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! .One is just as apt to believe that because prices are advancing rray's Bost WILLIMANTIC, flflflflf } ~ To Buy a Smart Spring Suit ‘Does Not Necessarily Mean You Must : Pay a Higher Cost One of the wireless amateurs in this s A t to le ap- q’-‘lrl!\z(l. There were five stations dismantled. F. W. Stray to Lecture. F. W. Stray of Hartford, the well known lecturer on Bible prophecy, will deliver a public lecture at the Y. M. C. A. hall sunday evening at 7.30 o'- clock. He will speak on The Revela- tion of St. John_ the Divine—A Mis. nomer. Is It a Revelation? Pickett Captain of Bassball Team. At a meeting of the experienced baseball players in the high school, held Friday afternoon, Thomas Pick- ett was unanimously elected captain . | of the bascball team. James Donahue 7 _| was the captain. but he joined Com- pany L when the call for volunteers was issued. Tommy Pickett is a skilled_athlete, a member of the last Dasketball team, captain of the last football team, and a member of last year's basebail team. Practice is held at 3.30 on afternoons in the park, and at 10,30 on Saturday mornings. Frightened Horse Causes a Stir. A horse being led through the main street behind a wagon caused excite- ment on Lincoln square Friday after- noon when he broke away from the men in the wagon. The horse became frightened at some object and in try- ing to get away put his foot through the spokes of one of the rear wheels, making a wreck of the wheel. The horse managed to free himself but was stopped before he had gone up Church street very far. William E. Webber Able to Be Out ‘Willlam E. Webbéer who was seri- ously injured at the time of the raz- ing of the rear wall of the Jordan building, is able to go about with the aid of a cane. Mr. Webber suffered a fracture of the leg and was a pa- tient In St. Joseph’s hospital for a number of weeks. YOUR CHOICE OF THESE MODELS AT $15.00, $22.50 and $25.00 Employer Paid Cronin's Fine. Frank Cronin appeared before the police gourt Friday morning to answer the charge of intoxication to which he entered a plea of guilty. The man told_the court that he emuloyed in South Coventry and his employer was in court. The accused was fined lin every line and in some cases have passed beyond reason five dollars and costs and a bill i that every item they purchase must necessarily bear a higher | imounting to $11.60 was paid by his icost. Such is not the case and this is particularly true of the . i Suits we are showing for Spring. g 1 AS A CONVINCING ARGUMENT i,that Suits may be purchased here at a very moderate cost we { want to call your attention to the Suits marked at $15.00, [ many people of the state as sne was 2, ; i boarding house at the camp =round. 182-.50“3!.1d $25.00. They are as smart in appearance as| oA o o e e M any Suit in the store and are made of poplin, serge, poiret]|Comstock has relatives in New Lon ‘twill and wool Jersey. Step in and see what $15.00, $22.50 Mrs. J. Martin Cook. B o .. . ‘The death of Mrs. Anna Margaret and $25.00 will buy in a Suit. Cook of Windham .occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. B. Han- na, in this city Friday. Mrs. Cook, SPRING COATS, $12.50 to $35.00 WHo was the “widow of J. Martin Cook of West Cromwell, was born in 188. SPRING DRESSES, $10.00 to $35.00 She came to Windnam ir:;‘;vse'l‘ e survived by four children. Mrs. SPRING WAISTS, $2.50 to $7. Kate B. Cary of Scotland, Mrs. Hanna o $7.50 of this city, John M. Cook of Groton and George A. of Windham. Mrs. Dometilde B. Cheney. The death of Mrs. Dometilde Bay- dette Cheney occurred Thursdav night at the home of her daushter, Ars, Jo- u a e r seph Morris, on Monticello street from ! infirmities of age. She was born in Jeantilly. Canada, in 1531, the daugh- ome t e ter of Mr. and Mrs. Xavier Baudette. She came to this city 38 years ago. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Jo- ' seph Morris of this city, Mrs. Joseph Gilbert. of Willington aha Mrs. Nel- . son Gi rt of Willimantic, four sons. A week devoted particular- | 75, Bawara and Pofiin of this city . . and John Cheney of Sterling and sev- ly to the showing of all that is eral grandchildren. new and desirable in the way of home furnishings for deco- rative purposes, such as Cur- tains, Draperies and the like. This week presents the lat- est ideas in materials from the greatest mills in the country, especially designed for Bed Room, Living Room, Dining Room, in fact, for beautifying every part of the home. fair, the first of its kind in this city, Quaker Craft Lace proved a distinct success, with the Quaker Craft Lace for Curtains, 40 mluter‘ barbers and their journeymen . resent. inches wide, in ecru is priced at 33c pPh"lp Cote acted as toastmaster in and 39¢c a yard. " an able manner. The committee in charge was: P. Cote, J. Dragon, and A._Brown.' Music was furnished by a Victrola, John Potvin, Jr., being in - OBITUARY. Mrs. Amanda R. Comistock. The death of Mrs. Amanda R. Com- stock occurred at St. Joscph’s hospi- ‘tal rsday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mrs. ‘omstock was well known by FUNERALS Mrs. Teraza De Fillippo. The funeral of Mrs. Taraza De Fil- lippo was held from St. Joseph's church Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. T. F. Bannon officiated at the services. The bearers were Felix and Antonio Alberto, Fabrizio Luciano and Vincento Leo. Burial was in St. Jo- seph’s cemetery. Mrs. Margaret Stewart. The funeral services of Mrs. Mar- garet Stewart wert held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Champlin, in South Coventry Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. R clated. Burial was cemetery. Barbers’ Union Banqu Local 642, J. B. I. U. of the first amnual banquet Thursday night in a loca] restaurant. The af- Qual Craft C: . Quaker Craft Lace Curtains in white ana ecru are priced at $1.50 and up to 335.39 a pair. ere, three of which were vomnt.rnyl Other Curtains During Home Craft Week $2.50, $3.00, $3.25 and 3$5.00 a pair. yellow figured on white or Net Curtains, in white or ecru, Madras Curtains, in pink, blue or Srounds, $2.50 a pair. Musiin Curtains, white only, 3%, 50c, 85c and $1.00 a pair. WALL PAPER' This is the season of rain, a leak occurs unexpectedly and the wall becomes damaged and stained. There is only one thing to do after repairing the leak and that is to repaper the room or hall. We have the exclusive agency of one of the best wall paper manufacturers in the couniry and we will be pleased to have you look over the new designs. ITEMS OF INTEREST "ROUND THE SPORE Svomen's Hand Bags, made of gen- In Your Home As a protection against intense suf- fering from pain of all kinds—always keep in your home, for instant use, & bottle of Minard’s Liniment. ‘There is nothing so effective as this ‘wonderful old reliable, creamy lini- ment for instantly stopping the in- tense pain of lumbago, neuralgia, rheumatism, backache, sprains and bruises, and for burns end-cuts, Minard’s is @ clean, wonderfully healing: antiseptic liniment that soothes and invigorates. It puts new life into tired muscles—removes all soreness quickly. It is also just what you need for sore, tired, aching feet and hands. Ask any druggist. New Neckwear, Spring shades, %c and up to $1.30. Men's New Spring Ties, latest col- " JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepard @and colors, $1.25 to $2.25 a pair. Silk Hosiery, black only, $1.00 80cto’ $1.50 a pair. Quality Hair Switches, made of enuine human hair, 24 to 30 inches, 10 34.93. Bloom __Petticoats, silk flounce, $2.98. Stk Petticoats, changeable, $5.00 to $6.89. ;i Jeather, made with nickel-plated " #imme or covered form, fitted, $1.00 up J_ McCallum Silk Hoslery, black, white black and with black and colors, ors and desizns, 25c and 50c. colors, 28¢ a pair. mobile use, size §9x80ainches, $6.75 and colors, $5.98 to-$10.00. shades and colors, 89¢ a yard. Men's Silk-finished Hose, black and Motor Weave Woolen Automobile Robes—specially constructed for auto- Sillk Sweaters, Spring shades, $8.50. Woolen Sweaters, new Spring style 38-inch wide Silk Striped Voile, with floral and figured grounds, 5% a yard. 36-inch wide Silk Poplin, new Spring Notified by Federal Authorities. Chief Richmond has been notified any weapons or explosives that they ‘may have. In doing this the sovern- to a close the things taken from these people will be returned to them. Choral Club’s Carnival. The opening night of the carnival given by the Choral club in the town hall was a big success. At 8 o'clock the American band started from the rooms of the club on Main street and marched to the town hall. After reach- ing the building the band went into the hall and furnished the music for the dancimg: Mavor Daniel P. Dunn officially opened the affair with ring speech. The committee in charge of the affair was made up as follows: Joseph Gaudreau. chairman; Henry Boucher, Joseph Mullen, Albert Piche, Florimond Normandi, Homer Palhus, Harry Noel and Arthur Beaulieux, se- cretary. This week's carnival is the first ever attempted by this club. Lieutenant Killourey Acting Chief. s Chief E. H. Richmond will leave the local police force tonight it was stated by Mayor Dunn that Lieuten- ant Daniel Killourey would act as the chief of the force for the present time at least. It could not be learned who would take the place of the lieutenant when he went on duty days. 7 Brief Mention. R’ M. Johnson is confined to his home with an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. A. Fryer of Chestnut street is entertaining Mrs. R. Tonard of Wor- cester for a few days. Thomas W. Collins will resume his duties with® the railroad next week, after a severe attack of pneumonia. The contractors and lumbermen: of this city beld a well attended —yn- quet in the Windham Inn Thureday evening. There were many guests present, the guest of honor beins Ma- yor Daniel P. Dunn. JEWETT CITY Old Wallet Found by E. F. Burleson Contains Rare Continental Curren- cy—Reservoir Now Guarded—Flor- ida Tourists Return. Postmaster D. F. Finn has received instructions from the postmaster gen- eral to refuse to accept for mailing any mail matter destined for delivery in Germany. CONTINENTAL CURRENCY Discoygred in Old Wallet Found by E. F. Burleson. ‘While looking over some old papers the other day E. F. Burleson came across an old time pig-skin wallet which was the property of his grand- father. Within the wallet was sev- eral valuable pieces of currency of is- sues of long ago. -Amount of the col- lection is a three dollar Continental currency of the date 1777. another of 1 a nine dollar bill of 1780, print- ed by Timo Green of New London. A six and a four doliar bill of 1776, a one dollar and seventy-five cent bill, ued by the Farmers’ Bank of Troy, N. Y., in 1812 for the Vermont Glass Factory of Salisbury. ~.A 59 cent bill of the date of 1814 issued by the Com- mercial Farmers Bank of Baltimore. A five and a 25-cent script of yellow postage stamp currency issued by the treasurer of the United States in 1862, also a $5.00 bill of 1808 issued by the Farmers Exchange Bank of Glouces- ter, Rhode Island. Reservoir Guarded. First Selectman James H. Shea has stationed armed guards at the Jewett y water company’s reservoir on Stone Hill. Chester Geer is on duty in the day and Adrain Maynard and Arthur L'Heureux at night. Anyone visiting the reservoir does so at his own risk. Sunday Services. Sunday morning at the Congrega- tional church, Rev. Albert Donnell's subject is The Service of Sympathy. The Y. P. S. C. E. in the evening at 7. Topic, The Lord’s Day the Best. Leader, Miss S. ettie Johnson, At the Methodist church Rev. James B. Aldrich will preach in the morn- ing from Psalm 129:5; in the evening the subject will be As Man Thinketh. At the Baptist church the Rev. J. S lell’'s subjects will be: Morning, A Church on the Witness Stand: ening, Life at its Best. Re Richard R. Graham, rector of Christ church, Norwich, will conduct Ejiscopal service in Slater Library hall, Sunday afternoon at 2.20. Home From Florid Mrs. B. M. Swift and Mrs. J. D. Eccleston returned ¥riday morning from Florida where they have spent the winter. Personals. W. O. Soule is confined to the house by _iiiness. Miss Vera McBroome is recovering from an injury to her foot, which re- quired the services of D: B. Sweet. Mrs. Joseph Sholtz and son Bdward of New London are guests of Mrs. Scholtz's mother, Mrs. J. Agranovitch on South Main street. C. C. Helmold of Willimantic was in town Thursday instructing the Aca- demy orchestra and Mandolin club. __Arthur D. Reminston of Providence is the guest for a few days of his fa- ther, Rev. B. D. Remington. Frank E. Adams of Westchester was a Colchester visitor’ Thursday. Mrs. Harry Blau and child return- £d to their home in East Hampton on FuneralDirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 Nortk: St., Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel connection HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St Willimantic, Ct. Telephone Lady Assistant DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST Removed to 715 Main St, Willimantic IHours—9 e m to 8 5. m. Phone &4 Thursday afternoon after a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Bitgood on Main street. G. E. Harrington of Willimantic was a caller here Friday. At the Baptist church Sunday morn- ing the pastor, Rev. B. D. Remington will take as his subject, Great Needs of the Church. At the evening ser- CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears z the Signature of " Soutof9 A randem test was recently Car—and it was found that, of the men who were smoking cigarettes, S out of 9 were smoking Fatimas. centage even for Fatimas; but this case is merely one of the many “evidences that more and more representative Mmen are now- for their likeable taste—but for the common sense “man-comfort” that they find in this delicately planie the throat and tongue while you are smoking them—and they léave you feeling “fit” afterwards. You don’t have to think of “how many” when. you are smoking a | sensible cigarette like Fatima. | " TR ‘Wonderful Houghton | ered by the state chamber of merce, will be brought up hefo local chamber at the meett board of directors next we the plan s looked upon favorab wil be taken at once to furth movement n ths cty. vice the subject will be Moving Pictures. ‘Albert T. Van Cleve returned on Friday from a short stay in Bingham- ton, having been called there by the death of his sister. Tax Collector Abell was in North Westchester and Comstock’s bridge on Thursday_collecting. W. D. Latham of Farmington is the guest of his family on Linwood ave- nue for a few days. Mrs. L. B. Hagaman ‘of Hudson, Mass., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Bailey on South Main street. Henry Marquard of Westchester was a caller here Frida: Margaret Whitmore, to Bulkeley, son of Tormer Senator Mur- gan G. Bulkeley and Mrs. Bulkeley of Hartford.” Mr. Bulkeley until recerntly attended Yale Sheffeld school. No plans have been made for the wedding. this town, died Saturday at the ve- treat for the insane at Middletown, where he had been long confined. He was a pensioner of the Civil war. Hartford—Mr. and Mrs. Willlam R. Whitmore of Hartford announce the engagement of their daughter, Mirs New Britain.—The home ani school Where Are Those Ford Size GOODRICH BLACK SAFETY TREAD TIRES : We Called Back? “Bring back any Goodrich Black Safety Tread Tires you feel have not given you the right service.” Thus ran our 1917 mes- sage to the world. : If there were such tires we wanted them back and we said so as emphatically as we could say it—particularly to the owners of Ford automobiles, From the thousands of Ford Size Goodrich Tires sold we had a right to expect a certain number of tires to come back. Our tires have come back—loaded with a surprise. Read this letter from your town that came with a Ford Size Goodrich Tire sent back: Yantic, Conn., Feb. 8, 1017. BRIEF STATE NEWS Middletown—A total of 57 cases, nearly one-third the number on the docket were erased by order of Judge Joseph F. Tuttlesin the superior court Thursday morning. This action was taken at the annual calling of the docket of the court and affected all cases of over one vear's standing on the docket. Included in the number were cases dating as far back as 1911. Westbrook.—William Richard Bush- neli, born 1836, son of Calvin Bushnell, Sr., and Mary A. Stokes, formerly of The B. F. Goodrich Co., Boston, Mass. Thinking you would like to see which 1 have run over 5,000 miles miles, as my speedometer broke at am sending it to you. I used this route 2235 miles long, 13% Comfort, safety and durability you are sure to get for your Ford car if you demand Goodrich Black Safety Treads of your dealer. The B. F. Goodrich Co. WAIST 2028 — SKIRT 2037 A Most Attractive Business Dress. This style is fine for morning Wear, to go shopping, for the office, and,_ if made up in the right material, it is fine enough for calling or afterndon wear. Note the cut of the walst with its in- serted vest pockets and smart cuffs. And the new lines of the yoke, wWhich overlaps a smart side plait on the skirt and may serve as a pocke: If ©one likes this combination of waist and Skirt in shantung or linem, it will pro- duce an ideal “sports” dress. On the other hand, the waist of linen and Skirt of serge. Jersey cloth or taffeta is equally desfrable. The waist pattern 2028 is cut in seven sizes: 34, 36. 3%, 49, 42, 44 and 46 inches. bust measure. Ti reéquires 2 yards of 44-inch material for a 36-inci size. The skirt is cut In seven sizes also: 22, 24. 26, 28, 30. 32 and 34 inches, waist measure, and requires 41 yards of #4-inch material for a medium size. The skirt measures 3% vards at the foot. This_fllustration calls for TWO sep- arate paiterns, which will be mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents for EACH pattern, in silver or stamps. Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept., Norwich, Conn. lea er sole you ever s your o Stock carried by ALLING RUBBER C0. NORWICH | NEW LONDON WESTERLY