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ne Bulletin For “THE SALE OF THE SEA Beginning Friday 4 STORE CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY TO-AR-A RANGE STOCK EXTRA SALES-LADIES WANTED FRANKLIN SQUARE N OR\VICH findians First Salt Merchants United States. Indians aware made early as 16 irst commerciai ] The te “peoplo near Salt is in country. begun mineral ral ex- commonly used no useful mi: occurs in s more wide distrib- and State Surveys and hments have publish- 1 about the occurence of United ~ States, 1 inform- the a the has so mu t deposits of sembled i »o0k, which is the United ed by the al s its volume —\ms of single entitled of : M. A BARBER ! Machinest and Engineer Steam Eng'me Repam PLUMEING AND GASFITTING CALL UP 734 With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECOCNOMICAL— . MODEL RANGES Ay 3% A. J. V¥holey & Co., 12 FERRY STREET _ Phone 581 Plami sntial in r‘md:rn houses as is to lig We guaran- 7y best PLUMBING WORK vorkmen at the fairest . TOMPKINS West Main Street BURMS o AND- ¥LUNBING S1 Franklin St:oet ROBERT 5. COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMPING, STEAM FITTING Washingion Bg, Washington Building Nozwich, Conn. Agent for N. B, O. Shest Packing IRON CASTINGS THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY CO. Noa. 11 to 25 Ferry Street Bastern Connectic letin for iSing equal to The Bul- business resulis. in the sait gs in New York state greater whole 2bing | written by W. C. Phalen after he had visited many salt-producing .local ties from New York to California. . In this volume the distribution.and char- acter of the salt deposits. are’describ- d by states and a brief-history,of the industry is given, together with a re- cord of the output:since 1797. The re- port also contains a discussion ‘of the origin and formation of saline. depos- its and many .chemical _analyses. of} brines and bitterns. This . bulletin ould be in the hands of evervone Getting Needed Help. Northern Serbia which -for, several months after the war .was- virtually isolated from contact - with’ allied ources of Supply is now receiving a steady stréam of goods -of. all kinds. These ‘goods" are brought in'-by way of Fiume as there is no through .rail connection north from Saloniki across | Serbia’ owing to the facét - that _the main north-south - railroad in . Serba s still being repaired and hundreds of bridges are lying smashed beyond repair in the beds of the, streams they once spanned. At present it requires, with goéd luck, from ten to fifteen days to cross Serbia from Saloniki by motor truck and rail. The American Army Food Mission sending truckloads of food, eclothing and the American Red Cross are daily and medical supplies into northern Serbia from Belgrade. The American Red Cross in Northern Serbia has es- lished stations at Cuprija. Kragujevac, Palan] Pozharevatz, Shabatz’ Negot- in. Petrovatz, Gbrenovatz and- Semen- dria. from which centers hundreds of smaller towns are, serv At all these points American army doctors; Ame; ican army nurses and former dough- Elm <hnulf\eurs and. motor transport men a i Gold Mining on_the Lower Yukon. Placer mim on Wilson and. Wil- low - crecks, in_ the ‘Marshajl district, on the lower Yakon, vielded. gold amounting to about $700.000 in 1916 and 1517, and claims have been staked on thke lodes from which some of the old may bave been derived. 4n ex- niination of the region along the. Yu kon between Anvik. and Andreafski {rivers, P about 2,000 square neluding the Marshall dis- made - by George T United States Geo-j and its results u\\h\lv‘d Harrinetor erdaphical are | The and nd contains maps. It in- of the animal and the scttlements, - thel the coal beds on ‘Anvik| notes on a group of ne Marsha | used for- Pernambuco are Poca- bankering steamships hontas and tates and ew River from the TUr who is interested in the salt industry. |, { aseets. | year. b {inz made to provide a program which { published {on. Wednesday and Thursday Donse are: S29XI6X18 swith elght rooms and” bath.: Theé .cénstruction ‘will - be of spruee’ and. ‘Nerth Carolina pine, lathed ‘and plflt’grc George C.. Preston “The ga: on Pgtkhu road .is progressing rapid- The: frhme«hns heen erected’ and boarded , in. - Contractor P. F. svmey is 'doing the work. The:work on . the -garage for Ring Bros., which" is" béing -dénc by Con- tractor: P, F.'Sweeney. is nearly com- pléte with"the exception, of. setting ‘a few, windows: and do"\‘ the interior painting. and general ‘cleaning up. The garage is one of the'largest in "th | city and the* building: is ‘one of = the best built:and eguipped in the city. An - addition. to the home of Squire Gregson- of PerRind™® road 'is being built.” -The'‘addition s in the nature of a hfs’:! dwrmer window at' - the e ot Taura Suhert at: 52 et is being remodelled ‘from a dwemng house to a° t.w;o -flat apart- s buiiding - several: randas “their ténements i thia'dlnfict Thesa ve- randas. are. spacious. 'and’ add’ greatly tothe appearance of the houses. ctory ifllflins for the istory briek hcen constructed -to the wilidow . siHls on “the four walls. - A darge cazem wall ‘has also becn: built; on the river-front. e clubhotise . for * the ' Ashland Sombany et Jewett: City is completed Practically ready - for occupation. l’a;k Mrm"uums . company did the CONNEQTICUf BUILDING AND BUSINESS ofi_the * clearing rd, New Haven- and Springfield for the week ‘show losses in.the former cities of 8.9: <ent., respéctively, and a Springfield of 31 per cent. . Each'. week .seems to mark a new high record. in’ the volume of real es- tate transactions, ar increase of 75 to.100 per cent. over the pgevicus year is not an uncommon occurrence. . For the past week 915 sales -by. warranty deed were reported in the - Connecticut towns covered weekly. by The . Commercial Record, with “mortgage ~louns of _$3,431,195, these figures comparing with 553 sales in_ the ' corresponding ‘week . of 1918, with mortgage loans of $1,347,351. The four petitions in bankruptcy filed in this state during the week have liabilities of $38,022 and assets of $26,655. For the like week of the previous year the six petitions had Habilities of $21.679 and’assets of £7.- 282, .and .in. 1917 the record for thc weel was' $9,011- labilities' and $3,739 _gain - in : Tén new incorporations were report- n this state during the week, with authoflzed /p.m stock -of 3916, 000. A {ground floor and six apartments;on The stores will have! plate glacs fronts and.the apartments| .and ‘'in these days| | denburg_avenue. year ago soven new companies. weére reported; with capital of $259,008, and in 1917 nine companies, with-$1,168,500 caj oy %he Volume of building ‘continue: “to | stiow an increase over the record: of last year. -In’ the ‘?-t‘;n! n!WNew ven, Bridgeport, Hartford, ~Waterb: Now Britain, Stamford, New I»n: ‘West Haven, Hamden ‘and Sprhlgfl | Mass., ‘there wers 272 permits grant- | Sliduring tho;mosk g buildings cost- ing $940,7 These. figures compare with 125 pemms granted. in the like weele of 191, for buildings costing $253,620 and 233 permits in 1917, for buildings costing $1.353,847. Norwich had 20 sales of real estate during the past week to 156 for the same week last year the. loans for the respective weels being ‘$15,250 and $140,650. In New London there were 25 sales of realty last week to 12 for the same week in 1918. The loans for the re- spective week were $44,950 and 18,400. NEW LONDON. . . “:Bids bave been submitted ‘for the! new building at the Lawrence hospital’ and the contracts will be let soon. The structure will be w#hree storie: nnd] basement, 47x98 feet, of .brick and con- crete, and the estimated cost is about| Mercer is the chairman $100,000. F. W. of -the building committee: H. R. Douglas & Son have taken the contract for the erection of 20 house: on _the old baseball field which has been_cut into -building lots for James H. Clarkin of-Hartford. - The houses will be of wood for one ‘family, with| steam heat and . every ' modern con- venience, and costing from. $6.000 to $10,000 each.. None of the sub-con- tracts have.been let as vet. Plans are being prepared, by ~Bilder- deck & Langdon. Inc., for a’ block, to be> erected” at the junction of Bpnk street and Monts>"’ e fop A H. Burr. The buflding will be rodf, and will have'two.&tores.on th the upper floors. will -be provided with = all SR s Rl A. Ferrigno is having extensive im- provements and changes made to- his building on Bank street, for which:T. Mondilci has the contract. The build- ing is to be raised and - an - addition built underneath, 13x62.feet, for stores, the cost of which will be $7,500. * The foundations are in for,two frame cottagss to be built_on Norwood ave- nue for Theodore Bodenwein. will ‘be 24x29 feet. improvements, and _the. cost will be about $4,500 each. H. B. Prentice has the contrac Building . Permits. D. J. Murphy, veranda. Tilley street. Cost_$200. A. Ferrigno, raise building and ad- dition, Bank street. ost $7,500 Capt. J. D. Petigrew, garage, Bly- Cost $450. improve- Edw. P. Carroll, street. Cost $4,500. Theodore Bodenwein, houses, Norwood avenue. each. two - frame deBeaulieu, two stories high, of brics, with gravel; They|/ of. wood, with all| frame house, Paéific’ Cost$4,000 i garager William Cost $3,000. garage, Ocean ave: ated cost of buildings, $24,350. GROTON. Plans have been started for a new schoolhouse to be erected in Groton for the Bighth school district.. The building will be' £5x10J feet, of-brick, one story high, fireproof construction, Slag roof. There - will be 1our ‘with accommodations for. 200 STORRS COLLEGE TO HAVE' FARMERS' WEEK IN AUGUST - Gbunty;agent W.'S."Marsland of tho New London county.farm bureau with | head “dffice_in ‘the-Thager building in this” ety is' beginning to call atten- tion for Farmers Week .which is to at. Connecticut Agricultural College at . Storrs, "beginning. Monday, ‘jssuz of a’farm jour- nal He describes the attractions of the week ds. follows: This annual event at the Coilege is always interesting and profitable for everyone who participates,. but this in particular, every- effort is be- will be. in every sense of the word practical, and ¢f real benefit to those who attend. “Detailed events of programs, showing the the entire week will = be in . due course of time, so that, for-the present it will perhaps suffice to give just an idea of some of the things already scheduled. The Cennecticut Poultry Assocaition will nfeet in August 4th, 5th, and 6th. and | there will be meetings . of . the Vegetable | | | The | | North Country from Fng- land. - Cardiff coal has not been <h’!p- {ped into Pernambuco for some althouzh it is preferred for bunkel ng purposes, and o doubt when things jare normal it will be imported again {to a great extent. {ONE RUB--UGLY - HAIR VANISHES; USE NO LIQUID Hair on surface and. lips makes otherwise goodlooking -girls and' wo- men ashamed of their appearance, so Bellin'’s magic Wonderstoen Jhas_been discovered to remedy snéh ‘defects in a clean, quick way. Wonderstoen re- meves superfiuous hair from chin, ‘rheeks “and ‘upper lip instantly and is the_only. dry, odorless application for | the purpose. Sold only "for $1 under | surantec to be safe and harmless with money back if not- satisfied. Write Bellin’s Wonderstoen - Co., 500 .Fifth Ave.’ New York City. for Free Book- |let or, get from Lee & Osgood Co. C. V. PENDLETON, 45 BROADWAY : ['men. you'will all want to hear, inspec- Growers, -the Pomological Society and the Reée “Keepers. On Wednesday, ‘August: 6th, all the | variou$ associations "will ‘cooperate in | what is° to' be called’ Farmers’ “day, which is to bé."if ‘conscientious effort ¢an’ maké it So, “the -~best. farmers’ theting ever held in the 'state. Toe r\a:bgrlm' for Whe’dnesday will be- fuil 5f good thifigs,” including ‘spéaking by tion, trips around. the . grounds, field | to =it COOLLY WRITES NOTE TO CALL RE DEPARTMENT In ‘the hi - of the fire depary-| ment there have been many. alarms sent in various ways but never until Monday has the department been summoried by letter. “Farly' in . the morning a small boy ambled info the Central fire station and handed one off the men a note with the remark? “You'd better read it” The ‘man opened the note and read the follow- ing 1 you pleage Chestnut strect. afre.” Deputy Chief Connell and ‘three men were sent at once to the address and found a bad fire in the chimney of the house which required several tanks of chemical io exti The note wa ten by a woman who was cool and collected enough in the presence of the danger of having her house being burned to take time down and write a polite note| asking jf the department would come | to her assistance. send a_man to 6 I think the chimhey | Good Manners. Good manners, which give color ‘to life, are of greater importance than laws, which are but one of their mani- festations. The law touches us here and there, but manners are-about us, | everywhoré, pervading soclety like the air ~ve breathe. Good manuers, as ‘we call them, are néither more nor less than good behavior, consisting of cour- trips ‘and ‘demonstrations,"a parade of live. stock. an exhibjt-of‘sHeep driv and _a number. of: ofher features, wizh Pleity, ot time ! ‘for. a_basket lunch at noo; is. i3 vone day none .of us can afford’ to' miss, 'so. that if for any neason. you can’ only spare one day from ‘the work at home, make a mote of 1t l[)%'how, ‘Wednesday, Augus: 8th, will thel day; .- As already stated. ' full programs will be’ given out within a short time. byt in “thé meanwhile it is not tdo early to set aside_the.days memtioned. The people at thé Coilege may do their ‘best to. plan things which will be a help.and an’ inspiration to evéry one ofus, but unless: we are there to zet what they are ready to =ive, Farmers’ Week.cannot be a ‘complete Success. Lay your plans now for August 4th, 5th, 6th and Tth, at Storrs and . bring some one wmx weu No empty seats!’ Business Man- Typist—Your wife, sir. - Business Man—wnat does she wint? Typist—The only word I can make out is “idiot’” sir. Business Man—TIll. come .at once. She probably, wants to talk to me— London Answers. Who.is at the phone? BUSINESS | The' thing demanded now ankhn Square - ", Phone 131 . STUDY WITH US FOR We give you both principles and—practice—teach you the and show you their relation to-practical business. JEWETT BUSINESS SCHOOL Secretar I—Shmcn-hw—uookknpmg—-fl'ymmw tesy and kindness.—Samuel Smiles. Moroccan Charm. 5 Morocean wives have a. recipe for winning back “affection. The suspi- clous wife draws a line of honey from forehead to chin and collects the drip- pings. Then she rubs the tip of. her tongue with a fig leaf till it bleeds and soaks seven grains of salt in the blood. This she mixes with the honey and puts the dose in the erring husband's food. ¥ Home of Nymphs. ar the cape of Shima, in Japanm, there is a village the name of which in Japanese means “The settlement of Nymphs.” Woman in this village is the predominant partner. The chief |' industry is pearl fishing and. the women are the fishers. The men stay at home and dq the work. It doesn’t require a genius to make trouble or create a disturbance. SUCCESS essentials is Action. Enroll Now. Thayer Building Norwich, Conn. Number of permits for the week, 9;; A POPULAR‘STYLE 2911—This ' design will readily, ap- peal :to. the growing girl. The model is nice for combinations of material, chambrey and’' stripped seersucker, plaid and’ plain gingbam, - plaid. or checked suiting with 'serge’and other seasonable material, are all attrdctive. The patiern ‘is” cut in 4 sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12.years. Size '8. .years, will{ réaitire 3. 1-4: yardstof {44-theliimate rial. & E A pattern;of this illustration mail ed.to,_any address on receipt:of - 10¢ iin silver or lc and 2c stamps.. - Order through ‘The. Bulletin ~ Com-. Pattern: Dept., . Norwich, .Conn. xu You Em Always Boug«‘ ano. ‘which hn heen fll h im' over, years, nas poinc the signature,of “and has DecL. made .ander his-ver- ’ sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow a¢ Ine tc asceive you in chis, ‘Al connmfieits, Imitations aud * jusvas-good * are bis that irifle with aud onoanger *he heaith of a.nanu and - Children— ence alnst Expeviment, wWhat is GA £I'OR or Castor Oil, Pare m harmiess nbufimu Drop- soothinz Syrups. It is pleasant. it co; n.hu neither. Opium, Morphine nor other amarcotic subfl:ancen.A Its For more than thirty years it has .age is its guarantee, been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, allaying Feverishness . Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; arising Bowels, aids thérefrom, and by regulating the Stomach the assimilation of Food; giving healthy a:;dmmn sleep. Thc Childrea’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friead. GENUINE CASTORIA ALways Bm,. the Signature of ) In Use. For Over_ 30 Years ’I“ho Kind You Have Aflways Bought THA CENTAUR COMPANY. NCw YoORr 17V, celery and our prime ribs our table. through ‘packing-town.” from Maine, China, our and our tomatoes from Maryland. cookbook ‘at hand, this writer will not pose ‘as an authority on the ients"of soup, peake Bay clam. chowder, tainly. has some pepper from Africa in it and other“ingredients from far and wide. that came from Michigan. find those that Without a | palate.” things delight - hix “Then . comeés the - soup. Anclent Gambling Games. Tt is known that from the earMest Roman times the games of talli and tessern were played with dice, but their invention has been attributed by the Grecian poets and sophists to Pal- whé in 1244, B. C., joined the in their expedition against . where, by some writers, Palme- des is said to have been slain by an but_it ‘may be which cer- ‘Our fish is salmon from Alaska, of beef came to the Kansas City Our potatoes came our ‘boiled rice from string beans from I'lorida, ok comas onr malad, and It con- | ATTOW from the bow of Paris. I ad- tains—if a man may guess at the con- | dition to the invention of dice, Pal- tents- of salads and dressings—N\Me: medes is said to have invented light- can ‘peppers, Hawaliian pineapple, Si-| Loy measures, scales, the discus, cilian cherries, Pennsylvania lettuce, [ ¢ " y g Toma: coner Sranisn onve oi, ' Ohig | the alphabet und the art of regulating vinegar, Califérnia mustard, and Gui-| Sentinels. ana red pepper. # —_— “When we get down to the icel cream, we eat Virginia cream, Cuba | _ The Stormy Petrel. sugar. Ecuadorena vanilla and. Mex The birds known to sailors as Moth- ican chocolate. The cake that goes| er Carey's chickens, whose appearance with it is made of butter from Illinais, | 1« supposed to foretell a storm. are { flour - from Minneapolis, - made - from | o4 : s s 8 AT b D N, a0 bak. | otherwize known by the term stormy ling powder from Pennsylyania, and; Petrel (Thalassidroma pelagica). The . { other ingredients. 5 bird Seems to run in a remarkable man- A COMFORTABLE ATTRACTIVE], ~YWhen it comes to coffee, it we are| ner along the surface of the sea, where LOUNGING ROBE. | fastidious we will have issued a draft it p s up-its food. The pettel is a on both Turkish -Arabia and Dutch| o .. ° b . 2906—For. this very prewty gown.]Java, or it we are only folk of every- | Sl Dird of dusky plumage, nocturnal silk or cotton crepe -could be used,|day taste wec will content ourselves| I habit, most abundant in the south- also linen, *lawn. ‘dimity, dot- |with. the -Braailian product. crn hemisphere. The name ,Mother fig)rs“l & Dp_e’rcu e, gubardine, -repp, “And g0, ‘when we come to reckon | Carey is supposed to be a corruption poplin and voile. LA Y p fiep up those who have helped produce the [laf the “Mother ¢ — e R The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: small, Tow ‘materfals of which our foods are of k‘_‘m('l"']l"’q“” psciuathe 4; medium,. 36-38: ' larse, ““”‘(madn we find the clouted African 87 3 S !argc. 44-46" inches huf"‘ meas- i sayage and the American stock oW - ure. “Size medium will: require 5 1-4}er; the South American Indian andj yards of 36-inch material. . o xsiltorniss truclitmen: ' the Jav- bush—She a very A pattern of this’ illus lon mail- offee picker and the Virginian |diffic it part in the new 1 3 ed to any address on receipt of, 10c . e RE e Avablas wnd latbush—Difficult? Why, siis 9n.<lgEnil 2o prarance the New- York- orchard the Chinese paxi by through The Bulletin Com-/{ agolie and the Dakota wheat farmer “Wel isn’t that rhffl!‘uh for a wom- fern Dept., Norwich, Conn. |the Mexican peon and the Chesapeake Where Our Food Comes From. Why is the cost of food so high? Most answers to that.guestion, ac- cording to a bulletin from the Nation- al Geegraphic -Soclety, ;go.no ‘farther |, he heads of Indians, on the than the grocer. the wholesaler, or| S o U 3 o i 3 3 P hacks of donke: drawn in carts by | porhape the cost of farm labor. ' | HLEe® o Rutfalons, aboard iho <hip PHOSPHATE it “ o 5 e of the desert’ on wheelbarrows pro-| [FamMous FRENCH DISCOVERY ) staple edibles fourd on the American | 98,00 IS B8 WISSLETONS B | LFAMOUS FRENCH DISCOVERY, dinner.table one must go bevond 8tate, | jyipg railroad trains, auto trucks, replaces nerve wastage national lines and frequently acrossi,,jdelivery cars have all played their | increases strength. energy. the ocean, it is pointed out. Theibul-| ., ¢ yn the great work of catering to endurance flflfi‘ MIESE: letin giiotes: from a communication. 10} argrifminating appetites. . builds firm healthy ffesh’ The. Soclety, < Irom willam,s Somephi . =irulyrtie man who dines cusht to BEST THING KNOWN FOR " Sheys . 5 i ibe’ a deep student of geographv, for | Could we turn loose our fancy asi[h & G0 M\ fionaities, all tvpes of THIN NERVOUS we_dine, we could see a great army of | { ohles all points of the compas : men and women _working ‘that’. we| ) “ja¢jtudes—continent, island, river, PEOPLE might eat. ~The appetites of men.now | 2.5 "c0n a1 must come to him h,‘l levy tribute ‘upon all® the. continents | . and ali seas, and where once all roads led to Rome, now. they come directly to our dinner tables. “Let’ us sit down" to’ dinner and go over ‘the menu and try. to. list -those who have assisted in the preparation of our meal. At the top of the'list come olives and salted nuts. The olives mayhap are from Spain, the algionds from California, and the pepcans from Tex- as. The salt on the nuts was prepar- cd in’ New -York State. Also'wé have Geman Foreign Minister | =i “PRESS ILLUSTRATING SERVICE, N. ‘'Hermann Mueller, the new Ger- man Foreign Minister. -He was ons . of the signers of ‘the Peace Tres' St TR bay fisherman;- er and the Hawaiian the Spanish olive packer and the Al- aska Bskimo fis { of transportation. looks over-the bill of fare and tries the Porto Rican plant sugar grower herman. these neglect the matter Our food comes t “Yet all ol My Babyss Frst Summer WHEN the days and the nights be- gan to be hot'and sultry, my baby gzn to droop. Helost a little weight he was fretful at night—he who had always slept so well. ¢ "I thought a baby properly cared for should be as well and 2s happy, in summer as in winter, so 1 asked my doctor. [~ “Why, of course,” he said. { powder form, to which has “Well him Nestlé's gi been added cereal and sugar. 1"Milk Foo You only add water to itand “'So now I‘know I dont boil. have to be afraid of hot T Enow. the, N Company weather. With plenty of cool baths and light enough * clothing, and: with Nestlé’s digesting easily in that little stomach,mybabygoeshappily * on to" health and strength. _ Nestlé’s is just pure milk in wiil be glad to send you, free, encugh Nestlé's Food for tive! feedings,ard a very good Mother's Book on how to take care cf babies, if you will fill out and send the coupon to them. They want to take away your fear of hot weather, as they did mine * Nestlé's' is pure milk in powder form that is already modified " @nd does not require the further addition o/ . milk. ~Always pure and safe, always uniform, aad free from the dangers of home modification. Nestlé's has stood the test of three generations and 4as today the largest sale of dny baby focd in the world !FREE! Enough Nestlé’s for N F STLE’S =4 12feedings. Serd the coupon! MILK. FOOD NrsTii’s Foop Comrany Dept. 208, 130 Williams St. New Yert Pleasc send me free yocr book 2nd ial phcka