Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 11, 1917, Page 8

NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, AUSUST 11, 1917 AT IR NI e g g Rz JE, “‘everywhere you'll find Quakers,” and they wilt be on cars of experienced motorists—those who have run ma- s for five or more years and have definite ideas of tire =z a not find Quakers on brand-new cars—the demand from 15 leaves no Quaker Tires to be sold to car makers. short cut to cheaper mileaze—equip with Quakers. Any- e Quaker; your next three tires will be Quaker Tires. DISTRIBUTOR' W. F. BOGUE ORWICH, CONN. ssEsss SEREaiRiiaiiiciiiaii: §§§§ SYYYNY SEISISYSNSNNYY . " rie K. Porter is visiting friends in Toliand County | Bivenpore, aa | Eowlker Norwich is the guest COLUMBIA | To Play South Windham. gLt ball team is booked the ‘South Windhams Gouth Wind 1 Team Defeats Local afternoon at South Nine, 4 t5 2—Return Game Today— Shawl Pageant Nets $28 for Red Ald_ society held their meeting Tuesday aft- . E. E. Ly home of M: | S A1l game was| Huckleberries are reported to be - frernoon ; scarce this season. : % iis | coom | Shawl Pageant. i The Shawi_ and__ Carnival e ;e given by the R at “Noxid” the me of Mrs. ¥ Dixon Welch last fternoon was well attend- summer vis took part in the ladies appeared in A Mrs. Welch v ume as “Lady The adies cont so there w ice cream of h was sold es to be sold e doll : fternoon for out- - ‘carnival and the netted thing like §2§ which goes for Red v, OVENIR C Y John Youngs Found Dead—Local Peo- ple at Dairymen’s Convention. pttage praver meeting was held esday the home of the former's rd B. Clarke. tt and family of fiss ENl ham of East Hart- nt the week end with = week with Miss Vera Gilbert Storrs « aic, N. Netted About $20. er brother, Rev. Harold i the Y. P. Andrews and family are living was well e evening A Pair of rere was a social The affair netted through the summer months. alter and Frank Bennett are sta a week at Mrs. Emma Thu- liss Rhoda, who was injured in an mobile accident some time ago, is iproving slowly. At Summer Home, Fred Hamilton's family have arrived heir summer home. 4 ave occupying ge by the lake. e held a dance at s 3 _Mr. and Mrs. Howell of Astoria, N. , tho Y. are visiting their daughter, Mrs. s Johnson Found Dead. number .from here went to the vmen's fleld day at Storrs college a. | Must Be Pretty Bad. 28 Zeltung calls Dr. Mic fan In the best But just what is a few |the hest sen of the word?—New Miss Har- | York World. DISTINCTIVE DINING ROOM FURNITURE Perhaps you have said to yourself, “Yes, expensive din- g room furniture, well made and of handsome design, is a fine thing for anybedy to have in their dining room. When I refit my dining room I want something unusual —something distinctive and not overly expensive. If s0, you want to come and inspect a new shipment of dining room furniture just received. No obligation to buy. ESTATE M. HOURIGAN 62-66 Main Street, Norwich MANSFIELD DEPO1 'End of Berry-Picking Season—F. W. Chadwick Buys Eagleville Farm. Miss Hildred Perkins of Mystic is visiting her grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Corbett. Mr. and Mrs Wheeler and their sog Frank, formerly of this village and now of Hartford, visited friends here last Saturday to Monday. Miss Ruth Pollard of Willimantic is visiting her grandfather, H. Pollard. Her parents and infant sister were there also on Satirday and Sunday last. Mrs. Samuel Austin is entertainint her sister-in-law, Mrs. Nichols, of Nor- wich, and two children. End of Season. The berry-picking season on the hill is over. Mr. Whiting gave his crew of pickers, mostly children. many treats of auto rides to the city, with ice greza thrown in. Buys Farm. F. W. Chadwick has bought the Gur- Jey property in Basleville, Both the Chadwick and the James Greene fami- lies expoct to move to Easleville at an | early date. Hillside hall will soon be occupied by vatients of the state training school who will assist in outdoor work on the . P. L. Garvey is having a house party of relatives, Mr. Garves's broth- or-in-law, John, and his wife and son of East artford and Mrs. Clara Smith of Hartford, a eister-in-law of Mr. Garv The Misses Ruth and | Coltum “sre visiting Miss on Spring Hill for a week. Ella _ Me- Ebba Smith " HEBRON | Recent Marriages at Gilead Parsonage —Automobile Guests from Boston. s returned Monday in_ East brother, F. H. Bis Mrs. W. O evening from Hampton with her sell, and family. A’ number of Hebron and Gilead peo. ple were in East Hampton Saturday to attend the carnival Porter—Hills. Wednesday evening, Aus. 1st, at the parsonage in Gilead, Mu d’ Mr daughter of M1 and Winthrop Porter were united in | marriage by Rev. J. W. Daeter. Mondas evening a number Hebron youns people zave a_su party to Mr. ar mer Lord. Hilding—Porter. | Tuesaa 3ist, at the | Gileaa thel Porter, | | daughte 1. C. Porter, | and_ Albert Hilding were united in { marriage by Fev. J. W. Deeter. Motered from Boston. Dr. C. J. Douglas and Mrs. Douglas of Boston motored to Hebron Tuesday. | Mrs. Hougn children re- turned home having been | | their guest Wo weeks: | "Mr, and Mrs nd litcle son left Wayne, Pa. Mrs. a the guest | {of her parents, and Mrs. E. T. Smith, for the past month. |~ r."ana . Brel Mr. and Mrs. | | Roger Porter motored to New Haven | | Sunday i | _Jr. ana Mrs. Wilmer Keeney | | Manchester “were guosts of Mr. and Mrs. James Dingwell Sunday. ‘ WILLINGTON There was a smaller attendance than |usual at Bible school and at church | service Sunday afternoon. The pastor. Rev. Mr. Parker, spoke appreciatively of the benefit derived from the week | at the Northfleld Sunday school con- ference. | Mrs. Brown left Monday afternoon tfor Brattleboro and other points in Vermont. Mrs, Emma Dod New York | passed the week ¢ Bolcroft. Nellie Henry returned to New Haven Saterfay. She is a daushter of the | | inyentor of the famous Henry rifle. | "Master Ciiffora Addison Parker ob- served his and the friends who enjoyed the cake counted | ten candl | Miss Margaret Wi ame from | Montreal to Hillside ay. i The social was not larzely attended | ¢ proved enjoyable, however. | F. D, Carrier Kerner is on vaca- | tion and Charles L. on_the- rou Prof. Joe boarding witl E. C. Carpenter and il ing cousins in Hartford and | The venerable substituting . of New | Haven is | | John Merrick has | been enjoying a visit to Chicago and | | vicinity,” accompanied by daughter | and her husband, Mr. and Mrs, F. B. | Lathrop, of Minneapolis, M: Several from the Hill attend meetings of the Poul Storrs. The grass at Maple 1 Corner is being | cut by Mria Bhahusick. Mr. Cosgrove is the zuest at Storrs for the convention of Prof. W. F. Kirk- patrick. SOUTH WILLINGTON Nipmuck Camp Fire Girls Return | from Camp—Personal Items. [ i | William Watson of vell. Mass., | | was a visitor in town last Saturdey | night. i Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Lerocque | are entertaining Miss Lorctta Remil- lard m. They are taking mo- tor trips to Crystal lake, Coventry lake | iand Willimantic. | | George Nichols_is working at the | | Groton-Snip and Engis [ | 7 Mrs. Rutus Worden 2 Charles | i McFarlan are visiting friends in Hart- ford and Torrington Mrs. John A. Houchens of Hartford pent last Saturday visiting with is. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kolberg of springfield spent Saturday and Sunday ith Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hansen Miss Elsie Whitmen and Miss Katie Tomascovitch have gone to New Ton- don to work Home' from Camp. { The Nipmuck Camp Fire Girls have | returned from their vacation, having {been at Crystal lake for one week. Among those at camp were Miss Mar- garet Carroll, guardian; Mrs. Lena | Brackett, chaperon; _ Misses Mary ! Westerfield, Alberta’ Latham. Rosie Zuscik, Stella Zuscik, Hazel Brackett Isabelle Service, Ruth Cahoon, Esther Snow, Elizabeth Cahoon, Mary Zer- wick, Grace Gurley. Miss Gertrude Benson of Storrs col- lege was the guest of the Camp Fire Girls at Crystal lake for the week. EAGLEVILLE There was some rain last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Buffick of New Haven are visiting the Vintons. Mrs. Mary Gurley has sold her | property to F. M. Chadwick of Mans- field Depot The hall is being decorated. BOLTON NOTCH rs. Bdward Gates of Manchester visited at T. W. Skinner's Wednesday. W. E. Rice and Mrs. M. E. Howard | called at C. L. Clinton’s in Windham Sunday, also visited Ocean Be.. Mrs. Harley DeWolf was a Hartford visitor Wednesday. | Howard is in Southold, L. I, for a weelk. Mrs E. M. Howard was in Hartford Wedpesday to see her cousin, Ralph Hills, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at St..Francis’ hospital W. E. Rice was a Hartford visito: Tuesday.. Mr. Peterson of Hartford, formerly of this place, was a visitor here Mon- day. infants—Mothers Thousands testify Horlick’s The Criginal Maited Milk Upbuilds and sustains the body No Cooking_or . Milk required Used for /3 0f a Century Washington County, R. HOPKINTON School Committee Appoints Janitor— Meeting of Town Council—Probate Session. Substitutes Cost VOTT Samn Pricn. The monthly meeting of the school committee was held at the town hall Monday morning with all the members present. Bills were ordered paid to the amount of $30.59. It was voted to ville and Mrs. S. C. Webster, Jr, and daughter Mildred returned home Wed- nesday after spending several days at offer the place of janitor of the Hope | Dr. Kenyon's. % Vailey schoolhouse. to Samuel &, | 3rs. Susie Stanton of Hop= valley is SEeon. ok = SE o SIS e bwel. - Luisiine o oesesits, Mp ond Maew S ideon Palmer. oy busgndtrges F. K. Crandall and family, Dr. Ken- The town council held its monthly vom and family and Mr. and Mrs, Y#r- meeting at the town hail Monday aft- | yie o > dick and Charles A. Larch spent Mon- ernoon. Elmer G. Burdi was_ap- | Gay and Tuesday at the beach. pointed a_special constable and Her- | Arys. Fanny Bicknell has re ol mr bert E. Johnson, auctioneer. Bills | tor two weeks' stay at West Kingston, Wwere_ordered paid to the amount of | Archie Kenyon broke his arm Sat- $208.79. i . Probate Court. In the probate court the Washington Mr. and Mrs. Fred Verdick of Provi- dence are epending this week at The Trust Company of Westerly was ap- | Maples. pointed guardian of the estate of | Mrs. Mary Donnelly is visiting Mrs. William L. Clark and Jessie A. C.|Sarah Franklin and family. Ferzuson guardian of his_person.| Mrs. C. H. Palmer and Mrs. Eva Ralph M. Briggs, Frank Hil and|Webster were callers at Wakefield Lloyd R. Crandall were appointed ap- | Wednesday praisers. Charles Lerich spent Thursday and Benjamin R. Cornell was appointed administrator of the estate of Dorcas J. Larkin, deceased, with Samuel R. Avery, appraiser. The inventory and appraisal of the estate of Clark F. Langworthy was received and ordered recorded. Friday in Providence. ROCKVILLE About tweniv from this place at- tended the annial picnic of the W The Board of assessors of taxes be- | inzton county central Ch: san the work of assessing the tax of | deavor union, held at Atlantic Beach 1917 Tuesdoy morning. Many! of the | Tuesday, August 7th. taxpayers have filed lists this year as| Mrs. Jennie @lough of Providence is printed blanks are furnished for that|the suest of her cousin, Mrs. J. P. purpose. Greene. The manufacturing plants in Ash- Irs. Sarah Brown and daughter, Brown away found it necessary to shut down | Miss Minnie of New Haven, part of last week on account of the[Conn., have been guests in Rockville. intense heat. Mrs, John Gardiner of Griswi Fields and gardens «n this vicin- |Conn. and Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. ity are in great need of copious rain. |Palmer and daughter, Maribel, of Mrs. Sarah F. B. Hood of Hizh | Westerly, were recent guests of Miss et, Ashaway, is visiting Mr. and | Jennie Burdick Walter D.’ Blake, in New Lon-| J. P. Greene was overcome by the this week. heat while having last wee Mrs. Ruth Boss, of Wickford, vis- ited Mrs. A. Irene Mills over Sunday. Mrs. E. R. Allen, who hae been i1i RICHMOND for some time, is recovering slow! John Hargraves of Apponaug was a caller through here recently. Blueberries are very scarce this year. Mrs. Joshua Boss was in Hope Val- iey Tuescay. Mrs. Janetta L. Brown or Wyoming was through here Sunday. Everett Moore is nearly haying at Elmhurst Edwin Palmer and family of Provi- dence have been assisting his mother in having at the homestead. USQUEPAUGH All-Day Rolf Call Service Tomorrow— Accident. The church roll call will be held Sunday with an all-day meeting, first service at 11 a. m. Different speakers will be heard. Oscar Webster and family of Read- throush IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGO Population Here Was 20,000 in 1867—Five Thousand For- eigners Attracted By Local Industries — Mud a Better Name For City Drinking Water. The city water in Norwich fifty ithe city is unmistabably bad. As mud vears ago was very poor and caused |it is a very fair article, but as water much comment. The Gas company re- |it is hardly recoznized. It is proper o duced their price to $4.50 per thousand |say, however, that th are only two feet. Bxtracts from The Bulletin's |stages of the water when it I very s of 1367 follow |bad. One is when the reservoir is full August 1867—Forty-three _years jand the mud stirred up In consequence, 2o Norwich had 4,000 inhabitants, of |and the other when It is net fall and ut one was a.foreigner. Now |is muddied by drawing off. Should it s 20,000 inhabitants, including |happen to be clear and drinkable it can 000 foreigners who have heen at-!easily be restored to its normal condi- | tracted here by her mechanical indus- |tion by driving a-cow or two through tries. In 1524 she had but one truck |it to Ao all the merchandise teaming of | Rock Peaches One Cent Per. e place: and the president of the| Peaches of very L noor i ins nited States, making @ trip on a 800D | and ahmat mr havd ks oo, ProPortions from Norwich to New York drank ice- iat one cent apiece. Raspberries frs | water from a hogshead common to all |Scarce at 25 and 40 centa e aogre hands. 'She then had but one bank of | s Gricain hria s P, 102 §125,000 capital’ and the cashier did all [on the Dlain Tuesday afterncon by s inciden score o to 13. Rev. E. A. Ware of this city has been 5 o5 appointed by General Howard to the Gas Price Goes Down. position of superintendent of Freed-| August s, 1 e price of gas has men’ ools in Georgia. fallen somew! Norwich City R Gas company ow turnishing it for NS e $4.50 per thousand feet. Consumers of August 6, 1867—Work on the new|over §$530 worth a month are charged oad_leading from this city to the |but $4 per (hot e chaked | r < ut $4 per thousand. and over $100 Providence is being pushed for- fworth §3.50 per thousand ble’ despatch. Quite] | Georae: e oAt e there is considerable blasting to be|measured 4 fect and’ 3 1oi incher oo done it will be some little time beforellength and 10 inches in circumter. | it can be opened as a public highway. |ence. It had 12 rattles and was moeho Uncommonly Large Peaches. ably over 15 =ears old David W. Coit showed a few uncom-| August 9, 1367—Colonel McCord last monly large peaches grown in pots at|MiSht received a despatch from Cap- the meeting of the Farmers' club of the |tain J. K. Williams of the Hartford American institute. He stated that he |City Guard announcinz his company had grown them successtully for sev.|command—the Third regiment. . <. G eral vears. - Some of the trees were |has been attached to the colonel's only four feet high and bore 15 or 20 s peaches and some werc ten feet high| 8 ',f’f"":“:‘f“nsfl“' | 2nd hore s many as & hundred |, The cottage owned by H. G, Ransom peaches, Thira streets. Laurel Hill, * mone oo 2 streets. Laurel H ar “the City Water Mostly Mud. residence of Judge Park, has been pur. August 7 1867—The aqueduct water [chased by G. L. Benjamin. furnished to most of the dwellers of| The Sunday school of the Main LEARNING HOW TO USE THE BIG GUNS Smartness and speed in mandling|of Europe. As artillery is playing the fleld artiliery show that the- siu- | perhaps the leadinz part in the Eu- dents at the officers’ training camp at | rovean battlefie'd drama. the work Fort McPherson, Georgia, will giv: |these men are doing may prove of 200d accounts of themselves when di- importance to the American Tecting their men on the battlefields All Trollieys Lead To The Business Center of Norwich A Little August Little prices for garments of Made of strictly Summer materials, Palm Beach weave and Linens. sive, but it includes values as high WOMEN’S AND MIS presented. Values up to $10.00. ONE RACK OF SPEC you will have a genuine bargain. including Voiles and Linens. WOMEN’S Both Colored and White Skirts will of the pocket novelties. PRETTY BLOUSES A mixed lot of fine Wash Biouses in in various pleasing materi and Linen are prominent WHITE VOI Better Buy them now while the pri have the chance to get a pretty, styli models. $3.00 HATS. .... $2.50 HATS. .... | | Women’s Garment Department intended for hot weather wear, and which will be service- able for many weeks to come. WASHABLE SUITS AND COATS The assortment Colored, as well as White Dresses, are shown at this reduced price, a pleasing variety of styies, weaves and colorings being It is a_miscellaneous assortment, and if you can find your size Many styles and m: The styles are very recent, and show the later developments is marked at thi the assortment. for a dollar you had better take it qu SALE OF SATIN HATS We place upon sale today a special lot cf Satin Hats which have just been received. White and Colored Hats are both included in large sailors and smaller close-fitting LAST DAY OF THI Hosiery Sale (Clearance In The Gauze Lisle | value—garments which were SALE PRICE W, 'omen’s Silk Lisle Ho g RICE including the very popular P isn't exten- as $10.00. $5'00 SES’ WASH DRESSES $5.00 IAL DRESS BARGAINS $3.95 $2.95 SPECIALLY PRICED : both white and colors and $1 48 ’1;\;! v“' . i SALE PRICE low price. Voile Women'’s Silk Lisle Hose Women’s Lisle Hose SALE PRICE Silk Boot Hose 1s the SALE Women'’s Cotton Hose PRICE rials, WASH SKIRTS be sold at the ons price. splen nd A SALE PRICE Women’s Split-foot Hose For se whose fee LE BLOUSES ce is 80 low. When you byt Vg sh and good quality Blouse 1 0 Tasth Ris By ’ kly. ” double sole— SALE PRICE Out-size Hose for Wom wh Reg H require SALE PRICE 58 A Small Lot of Silk Hose . Today Special $1.98 . Today Special $1.50 SALE PRICE §1 Street Methodist church went on an excursion to Mystic Island Thursday They left here on the schooner Maria | Flemming in tow of the am tus Wellington at an early hour in order to arrive at the island before noon ail down and back and the pic thoroughly enjoyed by all Police Court Judge Robbed. i | Augrat 10, 1567—On Thursday nizht {the safe in the office of David Youn: | opened and robbed he thief unlock- {ed the doc o the office, hunted around l1locked the safe. Five or six doilars in| lin counter c ad come in- lent times. It er | committed the a fe |t eha ekt Unterfeit mon- ley founa in HEFIC Dudley | Simms recently refor | 8. Commissioner A. Hoves The Arctics Wo The home and home match btwee the Arctics of Preston and t tive of Greeneville was played on Koat Tot Friday. the Arctics winning by tize score of 9 to 12 RECEIVES LETTER FROM GARDEN COMMISSION Mayor Allvn L. Brown Thanked For His Co-operation in Planting Move- ment. s A recaived Mayor Allyn T has the foll Emers t Garde al sion f king hin in furthering the food g ment My Dear Mavor: This commis wishes to thank vou foi your co-o od o furth S wrden on proctam them of the importance of prac- ticing food conservation by the can- fning and drying of vegetabies fruils which they have ra | pur o and by practicing food The imyértance of this food conser- vation effort by all the people steadily srows we now write to ask that You mive vour further co-operation informins the people of your o h vour newspapers if you will vou have been notified by the commission that it will gladly send. | “Free of Charge” to any clfizen, a| manual og home cannigg and a manu- 1 on home drying of vegetables and | ToilS, o recelntioria twa cont wtamp)| for each. These manuals are com- piled Dby leadinz experts and provide all the necessary simple and practical advice by the average housekeeper. If there are worthy organtzation in | v8hr town to which | woula be of = glad to send th Vers | I m MADE COMFORT BAGS FOR NORWICH BOYS Relief Corps Sedgwick Woman's | 218 to Third and Fifth Companie HOOVER CANVASS IS | Bt Y SUCCESSFUL IN COUNTY | Cards Have Besn Distributed to the | - Chairmen of Heme Economics Com.- | r rittees. | . The canvass o signing of th Co. Muss Govar P aKLor Tenth Co. M he Home Econ Committee of the T Committee in cach | wefully the measing o ! h i 'rv ind gIVing explicit Qiroctto Children Ci1 distribution, - In FOR FLETGHER'S districts and sor CASTORIA New London (Nerwich) Line To New York Strs. City of Lowell and Chester W. Chapin | Leave New London daily..... g 3180 P, 8 | Bue New York Picr 70 B. R.33 5t 700 A. | Duc Bier 40 N. R. ft. Houstor St 730 A. A | Somfortable Staterooms—well ventilatcd—can be sccupisd at 7.00 . | Dining Rcom service a la carte ' h to New York $1.85 Fare Norw Appiicaticrns for Statercoms and Tickets should be made . W. ADAMS, Ticket Agent N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R The New Engiand Steamship Company