The Press., 1903-09-03
MANSFIELD.

the Il. Hines farm.
] Hannah Baxter is rusticating for a
few days in Bedford, Canada.
Mrs. John Durham returned from a
visit to Derby last Saturday.
Benjamin Baxter was the guest of
his brother over Sunday at Wethers-
field.
The fall term at the Connecticut
Agricultural college opens Wednesday,
Sept. 23d.
Edward Moriarty, the base ball
pitcher, came from Newark to Storrs
last week.
Ed Wilbur and Hub Waldo started
last week to work in the tobacco fields
at Windsor.
Grant Jacobs of Mansfield City is
seriously ill at his home at the pres
emit writing.
G. w. La Valley returned to Cur
leyville last Saturday, after visit to
friends out of town.
Miss Charlotte Turner is spending
few weeks at Mrs. Ellsworth At
woods in Conantville.
DR.. VIM. Goldie spent day in Cur
leyville last week. He was on his
way to Putnam by team.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uley Church and
Mrs. Church spent few days at Miss
g. N. Turner's last week.
Rev. and Mrs. r. G. Jacobs enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Powell of Amherst
at the parsonage last week.
Miss Cora Dimock returned to the
Middletown high school last Tuesday
to resume her studies there.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. LaFour of
Providence spent few days at their
home in Gurleyville last week.
The Ladies' Aid society of Spring
Hill held a social in the church par
lor there last Wednesday evening.
Mrs. e. w. Williams and SON., Ar
thur, spent a week with friends in
Stafford, returning home last Thurs
day. :..a. 3d.: ". .-.... -.
The Ladies' Aid society held a. So
cial and sale in the parlors of the
church at Spring Hill Wednesday
evening. 49,. .-@
Edwin Reynolds of Milwaukee is
at his summer home, Rock Spring
farm. He has recently bought All au-
tomobile.
Ernest Durham has moved his
household goods from Palmer Town
to Mansfield Center, where he has
opened grocery store.
Mr.. andMrs. Henry Hanks took a
trolley ride from Willimantic to
New London last Wednesday, spend
ing the day at Ocean Beach,,
Mr.. Ferguson on Hanks Hill fell
down fight of steps the other day,
and broke one of his ribs. He is con-
fined to the house, but is able to- sit
up.
Rev. Richard Jacobs of the Gurley-
Vile M. E. church exchanged pulpits
last Sunday with the Rev. J. HI. New
land of the M. e. church at Whitman
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VIM. Maine at Hanks Hill, while
cutting wood in the woods last Mon
day, had the misfortune to cut his
ankle very badly. DR.. Marsh dressed
the wound.
The Ladies' Aid society of Gurley
Vile met with Mrs. Phoebe Hanks at
Hanks Hill and held an ice cream sup
per there last Wednesday evening.
Quite good many were present.
Rev. H. E. Starr of the Second
| Congregational church at Storrs is
spending his vacation out of town,
therefore there was no preaching
there during the month of August.
Patrick Rowan died Monday from
dysentery at his home in Mansfield.
He leaves eight children. The funer-
al was held at St. Joseph's church
in Willimantic Wednesday morning,
with burial in st. Joseph's cemetery.
Mr.. Urban of New York city has
recently purchased the old Waldo farm
in the north end of the town, and
moved on to it last week. Mr. Burn
ham, who has lived on it the past
year, has pulled up stakes and gone
to Boston.
Gilbert Williams of Mansfield and
Mrs. josephine Schneck of Hartford
were married in Mansfield Tuesday
night at the home of Philo w. Thomp-
son. Rev. Leonard Smith performed
the ceremony at O'Clock. Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams are to reside in Mans
field.
Selectman Grant A. Jacobs of Mans
field !, who was operated on Sunday
by DIR. Peck of Norwich, DIR. R. 9.
White of Willimantic and DR.. w. L.
Higgins of South Coventry for the
removal of an abscess from the base
of the brain, is in very critical con-
dition, and little hope is entertained
of his recovery. It was the intention
of the physicians to perform another
operation Tuesday, but Mr.. Jacobs
was too weak.
| Later-Mr. Jacobs died yesterday
morning at 1926. He was q. we'll
known resident of the town and owned
q large dairy farm. He was men,
Der of the A. o. U. w. He was a
man of fine character and ability. He
leaves wife. son, daughter and step
daughter, also his father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lafayette Jacobs, of
Willimantic, six brothers and three
sisters. The funeral will be held at
his late home Sunday afternoon at 2
.o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Pike will officiate.
Burial will be at Spring Hill.
A number of aen arrived here Mon
day from Providence to go to work
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