Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 29, 1922, Page 12

Norwich, Friday, Sept. 29, 1922 THE WEATHER Conditions. The pressure was high Thursday might over and east of the Mississippi valler. - Temperature remains above normal gemerally east of the Rocky Mountains except on the Atlantic coast. The outlook s for fair weather Fri- day and Saturday, Winds: North of Sandy Hook, gentle variable and weather fair Friday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras, gentle to moderate mostly easterly and weather falr Priday. North New England, south New FEng- land: Fair Friday and Saturday, warm- er, Negotiations for ‘the purchase of no hardware business of Preston Bros., Inc, of 211 Main street by the Aben Hardware Co., of 78 Bank street, New London, which have been in progress for over a month, were consummatsd .here Thursday and the f@nal papers were passed. At the same time as duying the hard- ware Dusiness, which is located in one of the three stores in what Is known as the Strand building, the Aben Hardwars Co. has taken a 20 year léase of the en- tire bullding from the owners, Peter Sellas of this city and Thomas'Constan: tine of New London. - ‘Definite figures of the purchase price and of the lease Observations in Norwich The Bulletin's observations show the following changes in temperature and Sarometeric changes Thursday 7e m were not made public, but it was stated 12 = that close to & half million “doliars was P m . involved in the price paid for the hard- Bighest '60: Jowest {8 ware business and the total rental for the 20 year period, making this one of the largest real estate transactions in Norwich in some time. The hardware business will be contin- ued in the same location by the new owners, who also plan: making altera- tions and changes in the building by Te- modeling the upper floors. The part ai- rectly above the hardware store will be adapted for show and sales rooms by having a plate glass front put in and there will be other changes made “in other parts of the building. Al present leases on Stores ‘n tho building, which are the clothing stores| consi of Murphy & McGarry at 207 lnd the Smith pharmacy at 205 Main street, ex- pire on April 1, 1923. The new 20-year lease taken by the Aben Hardware Co. runs from that date, covering ail the stores and also giving the Aben com- pany control of the second and third stories of the building in which are a dentist's offices and a rooming house. The Aben Hardwaré Company, which is composed of Abraham J. Agranovitch and Benjamin Kaplan, both formerly of Colchester, has been conducting the bus- iness for the past four weeks, retaining all the old clerks who will continue in Comparisons Predictions for Thursday Thurstay’s weather: Fair. as predicted. N. MOON AND TIDES. il High || Moon | Rises. Sate. (Standard Time.) a. m || & m E .mr || Sets. " | p. m. i a1 | 951 | 1044 11:39 ets. EHE ater it is lTow by flood tide. Six_hours after & e, which is f useful gifts. Re-|the store. George C. Preston, president » eerved by the hostess.|ang treasurer of Preston Bros., Inc., has ant gathering | also remained with his two sons, Ralph . the Misse#|ang Harold. The sons are to remain d Bthel E. Aberg for a while longer, at least, but Mr. Wood of North Third Charles T. Web: of N deman of South Joseph L. Oat. Lewls Oat, Mrs. 1 Mrs Arthur Preston will retire after 47 years in the hardware Dusiness. The hardware business Bros. was of Preston established in this city 41 years ago by George C. Preston and his Seaside treatment with ascientific Te. port of hls studies of bone and glandu- lar tiberculosis ‘since the ~instftution was opened. He sald in part: . “In order to realize that a change has come over all our ideas in regard to the proper treatment of tubercular cervical adenitls, fry to imagine with f what scorn, that in would be treated. o twenty Years ago, would have the erity fo treat tuberoular -abcesses ‘without the use of the knife. At that in Hartford with George M. Way & CO| fime the wisdom of removing diseancd but his brother, Charles, had been i1 gjongs, was no more questioned than the drug business in New York, Becauso| Sands Was A et e of poor health he decided to give that UD| pongix.” There might be some difference and join his brother here In business. | op srinion as to the proper time to op- After nine or ten years in the She-| .ot hur none as~to the advisability tucket street store, fl"n "‘;”‘m':""“ ‘g of some kind of operation. e e o v boon aver| Althouh, today, we still hake our ad- Lty ot the ‘bullding changes|Yocates of radical operation, they are O o o meade tthe cotmseTorlin the minority, and are eapidly. dimin- which they bave s o wev.| ishing, nor do they urge surgical meas- el ooy s e I i 7roe. | ures with~the same Insistence as of old. gral large gramite columns on the front |, ..’ feeiing that the lesion in®bone or The old granie <oNAmDS DOW-SOY 83| giznd is merely 2 losal manifestation of Ll i lootidn in. the: Mh o | #, constitutional - disease, is awakening o e ouniaaeg of Preston Bros, enc| i the medtcal consclousnses, and with B o e Linee wers taten on | It. & realization of the utter futility of and the frm name. became kmown ail | &templing a curs by the removal of over this territory, Mr. Preston retires|th® most.obvious ‘eymptom: from his long and mnmm 1 gn-lnus French Seaslde Cures. ‘career with a knowledge that his firm| mor o great many years the medical bullt up e record for reliability and| Lorid had: wendered st tho mysterions straightforward dealing that anyome |cures of bone and glandular Yubercuio- might envy. sis, which, .were mery day occuring at The new owners are progressive busl- the Feench Seaside sanaforia, - more ness men of the younger genération, Who| particularly at. Berck. Was it some- established themselves in New Londonfihing in the. air, or the water, or per- @ number of years ago and have done a|paps a combination of both? Was it constantly enlarging business which they | the result of injections into the disease have fostered by progressive methods.|arcas, so universally practiced by the The name of the firm is a comblnation | French surgeons, the running sores to of the first names of ‘the two partners.|dry and heal, the pain of bone disease Mr. Agranovitchs is to locate here and|to stop, and jthe motlon to return. in manage the Norwich store, while Mr.|diseased joints: or was It because of Kaplan will live in New London. Mr.|the more efficlent fixation, as practiced Agranovitch married 2 number of years|by Calot, with his nicely moulded plas- ago Miss Rose. Crumb of this city, the|ters so snugly fitting the part:involved? daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Crumb,|What was the Important factor and then of 114 High street. could the same results be attained else- Late Thursday afternoon. the final pa-| where? Perhaps, as dome suggested, pers In the transfer of the hardware|it was the sun's rays. whose healing business and the signing of the . lease; power was Intensified by reflection from were consummated at the office Of|the ripples on the water and from the Brown & James, sttornoya for the Aben|sand on the. beach. Eantware (Co- S Qhisiiy delds were| polier then showed that, many miles counsel for Preston Bros., Frank L. Mc-l4rom the ocean. with snow clad moun- Gulre for Sellas and Constantine. John|iapng on all Sides, using braces. instead A." Moran, the - Norwich real estate| ¢ niceiy. moulded. plasters, and disre- broker, acted as agent for Preston Bros | gaecqing the jnfections of the French and Sellas and Constantine in the nego-|gyrgeons, equally. good results could be tiations. - He has been made agent by|aiained. This fact confirmed the be- the Aben Hardware Co. for the re-letting | jjer that sunlight was the most import- of the stores upon the expiration of the|ant element in the cure. Rollier made present leakes, a further important contribution to the brother, the - late pwhx. &dmn Thi ‘began busint in s _store &t e coemer of ‘Ehetucket. and - Wator streets ,where the city gas and electric office is now, George Preston had had seven_years' lence in the business CHARLES W. DOW WRITES OF EARLIEST TELEPHONE DAYS Charles W. Dow of 124 Broadway, who was connected with the telephone business from its earliest development in this state contributes a letter to the current issue of the Telephone Bulletin, which prints it wih the following com- ment: Charles W. Dow, of Norwich, pioneer from the first days of The New Haven District Telephono Company, has sent us an interesting letter of the very early days of the business and he men- tioned lightly, the financial difficulty met in keeping the business a going concern. Also Mr. Dow fixes the dates on which 88, F. of A wle_rooms In business was Routine John Blanchette, days a Northbridge, returned to the village, as o reside here. has ned his posi- the Ponemah Company 7 of New Haven, was who h regret ames Arthur Atwood, n. Mr. Atwood was as- er of the Ponemah mills, was at the local office, e many friends. ph Gorman, who re- R B ek Bt ®|ue and John W. Ladd, our clalm agent, e mved enere from (Goodyear, Bave | uniored telephane service and says. they R T it L are the only living employes of the first T ey London was & commercial telephone company. Cards are being mailed to all mem-| M- Dow's letter follows: bees of the Taftvilie Congregational|To The Editor of The Bulletin. Dear Sir: I don't know whether you care for ancient history. “However, I will take the liberty of sending you the following. Today there are only two of the orig! nal employes of the first telephone com- pany In the United States, the District Telephone Company, New Haven, Conn, opened Jan. 28th. 1878, they are J. W. Ladd and C. W. Dow. We are the only living employes of The District Tele- phone Company. I was the night opers- tor and Mr. Ladd was repairman. On August 1st, 1878 I siarted and Mr. Ladd, I think, September lst,. 1875. The others Who were connected with this ! | company were -as follows: ~H. P. Frost, | General Manager; George W. Coy, Su- perintendent, and A. H. Kellam,:Clerk | and Local Manager: Operators, Fred A. Allen, Stephon Canty. Frank S. Upson, dvising them that next By NORWICH TOWN Mrs The funera Harwood t dock M srsda; garet Reld afternoon of hee. Zabriskie of nee of many coming a iful floral esteem in 1d. of St Greenville, Crowe My officiated oks up remarkable brav- | ager's office and the other employes knew fortitude. of it, than a grand Tush was made on has come that Miss C. T¥.|the Manager for $50 or $100. - This'is teacher in the acad- |the way we were paid off but very often Wales and Southern | We got mothing. Any information you, the er, and is|would like let me know and I will see ., nd, for a|what I can do. Yours very truly, v e gl To clear the records and avold misun- AFTER VISITING HERE |derstanding on the point, it showld be Willlam V. M 'v who has been visit- | said that while Mr. Dow and Mr. Ladd Miss Jane | entered telephone. service in New Haven and sister Murray [on August st and September Ist, 1578, ewell avenue for the | respectively, Charles B . Doolittls, our ' Schenectady, | Treasurer, took up. telephone service on nd will go to Mexico, July 1st, 1878 with The Telephone Dis- Behina, Calif. N, (C.~W. Dow, Night Operator). Repair- arial was in|men W. P. Frost, Louis Frost and J, W. Rev. Me, |Ladd al service. It was 2 very hard fight to keep this the un- |telephone company alive. They had mo |, money. Many times I have been given af-|a mote to Genl. S. R. Smith, saying, . g claracter. | “General let n# have $1,000, I want to ia 1 oy, she had | keep this telephone ocompany going.” b cor to all her | Also a mote to F. A. Giibert, the same. - ded a calm and |1 most always got the cash, and mo nd in her suf-|Sooner had I left the cash in the Man- study of heliotherapy. when he observed that his patia:fs falled to improve, the sun treatpnt was given on glass inclosed porches instead of in' the ope: Therefore. he atiributed the therapeu- tic benefit to the rays on the ultravio- let end of the spectrum, inasmuch as those are the rays which fail to pene- trate ordinary window glass. More re- cently, Hess has thrown more light on this important. subjeqt in his exper ments on rats. He found that sunlight had a profound influence on metabol- iem: that the blood phosphates could be kept at a normal level, in spite of a low phosphorous intake, provided the subject be exposed for a short time each day to direct sunlight.” If sunlight filt- ered through ordinary window glass be used, the blood phosphorous falls and rickets develop. By using glass spec- ially prepared so that the various raye couid be,analyzed. in order to deter- mine which had the important influence on metabolism, he was able to show that the shorter or chemical rays, more particularly those having a wave length of about 300 microns were the only ones with any influence. The clinical obser- vations of Rollier agreeing with the sclentific experiments of Hess, make it extremely prebable that the same part of the spectrum which prevents rickets in rats also cures tuberculosis in man. Another factor in favor of this belfet is the popularity and success of the snow clad mountains and the. seashore in-the treatment of surgical tuberculo- Conditions prevailing In both places favor a comparatively greater amount \of the ultraviolet of chemical rays. The direct rays=ef the sun are no different in those localittes than in others, excent possibly more intense, Dbecause of the greater clearness of the atmosphere. The essential ~difference. however, is in the character of the re- flected rays. The. longer or heat rays NIANTIC SEASIDE SANATORIUM PROVES TUBERCULOSIS SUN-CURE The triumph of the sun-cure, helio- therapy, for mot only bone and glandu- lac tuberculosis in children, but for the pulmonary forms of the disease as well, was told Thursday at the opening ses- sion of the New England Tuberculosis Conference at Augusta, M3. by Doctors Cole B. Gibson and John F. O'Brien, of Connecticut, superintendents of the Meriden and Niantis sanatoria. the only two state sanatoria for children in America. They narrated their experi- ences since these juvenile institutions Were opened by the Connecticut Tuber- culosis Commission two years ago. Dr. Gibson, superintendent = at . Mariden, where 200 children are treated by the sun-cure for lung tubecculosis, made the astonishing ‘statement that this form of the disease ylelds, like the bone and glandular varieties, to heliotherapy. Dr. O'Brien, supérintendent at The Seaside at Niantic. assorted in his paper on bone and glandular tuberculosis that the fol- lowing results have been secured: 1. All forms of the disease yield to the sun-cure. 2. Surgical operations are unwise for the treatment of diseased glands. 3. Pure sunlight, instead of sunlight filtered theaugh windows. is demanded. 4. Exposure of the little bodies of the patients to outdoor conditions, even on the coldest weather, causes no di comfort, if the patients are properly ac- customed to the change. 5. The intense suffering which chil- dren {ll with bone tuberculosid experi- ence, stops speedily under the sun-cure treatment. 6. The removal of tonsils and ade- Aiong the eastern shore of Long. tand Sound. is a little bay, Muodbyx delightful siretch of sandy beach, and having to the southeast an unobstruct- el -yiew of the great Atlantic. Here Connecticut has made a profession of faith in hellotherapy. Here, even when e g covered with snow and nde with ice, naked childcen, who e nning their uphill fight for heaith? may be seen romping on the beach or swimming in the ocean. Even the school - sessions - are held in the open. with an overhanging cliff shutting off the cold north winds. Our children not | only wear no clothing, but upon ad- mission, their clothing is taken home with the exception - of shoes, ear cips and sweatees. . During the past winter, the sweaters were not even taken out of their closets. In spite of their outdoor life, and in spite of the fact that they wear no clothing, since. the instftution was open- ed in December of 1919, thers has not been a_single case of pneumonia, a sin- gle severe case of spasmodic croup, nor even a severe case of branchitls. We have not even Seen among ouc children an instance of middle ear disease that was not present on admission. Accord- ing to_our experience, exposure of the entire body to the weather, during both summer and winter, not only does mot cause colds, but actually 18 a most ef- fective means of preventlon. Tt is 1 belleve. now generallyt ad:no:}ed:efl that those .ailments ace the r of faulty elimination of heat, a condition best brought about by covering the body with a heavy layer of clothing. In a very short time our little pati- ents learn to enjoy the outdoor life and., become as” Dfown as lttle Indiams. So intense Js the tgn that a woman visiting in our victnity” for the first time, and seeing the children playing -on the beach, asked if there were any white children in the institution. That eame woman, on going home to Massachu- sotts told how she saw naked children running on the~beach in winter, and a friond of hers thought that a great number ‘must dle from exnosure. She then remembered that she hadn't asked how many died from the cold and wrots us-a letter for the desired information. Ktops Suffertng From Pain. Heliotherapy, we have found at the Seaside, increases weight, cure tubee- culosis, and in a most remarkable man. ner, stops the suffering from pain. A comparision of the incredse in weight among our children, with children of the same age attending school throughout the country, showed a remarkabie dif- ference in favor of those whose bodies were exnosed o the healing rays of the sun. Weight charts show that the ave- rage gain for a normal child. between the ages of two and twelve, is from four to six pounds. Children at the Sea- slde average gains of cleven and a quartee pounds A vear. Even more striking than the gam in weight is the astonishing change in the general condifion of the patient. Allow me first to recall to your mind the pic- ture of the ordinary case of bone berculosts, which is being cared for in the home or in a general hospital. You are all familiar with the pale under- nourished child with the anxious ex- pression_ the irritable disposition, the result of long nighis of disguched rest and constant pain. After ut ten | days of sun treatment, there is noticed the most commonly glands deny any such improvement in the gen- ing that the greatly bolism nec with the improvement found. quired and fit them per- fectly. Think. this over seriously ! C. A. SPEAR OPTOMETRIST | Franklin Square, Norwich, Conn. | Opie Read wrote: = “A rip or a tear may be accxdeniai but a patch is a sure sign of poverty.” So are cleaned-up clothes. you will feel richer and get richer. We carry suits and overcoats that are especially made for us by the best tailors. You cannot get something for nothing, but it you do not come to the right clothing store you may give up your good money and not get what is coming to you. Come to us and we will give you a square deal. of ‘Paris, and who, when he comes ta bat. s able to support himself with one crutch and still use both arms for a full swing at the ball. Although most of our children on en- trance are sufferiyz from an active dis- se and complaining of Intense pdin, is most unusual for them to have any pain after they have had the sun treatment for about ten days. One boy | of rather unusual intelligence who could glve 2 fairly accurate deseription of his symptoms betore admission, stated that for a year and a half he had been in constant pain day and night. After about ten days of exposure to the sum, | his pain completely disappeared and has not since recurred. In addition to heliotherapy diring re cent vears variois other foems of ra ant cnergy have gained more or less popularity in the treatment of surgical tuberculos The Xray. radium, the Alpine rays and the Quartz lamp are used. Claims have been made for those remedies that they accomplish the same thing as in a much shorter time. re willing to grant that swollen subside on the application of thos¢ remedies, nevertheless, we must Wear rich clothes and Wear our good, “Nifty” clothes. giands of the neck after operation. going Into the history of our own case we have found that a large percentags of them have had the tonsils removed ; without any benefit, that I have been |uz uble to observe, and with a decided ag: gravation of symptoms in many them. Before closing, cessabiiity of abcesses in this the surgeons’ knife. Aboesses lumbar region. on the.other hand. shorter distance to burrow, ‘are - quickty opened and the Ilfl 4l too often, until the & atient, If left alone, mest I b, v rupture, aspiration eral condftfon: as is found with hello- y. ‘Then, too. T cannot help feel- increased meta- ¥ to maintain the body during exposure of the to the cold has much to do there are just a few words I would like to say about the tissue and™gs far EWaSS a surprising change. 'The appetite has Removing Torsils No Benefit, surgical case of tubercular abcesses. | the most prominent Jart of w improved ski : o eat winy = satistaclory trea o hesitn, the crenmton s manne | There is arother procedure which 1|FOr & Sreat »any years. it has been ob- |l® the mo i G SRd aoatontel itne epodition. 15 fear, {5 to0 often practiced in the hope |Served that .uberculosis of the dorsal i R Tt oo Meritabic and frottal and the|of Telief in tubercular adenitis. 1 re. | SPine a much lower mortality than| The exécutive committee of the sleep is long 2nd undisturbed. Ohfldren Can Play As U While the recovery if being brought about. the diseased bones and joints are immoblized by means of plaster of Paris bandages or braces and the crip- vled children, as well as those suffering from glandular disease, are allowed to| indulge in the usual activities of child. hood. During the fine weather, our bed patients, even ure carrled to the beach where they attend classes. play in the sand or crawl into the water. One of our patients, who was admitted with both lower limbs completely paraiyzed from spinal tuberculosis, actually learn- ed to swim, while the power was coming back into his limbs, even before he was strong enough’ to walk. Although he still, wears a large Calot jacket. during the baseball season he demonstrated his skill as pitcher. The only bov he has been unable to strike out, is a litttle fel- 1. are quickly absorbed by the water at low who has one Iimb encased in plastee FURNITU Rugs patch Co.. of Bridgeport, so that really Mr. Doolittle’s service, as our records show, ante-dates that of Mr. Dow by one month end Mr. Ladd by two months. The first commercial . exchange was opened in New Haven, Jamuary. 26th, 1875, as Mr. Dow states in his lstter. The Bridgeport Wxchange. was opened commercially by the late Dr.. Thomas . A. machinery for a the largest in the BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY GIVEN FOR MRS, ECKSTEIN Thursda a birthda surprise perty was given Mrs. John Eckstein at | Doolittle, father of.C. B. Doolittle, about r home hool atreet by members | thres month slate, but' C, B. Doolittle was » ~ Women's Benefit association of | working for his fathers company in Maccabees. Whist was played and the | Bridgeport befors either Mr. Dow or Mr. prizas were won by Mrs. Rolle Harels, | Ladd joined the New Haven Company Mrs. Herbert LaPre, and Miss Hannah | forces. Wiess el R FAREWELL BANQUET TO TWO THEEMOS OFFICERS C. R.H, Visscher, secretary and factory manager, of the American Thermos Bot- tle Co,, for the past.16 years, and Joseph W. Baldwin, superintendent for the past 15 years, were given a farewell banquet Thursday might at the Wauregan house by 35 of the old employes of tlie com- pany. -President Willlam B. Walker presided as toastmaster and made.grace- ful speeches in presenting bouquets from the company and traveling bags from the employes to the two retiring officers. orchestra played during the A Mrs ing refres cut glass water set was presented Eckstein. At the close of the even- ments were served by the hos- 1ees who was assisted by Mre. Bertha Schiing and Mrs. Harria Marriage makes one of two, but it does jot seem to decreaso the population. m Can You Answer These Questioms? o you know why ointments do not ¥iye you quick and lasting relfef? Why cutting and operations fail? wnd danger of an operation. Do ¥ou know the cause of piles is in- That there is a stagnation of blood In_the lower bowel? 8,750 know that there e num.x tablet remedy a Leonhardt and known | now soid b; general :. made pieces. 3-Piece Living Room Sets, veiours, from $100.00 up 4-Piece Chamber + $135.00 up. Smtes in . walnut, 9-Piece Dining Room Sets, in variety, from FOR THE COMFOTRABLE HOME FOR THE COMFORTABLE HOME At this season of the year our-stocks represent a fine as- sortment of new and attractive patterns, well suited to supply the ever growing demand for artistic and, well covered . in tapestries and VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME GILBERT & SONS RE etc.. frém fer olds. clinic where about tonsilectomies were done in one wintee to the removal of toffsils and aden- The report from the Rochester sixteen thousand the lumbar region, and this slons department of the United its proximity to the lungs grgational church, Mrs. F. W2 and heart and the great vessels of the, chaitman, held a mecting in Miss Pulle chest. We have now come to believe | office over the Otis Hbrary that this is due o the relative inac-|morning. showed little if any improvement in FRESH PORK LOINS TO ROAST Ib. 20c BONELESS, ROLLED, SMOKED PURE SILVERLEAF LEAN POT ROAST BEEF ... Ib. 1215 FINE CUTS CHUCK ROAST BEEF ..... 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