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{ The Windham Girls’ Club is to en- g in a new form of patriotic ser- vice. As it is impoesible to hire men for werk on f: {he girls have un- dertaken to husk 500 bushels of corn at the farm of Hormisdas Dion. They \are to be transported to the farm, probably by automobile, and spend the fday in the field, stopping at noon for ja picnic.dinner, Today is to be the big day for Lib- erty bomds. M. A. Lynch, who has charge of the arrangements for the iday, has turned the programme over ‘w Town Clerk Frank P, Fenton. The programme, as given in vesterday Smorning’s Bulletin, will be carried out. A battery of bong salesmen from the $tate committee will be in town to sssist with the work. There will be meeting at 9.45 . m., in the cham- r of commerce of ul! Liberty loan workers, preparatory to starting in on the day's campaign. The aeroplanes scheduled to fly over town Thursday, enroute to Danielson, were lost in the fog and failed to ap- pear, until shortly after 5 o'clock The influenza epidemic is contin- uing to decrease, aid the doctors are reporting that théy are not havi #0 many calls. There are about cases in the emergency hospital, all of whom are improvine rapidly, with an average of four or five being dis- zed every day. The health officer jecided that the schools the- may open Monday if the school | the proprietors of the thea- s see fit Charles C. Jones, who has been head of the business department at he Willlmantic State Normal Train- School, will leave the first of Nov- ember for Watertown, N, Y., to work accountant. Miss Cath- will have charge of the business department for the balance “of the year. Willimantic people are overjoyed to know that the gasolineless Sunday is ‘a thing of the past. Many In town ve been serfously inconvenie by t be able to use their Sun- especially those men who have gardens on the outskirts of the town, ~and have been delayed in di their potatoes, There was considera- ble feeling last Sunday when so many Massachustts cars passed through the city in accordance with the removal of the ban from that state Mrs and Mrs. Trank toves Cool weather is here! will you heat the house this How Winter? We can show you WO0OD AND COAL HEATERS in great variety. We have the ‘Glenwood, Quaker and Rlch-- mond makes in wood and coal | burning stoves. from $3 50 to $35.00. We also show the ELEC-| TRIC OIL HEATERS in thrce‘ sizes, Come in and let us show you. | J.C.Lincoln Co. WILLIMANTIC, CONN. Furniture 705-3 Underhk‘hg 705-2 DANIEL F. THOMAS H. KILLOUREY BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EM. BALMERS Willimantie, Conn. Lady Assistant) BR. F. C. JACKSON . DENTIST $Removed te 715 Main St. Willimantio fHours—9 o m. to 8 5. m. Phone 44 JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepard Funeral:Director & Embalmer 80-62 North St Willimantic ‘l.au Assistan: 86 Union St, Phone 29C Tel. connection Prices range | * P. Fenton were in charge of the Lib- erty Cottage Thursday. The Liberty bond totals at the Lib erty Cottage Thursday were $13,300 at the American Thread Co. 30,00 at the Willimantic Trust Company, | 338, noo at_the Windham National | bank $279,750, making a grand total | or :431 650. As the influenza epidemic has waned and as the.bond campaign is drawing to a close, the results give promise of being as satistactory as In previ- ous ,campaisns, “Pete” Paulhus of the U. S. navy has been visiting his family in town. Mr. and Mrs, James Harroun and Miss Mildred Harroun hae motored to Branford with ‘Georgo Beardow of Taftville. H. M. Bates, bond salesman of Hart- ford, was in town Thursday working for the Liberty loan. Miss May E. Davison of the Ridges is out, after a siege of bronchitis. Miss Martha Kalms, ons of the teachers at the Oaks sehool, Who was the first volunteer assistant to the urses at the emergency hospital, is 1 at her home. mp Weeks of Ash street im dis playing a mammoth pumpkin in one of the store windows, weighing 62"1-2 pounds. Miss Mary E. Hovey of Hartford, who has been superiniendent at the 2ims, has resigned because of sericus illness from bronchial pneumonia. Her successor has not yet been -ap- pointed. William N. Potter, who Is_grand master of exchequer of the Knights of Pythias, reported on the condition of that organization's treasury at the 50th annual conventlon held at Grand Army hall, Hartford, Wednesday. Mr. >otter reported receipis Of $8,341.37. and “expenditureg of $5211.67, leaviug a balance of $3001.63, Mayor Charles; A Gates was one of ths supreme rep.& resentatives at {Le convention, and igan, Aug. 12-17, 1918 M. E. Lincoln, president of the Wil- limantic Welfare Bureau, at a mget- ing of the bureau held Morday night, ructed to engage Miss Childs New York as executive secretary replace Miss Nancy Aus'in, who t a month ago for Newburgn, N. Y. Horace J. Backus, 9, died in And- over Thursday from pneumonia. He was the son of Charlos L. and Mar- obs Backus, aad was engaged real estate business with his He is survived by his wite, de Pond Backus, a four- ghter, Virginia_and three brothers, Bdmund S. ( B rhompson, Dr. Harold Backus of I'road Brook, Charles Backus of Mys- and a sister, Mrs. Clarence G. Fostwick of Hartford. Mr. Backus was one of Andover's prominent young n, having been representative from \ndover in the general assembly of 14-1 Rita, the six months’ old daughter Arsene Destosier, of cet, died from. pneu- at’ the home of her Mrs. Luoy Robinson Abell, 69, wife ! »wn Clerk Charles J. Abell, died wrsday at her home in Lebanon ‘ »m heam trouble. She Is survived v her husband, tavo daughters, M Hull of Union City, Lebanon; Abell s ‘Sarah :hree sons, Britain, John and Fred M. and New oklyn, on. John Hrack, 10, died Wednesday at t Training School and body was sent 1o | Bridgeport for burial. The body of Julia A. Carroll, licd in Worcester, arrived in this city hursday 6n the '10.04 train, and was ken to Lebanor for burfal. Notices like the following have been [amtabuten widely ‘avodt’we sty W. Abel | | Abell o \ who | Windham’s Answer to the Kaiser—Im- priant Notice: There dre but ' two left of the Liberty loan Cam- citizens of this town have to subscribe $308,500 or $77,150 a in order to complete our allot- ent. This means $20.60 apiece for |each inhabitant of ths town. Al- weakened by illness and plung- i d our ranks thinned Gear ones, the people town of Windham have no .n- on of letting its spirit lag or its t fall behind in this great fight for our freedom and the protection our homes, In spite of the kaiser’s , the gTippe, we have only ust be- n to fight. B zen and in- abitant. in sthi s hereby de- Jored a special member of our Lil r n committee and requested ch and all to subscribe.to thefr ut- 0 , and work, with the same spirit — |our bove fight, to maka every. other nt buy. If we ail turn to and a’ strong push back of this we an send this town nysr the top. Sign vour pledge in the blank space pr [urlrd below on this circular— get oth- ers to sign it—and pass them in at teh verty Cottage. , th our fightitey part in the t war. Let us fight like wild cats. zens' committee: C. E, Lathrop, chairman, Mayor Charles Cates, Ar- thur I Bill, James P. Bath, John Prij Frank Bugbee, George H. vlor, F. D. Jordan, Mrs. Frank Fen- ton, W. C. opris, James F. Twoomey D. P. Dunn, Fames Hurley, C. F. Rise- dorf, J, C. Clark, M E Sullivan, Frank Larrabee, Alphonse Chagnon, P. Lara. m H. Rose, Andrew Rousx, Hinman, Frank H. Foss. A real curlosity is 2 woman with- out any. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Women’s and ated in their fashioning. and sizes, and priced most $15.00. MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. Separate Skirts These are the most recently created garments to appear for Fall wear. The last word in Fall styles is incorpor- Women who are thinking of supplying ‘their ward- robes with one or more of them for Autumn wear will be pleased with the assortments which we ptesent for their choosing. These assortments are intermingled with mod- els for street, sport and dress wear, in all materials, colors THE H. C. MURRAY CO. Misses’ Smart reasonable—$5.98 and up to reported the proceedings of the su- ¢ preme lodge in sossion at Detroft, Mi- |, ‘Crisp and delicious T——a favorite whenever jand wherever served. §’l'hey require little or no sugar. . Order from your ,nexghberhood groccr. Trade s.p..l.,a by Armour Grain Company | ke =, Chicago | Save Fuel by serving Armour’s Qats 7 {They cook in 10 to 15 minutes. CORN FLAKES ovens, Armour’s. Corn Flakesare de- livered ‘“Just right” ‘to your table in distinctive triple~ sealedyellowand blue packages. WESTMINSTER made so much trouble with this war. They aliens; not fecling welcome, having been Americanized. the pastor’s thought in th morning service. was omitted “news” that ed! ermany to his work oves Coombs is ¢ 1L A number saw ‘Westminster some since, in the direction of Norwich. It was very noisy a week ago. hat disease. also are on the gain. Quite a number f the funeral of at the Plains church | Much sympathy is felt for the and four young sons left al The Medbery family. has in an accident by th fright and overtur their buge through out but n e. again been | O: wife last w Gayhead days as several pupils lately and the rest are on accowat of th Edith Bucll, teacher, in Eastford until th ed. The proposed field schools in-‘own he account of sckne The last of the summer left Brookside last week. Charles Nichols of Man: ing for Charles Phillips the Moody house. Charles Hopkins fell from an ap; tree last Saturday, fracturing his rig wrist. All the canvassers for the fourth Liberty loon in this town are doin faithful work and pledged by both men and women j about $12,000. Considerable more - mus be, raised to mee 201 have been il ke influenza. day of all been postponed or and. it hoped not to fall shor cut's reputation of more £00d in-all patriotic efforts LEBANON Mrs, Mary Brown left Saturday fo Norwich, where she winter. Miss Hattie Hewitt Mrs. John Madley and ence were in Hartford Mor Miss Florence Madley Everett Hewitt lege. a few days with his Charles Backus, of Mystic. W Pkl week end with his son, lie. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. ters, Arlene and Phyllis, and M W. Spaulding were in Norwich Satu ister, Robert T. Lil Mr. and Mrs, David Pitcher and Foreigners should be changed into |sons, Woodworth and Stewart, and Mr. Americans 2 after |ang Mrs. Lyman Pitcher were in Hart- finev atve t itoms |ford Saturday. not been so the | Norman Puitz of the U, §. marines German and have this place for a short in connection have remained and not The evening service There was premature celebration when at 7.15 § day morning the tele- phone brought ,Westminster the has surrender- George Coombs was able to return | Mrs. an aeroplane fly over going The Boullais and Rix fami who | The republicans attheir caucus last have been havin ege of Spanish | Fril eyening nominated Henry E. influenza, are improvin The Greens [ Knowlton and Albert E. James as can- have all colds but not |didates for representatives; Llewellyn They m here attended Parkhurst | Ross, Monday. and horse's ing of were - | M. Chadwick, Jured. - M Medbery s con- |George R. Russ, Willis P. Wildes, Jr., | siderably shaken up and bruised. Richard Hamer, George C. White and | Friends of Will Barstow of Wind-|George L. Fish, for justices of the\ ham regret to hear of the death of his |1 d for a few at her home 100 i reopen- the boarders | thi field, work- , is staying in the amount now the allotment of $17,- in helping continue Connecti- than malking is to spend the Monday | vears for Hartford. to attend a business col- Leslie Robinson has been sperding | tr Mrs. e of Norwich spent the llie and daugh- day evening. is at his home Mr. York are vi Mr. and Mrs, C. J. by the illness of Mr. Abell's mother. and Mrs, John Abell of New ing the former's parents, Abell, called here Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hoxie and daughter Phyllis of Moosup were call- ers at E. A. Hoxie's Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charies H; Abell of New Britain and Miss Clara Abell of Union City -are visiting at C. J. Abell's, called here by the illmess of Mr. Abell's mother, Mrs, C. J. Abell. Mrs. Myron Hoxie spent Tuesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clarke, of Liberty Hill, SPRING HILL Storrs, for judge of probate; George Allen, Henry E. Knowlton, John N. Fitts, Herbert T. Clark, Willlam BE. Andrew M. Grant, William A. Weld, Bert C. Hallock, for justices of the peace. At the democratic caucus Saturday G. Hanks and Charles B. Frank were nominated for representa- ives: Llewellyn J. Storrs, for judge of probate; Herbert O. Huntington, Fred George ‘H. Andrews, There was no service at the Baptist | church last Sunday. Mr. Powell i 1| gradually recovering from his illnes: d expects to be out again in a few | B. S. Hawkins and family returned to their home in Middletown Sunday. William A. Weld was in Westboro, Mass., a part of last week. n| The first frost of the season to cut garden stuff was Tuesday morning of week.~ Some advantage in living 0 a high altitude! - SOUTH WIiLLINGTON Mrs. Julia Burtham of Bast Hamp- ton and Rev. Mr. and Mrs, Westerfieid of New York are v y|at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Denman, John Richardson of Norwich a form- e>r resident of this town was a visi- r here the past week. Owing to the prevailing here will be no Uriel lodge Saturdsy Octcber 19, Leroy O'Neil, a gunner's mate sta- ioned at New London was the week nd guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nedwind. Ir. and Mrs. George Phillips of Pal #Mass., visited Mr. and Mrs. W. acflett over Sunday. o Word was received here Sunday vening that Homer Neal, Jr., had died at Louisville, Ky, after a short liness with influenza, which develop- >d into pneumonia. Mr. Neal was 32 old, and was born in Tolland. Ho was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Neal. He was employed as 4 raveling. salesman for_the Interma- tional Silver Co, at Meriden. His Susiness carried him through the ent parts of the south. It was vhile there that he became ill. He 25 a young man of fine character and mplary habits, ~conscientious in his employment and held in high es- teem by all his assoclates in busi- epidemic communication of r market. Natural Muskrat Taupe rox, Taupe Wolf, Taape Lynx, Natria, ing. Budson Seal Coats, - - - Natural Lynx Coats, - Raccoon Coats from . ness and social life. He was a _mem- ber of Urlel lodge, No. 24, A. F. and A. M, of Mearow, and K. A. M, of Stafford Springs. He leaves beside his father and mother a sister, Mrs. H. Wiggins of Willimantje. At the republican caucus held in the town hall here last Friday evening, the following were nominated for rep- resentatives: Col. W.. IL. Hall and Adolph Parizs. The nomitiees for jus- tices of the peace were w. “H Brackett, Ed. Burdick and F. Tyler. / NIANTIC Ralph Turner has entered the em- ploy of the Groton Iron Works. Mr. Johnson of Westerly, R. L, has returned to his work at the Ship and Engine plant in Groton. Mrs. Ashley T. Boon has returned to her home h\ Norwich, after pass- mq & few days at her coitage. Monroe Blake is recovering siow- Iy from a long and hard attack of the grip. 4 Mrs. James Metealf has a number of handsome dahlies.at her cottage. A, Some Advantages of Purchasing Furs During This Sale. Coats, " L] " u Black Lynx, Black Fox, Black Wols, Natural Fox, We do Fur Repairing and Remodel- ‘Experienced turrier in charge. Excellent Wogkf—reasonab_lp rates. She had a large variety during the summer. Miss Hannah Mallory of Quaker Hill passed the week end at the Mo- hawk cottage. ‘William Coroley, Jr, is able to be out. B. P. Stanhope i{ getting along as well as could be expectad after an in- jury sustained about threo weeks ago. Lawrence Elroy Spencer has return- ed to the village 1o take up his studies at th: Manual Truining school ini New Lomndon, after passing some time at his horhe in Salem. Harry E. Smith of Bast Haven and Albert Brown of Mew -aven passed the week end'at the Grove. Dr. and Mrs, Cyril C. Clark have moved into the DLarrett cottage for the winter. A party .from Tristol who passed the week end alt the Rowe cottage on Broadway made a govd catch of mackerel in Niantic bay, Saturday. A woman's idea of a spiteful thing Is_another woman who has a dress made just like hers. $145 up $115 up $125 up $145 up Nutria Coats from - - . - . §165 gp Mink Dyed Marmot Coats, - - - Natural Tiger Coats, - - - $145 up. Coatees, Capes, Scarfs | and Mufis Perfectly matched Sets or, separate Neckpieces and Muffs in a splendid se- lection of pelts, all attractively priced during this annual fur sale. Raccoon, Beaver, Hudson Seal, Opossums Scarfs and Muffs from $10 fo $125 Savings are now fully one-third—a wonderful assort- ment to select fram—styles are the very latest and cor- rect—pelts are ‘perfectly. matched and the pick ot the Selections will be held unhl desired. Sale pos1tive1y ends Saturday. 95 up COLUMBIA Mrs. Hyde Doubleday was taken to St. Joseph's hospital, Wiilimantic, last week and died there Thursd; Burial was in the West Street cemetery on Sunday. More automobiles wers on the road last Sunday, than on any Sunday since the revjuest was rnade to lim- it their use ¢n that day. It did not appear that the occipants of the cars were all physicians or persons on pressifig busifiess, but many were out for pleasure. Frank Collins, son of Mrs. George Collins, Willimangie, 'wae buried in Columbia. cemstery” Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. v Wood- ward and their Son, Robert Wogdward, with his financee, Miss Vivian Bee- man, 486 Mr. and Mes, Charles Woodward, were visitors in town on Sunday, stopping with I'red A. Hunt. After inspecting fhe recent improve- ments to the cemetery, ard the plot of George Woodward, they left for Boston, where Clayton = Woodward, who is’superintendent of that division of the N, Y., N. H. & H. R business tngagement, Mrs. Brigdon of Newark, N. among the summer visitors m‘l'l t town. She expects to spend the mor of the month here and is being emter tained by Mrs. Fred A, Hunt. Tames P, Little, formet correspond ent for The Eulletin, was in town o Wednesday attendipg o some. busi ness. He has eold his house near th Greeri to Jewett Collins. Arthur Jacobs of “Mansfield, son in-law of Henty Isham, died 6f th prevailing epidetnic, Wednesday mort ing. Dnns»d‘rmn the prevalence of Influ enza, so Tar this towh has fortunatet been favored. A few who have bee ill have recovered. At present Iored Behitiinger is i1l Mrs. Nieleon, a teeent comer, liv ing in H., W, Forter's houme, is um R, had 't der a physfelan’s cdre, but from oth er causes than the grip. Man proposes, woman disposes. ant the rest of the world says: ‘I teld you 50.” ;