Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 21, 1920, Page 9

ways to pretty homes. Never have we maJe 80 many new cusicmers— much to old ones in so short a time. to 50 per cent. ° It won’t last much longer — only a few days more—don’t "Tis the biggést Mid-Summer Sale we've ever had values are greatest———representmg savingcs -§ miss the opportunity. Goiny! Goaing! -5 Over country roads and city streets may be seen truck loads of Shea & Burke’s Dependable Furniture on their vnrious HEA & BURK:. Ccmplete Home Furnishers — the 2% per cent, New Londoa, Aug. 20—When the new 1 n fire |§‘3,°?..°9'e Compery arrives tn Die very r future, thc New 'andon) t:llunkecr a tm, t will be complelely mo- o Tiare. fuliy organtzed equipid firc companies each having ] quota of active five-fighters, ready respond to the first toot of the fire iste. These firemen o net male d un for the firchouse as in the ald dRys to the Lox whish the fire s sent in. The zpparatus of nadern type, with driver and crew, the start just as socn &s the first d i3 completed, and this unity of n aiways insures a Dbig working at fires. In cases of necessity ere theie ig more or less shiRing of es of hose, or where there is consid- | ¢, = C n is made that- the apparstus rolls as quickly as i | paid department, a8 there are driv. {er5 on duty every minute of the twenty- | hours of eagh day, and crews can {be summoned for nearly every company, | before the end of the first ronnd of the 14 i irm and. that means hefare the ap- paratus can start, as the location of the box from whence comes the alarm must, be first known. New Londan is not a srest big icity, x miles square, and therefore the fire ces are not so very long and any rt of the city can be reached in re- wrkably auick time by the motor ap- tu: This was demonstrated 'some ., when a test alarm was_ sent ean beach, in the southern v of the city. All companies pplied with motor apparatus but the Niagara maghine demonstration of what could be jdone duing regular day traffic hours. Within eleven minutes 'the machine made the run from the fire house to the beach and had water playing through two lengths, or 100 feet of hose. What 1 from n Westerly one Mrs the week end M . Taylor and son Raymond were day last week. S. W T Thomson, n and Miss Mary Harriz of In- er's father, O. D. Fuller ! and family were A. Boothby are tak- automobile trip \151ang fnends in entertained ovqr ! . Albett | 15 Troy, Binghamton, Utica and other places in New York. Mr.iand Mrs. Mrs. C. S. Gooc Town Saturday Rogers wedding. “Niss r, Mrs. Franklin. = Mis$' Edna -Burgess has bee with Miss Ella Rockwood in Klin Eight youg pe gational church J. H. King and Mr. and Augusta, Pember_is vi Harriet Manning, nded the uhnion C. E. Ho | meeting in Lefingwell. Mr._and Mrs. C.-M.: Geer, Leroy Geer, Myra Geer and Mr. Goodwir spent § Several from this place attended the missionary meeting held with Mrs. K. Peckham in Franklin last week Thurs- day. ople from' the Congre- GLASGO Mr. and Mrs. Bzra James were callers in North Stoningten re- . Jaige: Burdick. g of New Button, . Burdick were arl Clirk iteynolds of Sutton. F. Thorp returned home to a lengthy visit with her Haven was: a B. But- allers n and at the Golden Spur re- were visitors dick ‘and Miss Eliza B. ewett City and Westerly Herbert Wilde are enter- ce from Lawrence, Mass. North Ston- spending a few days with Mrs. the garas and then, almost all the companies’ of taday can do now.: No paid department could make better time, on a bet. Motor fire apparatus have been im- proved since then, and it is believed that the record time could be cut by the big and powerful Niagara of today. The Konomoes have a modern triple-combina- tion machine now. that is a hose car- rier, chemical equipment and a pumper, and the new Nameaug will be of the e type of machine. The new Niag- is'a 10,000-gallon pumper, which replaces the apparatus of like type that had been in active use for a dozen years, but of less pumping capacity. It may not be generally known that the first motor-fire apparatus to be used by any fire company in the United ates, was purchased by the Niagara, s use given over to the city, and for twelve years it did fire service, and was never towed back to the fire house from a fire. That apparatus is a crude ara =———————|THE PLAUT-CADDEN COMPANY OUR DOLLAR DAY OFFER $1.0 And We Wil Give You a Receipt For 'F YOU JOIN Scwing MACKINE CLUB THIS OFFER FOR DOLLAR DAY ONLY Demonstratm ALL NEXT WE-EK ‘THE ONLY LONG BOBBIN ROTARY SEWING MACHINE WE WILL CONTINUE OUR GREAT n and Club Sale ALL NEXT WEEK We take great pleasute in inviting you to Sews The “FREE” is the highest grade Machine this event, for we have chosen “THE Anyihing possible to make. It has wonderful pat- FREE” as the Sewing- Machine most Frem Chiffon ented features that make it the easiest run- worthy. of our unqualified recommen- * .To ning Machine in the world. Special dation. o~ i Carpet attachments for special work. 1 Your name made The FREE Mr. W. C. Ellis, will Beautlf}ll ‘with beautiful T Company’s Best Demonstrate, Ex- . Souvenirs Twist (part of i Demonstrator plain and Teach. w FreetoLaches “work) stitched I —Gentlemen W. C. ELLIS, Silk Artist and Expcrt. —COME IN— 0 Allowance for Your Old Machiné If You Buy a “FREE” s' 2 ®"— Small Weekly Payments on Club Plan Come In Today and Get the Particulars We have }\lst received a carload, bought when prices were lower, and we are giving our customers the benefit. Qur Mid-summer Sewing Machine Sale is linked to our Mid-summer Furniture Sale. Take advantage of this opportunity. We have never had a trouble with “The Free Sewing Machine” that was not remedied-—a beautiful record. The Plaut-Gadden Co. ESTABLISHED 1872 135-143 MAIN STREET; NORWICH, CONN. BEAUTIFUL WHEN CLOSED . CONVENIENT WHEN OPEN | il l i u machine as compared with the motor apparatus of the presea time. t was steun-driven, carried Smeke-stack, and vhile.ndét 2 pumper, it serve as a chem- | and hose . wagop, and BSarved the| city well. 'Fhat old n\u:;po was trad- od in when modern al stituted, and suxa.q»uny- again pu chased by the Niagaras That nzchmq is mow an antique.. It has heen in celd solutely no(l«:tad nmw it was tal en out of .storage -and is-now being re- stored with a view to preservatien. That old machine is now 'n tne Niagara house and with it is thc latest there is in the fire fighting line. is interesting: There sure is need of mare spase o the parade fo agcommwdnte the inmrwmed vehicular . traffic and for years the re- moval of that little parklet has .heen advocated; and this work has been be- gun. TM curhing has been remawed to the triangular .spot recently purchasel by the city and before.a part of 4t given over to traffic it will dave c the eity. at least $40,000. s newiy purcliased plot is practicalty at the Jjunction of Howard, Blinmas asd Rced streets, facing on Bank. Part ef tie plot is to.be devoted' to highway pu poses, and the rest is to b= camwer: into .a. parklet so that the curbing fr« the parade can be utilsad. I hms veloped, however, that the aMninat of th parklet on the parade wus for_the relif of traffic congstiom. hut @' make way for a building to be ervere: by an. individual, and at twenty-five years bs donated s ths cty | As a pretense, a part of g soruo- ture is 16 a com@iwt station apd the rest i for commercial purpeses t bring Tevenue to the” ownes so -that he emn give it away afem use for the period specified. A buildieg in- the amalem ef the paradé is not a proper sfte for & comfart” statim, and it toe for remewed ! from the sideww @ be oewvemlemt, or | in the foast Jrfewta Juwst what ptoce of conimerc.a: "oade wouid prowes & puy- ing ‘propositioa M 3 MiMing lemted there is pespabe €mswa t0 the gentle man who iz » wypsnd Oae swm of 325, 000 in Its comtrumtiun e s0s being donated - The prop o will * defeat ?:m**(or s mwm‘.t traffic congwettum | shen G bigs parade b= w e when it contained wz l-mip Y tewzd surrounding wse Sa fedding of catSe: {2 soTt ot murem stawa whers oz . Viere role: st Svs O omrts pemte- | ted to frwt w o Swond =il Norses ate thali = «i0st “wea G Gasgh Con- veniently mas wan M MM s minp Where th sees wd switwe were wafcr- ed. TI¥ <-efiviem gl gave wal ! to progriem o4 Srelly e dwon wws clearsd « &sX. war fw The Boldiers and Saflore acowmeot ge Semted 10 the MEMOry an: ws wsar «f aff who servid on land sea = given ta the city Lawrerce and the spot where it now The contrast There is serfous talk of removing that monument and placing it down in ' the Ramrod district as a centre-p for the curbing that has been remo from the parklet on the parade. project” is also advanced in order to give ‘more needed space on the parade for vehicular traffic. If it ever is moved. it is to be hoped that it will not Ls done until evey civil war vetefhn in tI that the imgratitude of those for whom risked their lives that the union | ht survive would néver be knowxn to them. After all the proposition to! move the monument .10 make traffic. may be only a bluff to rade. There has been some queer | along, the lines her outlined in | New London during the past few years and it is about time there was a halt | for consideration. { ! The Salvation Army, of creditable war | record, .now owns the Neutune building | State street on the north side of the | e and it will be devoted to re- general welfare work. Un- r these conditions it is quite likely | _petition will be made to the next | ture to. exempt the property fr # is b $90,000, .ahd is under the directio the general headquarters direct. It is no. part of the work of the local con- ingent of the army. that will continue | ts line of work as usual. The local branch of the army is to erect a new e T end of | ¥ city has answered the final roll, cail, so ' SPECIALS Dollar Day, value $5.00 or over. of the following lines : . ANY OF OUR LEATHER GOODS ANY OF OUR FANCY CHINA ARTICLES ANY OF OUR FANCY GLASS ARTICLES ANY CF OUR ART POTTERY ANY CROCKER FOUNTAIN PENS Every Pen Fully Guaranteed. ALL POPULAR COPYRIGHT BOOKS ° ASSORTMENT OF PAPER AND ENVELOPES $1.25 WORTH FOR $1.00 One dollar’s worth of Developing and Printing with every Camera sold on One dollar’s worth for 80 cents in any The Cranston Co. C___.__..—.._—_ &= = = buSaag in Biatn ctrom, aw na‘Uralv iCedar Grove Cemelery association. Jus exnmypfion Wit br asked fram teawion [ai the h Stale street is the court for tha. valuabtls property. Do thiw | house, tle ethodist clurch, the thers cam ne no serions objecrion, 8s | Publle Tiwe Universalist church. all property devoird (¢ rellgous er|the Fnigh olumbus home, the charfable poTmers 5 exempl. Tuigl Baptist and St. Mary's churches Twwe ia 8 very lorge amewss of prep- §vnu-' 3 Violeie . the it it Drectioatty | lonaiad | Jamer rch and the Sec- in thy busiess cente that is exemptod | church. £I1 these from tassiion which meams that the most valuabic properdes in the oty are a0t qnumermted in the grand list. Jus. note the exemptions in iate sireet, and include the Nejerne buiidipg. the m niotpal buiidime. the leret Chuch uildi serious, objection. 1t is unfort for the finances \x.n mom of these buildin €lne Te. But they Ino what's the use But fewpeople lmin 13 Baptist chureh the Phat Oftice and the |ne ccals of firo en an o fingers cia's h xemption and there is unate are mot hoag- en d VULCANIZING TIR TUBES Solid 'Empire Kelly-Springfield Pneumatie Battery Service Prompl Road Service——Call 1570 LANE RUBEBER CO. CLINTON E. LANE, Prop. s 324 Main Street e Do FAMOUS, ©YGU. ALL We Qpen at 9 O’Clack Dollar Day TODAY IS llar Day THIS IS THE DAY THAT MADE THE DOLLAR THROUGHOUT THE BOSTON STORE, _IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, YOU WILL FIND HUN- DREDS OF SPECIAL BARGAINS PREPARED FOR OF IT IS WORTHY MERCHANDISE — THINGS WHICH YOU REQUIRE EVERY DAY—AND “_ALL IS TQ BE SOLD AT WONDERFUL DOLLAR DAY REDUCTIONS. FOR PARTICULARS SEE OUR LISTS IN FRIDAY’S PAPERS. -