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. AUGUST 1, 1918 ECZEMAWHENNOT ONE YEAR OLD On Neck and Head. In Water Blisters, ltched and Never Slept. Cried Constantly, HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT g I was nota year old when I first got eczema. It came around my neck and my head in the form of water @Z3) blisters that burst. My skin 'was sore and I had my flesh torn to pieces from the itch- 1 never slept and I cried constantly, What hair I had on my head came out completely. ‘‘My mother was about giving up all hopes. After months of sleepless nights caring for me, a friend recom- ‘mended Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She perse'gred and after she had used six boxes of Cuticura Ointment and eight cakes of Cuticura Soap I was healed.”” (Signed) Miss Carrie Doyle, 667 Saratoga St., E. Boston, Mass., June 27, 1017, For hair and skin health Cuticura | Soap and Ointment are uupum: Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post. ‘Cuticura, Dent. R, Boston.” Sold everywhere. Soap2c. Ointment 25 andSle. | PLA!N ITII-ZLD Agent George Babcock Warns the Public to Keep OFf Railroad Tracks— Rifle Club's Scores. Winsor started for Geor- from Plainfield, to vacation with An- 2 the Plain- h, and Mrs. kweather was a in Norwich on Tues- arned to Keep Off Tracks. George Babcock, station and vard N. H & H. R. R agen* F of Plainfield ske Grgzed not to walk on the | in ti few years as| e town increased in population more | c alonz the railroad. As a crous chances they injured and killed. few montis railroad g the peo- For the | the peop'e kept off Iv bezan (o come on children are caught road their par- ponsible for the of- 1e third and last h0se who trespas Many are m coming from last walking All who imprisonment Rifle Club’s Scorcs. tracks. “will suffer s’ hall following howed his Krauss 228, Ar Georze Hutchinson, 234, Isadore . “James 3 ercier Bottomley ames \lr\uh\ a visitor in Nor- ternoon Keefe with their of Waterbury, have ifter spending a few days son, Rev. William A. Keefe, Notified to Report. o0 recent- have been no- neeting in in Norwich on|® STONINGTON Fire Parade and Inspection Saturday, Aug. 10th—Four Men Penalized For Keeping Unlicensed Dogs. department will | and inspection | 10, the real! of Ston- | been the custom of the | formation to pa- | v afternoon near- anniversary date, which this vear happens to strike the actual ate. There are not many places in the state able to zive a real old-fashioned fire- men = parade, marked by the absence new-fangled ‘motor-driven fire ap- | paratus | Stonington Po intars, | Mr. and Mrs. Georze A. Pendleton have returned to their home in Flush- nz. after a visit te borouzh relatives. Their er, Ellen, will remain for two weeks Rev. and Mrs. Henrv Clarke and da uh!nr I e, who have been in ten davs, left Tuesday for e in Racine, Wis. En route stop a few days at Bristol, where they were ‘formerly lo- in the borough, returned to his Willimantic Stonington town court for men were fined $3 and for harboring unlicensed promise to pay the costs with the law, the fin‘es Pawcatuck each osts dogs. and A Cheerful Thought. . Just because you don't get what you 40 want don't jump to the conclusion hat vou are not goinz to get what 7ou don’'t want—Philadelphia Record. Frankiin | Providence, R. I. Machine Telsphones: Union 963 Company Union 1857 Engineers Founders ~ Machinists Manufacturers of HARRIS-COR- LISS ENGINES, Engine Repairs, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Bear- ings, Couplings, Clutches. Large stock always on hand. General Mil! Repairs. Special machinery of all kinds. State Sending 219 Colored Men to Devens Today, 28 From Local Division—Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn Subject of Sketch — Miss Edith Bathing. Two hundred end nineteen celored men, selected from seventeen of the twenty-two divisions in Rhole Island will entrain at * Providence this (Thursduy) morning for Camp Dev- ens, all qualified for general ilitary service. Those from State No. are twenty-eight, as follows: 1 Ni Clarence Henry Gruves Walter F. Thomas, E: . William 1. Hill, Narragan- sett Pier; Frank Kobinson, Lafayette; rnest M. Rhodes, Peace Dalc: John Edward Wamsley, 159 Main, Westerly; James Robinson, Hartford: James H. Wamsley, Usquepaugh; Rob ey Slocum; Percy L. Perry, Paul K. Noka. Wakefield Gard:zer, 23 Dayton, Westerly, |'iam A. Hazard, Narraganseti Pier; Jerry T. Wamsley, Usquepaugl, Her- bert A. . White, Peace Date; Chris- A.° Noka, Wakefield Frank L d 34 Liberty, TIawcatuc r M. Weeden. 121 Franklin, Nor- Harold A, Hazard, Wickford; {lred A Hill, Narragansett Pier; mes \l Hazard, Kingston: Cyrus H. 23 Clark, Westerl, hurles B. Fast Greenwich; Rowland ¥ Hazard, West Kingston; Hazard C. Brown, Bradford; Erastus N. Hopkins, Carolina: William D. Gaskin. German- town, Pa.i Clarence E. Rardail East Greenwich. William Matthews, 322 Main street, New London, is selected from Vard 1, Providence, and Manuel Lopez, of Groton, from State Division No. 2. George W. Healis, chauffeur for the late Dr. Charles F. Mohr, the driver of the automobile in which tne doctor was murdered, cn the Barrington road. whiie on way to kis Middle- town home, three years ago, is among the men selected from War! 9, Frovi- dence. Healis was the pri i ness for the state at the tri izabeth Mohr, for nd, and gainst 'rown and Speil two oth- er colored men wio were charged with committing the ¢ turned state’s evidence was allowed to piead to a charze f manslaughter. Aftec two years' imprisonment pend- :ng =entence, he was releasad vil sus- prended sentence ir: recognition of b service to the state.” Mrs. Mohr. wds found nos guiit Brown and Sp 1an were coavicted of murder in degree. Th have never been sc ntenced, their cases pending in the coart upon their ap new . trial. There is s W l"“ would Fe done > court a new tiial \nr| the chief tor the state beyond tne jur- sdiction of the cou Captain Gecrge H. Webb, director of the draft for Rhode Island, has re- ceived a call for 156 men adapnted for mechanical werk, to ke sent to Tako- ma Park. Washinzton] D. C., Aug. 15 Thesa men must have a grammar ion or its eq lent and experience in elecirical work, and only those fit for general military e wiil be accepted. ecerve a them fo front and_behin. E to be assigned to duty where most needed. Another call has been received for 100 white men to go rracuse, N. Recruit camp, Au , for limited | e.. These will be taken from | 1. Group C, and be trained for| ard duty at embarkation vorts, gov- ernment property and members of fire companies. Rear Admirai Herbert Omar Dunn,| is pictured and praised 's Work, in this style to be sailing in the tic a short, ra- ther churky officer | wearing the miral. if that the u'timat> s: every last insigni from in the 1'('.,u:fil’flr‘“: of this uriform i in manner and p: his outward gar lified in zues, to face with ‘He “Admiral Durn’s rise in the navy and his selection for his present im- portant pest of duty have rot result- ed fiom spectacular ex < nor been due to accidental causes. ITrem his| early dave in the service, he has been <nown among his thinker, a hard worker of ‘plugger’ type, and a_most enthusiastic student of naval affairs. While still a lieu- tenant_he invent ented the Dunr: anchor, which has sirce become e slandardd 1t war ceiof important improvements in ess ancnor, fust coming into use, and has Leen adopied by and is quite generally used in our navy. “Admiral Dunn’s forty-five years in the navy have been marked by > wide diversity of serv including com- mand of the Idaho when he was captain: and such shore Jdu pervisor of New York harbor, an spector of engineering materials. When the United States cntered the war, Admiral Dunn, who attained flag rank in 1915, was in command of Di- vision Five of the battleship force of the Atlantic fleet, with the Correcti- cut as his flagship.” Wkile bathing Tuesday night in the Pawcatuck river, rear the Stil'man- ville bridge, Miss Edith B. Holices, 19, went beyond her depth and was drowned before assistance could reach her. With Mrs. Abraham Kapland, who resides in the same “ousc with her ut 165 Canal street, sh2 left home shortly after 9 o'clock for this regular bathing spot. ‘Both women went into the water and for a time remained close to the river bank, when Miss Holmes, who could not swim, called to Mrs. Kapland to see her swim. Im- mediately after, Miss Holmes shouted “Mamma’ and weni beneath the sur- face. There were several persons in the vicinity, but the girl was crown- ed bafore any realized what had hap- pened. Patrick Sullivan secured a row boat and probed alonz the river bottom . seeking for the body. Noti- ficaticn was sent to the police, and Patrolman Curtin and Champlin soon arrived. Curtin procured 2 long-han- dled rake. got into the boat, and drag- ged for the body and in a few min- utes it was located, and brought to ashore. Dr. M. H. Scanlon, medical examiner, was notified and pronounced death due to strangulation raused by accidental drowning, and the body was removed to a local morgue Miss Holmes was the Jaughter of Nathanie] Holmes, of Glastonbury, Conn. She was abandoned by her motker, when quite young. and was cared for by her grandmother, Mrs. Henry Fuller, who for several years wag housekeeper for John W. Bogue, a Civil war veteran. M Tuiler died six weeks ago and was buried in Montville, the girl remaining at the Begue home to care for the :ged and crippled man, at kis request, and upon B. Holmes Drowned While as the ibe old and he though she were his the appeal of near relatives, girl understood the wants of man better than anyone oise, treated her as own child. Leslie Abell, of New London, fire- man on a freight train, which stopped at East Greenwich, Monilay after- noon, dttempted to board ‘%e iocomo- ive as the train was moving cut, but i lost his grip, falling against the cngine. His right shoulder was dis- located. Dr. Phillips put the shoulder back in place. Abell was taken fo New London on the freight train. s Local Laconics. Rev. W. J, McNeill, acting pastor of Pawcatuck Congregational church, is in New Rochelle cn.a visit to nis son, who is soon to enter an officers’ train- ing camp in the south. . As a result of the patriotic acdress John Kendrick Banks at Watch Hill the sum of §3,275 was raised to id the work of the American com- mittee for devastated France. Miss Carrie Arnold, librarian of the | juvenile department of the Westerly Public Library, is on two weeks' va- ation at Northfield, Mass. Miss Sal- lie E. Coy. in addition to her other du- ties at the library, is substituting for Miss Arrold. JEWETT CITY Gordon Willis Gives Farewell Dinner for Theodore Robinson—Committees | i Sunday School | Named for Baptist Picnic—Red Cross Notes. Saturday dfternoon Gordon Willis gave a-farewell dinner at his camp, Pinehurst, on the banks of the Quine- baug, in honor of Theodore Robinson, who has joi: Monday morning for New London. The men of the party enjoyed a ball game while the women made an appreciative audience. At 7.30 all enjoyed.the de- licious dinner prepared and served by he men under the direction of -Mr.| is. 'The menu included roast| stuffed chicken. gravy, mashed pota- toes, string . beans, oliv pickles. huckleberry pie, oranges, bananas and | ade. ~ Those present were Gordor. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Rob- inson, Mr. and Mrs. F. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tipton, Earl Rob- inson Mr and Mrs. Frank Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olson, Mr. and Mrs. | Curtis Hull, Miss S. K. Adams of | Jewett City, Mr. and Mrs, Walter | N Crooxs and Mrs. wi John Jordan of Nor- Social and Personal. Perle Whitford of Warren, R. L. is t his father's, L. V. Whitford’s, on a ! return trip from Philadelphia, Abraham Scott leaves today for Camp Devens. Mrs. John T. Stewart and Mi: Irene‘ Stewart leave today for Providence,; D. T, and Norton, Mass., to visit rela- tive Private Leon G. Young, Co. engineers, has arrived safely overseas. Red Cross August Schedule. During August the Red Cross room 1l not be open for sewing Wednes- t will be ‘open Tuesdays and The runners will be at the room dyring the month, but it is hoped more people will he there on the days the room is open so that the amount of sewing will not diminish. | Picnic Committees. B, The Baptist Sunday hool picnic will be held the second Saturday in August at' Pachaug on Charles Mor- gan's property. The genecral commit- tee is Charles I. Babcock, Rev. M. D. Fuller and Deacon D. L. Phillips. The refreshment committee is the &cleslon Mrs. E. C. Willcox, amusements Fred Clarke, G. Royal Bahcock, R. P. Gardner, Gilbert, Earle Palmer and the g . W. Dearnley’s class: transporta- | W. Dearnley, Arthur Frink and larke; lemonade and ice cream, elbert Myott, Earle Gil- bert and William Crumb. Motored to Jamestown, H. Prior, Miss Alice Brown Ida Foster were guests of {. Clarke on an auto trip to Jamestown, R. I, this week. MYSTIC Jerry Northrup Home from Hospital— Arrivals Oversea—Campers Return from Fleasant View. | Mrs. William McKone has received word from his brother, Luke McKone, that | he has arrived safely oversea Mr. and Mrs. John W. MacDonald received a cable message from their daughter, Miss Sara MacDonald, who | Red Cross nurse in France. The | aze read: “Safe and well” Mrs. .J. M. Whitman has returned from a visit in Voluntown. Charles .Dunn of Flatbush, N, has been the guest of Harry A acKen. zie for two days. Home from Hospital. Jerry Northup# who has been a pa- tient in° Lawrence hospital for nine weeks, suffering from appendicitis, is able to he brought to his home on Pearl street. Mrs. Clarence H. Williams has re- turned from a visit at the Cold Spring house, Wickford, R. I. * Leaves for Nova Scotia. Mrs. Romain Sutherland left Tues- day for a v with relatives in St. Johns, N.S. She was accompanied as far as Boston by her daughter, Mies Mae Sutherland. Miss Fenner Maxson Leominster, Mass. Miss Glad; Stone has returned af- ter three*weel i’ visit in_Springfield. The W. C. T. is to hold a parlor meeting with MrS William Crandall on Tiverton avenue next Wednesday, Aug. 5. Herman Konklin has returned from a week’s visit in New York. Mrs. Harry Meyers and son Harry are spending two weeks in Attleboro, Mass. is visiting in\ Camped at the Shore. Mrs. Henry Meyers, Mrs. Benjamin Cottrell, Mrs. Herman Konklin,. Mrs. Ezra Dabeoll have returned from a week's camping trip at- Pleasant View. Merton Searl, U. S. N., who has been home or a ful’lou"‘h for nine weeks, and who returned to Brooklyn navy yard Saturday, has been sent home again for two weeks, not being able to fill' his duties. Would Have to Ge Plucked First. Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin suggests that this country adopt a national flower. Why not take the various state flowers and adopt a na- tional bouquet?—San Antonio Light. The articles of association of the Christian Advent . Society of Brim- field, Mass., drawn in 1867, were but recently filed in the registry of deeds. Through some inadvertance at the time fhe papers were drawn these articles were not recorded, as was required under the statute. ed the navy, and left on | § E. Robinson, | @ s0th | & WHITE BUCK PUMPS, $5.00 and $6.00 grade . WHITE CANVAS PUMPS AND OXFORDS.._.__ $1.35, $1.65, $1.95, $2.45 and $2.95 BROWN CALF PUMPS AND OXFORDS, $5.00 and $6.00 grade___ Now $3.95 and $4.50 BROWN KID PUMPS_ PATENT KID AND GUN METAL PUMPS, were $4.50_ SPORT SHOES AND OXFORDS AT BARGAIN PRICES MISSES’ AND CHILD'S WHITE BUCK AND CANVAS LOW SHOES AT CUT PRICES LADIES’ HIGH GRADE BUTTON AND LACE BOOTS in Patent Leather and Gun Metal, Cloth Top and Kid Top, All Sizes Starts Thursday, August 1st High Grade Shoes at Bargain Prices FOR LADIES BROKEN LOTS AND SIZES SO T < I Special value $3.50 Now _$3.‘4[5 LADIES’ WHITE CANVAS GUN METAL AND PATENT LEATHER PUMPS, BROKEN LOTS OF MEN'S TAN AND BLACK BUTTON AND LACE O0XFORDS TO CLOSE AT $2.75 WATCH OUR WINDOWS FOR SHOE BARGAINS The James F. Cosgrove Co. 206 MAIN ‘ STREET COLUMBIA Lake Neighbors Present Party for Pleasure of Fresh Air Kiddies—Whist and Popularity Con- test. Mr. and Mrs. A received wopd has arrived Mr. and Mrs r Ist wedding and Mrs. Alonzo Little recently attended in Boston in town for a ktrief visit Given Army Blanket. Herman Brown and Raymond Ly- man have been called to Camp Devens. Friends of Mr. Brown at the lake pre- sented him the best blanket that xmud be obtained in Hartford. Mrs. Tipper, with her son, has arrived at their 1 the green for the summer Children’s Party. Mrs. W. H. Yeomans gave a party’ last Wednesday to the little people of the vicinity in honor of two children sent here by the T ne fresh fund. The children for Monday, mother and dence near left having been here two weel Lay Reader to Officiate. Charles K. Hitchedck, lay reader of St. Paul's church in Willimantie, will Have charge who is the of the services there in August, dur- | ing the absence of the rector, Rev. Walter F. Borchert. For Red Cross Benefit. A whist party for the benefit of the! was | local chapter of held Thursday eveningz. About 85 were present. most of them engazed at the card tables. As > result of a contest, Miss Evelyn Woodward was voted the most popular young lady in the Red Cross town and was awarded a handsomei sewing table. Mr, Avery. Fire Arm Mfg. Co. in Hartford, returned with his family to h in Bast Hartford after a week’s stay | at his cottage on the green. The Girls’ Friendly society Paul's church, Willimantic. had outing on the grounds of Mrs. Fanny Dixon Welch at the lake last Satur- day. Improving Cemetery Approach, An effort is being made by Mrs. W. H. Yeomans to have the approach to the cemetery improved. She has al- ready received contributions for that WEEPING ECZEMA SOON RELIEVED A Perfect Treatment For This Distressing Gomplaint b WasivG. “T had an attack of Weeping Eczema; so bad that my clothes would be wet through at times. T suffered terribly. I could get no relief until I tried ‘Fruit-a-tives (or Fruit Liver “Tablets) and ‘Sootha va’, The first treatment gave me relief. Altogether, I have used three boxes of ‘Sootha Salva’ and two of ‘Fruit-a-tives’, and am entirely well”’, G. W. HALL. Both these remedies are sold by dealers at 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, or sent by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURG, N.Y. “Fruit-a-tives” is also put upina trial size which sells for 25¢. have been | Episcopal | Handsome | 1im Army Blarket to Herman Brown—|C v air | | ome | purpose, and hopes to secure sufficient he work this fall. as been called for and has a ved at| where the men are s and firemen at the rts of de‘n\rk‘uton. SOUTH WINDHAM Sunday to spend a weel Noel's” mother, Mrs. Li Warreny McCloud of visiting Mrs. Miss Nellie Norwich rece Mother and Children 11l with Mr. e Noel, of ited service Willimantic has T. J. Watts. Connor spent a day in Mrs. Garret: W, Smith is il with sles at her home. Her childre Dunlevy Family to Visit Shrine of | Heien, Muriel and Harlow, have a m o of scarlet fever. Miss Fannie | Saint Anne—Mrs, Garrett W. Smith | Smith is boarding in Willimantic and | and Children lll—Dedication of Two | Mr. Smith is staying with Mr. and | Flags. ‘)hss Babcock. { Firemen's Outing. The members of the South Windham l""e departmen® enjoved a outing at near the Shetucket river, 25 in attendance. outing was the served by Tom Barber. te returned Saturday from 5 has guests her grandson and his Mrs. Walter Rathbu Mr. Ra burn. w coming home to | Baker and went from | The feature of the feedq Dr@r‘"r"rl and son Burr n, | 3 and ow(‘er was served at 11 a. m. m. the bake was put on at 3 p. Two Flags Dedicated. The dedication of the service Windham South Wind To Visi Famous Shrine. | who is engaged in Colts | has | home | of S\.; an | | I EVERYTHING FOR | .4~ PRESERVING | paNs KETTLES WIRE FRAMES FOR PANS OR BOILER All shapes and sizes “CONSERVO” STEAM COOKER AND CANNER Cook a whole meal or cook 14 quart jars of preserves at one time BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES Two or three burner, wick or wickless The Household Bulletin Building, 74 Franklin Street FRUIT JARS Telephone 531-4 Clam | at 5 5aul South took place Saturday 2 2? v[ud';‘.i Ne evening Four Corners. The PeEE s e 2 Pon- | American band furnished inspiring AT ‘d music. Addresses were delivered by SSPY nne de| ey, M. R. Plumb, pastor of Windham : “enter Congregational church, and Ouf'ns Notes. electman Ernest P. Chesbro. mith and children are ags were unfuried by Miss Mar- g in Wor la Revier and Miss Tillie Coibert, Howard Daley of Stafford is the|who were dressed in white. Rev. M guest of his grandmother, Mrs. John|R. Plumb spoke briefly on the two Holden, Sr flags, the American and service flags, Mrs. Richard ill at' her ificance of both. Select- home with spoke of the A y Be- Mrs, Mary Crane and her daughter, |hind the Men Behind the Guns and Mrs. Clarence Noel, and child left on|urged ail to get in line to help the| ! 1 boys. The service flag was given by W A r., and the American flag by Guilford Smuth: The expenses of the dedication were footed by resi- dents of South Windnam. The service flag cont. 13 stars. of South Windham who are now in the | service are James Adams, William | Backus, Everett Baker, Frederick { Clinton, Arthur Colbert, Perry Crane, Charles Deschenes, Ernest Hunker, {Carl Johnson, Clement Kegler, Louis | Rathbun, Ralph Scribner and Percy l Scribner. NO BADGES HEREAFTER FOR REVENUE MEN. | Credentials Will Be Pocket Commis- | sions After First of August. From and after Aug. 1 no badges are authorized to be worn by internal revenue officers, and any person pre- suming to act under the authority of a metal badge as a United States reve- nue officer should he treated as an im- postor, accordinz to a notice issued by | the treasury department. Revenue officers will carry, instead of badges, pocket commissions, which must be shown upon demand. and no other credentiais ehould be recognized. PLUMBING AND GASFITTING CALL UP 734 I With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECOCNOMICALe MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co., 12 FERRY STREET Phone 581 is as essential in modern houses as electricity is to lighting, We guaran- | tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest prices. Ask us for plans and prices J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS HEATING AND PLUMBING 92 Franklin Strest ROBERT J. COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMPBING, STEAM FITTING Washingi®n Sg., Washington Building Nozwich, Conn. = Azent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY CO. 7No|.1lh25me Modern Plumbing The young men *