Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 3, 1920, Page 11

"IN NORWICH FIFTY YEARS AGD e N The Greeneville school house was|eredit is due to Mr. Whittemore, the completed In Norwich fifty years ago and | principa! of Broadwdy grammar school, the dedication exercises were held oniand to his assistant, for their perfect July 1st. Gredt enthusiasm was shown|system of training. over the coming visit of President Grant| July 2, 1870—The dedicatory exercises which was to take place on July 4th fol-|of the new Greeneville schoolhouse were Jowing the great celebration at Wood-{largely attended yesterday afternoon. etock. The city experienced the hottest|The large hall of the building was crowd- Weither of the year during this week. |ed, at least 1200 persons being present to Extracts from The Bulictin's files of [ listen to the speakers, Prof. Northfop, '70 follow: Rev. Mr. Stanton and others. The staj June 27, 1370—The legal voters of the|was occupied by the scholars and an first school district of the town of Pres-|propriate programme was perfectly cal ton met on Saturday evening and voted |ried out. Although the mew school house to purchase a lot of land owned by Dan-|is not yet entirely completed Its promiss te] Smith near the Junction House, on|of & fine and satisfactory appearance which to erect a school house for the|was generally remarked and the com- district. The following committee, James| mittee reccived universal congratula- Spicer, Henry Lee and Job Reynolds, | tion. 3 ' Reymolds, were empowered to purchase| President Grant is to visit Norwich af- thh land and erect a two story buildin |ter the Woodstock celebration on July 4. table for school purposes, the cost of | The president, Mrs. Grant, Miss Nellie both land and building notto exceed $3,-|and Master Jesse, With General Porter 080, left Washington last evening for their Saturdag was the hettest day of the|trip to Woodstock. From Woodstock the Tesr, the mercury in some places regis-!president will return on & special train tering as high as 106. The temperature|over the Norwich and Worcester rail- was somewhat relieved on Sunday for|road to this city, arriving here at about the sky was overcast and there was|7.15 o'clock and will be greeted by a promise of a rain in a few hours. presidential 'salute of 21 guns from a June 28, 1870—At 2 meeting of Uncas|battery stationed on Laurel Hill e Lodge, No. 11. I. O. O. F., the following | will be escorted directly to the residence officars were éleated: N. G.,-P. W. Bruce;|of Senator Buckingham where he will re- V. G. Jehn W. Hooker; scribe, Bdwin [ceive the citizens who may call between Vanity Feast Ends ionn will be, observed. Z At the Greeneville Congregationas chureh Sunday there will be preaching by the pastor. Subject, Things Remem- bered, followed by the Lord's meet at 12 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal chureh, Rev. E. A. Legg, pastor. Sunday morning worship at 10.30. Sermon by the pastor and communion. Sunday Bchool at 12 o'- clock. Epwerth League at 8.30. Our Duty to Our Country. There will be no evening service during July and Au- gust. At the Central Baptist ¢hurch, Rev. A. F. Purkiss. pastor, morning subject, The Hearer Who Doesn‘t Hear. in Italian, City Bible class for men &t noon. B. in Horror. Commu-|Y. eelebration of the The Sunday schoel will Topie, Service 10:45. Sunday school and P. U. at 6:30, subject Bring a Good Comrade.. Evening service The ‘ot Armageddon. : “OLD SLATER MILL” / -The “Old Slater Mill” in Pawtucket, the birthplace of the cotton textile dustry in America, is to be presedved as a show place and a museum for textile ’machinery.. efs has taken title to the property and latet ‘will turn it ovér to the city of Pawtucket, R. L, or to a permanent me- morial association. The mill was erected in 1793 and in it Samuel Slater started the manufacture of cotton fabrics. No plans for cotton manufacturing machinery were allowes at the time to be.sent out of England, but Slater carried the plans in his mind and when he arrived in Pawtucket was able to work out almost exactly the famous Arkwright models, Some of the machin- ery which was made from his plans and used .in fhe old mill is still in existence ang will be exhibited in the museum. - he Naireous inuustry in America a180 | Tne Washington | dispatch had its beginning in the later mill. In wWifson recently put inpa d:y 1855 a number of Pawtucket men Dbegan ypils. So did I, but they ‘the manufaeture of haircioth in competix l same_kind. of bills. tion with Huropean manutacturers.- The ! s tion. Battle | S pairs. I8 TO BE PRESERVED Kind You Can't Veto in- weren't A committee of manufacturs the mill propérty to its original condi- The plant has not been used for. some years and is rauch in need of re- _ stell us reading ‘ew York telegram. the latter, it is declared, resorted to des- berate measures to prevent the new in- dustry - spreading to this country and the Pawtucket concern was hard pushed and facing fallure when a Providence in- Ventor, Isaae C. Lindsey, invented a self-feeding power loom which enabled thém to compete successfully. with Eu- ropean mamifantsirers The plans call for the restoration of What Bryan Means hope of the ‘Walli Street Journal. s S A MR Great bo Crazy Gavitt; treasurer, Asa Nash, Jr.; secre- tary (permanent), John F. Ashley. A letter has been received in this city frem 2 young man a2t a boarding school in Vermont. Moral suasion would ap- per to be below par at the institution 23 he says, “Tt is hot here, but please send me my thick pants—also a very soft cashion.™ About 200 emigrants were landed in|preaching by the pastor, Rev. Dr. 8. H.| Rosten yesterday by the Cunard steamer| Howe, at morning service upon Sustained Sgmaria from Liverpool. The party ar- rived In Norwich later and roamed the strects while wWaiting for the boat for New York. The predominating national itles were Seotch and German. June 29 1870—Local neonls vai=- from New York, state there is an lee pani there. While everybody in the me-| Henry Strouse, minister. Morning theme, tropolis is fgrying, with the thermome- tez at 100, the cry is raised that the ice|l o'clock. Evening prayer at 7.30. dealers propose to advance the price of their commodity to $1.50 per hundred. A meeting of the voters of the Central schoo! district was“held last evening with Dr. Webster presiding. It was moved a3d seconded that a tax of 3 1-2 mills en-2 dollar be laid to meet the current| William H. Smith, rector. Holy commu-; B. | nion at expenses for the coming year. J. Troeman was appointed collector of the|noon. tax. The estimated cost of the Greeneville school bullding which is practically com- pleted was $35,000 but it is supposed that the total expense including the ar- Tangement of the large yard will not be less than $40,000. June 30, 1870—In all the school dis- tricts of the city there have been exhibi- tioms of the work dene by the pupils dur- iag the past year. These exhibitions show that unusual care has been bestow- ed in every department of the schools. To the teachers our thanks are due for the examples they have shown of what mod- ern schools ought to be. b ' Two distinguished hackmen had a live- 1y time on Bhetucket street yesterday merning, the question at issue being the ownership of a curry comb. The value of this useful article is highly appreciat- ed for it cost the contestants copius gore. ‘The Norwich band Is scheduled to give a eoneert at the Woodstock celebration on July 4th. At Breed hall extensive changes have been made preparatory for the gradua- tlon exercises of the school children. Thke stage has been extended and fifteen iters of seats have been erected for the ascommodation of the expected large crewd. July 1, 1870—At a meeting of the N. C. B. A the following officers were elected for the ensuing 5ix months: Pres- Mdent, John Condou; vice . president, Daniel Lee ;treasurer. John Connor; fi- nanelal secretary. G.¢ secretary, Willlam H. directors. Thomas McGarry,- Timothy Devine, John Murphy, T. O'Corman, Mi- chsel Pratt, Frank Phalon James H Gorrathy, Patrick Fallow, John McGin- nis. ¥ The dedication of the new Greeneville sehool house is to be an elaborate affair. Prof. Northrop, secretary of “the board of education, and other speakers wili be present. Despite the intense heat of yesterday, the graduation exercises of the Central 1 district were held in Breed hall. recitations and declamations were|simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Beard, invoking the audiencs to repeat-|poan’'s Kidney Pills—the' same that od commendation, the debate on The Comparative Intellectuality of the Sexes being well received. Certainly {my back across my kidnéys and when state) was so weak I often had to sit down great | Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y. the hours of 9 and 1l SUNDAY SUBJECTS At Christ Episcopal church at 10.30 holy communfon and sermon by Rev. R. R. Graham. At 7 Park Congregational church | Fidelities. At the Holiness Mission, 87 Main strest, praise and prayer service at 10 a. m. Bible class and Sunday school at 2 p. m. Preaching at 3 and 7.30 p. m. At the First Baptist chureh, George Our Church Cevenant. Sunday school at At the Universalist church regular service of worship at 10.30, subject, The Perfeet Law of Liberty. 12 m. Bible school. Edwin A. Tracy, superintendent. At Bt. Andrew’s Episcopal chareh, Rev. 10.30 a. m. Church school at The' evening service will be omit- ted. At Mount Calvary Baptist church, Rev. J. S. Blake, pastor. 11 a. m. stb-; ject, When the Sun, Moon and Stars Be-| came Visible, Sunday school at noon. B. Y. P. U. at 6.30.. 7.45 p. m. subject A HOUSEHOLD CARES Tax the Women of Norwich the Same! as Elsewhere, I Hard to attend to household dutfes With a constantly aching back. A woman shouldn’t have a bad back. And she seidom would if the kid-] neys were well. I Doan’s Kidney Pills are endorsed by thousands. Have been used in kidneéy trouble over 50 years. Read what this Norwich woman says: i R. Ladd. 422 Central Avenue, “There was a dull tired ‘feeling in Mrs. says I was doing my housework, my back ached and felt numb. Stooping caused pains across my back and my back to_rest. One box of Doan’s Kidney Pills corrected the trouble.” Price 80c, at all dealers. Don't Mrs. Ladd had. 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