Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 6, 1919, Page 2

Norwich Bulletin, Willimantic Of- fice, 23 Church St. Telephone 106. What Is Going On Tonight. Moving pictures at Y. M. C. A. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Wilimantic Lodge. No. 1311 meets. Selah A. Burnham, 66, was found dead in a fleld on his farm at And- over early Monday evening. Mr. {Burnham had been working on_som: Serub land during the When he did not appear for supper a search was instituted and his body was found. Dr. C. E. Simonds of this eity was called but the man was dead. Death was probably due to meart trouble. Mr. Burnham was Afternoon. | aimost unsafe for pedestrians. the services, | ert, James, ton. Burial cemetery ! mm, “u&. ker Jay M. Shopard O the tineral | airangemants. Chief Bf Police Daniel Killourey recelved a_complaint from residents in the vicinity_of Pl t and Moun- tain streets, day, most of the automobiles which passing that way were traveling so far above he speeds limit as to make the street Chief Killourey investigated personally and warned several would-be Oldfields and DePalmas that the streets of Willi- | mantic were not Shespshead Bay. The i | automobile trafic betweem this city and_ Norwich now goes by this route bern in South Windsor, Sept. 12, 185 the son of Spencer and Mary Hol- | 25 the lower past of L the -Wind ton Burnham. He came to Andover in(r080 '8 1885 and has maintained one of the! ignd largedt farms in the towny He was a democrat and had been fown clerk and_selectman several times as well a5 representing the town in the gen- eral assembly in 1907-05. He is sur- Vived by his Adeline, a brother, Spencer H. Burnham, and a +Mrs. Ellen Putmam. both of Hartford The general committee in charae of the Welcome Home celebration for the ex-service men of the town of Wind- ham met with the chairman of the <arious sub-committees and the rep- resentatives of the various organiza- tions which are to take part in the parade. in the Chamber of Commerce hall Tuesday evening. The. plans are whll matured = the meeting was | mostly taken up with the discussion of minor details. All the committees had optimistic reports and the suc- cess of the day seems assured The funeral of Mrs J. E. Phillips, who died last Friday at her home in York. Penn. was heid from the home “athaniel L. Knowiton of West Ashford Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'- @lock. Rev. B. C. Bugbee of War- ren Baptist church. Dr. F. C. Jackson DENTIST Removed to 715 Main St, Willimantic to 3 p. m. Phone 44 has been closed for safety. been a great deal termined to put a stop te it. Only few weeks ago it was necessary post a patrolman in the nmew villa to stop speeding through there. The vaca business in morning. vacation. M. PPenton. Samuel Harvey is - spendihg month on his farm in Chaplin. Fenton is as inaccessible as the nolice court uty judge. Deane will be on the bench that court cafi be held. Police Daniel Killourey on charge Baran Monday failed to mend his ways. sented in police court this (Wedne: 3 morning. Willimantio _authorities fied Tuesday phy died Siinda wich State Hospital. familiarly known as ny Murphy Hou: fam JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Filmore & Shepard Funeral Director & Embalmer 80-62 NORTH ST. WILLIMANTIC Lady Assistant Tel. connection | same . tire, 1 throughout eastern Connecticut. stitution January 1. o bona fide resident here, and but li of hig parents are unknown. So had no relatives in this country. eeting of , . No. 57, L O. hall Tuesday Killourey Bros. - FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS . 36 Union St. Willimantic, Conn, Phene 290 (Lady Assistant) MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Conn. iows icvett made reguiar, Y er Willimantic, Demonstration and Sale OF THE Free Sewing Machine NOW GOING ON With the sewing campaipgn at hand, a good Sewing Ma- chine in your home is most impoprtant for it is the most efficient aid to economy that a family can own. The savings that it enables you to make on your home sewing pays for it in a short time, therefore in these days high cost of living we ask you "HOW CAN YOU BE WITHOUT ONE? TO MAKE IT. EASY TO OWN ONE WE WILL " ALLOW YOU $12.00 FOR YOUR OLD . MACHINE “During this demonstration.and sale we will buy your old ‘sewing machine regardless of make, age or conditién, and ‘allow you $12.00 for it. 3 FREE SOUVENIRS ?e'hifi:"l'uud-y,--ndudmlulywhoalhltmnm name stitched with Belding’s Finest Satin. . THE H. C. MURRAY CO. crew will handle the this Judge Foss is away on his So is_Deputy Judge Frank Prosecuting _Attorney the Mr. -deputy prosecuting attorney as he is as dep- Judge of the Peace Curtis this morning and the police will send an automobile after Attorney Harvey, so Joe Baran of 43 Ives street was'ar- rested Tuesday noon time by Chief of were noti- that John Patrick Mur- night_at the Nor- was “Overcoat John- *and was a frequent visitor here. He gained his name from his habit of wearing seten or eight overcoats—nor as many more as he could get--at the He was a familiar figure He became ill_here last winter and was lodged at the town farm for a while, being commiited to the Norwich in- He was never tle is known of him. He was born_in. Ircland, 74 years ago but the mame is known he was unmarried and olet Rebekah 5 in Odd Fel- evening the -dis- | trict denuty president, Mps. Mary E. visitation. Lovett is a.member of the lo- the ‘Windham the road which Was.a bad trap ‘There has of Speeding here this summer and the police are de- a to of breach of peace. on complaint of Mary Belniak of 11 Ives street who alleges that Baran called her insulting names. was warned by the police on evening on a previous com- plaint of the Belniak woman but he He was un- able to furnish bonds and will be pre- The Levington in_ Automobile - have helped to make cal Jodge and her district Norwich. Jewett City ular meeting was held. several After served. the meeting a collation vice are as yet unrealized. has not suffered to any | The camp ground and particularly | there are no reguiar jitney I those places and the taxi into several dellars. The local power plant of the Rock: ville - Willimantic underwent inspection by public utili- Hartford Monday and ‘was apparent. make. The the local J cent Iaw lighting ut portation line: is assistant Trinity college, specialized in t has had under the re quiring ies as well as the trans. Inspector Hartford. the electrical He by the puplic utilities rulings. Refrigerator Time at |The J... Lincoln Co. Many styles and sizes and all of the dependable kind. Let us show you. The J.C. Lincoln Co. Willimantic Undertaking Tel. 705 Furniture Tel. 705-3 6 Minutes from the Heart of Business e Seck your friends where most likely to meet them—at The —enjoy every comfort and convenicnce known' to modern hotel met half the cost of the same ac the down town hotels. is accommodations are is. the mecca of motor Residents of your city, responding to wide advertising, e “The Lexirzton one of the most successful hotels in Chicago and ‘for this we thank them. You are invited to write for reservations, cr to wire 3t our expense, with every assurance of sesvice, hospitality and moderation ‘in charges. 5 Building Owned and Operated by Interstate’ Hotevlh(;omp‘afly includes and this city. She made a brief address to the lodge | Tuesday evening after which the reg- There were appiications for membership. ‘was Willimantic’s hopes of trolley ser- The city extent through the loss of service except as the merchants have feit the loss of the trolley express and the falling off of trade from the surrounding towns. Coventry are hard hit by the strike as lines to fare runs Lighting Company ties inspector Archer E. Knowiton of Iy given a clean bill of health as In- ‘spector Knowlton had ne comment to nspection is the first that, inspection of the Knowlton nrofessor of physics at has part of the railroads in this state as affected Nine of the ten jitneymen running u are gton one- in the Row hotel 77 o cars between here and Norwich have formed a umion Wwhich to all ingents and purposes is aiming as straight at monopoly as ever did a corporatian which fell under the ban of the Sher- man law. These nine reached an asreemen: when the tenth man cut his price from a dollar to seventy-five cents. Fhey have an arrangement whereby if two of them get cars partly full, the ome with the most gets the passengers held by the otbers in or- der that the seryice may be as good as possible. If They find that after a train pulls in and leaves several persons who want to get to Norwich that two or more have the same number of passengers but none have a full car they match to see who gets - [the load. Meanwhile the other man is playing a lone hand with varying - | success. " Tuesday noom time the “trust” by dint of much hard work - |vornered all but one of the passen- gers on the 12.24.. This one fell ta the lone man and just to keep the fare from going with the trust he threw his customaryd esfre for a full car to the winds and made the trip with but - |a single passenger. The jitney trafic between here and Norwich has not been very heavy of late and some gf the drivers have taken to goi down through Baltic and Taftville. Al- though in doing so they have to tra- verse a bad stretch of road,. they claim that it is as profitable as wait- ing around nere or in Norwich for a full carload. A delivery truck belonging t6 Ar- thur Racicot was somewhat damaged | Tucsday forenoon wnen the steering gear was broken and the real wheel caught in the curb. Arthur Parent was driving the car. which aecord- ing to his statement was not going more than ten or fitéen miles an hour. The car slewed across the street and Arthur Langlais who was riding in the seat with Parent lost his hold and was tbrown into the street. He e: caped with rather severe scratches. The accident happened at the corner of Pleasant and Mountain streets. Brief Mention. Edward G. McKav of Norwich was a visitor here Tuesday. Dr. M. E. Mullen of Taftville spent Sunday in this city. Mr. and Mrs. ¥rederick J. Willlams are at Nahant for a brief stay. Miss Hepsy Boden.’ assistant “town clerk, has returned to her duties af- ter five days’ vacation. Misses Alice and Bernadette Otten- | heimer are spending a few days at “BAYER CROSS” ON GENUINE ASPIRIN “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” to be gen- wine must be marked with the safety “Bayer Cross” Always buy an un- broken Baver package which contains proper direction to safely relieve Head- ache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia. Colds and'pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cos: hut a few cents at drug stores—large peckages also. Awpirin is the trade mark of Baver Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Saliclic- . . i Sound View. Mrs. Carrie Pcrter returned recent- Iy after ten davs’ vacation. Joseph M. rd left Monday for an automobile trip through Western Massachusetts. F. W. Porter, state school super- visor at Dapbury. has moved to The Ridges. Misses Mery Wellwood and Marga- ret Fay have returned after two weeks' stay at Sound View. Josepn Ellis, janitor of the town building, is on vacation. Arthur W. Sweet is filling his place. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bransfield left Monday for Buffalo, N. Y., where Mr. Bransfield will act as a delegate from Congecticut at the National Knights of Columbus conventicn. Henry Boucher and Joseph Archam- beault’ have gong to Boston where they will take a course in an auto- mobile school. Luke P. Allen is spending two weeks' vacation at Neguac. New Brunswick. Judge and Mrs. Frank H. Foss and son Halsey are spendirg the month at_Sheiter Harbor. Miss Grace E. Randall, who has been in France with the Verdun Play- ers, is spending August at a dramatic camp. at Treadwells Island, Ipswich, Mass. The fender on the auto chemical of Engine Co. No. 1 has been repaired. One of the departments of the Quid- nick-Windham Mfg. Co. is closed for the week in order that repairs may be made to a water whey! Miss Sabra S. Stoughton reeently entertained a numper of friends in celebration of her birthday. Banners ealling attemtion , to the Windham Weicome Hose celebration on August 16 made their appearance on the bridge over the railroad tracks ‘Fuesday. Deputy Autemobile Inspector Ralph M. Young Tuesday made his first visit to this city since his departure for his vaeation. During his vacation his duties were taken over by a man from the state automobile department in_Hartford. “Ted” Manley has returned to this city after twenty-two moenths in the army, eighteen of which were spent overseas. John Anderson of Manchester was & visitor here Tuesday. Jphn Weldon, Jr. left Tuesday- to spend_ten days at The Griswold, Eas- tern Point Miss Ehzabeth Shea of Colchester is visiting Mrs. Dennis Murphy of Ann street. Clarence Bowen and Robert Bath have retarned to their homes here afe ter a week’s stav at Block Island. Samuel Burhirgham, who is spend- ing the summer at Pleasure Beach, was @ business visitor here Tuesday. Miss Mary Lynch of Jacksdn street and-Mrs. John Sullivan of Milk street have returned, after a visit with friends in Springfield. J. C. Paulhus of Hewitt street left Tuesday to spend a week with rela- tives in Hartford and New Haven. Edward Barrows of Torrington, for- nferly of this city, is spending his va- cation here. Miss Julia Flaherty is _spending a few weeks at Nantasket Beach. Misses Blanche Vanasse and Rose Bertrand have returned from a brief GCARE -and Domestic Tobaccos - Blended - ¥ stay in West Hiven, where they were guests of relatives. Miss Gladys Jacobs is to be the guest of Mrs. E. at The Weirs, New Hampshire. during August. Mr. and Mrs. Frnest Knowiton and Mr. and Mrs. William Tower, of New Haven speat a few heurs Sunday with Mrs. Knowlton's parents in this eity. Twelve ol lads who have been at camp at Lake Massepaug. Sharon, Mass., < passed through here Tuesduy afternoon onm : way home, after two weeks' s t the camp. Bérnard and Bemjamin Elgart of New York were guests of their par- ents at the Grand View hotel over Sunday. O. H. A. Mithdn returned to New York Monday evening. The warden and burgesses held their ‘August meeting in their rorm in the fire company house Monday evening. The Old Guard band held a rehearsal ::ond& evening far thslr consert on e park this (Wednesday) evening. Superyisér Libby has returned after two weeks' stay in Danbury, wheve he attended the teachers’ summer schodl. Miss Rose Smith is visiting friends in Swansea, Mass. John Carrier of Westchester was in town Monday. F, H. Bartlett of New Haven was a caller in town Tuesday. James O'Brien returned to New Lendon Monday after a few daya visit with relatives in Hayward avenud. wATEEur Milhan of New York ib at summer home on Elmwood Heights this week. Mies Annie Eigart returned Monday to New York after two wesks visit i town. The old rubber any’s property on Lebanon and Mill s has a changed hands. The property has s0ld to the National Chaim company and the deeds given. The company is talking of putting up 3 large facio for the manufacture of all kinds _ ehains. Edward 'T. Bunvan wes a visiter in Norwich Monday. Pre Handsy to. Siatiord: Sprios turned- to after a few days’ visit with his sisters on_Pleasant street. The Mothers' Club held their in Academy ball Monday evening. Mrs. William Weinke and son and Mrs., Augustus Weinke of New York are visiting at Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Curgenven’s. - At % business meeting of th church held last Wednesday eve: ing, a letter was rexd from the pas- ion, Rer. E. P. Ayer, asking for a leave of absence of four months, be- ginning September 1, and tendering Ris resignation to take efféct January 1, 1920, This will enable Mr. Aver to answer a call to engage in the can- vass for the Pilgrim Memorial fund. which is to cover all Comgregationai churches in the state. Mr. Ayer holds & warm place in the hearts of people of his parish and surround ing community, to whom hé has giv- en seven vears of untiring serviee. His departure will be deeply regret- ted throughout the town. A Community and Sumday School pienic s to be held Thursday, if {9 TTES I - |\;v’( 178 ] R, pleasant, on the hillside north of the residénce of Dr. W. E. Cramm. There will be games and sports and at noon a lunch will be served. Richard Xichols, who has been in Geemeny with the American army of oceupation, hgs arrived at Camp Merritt Alfred Oden and family and Henry mham left Friday afternoon in Mr ROCKVILLE en’s automobile for ten days: tour| - ¥ Barber of Wooc in the White Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Elisha ¢ Dr. . H. Marsh and family return-| s, Herbert - ed Friday from a five days' motor| and their muc a trip to Bpringfield, Deerfield, Am- | ors at Rockhaven Berst, Montague, and other ~Ma. e Flotense B chusetts toWn: was the nds Mrs. Carl Robinson and daughter, ody Hill Lois; of Danbury, are visiting Mrs.| 3 & Robinson's mother and sisters. e btk i G el . Mrs. Phebe Hanks, is in Williman- | Mrs. Palmer’s parents, M tic ai George Giffard’s, caring for | Adeibert R. Clarke Mr. Wiliams. La Verne Burdick of Be Mrs. G. H. Wyman is_entertaining a formeér classmate, Miss Grace Jehnsron, of ‘Washington, D. C Mrs. C.-D. Marsh of Montague, t gue nie Burd Arthur home on a vacat Youd be Surprised #f you knew what a great army of people use POSTUM instead of coffee. For more than twenty years POSTUM has been winning its way by its flavor and health values. Boil 15 minutes after boiling begins, and 1'll have a snappy; invigorating drink. No Raise in Price. Sold by grocers. usual price. 154 and 254 i th