grand to Mr. Le elated over the fine spirit excel. lent discipline shown by .tab: throughout ‘the trip and was pleased with the fine showing made at the parade, review and in- spection. E boys who made the 1 r Armi ‘l‘orsn &!%-Ig The Dofiala fiot Dyson, Elliott Kelley, -Dean Frank Tomlin, William Whipple; - Pau Bitgood, fford Hammond, Dixon, Joseph Keach - Young. = - Nearly 100 members of Quinebaug Pomona grange, No. 2, came here Sat- urday for the first meeting of thg or- ganization this year, for the installa- tion of officers and the transaction of other business. Reports read show- ed the organization. to be in splendid condition, that there is live interest and promise of a successful year, with 3rowth in membership as one of the Promising possibilities of 1917. The meeting, held in Odd Fellows' hall, was opened at 11 o'clock with Ashford in the chair. of the Pomona had pald their dues. For the exccllent work she had accomplished in secur- being characterized as excepiionally fine. The installation of officers was. ‘in Master sisted by Mr. Davis and by Mrs. Alice Crowell and Miss Alice Congdon Thurber, bore the national colors and a picture of Washington, and there were little flags and hatchets for fa. vors, all suggestive of the holiday re- centiy observed. At the lecturer's hour in the after- noon the exercises were opened by the singing of America. A vocal tri was_given. by Mr. and Mrs. Charl K. Wheeler and Mrs. Newton, all of Storrs, with violin obligato by Miss Monteith, also of Storrs. Dr. Valeria Parker, Hartford, ad- dressed the meeting on the need in Connecticut of a reformatory for wo- men. by State a_vocal solo by Miss Dorcas Bartlett, Putnam, with accom- paniment by Miss Ruth Bartlett. A reading was given by Anna K. Barton. Thompson, with the introduction of It's A Long Way to Tipperary, sung by the Misses Bartlett, as a feature with the reading. Rev. F. 'D. Harrison, Woodstock gave an address on wanted—A Man. ‘There was a vocal duet by Mrs. Newton and Mrs. Wheeier, a reading by . Arthur Tourtellotte of this city and a violin solo by Miss Mon- teith, in order. ; meeting . went on record as fa- voring the establishment of a reform- atory in Connecticut. Mrs. W. J. Bartiett of this city read the resolution in srange in Norwich and the grange voted fo indorse it. A special committee was named to care for legislative inter- ests at Hartford. to a vote of N. tes, 1za- ‘The meeting closed In form at 4.40 m. 3 Second Caesarian Operation. 5 | trom which favors were arawn by puil rs. the guest the Misse: of Norwich are Central The Mildest tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. The Best tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. “No, ihanks, ‘I smoke Helmar!” “You ought to smoke them too—purely on their merit.” || Helmar entirely satisfies me and gives me everything I find in many higher-priced cigarettes. Helmar is made of pure Turkish to- baccos. Cost—10 cents. “Friend if you will once—you will many times.” B 3ampaBoy Jng 0398qoY, YSpPLIn, 3ang %00% - Quality Superb § the spirit of Christia all left for their hom: of future growth in n tulness. clesiastical soclety and the Ladles’ Ald scoclety. The former voted to transfer all of its holdings to the newly-incorporated church, and appointed . Edwin Scott, Arthur E. Shedd and Hollis H. Palmér a committee to execute such & transfer. The Ladies’ Ald Soclety elected Mrs. H. H. Palmer, -president; Mrs. L. M. Keneston, vice president; Mrs. G. V. Shedd, secretary-treasurer: Mrs, John Boswell, Mrs. George DeWolf and Miss Emma Geisthardt, work commit- Elmer Millér, Miss - Abby 3. H. Wiison and Mrs. entertainment_commi Ethel Miller, Mrs. CHf- gon L. Dawley and Miss Helen Hall, flower committee. iLast came the first meeting of the church, for general business, since its incorporation. Naturally, it was the largest meeting of the church in many years. Hollis H. Palmer was elected clerk, G. V. Shedd, treasurer, H. H. Paimer, E. R. Scoit’ and Mrs. G. V. Shedd, trustecs, respectively, for thres ing red, white and blue: ribbons. Mrs. Thomas Gilbert of Norwich is of relatives in Riverside for She is accompan- ter and son. ran has returned to Hartford —Among at the Wadsworth Atk rare example of a C in bronze, which wa Samuel P. Avery of N street, an expert in 1 rios and a member trustees of the Anther a couple of w led by her enjoying for a few the hospitalities of relatives at Falls. e several days' stay with rela- this % New 1 , . Eugene Dion - has ic New Bedtord se"ins wudst ot there for a:few" days, before turning to his home in Baitic. REUNION DAY AT e i Cuts Heal Quic SP000000000000000 o3¢ Apply ' Minard’s Linimen This remarkable, cream: germicide is all that is e needed to quickly heal cut bruises or sores. Don’t neglect even cuts - or - seratches. After { 1 /1 B Y. ears, two years and one year, to ad- | poisoning with dangerovs minister the fnancial interests of tha oite N N 4 gflrm,.caenm DeWolf, mu ‘wounds are not proper! vl bers of the standing committee, Plerce, member of Preston An- sociation, the pastor, Mrs. J. H. Wil. son and Mrs..N. H. Hall; committee on visiting the sick, and "Mrs, L. M. Keneston and Mrs. H. H. Palmer, mis- ‘committee. and promptly given atten tion. Minard's Liniment stainless, and absolutely pu used in many homes as the deg remedy for pain of all kinds have it on hand ready for inst Any druggist will supply you,

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