Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 26, 1918, Page 7

_All Calls Answered Promptly A ' Day and Night 88 Main Street ™E m.ll N, 'l'lol'lla BANK, 1918. i' !to' k- !h- lunucuon o! may lesally led to use on hn?dhnn‘or this Di fore them, is hereby at their Banking Tlleldly‘ Jan. 14, 1919, uu o'clock a. m. ATHAN A. GIBBS, Cashier. 1-Hoff Hote! YES BROS, Prooe Telophone 1227 26-23 Broadway DR-F. C. JACKSON DR. D. J. COYLE DENTISTS 203 Main St., Norwich, Ct. 9 a m. to 8 p. m ARE YOU OBLIGED to clear your throat often and do you | °' ish you didn't have to. some of our {the medical corps, is spending a few BRONCHIAL LOZENGES | adys 'n the village. | and 466 hew they clear away thial. feeling in your throat, 13 a box at AUTOMOBILES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, TRUCKS and CARTS echanical Repalre, Painting, Trim- ming, Upholstering and Wood Work. Blacksmithing in all its brances. Scott & Clark cfirp. 507 to 515 North Mam St lohn & Geo. H. Bliss Largest Assortment DIAMOND JEWELRY BROOCHES SCARF PINS PENDANTS BRACELET WATCHES RADIOLITE STRAP WATCHES, ETC. Jobn & Geo. H. Bliss Useful Presents { 4.30, they have heen about 15 minutes In Imported Steamer Robes|ioo 1atc i reaching New London to and Drivers’ Coats, THE L: L. CHAPMAN (O, 14 Bath Street, Nerwich, Conn. WILLIAM €. YOUNG l!t YOH are employed by the Groton Iron BUILDER | works. | The train arrives in Norwich fl -lllfllb at right | under ihe new schedule about 5.20. ! Vhfl Main 8t w Norwich, Thursday, Dec. 26, 1918. T THE WEATHER. The eouthwestern disturbance of the last two days is central tonight off the east Maine coast and the attend- ant precipitation area during the last lake region, the middle Atlantic states and New England, mostly in the t{m of snow except in the northeast. There will be local snows Thursday in northern New England. Winds for Thursday and Friday: North and Middle Atlantic—Moder- ate to fresh west, colder and generally ¢ Forecast. Southern New land: = Partly cloudy, colder Thui y; Friday fair. Observations-in Norwich. The following records, reported from The Bulletin’s observations, show the changes in temperature and the baro- metric changes Wednesday: p. m. < Highest 54, lowest 40. Comparisons. Predictions for Wednesday: Rain, followed by clearing and colder. ‘Wednesday's weather: Fair; con- tinued warm. \ Sun, Moon and Tides. |7 High |y Moon i Sun Il Rises. | Set: || Water. || Rises am._‘p.m.j.mkp_.m. | | 4 1.56 ||+ 10.53 | b & 2. 11.53 .13 4 18 | 4 713 4 T4 1 42 Six hours alter high water it is 1ow water, \\'M(‘h is followed by flood tide. GREENEVILLE Sergt. Nicholas Spellman of Camp Devens has received his honorable discharge from the army. He was one of the first six boys to leave Norwich. He is the sou of Mr. and Mrs. Nich- Spellman of Prospect sireet. John Parcison and Edward Delaney try | spent Christmas in Jewett City. Privaie Potter Gordon, who is iz Frank Quinn spent the Christmas that | nolidass in New York, { itk Deluney Has returned .hl\ {a few d 9 {Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dglaney, of DUNN'S PHARMACY i . > -2 “l]"u'fl PVH!\ who is employed in 60 MAIN STREET OVERHAULING oné of the factories in the village, ispent the Christmas holidays at the home of his parents in Providence, james Ciordon of Fifth street is pending a few days in New York. ames Daley of the submarine base spent the Christmas holidays in the 1 village. eight day furlough at the parents an Fourth street tzrned after spending a few Ther. Bar. | Tam 40 29.90! 12m ... . b4 29.90 6 m . 40 29.90 HERBERT R. BRANCHE. Having accepted the appointment as deputy director of the Americanization department of the statg council of de- fense under Dircctor I{. H. Wheaton of Hartford, Herbert R. Branche, sec- retary of the Norwich Chamber Commerce, has placed his resignation as secrctary in the -hands of the exe- cutive committee of the chamber of commerce, and is arranging to take up his new duties on Jan, headguarters at Hartford. The chamber of commerce directors ve not yet taken action on the res- He will have Branche has had lhe new appointment under consider- ation since last week when he received an invitation to come to Hartford and discuss the offer which had come to He met Mr. Whea- had the scope of the*work ex- Jearned what it in- volved and what it offered in the way of a monetary consideration, which is | considerably” more than he is receiv- ing as secretary of the locai chamber and decided to accept the offer of him unsolieited. plained to him, of ecommerce, the appointment. It is a work that 1; an after-the-war development Americanization : plans of the state and nation. His du- {ties will call for much fleld work and : visits to all perts of the state in or- . ler to meet all the chambers of com- merce of the cities and the war bu- reaus of the communities where the Americanizatioff programme is to be carried out under the stage council of defense. This will apply particularly to industrial communitie; In the i smaller places of this character he will be charged with the task of or- ganizing committees to carry on the work. For the past two vears he has been seeretary of the Norwich Chamber of ‘ommerce, being the first secretary to Le chosen under the reorganization plan of the charfber which provided for a secretary who should give his full time to the work. He had just _beens reappointed by the executive mmittee for another year in the po- ition. During the two vears in which he ; lias been secretary, it is the testimony of the officers of the orzanization that he has shown special fitness for the work, handling the many probiems and duties of the office with tactfulness energy, ‘efficiency that have, brought the work of the Norwich Chamber mn- to prominence all over the state as a body that was alive and “did things.” He is a native of Sprague but has past 21 years, most of the time con- dueting a successful clothirg business in partnership with his brothers, De- fore taking up-the chamber of com- meree work.- He has been activece in civic affairs and it will be with regret that his many friezds learn tHat he is to_leave the city. He is acting secretary at the pres- ent time of ihe Connecticut State Chamber of Commerce and is also sec- retary of the New England associa- tion of commercial executives, which meets every two months in Boston and includes the secretaries of all the rhambers of commerce of New Eng- land. Mr, Branche is also secretary of the manufacturers’ bureau of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce and secretary of the Norwich war bureau, as well as . mnember of the communit; labor hodrd here as a representative of the manufacturers. For the present he does not expect to move his family to Hartford, but they will probably go in the spring. STORRS HENS GAIN IN SEVENTH WEEK During the seventih week of the lay- ing contest at Stor g ticn of all pens Which was at the rate of 2 gure represents a cags over the preceding weel pared with a drop of forty eggs in the corresponding week of last year. fcur pens which were roll last week repeated their perform- arce in the seventh week and main- tained the same relative pogitions. The White Wyandottes amounted to 1 on the honor elonging (o Lau- John TReardon of Camp Grant is|Y ) ] N B EIN (AIQREE | srending i v produgtion ‘of 4 A home of | arents an T E & | White Leg- J Goodean of the state pier| . P. Robinson’s ihe home of his mother on el gtroet Miss die Hinchey spent the ristm holidays at the home of her mather on Oakridge strect. Many of the local young people at- 1 City. li Hhe C mas masses in St Mary's c"\llrl‘h were well aitended. They of- .30, 7 9 de 10,30, the a high mass. Lake Hent) ! Chrmmn holidays me of Dhis parents, Mr. and Mrs at doing service for their country TAF IV!LLE Amable D f | for a month’ While he is !h”" he will visit his fa- ther and son. i Private Philip Poirer is spending a six-day furlough at his home in the \Hlazr\ rfic Weller, Jr., has returned to irhaven, after spending a few days at his home in the village, Ensign Dennis Murnhv is spending an eight day furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mur- rhy of South A street. Thomas Greenwood of Springfieid spent Christmas day at his home in the village. { John Fitzmaurice of Pelham Bav is !s)mnding a few days in the village. William Aberg spending a few days’ furlough at his home on Slater avenue. Tandes Wednesday | BETTER TRAIN TIME FOR NORWICH WORKMEN Norwich men who are working at the Groton Iron works, of whom there are about 200, have been getting back to their homes with much more com- fort this week, as the train leaving { New London at 4.15 has been put back 406 minutes, so that it Jeaves now on week days at 4.55. This was accom- | plished for the benefit of the Norwich workmen through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce. | As these men ge tthrough work at catch the train on the former schedule so that they had to wait over in New London till the 6,11 train. This has ito wait for New York connection and is very often half or three-quarters of an hour late, making it 7.30 or 8 o'clock before the Norwich men could reach this city. The matter was taken up with J. O. Halliday, superintendent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, and also with Superintendent Smith of the New Londqn-Worcester divigion, who have made the change in schedule. The change’is greatly ap- preciated by Norwich residents whs R. A. M. Dance. Rho Alpha Mu fraternity of the GET OUR PRICE ON STORAGE BATTERIES BEFORE PURGHASING The Garlock & Haynes sl ELLONEON COMN,_| Ohildren Ory AMERICAN HOUSE First-class Garage Service Connected D. MORRISSEY, Prop. Shetucket Street Academy gave a Christmas- dance on Wednesday evening in the Chamber of Commerce hall. S When a man talks about purifying Ipolmcs he wants an office. EOR FLETCHER'S CA S T 0 RIA Wyandottes h a pen of Barred Ply- Westhampton L. 1< of Barped Rocks helons- | i '-udm! the dance in Bijou hall, Jewett | { | < well attended. | € FFarm, Katonah, | the s | ! | L pens in each of the ¥ are as’follows: Barred Piymouth Rocks _ Samuel M. Mor | < Shahan, of Central avenue.| ene of the five gons that are | Wlwtc W\/andcfl"s. Rhode Island Reds, Taurel Hill ¥arm, Bridgeton, B e White chhorns. Miscellaneaus. i. A. Wilson (White Oregens) Corvallis. € STORM MADE TROUBLE WITH ELECTRIC WIRES Because & transiormer on a pole at the corner of M Broad street burned out in storm in the early part of Tues- ing, a dozen or more houses in fhat vicinity were without electric light on Christmas could” be made. by trom the electric light station. was done as quickly a eve until repairs morning while it was still raining the trouble man was called out again 1o repair i | wire on Thames square that had fall- into the street and it sparks at a lively a policeman who D. J. Twomey at hegd rdte when seen by eported it to Capt. | sUNDAY scHOOLS TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENTS Christmas entertainments Sunday schools will be features of the holiday szason. of the United Congregajional Cn'.\ i clnsing 4 may tell where we are located. | at Toul now. Have been here since 1 | left St. Aignan Oct. 5th. - It's quité a ‘Prinity Episcopal are o fak. it evening and the Un Treasury Certificates Accepted. T, dated.Nov. 7, has - advised the d ipterest 6n the| I suppose by the time you get this certificates will be “paid separately by |letter there will be soldiers back home the federal reserve bank to taxpayers |that come from France, but not me so upon deposit by the collector -of the | Quick. . You remember when 1 used to JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOKBINDER Siank Bocks Mage and Ruled to Order " 108 BROADWAY WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus- | representir., Baby Colds m t with a remedy that hiates, Pios's 1o mi1a but o Alkymrdmnfi:l»r Pi |so’s FEAST OF THE NATIVITY AT ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH Soldiers and sailofs home on holiday furloughs, or who have been mustered out of service. were conspicuous among the large congregations attend- ing the four masses in St. Patrick’s church Christmas Day, which was virtually a thanksgiving Christmas for this parish, with over 200 stars on its service flag. The brilliant scarlet of Mexican oinsettias, mingled with begonias and lilies, against a background of green, contrasted with the rare marble of the high altar. Palms, ferns and flower- ing plants were set advantageously at points within the sanctuary. In front of the Blessed Virgin's altar is the Obed G.| representation of the Crib at Bethle- from | hem. The dzy’s servicos began with high mass at 5.30, sung by the rector, Rev John H. Brodgrick. At this ser directed by Organ- s of Gounod and Stewart F. L. Farrell. The organ ch low mass was read by J. Cuny. The 9 ‘o ("l)c‘ low organ. by Adam as Ansell and lin solo, CGreig ed by Miss C! lflnor\llnn Jm 2,000 attended this i At 10.30 Fa brant of the solemn lu"h 58 Eroderick was deacon and Cuny sub-deacon. Lang's chestra of seven piec ehoir, which sang with evidences of careful training portions of the com- positions of Guilmant with the Veni Creater of 0 Balutaris and Van Dussen’s Tantum Erzo were well interpreted during Benediction .of the Blessed Sacrament which followed tha the : s and was given by Father Galy ‘he-offertory i was Novello teles, Mrs. | Farrell sustal ‘oncient hymn being to bring out its fine sweer ty. . the ner nass, did not spezk from the puhm but addressed the congre- gajon briefly from within the sanc tuary rail. His text was chosen from the gospel according to St. Job® I 14, which is the last gospel read i every mass offered in the Catholic church daijly—"“In the besginning was the Word and the Wor and the Word w made and dwelt among us.,” His thema was the divinity of Christ, as proved by God’s words, as helieved by His disciples and as taught ever by the church. Christ assumed the form 2 helpless Babe that He might sufi ment for man’s evil-doing; lowliness of His birth on $hat Christmas teaches men true humility as the primal condition toward that reace which, as told hy choir, the Christ Child s to men of 2ood will, men well dis- posed. SOLD[ERS AND SAILORS Oscar Eccleston at Toul, son, Private Oscar C. Eccleston* Toul, France, Nov. 26,1918, | Dear Mother:— Just a few lines a) let you know I am well. I see in the paper that we nice place and I like it best of any lplace T have been stationed.at. I re- | ceived a letter from Ismepa a couple | of days ago with some pictures in it— Instructions have been received by { McGowan, Murphy and Joe Murray. 1 Revenue James J. Walsh to accept treasury certifi- cates of indebtedness dated Aug. 1918, maturing July 15, 1919, and Serjeg | nfe think of home. , 1918, maturing March ', 1919, at par, without interest, in payment of income and profits taxes, The department collector that accrup was very much pleased to get them, as it has“been so long since I saw a 20 | real trolley car or anythink that made I saw some fellows™ moving today and I wished I were witit them, be- cause they were going just the right way. certificates accepted, showing the date' &0 away on the machine and tell you !the tax was due and the name and | Not to worry or look for me until I address of the.taxpayer. In like manner interim certifteates!safe, so I am teliing you to do the! lissued by the federal reserve banks|same now. treasury certificates will ‘be accepted in payment of income and { hoping you are all well and happy, | profits taxes, | jreturned, and I always came home Well, I guess I'll close for this time, with love and best wishes to all. PVT, OSCAR C. ECCLESTON. Hdq. Motor Section, 2d Army, -| Amrican E. F., Eranc. Had Great Hospital Care. Writing on Thanksgiving day from base hospital No. 47 in France to his sister in Montville, Private Louis J. Labounty speaks with gratitude of the fine eare given him by the doetors and nurses. His letter follows in part: Well, today being Thanksgiving, 1 | as good ‘a dinner as any other allied { us in humilliv and ebed heen a resident of this city for the . Yarrell, gaveé portions of | once in a while. We have a room that | | wa o portions beinz well taken care |y, prelude was Bartleit's Christmas | Morning. | countr and the ! Mrs. L. A. Eccleston of this city has| received the following letter from her | I amy| 1 (i sure can say I have a great deal to ba William Lyons takins lhc sulo parts. thankful for. First, that God has seen | Rev. Charles W. Brennan, pastor of me through the battles that I have|the church read the gospel of the day done my bit in, my last in Argonne |from 8t. Luke second chapter. Fath- forest. Second, to think that the]er Brennan spoke concerni American soldiers have had no doubt | of Chris, ana the lessons nee, or,.used to be, enemy soldiers. altar was beautifully decorated with For dinner today we had turkey, Pevergteen wreaths, roses, lilies and potatoes,. gravy and dressing, whita | carnations, ali most effective amid the grapes, Lowney chocolates, two packs | iighted candles. of cigarettes, a cigar and chewing gum ot ot Nt Tha pr?frnmma Wednndny evening at Town Methodist Two letters, one from you and one church Christmas entertainment in- from ........, put the finishing touch | cjyged: . - on it all. Sis, I do believe that mail o Tie Worl iy from, mother and ...... are the only pr‘z’z;)'ser oge'f %gfl&abé?;sém.spm. thing that kept up my courage. ed, Herbert Miller; Canteer: Christmas I do not think I will go back to the Workers, Miss Dodge's class and 1f- lines again, as I think I have done my | o Ladd; Christmas Recitation by bit, T stayed up at the front with the | 0410 Tielding: Christmas, Mrs. Bush® boys until I was all in and had to ga 3 9 LS Vighs, to the hospital, ‘I did mot want tol mies Sless; Sllent Night, sz, by s % © 0| three classes: The Gifts of the Shep come, but the doctor said “Tag him,"|jarq Arthur Fulton; Over the Top. and of course I had to go. If. it was|Tauience Tovic: The Taz and the not for the good care from the nurse | yyveath, Eari Hill; O, Little Town of and doctor here, I would not be writing{'Bothlehem, school: Ring Out, Wild now. ' They sure worked hard on me. | Rells, Lewis [rish; The Children's A week from next Sunday, Dec. 8| Sain{ Florence Brown; On r"ua.rd at L am going to try and get 'out 10| Beihichem, Miriam Griswold; = The church and receivé holy communion. | gtar in the Christmas Sky, In E AW the nurses i fhis wava thinh|. 2 f0 the Ohrisimas Sy Incs X e . mundson; Christmas Song, by Hazel Frances is the cutest little kid they|,ng Gladys Cruthers: Stsvs, = Beulah ever saw, that is, the picture. TRogers; Christmas Carol, school; Have it on my stand all the time|Christmas Boils at Sea, MiHard F. and when I was so sick I could hard- | Nanning; The Child Christ, Lewis Iy roll over in bed alone I had the|Trigh: Away in' a Mani "duet, b nurse. put her picture on the stand, S0 | gaze] and Gladys Cruthers; recna‘-’ it iy quite dirty, but I don't care, she | (ion Tom's the Wesk Tefore Christ. looks good jusy the same; You Know | piag by Hazel Gruthers; A Last Wish, gl small kids get airty quick. Claude Stanfon; address, F. Bushnell, About three days before I came here | cuperintendent; ‘0 Come ‘All Ye Faith- to the hospital T and a captain were | ¢y] school. xéear enough ‘Eo look in the barrel of a erman machine gun, and theére were Huns there, too, gand we saw many ! ADDRESSES BY GEN. PERSHING more Huns, and crawled away without AND PRESIDENT WILSON being seen. Chaumont, Dec. 25.—(By The A. P.) We were there for information and | Tmmediately the reception at the Ho- the captain sent me first; he took off | tel de Ville President Wiison with his belt and let me have his revolver | General Pershing and party motored and he took my rifle, so it would be|to Humes, where the president re- easier for me to crawl along. I stayed |viewed a detachment of the First Ar- out there for about ten minutes and, | my of the American oxpeditionary believe me, when I was called back I|forces. Addressing the troops, General was some glad, as there was nothing | Pershing said: to hide behind, and if that machine “Mr: President and Fellow Soldiers: gun had opened up on me my name | We are gathdred here today to do ho 'ereond ‘mud.” i urdto the ¢ dfir of cur armies , I said some prayers while | and navies. For the first time an ther it did me any good or| American president wi?l .review an saved my life, I can never tell. The| American army on foreign soil, the captain said: “I never thought you | soil of a sister republic beside whose had the nerve to go through it” 1| gallant troops we have fought to re- g:nfignflx:’mmesl’- &el}l{s}cfisy‘iar 35 tfmm stm:a pelace t% the warld.d i art’s ey’s, so don’t you “Speaking for you and your com- think going from Callais to- Verdun rades I am proud to decl:re to the 3101;1;‘ only &ysma“dscu on my hand is {,ns;]dent that no ?[rm}l' hlas evere‘xi;nora ing oretty good? oyally or more cffectively served its % —_— country, and none has ever fought i Writes Home on German Paper. a nyobler cause, In a letter to his mother, Mrs.| <You, Mr. President, by your con- Sarah Briggs, of 172 Sturtevant street, | idence and by your support, have Norwich Town, Private E. G. Snow of | Mlade the success of our army, and to Battery E, 56th artijlery, uses for|YoU, as our commanderrin-chief, may writing paper a sheet torn from a|l Now Dpresent the nation's victorious German military report book, with the | a1my.” words Staerike laut Rapport, Bezeich-| In replying, President Wilson said: nung der Ausgaben, Betrag and| “General Pershing and Fellow Com- Bemerkungen across the top. mdes.fl w:shuthat T could ghiv? ;o_each He writes as follows; cne of you the message that I know Just a few lines to let you know that | You are looking to receive from those I am all right and hope you are the|‘ home who love you, I cannot do same. Suppose you have heard of the | that, but I can tell you how everyone great and good news of the war being | has put his heart in it. So you have over. We are some happy bunch of | done your duty and something more. fellows. The place we are at now has| You haye done your duty and done it been occupied by the Germans for the | With a spirit which gave it distinction Tast four years. It is some place, in|avd, glory. , % fact, the best place since we came over And now-we are to hall ‘the’ fruits to France. I guess they left it about| Of evervthing. You conquered, when two weels ago. They left everything | ¥0U came over, what you came over they had planted in the gardens, 5o all | [0F and you have done what it was we o is to go out and help ourselves. | 2PPoiated for you to do. I know what There are plenty of cabbages, potatoes | pecied of ne.. Bole dime aco and turnips, so we have a good fecd! man {5om ane.of.the,countries hich we are associated was d with me the moral aspects of , and T said that if we did upon the high purpose which a German office. There are six of | ¢ in it—Bill Wicks, Ed Monahan, | elf and four fellovrs from Stam- % Gns o tha ol PR have ascomplished the end would S ok. e have pan. | Dot be justified. f‘:wkfls E:lfirlg‘;‘l:::n:!r\”;.. 1 epn’::‘m\x] 3201 Everybody at home is proud of you e ehould wores! Al the taik naf 1z 2nd has foliowed every movement of t Alh e when do e got home? T hope we get e fp iR g ons A s nt home hefore long. I am sick of nns}‘ the United to weleome which prob- P. S—This is German paper we‘ found in the billet when we came here, e o my, because our couniry is like th NORWICH TOWN country, we have bes so proud of £ s Regh s { the stand taken; (of tn¢ purpose) for At the Sieltering Ar Christmas | & ne day, after tho' regular morning de ¥ war was entered by the all in the household joined g 2 sing Amearica, at the scheduled time ‘;fr‘l’“w Wel es FE‘_“d_h“{ requesied. At noon an claborate turkey | T2 SRS 78 O‘D “g"' hm":““ L dinner with all to make it complete e Deople gt Ngm . B A 1 of me: and T am happy to sa yagsepred, 11 as fruit, candy and | ¢y countrymen, that T do not find S ©oq | in the hearts of the great leaders with des n'«I-fi ‘“I’g"’"';:‘ofld “:;;f‘e:‘”‘ig whom it is my privileze now to co- B o e ies | dperate any diffsaznce of principle o good things were Miss Mary. Porteous, | F, fundamental purpos : - Map that it was the privi- e W. Frentice and B. P} 00 of America to present the chart - i ot for peace, and now the process of set- The dininy room was artistically . 2 : Z 4 2 | e hag be dered compara- decqrated in 1cx and grecn; laurel and | Soment has been render = tively simple by tha fact that all the ations concerned nave accepted that n of these ev reen prodominating. At three o'clock thei was a Vie- trola. concert which lastcd about an | ilcinice o e hour. The home was presented a doa-| (i Dlication. The world ill now en and a half new Victrola yecords bY | jeor “what the nations that fought the committee and friends At fouripi "oy “4s well as the soldiers who o'clock all enjoyed a @ Poack. 08 o 2 resented them, are ready to make with distribufion of gifts, every ono| yooq, make sood not only n the gs- 13 gny way: contiacted 1e home. | cortion of thew own interests, but receiving one or more presents from e good in the establishment of Jeace upon the permanent foundation of right and of justice, “Because this is not a war in which the soldiers of the free nations have eyed masters. You haye comman- but you have no maste very commanders represent representing the nation, of whi constitute so distinguisha1 a par “And everybody conecerned in the settlement knows that it rmust he a peoples’ peace and that nothing must be done in the settlement of the issues of the war which is not 1s handsome as the great achievements of the ar- ies of the United States and the al- committes and friends. The tren' was presenicd by John Driscoll, of | “ronklin. For several dayd sifts have | heen réceived and many interested | friends have called to bring good eheer to the shut-ins. Your u in You Boston spent | as at the home of his parents, and Mrs. Woodbury O. Rogers, of Upper Washington strect. Miss Cala White of Bioocmfield, is nding the Christmas vacation at homs on Pecks Corner r. and Mvs. Herbert Wiiliams and amily spen: Christmas wilh Mr. and ilrs. Thomas Bulman, and Miss Sarah r of Town street. Mrs. Williams s a daughter of Mr. Bulinan, “It is diffieult, very difficult, men, in James R. Moran from Camp Dev-|ary normal speech liké this to show and Joscph Lynch from Newport| you my real heart. You men probably v town to| go not realize with what anxious at. v at thelr! tention and care we have followed ev- Town stieet. ery step you have advanced and how v of Hartford, who spent| proud we are that every step was in ith his cousin, Claude|gdvance, and not in fetreat; that ev- nner street, will remain | ery time you set your face in any di for the “PLR end, rection_you kept your face in that di- . Jonattsu Smith of | rection. street received word on Tues- “A thrill has gone through my heart, day that their son, Jonathan, of Hart-| as it has gone through the hearts of rd, was ill with influenza, every American, With atmost every Eleanor of Washington | that was struck in the gallant fight- reet, left 'Tuesday afterncon by au- | ing that you have done, and there has tomobile to spend Christmas with 1een only one resret in America, and Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Mary | that was the regret that evefy man th, of Walpole, Mass. (here felt that he was not there in At the Johnson Home Christmas day | F'rance, too. the household enjoyed a fine chicken| “It has been a hard thing to per-| [dirner with vegetables and dessert. | form the tasks in the United States; iThe Home was presented cranges by | it has been a hard thing to take part Miss Porteous, Mrs. Erasius Gardner, | in directing what vou did withoyt coming over and helping you to do it. Christmas with Mr. and It has taken a lot of meral courage F. Howard of Lincoln avenue, Mrs,|to stay at home. Bat we are proud Jennie Miner, matron of the Home,|t0 back you up everywhere, that! it left during the afternoon ton attend a | was possibie to bgck you up. And Christmas party of relatives, at the|now I am happy to find what splendid home of her nephew and niece Mr.| names you have made for yourselves and Mrs. George A. As T street, % France, as well as afl?ngryourr comi P i S . rades in the armies of the French, and u Aboyit ten z‘,‘ffj‘g";“,':"o‘“;“&{ "ing | it is o fine testimony to you men’ that frefl by Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Bul. |inese people like you and love you man of Towr wreet, was stk and | 8- (Ut vou, and, the fnst part of fatally injured by a passing automo- |\t 31,15 Fhidafliert bl bile. 'Dr.. C. H. Lamb pg‘ i “T feel a comradeship with you to- the dog’s suffering. Lady was a great = favorite in th> neighborhood. She was about a year old, Mr. and Mrs. Bul- ATARRH man having rearer her from a puppy. / For head or throat Cafarrh try the Vapor treatment— The dog was buried by ~Lawrence Hamilton and Allan Bixby, At Sacred Heart church Christmas merning speeial musv- was arranged by the orgau! s Elizabeth Ma- lone. The chndre choir sang Christmas hymns ver: weetly at tht seven thirty mass. At the nine o’clock Py, service Loeschl Mass was miven by} NEW PRICF-S-M:.WE $i.20 the regular choir, Miss Mary Ryan and Pts(an * Billof Fare The Bow’ncast Dyspeptic Takes Stugrt’s Dyspepsia Tablets After Eating and His Stomach .Is Now a Twelve-Cylin- der Racer. - ‘The old-time grouch is now: » Sunny Jim. Instead of feeling' dull stupid, . irritable and dizzy after eat- ing, he- takes a Stuart's Dyspépsia Tablet. and is bright,” active, ‘good natured and full of “pep.” He puts his O. K. on the entire bill of fare; everything is good from the soup tg the pie and. cheese and sets saug and comfortable. . =~y Orice you learn the remarkable ac- tion of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in digesting food, preventing and mn- comihg * gassiness, heartburn, . risings, lump i your throat, gags ling and the other distresses ‘of fndigés- tion you will eat what you want(at any time without the slightest- d tress. Get a 50-cent box at any 4 store and join the throng of live.ones who are doing their bit and domg it again overtim +New York, De Roosevelt celebrated leaving Roosevelt hospi two months he lmd treatigent for s ter distributing um a; )ly has never groeml any other ar- |-ceived’ resume weeks or two months. day, which is delightful, as I‘look down upon these undisturbed fields and think of the terrible scenes through which you have zone and re- alize how the quiet of peace, the tran- quality of settled hopes has descénded upon us. And, while it is hard fam away from home confidentially to bid you a merry Christmas, I can, I think, confidentially. promise you a happy New Year, and I can, from the bottom of my heart, say God_ bless you” After the review President K Wilson and party went to Montigny le-Roi, where he and Mrs. Wilson took t'bflx‘ Christmas dinner. In the afternoon the president:vis- ited the troops in their billets. ~ He returned to Chaumont in time to Teave at six o’clock for Londan, CORDIAL WELCOME FOR X WILSON AT CHAUMONT: Chaumont, Dec. 25.—(By The A P.)! President 'Wilson received a most ‘cor- dial welcome today from the people of Chaumont, a town which has been closely associated with the history of the American expeditionary forces in France and is now the headquarters f the commander-in-chief. It is the town from which America’s part in finishing the war was directed. The presidential train, which . left Paris at midnight, drew into the Chau~- mont staticn at nine o’clock this morn- ing. General Pershing, General Wir- bel, the French officer commanding the zone, M. Fossien, Prefect of the de-' partment of Marne, and M. Lecy, Al- phandery, mayor of Chaunmont, were on the platform to receive the presi- dent and Mrs. Wilson, who, after re- sponding to. the cordial greetings, rassed through a Salon hung with red tapestries and flags to the courtyard, where a company of the 103th French Infantry and a company of the 102nd American Infant#y were drawn up to render honors, COLONEL ROOSEVELT LEABES HOSPTTAL m. ‘Af- s and pa lorel and Roosevelt \\nn‘ l\\ «uuomo’ ™ to “he aren. st “he felt. “I izhted with the trealfment I re- Dr. |lmou:h1\ his ,muom ear- lier in the day and that, by exercising care, the onel should be able to normal duties within_six During the latter montbs of the sieze of Ladysmith tobacco was sold in the town for $30 a pound. BLTON—In New Britain. Dec. 13, 1918, Mr. and Mrs. on of Mr. and’ a son, Georse Ta Bertram Riton (g Mrs. George ]!abc\)tk of North Plain). GARDNER — Frank N, Gardner and DARLING Funeral Services wil s. Sidney Smith and|gun that was fired and every stroke v of Broad | among the civilian — population” .of |, MARRIED Dec. 25 1"1‘ by Rev. iss Florence Odgers, both of Norwich. TREADWAY—GRISWOLD—In _ Gro- ton, Dec. 25, 1918, by Rey. H.'W. Hulbert, Nelson Treadway of Quaker Hill, U. S. N, and Miss Gladys.Ia Griswold of Groton. — DIED. In Poquetanuck, Dec. 25, c‘n Av m‘q‘ “(]f" of Nathan B. ged 54 year 1 be helgd tatdSt. James' Episcopal chu aturday, Dzem_‘- 28, at 2 p. m. Burial in Poque- - tanuck cemetery. 1918 Darl BELL—In Preston, Dec. 24, 1918, Mary Ann, wife of Arthur Bell, aged_ 61 WEINERT—In Middletown, Dec. 23, 1918, Otto Albert Weinert of Bndge- port. aged 45 years. WALTON—In Carolina, R. L. Dec, 34, 1918, Samuel Walten. FOSTER—In Shannock, R. L, Dec. 23, 1918, Susan Jane Foster, aged™T4; years. 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