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TAlKEI] ABOUT IN WESTERLY Watch Hill Motor-Driven Engine Renders Valuable Aid at "*Albaway—m Loss on Slocum Carriage and Paint :Hlop—-Shh Fm s League to Hold October Meeting in Westerly — Band Concert — Medlcal Society Hears Address By Dr. Stephen Gage. o The carriage and paint shop of John | in Dixie, Gumble: medley, - Our Nation, Mackie Beyer: waltz, A. Slocumdn Ashaway was totally de- | \iigouri, Knight Logan: Gems From stroyed by fire Wednesday' night. An | popin Hood, Wiegand; popular air, 1tomobijle, some wagons and tools|Cheer Up, Fathngr, :’a!q:A Excerpts ere saved. Soon after the fire was|irom Maytime, Romberg; Airs of the discovered a Hine of hose Was lald from | Allies. (a) ‘Fhe Matseilles, (b) March 7 . ™ | Royale, (c Rule Britannia; popular the plant of the Ashaway Woolen mill, | 35" The Last Long Mile, Brietenfield; but this soon became ineffective, as| march, The Hippodrome, Sousa; fi- there was no steam available, and the | nale, Star Spangled Banner. water power machinery became disar- T ranged. Flying embers started fire on the roofs of Barter hall, the board- | ing house and a barn in the rear, but , hat !hese were extinguished by the aid of [received permiiting the use of the new a volunteer bucket ade: there be- | registrants of 1918 in the draft call} ing no fire department in the village. ffor July 25. He has asked for advice TWhile the fire was at its height sev- |on this point. der present’ conditions | eral teldglsone calls fot assistance s likely that the order will come came to Chief Samuel G. Cottrell, of |s allowing" the inducting of new the Westerly. department, but the as- rants if their services are need- sistance was not forthcoming. Chief|ed. There'are not enough available Cottrell explained that the department |men in the state to fill the next i was not equipped with a motor-driven fcrement, as there are about 1100 in| umping machine, and that the local|Class 1, to fill a quota of 1751. How- pparatus could not be u d where | ever, there will be a number added re was no standard hydrant ser- when the reclassification is complet- ice, and therefore it would be useless |ed. end either the hook and ladder , or the two other motor driv Local Laconics. apparatus’ to Ashaway, especially Chautauqua is now in full swing in h e wagons were subplied with fi fi | e fl Decisive Reductions Splendid Selections fi ; e 0 fi 0 THE AI.I.U.RING PRICE REDUCTIONS COMBINED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE BEST SUMMER .WEATHER iS STILL T0 COME AND PRICES ARE ADVANCING CONTINUALLY, WILL UNQUESTIONABLY EFFECT A SPEEDY CLEARANCE OF OUR PRESENT STOCKS. QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED, THEREFORE FIRST CHOICE IS BEST. . _ > Captain George H. Webb, director of the draft for the stats of Rhode Is- land, states that no orders have been hile the local ap- |18 ™ @re for fires within the | Newport. re district, they would be All public entertainments in West- o service in Ashaway. He did not |erly are supposed to get licenses from to assume the rigk of towing the |the town clerk and sottle for the same re engine to Ashaway, as per- e state board of public roads held e motor apparatus could not{a gession in the Westerly town hall, severe strain. He suggested | Thyrsday for the issurance of automo- = apparatus of the Watch|pile licenses. tric which is equibped | yany tWesterly men in deferred on appealed for ass ;‘lassm under the selgctive service law & to the Watch Hill Fire district,|nave been ordered up for physical ex- miles away. Within fifteen |3Mination with a view to reclassifica- the powerful ~triple action | tion. an-LaFrance apparatus of There is discrimination in regard Hill was in Ashaway and was|to hill board privileges in Westerly. pumping water from the Pawcatuck |Some are permitted to place them in er on to the ruins of the Slocum | Wilcox park and against the post of- d prepared to combat any fire|fice property. Comprehensive assortment of very good looking Dresses, made of Silks, Georgettes, Organdie, Cotton Voile, Ginghams, French Linens. Most have but just arrived, however all are now reduced for quick clearance. Bis N n vicinitys 180, #0ubh. dpiay 18| me quarterly miceting of the Washe beer made hefore the appeal had been [ incion ‘Connte Mediont Soclers an ) Waseh Hill, there was little | nefa” Thursday ¢ ‘or the modorn fire fighting |onig) from that resort. The Slo- hop loss is estimated at $4,000 dical society was ternoon at the Co- club. Dr. Stephen Gage, stite chemist, spoke on Public Health Now ry and After the War. and was uninsured. The losses to the e oy Y er buildings are slight. More than $17,000 in belated returns ief Cottreil also received a call to | Feceived at state headquarters, brings to Bradford for o fire in the bar |the total of Rhode Island's War Sav- shop loeated in the Burdick |iNes Stamps week to over $3,500,000. building. This call was not complied | \vesterly added $6. The limit men in with as the Westerly apparatus would | the state now number 1,050. be of mo service. on practically the Charles P. Cottrell, Thomas Mc- same ®reunds as in Ashaway. The |Kenzie, George C. Moore, Charles E. chief says that outlying places cannot | Sherman, John F o Alberti * expecteprotection by the apparatus of | R. d Wil- | t‘w Wena)x department,. unless -‘there fred Moore, of Westerly, and Henry G 3 svetem. and with connec- | Clark, of Shanncck, aitended the Y. 2 1-2 inch rezulation hose. |M. C.'A. luncheon in B fire “at!the Siocum shop was|ary to the drive for 31 ks from the chimney. t inguish the biaze |, T1e MOt headway, Mr.|paq with 1 i DRESSES $6.50 Y. DRESSES $12.50 v DRESSES $17.50 vy on, prelimin- 0.000. ination fire ade muc from the roof. sustained r right wrist and his | .5, ¢ : P 2 a AL fire President David Robertson, of Wes- | [€100: Tt = . l s ded at the quarterly meet. |t 0 e 3 Rnode Island State Fire. ht ! STO“”,": TON e Denison Gallaudet, Recently of Nor- wich, Buys Rvan Farm—Scarcity of Several Kinds of Fish, { Underpriced For July Sales iremen delegates attended the Greatly Reduced For Quick Clearance Smart tailored models, with novel belt effects. Sport styles, fetching new pocket ideas, made ek | The farm of res, near Stoning- i ton, known as the Ryan farm, form Iv owned N. Gallup, has een A. Wilcox to| st Greenwich, . an inventor and | oacroplanes. sold A showing that includes the season’s best styles in Cotton Voiles, Crepe-de-Chine and Georgette. All sizes and colors. Three special groups. of fine Garbadines and Piques. men report a scarcity of | iy 1.95 $2.95 $3.95 $2.95 $4.95 $6. 50 Eg ;;;:;:;;;::;3\?:;0:;553:59sz,gga§];e§ggE SLIP-OVERS, SILK SWEATERS, SLEEVELESS COATS, SILK AND WORSTED SKIRTS, SUMMER ) fl Stonington Peinters. | sit to his parents, Mr. and |} Garity | is home on pass| is reasonably plenti- fourth, $10 1, $15: eigh rie. of E: fourth h . and os as no mes ge with the bird. v i ol e ST AL S| COATS, SUITS, all reduced now for final clearance. Manhattan venard to enlistment: “re'ev—vr\d by | BLACKSTONE YALLEY LOOM L FIXERS STILL RFMAIN IDLE ! | ] | Rhode Island Cotton Manufacturors e s Refuse Their Demands. current quotas. | . in Rhode Islani| Pawtucket, R, L, July 11.—Rhode Is- ¢|land cotton manufacturers afier conference with H. J. Skeffingt federal mediator, and John president of the United Textile Worl +rs of Americ: mands of st ng loom rs for a Several counter attractione did not | fifteen percent. wage advance. About | BUY PROFITABLY . Therefore onl en in classes other than Class 1 i obtain permits to j MEAN today refused the de- e R | e oty s T2 ECONOMIES 121-12 : NOW when this programme was ren- | ¥ ks ago. - aln treet National Air, Hail Columblia: s . arch, Over the Top, O'Hara: over- Light Cavalry, Suppe: popular There’s a Lump of Sugar Down An amateur may be a person who 's entered the first stage of ignor- snce, e FATTENING TH]N PEOPLE NORTH FRANKLIN _ [{4in, e ot S| prstoN Hartford where he is at_work. and Monday. nephew returned Bt " 3 Yo with her Monday for.a short Mr. and Mrs. Loren Main were in [Visitors During the Week—Local Peo-visit. " |Teachers at Danbury Summer School ot of A simimes Soend the funer- E ple Who Have Been Away. by liss Fanny Jennings and Mrs. Bix-! —Canning Pledge Cards to Be Dis- | Birhch. “haman and er broth | Braley of North Grosvenordaie. | tributed in the Churches. P oo 2ol e, s er‘ Tbomas, o > Weav. |in Mechanicsville with- her cousin, Miss Martha Palmer was recently iittle Harry Cross, went to iting their great-uncle, W flham eav- (amp Devens on the Iourth to see . 3 : e taken to Backus hospital, Norwich, Two Test Cases Show Gains of 23 snd ) Miss DB for treatment. Merrill Cross. They made the trip by i A LARGE GERMAN PATROL ROUTED BY AMERICANS, Attempted to Raid American Trenches on the Marne Front, With the merican Forces om the Marne, July 11—(By The Asseciated Harold Adams with his family of £ 4 : Press).—A large Gérmah patrol which 27. R foal Mrs. C. Huntington TLathrop ISV artford called on his father | the| . Miss Lucy Ayer and Miss Clara |automobile. attempted to raid the Amerfean . Lbs., espectively spending several weeks at Pleasury | nariiord cated, on e @ ot ith his | Dombroski ‘are attending the Sum- — acrry ok r Bs\arih'and Mre. George Peckham of |fOF & skort stay. mer school at Danbury. ANDOVER enches on the Marne front this Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Elsnor were |, M- and Mrs. J. O. Crary and Miss morning was broken up and routed im in Leominster, Mass., over the Fourth | Synthia Crary. were visiting friends in Hartford spent several days recently confusion. The Germans left several also carries|with the former’s mother, Mrs. Grace Editor of “Physiclan’s Who's Who” yea Makes Important Statement, T increase in weight with . 1 Griswold, Sunday. Arrangements Completed for Paster’s|dead, which aided the eri¢ans' ‘sa ¢ S th relatives. : Afl { a general improveme; 2! L i Judging from the countless prepara- | health. Nervousness sleen,:un“fe‘:‘ a3 Eecus :;‘,a Mrs. William Avery of —— Canning Pledge Cards. Vacation. E-g.;l:nm::“;hs 1ameg T it T aase oo’ Spent e DUk e Wik % GLASGO colaris % to be sioued i Whe) mev. 1 5. Goode wit xchaneg |~ The, wetther sexertay sud «u ansiis Y o e Han. | qanghter, Mrs. George Sheldon of Let- ! Village to Have Electric Street Lights|NUmber of jaxs of fruit and vegeta- e society committes has granted | sérvation. The arm!srv breid m- h and beas Physicians and hospitals ever fingwell ¥ uests Tuesday with | bles which they intend to put up this| ey "H. B. Goodsell the second and|tinues below normal. summer, - . third Sundys in Augusi, the 11th and| In recognition of the vallant sep- The meeting of the Red Cross was|jsth as vacation Sundays. unge- [Vices of the Americin troeps wnu Mrs. Grace Peckham. women who keenly feel the it thinness. Hermon Gager spent Frida; Theodore Marchand and family and Thinness and weakness are usually|Eh¥sician in Tewett City, the guest of Miss Net-|Mr and Mrs. William Marchand sof | 2010 at the Baptist church this week.|menis are being made for servises in |they stopped the German rush due to starve s. Our bodies ne {"’35“;;’-51';;"5?’0 uld prescribed by ne Johnson. Norwich visited local friends Sunday. the Baptist church on those dates. The | Pari§ in' the second baittls of tlc more V ontained in|¥ 4 d used in every hos ner to increas rength and b Mahoney is visited her s i i T ; Sunday school and C. E. i vill | Marne, capturing Bois Guisied Rebecca The dancs in Social hall Thursday BOLTON NOTCH y C society will P 11 de Belleau, 7 B seni n . : 2 3 ing the German machine d to .enrich th ] cousin, Miss Effie Ladd, of Bean Hm evening was attended by people from be as usual routing ne gun pests e .fg,?,’,j"j’mmer o Mr. and Mrs. Cruthers | Norwich, Baitic, Jewett City and Vol- — | _Mrs. Laura Thompson of Srr and establishing themseiVés in com- specialist ‘to North Eastern Dispens ters, Hazel and Gladys of 2 untown. Hattie Warner from Detroit|field, Mass., has been a_visitor ‘w a |manding positions on the Marne sector, 3 tory, says: “Let those who a ich 18 inexpensive and is sole r 2 gUATRYtER-Of szus{m: {8, | take a natural, unadulterated strenz back. By feeding the herves|and tissue Railaing. Substmee Sion ich Town, Mr. S NGoncan : is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. E. Sherer of Rhode Island and Paul} Street Lights Soon. Howard. 1| Brennan and son of Baltic, were the; Poles are being set in the village| Mrs. Herbert Watrous from Burn- few days at the home of W. B. Tlm'}.p. the French authorities have officially son. changed the name Bois de Bélieau H Earl Stone of Erie, Pa, and ) \s|Bois de la Brigade de Marne and have i Fosplinte:and ¥ ts Sunday of Mrs. J. J. Mahoney. |0 accoramodate the wires for electric|side was a guest of her grandmother|Christensen of Hartford were at I.w. |ordered all maps changed accordingly. Jhe body | Solre Tastoniching | reenits. in “ehm 12°|“Mr. and Mrs. J, L. Riley and dausn-|street lights, soon fo e installed. [over the Fourth. ~ |Emma Thompson's Monday, - e food elements, bit xu-pl.usphzm anickly | cTéase of ne energy. strength of|ter, Olive, of Norwich, spent Sunday | Miss Mabel Blanchard returped { Miss Lizzie Skinner from Boston is == A Paris despatch on July 3 said !Mt produces a welcome transformation In body and mind and power of ®ndur- with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Riley. {home Sunday from visiting relatives | Visiting her uncle, T. N. Skinner. More than 3600 boys between it |the general cammlnaln tht the appearanee: Lhe increase in weight | 208 | Mys. Lillian White is in Brookl\'n.[in North Stonington. Mrs. C. W. Hale has returned to|and 20 vears old are being used < {army in the Bois de eBii €. ¥ the guest of her brother, George Park-{ John McElligqft had a short fur-|her home in Springfleld. Her sister,|apprentices and helpers in the ship- | announced that . the - wood h-mguz e O Bl Blrgibhon by lough from camp, Monday. Mrs. Mary Brownwell has gome with|vards of Seattle, the Marine News would be known as the Bois des Amer. €. showed tnat two|DPhate is unsurpassed for relieving ner- | ' = d Y B ¥ anfthe ot A68 i o e in weight 23 and 27|vousness, sleeplessness and general = B er. i - . N - 5 eclare that i ively, throug] weakness, owing to its remarkable WILSONVILLE Miss Sadie Howar: rom New ¥ duties the boys 3 ieorzAnic Phosphate: | flesh growing properties it should not Some men are so busy looking for a | York is visiting her mother, Mrs. M.}are fully as efiicient as the best of TFew men make Siiccessful lawyers. 3 “_ém thev have not felt|be used by gn,on. who does not desire e ) position that they have no time to|E. Howard. their seniors—quicker in action and Whey are unabie to break themselves trong and for the past twelvel to put on flesh Mrs. Theroux ehtertained her'work E. A. Shaw has moved his family to!more ambitious to excel. la¢ the habit of giving free advies. . \ e - e e . 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