Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 19, 1918, Page 8

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DANIELSON PRACTICAL ABUNDANCE. Fine, warm, wooly Mackinaws, $8.50 to $10.50. Sweaters in coat style, V neck and collared, at $1.50 to $7.50. Rubber Boots, $2.28 to $3.89. Wool Suits, $5.00 to $18.00. Wool Overcoats, $6.50 to $20.00. Union Suits, $1.35 to $2.00. Shirts or Drawers, 35¢ and 50c. Gloves of all sorts, 50c to $1.50. Mittens, 35¢, 50c, $1.00. Shoes, $3.50 to $5.00. Slippers, $1.50. Neckties, 25¢ to 65¢. Shirts, 75¢ to $1.50. Blouses, 75¢ to $1.48. Hats, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. Caps with warm ear bands, $1.00. Warm Toques, 75¢. ‘ SPECIAL—Strong Corduroy Suits $6.50 I THE BUILDING BOYS IN PARTICULAR. PRESENTS THAT WILL GIVE PER- " MANENT PLEASURE MAY “ BE FOUND HERE IN CHURCH COMPANY young girls want for THE LYGNS CO. CHRISTMAS APRONS A WONDERFUL DAINTY DISPLAY OF APRONS —FANCY WHITE APRONS at 25c—a price not easy t6 find on the market these days. Large assortment of Round and Square Apronms, in plain dotted, also Lace and Embroidered Trimmed, at 50c. Band Aprons in fitted and gathered at 75¢, 98¢ to $1.50. Bib Aprons in short and long patterns, in plain and fancy materials, at 75¢ to $1.98. Look over our line of Aprons before purchasing and we feel sure you will be pleased you looked. MARK CROSS KID GLOVES for ladies—a glove that wears and fits—in white, black, tan, and gray—price $2.75 and $3.00. Camisoles for the ladies, in flesh and white, at $1.25 to $2.50. A pretty as well as a useful gift for Christmas. BOUDOIR CAPS, in all the dainty styles and colors, at 50c, 75c¢ to $2.50. ENVELOPE CHEMISE, in white and pink, a very large assortment, good material ‘and dainty lace and embroidery trimmed, $1.25 to $4.50. Also carry a complete line of Muslin Underwear—any nhdemthehnewfllmkeuuwfulglfl. Wonderful assortment in WHITE DRESSES for the children for Christmas, sizes 2 to 12 years. These are made of muslin, batiste and voile—they are smocked and Jace trimmed—prices $2.50 to $8.50 each. Also the Colored Dresses—useful and stylish. ‘ROMPERS A pretty White Romper, smogked, pink and blue—a preity gift for the baby at $2.98 and $3.50. Weanmveyoufllepmhcalkompermthecdmd { $1.00 up. For the boys—WASH SUITS, 2 to 8 years—a and varied line. e One of the popular models is the White Sailor Suit, trimmed blue at $2.98 to $4.50—other styles from $1.50 to $5.50. ! AlllheSmllToyl,mchuleu,Dolh,SoupBubHa Sets, Animals for the little ones. KNIT GOODS 'lhpnputhAMmdsepn!tychdu—muwhuhe ‘Christmas—prices $2.00 to $3.50. Sm’lm&dlqs,fmnhmfu!hthpd Hnied QONENSDURG, N, 7, 14 years. DANIELSON Judge Arthur G. Bill will be in New Llent. York today for a visit with his son, Ensign Lester Bill, an engineer officer of the U. S. transport De Kalb, for- merly the German liner Prinz Eitel Frederich. Ensign Bill has written his father that the recent trip of the tfi.uwrt !fl:m Bmt to New York X h, parts of one nrt the deck houses and other ejuip- ment of the boat being torn off by the fury of the storms through which she Some of the yeteran naval of aboard described the trip as the roughest in their experience, Ihny friends lure were deli Charles E. Frankl Femmmé Fancy Turns '»td For Christmas Gifts! klin,_of Broad | ter th Street Wednesday upon his return|made good o B from overseas. He had been in_the|later b:‘-“‘h o Nyl Aty et service for a year, about half of which Z’};"‘ B B artysi s 5 was spent in England, where, as a|{ifferent stations, Do fortnerly Fas 2 member of one of Ugle s oot e oaperman ction companies, he hel Sarodromes. for the’ fying foets. Ha| Judge Mahlen H. Geissler had threo crossed from New York to England on | juvenile offenders before him, at Wed- the famous Mauretania and was seven | iesday morning’s session of the city days going over, the giant liner zig- |ccurt, The bovs had been engaged in its way through the danger|making a Christmas raid on two of zones. This epeedy sister of the ill- | Putnam’s stores, and had gathered an fated Lusitania went across without impouing collection of révolvers, convoy on that trip, and met With s unusual experience. In England the construction com- panies that were stationed with his|tlon—Ballard and Clark's, and Bab- organization did a lot of rush work|Ditt’s. What they did, it would ap- and suffered considerable hardship, or |pear from all of the .developments in =t least lack of comfort. They slept|the case, is more directly chargeable for a time in tents and in cold quar- ters practically all of the time since than to any viciousness of character, fall set in. Mr. Franklin came back ~on _the|Was to be said on the matter, the boys Oreca, the first transport to leave Eng- land ‘with American enlisted men after | that suffered through {we depredations the signing of the armistice. She is a|of the boys have had the stolen goods freighter. fitted up as a transport, and took 12 days to cross from Liverpook Mr. Franklin was mustered out at Camp Mills. This afternoon in the vestry of the Congregational church Miss Emma F. Pllling is to read a paper on Rural Schools. Miss Pilling, a member of the Killingly town school committee, and of extensive experience as - a teacher, has made a sgecial study of the subject of rutal schools. Her paper -has been heard by prominent | educators In Connecticut and also has been giver in various towns and cities in Connecticut, invariably being de- scribed as worthy of the careful at- tention of all who are interested in the proper equipment and conduct system of rural schools in Connecticut. Steady work by those who are help- i ing so efficiently to put the Red Cross | roll call across to a fine success in | the Danielson district continued on ednesday, when it was stated that | hundreds of members had, been en- irolied. Chairman Francis K. Storer 1d that he was unable to give exact figures’ of the number enrolled up to | that time, ‘but the assurances were |sct. that the Danielson district going forward to same success as is ~haracterizing the work of the Red ons throughout the|(Clark during Wednesday and attract district .is short ‘of but atelegram to|mal was shot by Newton A. Ballard | expected to bring additional buttons, | 1 | probably today that is to be put on the Danielson- of a public passenger service between hegin a regular traffic in the near fu- ture, it is understood. Killingly town farm, but his general from Fall River and was a_transient New England mill towns. working for a time in such mills as happened to appeal io him. How he came into this section is not known, nor were to find out anything as to his rela- tives. The body was taken in charge by Undertaker A. F. Wood and was brought to his rooms here. The body of Amos R. Joncs, 75, who died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Percy Woodward, “ast Killingly, was taken to Worcester for burial. Mr, | Jones was born in Madi Me., and was_a veteran of t! 1 war, in ‘which he served as a member of the eteenth (Me.) volunte He had been a resident of East Killinlzly for about ten years. He was a member bf Theodore Winthrop post, G. A. R., of Chelsea, and a member of Temple Jodge of Masons of Kansas City. A. ¥. Wood was in charge of the arrange- ments for his funeral. Business men report a very satis- factory Christmas trade, th buyers g a_tendency to give more ex e gifts than ever before—an other refiection of the nation’s pro: perity and of the gcnerosity of its people. A friend always appreciates a gift of nice stationery. Our lines are Chol(‘e and exclusiv Boxes from 25 cents To $5. The Burroug Store.—adv. Mrs. C. T. Thayer and son Aylward visited - with relatives here on Wed- nesday. A basketball team will be organized among the members of the Ninth Separate company, it is expected. There is good material for a team in this company. With only five more shopping days befare Christmas, buyers are being asked to shop at on and help re- lieve the strain on the store forces. Harry Caffery, who has been-in ser- vice, has been mustered out and has returned to his home in Elmville. Henry C. Bates of Lowell visited Danielson friends Wedngsday. Gurdon E. Withey has shot his sec; ond fox'of the season. He is one of the veterans of the fox hunting game in this section of the state. {NDIGESTION AND GONSTIPATION Qulekly ‘Relieved By “Fruif-a-tives” Rocnox, P. Q. *I suffered for many years with Lervible Indigestionand Constipation. A neighbor advised *Fruit-a-tives” (or Fruit Liver Tablets). I tried them. To the surprise of my doctor, Ibegan to improve and he advised me to go on with “Fruit-a-tives”. T consider that I owe my life ta *“Fruit-a-tives” and I want to say to those who suffer from Indigestion, Constipation or Headaches — try “Fruit-a-tives” and you will get well””.. CORINE GAUDREAT. B0c. 2 box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25¢. At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES WHEN YOU WANT l{: put ynur“mu- the ad- columns of ’flw ulletin. | The new glass-enclosed motor bus|day evening. Unfortunat Putnam route for the establishment |decr. but he was happy to bring hormie the two places has arrived and will | Arthur Roy, 24, died Wednesday |8V morning at_the IKillingly town farm| A Pullman car filled with colored near Dayville. He had been at the|soldiers from various points in New institution 18 ‘days. About a month land, was attached to a_north- ago Roy became ill at Goodyear and |bound passenger train from Norwich was taken to the Day Kimball hospi- | that passed through ‘this city Wed- | tal at Putnam. Upon his discharge|nesday morning. The men had been from the hospital he was taken to the yin training in Virginia and were en health was such as to be against his|out of the ice. gaining strength sufficient to restord| Miss Katherine Byrne has filed her him to a normal condition. He came | re: i chairman for mule spinner. He has knocked about|ticut as member of those in charge of the town farm abla | org: ed District Nurse earchlights, mirrors and other things t'nlt were on sale at the business places that came in for their atten- to the indiscretions of early youth so, after the court had heard what were placed on probation. The firms returned. G William H. Clemens, 88, died at his home in Eastford. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs, John Clemens and was born in the town of Killingly. where he lived for years, No action has been taken yet to fill the vacancy in the captaincy of po- lice. Mayor A, W, Marcy said on Wednesday that twn or three inquiries ithat might be considered as applica- tions for the appointment had been re- ceived, but no action had been taken. It is likely, it is considered, that Sur- geon Julius Cordier will continue fill- ing the vacancy created by the res- ignation of Captain Joseph A. Ryan for a considerable time. The reconstruction of the French River Inn, at Mechanicsville, damaged by fire some time ago, will not only include putting the building back in- to good condition, but also an enlarge- ment of the structure, it was stated here Wednesday. The building has beén a home for many of the employes of the French River Textile compan: tht big manufacturing concern that Mechanicsville’s chief industrial as- A splendid buck—one of the finest specimens ever brought to Putnam-- Lung outside the store of Ballard and ed a great deal of attention. The ani- on a _hunting trip in central Maine. Ballard returned from the trip, hicli he enjoyed mmmsnsely, on Tues- stapces prevented his secu bv"done the head of which is to be Phoenix hall, Dan- on; . Goodyear Singing Orchestra.— route to Camp Devens to be mustered e Se onal district of Connec- the executiv board Tepresenting the National W an’s Party in Conmecticut. Mi is manager of the Pes nd president of the newly association ime/ too fally occupied to give the necessary atten- tion to the appointments she has re- signed. One of the final pieces of work De- ing accomplished by the clerks of the local board is the arranging of reg- lon cards and questionnaires of 211 registrants in accordance with or- der numbers and without regard to gs were going so well Wednes. with the Red Cross Christmas roll | all in the Putnam district that it | seemed ressonable to consider that| the whole campaizn here now is pre- dicated on the One Hundred Per Cent. g seems to be the goal for v of the manufacturing organiza- tions, for many stores and oOther places of business and for innume ble homes in the towns of the district. The sentiment, _almost everywhere scems: to be “T don't want to be left The demand for the 100 per cent. stickers is growing hour by hoyr, and this demahd comes from Grosvenordale, Dayvill Woedstock, Pomfret, Thompson, as well as from within the city limits. Chairman Ernest: C. Morse was elated Wednesday afternoon over the manner in which the roll call was progressing in the Putnam district. He mentioned particularly that -the Grosvenordales wefe constantly call- Ing for additional supplies, the original allotment - becoming ‘rapidly - exhaust- ed. A second order for 300 buttons from these villages was filled only to be followed by a call for 500 more buttons. Mr. Morse said Wednesday afternoon that he had just received a telegram from the headquacters of the stating that the success throughout would be made to make the success Silk company, the Putnam _Woolen company and ‘the Waterman Worsted added to -this list today and tomor- row. Arthur Brodeur, who has been' in John W. Gahan, who has been in the federal service and stationed at young and active men of the nation home in this city. are still with the army—snd many thousands lis under the crosses that The funeral of Mrs. Adeiine LaTour was held from her home on Powhat-|one finds scattored in tan street Wednesday morning with|and of zome services at “St. Mary's church. RevV.|the battle latcly rolled. Charles F. Bedard was celebrant of the requiem mass. Burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery. A trainload of soldiers en route from a southern cantonment to Camp Devens 'at Ayer, Mass., passed through here Tuesday morning. The soldiers had been en route for 72 hours. service over the Year's holiday season. Distinctive in character, refined in style and attractlvely priced, our- Furs have an unqu«mfid prestige, and the happiness they bring amply justifies every dollar of expenditute. - Sepanu Muffs: or Separate Scarfs for Christmas Gifts are ideal, or we can show you complete sets well matchod, New Models in Hudson Seal Coats, Muskrat, Raccoon or Nutrla Coats - . - MEN’S HOUSE COATS Attractive and Comfortable, an Unquestioned Induce- ment to Stay at Home, MEN’S DRESSING GOWNS Men’s Dressing Gowns even up to all Sik, and Men’s Bath Robes in rare patterns and superb qualities. can do no better in this line than to select from this stock for we have been headquarters on Bath Robes for STEAMER RUGS = . Steamer Rugs for traveling or the aito : - WALKING STICKS Walking Sticks of Mallaca, Penang, Weixel, Congo;nd Ebony. Rich and rare mountings at mlombkm ——————— # MEN’S SILK OR LISLE HOSE Men’s SllkorLuleHoaemallthemedmuflh - Holeprofs with a six months’ guarantee; Nol!:m; idhr for a gift to Father, Son or Brother. DRESS ACCESSORIES Correct Dress Accessories for all everits. F.vufiu Dress Vests, T-ress Gloves, Dress Jewelry in: Pu’rl or . Platinum sets, Dress Neckwear, Gloves, Bedelt Ifl Protectors. HMEN'S PAJAMAS AND NIGHT ROBES Men’s Outing Flannel Pajamas and Night Robes or: - Nightwear in the Lighter materials including S&. ; MEN’S UNDERWEAR : Men’s Underwear, Men’s Caps and many other Imel“ useful for gift making. -MEN’S FUR CAPS Men'’s Fur Caps, in Hudson Seal, Seal, Nelnell Raccoon or Muskrat. MEN’S SCARFS Men’s Silk Reefer Scarfs for dress or street wear, a re- .‘ " markably complete line from $1 up as high as you wish. . MEN'S SHIRTS- ~ . Men’s Perfect Fitting Shirts, made with Franch soft, cuffs or with stiff cuffs, exceptional patterns, fflflé‘ clear up to Tub Silks and all the between gnds. i HANDSOME CHRISTMAS NECKWEAR Crisp foreign silks suitable for Cravats only in dainty and exclusive designs and up to the very best qualities, meriting the endorsement of our finest clientele. show you all grades and all fashionable shapes, " LADIES’ GLOVES Ladies’ Gloves for street or evening wear. makes in the new sl_lu]es Butter and Ivory, white or tan in all grades of washable capes. LADIES’ SILK OR LISLE HOSIERY Ladies’ Silk or Lisle Hosiery, Luxite, Holeproof, Phoenix and many other makes in the latest shades and all grades. Dependable LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS New lines of Ladies’ Handkerchiefs, plain or choice em- broideries at moderate prices and yet different from the common kind. UMBRELLAS FOR LADIES OR MEN MEN’S GLOVES Men’s Street or Driving Gloves in Chamois, Mocha, Suede or Cape. Men’s Fur Lined Gloves or Gauntlets for Auto or Street wear. Men’s Wool Lined Gloves of all kinds or Wool Gloves of every description. MEN’S SWEATERS Men’s Winter Weight Sweaters with or without collars in light or heavy weights. Shaker Knit or in the finer grades, comfort garments at unequalled prices. classification. i} Store Open Every Evening Until Christm;\s Telephone Orders Given Prompt and Careful Atten- A visit here will simplify your problems and e your Shopping a joy during the Yuletide Season. JAMES C. MACPHERSO FURRIER AND HABERDASHER 291 Main Street, Opposite Chelsea Savings Bank, Norwich, Conn. DR. LESLIE GAGER (Continued from Page Seven) al sister cities of Verdun the proud, Toul the saintly. and Metz | promised lots of things Huns tried to get them to join in the rigade movement to. encourage and internal revolu- , treated, when they being split up and scat- ed to iron factories and quarries—places v were given 13 hours of or more a day—they worked broken the stipulated of rock, or took the punish- ever a bed in the 50 months, meagerest, black bread in- [ ferior to that of the civilians, 1 turn was -inferior to the military’ soup made edible) from mangel wur- zels, coffee made from burnt barley. It was a hard game to play and the three were the remnants of hundreds ho. died of starvation, Kearn played ame 86 el that he got There is quite a bit of the h and the impression in an old plice like that, and a French ir: had just struck up an spiring air, I was quite under the casion when ban marshal walked by and ask: ty emphaticaily, what I was doin I had a pass to N Luneville—twn days of lewv the French lad that we had at the hase hospital a vear ago— but it was too much to explam how my path took in the “closed” city of Metz —the major couldn’t guess, the curisoty of a opportunity of transoortation afford- ed by passing automobil ordered “under arrest” time in my iife, at least port as such tc my compan know that A. P. M. te of perp: mal capti all packed up for week waiting tho word to zo to Gers | Atlantic division of the Red Cross|&nce after the dugout life and dark ess of this modern way of fighting; the country in the roll call is unpre- | Put the men were still wearing the tin cedented, and also that his answer te | Dats and carying the gas masks just this telegram was that every effort | like old timos Edt the new times are at hand. One nts begirning - to- re- . each with its here measureable in the same degree, | Sces the Three of Putnam's big manufactur- | turn, fami f h ing concerns were reported on Wed- | cart and horse and load of furniture nesday as having 100 per cent. en-|and possessions saved from the wreck rollment. These were the H. K. H.|of things. . They are going back, at the edge of winter, to pratty hard con- There is hardly a house left company. Others are.expected to be | With its roof still whole in hundreds of it Brodeur, o has besn I8 | [Pall a picture of desolation that you | can never forzet, At bRsecuTied o R Home e S ine Back euid iracondtcaction s o But the French are ¢t we're in a ing. And the people whom got the job or their lands are the men of over 48, Camp Kendricks, Lakewood, N. J, Yas heen’ mustered out’avd“is at hig through these hiils and fields where years, until finally he got a “light” job on which he throve—farm labor for 16 a day for the two months before Eye troudle got him out of the sulphur mine to a hospital for treatment and reclassification. jedtion of petrol into the arm was sure to produce an inflammation re- freedom came. I went on to Nan transformed from dai treets crowded Wi reople, had some excellent meals and ness _into light, FA e . | change, . the gate ksene 3 lous—it was’a violatign 'of every trusi of German thrift—and.oh- the olha‘ end of the long bridde. Micky . found himself again a prisormer. 2 2 One. of his- companions: spent- rwel months -in_a prison_at Colé; too had his story. of ‘dttempt at: es. cape foiled by sentriés qri the. Hollan® border. They, were.full of tales np descriptions " as the) rode. in this ex: 5 “walkihi v, 200 kilometr they were casually Yeleased across | frontier, through Metz add .down. Nancy. ' They Y.ad two pleasant. the prisoners -had-.cleaned, their_guards before leaving: snd en a few faces: and they had had £ fine - welcome~ from™ tas~ and Micky swore he_had pounds-of meat at one, yittin Vears had given him some =Anetite, Well, they had a Iot e humorous, - and. others ‘not/ 80 mueh €0, prisconers steamed alive, left to-die in prison camps. . Thess -thin-faced, deep-eyed Irishmen, ‘Kitchenar's meen; told the truth anda 1ot of it. g And we're glad fo see things, golng ferward as they-are, ‘without Hllnhg te the Huns who howl. . They have got to pay for the thing, and s much refol nearly froze to death in the coaches Grand Hotel. Luneville and found our cld patient, Rene Zimmerman, big and stout. Com- ing bagk, the train was filled with lib- | g] erated prisoners, hundreds of all na- tionalities. Three Rumanians crowd- ed into our compartment, chaps, two vear prisoners in Lorraine, speaking German, which .in the camps erssd language of renchmen and all the rest. They ‘had been fairly Wcll treated—farm work. g But at Nancy three’ bloomin’ Brit- ishers climbed aboard and they were the lads, zolden lads! quiring hospital care—unfortunately, sume who tried it got blood peisoning and lost arms and even life. Micky escaped once from a heavy job in the Got half an hour's start v morning before roll eall in those early days the prisoners had ian clothes, with stripes that could be ripped off—and mads the woods. He had a couple days’ rations, he 2ot more when he ran into an English prisoner on ja -farm and drew his at- tention by whistling an army call. He had two hats—a cap dnd a tam-o" shanter—invariably after meeting one gToup of people on the road he would change fo the other hat, changing his deserintion thereby, he ,said. Finally he came to the bpdge at Coblentz, with freedom almost certain on the Micky gave the toll-gate]: Army, k,eeper 10 pfennigs and didn'c know e Aisne | the charge wassonly seven. And when two he kem on vmmut ‘waiting for air these day leaying the shell-swept deserted city Cargill council has inaugurated a|of Povt a Nousson, h) new drive to make the membership | Moselle over the frontier into Alaace of the K. of C. in this city and vicin- | Lorraine. ity increase from 200 to 300, and.it is| place the French on public buildings expected that this will be accomplish- | and street signs from 2very house the ed within a month. When 300 mem- | the tri-color is floating—tte owners bers are obtained it is proposed to|have been busy gettinz fiags ready have a K. of C. home here. since the second battle on the Marne— and the girls run across the streets Trainload of Soldiers. with ribbons of red, white and blue in Also I -went and gcing up /) These German names re- gets to be the ui their hair. On the way up to Metz, its the same pirture of glad celebrafion and of welcome to France who bill the city. I certainly a German looking ‘town, full of thrifty shop keepers and with tram lines well nrgak:zed The New Emven ‘road has i:lued a|names and speech time cafd of special passenger train tha great cathedral dnmlm.tez qm Jcity. Christmas and New | and that, in the gloom of its age and is French sigmificane of Trighmen, all of them, with Irish brogue and Irish wit—Kipling's Soldiers Three in/ real Al veterans of Indian campaigns —oné.'of South Africa. They over with Kitchener's First fought at Mons.and then on got captured. they get through paving, never. 'be" able to.do the same thing, over. again. 1t has cost too much for any hnu-?r ending, as I fnow tmm)ay zm of expexience in th Americah training are: and_pneumania_eNidemic, zw e in Br:‘tmny. and . no‘r: Tately, ‘in operating rooms. of the: pital behind t!ze Lorralng ?&on

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