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NOTICE! The Jewett Business School received no official notice to close Thursday owing to the epidemic, but as a precautionary measure closed Friday morning until Monday morning. The closing of the school does not affect Miss Jewett's Public Office. Office is open at all times for business. ATTENTION! Young Men and Women THE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY Leads Directly to Our Classrooms. THE PRESENT DEMAND FOR STENOG- RAPHERS IS ENORMOUS. You can secure a good position the moment you are qualified to fll it. Now is the opportune time to enroll. RIBBONS and CARBON PAPER and Office Sup- plies. When in need of anything in this line, do not forget us. Our Motto is GOOD SERVICE Jewett Business Scheol Thayer Buiiding HATTIE L. JEWETT, Principal. et without striking Wagner's car, but in STAFFORD o turning he struck Mr. Warren. Gilbert The Junlor fair, which has been held | Wagner took Mr. Warren to the of- t h succese for several years, |fice of Dr. Dawson. There was a gash ot take place until after the|in Mr, Warren's head which necessi- fair. To exhibit here first|tated the taking of sixteen stitches. perhaps injure some of the|He is recovering from thé shake-up ts to be used at the Springs|received and the wound is healing ] Edwin Chester Stewart died at The Stafford Boys of the Junior Food | Johnson h urday, Sept. 21st Army won in the county contest in the | where he had been unde treatment le demonstration and judging | for throat trouble for three weeks. He The Stafford team had Fred- | was horn at Ledyard Oct. 25, 1865, H Glover, No. 1, Bmilio DeCash, |first work was with B. Lucas & Co and George Quay, No. 3, for the|at Poquetanuck, he remaining with emonstration at Rockville fair. The|them three years, then entering the d of $20 and an auto-|employ of Allen Brothers' Woolen Co | om Rockville to the Ber-|at Hanover. l.ater he went to East- » fair, but the team could not ford, where he was engaged ing portable steam mills of engines, boiler ment. He leaves brother. n operat- taking care and other. equip- s o to Berlin to demonstrate because of Glover's illness, Everett Warren is suffering from a severe injury to his head, received in ident last Saturday evening. Mrs. Warren were walking t rd the Hollow on the left side of he road near the Stephens home, where there is a very sharp turn in the An automobile driven by Dupre came around the curve towards them and another car driven bert Wagner came behind them. headlights of Dupre's car blinded he pedestrians. Dupre turned to the enter of the road as far as possible two ters and a Results of a census of the Virgin islands (formerly the Danish West Indies) have been published in a vol- ume of 174 pages. The report shows that by this latest acquisition-of ter- ritory the United Staes was increased slightly more than 132 square miles. this being practically the area of the three principal islands—St. Croix. St. John and St. Thomas., The population as of Nov. 1, 1917, was 26,051. and PROVIDENCE BAKERY 66 Franklin St. Olla nd Brtahe and Metals Preston Bros. Inc. FERGUSON’S THUMMS on Franklin Sauare Delicatessan Niamonds, 4 Watches, 40 Franklin St. Cut Glass and Tel. 1309 AND FOCKFT Need a Plumher? Dog'LLEl;,“:DS Tel. 857 J. .. BARSTOW SIMPSON & CO. Basement Thayer Building 23 Water Street e THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK 16 Shetucket St. C. B. ELDRED 43 Broadway Tel. 341-3 GLASS — PUTTY — PAINT Hardware — Tools — Cutlery Examine our line of Aluminum Ware THE HOUSEHOLD Bulletin Building, 74 Franklin Street WESTERLY dence on Sunday, Oct. 13. crganization to take definite action this connection was the Previden: their influence to secure the appeal eral hundred firemen tomary uniform, red shirts, bla trousers and black fire helmets. liam Jeffers, of Pawtucket, years, will be in line, Men between the ages of 18 and ragansett Bay. and from applicants, which will be pre vided promptly by local boards if as! ad for. Adams and applications should er applicant is qualified for limits service or general service. service men will be accepted only they are peculiarly fitted, Island State Firemen’s League will on Wednesday, H of w by Frederick Relief. ciaims that have been pending sin; Mr. Cady’s death. panies of Westerly are affiliated wi Ll.e state organization. Local Laconics. v, reported as both wounded missing. The election of John Ferguson, J to the Rhode Island legislature w service, John Frill, baseball player, and William H. land, motorman of the Shore Electric rail v, died - Saturday pneumonia, after Spanish This brings the total deaths of Wes erly people up to five. The othe are Raphael Giorna, William R, Peterson and Charles T. McSparren. hedule time. i Lieutenant Jokn T. Melville, merly of Westerly, Rev. John G. Dufton ofticiated the marriage of Frank Depler Krel {and Miss Ruth Esther Brown, daug! ter of Mrs. Daniel O. Brown, Satu day afterncon. The ceremony performed at the home of the brid grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, I Travi: Seven large trucks made up a m tor train from Boston was a big success. child of Mr. and Mrs, George Pack of Burneit's Corner and had be | married but a few months. The e tire communily was saddened by t s Saturday morning, as hardl | one was aware she was ill. She vived by her husband and her paren Mrs. Bertha Zappe, ville avenue Thursday night. She w: dent of Mystic for many years. S and a brother, Herman Stretzel, all ic, an@ two sisters Her funeral was held Sunday afte [noon at 2 o'clock. The { Singing _society conducted | vices. Interment was { cemetery. | _An automobile accident occurred Miner's Corner Saturday morning 45 o'clock when a big Packard c: driven by Sebastian Shea with fi other men coming the se in Elm Gro car driven by Mr. Richard with thr occupants going to the shipyard came together. were badly damaged. by road. Clark Allyn, The Westerly Veteran Firemen's as- sociation is agreeable to a movement among the volunteer and veteran fire- men’s association of the state to form a firemen’s division in the big Victory and Columbus Day parade in Provi- The first Veteran Firemen's association, which last Tuesday evening voted to parade &nd appointed a committee to make the necessary arrangements and to use ance of other associations and a gen- eral cooperation in the parade plans. It is expected that there will be sev- | in the parade, with fully 250 men in the ranks of the Providence veterans, wearing the cus- The old Gaspee hand-engine which was bnilt for Providence in 1849 by Wil- and saw active service in that city for many yhether or not qualified for foreisn service, are wanted by the coast ar- tillery in the coast defences in Nar- Classification number letter in the draft are required Candidates ' may apply at Fort in- clude besides name and class number und letter, the present address, local Dbeard number, its address, and wheth- Limited perform particular duties for which The quarterly meeting of the Rhode Oct. 9, at which time the vacancy caused by the death W. Cady as treasurer 1 be filled. Whoever is elected will, virtue of the office, become treas- urer of the State Board for Firemen's The relief board will meet at an earlier date to adjadicate several All the fire com- The Canadian casualty list contains the name of Albert Stockwell of Wes- and exempt that gentleman frem military the former well known Hol- Line influenza. w. Influenza has so lessened the work- ing force that it is impossible for the Westerly trolley cars to be run on for- has been reported severely wounded in action in France. to New York he was the only wife of John Zappe, died at her home on Greenman- born in Germany but had been a resi- leaves her husband, a son, Max Zappe, and a daughter, Mrs. Emma Swallow, in Germany. Froehlichkeit from Westerly bound for the Noank shipyard and a Stonington Both cars One man was severely hurt. The trouble was caused one car taking too much of the son of Mr. and Mrs. | John L. Allyn. wa- struck by an uto— mobile in Main street Friday after- noon. Young Allyn was on a bicycle and when turning in on Main street front of the auto. The car was Massachusetts car and the brought the car to a standstill. wheel was smashed. automobile settied for the wheel. in ce gregational church Sunday for Rev. - dent. JEWETT CITY ck committee has ; been streets as follows: Curtis Hull; Howes; school, arranged Wy South Main, Anthony, Mrs. from railroad crossing Misses Mary Couture and 45 | School streets, Miss Helena Labarre; from School, Earnett; avenue and Railroad avenue, jardins; Wile avenue, Miss Margaret Driscoll; pinook streets, and Martha Davis: Hill streets, Miss Josephine Raille; o- k- ed | Nellie Miss; Slater’s, to | toski; Palmer avenue, Mrs. 1ii from Brown avenue northeast, be Miss Margaret and Bertha McCarthy Miss Agnes Shea: Fachaug and vieinity, Drowning. Mrs. there is illness. 22| Funeral services for Miss £ hundred persons in attendance. J. McCabe was celebrant, itzmaurice of Greenevilie, and Rev, Miss Aglae Therrien, the sang There's a Beautiful High for the waiting hymn Sweet Day as the body was the church. Burial was in cemetery® the bearers were 5 nn, John Barnett, William De Rev. Land on T ill A large number of aitended the service: The were unusually beautiful and from Edward e, Mr. and Mr: ) Blake -and fam‘l\ Mr. Joseph Stafford and fami Stepline, New London, Mr. James Furey, Clarence Lo Casey, Mr. and Mrs. Lena Lovell, nie and Mary Fure; and .ohn Carroll, Marga O'Rourke, flowe: TS Mr, and Mr: idence, Mr. anrl M M igs, Jxe]]e Coleman Miss Misses Jennie and and Mr. and M wich, Mr. and Mr: at b itfo rragan r- Bessie McVei s nd Mra F. D. Guy Parmenter, Walter F ardson, E. A, DTotter, inspectors reeler tenders, warping room.. win ing room, spooling room, No and Ballou, Mr. o0- 1 that passed through Westerly Sunday room No. 1 and 2, twisting morning. Slater Mills, Miss Ruth Stew- ST Margaret Driscol STONINGTON Jodoin, Ida Jodoin, N e Dr. C. F. Congdon, health officer, is- |1i¢ Conne Maligrine sued orders Saturday for the closing | Barnett, Alice Darnett ficeRren | of places of public amusements in the |20, Finn, J tern half of the town, which ‘in- e Hvden ciudes the borough and Pawcatuck, ewart, Mr. and Mrs. where the influenza is prevalent. The Lydia iLewis, Mr. order does not cover the churches or the Mystic section of the wown. At|F: E. the shipyard 260 emploves did not re- [ ?am Zeseer, ) port for work Saturday on account of |#nd Mrs. Jame; the di most of these men re- | Louis Mitchell, Mr. side in Westerly and Pawcatuck. oA “‘~1~"\"'- “'l\ Mo Stonington Pointers. R e s Major Charles P. Williams and the Connell, M: commissioned officer: of the Mrs. Annie G econd battalion, Third reziment, Con- | Mrs. John *helbe; ut State Guard, held a session |and Mrs. Peter O%xon and family, Mr. iday evening and arranged for Willizm Robettson and fam- uniformity and drill of the four com- Sarah Cooper a panies of the battalion per of Jewett City, Mor: William The Liberty loan demonstration in{and Mary Carroil of Greeneviile. The Wadawannuck park, Saturday noon,|members of the Children FEleazer Jewett Lodge Mrs. T. F. Scofield has returned, af- |tended the services ter two weeks’ visit with relatives in|izan was in charge of the arrange West Haven. Her daugnter, Mrs. ments. Robert Sylvester returned with her to| p, official visitation of the grand LGS OB R Y ; officers of Faith Chapter, 0. E 8, was Irs. Dwight C. Stone spent Friday | 27¢ers of Falth Chapter, | ” .mll Saturday with relatives in Nor-) .\ ccq betore the evening wich S 3 o 106d and A e Miss Marie Henry is recovering from | Hors ea el g e soctal a serious illness. ¢ .. |ent were worthy grand matron, \fiss The recent drive added ten recruits | i Were worthy grand matron, Mtiss to the Stomingten Troop bf Boy | icrone ‘;r,md'qa‘,m“ Mrs, Ada A Scouts, Pa oy b K sy ind The Stonington and Buikeley High | \AZa%, Danburs: ‘Grand Treasurer |school teams plaved a tie game, € t0|Grang Conduciress, Miss Louise 0. in Stonington, Saturds Ginand of Bridzeport, Gra —- Mrs: Lottie Williams, Norwizh, MYSTIC Warden Mrs. Ada M. Potter, Daniel- son. Annie Packer MacNeil, wife of S¥l-| Through the patriotism of William vester MacNeil, died at her home on | johnston a barrel will he 1 | the Rathbone place Friday night after |the piazza of his store for. receivi a few days' illness with pneumonia | cach .stones. prune and ate pits; following influenza, er en n- he cracked. ursdays of each week. ed to make the carbon for Mrs. ts. G morning. daughter died v Her ~ twin Saturday. son She aSand John Koronink. by her husband, a daughter and he | brother. of|ciosed and the dances discontinued ¥ |until further notice on account of the prevalence of influenza. Today he r- ve visable to suspend school sessions. Short Paragraphs. Francis Y. Brown Cushing Academy at Ashby Carl Melvin from Bradford-Durfey In stitute at Fall River, th ing closed on account of Miss Martha Bothwell at at ar ve Ve kness. visit. Mrs. C. E. Spicer is McCarthy, Jr., f V. Alling is 7a, as_is also Mrs. Earl pneumonia. of his clerks are ill nan has also been very 1l ford today to take a courze in school. Delifo St. to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. connected with the Remount and had not been home for a year. Saturday. tracted their attention, as and was bound south. of_star-gazers. spent Sunday in town. Rev. Mr. Kellogg, who is connected with the Connecticut Woman's college at New London, preached at the Con- A. F. Earnshaw, who is still laid up | from the effects of an automobile acci- The house-to-house canvass for the fourth Liberty loan by the woman’s Mrs. Harry to LEthel Fiske; Fanning court, Soule and North Main to Brown avenue, Misses Katherine and Alice Mathewson street to Green Misses Mabel McBroome and Rosanna Des- Mechanic street, Miss Mabel x and Mrs. Milo Appley; Green As- Miss Annie Robertson and High Ash- land, from Bridge, Misses Annie and iss Aglae Ther- rien, Josie Sadowski and Josie Zave- M. E. Shea; East Main to Brown avenue and Wilson street, Miss Nellie Frank- Jennie Coyle were held at.St. Mary’s church Saturday morning with more than two In the solemn requiem high mass Rev. deacon J. H. Seiferman sub-deacon. organist, and Some borne from St. Mary’s James Do- J George Leyden, William Duggan and of relatives and friends from out of town were zabeth an’l George of Prov- d and tt lena Johnson of Moosup, s. Albert Heber of Nor- shells and nuts, either cracked or un- J.arge quantities may be left at the Red Cross room Tuesdays and k| These are gas- masks and great numbers are needed. Annie Koproyowski died Sun- and was born in Russia, the daugbter of Annie She is survived a Health Officer Dr. G, H. Jennings has ordered the moving piciure houss will visit the schools to ascertain the percentaze of children who have the disease to see whether it will be ad- is at home from nham and e schools be- of Hartford is at David Bothwell's for a week's in Hudson, Mass., caring for her son’s family who are ill with influenza. Joseph H. Montgomery. Miss Walie Stetson is recovering ‘rom Edmund Jodoin and two s Alice.Bren- Miss Marian Robinson goes te Hart- kin- dergarten training in the Culver Smith John returned Saturday He is ‘Depot, An aeroplane was seen by numbers of Jewett City and Pachaug people The noise of the motor at- the plane was' quite near the tops of houses. It passed over James H. Shea’s house Since yester- day the townspeople have the attitude from Cottreli street ran directly in a man The boy was not injured. The rim of his TQhe man in the Brown avenue, Mrs. Earl Montgomery, from Brown avenue through Tadpole, Traecy avenue to Ashland bridge, Mrs. W. Tfi Crumb; Arba The solicitors have been cautioned not to enter houses where Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Morgan of Hart- STYLE PLAINFIELD A farewell party was given Miss , Saturday evening. Mi will move to Worcester this She was formerly an inspector g week. in the cloth room of the Lawton Mills Corporation and lives on Those who attended Blanc! Starkweather, Horris weather, Claire, Dawley, R John Smith, Augusta Krau lvas, Harold Burk: Byron Provost Marjorie Winsor Hel- en Ashley, Julia Lee, Alfred Winsor, Mari L.ee, Walter Dougherty Nolan. Richard Provost Sullivan, Donald and ry Burke. Re- freshments were served by Mrs. P. Burke,. Augusta Krauss and Helen McAvoy. Morris _ Starkweather, pupil m Plainfield Hizh School now stationed at Newport, R. I. spent the week cnd at his hoie in Plainfield. Rev. Father William A. Keefe has bought a $200 Liberty bond for St. John's parish. This is the third bond purchased by the conzregation. Harold Burke and Alvord Peltier of Worcester, Mass., have returaed for a week and a half, the school closing on account of the prevalence of influen- za. TLawrence Burby, Alfred Fratte and Clarence Winsor of Providence, spent the week end at their Liomes in Plain- field, Miss Agnes Peltier, training to be a Lawton were: Stark- Alien, Joseph Milton Winsor, Height. formerly a nurse in Hartford, is seriously ill with Spanish :influen Henry Starkweather was in Provi- dence Sunday. A new track drain arch has been installed on the Providence-New Lon- don crossover of the N. Y, N. H. & H. B. R. Byron Haskell of New London spent the week end at his home on Child street. Mi: J. Mahonev, teacher of Science has returned to Plainfield High school after a brief illness. Supt. Chapman stated that more pupils- are ill this ~ week the school will probably close for a few days. The town as a whole has not heen seriouly affected by the epidemic. There are about eight or ten cases in if many WAR-TIME FASHIONS CAREFUL: BUYING AND TRUE ECONOMY GO TOGETHER Don’t buy the Coat, the Suit, the Dress because it is cheap. mean simply that the fabrics are not good, and will not wear. clothes—not extravagant clothes. We are not showing the cheapest grades because they are not worth your inspection and our trouble. We do show garments where good quallty is the foremost feature, and they are truly economical. YOU WILL FIND THESE FEATURES IN OUR STOCK QUALITY town. lawn, at Re tory, erty loan co! orated and dressed the influenza. Arthur lafe. Miriam a severe o t 5 al are 111, are isiness ow dance given Goodyear as usual. THursday sup friends in parked. A careless dri smashi The secured. Greene, R. attended th Jewett City hall. Music 1 orchestra of Mis fluenza. Henry Claire moto day. Moosup b ance and fu Rose Many surrounding fluenza spre become the A pablic celebration w. Saturday William Krauss kas been ill with in- M: the children of school age in the vil- F. Grenier . Mouquin has been kept from his A large crowd gathered at Odd Fel- lows’ hall last Singing had hard Edward Kirby and Joseph Bowen of over Sunday. A large number of Moosup people | Vailliant Brooklyn fair. social affairs in Moosup and account of the danger of Spanish in- Occasionally a mother meets a young | woman who i Cheapness may Buy good ECONOMY WEEKAPAUG Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Gladwin have closed their cottage, Ellwyn Boulders, and returned to their home in Hart- ford Wednesday A foundation is being laid for a Jarge additfon consisting of cattle shed nd_ storehouse for farm implements to be built on the .barn of Hebart Avers at the Hillandale farm. Amos Champliin and Leon Bliven are to'do the carpenler ‘work. i iice Ogden is entertaining her r from East Orange, N. J.. at the berry Point cottage for iwo weeks. Sally Sanford left town one da\ last week for Poughkeepsie, where she has entered Vassar college. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sylvia, who have spent the summer here, have re- turned to their home in Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. !mer E. Browning announce the engagement of their voungest daughter, Eleanor Louise, to Louis Godat of Providence, Chief Carpenter’s Mate Philip Gavitt of Newport has been visiting his par- ents, -Mr. and Mrs, ‘'W. S. Gavitt, for a few days. Elmer L. end at hi 5 Held on the . Wiilliam A. Keefe's rec- at 1 p. m. The Lib- mmifee had the lawn dec- prominent speakers ad- assemblage. ithewson is enumerating hapman has been ill with 1d. MOOSUP resigned at the now working in ore, at Plainfield. Mrs. Wilfred Larose, who improving. ing to illness. night at Jewett orchestr > social hoys was and The fine. by night John Burns of Moo- luck, while calling on Dayville, having his car truck from Danielson by ing, ran into Mr. Burns’ ng the right fender and number of the truck was Macomber spent the week home here. ANDOVER Station Agent Raymond Halstead, who has been very ill, is reported a little better. A number of the townspeople hav been ill with Spanish grip. The | schools are not in session, as both teachers are ill. Burton Lewis is-very ill with pneu- monia. 2 Mrs. William Thompson received two letters last week from her son, Frank E. Thompson, who is in France. He reports in one letter the temperature being over 100 degrees in the shade, and speaks of seeing a number of dif- ferent localities. He is in a private family and speaks very highly of them. He also speaks of going to the Y. M. C. As I, called on local friends e social and dance at| Friday night in the Bijou | was by White's six-piece Moosup. Mouquin has Spanisch in- and William La- red to Providence Satur- and made- a fine appear- rnished excellent ‘music at 1o were called off on ot T Just now one of the hardest things is to tell from the appearance of an acquaintance lady’s face whether she has attended an affecting movie or lhas hay fever.—Grand Rapids Press. ading. almost good enough to wife of her son. GE REANY ° BERLIN : 'JSTRl k“’m Poles ,uf"n it A ,t.y,m‘, HUN“GARW- ,\R‘- L #iRe VF‘..W.\'CT‘.‘"’_ Mbuw\AN\A 0 'S Location of the oppressed nationali nious action.