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#on of Chri ‘has won the world's < ip from Robert McLean of Chicago. The final races ‘of the series |, were held today, and Mathieson cap- tured both of them—the 1,500 métets | and the 10,000 meters. On Saturday the American took the 5,000 meter event, wirile Mathieson defeated him in the 500 meter sprint. Tihe were bheld in cloudy | a!.;;rnted out like a whilewind, making the first 500 meter in 49 5-10 seconds. |- This ocutclassed 1athieson's . world redord of Saturday. which jas 43 3-10 seconds. But the American ap- parently overstrained himself in this ‘burst of speed, and Mathieson suc- ceeded in passing him and winning 1y 2 fraction of a seconf . In the Jast contest or the series, beaten. He sald that he was hand 10,000 meteres, McLean was badly «<apped in this exent by the air being too light, which interferd with his Zbrathing. CROZIER GETS DECISION IN BOUT WITH NAMAEFF Madrid, Saturday Feb. 7—An at- tempt to stage a pugilistic bout here last night between Frank = Crozer, who was defeated by Jack Johnson in 1916, and a fighter named Nameff, 2 dismal faiure. The crowd, iled the hall. treated the fight-} ey would have treated ahters, and became so excited t instead of one fight, three dozem ¢ were nroceeding in the hall at The scheduled fight be called off. The refereej he decision to Crozier. § | Christiania, Feb. 8—Oscar Mathic- dates, and by those who disregard the date pit is ground and fed to the cows and sheep, so that nothing of the pre- cious' fruit wmay be lost. are used as beads and counters for the Arab children in their games on the The men in the .entered the service, t flying camps. One ‘McNaughton, was kill- | ed ¢ after while . flying near|- n Roads. At the last meeting ‘alé board of control he was nerr "X, for no letters d for vania races . McNaughton had = never the Pennsylvania race, Guy Nitke though several years past the half century mark, returned to England 'and saw service at the front with: the engineers. . His eldest son, then an Bton boy, was at the Salonica front. Iis second son is now stroke of the Bton crew. oS Other races already arranged for the Yale crew this spring are the Har- ‘vard race June 25, at New London, and the triangular race.with Prince- ton and Cornell at Lake Carnegei May 15, already @unite a schedule without an Annapolis rac * Ghallenge for the Ben Hurs The Baltic Aces would like a game with the Jewett City.City Ben Hurs this week Friday. STAFFORD SPRINGS Reuben S. Converse, 75, died at his home on Highland terrace Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness with pneumonia. Mr. Converse was el ployed in his younger days as a me- chanic in the Mineral Springs mill and later he was in the furniture and undertaking business. For sev- eral years he was one of the Stew- ards of the Methodist church. He is survived by his w.fe and two children, Harry Converse of Bridge- port and Mrs, James Stretch, of Simsbury i Mrs. H. S. Abel slipped on the,ice near her home a ‘few days ago and Find Date Valuable Food. Dates form ‘the staple food of the Arabs in o large part of Arabia and are served in some form at every meal. Sirup snd vinegar are made from old teachings of the Koran a kind of brandy is distilled from them. The Whole pits | desert sand broke her wrids[,Fr s - s Misg Gertrude Frazief, who was op- e rath el € - erateg on at the Johnson hospital a WINS FROM HEIGHTS CASINO New York, Feb. 8—The tennis team of the Longwood Cricket Club, Bos- ton, defeated the ‘Heights -Casino, (Brooklyn) team, 7 matches to 2,°in! their in y series, when they broke even today in the final indoor of land, about 500 acres in extent, near Colorado Springs, Colo. It abounds in weird and fantastic pinnacles of red few days ago for appendicitis, 'is making a good recovery. Guiseppe Lusa left today (Satur- day) from New York for his native town in Italy. He exXpects to return in the early summer. Miss Ethel Davis has been teach- Colorade’s Wonderiand. ‘The Gardeén of the Gods is a tract match. Bach won a singles and a|and white sandstone, some of them |ing in the West Stafford school for doubles. N. W. Niles, Boston, wWon 2{more than 300 feet high. Among the | Mrs. Louis Chaffee, who is ill with lively session from Leonard Beekman,j uioe gootsroc are the Cathedral | PReumonia. - : Princeton captzin, 5-7," 6-2,{ - ¢ Miss Barbara Chapin of Simmons | spires, the Balanced roek, efc. The | coiege, ‘spent the week in Stafford won all five, gateway, of the garden eonsists of {wo Sp(l;mg& i o e ay. i n account ol e eavy s enormous masses of red sandstone, Bt R R U DANIELSON LEADS IN SHOOTING MATCH r shooting match which being ucted in the different rmories of eastern Conni, shows Dan- on-in the lead by seven points followed by Co. F of Norwich. The rasults of the first week shooting of the 2rd Inf. C.G.G. are as follows: New London Points Co. €. Danielson 8 Co, F. Norwich .. Co. B. New London Co. E. Norwich ... Co. b Willimantic .. Reore of Co. F. Norwich Capt. W. R. Denison .. 85 st Sgt. T. R. Burdick 7 Sgt. C. D. Smith 90 Corp. H. F. Burdick 97 Pyt. R. W. Dennis 95 Pvt. A. F. Prodell .90 GUY NICKALLS WILL BE BIG ASSET TO YALE |a difficult task to take an indoor pie- Capt. Churchill Peters of the Yale 3 ity crew has received word from Nickalls, former rowing coach at e, that he has accepted the offer the Yale athletic board of control is sailing from England Feb. 21 aquatics hére of and » assume charge of y 1. » The rowing schedule isn't quite; complete, the question of a race with Annapolis still being open. The first 330 feet high, sufficiently far apart for the roadway Btates soon after the Revolutionary war, kind of family heirloom, handed down from father to son. some strange reason it was considered to be rather frivolous and extravagant to be seen wearing a new beaver hat, Points | and it was the custom when a man Ty bought one to leave it out in stormy weather before wearing it, to “take the newness off.” ihe subject near a sunny window, but oot in the direct sunlight, and with a sheet fixed at one side, high enough 30 that it reaches above the suhject’s head, good resul's may be cbtained. It the chiid sits on the floor, the fheet were closed all day Thursday. It was to pass between | {ne worst storm of the winter and all them, trains and trolleys were late in consequence. EYE0 George W. Stevens attended the Connecticut Hardware Dealers’ con- In the Days of Beaver Hats. - vention in Hartford last week. In the olden.days in the United Fred Wiidey, who went to Florida about two weeks ago, has been call- ed home on account of the fire at the Rowitser mill in Mystic of which Mr. Milday is manager. Miss Grace E. Horwood. a teacher kville High school, is ill 2 good beaver hat became a and was For The Touring Car— Troomy 5-passenger m Convertible Roadster— trim 2+ T car, Smaaatiyr St et to &-passenger. The Coupe— luxuriously appointed S-passenger model with auxiliary seat facing i forward. i attractive 5-passenger ) model, upholstered_ like all enclosed Oldsmobiles to harmonize, with | exterior, he Eight’ The Pacemaker— lithe 4-passenger sportster on standard Oldsmobile *‘8” chassis Thorobred— 7-passenger touring car—and 2 proven thorobred. i The ** Eight’* Sedan— { the answer to hundreds of requests for a luxurious 7-passenger f‘l;:lgsed Oldsmobile A MOTOR CAR comes toward you on a dark street, you catch merely a glimpse of the radiator—yet im- mediately your mind registers ‘‘Oldsmobile.”” With a fragmentary view from almost any angle the result is the same, a definite character distinctly its own bespeaks Oldsmobile. This character is far more than that of out- line and embellishment, it extends to every vital part and even to every incidental part of every Oldsmobile. That is why it is to your advantage to see them at the show. s at her home in Staf- ford Springs. Miss Hazel Puffer of <~ Hollow has been unable to atten. to her work in Hartford the past week, hav- ing a severe cold LEONARD BRIDGE Mr. and Mrs, Henry L. Watrous have moved from the C. J. Holmes' To Take Baby's Picture. Anyone who has tried it knows it is farm to the William Chamberlain farm which they have hired. ture of an active child. By placing| Tne Thirteenth district school opened Monday after being closed for a week, Miss Marjorie Collins, the teacher, having been ill with laryn- gitis at her home on Willimantic. Afrs. Merker is very ill with fluenza and pneumonia. An interesting letter was recently received from Walter Williams until recently a resident of this place, now in- +fll 'be high euough thrown over two chairs, living at Long Beach, California. He ce will be held April 3 in Philadel- 7 describes the cl'mate out there now a against the University of Penn- as about like our summers, People svivania. Guy Nickalls closed his first “Stay in School.” go in bathing at the shore resorts period as coach at Yale with a victory | . Does it pay to continue your |daily. He has had no use for an ,L,Jsl'; 5,“;‘;,?’5;:?,’,?.' oF{‘fi‘; jm;i”“'g: studies? FEducation means a success- ;};“fg;“‘hvy% 11\:!; s;‘ci‘}:?‘;‘f a;r?d - United States vrrs;t into the war. The l:‘l’ mlxd n::m tlilfe: it pays tht:fl ::nlt sists in “putting in and caring for captain was Cord Meyer, who was one lual. Education means e lawns. of the pointers in aviation at Yale | worvers: n. Show | Miss Marjorie Collins is boarding and who the previous summer had et it pays, the /natio s w'th Mr. and Mrs. David Walsh. formed a unit of Yale flyers, some of | this to your parents and ask them | ™o % /c B0 005 8V oS ever whom were later to be among the! what they think about it. Stay i0| have developed in District No. 13 first American flyers to cross, notably | school.—Colorado Agricultural Col- | aside from the two Cummings fam- Meyer himself, who was badly Tfi":d lege News Notes. ilies. All five of Mr. and Mrs. Ken- en Blair Thaw fell and was_ killed; 2 T A neth L. Cummings’ children are il he late Albert D. Sturtevant, a form- South Manchester.—In order to take | with the disease also Shirley, little er crew captain, killed M an air battle over the English channel, and Seth Lowe, Meyer's predecessor as Yale captain. crossed, Hobey Baker and Quentin Roosevelt. care of the number of people who live at a distance from their work and who-are employed in Cheney Broth- In this unit when it finally | ers mills, plans are under considera- though not Yale men, were | tion for the opening of a restaurant in one of the mills that will have a seat- The Pennsylvania race in 1917 prac- 9‘5 capacity of 250. | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rexford E. Cummings. Sore throats and colds are preva- lent. COLCHESTER FINANCIAL AND SATURDAY’S MARKET. Canzdian ” Pacific New York, Feb. 7.—Prices of stocks on the Stock Exchange again fluc- tuateg viclently today, but not onmly 8 tne downward trend of the weex rested, but in many instances stocks closed with considerable mnet sains over the final sales of yester- d At the opening prices moved up from one te four points.in the ac 1 the last hour yesterday. reaction in the foreign exchange market during the first hour, how- ever, was seized on as a pretext for further selling, and prices were marked down as rapidly as they had been marked up at the opening. In the last hour the popuiar high-priced speculative issues led a brisk rally, uenced again by the recovery in oreign exchange rates, and the re- t was that active issues like Steel, Texas Company, American Interna- tional, Central Leather, closed high- er. Perhaps the ptrength in the rail- road department was as significant as anything this morn!ng. Pacifie, St. Paul, New Haven, Read- | ing and Union Pacific ciosed from A slight iractions to more than 2 point higher, | Whatever the fut of the industrial may be, the feeling is that the rail- road shares have turned the cornmer A guaranty of a reasonable return | > on the capital invested might not make tre railroad shares.prime spec- ulative favorites in the future, but it would undoubtedly do much to strengthen the confidence of investors in the rails and probably result in materially higher prices than now obtain, Sterling, lire and Paris fjnncs closed slightly higher for the 2y, STOCKS. p Jgtecay's tnmmcilons 3 Sioek Exehauge to High. Allis Cbalmer cifs “y Az - Chem Beet Sugar Posh Mag Car & Fomir . Car & Foundry pr Southern ; Mlami Cepp: The ‘heavy storm of Wednesday and Thursday completely isolated the town for a couple of days. Only two trains were been on the Branch rail- road and one mail came in Thursday and Friday. :The roads out of the COMMERCIAL 22 1o village were drifted so badly that the : her . ; rural carriers did not go out. A faw Candier Mo . of the farmers with heavy teams made out to get into the village and reported very bad traveling. The heavy arrest of snow made it im- possible to. get ‘the snow plow cut, so the walks had to be shoyelled. The first train Saturday morning, bring- ing maii was a little late, but the’ balance of the trains were all late. 0ols did not oven as the children ere unuble to get to the school- “fienty W. Webb, pastor of tha Congregational church, preached at the morning service Sunday, after- Géneral Wetor several Sundays’ absence. Ot hes Il Daniel T. Williams returned Sat- urday from several weeks visit with friends in East Hampton. Services were held as usual in the Baptist church Sunday at 10.45 a. m. and 7 p. m. The pastor preached at both services. i Charles 1. Beebe of Salem was a cailer in fown Friday. Miss Margaret Murray of New York is at the home of her brother, David B. Murray on Windham ave- Mr. Murray being ill with in- fiuenza, | Several of the voung boyvs in the j viiage are enjoyvirA thnemselves on gkis and snow ehoes. The registrars of voters met at the town clerk's office Fridav to revise the caucus & and receive names of those who wish to be made. T. S. Skilton of Winsted was in town Thursda At the meeting of the Y. 3. C. A. Thursday evening the following offi- cerg were eiected: Fdward T. Bun- yan, president; A. T. Van Cleve, vice president: Fdwin R. Gillette, secre- tary and treasurer. A banquet s planned for February. { ' Several cases of influenza are re- | ported in this town and Austen, They are lizht cases. | The carpenters and plambers are nearly through with their work in the factory of Digart Eros. Thev have beer handiczpped in receiving the supplies needed. ‘Teonard Seibert of Past TIampton was in town Friday. S. H. Kellogr of New PBritain was the cmest of friends in town Priday. Serv’cea in +ha Finizeonal chanpal were held Sunday afternoon at 3§ o'- clock, Rev. Th ing. not 55 97.80 .73 In deTiars and cents per $107 bond. CHICAGD GRAIN MARKET 0, 7 \ Lot's wife was the salt of the earth —and etill she wasn't satisfiad. _ odore Martin officiat- ) 23 TOWN STREET Julian L. Williams - NORWICH, CONN. LEFINGWELL Monday evening the Ladies’ Aid so. ciety held a social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I2. Elli« The s per consisted of fresh roast should with dressing, mashed potato, turnip, rolls, ‘brown bread, pickles, apple sauce and cake. The entertainment in charge of the president, Mrs. . E. Whiting, was as follows: singing. America, byt all; Readings from Josh Billings, The Muskeeter, Harold Rose; The Universal Swine. C. k. Ellis; The Briny Codfish. Mr. Weli- i Miner; The Chipmunk. Roy L. The Bellycose Goat, Theodnre \Calkins, and The Gritty Angleworm, Sherman Rogers. Solo, You Have ‘Opened Tp the Gates of Gladness, Lawrenc® -0 Gates; encore. There is a Tumbledown Shac composi- | tion on The Boys, was read by Lois| Leffingwell. Other rea from Josh | Billings were: The Melodious Cat, by | C. T. Leffingwell: The Rhinoscerous, by S. W. Leffingwe Russell Taylor; The Yellow . . by Jesse Rogers, and The Promiscous Cochroach, by John H. Rathbun. A composition on the Pig. was read by Miss Carolyn L. Beebe. The quar- tette, A. H. Beebe. Jesse Rogers. L. 0. Gates and C. E. E nz Carry Me Back to Old Virginia. giving en- cores of Grinding Coffee, and The | Church in the Wildwood. The last number on the pregramme given by Mrs.. C, EWis, was the announce- ment of $50 priz4¢ won by the Bozrah Baptist church. and given by a Baptist paper pubJshed in New York for obtai¥nz the most swh- scriptions in proportion to the church membership. Nearly twenty-three dol- lars was realized. | Miss Ruth J. Elljs of Norwich Town spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ellis. Rev. Lawrence O. Gates. of Drown university, Providence, spent the week end with friends here, The pastor. A. D. Matheson, preach- ed Sundavy morning at eleven o'clock. The B. Y. P. U. at 7.30 wi John H. Rathbone. using a A Worth While Life, Ps ok, by BRIEF STATE NEWS. Torrington—Lincoln Granger been Tabula, monthly. i New Britain. — Joseph R. Andrews has been re-elected president of the Masonic Halil association. Waterbury. — P. J. Griffin, liquor has elected _editor-in-chief of The the Torrington Iigh School giving 460 as as: Bridgeport.—The ball give and cxpects to remain in Paris sev- any one of the eight largest stores {in the town. LEGAL NOTICES. NOTICE of Relief of the Town of New Britain~—A local physician re-) | ports a refusal by a woman influenza charity | patient to drink whiskey as medicine, of the | The woman is seriously ill, but stoutly refused to drink the whiskey, practi- | eally expressing a choice of death if that was the only alternative. + N - : Nor . will meet in the Cit: George H. | Waterbury—Maude Eiizabeth Hills | Hoit boldien in o Het o0 othe Clty from New | of Circuit avenue, niece of John Officer, | Sundays excepted, from Feb. 2d to Feb. tour of several|retired lace manufacturer, and - with 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. to listen lds of Frange, | whom he lived at the time of his to appeals from the doings of the As- | death, is the chief heir named in the sessors, and to transact any other busi- eral weeks. | Will recently filed in the currogates'|ing: = 0o ° - 9ome at sald meet- Southingten. — The valuation of | €ourt in Brooklyn, N. Y. | Dated at Norwich, Conn., Jan. 30th, stocks in all the stores Soutt Hartford.—Complai 1920, ton is chants thems uation, as cover the valuation of arried have been re- Thomas Holt, t $30,000. The laugh at this val- amount would not the stocks of 1 ceived at the office state dairy and food commiss’oner, that wood alcohol is being used in two Hartford barber shops, the alcohol being mixed wit hother ingredients and FRED G. PROTHERO, JAMES C. FITZPATRICE, FELIX P. M'MAHON, a Board of Relief. Ja \ AT THE '3REED | | MARGUERITE CLARK a’'Luck In Pawn® A QaramouFrdoril (piclirg passing under the name of hair tonic. THERE 15 zo agvertismg medium In Zastern Counecticur equal to The Baule letin for Lusiness results. Some married men never get a hance to breathe the air of freedom. Harold J. Gross, James H. Hurley, and E. Tudor Gross, Auctioneers 850th LIQUIDATION SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION (By order of Hitchon Bros. & Eastwood, doing business as Gien Woolen Mills) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1920 | Commencing at 11:30 o'clock a. m., on the premises of the )GLEN WOOLEN MILLS ON YANTIC RIVER, PLEASANT STREET, (formerly Hammerbrook i Line), and STURTEVANT STREET 4 NORWICH TOWN, CONNECTICUT REAL ESTATE, WATER PRIVILEGE, POWER PLANT, TENEMENT HOUSES, consisting of: MAIN MILL, brick and stone, three stories, dimensions 50x140 feet; EAST MILL, brick, three stories, dimensions 37'2x90 feet; EBRICK BUILDING, two stories, dimensions 50xS0 feet, containing engine house, machine shop, pickar and dryer rooms, WASH HOU%E, DYE HOUSE. PACKING ROOM, STORE- HOUSE, OFFICE BUILDING. STEAM POWER PLANT—TWO WATER WHEELS— WATER PRIVi- LEGE, developing 100 to 125 H. P. nine months in year—15 TENEMENT HOUSES. | 280—LOTS—280 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Consisting of Pickers, Cards, Looms, Dressers, Warp Compressor, Beamer; BOILER HOUSE, Twister, Napping Machine, Brushes, . Presses, Lathes, Saw, Gi Shears, Mules, Fulling Mills, Washers, Extractor, Dye Tubs, Pumps, Belt- ing, shafting, Pulleys, Scales, Bobbins, Spools, Trucks, Baskets and Office Furniture. To be sold separately, in lots to suit purchasers. TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS, WITHOUT LIMIT OR RESERVE. Apply for descriptive catalogue to lezitimate profits. tions in price. . Ask us te N ] send vor. . 1| Industry »s. 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