Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 19, 1918, Page 9

Begins Y Juuuy 19,‘! a. m. Evety garmenit must be sold so as to make room for spring stock, therefore we have re-marked. *. our entire stock AT COST AND BELOW 1 A Few DRESSES Left at $8.50 SKIRTS Greatly Reduced FURS Marked at Cost and Below that there is something wrong with the:stock because the prices are so ridiculously low, s everything sold by The Maurice Sample Shop is guaranteed perfect and correct in style. COTTON WAISTS Formerly to $2.25 ° ALL SALES FINAL 194 Main Street A HANOVER friends in these few months and a good A number were at the service. Burial 3 7 . was in Hanover cemetery. The bear- Cfficers and Committees of Junior C. E. Society—Funeral 6f Samuel Blan ‘Held Monday. . L » —_— ‘At the meeting of the Junior C. E. séciety last Sunday the following offi- -cars and cgmmittees ' were elected: President, ?’otamy Lee; 'vice: presi- dent, Ruth House; secretary, May Tol- sop: treasurer, Storrs Lee;. prayer meeting committee, Ruth Hause, chair- sell, Guild's Annual Meeting. of the year, as well as ports of 1917, man, Elsie Freeman, Storrs Lee, How- INTOWN ard Lucy: ookout ' committee.” Ruth VOL}»A Lee, chairman, Carlton ripps, May X Tolon; missionary committee, Fior.|Good Attendance at Baked Bean Sup ence Ablard, chairman, Flizabeth Tol- soh, Theodore Kusian: temperante committee, Fisie Babbitt, chairman, John Thornes, Margaret Tucker; social committee, Dorothy Ezli, charmian, Darothy Le®, Elsie Freeman, Raymond Affen = ot well att.ended‘;'r e ocal youn; lustrated Lecture, T e Sunday evening; Jan. 20, the third in the series of stereopticon lectures will be given in the parish house. This one will take up the pioneers of \Congrega=~ tionalism on this side of the water. hall, week. ing. FUNERAL. hig home at Norwich. Samuel Bland. Fishing Teip. The funeral service of Samuel Bland, who died suddénly at his home here last Thursday night,” was held Mon- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. {1, D. son -officiated at the. service and 1 quartette sang The Sands of Time Are Sinking and Jerusalem the Golden. Although Mr. Bland was a new resi- ient in the place, he has made many at Beach pond over the week end. Sunday to visit relatives. end. HANERS COTOR" HAS GREAT YOOD VAINR HE food value of cocoa has been proven by centuries of use, and dietitians and phy- sicians the world over are enthusiastic in their endorse- ments of it. It is said to con- tain more nourishment than beef, in a more readily assimi- lated form. The choice,how- ever,should be a high-grade cocoa,—*‘Baker’s”’ of IT IS DELICIOUS, TOO Trade-mark on every package W h Made only by , Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Shiialy b " Bstablished 1780 nss. u. s rav. om Dorchester - - Mass. . ————————————————— ers were Arthur Mooreroft, Alvin Wa- ters, ¥rederick Ladd and N. S. Rus- The annual meeting of the Ladies’ guild was held Wednesday afternoon to elect officers and plan for the work to ‘hear the re- per—Fishing Trip to Beach Pond. The Ladies’ society of the Baptist church served a baked bean supper in the chapel Tuesday evening which was ople at- tended the first grand annual ball held by the Glasgo Fire brigade at Soecial) Glasgo, F‘rlday‘evenlng of last Court Advance, No, 3836, 1. 0. F. met in Centennial Mall Monday even- Nathan Graff spent the week end at Willlam -Maguire, - Leo -Magrey and Royal Scranton enjoyed a fishing trip John Herbert, Bdmund Herbert and John J. Herbert motoTed to Worcester ! Miss Edna Herbert of the Norwich Art school was at home for the week : i ight= Applications for Insurance by Figl ing Men Now Near .mi‘ 000,000 licati urance Appl jons for .m;—ux .N?:y ahes by men of the Army & nearly .and_continue to come in ‘about $60,000,000 & day.. 3 amount applied irm- 1():' man is ~ 2 ving increased: Sinoe b Thet went: int effect " persons who joined the colors !\:;Q October 15, 1917, the last day a for government is fi‘:ilr,\::‘xzy 12, 1913 .Intensive = ef- forts are being e by command- ing officers to have all their men take insurance before that date. The maximum amount which may be taken by any man is $10,000. War Credits Granted to Allies by U. 8. Total Over Wm:;r i o War credits extended to il at a rate of The average ) ,630 1y 0~ * ‘Of this Great Bril 000,000; France, $1,285,000,000; TItaly, $500000,000; Russia, $325,000,000; Bel- gium, $77,40,000; Serbia, $4,000,000. s Denmark's Restaurants and Theatres -Closed by lllumination Orders. “Theatres and res nts in Dan- mark close at 10. p. m. to save lights. -To save kerosenes which is sold at & tice regilated by the government at 72 cents a gallon, Greenland whale oil.is being tried for lighting. It is ‘estimated 200,000 acetylene Iamps are now. in process of manufacture., The distillation of al: kinda of s.l; ‘eobal pt for industrial uses i pmhlbm A large part of the avail- able- alcohoi will be needed for use in the ‘new incandescent lamps. It is ostimated. that 2,000 tons ef-grain will be saved by the new regulations. Motion Pittures 8how How Work of Boys Increases Meat Supply. 'To help increase the pork supply the, Department of Agrieulture has released to motion pitture— theatres, through one of the large companies, a film showing the work of the boys" pig clubs which the department is organizing in all parts of the coun- try. The film shows methods of in- structing farm boys who have joined the agricultural clubs how to raise better pigs and the methods used by club members in carrying out instruc- tions. The first pig club was organibed in Louisiana in - 1910. Now approxi- mately 45,000 members are- enrolled throughout the country. _Clubs i several states aré planning to. sen carloads “of fat hogs .to fairs . and stock shows, after which they arée to be marketed cooperatively. % Other moving pictures being used to \show the importance-of inereased food: production’ show activities in- the nationat forests, important sources of timber and water suppl to Those Living in Cities. According to records of the selec- tive - service, country boys do not comparison. selection was made of i~ ties of 40,000 to 500,000 population, the same total size. examinations 28.47 per cent of the city boys were rejected, as against 27.96 per cent of the country boys. Soldier’s Family. tion of a”story appearing in the Oc- Volkszeitung: “A sample of the fashion which hbloated landlords treat in Siesia. tained her farm cottage. this_womian got the fllowiong letter: “‘The undersigned baili¥f of uary 1, 1918, give up your house. compensate the farm for the your house is needed for other use: tice to her husband with these words; my tears. What shall I do? of little children.’ winter while the man is at the fn Comment takes care of itself.” T Spring Plowing in France Will Done by Tractors From America. To increase France's the United States. The first hun- dred are already on the way, and the will be in France by ‘whole number March, in time for the spring plow- ing. Deck gpace was provided for the first shipment on a naval trans- port. organized. ‘The acreage sown to' crops in the uninvaded portion of France in 1917 ‘was about 10,000,000 acres less than in 1913, or 244 per cent. The i greatly improve the food situation. France Contains Many-Articles It is estimated that 50,000 differ- -|ent articles are needed in modern warfare. but one infantzyman for service in France includes the following: Bedsack, thred wool blankets, walst belt, two pairs wool reeches, two wool service coats, hat cord, three pairs summer drawers, three pairs winter drawers, pair wool . gloves, service hat, extra shoe laces, two pairs canvas leggins, two flannel shirts, two pairs of ehoes, five pairs wool stockings, four identification ‘tags, summer undershirts, four winter ;ndtera);m. ho:arco-t. five - shelter nt pins, shelter tent pole, poncho, lh]e‘l‘ter tent. 3 o sted as “eating utenslls” the in- fantryman reoelv:f food to be car- ried in_his haversack during - fleld | Bervice, canteen and canteen cover, eup, knife, fork, . spoon, meat can, haversack, pack- carrier, first aid kit m!dfllm';‘;hfl ] s ng equipment” coms! of .rifle, bayonet, bayonet unh:-“d. riridge Yelt and 100 cartridges, steel elmet, .gas mask, and trench tool. —— Food Supply of France and Neutral Countries on the Declin, A According to-the Food Administrd- tion, shortage of wheat in France is each week. The minister of general mesdetualing indicated recently that a NEWS DIGEST \4'&5%.% Conditions Theoughtut the Unitéd States and """ on the Battle Fronts, ; reached the $3,000,000,000 mark s Country Boys Not. Physically Superior show much physical superiority over those of the cities. For purpose of and a corresponding set of counties of In the physical German Paper Tells of Hardships of The Committee on Public Informa- tion has made the following transla- | tober 15, 1917, issue of the Leipziger after the wives of soldiers has been brought to our attention from Upper Langenau One of the hired men of Dr. Mueller's agricultural estate has been for a long time at the front. His wife, who had workcd alongside her husband before the war after the usual custom, remained in the ranks of the fieid hands and accordingly re- October 1 the estate hereby gives vou notice as of this date to the field servide for Jan- On that day you are to The work which you hre doing on the fafm doés not loss which accrues -to it through the con- tinued support of your family. Look out for yourself away from this farm “The ‘woman communicated the no- :|'L must tell you my distress,.sbon I shall not be able to see the paper for Winter Is at the door and the cottage is full “Thus the bailiff of the éstate of a bloated landlord turns a family' with eight children “out of doors in mid- crops and to lighten the burden of toil on her o§d men, women, and children 1,500 farm tractors will g0 to that country from Schools of instruction will be creased production through the u'é‘; Hampton, of tractors this year is expected to Equipment for . Men Fighting in The clothing equipment of becoming more and more plarming Im’em!fl.lw is lovking forward to 7 now ng. 1 a reduction of wheat rations. Final f the cereal harvest show a ,fotal of = about 62,000,000 bushell vhich i§ 20,000,000 bushels less than '1916_and about 10,000,000 less tham AS e8! ted .in the summer, when the populace was put on bread ra~ The authorities constdering a further reduction in the allowed' consumption. £ The food situation in Switzerland Is' ‘rapidly falling to the danger line. A ration that is far below the consump-: tion in manysof the countries at war has already been ordered. Under the new regulations the Swiss may| have~qaly a pound and a half of Sugar per pereon per mth. The bread ration has Heen fixed at about half .a_pound a day, and the butter: ration at ome-fitth of a pound month. ures for Notes. i Cable rates have beeén reduced be-| tween North and South America. 4 The manufacture and consumption 'of pastry regarded as a luxury in] France has been entirely suppressed, except on Sundays and hofldws. ke Boys' and girls’ clubs in northetn and western states pledged for war| service in gardening, canning, poul- try ing, and other emergency en-| terptises have more than 800,000 | members. A fireproof solution for treating ‘airplane fabrics is a thing which may be realized in the near future, oX- periments in a private plant having already developed a comparatively successful solution. Thé winter of 1916-17 was the mast disastrous the range stockmen of the West have ever known. The lul;% erop for the entire West was 15 to ‘| per cent below the average, and the caif .crop =~ ‘was considerably below normal. ™~ Government - barges have been placed -in service on the upper Miss- issippi, and through government-as-- sistance & new fleet ig to be built for this service. Sugar Qs being rhoved by barge from Louisiana plantations to - New | Orleans. " SYANTIC - " Woman's Guild Meets With Mrs. W. E. Manning—HMarold Bentley on Trans- port Which Sank-German Sub—Fake Burgfars at Mill—K. of C. Drive in Proghess. — Mrs. William E. Manning, president of the Woman’s guild, entertained the members. her home Wednesday af- ternoon. h work was accomplish- ed for Red/Cross purposes. : Stol losed for the Winter. Edward A. Jones has closed his store for the winter. Manager H. Bishép entéred the employ jof the Marlin- and Clerk Frederick Ingsley have Rockwell, company of Norwich. It is Mr. Jones' plan to open the store as a cash store in the spring, with no delivery service. Sunk German Submarine. - Harold Bentley, second class gunner of a United States transport, has re- turned from his seventh trip across the Atlantic and spent Thucsday at the home*of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Bentley. was sunk- sel on the States. A German submarine the gun crew of his ves- turn trip to the United Ice Cakes Piled on Flats, Yantic Flats never looked so mwuch like the Arctic regions as Saturday afternoon, when the floods subsided, leaving the fields on the east side of the river piled high with huge cakes of ice which had been washed down from the Fitchville pond. The west side of the road. Avery's meadow, was a part of the Yantic river and as' if froze Saturday night, good skating was enjoyed. = The severe rain ruined the roads, as culverts were not free enough to carry off the surplus water rushing along the sides, so rivers coursed down the mid- dle of the roads. Oakland avenue was impassable Saturday morning and is still in bad shape. % Near-Burglars’ Herse Play. - The Yantic mill was visited Saturday night by burglars whose destre seemed. to be to annoy the watchman, as no money is ever kept in the office. They tried to prevent him from ringing the midnight bell and as their efforts made some think the fire alarm was being rung, several rushed for the mill and found out the cause. The chief an- noyer thought the firemen his accom- plices; opened the door, and they qmck{‘ restored order. Hose Cart Drawn by Trolley Car. When the assistance of the Yantic firemen :was needed last week at the fire in J. B. Chapman’s house in Bean Hill, H. J. Gibbs hitched the hose cart to the Shore Line electric car and a record trip was made to the fire—an- other scare which demonstrates the fact that a few chemical tanks in an automobile truck wouldn't be amiss in the village. K. of C, Solicitors Busy. The Kmights of Columbus drive is active in the village. The collectors are receiving a generous response in behal fof such a ‘worthy cause. Brief Personal Items. Leo Lemoine -of Chester, Pa., is spending some time in the village with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lemoine, : Eugene’ T. O'Connors left Tuesday for a few weeks' stay in Lewiston, Me. John C. Tracy, Jr., is spending sev- eral weeks with relatives at Bast Miss McCann of Montreal is spend- ing some time in the village. B Miss Cohen has returned to her home in New York after spending a few days with local friends. Miss Janet Gardner of South Cov- entry was at her home here Sunday. - Miss Delia and Miss Aldla Lemoine of Baltic spent the week end in Yans tic with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles- Lemoine. Mrs. Alexander Tetreault and son Francis have returned from a few weeks’ stay in Norwich - kith Mrs. Tetreault's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foley. LEDYARD Thimble- Club Meeting—Rev. Leonard Smith to Preach at Baptist Church— Local Shopper ‘Gets 100 Pounds of Sugar in Mystic. The Christian Endeavor meeting Sunday evening was led by Albert W. Kinmouth. The leader for next Sun- day evening will be Miss Frieda Good- enough. These Sunday evening meet- ings are nearly as well attended as the Bunday morning services. = The Ledyard Thimble club will meet with_ Mrs, Charles D. Geer Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Leonard Smith to Preach. Warren Allen, deacon of the First Baptist church, announces that the speaker for next Sunday will be Rev. Leonard Smith of Mansfield, Conn. Gets/ 100 Pounds of Sugar. QOne of the Ledyard housewives who N . ’ Ledyard. Geer Hill has been one of rst. g;eehw:nnme to get up there and have had to turn around. Student Returns to Vermont—Annual they attended the funeral of a rela- tive. Arnnual Church Meet aeohe s Pastort WS e S — of phenomenal. Shirtwaists Now $3.8 Now $5. i had no does her trading in Mystic trouble in-getting: looflpoundx og‘ sug: at one time in that village. She W more fortunate than some othel:s. France Cares for Her Own Chl|dr:ln. ¢ . Arthur D. Barrett recently w:fi:fl to adopt a little French gfl\rl. Bhe wrote to the Amer;ldca{\a ;:nt;:zsahzz i t she wou e, She ‘Meuet Do all perfect; she did not want one with loss of limbs or hands. Mrs. Barrett haé recetved a letter from he ambassador that the French gov- ernment does not care to let the per; fect ones go in any family outside o their own country. 2 The Late Justin Ball. \ Fustin Ball, whose funeral was held h, Tuesday from the Gales Ferry church, has livzfl for the past two years \;;1}1] is nephew, Charles Babcock. M%fldae ormerly lived near the Drawl % school and sold his little place to C. 1. Nylen, going to live with Mr. Bab- cock. Mr. Ball was unmarried. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Emma %:bcockt, and two- brothers, Thomas 11 o Ledyard and a brother in New Lon- don.. Mr. Ball 'was a Civil war vet- éranand & republican in politics, but never -aspired to office. He was a very interesting talker and 2 man that tried to do right and do well by his neigh- T, Do £ ley Hills. . There are somé very ity hills in Many automobiles have FIIGHVILLE - : Meetings Baptist Church and Sun- iday SchoolwPastor's Salary In- {eréased. \Stanley’ Hetherington has resumed his studies in Vermont aftér spending sé\'en.l days with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. parsonage. W. D. Hetherington, at the iMr, and Mrs, J. Baward Foley have m;n:; from Pranklin, Mass., where Mrs. John Brown has returned after spending several days with her son and daugh Walter B‘rb n, of Bristol. r.in:law, Mr. anl Mfs. BAPTIST CHURCH MEETINGS. g Elects Two alary Raised Deat Fitchville Baptist church, Rev. W. 1e Manhattan’s January Clearance Remaining garments unsold are still further reduced for t:he final close-out—new specials take the place of those depleted—all com- - bined to make the last days of our January Sale event the best. - - _ If “patrii)tic" economy” is your watchword—if you desire to . save—here is your opportunity—values like these are nothing short 34 COATS o $24.50 Were to $39.50 Serge Dresses ter' $13.75 Were to $25.00. Sale Silk Dresses LN : Were to $35.00 FURS and Were to $6.50 Were to $10.50 D. Hetherington, pastor;. Sunday, Jan. 20, 11 a. m. sermon by the pastor: Subject, He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor.rewarded us ac- cording to our iniquities.. 12.15 p. m., Rible school. 7 p. m.\preaching. ser- vice. Sermon on Jesus Christ Our Redeemer and Lord. ‘Wednesday, Jan er meeting at the. Be Thou a Blessing. At the yearly church medting the church officers were re-elected and two deacons were elected, viz, Nelson Stark and George Kahn. All bills were reported paid and there is a balance in the treasury. By vote of the meet- ing the pastor's salary was increased. The 'Sunday school officers remain the same except that of assistant su- perintendent; Mrs. Phoebe Robinson was elected to this office. All Sunday school obligations have been met and a fair amount of money remains in the treasury. son of Yantic spent Friday at Myron J. Hoxie’s and attended the dance in Grange hall in the evening. Miss Mabel Hoxie entertained over Sunday Miss Bertha Myerhart of Wil- limantic. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Hoxie were in Norwich Monday. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Pultz spent a few days this week with friends in Hartford. Mrs. James Welles,” who has been spending some time with relatives in 7.30 p. m., pray- rsonage. Subject, ternoon. Clayton S. Williams spent the week end with his sister, Miss Edla IVil- liams, of Hartford. GRISWOLD [} Rev. Livingood was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Truesdell over Sunday, Frank Morgan traneacted business in Norwich Saturday. R. A. Peckham spent a few davs recently at the bome of W. A. Edmond. T. F. Edmond and Robert Edmond spent the week end at the home of George Edmond of Norwich. Mrs. James Crary is entertaining her nephew, John T, Edmond, of Water- bury. Harold Bitgood was in Franklin over Sunday. LEBANON Yantic Guests at Dance in Grange Hall —Personal Mention. Miss Mabel Noyes has gone to East Orange, N. J.,, to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Geer and son Leroy and Elmer Geer were in New London Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Manning and A Perpetual War of Germs In every human body there is continual strife between the forces of health and disease, while headaches, nervousness and frequent colds mean weakness and forerun sickness. In changing seasons your system needs the oil-food in SCOTTS EMULSIO to increase the red corpuscles of the blood and create that : resistive power which thwarts colds, tonsilitis, throat troubles and rheumatism. o Seoit’s is high-powered medicinal-food without drugs or alcohol. One bottle moW may prevent a sickness. “The imported Norwegian eod liver ofl uséd in_Seott’s' Emealsion is now pefined otr own American laboratories which guarantees it free from impurities. Scott & Bowne, Bloomficld, K. J. Milford, returned home Thursday af- isiting friends