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PR Don’t let friction gazw the power out of your motor. Use The Red, White and Blue So-CO-ny Gasoline Siga is your - safeguard. Look for it. ~ BULDING PROGRESS IN NORWICH Has Been More Acfivity in This City During Past Four ° Weeks Than in the Previous Months—Pipe Line at Norwich Town Complcted—Ofliu‘M Operations. o tde Confractors ‘Sll seport -that build- ing contracts are still few and far be- tween and that there is a scarcity of labor “which - prevents- much extensive buiiding evedl if the government had not pat on a damper to non-essential operations. _However within the past fow=weeks.there-has been more build- ing#n Norwich and'-vicinity than in some tume previous. Twe or three addifions have been siarted at the Norwich, Woolen company With gov- ernment ipermission, an infirmary_and bungalow have been built at the State Tuberculosis Sapatorium, and _there Pas been other builings erected about the town.within the past few weeks. i3 - Water Line Laid. The work of laying the water main from West Town street to the Saxton Woolen, Corporation in Norwich Town has been completed by Peck, McWil- liams Co. The main is one of eight inches ‘and extends for about 306 ya) or more. . Bungalow Well Along, The work on the bungalow for Dr. Hugh B. Campbell it the State Sana- torfum is fast nearing completion. The building has been roofed over and shingled and the sides are ready for the finishing work. Remodeling Clubhouse to the property. work will be rushed along to comple- tion. Putting in New Fixtures. The Porteous & Mitchell company are making extensive improvements to the mer’s furnishing department in )i stafistics nfea¥s ‘but Nttle shrinkage from the record-making figures of previous years. Statistics of new incorporations in this state for the week show that most of the new companies are organizations with but small authori- zed capitalization. Nine new com- panies have aggresate capital of $295,- 000, or an average of little over $33.- 000. There was but little activity in this line in the Iike week of 1917, 16 new incorporations having capital of only $15,000 and in 1916 there were 11 incorperatiens with average capital of $67,000. The record, of bamkmaptcy peti- tions filed in' this state during the week compares favorably in num- ber with previous years, with the percentage of assets to liabilities somewhat less favorable, the four petitions for the week having as- ets of $12,614 ,and _liabilities of $41,570, The buildime business 4s stil flat. While 124 permits were granted in the cities of New Haven, Hartford, Brideport, Waterbury, New Brit- ain, Hamden, Stratford and Spring- field for the week most of them were for small structares or _addi- tions, the aggregate cost of all _the work being only $193163. Last year during the same week permits to the local buiding trades through the erection of these houses. As Furthermore, it is demoralizing the local contractors, whose jour- neymen, knowing the opportunities for getting a higher wage rate and a fattening of his pay envelope through overtime, will o to. work to Were $15., $25. and $38.50 $8.95, $12.95, $15.00 GOODS MUST G0, becamse we had to buy early this year. ever, as unsetiled condifions made this imperative for our protection. are confronted with shortage of labor, MATERIALS ARE HARD TO SECURE. Therefore.they must make up their goods early and ship as.soon as garments are taken off the machines. make room for Fall and Winter stock pouring in every day. 3 The old Norwich clubhouse ' Which | wore issued for 158 projects, cost. 20 POE.ARINE ;a:m x_eue:fly lenzmflm‘f; ’f»cn? ing $94T770, and in 1916, 205 per- 73 is deing re: - |mits for projects costing $699,850. The Standard Oii for All Motors tagos by Pock McWiliams Co. The | The housing propositions of . the ot e <5 - 5 Pure lubricati drop. Makes your car worthmore. e m domer ‘windows and |Government are not inciufleds in Ladies’” All Wool Suits Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats , every drop. Make: i an, n » - e Y faking other extensive improvements | [k, Very Iittle benefit will accrue a Were $10., $20. and $35 E Setting Up Frame Work. rule the general contractor will % 0 Work of“setting the frame work for |ship in all of his materials from STANDARD OIL CO. oy NEW YORK S s Tl of St Dol Cacto o5 | BgMe! hot enict tou a1 o NOW NOW Fanning avenue has been started and |cerns will reap but little benefit. V $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 In keepibg .with our custom every year at this time ALL OUR SPRING _AND SUMMER It was more important"tfian,' MANUFACTURERS The only reasen, we must. their store on Main street. The whole | 0n the Government projects. This MANSFIELD CENTER JEWETT CITY inside of the department s being ren- |Pas mado it especially hard in _the pr b . ovated and the old fixtures are being | Plumbing trade, where in _some | Red Cross Auxiliary Granted Vacation | e torn out and now up to date ones are | ases there is nobody left to do the| Because of Faithful Work—Dual | Special Town Meeting Votes Extra|y g pyt in . Workmen are engaged | Work except the master plumber. B e en o | T & e S o VAT B o Yy e R T i . ALL WOOL PLAID SKIRTS ; = i eV e Wiepard Infuced. Work will be rushed to, completion in | the week for a store and tenement | ¢ 'opular Resort. a short time. block in Waterbury, business block special town meeting_was held In Sew Brim kehnol improve: Were to $10. Saturday, at which John Potter was| THE WEEK’S DEVELOPMENTS. |[en'S ! e unar il chairman_and John Welsh clerk. K bdmiiord o e ennainEe Ins Vallue DR Were $12 to $18 was voted to appropriate $2,000 more | Bank Clearings Make Heavy Gains|(0rd and JMeriden and = Hariford g = NOW to complete the state highway to Vol- ZBuilding Business Dall. Sieste e Wity e Were 5 : s At family houses in Bridgeuort, one 95-Now oJarle Howe of Quincy, Mass, 59eft| iy, xchanges for the cle g | two and three-family houses in|M NUW : s SSIUa hume. houses show substantigl gainsgover| Waterbury and ome and two.fam. | . Lern Sy iases Glelbed, Gelfand 84| the corresponding week of last y ily houses in New Havén; Bristo Were $10.95—Now $5.95 LYy Sna Mr. vy of ‘New York ars| i Harttord ‘the' increase “1s *25.6|ana” Stiatord, - two threo | » e % c, 'g a short stay at M. Gittleman'’s. o R e . e rec- | B : - Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett and Mrs, | Per cenf. for the week with amily brick blocks ridgeport. | 3 p 2 = e = . of 22.4 per cent. in New Have projects’ for are two (] Alia Bennert wrers'callers on frients| o5, £55_PS1, SEL IS SA¥, S | S roleate dor ol JUST A FEW Were $16.50-Now $9.95 tory may be taken and S A cent. in Holyoke. {Haven and Bridgeport, 'and pro- | & B workers have a well earned vacat In Ashland Mill Office. Real estate transactions for theljosed buildings in Waterbury and| Mr. St ose Who| Miss Olive Hiscox of Norwich has|week in the towns reported in The | Norwalk for banking purposcs have on of | entered the employ of Ashland Cotton | Commercial Record are slightly less |z A. building in Nau s company as one of its office force. in_volime than a vear ago. At the " f:}"‘rf s A. Rioux spent Monday as|same time the amount of business | G Schapter i uest of Mrs. A. M. Brown at|in this line is keepipg up the corre period | Accordy ton Long Point. _ ably well. Mortgage loans vear. The sales in w London | ‘00/0 OFF ON AI.L OUR NEW MERCHANDHSE JUST ARRIVED should co iss Florence Tuttle of Leyiston, |a material falling off, however, for|were nineteen and thirteen, respective. | ipected th: the guest of her cousin, Mrs.|the week On another page Wwill belly for the two weeks §as 9(01’:}" = Robinson. founq the record of transactions in There were no mort; loans here Sgical dressings roon and Mrs. Alfred Roberts of | realty for the month of July. These |last A year ago amounteq | during Au ingfield are guests of Mr. and Mrs. to 217 For New London durin % St Showing L. D. Howe. Their son, Major George the last week the loans were $4 RT $ The local Red Cross branch shipped | RODEFis, Is in Franca COLUMBIA against 93770 a year ago. | 24 WASH SKI S, were $2.95 now $1.49 Few at ]-00, were $2.00 o Hartford for May, June and July M Dbl Ve e —_— INDO 2164 surgical dressiges, avhich makes | ™Y ving “rornton left) Monday for | Henry Brown Writes From France— NEWGLINDDH. Bate of 6,149 pleces. @ % Newport, R. I, where he has entered | Red Cross Chapter, Tendered Use of National Housing Proposition. |i Ctoms Tas this: wi Sy £ i Congregational Chapel, Works Sun-| Louis L. Tribus, consulting engi- | 10 surgeons’ opers Loses Portion of Fingers. diy thiEEIAlGAn ont: neer for the National Housing "(\.‘i b3 =t 2 gowns Much work is being done and | Henry V d has had parts of two il | under whom the proposed 115 | 4 . S5 still to be @ ¥ lay- | fingers amputated as the result of an| My ang Mrs. A E. Brown have re-|houses will be erected on near Jef- Pttes for t ; e at work in Aspinodk | weiveq”s letter and 4 cablogram from |ferson and Lincoln avs, has re- |k $ " % their son Henry who is with the 101st|Ported that the cost of | - 2 sany; the = machine gun battalion, stating that|the site for the hous | WHITE ROCK he has been engaged in the recent bat- | £100.000 divided as follow | e e tles at the front and that he is sfl(@;sp“"\""é‘;[@""f - wxum'dm 000 “Pave: § e, cake and iced S 5 ad | ment, $30.000; Curb and gutters, § E O 1 St bt | Sad el e e gt 02 T8 N SO o e gt S | EVERY GARMENT ON SALE S MARKED WITH RED TICKET AND PRICE PLAIN » spent Tuesday with friends at At- | Seen and talked with Cyrus [HRON O | vtion, $10,000; Gas and electricity, | t: et A ¢ Jewett | from in some time, $9,000; Telephones, $6,000. | £ e ey e Sl S e, Adam Seabury of Hempstead, a cou- —_— i B ety | ok e U Normich b o 3. Chusles & Hithondk 19 MANCHESTER, e s 5 spending a vacation in town and is — PO SR Sl I e ) Contract for Painting. 1 ASK FOR ONE OF OUR FANS—WE WILL GLADLY GIVE YOU ONE | crete foundation at the mill Whist Nets $45. e s e beniawanied ) n has been & s atory to putting in new water " e contract for the painting }vnnkm n epend The whist party for the benefit of the | connection with the. new four- B, 'Dayis, le friends of Dolores Green- | Red Cross, Thursday evening at the|family brick house which William & een ill 00d_helped her celebrate her sixth|TOWD hall reatized $45.76. A portion Kanehl is erscting for *himself on | Ly W adnesday Slbtas of this amount was contributed for a!Siarkweather at. As previonsly re. Many Seek the Lake, and Mis. George Burdick are|handsome dictionary stand, which Was|ported Ferris Bros..have the _con- Th Echo lake has a very popular | ining * their daughter, Mirs.| Presented Rev T. Newton Owen |tract for the plumbing, and W. R come e resort du h warm - days. and her children of Pawtucket.| Herman Brown who recently went to| Palmer the =lectric work. There | Mrs. as been visi Joseph Tucker, who has been ( Camp Devens, has been appointed a|will be no heating. |2 Earl sma" stol‘e mg i Da < past week, is able to be out. | COrporal and has taken an examina- — ‘ arly tion in a course in chemistry, for ad- MYSTIC | Bett of vancement in the army. s etter Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ochlers of e i Newark, N. J. motored to town, and |y tne old Mystic Valley institute is . L 1 B CARON! Ma“ager 140 MAIN STREET i il - motored to town, and | heing torn down by Daniel Gal- « Pickin 1g vaiues e e the past weele S| lup, the owner, who will utilize the | g S e et site for two new houses. | Children Cry for Fletcher’s Red Cross Working in Chapel. The rooms in the old hotel building owned by H. W. Porter, which have been occupied for some time by the Surgical Dressings Department of the Red Cross Chapter, and for which no charge has been made, have now been BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND tatist of building and engineer- ing operations in New Engiand as OPPOSITE THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO.’S NEW STORE ited. Through the kindness of the | corid DY The F. W. Dodge Com-|a her home on Main strest Friday|at the home of her parents, Mr and|DRAKE SECTION FUND |1ance operators, wished to.become a r@;‘;gegzgimue»chufch the Sur :‘m Danys | afternoon in honor of Miss Laura Pal- | Mrs. John Coughlin. U DISTRIBUTION' DISCUSSED, |Member of such 'a committee, the s e n g""‘ram to August 7, g‘{&.w.osz 000 | mer, who is spending a vacation in the | Hermon J. Gibbs has returned from R N 2 g:?:f”:firn _added r:esrso drcay:r]:dfl:;; i) ontracts to August 7, 7. . 124,463,000 | horough. a week's stay in Washington, D. C. amp. se | S e e e (onapel belonging to the | Contracts to August 7, 176...125.563 000 £, C. Flint of Frafford was scting agent | 't, May Go for Purpose Intended or|yeaithy famili scattered, throughout N SNNNNNN S Cloaned and pamted . The woek et | Contracts to August 7, 1375. 103,767,000 YANTIC during Mr. Gibbs absence. Esturnedit ContiiButors: fle comnty, FRe 5 ! | contimued on Sunday, so that there | CODtracts to August 7, 1914..167,027,000 Mr. and Mrs. Elias Stockett spent| .o . - a7 5 o e S DEnegls m(wshr gation Th‘: llm}"You Have Always Bought, and which has been | Shail be no delay in the output of the | Contracts 2 eus ; g}fi--igm% 00| oded Calves Bought From Kaplan|Sunday in Canterbury. New York, Aug. 12—Suggestion {resulted in abandonment of the “war use over over 30 years, has borne the sigmature of Chapter. Contracts to Avgust 7, 1912...120,437,000 | Bloode Samuel Crumblish of Three Rivers Wi is spending some time with friends in town Officer Charles Bentley who recently more than $48,000 contributeq through- | charity out the country to the “Drake Section Sanitaire ” disbanded recently after an inquiry by District Attorney Swann, be turned over to the French govern- h it was connected. 1$2,130,000 SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST THE GATES ESTATE. Contracts to Angust 7, 1911..102,074,000 Contracts to August 7, 1910..100,178000 Contracts'to August 7, 1909.. 94442 000 Contracts to.August-7, 1908.. 59,463,000 A dance was held at the Town hall, Thursday evening the proceeds of which will be donated to the Red Cross. Ruth Harvey of Windsor, daughter Farm in the Catskills—Burns Fam- ily Reunion. and has been made under his per- sonal supervision since its infancy.’ Allow no one to deceive you in this.! Tz The Washburn Midway Shows pass- | retuzned from a lengthy stay in South . gover : & Contractsito Angust 7, 1907.. §3,149.000| 5 America is spending a furlough here, |TENt for the purchase of ambulances, | o, norin: the Chicago MarKet in Vio- All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are but | 9Fthejete Rev, Joseph Harvey, at one Comcrants to Jueuat D000 700 000 | s b :Z;‘:f:g;mef end. | the Euest of his Bl adey by WES ! prosacitor totar R e t8 that trifie with and = brist cucation | COntracts to August 7, 1905.. 67,345,000 | style route to Willi ic, W. W. Bentley and with Mrs. Charles| i o =l = Experiments that trifle endanger the ' health of e IR e Gontracts to August T, 1904 ing some time in Norwich at the Moose | Beptley. Ll D money for e 0SS racis to Auzust 7, : Infants and Children—Experience nfi:flflo‘lfigsximn < ol What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It comtains neither Opium, Morphine nor’ other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising : therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s, v e . 2z ‘cenuine CASTORIA ' ALways the Signature of iean Bse ot Over 30 Vears Kind You Have Always Bought In The A. Hunt. Camp Discontinued. "The -camp-maintained at the lake by the South Church, Hartford, during the past month has been discontinued. Re- cently a Japanese tea was given by them. supervised by a Japanese guest, to which the neighboring people wers invited, Mr. Cyril Gates commected with the Y. M C. A. had charge of the services at the church Sunday, the pastor Rev. T. Newton Owen being in Bristol, R. L LEONARD BRIDGE ‘William A. Durfee went to New London Monday night to be in the gnou, to leave for camp the following ay. Misses Myrtle and Ruth Lombard were Willimantic shoppers Tuesday Judge and Mrs. A. G. Kneeland of Lebanon, Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Kneetand, Mrs. W. A. Kneeland and Miss H, Jeanette Kneeland of Hart- ford were recent visitors at the old homestead. Miss Lavinia P. Kneeland and Miss Grace' B, Nettleton spent Tuesday with their aunt, Mrs. Eunice G. Ad- ams, and her sister, Miss Mary J. Watrous, at East Hampton. Miss Helen Clifford was in Willl- mantic Tuesday. * Mr. Istenes and family have moved from the house near the cemetery to the house owned by Arthur H. Clark!7. of Brooklvn. N. Y. Contracts to August 7, 1902 Contracts to August 7, 1901 STONINGTON Will of Mrs, Eunice M. Anderson Pro- bated—Ready For New Flag at the Shipyard, At a recent session of the probate court of Stonington, over which Judge A. P. Anderson of the Groton cow Iresided, the will of Eunice M, A derson was probated. She left $1,000 to the Yale University Infirmary fund.’ This was the only public bequesty Judge Elias B. Hinckley, with whom Mrs. Anderson lived in Stonington, was named by her as executor. Mrs. Anderson died in Morristown, N. J., July 16, d requested in her will that the document be probated here. To Fly New Flag. A new flag pole has been put on the derrick boom nearthe bow of the steamer Altura at the shipyard. From this will iy the new flag of the Ful- ton Shipbuilding Co., as the firm is s00n to be named. There will be a celebration soon in connection with the change of name, During July there were 22 births, nine marriages and 13 deaths in the town of Stonington. The baseball team of the S. C. and T. Co. defeated the Cottrel] team at Carnival. An automobile party from New Lon- don, Mrs. A. T. Smith and son Walter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shepherd and son Stanley Miss Jennfe Strickland, Thomas Warner and Andrew Warner of New London, were callers at the Towers Sunday. Blooded Stock From Catskills. Emmanuel Kaplan sent his chauf- feur Alexander Tatreat from his stock farm in the Catskills to his farm here with four pure bred calves. Mr. Tat-. reaut made the trip in a day. Fingers Crushed William Burns has recovered from a serious injury to his 1éft hand which was caught in one of the jacks in the spinning room of the Admore Woolen Company plant a few .weeks ago. Three fingers were crushed badly, Burns Reunion. A Burns reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Burns on School buse hill, last Sunday. Forty guests were present including several friends from Norwich, who enjoyed a splendid dinner and supper prepared and served by the hostess assisted by her daughter, Miss Mary Burns. Local Brevities. Raymond V. Congdon is spending the summer in Ma:ne. John Tracy Jr. of the Groton Ship. building plant was a recent guest at Owen park Saturday afternoon, 9 to " Miss Esther G. Perkins gave a whist his home here. Miss Margaret Coughlin of .New John Curry was a recent visitor in Boston. Miss Venie Dogue and Sevin have Mrs, The dance held under the auspiee of the Riverside club in Odd Fellows" hall Saturday evening was well at- tended. Parties from piece orchestra. Emery Cote and Oliver were Baltic callers Sunday. Edward Yates of Putnam spent the week-end at the home Schockey. Clifford. White of Worcester spent the week-end at his home. Ernest Codere of Worcester home over the week-end. Liester Salisbury, a soldier, been home on a short furlough Franeis Coltonan of the Naval Re- serves was home over the week-end. _Dana Potter of Jewett City was a Moosuu cafer Sunday, Enoch Douglas, Miss Douglas and Mrs, George Freeman of Sterling HINl were Moosup callers on Saturday. of Wilfred has Bulgaria is paying the penalty of an ailiance with -her two traditional enemies. ‘She gets cholera, starvation York is spending her annusl vacation'snd typhms~—Phfledeiphia Enquirer. i Carli 4 from an cuting | Jewett City, Waurezan and Greene were present. Music was furnished by White's six- Ravenelle was Florence | purpose intended by its donars, elim- inating “overhead charges of an ama- teur organization.” Money” Miss Drake Missed. Mr. Swann said that golf clubs and individuals in seven western cities contributed $34,600 to the section for the repute@ purchase of ambulances for the Sixth army of France. This| fund, none of which reached M Ethel Langdoms Drake, organizer of the society, was raised at exhibitions conducted by Mrs. William A. Gavin, | metropolitan woman 'golf champion, who suggested today that it be re- turned to the contributors. 1 Large Coritributors. Mrs. Gavin, who announced recently that the emtire fund which she raised | had been turned over to the Western Golf association, said that San Fran- cisco was the largest contributor. Its town and country club gave $10,000. Other cities whose golfers were donors were: Los Angeles, $8,800: Portiand, Ore, $6,000; Denver, $2.700; Seattle, Wash,, $1,700; Spokane, Wash., $1,700; Delmonte, Cal., $1,600. Perhaps New Committee. ‘The district attorney announced that Miss Drake is trying to persuade A3 bassador . Jusserand . of France, with whom Mr. Swann ordered $14,000 in the hands of the section deposited, to permit organization of a new commi tee to handle the fund. Miss Virginia K. Chandler, who captained a score of New York, Aug.-22—A'suit for §2,- 130,000, charging violation of the Sher- man anti-trust act by the alleged “cornering” of the Chicago corn mar- ket in 1902 by the firm of Harr tes & Co., was filed here today by Robert H. Thorburn, formerly a_part- ner in the Chicago firm of Waite, Thorburn & Ce.. who asserts that his firm was wrecked, and estimates his loss at $710,000. ¥ He asks three times this amount usi- der the treble damage provision of the Sherman anti-trust law, frém John Lampert, John Dupree and Del- lora s, executrix of the estate of the late John W. and Charles:: C. Gates, BISURAT M GNEE!A For Dyspepsia, Indigestion Heartburn, Belching, Sour Acid Stomach Gas. in Stomach, etc. . take a teaspoonful of Bisurated ‘Masnesia in a half glass of hot water after eat- ing. Is safe, pleasant .and Harmless to use and gives almost instant reliet. It neutralizes stomach acidity and sweetens the food contents so that di- young women said to have been in training at Bayside, L. I, as ambu- gestion is easy and painless. Sold by -druggists everywhere.