Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 15, 1918, Page 6

u'rmm 'IIIY }’r‘fi Like Bemg Hit- By Rattle Snake . Says that every time you cux or pick at a corn you invite lockjaw .....-ol-:v-‘rr“ Tou reckiess men and women who are pesiered with.corns and. wiho have{Da at least cnce a week invited an awful death from lockjaw. or -blood .poisen -afe mow told by a Cincinnati outhority to-use 2 drug called freezone, which ther moment a few ‘drops are applied to any corp. the soreness.is relieved and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts vight eut- with the fingers, “with- out~one particle of pain. This freezone is a sticky substance which ‘dries the moment it is 'abplied and just Ioosens the corn without in- faming or even irritating the. sur- rounding tissue or! skin. He says a quarter of an ounce will cost very lit- tieat any of the drug stores, but this is sufficient to rid one’s feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You are positively warned that cut- ting or picking at a corn is a suicidal Joel Swanson, Enlisted Man, Gol Hingham Training Station—Wil Lacroix Leaves for New York. Joel Swanson of High" street . who recently went to Boston to enlist in the Naval Reserves has received word to.report at the recruiting office Wed- nesday -merning. Mr. Swanson will go into traming at the United States trgining station at Hingham, Mass. He ‘was employed in Baltic for a number of years but for the past seven mpnths had been employed in govern- ment construction at the Fore River Shipbuilding compan;'s ph,nt at ‘Quincy, Mass. Mr. Swanson will visit .friends. in Ne; “York before being assigned to auf Leaves for New York. g Wilfred Leoroix has. resigned at the | Bbetucket Worsted mills and left town for New. York Monday, where he' has secured employment. Recovering from Injuries. Leo Philleatreault, who_ suffered an injury to his hip when he fell from the top of a tree, several months ago | ‘is‘able’ to be out of ‘doors. Home on Furlough. “Rudolph ' Tambert "of Fort Terry | spent a-furlough over the week:-end at } his homte on High stredt. ' . "Leo Herard stationed nt Fort Terry | m Bunday with friends here "CLARK’S ' CORNERS The :Woek’s + Ocetp; “Estate. Walter Stone, spent * New Amog Stone. H-nptmlnal—c-n\nkeu g New Huuu‘o_[\ Goodwin a’ private at - Ayer, Year's” with his ‘uncle, Clinton Oliver,-a member of the ?‘1- ation ‘class, at Boston; Institute chhr\olngy. has returned there, after spending two weeks at his home here. Miss Ieonora Jenninzs has réturned to her echool at Fas! Granby. Owing ' to: the severe “cold: of last | week Pomfret Center school had'. to “lose' .and the .primaty teacher, Mrs. . unh J. Clark. has been at her home Miss. Ruth I Scott .is. visiting her nt!ll as .in coves, show the ice to be father. “In New Haziize. Mr. ‘and Mrs. De Long, ca.retakers of:the Goodwin estate, ire how located:| ir the new hou: i Mgs.: Cynthia Chase 'of ' Woo Sock!?—. residents ‘here are: haying. the novel R. I and Mr. Raymend of Piainville, €onn,, ' also "John Hamond ~of field . wére “amboiig “holiday “visite , Blmer Balcom. ot Andover vmue}s ‘on | fingle nis faxhfir "ecfl;!h LEON '\RD BRIDGE Willimantie \x-xmrs from’ this ‘Place Eriday included Miss Annie'. Clifford, Miss Lavinia P. Kneeland, David, Walsh-and Rexford E. Cummings. Mrs, Elizabeth Hazen is - visiting Mrs. Charles Lamb of Willimantic. Staniey Hunt of the naval reserves, Newport, R. I, is ill with: pneumonia | at_the home of his- grandmother, - Mrs. Eunice Hunt, on Pine street. . FELT LIKE A NEW PERSON Aftr Taking Only One Box Of Friit-3Tires” East Smir Hansors, "It is with great pleasare that I write to tell you of the wonderful benefits 1 have’ received from taking “Fruit-a. tives”. For years, I was a dreadful sulferer from Comstipation and Head- sches, and 1 was miserableiin every way. Ifilfluh the way of med:dnea seemed o ‘belp me. Then I finally- tried “Frait-a-tives” and the effect . was lplndnd. After taking one box; I feel like 2 new.person, to have relief from |and their improvement so that a meet- lhnin siekening Headaches”. Mzs. MARTHA DEWOLFE. 80e. a box, 6 for szm trial size, 2%5¢. At all dealers or sent Postpaid by Fruit. l-fih I.nuhd, Ogdensburg, fi.Y. ans: | Addvt ons to High Oehool Honor Roll - —Coal Arrives For Gas and 'Elec- tric, Company—Union St. Jean Bap- " tiste Installation.— ‘More lce on As- 2 ] Knawn in 30 'J‘he lolloms names ‘are to be added ta_ the roll of. Killingiy High Schodl boys ‘who are in the:service: *Harry Hughex, Earl' Brearly, William Grace- Iy, Charles .C. Rapp, Miiton Burnett. - The Keystone store is closed until .of this week.—ary. ry V. Barton of Providence vis- ited Mends in’ Danielson: Monday. Coal“Fér: Gas: and " Electric ‘Company. ‘Sevéral ‘cars of coal have been re- geived by the pnnlelmn and Plainfeld ('10 and Electfic’ company, so the se- of the fuel famine, in so far ;lnmu.nt pany is concern- ed, is relieved for ‘the time being. Promoted .in France. ws from France .is that John Dowe :has been promoted to be a cor- poral . in. the" field wartillery - command 10 -which he"is attached. A ‘mear-zero -temperature -~ greeted early -risers in. Dahielson’ Monday morning. | Fred Miller; Dayville, has been pro- moted to be a corporal in the quart- ermaster’s department. He si at Camp Jovenh -Jackson,” Florida. I Teg -hervesiing now under way in- sres all the town of Kil'ingly a plen-| tiful . supply of -ice for. th summer- season. . * This week harvest-. \ing yis leing done in ‘the vicinity of | e Supreme President 'Instalis Officers. Henry. T. Ledoux, Nashua. .N. [eupreme president of ‘the Union i Johni Baptist, came to Danielson 2nd installed ‘the officers of the .council here. - ¢ % “Transfecred. to Georgia. | . George Nuttall and Wililam Nuttall i who recently enlisted in the service as p vers: attaghed .'to the avia-* tio ce, have been : transferred lrom Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. .J. 0 Georgia. and, it is understood, ‘are soqn,to leave for France: ' Relatives Negligent. Ratnrns to. the local exemption board show that:the relatives in this town of some: men’ who are in the service have failed to return questionnaires so certifying. ° This is not in accordance with the requirements of the selective servica ‘aet. The attention of those' who-have an income-tax- to-pay is directed to the fact that the'matier must receive their attention before the first of March and that a federal agent is now in Put- nam, daily fo answer all questions.rel- ative to the government's require- ménts in this: matter. Yankee _Doodle Girls. Tommy ] aikee Girls musical \huw lived up te ist vance notices in the matineg and e ening porformances at the Orpheum theatre Monday. The cast is i tumed and ‘made yp the d eral commented upon The g numbers were siven,and ther» was enou trr-makine comedy to, vel chronic,_ grouches oyt. {ront. the m-si ay’'s offeri H B i Tonis B. wes ot Wor | ! fopdsa« ta hriv~ from S Vincent's | beenitelt her hom- i’ Plainfield reness ' Ressette. ard ,\Vr" T.ouis Tes- | - n. 21d who Vhave “atte Uigd ¥ Miss Tes- AZGAWAAA lEvcn “the W Ridden By} \.,me pxec(vn B Assawaza h{ver is froven oo d ‘from the .aam. of the e e company in the venr of the Evans, building to near the bridze -on the Chicken Farm road. west of Elmville. This is said to be the first time that this has oceurred.in at.least 30 years. Men’ who have known the river since bovhopd and who' have skated upon it "since their grammar school days say thit the stone bridee alwavs has been the northward limit of the skating area.” 'The river runs swiftly through a. narrow, space under-the bridge and as a general ryle: the ice that forms .there is only .thin and treacherous. w that section is solidiv frozen over, is the whirlpool section just be- .yond it, .the .ice .bsing..heavy -and strong. THoles that have been cut through the 1ice of the river . where. the water is o | rom (20 to 24 inches in thickness. Thls is, unprecedentedl\ heavy. ice for this river. | * Selling Stocks by Telephone. ' Donielson ‘business men ‘and othsr exparience of * being’ invited to stocks by ‘telephone. usbial buy It is not.an un- thing' for a telephone bell to and ' now. upon answering, to bave. the operatorinform onc that a cerfain ity of the state is calling. Thé person cailed soon finds out that a very clever talker is engaged, .at the other end-of the wire,.in tryinz to sell stocks.' an enterprise -in -wiich he is not infrequently successful. “The ‘method " is” a perfectly le«mmate ‘| one as is also the, business proposition, but the novelty, of it bas attracted.at- tention among business men. -~ Na.Change in Dog Law. Tt has been ascertained at Hartford that . there is. no immediate- prospects of ‘the ‘order requir ing doge to be kept ~onfined -being rescir The fact that there has been-a hurnher of - cases of rabies .in eastern .Windham caun- tv during the past few months makes it essential that the confining order be kept in force for a - considerable time. 2 3 1t is realized by the department of ! the. commissioner of domestic animals i ‘at the grder is not a pleasant one to keep in force, but if results from it are at all valuable it must be con- tinued. . '8 HAMPTON Public Educational Meeting to Be Held . Saturday Evening. A public educational meeting will Le held at the Grange hall in Hamp- ton Saturday - evening, January. 19 at 7.80°0’clock. The programme will con- ¢ist of -a -prize speaking contest, p: triotic. songs by the’schools, and ad- dresses by L. T.-Garrison on Improy-: ing .the Schools: and N. S..Light on Hampton’s School’ Needs. There will al#o be an exhibit of school work. Pecple in Hampton and ‘surrounding towns are interested in. the 'schools ing. like thié is sure to call'out a large: attendance. “I don’t like the thermometer on a cold" flx)’ 2 “Why? “Oh. it is a. thing of low degree"— Florida: Times- Unhn. J..lracuse and. afterwards -south. - \\urhm sueh a-brief time of each other.; j thet ‘des ‘m\m of Pomfret in, the legislature, and i~ brother, Ellsworth, who is serving 'siroyed by a fire. on Providence street. BE .| dued; without . any | buildings *in “that tHickly' p pulated, . T} e ; 1 4; John' L. Wright, dale,-1; M,'L. White, New London, 1 Arthir Goulet, Danielson, Ralph S, - Covell' Di - Charlotts, N. C~Leclgir-and- sell Barns én . Providence 'Street Burned — Classifications Announced | ' The bndy ot ‘orporal , nett. Covell, .1 c_mvlmy, States infantry, is enroute from Camp Greene, Chazlo Y ‘the home of ‘his parents, and Mrs. Willis Cnvell of Pom{m where it is exspected to . arrive tonight. *Monday, afternoon Mr, and: Mrs. : Go- vell ‘were withiout aetailed information as to the cause,of their son’s death, but’ thel know ‘thaf he hewne il with measles. Christmas day, the-day that he’ received notice that he had: been promoted fo he a cor'pom;, Corporal Covell. is, the frst. of ‘he bundreds of Wini county.. boys ham. who are in the service to give his: life for his, ‘count Likewise he was triotic young men- who flocked .to the colors "in_ the. early days. of the, wTr. army at ‘the Sprlngfleld cruiting * station; Jung 28. and had since’ been . under, ‘rigorous training. g fret June. 1 "He_ atfended - the | schools, there ‘and afterwards entered the 'class of 191 During” his high | school days 2. meiber of tne! among the first of, the hosts -of pa- enlisting for. service _in the regul Almost immediately. he' was sént sodth Corporal Co.\ig} as born in. Por- Putnam High “school, ‘graduating wita friends in-the. towns. where the team played. He .was ‘employeéd: at: Springfield for @ period. prior to-his enlistment. His mather, who 'is 'a«native of 'this cjty :d who was, Miss. MyTtle Bennétt. of at the last time she saw ‘her hoy as June 19- of. last year, when he camo home for the. observance :of ‘the silver anniversaryv. of: the marriage of his parents.. The' .next . day was his . birthday.; ‘He , returned- : to Springfieid . and witain: _a .. few days enlisted: beingz sent to Camp. Sy- Qeath. Mrs, wable fortitude Tn commenting on hi: Coyell showed . rema: and the finest spirit ch Ame; can womanhood - is 'capable. ‘Keénly feeling the- loss of .her son; she is con- soled by the fact that his death ac- curred -here,. rather than:abroad, and that his body ‘ean be sent home for burial. - Mrs. Covell recalled -the. sensation she experienced when she read -a few weeks ago,. of the death of Herbert F. Watson. wireless. operator of the tor- pedoed transport. Antilies, and .of the thought that came to her -mind. at that time that it might have been her ; . Hermon and Herbert. who for- merly. lived in Putnam, were born on the same day in June, 1894, and that fact: always bad been’ fixed in Mrs. Covell’s mind. Jt now seems a strange cecurrence to her that . their .deaths Whild both were “in’ the service came 1.Coveil.was a. splendid al manhood ‘and_patrictic ee that marks. truie Ame o phe cavs. e leaves his parents,’ who are we!’ throughout this section of the | his father having served the in the navy. OVER $5000 F|RE LOSS Leclair and Grinseil ;B-rns on Provi- dencs Street Burned Monday. Two harns and two: sheds ‘were de- for which an alarm was sent in from Box 34 at 12.15 a..m. Monday: ‘A sec- cnd alarm was :tured in’a,little later when' the fire. assuimed such " propor- ticns as: to seriously ‘threaten valua- ble property in the viejnity of the fire. Une of the barns was the ' property the P, M. Leclair and. Sons com- ny, :tha other the propeny of Mrs, George .Grinsell: ; Alvin Leclair of the .Leclair firm estimates Lhe-total ioss at $5,000, part- ly covered by insurance, % -"Two -light automobile trucks. the property of the LeClair firm, were de- stroyed in-the fire. bile, a pieasure car was saved. Mr. LeClair said Monday’ that A. A. Bourcier, recently. named as chief of the fire department, Frank Jarmls and himself were “the first three men to- reach the fire. - At ‘that time.'it had zained uron,-, ‘headway and, the. ends of the two'barns, which were ‘only, fow feet, apart, were blazing fiercely. The fire depariment’ made a_quick response to-the alarm, but was handi- capped in’ hettmg promptly, to work because the hydrant nearest. the . fire was frozen and had .to be thawed out with hot water obtained from a nearby residénce. . Lyckily 'the ‘thawing 'out process was quickly accomplished.. .Mr. LeClair said that. great .credit due ‘the -fire, department- for the highly efficient manner in- which the fire; was “handled and eventually. sub- material ‘damage Leing done to the LeClair store’and onher frame”structure..in the vicimity. Others - commented _very' ‘fivorably upon, the .efficignt. manner -in .which the fire department handled a.danZer- ous .’ fire, ‘which. if’ it had ‘managed to get beyond control,” would haye, been, in 'asway to wipe dut a- score of frame secuon of: ther city. ‘Mr. LeClair said he has no to ‘how ‘the fire started. * There' was no fire /in - either of thb barns = i Comphtmg Clunficatmn. "The ‘classification of the nearly 000, vegistrants, in- this- district will completed at the end of this. week. it is ‘now expected;’ excepting for o few seattering cases and those’ cases -that | are pending decision: before ‘the dis: trict beard... . . '* * ¢ |5 Monday the first appeal from:a de- cision of the local board; which decis- ion has,been’ upheld, upon- appeal, by the district board,-was made to the president. grounds. A police list-is bemg comipiled ' this week that contains the names of "all who failed- to' return = questionnaires and- thosewhose - names rappear upon it are subject to arrest and immediate induction 'to - military " service. Classifications Ménday. - Additional classifications’ by, the I cal board: Michael Zotta,: Putnam, Zone Pocri, Grosvenordale, 4: Frank Johnson, Putnam. 1: Omer Bourque, Putnam. 1: Leonidas Fratz, Grosven- Hamld :R. Kent, Putnam, Hartford.. 1; . Alfred 'y Al- bért F. ‘Wmer Putnah, .5; Francis. S. Hart, Putnam, djstrict..board; Joscph E.-Collum. Putnam, Putnam, ‘John’, Bradford, Putnam, %; Charles J. Har. rie, Elmy: ille, 1: Robert Percy ‘Allard, | Putnam. Spn-o Takbac, North Gros-! venordale. 4; -William' H, Keane, East- ford, '2; ‘John J. hBL Adrian Breault, Pu 1 Wright, Waterford, 4: Elfle low. ‘Killingly, 4—("0&!1 De Sprmzfie!d 4 Fall: River,: }’utnlm, 5: P, Wms. i % Giora “Clarenee - E., Qr enry: Labonte.. Put ilarger Another’ automio- | {Jewett City This -is Dron agricultural | o¢ geau, P Newport, 1; S'hnban Ali, North Gros- venordale, 6; Henry A.Myers, Daniel- son,5; - Henry' W. Rouse Putnam, 5. R.tum to Colley ies at Clark college. .C..F. Hovey of Hartford was a visu tor in Putnam, Monday. Sent to Norwich State Farm.' In the city court Monday morning Judge M. H. Geissler ordered Rnber Bruce committed to the state farm il Norwich for a period of six months. . There was a regular meetinz of Put- nam grange Monday evening that was of : special interest. Death of Former Local Prlnt. The death at Danbury of Rev. J. J. McGetrick was a matter of special in- erest in this city, where the young priest for a few months was a curate of St. Mary’s parish. During the brief period of his work here the members of the parish found in him a deeply religious, ‘spirit and they heard: witlt regret of his removal, a few months ago, when his health was failing fast. Pennsylvania .Coal Arriving. ‘In towns and villages hereabouts some relief from : the —extreme fuel shortage ‘was reported Mondayl when cars of coal,had arrived from points in. Pennsylvania.. Prospects ‘are now that manufacturing -concerns . here- abouts will get relief with sufficient promptness to allow of regular opera- tions.of ;the plants. JEWETT CITY A, F. Read Farm Sold to New York Man—Old Norwich Pamphlet of 1804 . Found—Cemetery - Association Votes Thanks to David Hale Fan- ning—St. Mary’s Parish Report Read ~The A. F. Read farm.in Lisbon was sold Monday to Jacob Goldberg of New York.' This is one.of the most vaiua- ble pieces of farming property in the town of Lisbon. It has been owned by the family 150 years. A. F. Read, who gives the deed to the property. Wi born there. His father, Thomow Read, was'born there over 100 years ago. A few years ago, when Mr. Read was 4 younger man, he owned and op- erated one of the very few sawmills to be found anywhere with the old- time up-and-down saw. Mr. Read al- ways good natured, used to let -the boys ride up the log. carriage, which was deemed a ‘great privilege. The old mill has long since fallen into disuse and decay. When in. its prime, thousands of feet of boards and lumber were sawed there every win- ter. PRINTED IN NORWICH Pamphlet of Serrfion - Delivered Dec. : 5, 1804. ] Mrs. G. W. Robinson, has found among her possessions a well p served printed copy, in book.form. of a sermon, delivere at the ordination of the Rev. Levi Nelvon to the pastoral care of the First (‘hurch in Li Dec. 15; 1804, by David Tong pastcr of the chureh, in Milford. \!ass The book was printed and bound in Norwich. Conn. in 1804 by Thomas Hubbard. y Shrike Among Winter Visitors, A great morthern shrike has been reporied . near here. These birds are natives of much higher latitudes than “and its appearance here is vrob- "ably. due (like the great Arctic owls which have been seen in this state) to extreme .cold in the north: also to the se with which' any bird can travel n 1885. during t snow storm a erme to Jewett City and was shot b a Jocal hunter who was out after foxe Jt-was purchased by the Agassiz Chap- ter and was mounted by a Providence taxidermist, and can now be seen among the collection in® Assembly hall at the Riverside Grammar school. These ' birds are to a certain gree birds of prey as their food consists of sparrows and field mice, which they capture and . transfix upon some rear- hyv thorn bush: They are a little than a plump robin. though the tail is mnch longer and the beak is hooked. The plumage is sray and white with a black streak extending from_.the eye down the side.of the liead and neck. G. E. Buckley at Ayer. Many residents in town, especially the vounger people. will be interest~d to hear of the whereabouts of G. E. Puckley. A letter to Miss Watie Stet- son tells that he is at Camp Devens in'Co. B, 14th Railway Engineers. He wrote that he had met several of the boys whom he used to know and he sent his best regards- to The family lived The his “old pals” here here about fourteen years ago. (.'.ther died en years ago, and a s ther h\'es in lla\e ‘hil CEMETERY ASSOCIATION Adnflh Formal Vote of Thanks tc Da- vid Hale Fanning. he'annyal meeting of the Jewett v, Cemetery Association was. held Alonday afternoon. The directors of last year were elected with the excep- tion” of R.. M. Brown deceased., The directors are J. H. Lee. D. D. Tracy, T. E. Tee. A. Young. 'A. M. Brown. A. R. Young and . H. Prior. N. I Bab- co¢k was " elected, superintendent and G. H. Prior’ and R. J. Guy chosen, auditors. Tt was unanimously vot2d to extend a2 Vote of thanks to David Hale Fan- ning’ of- Worcester for his zreat gen: ity to the association dnrm" the past vear and the secretary.is to no- tify him of such action. A 'meeting of the directors was held at’'the close of the association meet- ing. "J. ‘H. Lee.was elected president, D. D Tracy vice presiderit and A. M. Brown . secretarv. and treasyrer.. The tréacurer’s report showed receipts of $558.58 and expenditures '$507.65. loav- ing a balance in the working fund of $50.93. < The permanent fund is $6544.50. Parish in Prosperous Condition. The report of the financjal condition St, Mary’s church was read by Rev. J. J. McCabe at the masses Sunday. GREAT FOR ECZEMA AND OLD SORES Guarantee Peterson. My Ointment, Says Stops - Itching Instantly “If you ‘are responsible for the health of your, family,” says Peterson, “I want you to get a large 30 cent box of Peter- son’s Ofritment today. i Remember, 1 stand back of every box. ~Every druggist guarantees to re- fund the gurchase price if Peterson’s Ointment doesn't do all I claim.. - b guarantee it for eczema, old sar €es, running sores, salt rheum, ulcers, sore mpples broken breasts, itching skin, . - blackheads, skin diseases, bnma bleeding and itching piles, as, well as for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sunburn.” “I had 30 running sores on my lez for. 11 years, was in three different lios- pnn T Amputation was advised.. Skin ting was_ tried. I was cured by Peterson’s Ointment.’—Mrs. F. E. 287 Michigan St.. Buffalo, N. Y. u&'inf Nerwich People Should ' Heed Warning. Its Have you a sharp pain or a dull ache across the small’ of your back? Do’ you realize that it's often a timely sign “of ‘kidney ~weakness? Prompt treatment is a safeguard against more serious kidney troubles, Use Doan’s Kidney Pills. Profit by this Norwich ‘woman’s experience. Mrs. Henry L. Greiner, 606 E. Main St, says: “Sometimes a cold has affected my_ blek and sometimes. over- work has caused dull, nagging pains across my kidneys. My back has felt weak and tired and I have been worn out. When bending, sharp pains have eiszed me in my back and it has been hard to straighten up. 1 have used Doan’s Kidney Pills and they have done me lots of good;” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t sim- ply ask for kidney.remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the that Mrs. Greiner relies on. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs,, Buffalo, N. Y ettt same During the year a considerable. sum has been paid on the mortgage, leav- ing the church practically free from debt. The great finance of the church are in a creditably prosperous condi- tion. Crosses Quinebaug on the lce. The recent cold spell, which put the trost-resisting qualities of houses and ceilars to the test, was remarked by many as being the most severe they ever experienced. Referring to a diary of 1904, the temperature for Jan. 5 was 50 degrees below zero and the next morning 16 degrees below. This was followed by milder weather for a few days, but two weeks later there was horse trotting on Blissville pond and on the Thames river. ‘Mrs. Clarence Whitaker recently left for Newport, where Mr. Whitaker, who is a coppersmith in the United States navy, has taken an apartment. Curtis Kinne of Canterbury Plains is employed at J. B. Palmer’s. Crossed River on lce. Mrs. Erva Barnes of Preston called on Miss Martie Bdrber Friday, cross- ing the Quinebaug on the ice, the dis- tance being less than a mile, while the shortest driving distance is about six miles. -Miss Agnes Enquist of Mt. Sinai training scihool for nurses in New York spent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs. Olaf Nelson. MANSFIELD DEPO1 C. E. Society Planning a New Year Party—Officers Re-elected at Annual Church Meeting. Mrs. Harriet Carr has been assisting Mrs. Albert Botham for some days. Villimantic. where she was taken se- lQicuus]v ill with rheumatiem. Dr. and Mrs. McFarland attended the funeral of Dr. McFariand’s sister in Stafford Springs last week Monday. W. H. Pollard is improving vel slowly from a severe attack of grip. Mrs. G. M. Deane has returned from a vacation. Miss E. L. Lynch was a dinner guest of *Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Birdsall Sun- day last. The €. E. society plans Year's: party in the chapel. a New Annual Church Meecting. At the annual ‘meeting of Dunham Memorial church Thursday all officers were re-elected. also those of the mis- sionary_department. Reports of'treas- urers and department superintendents were encouraging. ROCKViLL E Improved Since Personal Mention. Traveling Storm— here Saturday because of the storm. Traveling has been very bad the past week. but the rain of Friday night and Saturday morning washed away so much of the ice that there is some bare ground now. Sunday morning the mercury was at 8 above zero. “Mrs. William Hammond and daugh- ter Ruth have returned to their home in Wickford after spending a week with Mrs. Hammond’s parents. The condition of ? Jared G. Barber, who has been ill for several ‘weeks, remains unchanged. Miss Florence Barber has been con- fined to her home by illness the past | week. Miss Doris Barber of Westerly Is spending a few day: wivh her grand- pareats, Mr. and M Barber. Rev. and Mrs. L L. C Ltrell have re- turned from <, where they bave been EAGLEVILLE Supt. F. W, Clapp visited .the public school Thursday. grammar department of school, the was confined to her home in TRY THIS FOR A COLD--IT'S FINE! “PAPE’S COLD COMPOUND” ENDS SEVERE COLDS OR GRIPPE IN FEW HOURS You ean end grippe and break up a severe cold either in head, chest, body or limbs, by taking a dose of “Pape’s Cold Compound” every two hours until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nos- trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fever- ishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Don’t stay stuffed-up! Quit blow- ing and snuffiing. Ease your throb- bing head—nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as ‘“Pape’s Cold Compound,” iwhich .costs only a few cents at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes nice, and causes no inconvenience. .Be sure you get the genuine. LISBORN Records in Diary Show Below Zero Weather . in 1904—Preston Visitor » | No services were held in the church Miss Fanny H. White, teacher of the | village | —old fashion molasses crulles by an old Creole oook Brer Rabbit OH Fashion Molasses No matter the size of your family—these crullers wil dis- appear, 1. Cream three tablespoons butter: dd gradnally lnnx yolks of two eggs wdlbum.unt‘havhumdm beaten. No'ldflommv&?wmm 2. lelmrwptflwrm& ‘three heaping teaspoons baking 3 A . 20 No. 1, gradually mizing n ons cup of mlk. & Work Gough on floured board and oll thin. _Cat in strips ey o Tootay o ek s ok crosemite hess eu w douchn surprise tonieht it these Southes - An old Creole cook once remarked that the only thing that suffers through ‘&mptovements” is good old-time cooking. She scorned modern ideas about ‘her art.” She may be right—may be wrong. But here’s a Creole recipe for crullers, although generations old, simply cannot be improved. L Just tryit. Geta can of Brer Rabbit real Molasses. Any good grocer can now let you have it. It's packed in clean air-tight cans, small, medium and large sizes —never sold from the barrel.—Barrels, as a rule, are unsanitary. Brer Rabbit Molasses is heiping the mothér and housewife to solve the advanced cost of her three meals each day. You, too, should give the children Brer Rabbit spread on bread—and the grown folks pancakes and Brer Rabbit for breakfast. See how your family likes Brer Rabbit ‘Write today for new Brer Rabbit Recipe Book. Free, PENICK & FORD, L1p. ‘New Orleam. La. The World’s Lxrgut Cmmen of Mahum Mo],as es fro(v), -NEW. ORLEA\S < Coventry by illness and | Friday of last week. Religious services have been omit- ted for several Sundays, owing to the severe cold and the icy roads. Thursday MORE TROOPS TO BE RAISED AT ONCE IN GREAT BRITAIN Minister of National Senvice Calls for 420,000 More Men. GERMAN SPY STEERED SHIP TO DESTRUCTION London, Jan. 14.—Between 420,000 and 450,000 troops must be raised ar once in this country, Sir Auckland (Geddes, minister of national servies, told the house of commons today. Sir- Auckland said the government had decided not to introduce conscrip- Was Helmsman of the Alaska Liner Spokane, Which Crashed on Rocks < e oeT e ury Seattle, Washn., Jan. 14.—Federal | tion ‘in Irelang for. th . Botham is recovering very sloW- |, oot dcorted here today that a Ger- | (o chai:gc Lh:nr?milit;rv a‘cgeplgmntbrzs : : man spy, masquerading as a_helms- | Iritag - e : turned to|™M? Sl Britain and the colonies, he added, had nis Wtk in Baftato, N et man under the name of “William |yiseq 7,000,000 men. Mral “Platt is at home after . ten|SWanson.” stood iat the “’“‘*"i} of the | “Plain facts,” said the minister, “do weeks’ Visit with her stepdaughter in | 3aska liner Spokane when she crash-|not support the statement that the ar- edq into the rocks off Idol Point, B. C., on the night of November 22, 1917, while bound from southeastern Alas- ka for Seattle with 237 passengers. “Swanson” has disappeared. the agents said. With Carl E. Else, a German, and Carl Wiltsche, an Aus- trian. members of the crew arrested November 28 on his ai mies are meiting for the lack of re- cruits and that recruiting has broken down. “The withdrawal of Russia means that not less than 1,600,000 men will be made available on the western front,” said the minister. “Notwithstanding Russia’s defection, the resources of the allies and Amer- here. The three were released Decem- |jcq sufficient (b assures victory, ber 1, ' and nothing but a psychological ca- “Swanson” was mnot a member of tastrophe can save the central pow- ers.” Sir Auckland said the government had examined in detail the position of the allies and that the results were not unsatisfactory. the Spokane’s crew, it was said. He went aboard the ship when she left Alaska for Seattle. mingled with the crew and passed himself off as a “quartermaster,” the federal investi- gators explained. They said he was “Excluding Russia and - Rumania® able to succeed in his deception as|he continued, “the allies have 2 sub- the Spokane. on the voyage, had a stantial superiority in fighting and ra- tioning strength over the central pow- ers. From a statistical standpoint the strength of. the enemy gives no cause for anxiety.” 10 YOU WORK INDOORS Then you need a winter tonic to keep up your blood-stre and nerve-foroe For nearly years ysicians have prescribed CCOTT EMULSION because it is a true food and an active tonic, easily. digested and free from alcohol. If you are ::n- ‘down, if night finds you tired and sleep is'not refreshing, by-all means get Scott’s Emulsion today. You Need I, Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N,J. new set of deck officers who were un- familiar with the faces of the vessel's crew. The Spokane was floated some time after she struck. No lives were los: in the s dent. TEN MEXICAN ARMY OFFICERS EXECUTED Were Connectsd With Plot to .Kill General Alfredo Novo. Jan. 14.—Ten army of- ficers, including General Leoncaido Parra, out of 45 arrested in connec- tion with a plot:to kill General Alfre- dc Novo, commander.of the military district in the state of Mexico, and Augustin Millan, governor of that state, were executed today at Toluca, the state capital, about 40 miles from this city. The plot was discovered last Thurs- and involved the looting of To- Mexico City Summary courts martial preceded tihe imposition of the death penalty. The remainder of the 45 men accused were ' released. On Monday the proceedings of the committee " for foreign affairs of the Hungarian delegation closed with aii almost unanimous vote of confidence in Count Czernin. ; ”§ Sensible conservation and practical thrift, not foolish parsimony and great sacrificing, are the watchwords of the hour. Millions make J*AL Green Trading Stamps aid them in aiding their country. 5390000005 90000000000 The Sperry & Hutchinson Co, 30000“0000000“0000», 000060000006090000600000