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n&emun-m»cmmw Wiite cm»mn-u, No, 18; Knights :mfle tor qne ot the hg ‘Wag BaswiLL HOLD 8. - VALENTINE'S DAY LUNCHEON § [At Fobruary Mesting of Eastern Con-: nooflg'u( Chamber flK Commeres. ‘The hbru-ry meetlnt of the Fast- ern_ Conn .Chamber -of Com- %eru wul go hold An Norwieh at the ‘ayregan hotel at neon, 1018, and ‘a. §t. Valentin chenn will be provided, fing the commistye - Mlnted to study_.the . ’store door - de- livery - problem and centralisation - of deuvu'lu wm report. Will chairm: f-the retail mer: reau ot Norwxeh is chairman. of this oummiitee. - Alton T mmr, chairr man of the Com Wcm 1 to Connch . Board of the S fense will report &t the business meet- ing how the matter is being handled throughout the state. In order that the business men, who it s expected will turn out in large numbers to this lunchéon may not be detained there will be’but- one after- her been vey (Mu in securing for ang the. committee b«en very ‘fortifiate in securing l‘ox' that speaker, Johm J. Morgan of ton, Mass., formerly advertising manager of the New York,” New Ha- ven & Fartford Railroad. Ha ,is al- %0 lecturer in salesmanship and ad- vertising in Baurdett College, Boston. Mr, " Morgan is’ one of the big live ‘wire elcturers on ‘business’eficiency in o o T i o Pol ew England manager of ex- b l;.'let‘:;ted ui.:'} Agder ‘Hamilton— Institute, Fred ' L, ia ¥ train- | Merritt, Of Boston, that ir. Morgan Niagara, .Canada. was secured for this. meeting. Greeneville u. ‘more than done her| In replying to an inquiry request- in ing recruits for the ing tnplc for discussion, Mr, Morgan Palish I.Mn ll\n been 44 who'have 1aken the oath since the es- “Sunpm—‘ T'tglk to you about “sells tablishment of the Jocal reqmmng ing a city?’ I would divide the sub- station, " After the Ject into two pars: 1, Selling the cxw men are " allo agfi'.z.n to the Citizens; 2, Selling the Cif being "catied into service. The local | Outalders. = The moat essential noflu of course, in any movement for )u- 2 blow “for his B e Predictions for smuuy Probably mg:‘. tul to rain. WRrmer. unday's weather: um afternoon; clearing at M. J..-.cumc 52 Central Avenue, Norwich, Conn, W, G. GRANT Mhr Ifl Elh‘llf Local Boya Leave to Jain 32 Providence St., Tafiville Army—Personals. Prompt atteation to day or night calls Telophoms ApridMWrawl nn‘l 5 water 1t 1 iow wed by food tide. Six hou ' 'qmr foll Polish 0 malki :-&le::‘;kmm left Sa enml army in tering -civic conditions is to-sell the city or ‘town to its citizens. You folks of Fastern Conneeticut hl.va so many wonderful advantages Fen e mot s tha SalaRe are- ot them. Now, .if ever, s the time to give ‘thought, serious thought, to. the gréat big problems vou folks, in com- mon with the rest of Ney Ensland, will have to face the first. day Dpeace, u luimun? m-rkln; fatherland. J4 BATH QTREET, NORWICH, €T TEAMING AND TRUCKING PONE VERY PROMPTLY AND AT REASONABLE PRICES A. D. LATHROP #hone. 178 Saturday evening at the rectory of St, Mary's church rice married SPECIAL MONDAY EXEMPTIONS FOR TOOLMAKERS Official Telegram Received By Local Fuel Committee. A telegram ‘from the state fuel -ad ministrator in ‘Hartford dated Feb, 8, and addressed (o the loeal fuel committee states that _in Connecticut exemption under the Washington or- der of January 17 is hereby granted permitting the use of power by exnert toolmakers - in_factories nob specially exempted by Washington on Mondays, provided no more fuel is reqaired for, heat than would be used if the tool- ol e Village Notes. A number of pre-Lenten parties were held' in the vilage !c.mrdny mnlns arles 1. Dowd of Boston s spend.- few deys with friends on Hickory N A GREAT VARIETY OF Alarm Clocks 'S o -;FIAIKLIN STREET 3 street, —— Some of the local ministers made reference to Lincoly in' their sermons Sunday nwnlu 4t alx oln umnm FAREWELL “TALK BY PHYSICAL DIH'ETOH cROBBY [s Seon to Take Up War Work in Franse. A good crowd of men and ’older Sunday . afternoan ito listen. . to . the farwell talk by Physieal Director R. T Croshy of the louimug{ ‘who leaves in a few days. to do 'pl 1 work with the saldiers -in ¥rance un. der-the auspices of ‘the War -Work | counci-of the Yi M.:C. A. International| Committee. The topic of- the ‘dddress was “God's Call” and Mr. on the ‘call of Abralam, of ‘which - 48" foynd in GNIN emphasized the thought that God u!h every man, and Tives nearest to \ll-l amd heeaed God's call, Were mention- ed, gnd the speaker in a very impres, Sivo'm mumer, ;" told how. the-call came | to him,'and that he did not dare to disobey the call; ‘he dwelt at i length-on the ‘werk of the Y. M. C. A. men wholwére “over there” and quoted General - Pershing as _sayi that nothing would contribute o i to the. winning .of the war as would the morale of the men, and’ thut ne agency was doing so much for the men along this very line as the Y. ) m Crosby “stated that It was not - | Sweet, omm. and - even our caffee - |-very seldom- swestened, - boys ‘gathered at the local' Y. M. C. A.} Crosby bw-sl his wom forees o | Dear Mother: ngmes of goveral men who had heard |turned. (=3 .orrr ‘OF MARMALADE mr only Amerla‘:y uniform . O&hp fil‘ I'fl W‘Mfi\h boys _at Mn t(me since, v g 2 oo GF ME s5d My n( m ress to you the' thaiike and ap] Jg‘x’: of mm’y soldiers who Ty o iy s 7 5 for us. In these s ‘when spgar ie so searce soldiers” mhun: include - very fe: %0 you may | know how mu:h ‘we all enjoyed the ‘Tmarmalade. And alsoyi is very pleasant to know that Thbie S8, B Arb AMIaEing. U s Ways to make. the: d Wo surely appreciais these (o nop: it pay the kindnes are ab -y’zo again T tor the. mar: n;llde al for thinking of us all, " voriry mcesn e say;nMAN The Stery of Rene Zimmerman. - Mrs. Luella Gager of Stonington, for- merly of this oity, has recelved the l-llnw]ua letter from her sonm, Léslie ‘who is- now -in France with t}\e "American exudmona.ry Bue Hosnital 15, ATE R e, ‘Dec. 30, 1917, ngs by This is flmnm ot how 'Rene Zim: tit enfant francals, rer Ofi? from_I'hopital, americain e -medgcin M. Gagef “The story. begins with'the beginning of the great wgr, when the Zimmer- mann_ family presumably, , like most French familles who live by toil.of hands, was living simply, peactefully {'and’ happily “in_a fown near the fron- .*The family name is fypical of the- border—of intermarriage bDetween Fréneh and Germau. -But this family ‘Wwas: French in_speech ‘and in spirit, the fatherce, ith, went into me a_pollu. easy to leave his family and friends, but God's call seemed to demnand this sacrifice, "and that if he way spared to return he would return with a ¢lesn ! character with the heip of ty. fl‘ the conclusion of the ~addvens r. Cage arose and in a few well chosen words. spoke of the good work done by Mr. Crosby, and said that though the asseciation. rvwft th lelvin‘ of its physical. directar, inas; mncnuhewul led By the spirit od 6 take the step, the di cnrwnly would not wish to. interfere. | At this paint Mr. Case resented 3 Mr. Crosby, in behalf of the- directors and employed force, a splendid trav- eling bag.. Mr. Crosby responded-in a feeling manner, ex| uul his d«m a.ppredauon. ot of - the Fift; Bul also.of the frienamv the ‘men Wh h‘:’h‘ vmfiin the :L‘t':‘“h = o, meeting- cloged t ?Ing ing of ona verse of * 'GodluwT till we meet Secretary Hill had eharge of 'the service, and Robert Otis officiated at the plano. —— EGISLATURE WILL vomr Holeomb. The - Conneéticut I convene in special ses: to consider legiglation o opportunity to vote for citizens " absent from the. -state military service. ill!\lra rd1 1 CONSIDER SOLDIERS' - VOTE pecial Session By Proclamation of will annmlcnt n The proclamation (five- cents) & Qa i home ard aids ’th\\ extent of a few francs a day—de- \perding on the number of children; | fivle ohfidren going. father was ‘taken - prisorier by ;Doeho -and at long intervals, today.- Next door to this family, war-strick- was a baker's wife, who ha & daushter in eur villgge, and | NETTLET this daushter needed a-boy to guard en “and nead, hbr »Wil hllD in the flelds. So Rene, 'A water and esme into fever-dushéd, wita typl became domestique. in "He _drank somie. polluted r. ward, thin, id, in August. the _corne from his fever and s ‘whe flllell a nudée drop ' of ward - suit dat receives § sous the people left at by the government to the e remainis there, heard He' hail-the' last bed at the right in /nen ¥ came up from | eptember Rene wu s#l] il seared | of ‘Americany and of Amorican doctors into him.to get a ut with * increasing h Jw got _increasingly confidont and ‘more and more active and talka- tive, until at the' last, Useked out:in o fit=a grown soldier,"in ‘Whieh he wls ‘most certain- ok e de, Ty petrol lamp’ nulah. given no help unu the- !mut in 3 is work, - g -hi orations were two empty b of th- famous™ _soixante-quinze! vsmfr—- (¥ whith '"11‘ Fmin S iyt devoid of pluuMmfndar of a bomb that ll:d fallen; and burst uf in_the street I spent a n—-mtu Dbemg th n' the l’ll" 1 met three English mun l' & man supe: struction of a Brif other two Americans fiy escadrille. The guns .w from time to time sofewhere in thp hills beyond the city; ~camoufiaged | cannons came and went, a regiment af French infantry marched through after | nightfall. At ‘the head of the streat| where I was staying there was a mass’| of ‘ruins—a Jewish synagogue, b“mefl‘ .| together with its rabbi, by the Ger- mans when they rushed over the !Jnu and’ ocouplod thé c}y early in -the ‘ur.; aucuns from its #éw'thousand fnhab- buo; itants six hundred and fifty thousand tnncs, great quantities elso of food- stuffs and_clothing. 1 had the story m Deople who stayed through.that three weeks until the Frepch. swept back the Boche and resained their own. It was a story of war in its real colors. A little girl told me, as she sat on my knee, how her grandfather had been shot in the. sirests, of how her father had been held o prisoner of. ar for- tl years. Others told me omer stories, and with mine own. eyes I returning T visited a large city hich the Boche:bomb nightly. At 8.30, -t mldmrht, again‘in the early morn , the bell of the cathedral and fac- tn,-y Whistles sounded" the warning: of an air raid, 1 saw the Ted and green lights of French avions glide aerpts the sky, their motors sending down the steady purr. that is dlagnostic of an aeroplane, By and by, crashes be- gan to come, rather far away at first, then louder and nearer, until you be- gan’ to wonder if the next one might not land somewhere in your vicinity. Bot T stuck to my room in the hotel— 2 palatial room,- after the barracks— with four electric Hghts, and hot and cold water and a hardwood floor, and a’ full’ length miirror and a bed that was 'too soft for a soldier to sleep on. and slept in the {ntervals between bells ahd bomba—waking up to-wonder how far away the things really were strik. ing. In the merning the lady who was taking a man's place at the desk, as they have on the-street cars, fac: tories, fields, many other places, con- fessed: thit.she had passed the night up to 4 a. m. in a cave. Around the city, chiefiy in the neighborhiood of the station. there are wrecks and ruins of buildings; red crosses by day and red lights by night mark the location of shelters; ‘more than half the Py lation has d i bt never.i lite hdd T had better meals uun in thiy city. | T had mrkey ‘which T did not MARRIED. the Al (but it is not much to keep o tamily of iz 3 G Tt W““"“,;r n May, 1915, the Fun S, I0IL By B A xmn. Ensig X Soarr Jr. and Miss '}anrg{ret Tiiiias Rosa. DYDLEY-CLARK—Tn thin city, Feb. ) v Rev, . Fitzmaurice, Mrs. th-rlne Clark "and Charles Bdwin Dudley ) T e e \a»o-up, by Rev. W, by, (‘lnull )«e!ue!flfl of tral anc.u - yand :Mis§ Delia Bromley of Moosup. MNAMARA—HIRST—In Mystic, Feb, 1918, by-Rev. A. H. Withes, Wh. iam J. McNamara and Miss Mabel .- Hirgt. SHE, —fimM—ln Now Londory Feb. 8 8: by Rev. mels Hav Rnrt{ord‘ Miss Viol M. Shas of New \ondnnhand Thomas Francis Shea of orwiel Tob. INESSY —In _ Norwich, u er o Holyoke Barn Miss' Rose E. Hennessv of 54 SDfl“l street, and Raiph E. Graham of “Athens. 8. army: HAST_HUBERT—In_ Moosup, Feh. £ 1918, bv Rev: . W. C. Darhy. Adhert Clark “Tiliinztiast of Céntral 1y picturesque, he _would - run Towr,. fétchifig - hot” water- bags, dishes, or & clean handk Y&s sverybody's pet—but clded that hs been lu e ’ bed. the length of ‘the ward. a dozen times an or ief. . He e C. 0. de- Enough and that the U. & army newfllz o | M His, mother made the long raiffoad ‘Journey. to get him two days before Christmas, but most of ous ¢ fete .had been d. I, prevailed .en Yillage and Miss“Veda Violet Hubert of Westerly, R. I. DIED COYr—Tn- /Middletown, Feh: 7. 1918, - Charlotte R. Coit of New Loridon. REYONLDS_Tn_Wauregan, Feb. 9, 1918 Mrs, Sarah Reynolds, nee Me- Grail,. widow of Timothy ‘Reynolds, aged 60 years, Funerai-seryices at. twe :Sacred Heéart chih, Wauregan, Tuesday. Feb. 12, recognize under the name of dindon- Teas, and gooke under the term oil aux marron: latter referring to the delicious. r8aated chestnuts. Waich was incorporated in this most excellent dish. On my eecond venture into this ticular fairyland of eplcures—it appened to be noom and dejeuner- militaires, by the way, are permitted to eat only between 10.50 and 13 o'clock and 17 and 20 o'clock—I found the table foaded down with a tempting ar- ray of seven or eight dishes—potato salad, pickled beets, pickled pigs’ feet, iekled herring, balogna, pickled cab- a sufficient supply. of " food, caleulated, to stay an ordinary man's stomach for a while, and so 1 started in with great gusto, beginning with those I was sure of—ending with th least familiar. 1 call them by their highest equivalents, but ymn under< stand some of them had a x appearance. I had almiost mms a meal 1 thought, when thie garcon Semy anfl with considerable firmness @pace about me and d-pc.u-a wm me two poissons au cifron. My heart \beat wildly for 3 moment, but then I decided to go through, and 1 devoured fish, then goose, then beefstead and potato, then apples and nuts—and at last a triumphal exit, . I was glad I-got well “fed up” for my train homeward was delayed— troops trains ahead—and the lights of the hospital didn't show up until con- siderably after scheduled time. En voyagan{ I formed interesting acquaintances going, some charming young women who work in a camou- flage factory; coming back,'a vouns cavalryman who worked in' the Pier- pont Morgan offices in Paris before the wari.a young artillervman wha was a law student before, and finally, huek out o the zone.des.armies, the American soldiers Iihad seen to 1o for three days. Tomorrow, after thres monthe of medicine, 1 go back to surgery and this tme I'm regretting the chsage even more than I did the jump from surgery to medicine. But.it's a- part eak turn Jast ‘night 1’ found boxes awaiting me from Unclé Bert and Myra, from Maude.and from Kath- ryn Comstock. I shall write-all of them as soon as I get the chance. I've been 80 busy today with new cases that 1 hayen't ‘been able Vet to explore their contents. With loveg \ 3 LESLIE, Connecticut Editors. Buy W. S. S. The ' Connecticut -Editorial Associa- | tion knows a.good investment. At'the dssociation’s annual meeting in New Haven, the editors found that they had a good balance in the treasury and they voted to turn $50 of the cash on hand into United States. War Sav- ings Stamps. Troasurer Arthur S. who also is 'secretary of the assoca- tion, will purchase twelve War Sav- ings Stamps, at $413, the price thif month. These “will be kept hy the assoctation untll January 1, 1923, when the United States government will pay $5 each for them. The result will be that, for the $49.56 which the edi- torial association will spend this HEATING AND PLUMBING! \THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY €O Barnes, editor .of the Bristol Press, | COMPANY Store Closed Today In Observance of the Order of the National Fuel Administrator THE PORTEDY & NITCHELL 80, PLUMBING AND GASFITTING T. . BURNS 92 Franklin Street iRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY Nos, 17 to 25 Ferry Street ROBERT J. GOCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington 84, Washington Building Norwigh, Conn. Agent for N, B. O. Sheet Packing Phone 581 - MODERN PLUMBING - ssential in modern houses is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen ut the fairest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J.F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street | TRAVELERS' DIRECTORY PASSENGER ; 'HHGHT AHD.E N of Governor Marcus H. = ~ | her to let hlm smy over, promismg to | witimantc ‘and Providence papers [month, it “Will récelve’ $60 five years § 1916 JOSEPH BRADFORD: Both the Greanyille grammar school | MEKers were 1ot working. This 1s cf- |ing thia specia) session ioMlower. | DFnE him home the day after. please copy. bence. : $125—F. V. KNOUSE, ‘Agent—$125 \ e Frammar chool | ficial for Norwich: “Whereas thousands of tho quali-|, He did have a grand Christmas in|DODGE — In Norwich Town, Feb. A b o irsad vt el et ed electors of the state of Connectien! the ward: - Four of us went out Sunday 1918, Anhis ria Jackson ' wife Skilled Workmen Needed. OOKB’NDER © arder of the.state fuel admin- SPRING OPENINGS. are in the milltary service of the|®nd brousht .in - enough of ivy and|' ihe late Rev. James O Dodge, vsed : L 70 years. rator. Funerdl from her late home, 163 West Town street, Monday_ afternoot, Feb 11, 1915, at 5.15 o'clock. _Burial in.the tamily iot, Sturbridge, Mass, at con- Vvenience of the family. COMSTOCK—In Mnnlvflla TFeb. 81918, Nathan S, Comstock, in his $3d year, services will be-held at the nce of ‘the late Charles W. Comstock Manday, Feb. 11, at 2-p. m. Burial in' Comstock cemietery. DODGE — . In Norwich Town, Feb: 7, 1918, Andis Maria Jackson.' wife of the late Rev. James O. Dodge, aged _ 10 years. Funeral from her Yate hvme 163 West Town street, Monday- afternoon. Feb. hemlack to make wreaths for 20 win- We made red hades for the lamps, we ‘draped hemlock and ivy and mistletoe over doorways, a big Christ- mas tree with angels® hair_ornaments and popcorn strings, and the flags of the ailies up high on its branches, was the central attraction in the ward ~—except Rere,.. He had- a~new. suit, bought by me in town with money fofis biennially" theréatter during the | futhished by Dr. Mason, ward sur- Sontinuance of the war, T thersfore | S0 of, the Trench gray o mllitary decle and find that thls condition | StVle, and.oné nurse 0t him a helmet, constitutes a special em 'flh- and in his stocking was-a considerable fn the pravisions af the conetntion of |asSortment of Red Croas toys . and this state, and_authorizes faiidn dvery: paLiolt gbl & Ted Crome United States, and in . consequence thereof are now and during the, con. tinyance of the present war will b absent from ‘this state and will be de- prived of- exercising their rights as electors unless legislation is enacted giving them an eppdrtunity to vote at the elections to'be held on ‘the Tues- day after the first Monday of Novem- ber, 1918, and id November elec- America’s urgent need for skilled workmen to-build the ships Which will make the great™fleet which is to gpell defeat for the submarine is empha- sized in a telegram' received by the Connecticut State Council of Defense from Walter ‘S. Gifford, director of the council of national defense-from ‘Washington. The enrollment of - Con- nectient’s share -of ‘250,000 men for the United States' Shipyard Volunteers of the Public ‘Service Reserve is being directed by -the state defense council. ll.* 'I*! Made and Ruled to Order ~ 108 BROADWAY “Overhauling’ and Repair Work OF ALL KINDS ON LEGAL NOTICES. MAYOR'S OFFIEEMJ_ City of Norwiéh, Comn To either Sheriff of the City of Nh< wich, Greeting:— You are hereby directed to warn the: glectors of the City of Norwich to meet| in Special City Meeting at the Court Room in the Court House Boha ing in sald City of Norwich on Mon- day, Feb. 11, 1918, at 8 o'clock in the greding, to iake wotibn upon e SN lowins, viz.: Dates Have Been Set for 13th, 14th and 15th of Next Menth, At a meeting of the retail merchants’ bureau of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce held Friday morning it was decided that the spring openings should be held on March 13, 14 and 15. 'The matter of Dollar day was dis cussed and plans were formulated, but no date was set. All the merchants axmmed their wish for another Dol- Party for Miss Bernadette Benoit on Saturday Evening—Village Notes. Saturday evening Miss Eem-m- Benoit was pleasantly Xt was announced that on St. Valen- veno th te. “"- 1, 1918, at 3.o'clock.: Burial'in th To authorize the appropriation of & Amo‘m tine’s day there would be a luncheon bag, as_did all of us, but Rene's bed| 3 Tty T oo i & sum not to exceed $75,000 for ‘the op- g at the. Wauregan house, for the mem. | ene the, general ""mm’ A NI e coversd Lwi ff. faimily fot. Sturbridge, Mass., at con- oation of ‘tha Gas sud. Mibctrical Bed serveq ref Py e of Cothmeon o [session for the of enacting ith his stuff. It was Ven!anee of the famil HOW T0 AVOID & BACKACHE AND. NERVOUSNESS - CARRIAGES, WAGONS; “TRUCKS and CARTS, -n':'-':‘.‘.‘«..."'.'..‘.":..:"&fi:: e in all"its branches legislation wh\ch will enable - said electors, who are absent fromt the state in the military service. of 'thel United States, to Vote at said Novem- ber elections. 5 thereforet for sald purpose, hern- by convepe the general- assembly. of Connecticut In special session to be; held at the state capitol in Hartford, the higgest day he evér had. I:took him ‘out. to hear the engineers' band play, and .others téok him byer.to the concert, and_he had 'a beAutiful-Noel. That night Miss Stock, head nurse, packed him large and varied assort- men into a bag—what she could—a considerable mass of T ornaments of many_hues he had to cakry by hand partment of said City in addition to ounts heretofare appropriated for | said Department's present fiscal year. To authorize the borrowin Mn"]a money, the appropriation of ‘I im be authorized for the foregoi pose_and to m:zhorll; th: execucla‘n’ol She ‘propernotes and other, securitles of the City therefor, 4 Dated_at Norwick fuis, ¥ that John J. Morgan of Baston would oA, Given Shewer by Friends. Miss Victoria Gladue was recently Iddres! the gathering on Business Bt given a shpwer at her home at \12 ‘CARD OF THANKS ‘We, wish to thank all those who have expressed their . sympatby “far us in any way during the {iness and death of our husband and father. Also those who sang at the funeral service. MRS. ELLA GEER, LEBONARD GRER, At Lhe meeting of the committee on the centralization of deliveries it was | decided to defer action until after the luncheon on Feb. 14, when Alton: T. Miner of New London will explain_a LN L February, 1918, P, T Dlan for the: economical factor, on' the third Tuesday of Marchs. 1975, | =&nd ‘you couldn't have missed seeing | sewett City) Conmrsh. Ch=a1s Told b’ Mrs. Lynch From > ALLYN L. BROWK; sérved by the hostess. to Wit: on Tuesday, March 19th; 1915, |the young poilu in a ‘crowd of five Mayor of thé Olty of Vorwh: g b riaeli R. B. Washburn Superintendent of fat eleven o'elock in the forendon of | thousand: ‘“Mobilise” was the smiling = E!Peflfl“'»fi- Minstrels in Parish Hall, Bround said day, to enact such legislation gs|Témark of many French ' soldiers we sy i) ‘I hereby certify that {5 the warning difected to me !.ur DU lication. Attest: saw ‘in_several towns and cities that For we had two waits and chances to #ee two. interesting cities, in_the first of which we got a pair of blue .gloves and -at the next a pair of: shoes, besides pocketsful of cakes, or- anges and chestnuts, most of which we ate at a cinema in the cantine, where the French soldiers have a chance to relax and forget the trenches while! waiting for trains. The cinema pleased ‘Bene immensely; we forgot that the Friday night the Tierney Cadets pre- said general assembly may deem nec- sented their minstrel show in Parish gssary to accomplish said purpose. “Given under my hand and the seal of the State at_the City -of Hartford, this sixth day of February, one thous- and nine u};::c}’md and cighteen, and of thein ence .o nited PR o™ e mon o ‘l:;;‘i‘]‘m‘:f. Apeint- States the one hundred and forty-soc- Sunday evening there was a special|to make repairs to the bathing dock, “a meeting ‘of the Men' the | Which has gone to pieces owing to the S e H?éfm‘ry end of the building had been blown off Taftville Congregational churen n the | oe- A CASSE R — soLDlEnk AND SAILORS . B THathe Homb nik:ae 1oAs hetors. AT .THE Y. M. C. A.|Incidentally, it was Rene's first visit ““[ YOU RHEUMATISMY real city—he saw his first electric e toa A, Association a Mecca for the en-ut::n ?—:f fBnt finally we got on n’t need to suffer an: Boys in the Sei . -ano train . for .the last lap—this lonnr than you sz‘ ant to'. 4 s a2 time ‘traveling. in darkness, for it was ! 'g:.-fl' u m.:'“‘;“ The local Y. M. C. A. was indeed a |evening and we were ‘only a.few miles 0" RRALOD, " ’.5 mecca for the soldiers and, sailors | behind the lines, and, a lighted traij medicine—no rubhlnt w Saturday night .and . Sunday. .. The | Would be pie. for a bombing squadron. R. B. Washburn of Norwich, a sum- mer resident of Pine Grove, Niantic, at the last annual meeting of the Con- necticut Spiritualist Camp . ~Meeting association, was elected to the office af superintendent ‘0f grounds. While at Pwvldem:e R. 1L—*I was all run dowa in heaith, was nervous, had head: ] ”fluuum)"m AT mhfl!NqfilMunSt. ,zamc-r YOUR .FEET" n, F. 8. SPECIALIST “LICENSED CHMOPODIST Win. Cummings’ 8pring Arch Support Buite 7-8, c'n- Building, Norwich WILLIAM J. CARROLES. Sheriff of the City -of *Norwiel Church & Allen 15 Maio Stroet EUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS I was tired and had no ambition forany- thing. I had taken a number of medi- cines which did me Transter HE BOARD OF C mionees Tor Naw London Countys i hereby apply for & transfer of JoSeph Kraft to Thomas P. Kinney of-a license to sell and exchange spirituous and in- toxicating liquors, ale, lager beer,! Rhine wine and cider in the bullding{ at Main street, Town' of Colchester, | except in the rooms and apartments in| said building, any part or parts of! which are cut ‘off” dr partitioned in| such manner as to form booths, side rooms, or retiring” rooms. My place of Dbusiness ie not Jocated within two hun- dred feet. in .a direct line from any' church edifice or. pubMe or. parochial Franklin ' Council Fuenishes Room in New Building at Masonic Home.' At the 28th annual meeting of the board of managers of the Masonic Charity Fouhdation of -~ Cennecticut, held at Hartford on Wednesday even- ing the report of ‘the superintendent, John O. Rowland, showed that includ- ed in the lodges which furnished rooms Local Vo wil w ; S i school, or the D‘Y“lgia:s- :&mlnins 1y mall you a pas in the ‘méw building ‘was ' Frankiin Dumber of lodgings of the Sutiding | e got into the beautiful old town by ady Assiatan thereto, or any postefflcs pu ibra- Rame and addross evident that the T’am?n'l& be com- | high-walled, pwu;rdqng sirsets, there |} HENRY E CHURCH g:::fl!'ne’g!fie “d ém:ta{:d '%‘fi‘.':;‘ ‘ pel 0 well nigh double the capac- | was one~storled, broad, squatty, WM, SMITH A N owning ~real cmno. of -the 150 Nassau St. Ne dburch pariors. | Mayor Brown of TM, LLE 16 ‘7 Norwich addressed the meeting. There letfi'hsntte‘liodgln‘ accommodations for the|lttle “hut “at the corner whiel Rene S Colehester, and . herehy sign: en, who are more and more | called. home. And his greeting was as nd appreciating what. the | strong 2 proof of the bonds that hold is doing . for them .along |a French.family®tdgether in love and o e totep oIt AApIA Soph Kraft for a jigehse, certity that said applicant was a lar:e ‘and interested attendance. 27 vty £ E desirmz a1 association this line. : unhealthy congdition which-often devel- One’ of the historio places in Norwich into 8 more serious ajlment. able person ‘to”be ‘licensed pursuant t 3 ty that 1 ever wish fo ase. He we Hcath ted at Cse o1 A for ‘over two centuries has been the There were a number from here at —_— his . mother on ho’lh cheeks— FLOWERS . Wom-n in this mnw 'hl‘:"]u g:‘ - fia ‘S.xv:-r;, 45 ‘gxfi‘;fi | fumsus the dances in Baltic and Jewett City About Home Gardens. . u do the French—and then his sister . -‘hill out hely, but. | 113,70 2} ev‘ ‘iam’ H. Bigcker, o An \'] Saturday evening, “No home gardén should be. plantéd | of 35, and then his sister of 5, and, PLANTS | TREES proflt‘bi Mrs. ynezi:na erience, sad | Joln Wode, W, N Jonex: obaries AMS TAVERN |} — e g0 e e Bove, o [0 o P o U aF o w08 e onoen wow D Potbems Yepovt o | Hocs sl S ERAREN . “ tord u'.n mending “:nte\v days with | gard; dens department ‘of the committee :)fi' -“:-‘Ikkchm, %m’ffmmm * m‘or Maplewood Nunu'y Co, kammdm;lm cewrhl;ew g?;.‘i" 'rnwrg‘ ‘n,' ‘{fif"d z,: Dated at relatives in 6 Vi of oo uppl; f the Connecticut ing room for e 'olghester, s 8! a; s January, - Fm‘l Dl'edfl Stato. Countit. ot Défense o s | and Kissed Rim, and when. his sister of | T, H. “PEASODY %6 L__ Lyun, Mass. | CoInesier: oun Comaren, Town Clerk: -m: run m:d’mt po:larlgl:’potrk{e Pusm '!‘lx;ll!r- mulllliuea zhuro it fll\hb. 1:!!::011 flhl!d ;:r“l:r in he fil"‘“&fl l‘x‘::e”"}cn.d;n - time, ‘Station s home | well rotted manure shou ‘sprea ‘a ve TO PEOPLE WHO CHAFE Ovér one hundred thousand people ifi this amatis o prvil thet ke syiteres the sareness of chafing as quickly and geemanently a5 Sykes Camort Podr Vi Box Free, nol and ‘other drug ftorcs, Tri . THERE The Comfowt Powder Co,, Boston, Mzzs. . | Bastern on. Front street for a short furlough. Miils 2, 3 'and 4 closed Friday night untl Tuesday morning in accordance, with the Heatless Monday ordgr.. afier plowing at the rate of two- horse load to evéry 3,000 square fest.|on ‘Where man cannot be obtained, fertilizer alone- is - quite - satisfaci i B e IShea & Burie Happy iy ert. e ttne: ours * 41 Main S.fiut Direetars and Embalme; Pmptlcfiufiuul‘fl ol 642:2 Lady Asuis:ar: Norwich Town —_— x-mnmn hunsr,umhntn Mill No'1 will ‘work as ulul.l this m: moth they. run, by, water power and are ot aftecied by the order: