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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-06
THE new YORK
FASHION LETTER

NEW YORK, Feb 6.-Dressmaking has
become an art, the intricacies of which
are increasing from year to year. The pre-
vailing style of dress fashions probably
presents more difficulties than any former
style ever did and makes unusual demands
upon the skill and ingenuity of the artistic
dressmaker. Soft materials, like crepes,
delicate silks, velvets, chiffons and bro
cades of fine texture are the favorite ma
terials of the day and it is no easy task
to build dresses from those fabrics that
will give them an opportunity to follow
the curves of the body gracefully and
without restriction, unencumbered by the
unyielding folds and seams of the lining.
To give the dress material ample liberty
in complying with the requirements of
the style the Innings must be made prac-
tically glove-ftting, and there must be no
mistake in the calculations of the filter.
Stiff and hard lining materials can no
longer be employed, and everything must
be avoided that would add bulkiness to the
sub-structure or produce notwithstanding
bulges or angles. Beyond a glove-ftting
suit of union underwear, fashionable wo-
men nowadays seldom allow themselves
to wear more than tight-fitting skirt of
kid and a corset underneath their outer
garments In most cases even the sepa-
rate corset is eliminated and the bodice
isef is made to serve the purpose OF a
corset, thus making separate lining I'M
necessary
Separate bodices have experienced an
extensive revival lately and all indica-
lions point to the probability that this
revived fashion will not go out of style
for considerable time to come. In Paris
the revived style holds complete sway and
the. large number of patterns imported
here from Paris form strong evidence.
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Special sale every day at Joils', 944 Pa.
eifs Aveuuc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-06
LYCEUM THEATER.

Sunday afternoon and evening a vaude-
wills bill will be given at the Lyceum the
alter. For Monday a change will be put
on to run the entire week.
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ASSSgQug8< gGlnNhG /
GHOSTS

Something to be talked about will be
lbsen's Ghosts" which will be presented
Sunday and Monday evenings by Miss AL
berta Gallatin at the Tacoma theater.
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EDISON THEATER.

The attractions at the Edison theater
this week have been the best of the kind
that could be secured. Every one was a
drawing card.
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TACOMA THEATER

Are You a Mason" will be given its
last presentation at the Tacoma theater
tonight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-06
EMPIRE THEATER.

The Empire has the usual well pleased
crowds this week. Next week an entire
new bill will be presented.
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Prot. Wilson's dancing classes every
Thursday evening at $50. Blks' Hall,
e1e G st.
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ONE LADY'S RECOMMENDATION
 SOLD FIFTY BOXES OF CHAM
 BERLAIN'S STOMACH AND LIVER
 TABLETS.
 I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes of Chamherlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets on the recommendation of one lady here, who first bought box o1 them about 8 year ago. She never tires of telling her neighhors and friends about the good qualities o1 these Tahlets.-P. M. Shore, Druggist Rochester, Ind. The pleasant purga tite effect of these Tablets makes then favorite with ladies everywhere For sale by R. H. Beers & Co.,, New town; Taylor, Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; W..N. Hurd, Long Hill; Ernest Aawley, Hawleyville; A.. B. Blake man, Botsford; D. S, Mead Branchville.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
WESTON.

ITEMS FROM OUR sCR1BE's NOTE BOOK
 Miss Cora Wheeler of Norwalk hal spent a few days with Miss Hattie Gould.
 Mrs Frank Burritt is entertaining her aunt from Newtown.
 Nortield Grange gave a dramatic en. tertainment as part of the Lecturer < program, on riday evening.
 Mss Vera Banks has visited rela. tives in Bethel.
 Mrs R. K. Fitch is spending two weeks in New York.
 Rev J. L. Shively is boarding with Mrs V. Godfrey for the summer.
 Mrs A. E. Southey and Willis Banks are i'll with measles.
 Miss Velma Berrell, who was the guest, last week, of Mrs Ephraim Fitch has returned to New York.
 The Nortield Aid Society held an ice cream social at the house of Mrs Vanderbilt Godfrey on Tuesday even ing. Miss Florence Hoyt of Ridge field is spending two weeks with Mrs Godfrey.
 MT and Mrs Joseph Bradley of Brook lyn are guests, this week, of Mrs Charles Adams.
 Miss Agnes Beardsley of Easton Is visiting Mrs A. E. Turney.
 The Christian Union meeting will be led by Miss Edna Meeker at the Congregational church on Sunday evening,
 S. B. Fancher and family are mov- ing:to their newly purchased home, the former Berrell place, this week.
 Miss Edna Meeker attended as bridesmaid the wedding of her cousin, Miss Starr, in South Norwalk, on Tues day evening.
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REV J. H. GEORGE BREACHES TO
 MASONS.
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE AND A LARGE
 ATTENDANCE OF THE CRAFT.

About 40 members of Hiram lodge, F. & A. M., and visiting Masons at. tended service at Trinity church, Sun- day afternoon, when Rev J. H. George gave an eloquent and inspiring dis course. Rev o. O. Wright assisted in the opening services. The members of the lodge formed in the basement and wearing regalia marched into the church as the choir were singing. The members opened ranks at the door and Worshipful Master Briscoe and the Senior and Junior Deacons Schuy- Ter and Wright marched between them, the brethren falling in with tAe tyler in the rear with drawn sword. MT George chose for his text, St Matt. 3:1. He said in opening it was a pleasure to welcome the members of the craft to Trinity church. He spoke of the characteristics of John, the Bap- tist, and St John, the Evangelist, pa- tron saints of Masonry. The charac- ter and teachings of St John, the Baptist, need to be emphasized and brought to attention in these days. Born in the old age of his father and mother, it was ordained that he should be the forerunner of the Great Mes siah. He was not man who lived with the world. He went alone to be with God. If you wish to have a high and perfect ideal you must see it in Gods law. He came preaching re- pentance. It was the high moral law which he preached. His preaching was in effect that people must stop living as they had lived and live better. If man is going to build a noble character he must have g just model. His gospel and preaching was simple. There are some people who try to point out the difference between morality and religion. But Gods moral law must underlie religion. A man can't be g religious man and break the Ten Commandments. The purpose of religion is to make men honest and pure. John, the Baptist, is the model of the Masonic order for this reason. He was the teacher of a sound morality to prepare the people for holy faith. Masonry was first 8 craft. Out .of operative Masonry grew speculative Masonry. John, the Baptist, oaaae at a time when religion needed this lesson of sound morality Masonry breaches the doetrine of an honest and straightforward life. We want the high ideal. but hack of it we need the help of the grace of God. St John, the Evangelist, comes tosupple- ment the character of that other grand prophet.
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HUNTINGTON.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
 E. N. Potter lost valuable horse, Saturday night. Acute kidney trouble was the cause of death.
 Charles Beard of Isinslass has 8 horse suffering with meningitis, which it is feared, will never be any better.
 c. E. Quick of the Soldiers home, Noroton, has been spending a flow days with his family here. , Mrs N. M. Olmstead of Hartford has been making a two weeks visit at the home of Fl. F. Glover. Her son, Fred, came, last week, for short vis- it.
 Mrs o. N. Blackman is entertaining her mother, Mrs Hancy Shelton of Shelton. Mrs Shelton,will be a9 years old in October and is as bright as many several years younger: Mrs Meth Williams has her house ! full of summer boarderS. Paul Rehnberg and family have gone to the White Mountains. MT Rehnberg has rented his house to Nev York parties.
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pr. David kennedy'8
 New Medicine

at Isaac Stuart's, to be added to tho fund of the Ladies' Aid society, for the benefit of the church. c. Fl. Evans has hired his cottage to a New Haven party.
 The addition on MT Herricks cot tage is being built by J. Chase & Son.
 Miss Carrie Stearns returns to tho Aspetuck school, next fall, where she has taught for more than . year.
 The Dorcas society meets, on Thursday afternoon at Miss Apple by's.
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SHERMAN.
PERSONAL CHAT.

PERSONAL CHAT.
 With the mercury among the nine ties, last Sunday, few from the north attended church.
 Mrs Kate s. Stuart is boarder at Isaac Stuart's.
 Ambrose Lake is under Dr Dolan's care, having a very serious stomach trouble, so much so that MT Edeen has taken his tobacco land of his hands.
 0. Fl. Hawes has been to New York and purchased several horses.
 Hiram Duell's sister, Mrs Roberts, of Kent, has been visiting him.
 David Stuart is a welcome caller once 8 week with fine fresh fish.
 About @ were received from the sale of ice cream and cake, last week,
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BETHEl..
AT PUTNAM PARK.

AT PUTNAM PARK.
 Ex-Gov George A. Lounsbury and Ex-Gov Phineas c. Lounsbury of Ridgefeld were visitors at Putnam Park, Saturday, June 19. MT and Mrs Thomas Delaney served dinner for them at the pavilion.
 J. Vessel Phelps of Hartford arriv- ed at Putnam Park, Monday, to com plete his survey of the Park cor the new map that is to be published soon. While here, MT Phelps was the guest of MT and Mrs Thomas Delaney.
 About 50 members of the D. A. R. picnicked at Putnam Park, Friday, June II.
 Last week Wednesday, Senator Cor nelius Tracy of Waterbury in company with Senator w. P. Bailey and Select man c. A. Hicock were visitors at Putnam Park.
 J. Ward Stenison of New York City, designer of soldiers monument o1 Putnam Park, was visitor at the Park, Saturday, June Il.
 James E. Miller of Danbury hal loaned to the State of Connecticut { pair of andirons to be placed among the curiosities which are on exhibition in the room over the pavilion in Put nam Park. The andirons were mad n the Putnam camp by their caml
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GEORGETOWN.
INTERESTING LECTURE.

Miss Annie Beeoher Scoville, a grand. daughter of Rev Henry Ward Beecher and teacher from the Hampton Insti. tote, Va, gave very successful lecture in the hall, last Tuesday, June g, un- der the auspices of the Village Im- provement Society. Miss Scoville took for her subject, "The School of the Tent" an interpretation and illustra- tion of Indian life. The lecturer, has made the Indian life and character . study. She has been enabled to do this having taught them many years in the Hampton institute and sharing their primitive life on tho plains dur ing the summer months. The lecture was illustrated by eurios collected by the speaker.
 James Connery, the manager of the local baseball club, has been spending his vacation in0New York, where he witnessed number of Brooklyn-New York games. .@
 Mrs E. s. Bennett has recently en- tertained her sister, Miss Ethel Slater, of South Norwalk, and Mrs Andrew Nutting of Brooklyn.
 An ice cream sociable was held last week Friday by the ladies of the Gil- bert Memorial church.
 Miss Ina Nordlund of New. York is the guest of her father, John Nord- lund.
 Mrs St0rges Bennett of Brooklyn is here for the summer.
 MT and Mrs c. H. Taylor were in Litchfield, last week, to be present al the field day of the Litohfeld Knights Templarss
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Food Became Poi
 son.
MR TOBIN'S BLOOD CIRCULATED
 DEATH THROUGH HIS BODY.
sCROFULOUs CONDITIONS BEYOND POW FER OF PHYSICIAN TO CHECK CURED BY DIR WILLIAMS PINK PILLS.

MT William Tobin, of No. 20 Smith. court, Newburyport, Mass, a well known engineer, is very enthusiastic over the remarkable change which ha. occurred in his physical condition. "A few years ago." he says, "scrofuls showed itself in the swelling of the glands of my neck and the disease grad ually extended until my whole body was affected and was covered with sores practically from head to foot little watery puffs kept appearing, growing larger, and finally breaking and discharging yellow fluid. After while they would dry up in some pla. ces only to break out anew in other parts of my body.
 "The physicians who attended me said had scrofula in it's worst form. Their treatment instead of arresting the spread of the disease only caused it to break out more extensively. After I had suffered in this way for four months, my misfortunes were increased by severe attack of typhoid malaria. For some time I gave up all hope of re. covery, but after five weeks the fever was checked and the doctors said the danger point was passed.
 "I was still, however, affected as badly as ever with scrofula and it looked as if I never could get rid of that disease. A friend chanced to call on me one day and told me about the excellence of Dr Williams Pink Pills as blood remedy. I became interes- ted and bought a box and began to take three doses day of two pills each un- til the first box was used up. Then l bought a second box and increased the dose to three pills. At the end of the second box, I noticed that the old sores were healing some and that there were not so many fresh sores breaking out. I kept on using the pills until l had taken ten boxes, and then l was entirely cured. I have had no return of the disease since, and have not lost days work through sickness Isince was. cured by this wonderful medicine. J
 In cases ofscrofula the bloodbecomes vitiated to such an extent that it is nc longer able to build up athe body. It carries to every part irritation and de. cay instead of renewal of life. D1 Williams Pink Pills relieve in two ways. They stimulate the digestion, which increases proper: pourishment; and they introduce into the blood el- ements that purify and strengthen it. They are sold by all druggists. .
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suits he can be sure of the price being satisfactory. Their exhibit is worth seeing. The repair department is completely equipped in a manner that will insure satisfaction to all who pat ronize it. "Rubber tires put on your wheels while you wait."
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BERKSHIRE.
PERSONAL CHAT.

PERSONAL CHAT. Miss M ary N. Hawley has been spending week in Boston.
 MT and Mrs A. H. Curtiss and chil- dren spent Sunday at J. w. Part ridges.
 Jerry Troy spent Sunday at the Sound Reach hotel in Woodmont. Miss Annie Shea was in Bridgeport, Sunday, the guest of Mrs John P. Keane
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SOCIAL TOPICS.
SCHOOL CH1LDREN.-BY O.O. WRIGHT

SCHOOL CH1LDREN.-BY O.O. WRIGHT. Have your children been to school the last year? Did they have a good school to whichto go? Was the teach Ter a person to be trusted and honored? If not why not?
 Gan the voters of any diStrict afford, in the long run to defraQd the children of their legal and moral right to be we'll taught both by precept and ex- ample2 Will a man go Qn, year after spring of the privileges the State So generously and carefully provides, for some mere personal or political advan- tage? And if one has no children of his own, has he no regard for the rights and preferences of his neighbours household? Shall not 8 Self-respecting man have some consideration for the mutual good of all in the community? Is it not fair, and honorable, to sacri- flee even, to meet the common wants of all sorts and Qond ditiops who. happen to dwell together in the same district?
 It is very strange that people will not give their children the benefit of the best means of education which are | the state. There is a grave fault somewhere that any of our boys and girls have not been regularly in school A few scattering days of attendance during a term are great disadvantage to the teacher and to the whole school; and can be of no real use to the chill dren who are thus allowed to abuse their school privileges
 And what wi III the school children do during the long Yacation2 To many parents this is a difficult and most i'm, portant question. Children in school are much more easily provided for than children out of school. Five or six hours of study, drill, play, and the as- tion of trustworthy teacher, disposes of large per cent of the home cares: What now will take the place of all this in the family management?
 Some of the older ones will, no doubt, work and earn money, and gain Yalua- Which S h E Ea very very i%poftaRt part of an education.
 But those who can only play and have a good time need the greatest care, and the most particular atten- safely left to run wild" The greater the freedom the more careful should be the direction given. It is dreadful for children to have nowhere to go, and nothing to do. If they have good plans of their own, so much the better help then just 14 enoqga so that that thes s, by all means keep them occupied. A vacant mind is Satan'S workshop
 There ought to be vacation-schools 1T : every town, devoted to athletic games
 excursions, nature studies, and th'
 reading of good books, The time can , not be far of when there will be {
 revolution in our educational method : and our children will have what the.
 need.
 There is to be a barn dance a e Charles Marshall's, July l.
 o Mrs Minnie 5. Post of Bennett
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and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased.
 Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncol..mon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin-
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When bilious take Chamberlain $ Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by R. H. Beers::& Co.,, Newtown; Fay Tor, Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; w. N, Hurd, Loas Hill; Ernest Hawley Hawleyville; A. B. Blakeman. Bots ord; D. s. Mead, Branchville.
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Marsden Light on Beaver street is having his house freshly painted. B. F. Bassett of Bedding has the con- tract. MT Bassett also has the con- tract for painting the large barn of Joseph Seeber, and the house of Charles W. Williams of Wolf Pits dis trict.
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oiacksmith under the supervision of General Israel Putnam, and were pre- sented by him to Col Aaron Barber in exchange for beef to be used by the soldiers in camp.
 Keeper Delaney of Putnam Park has been busy for the last few weeks, laying a walk from Memorial gate and the pavilion north, circling around through the woods, meeting the north driveway. It will make a very rustic and picturesque walk.
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ANNUAL SCHOOL. MEETINGS.
HUNTIN6TOWN.

Tho annual district meeting in Hun- tingtown was held. Saturday evening. The old officers were reelected. viz.: F. E. Gilbert, clerk, and E. M. Peck, committee. c. D. Stillson was elected teacher for another year.
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MT and Mrs Fl. B. Coger are to have a Fourth of July celebration and flag raising at their home in Botsford, Mon- day. Guests are expected from Bridge port, Danhury. Bethel and other places. A good time is anticipated.
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Robert c. Mallette of Waterbury, formerly of Newtown, and Norman c. Beers of Danbury, have passed the ex- aminations for admission to the Fair field County bar. The congratulations of THE BEE force are extended to MT Mallette.
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nATTERTOWN.
SCHOOL. TOPICS,

The Hattertown school closed Frl- day, June IT. The teacher, Miss Daisy Tyrrell, who has been in charge for the past two years, has done faithful, conscientious work, the attendance has been very good, and the time has passed very pleasantly and protitably to all. The closing exercises were fol- lowed by picnic held under the big trees upon the school grounds and par ticipated in by the parents and friends of the pupils. There was a large att tendance and plenty of good things to eat and drink. Frederick sherman and Will J. Nichols of Stepney Depot were present and entertained the com pany with selections from MT Sher- mans big araphophone. :, ,a.,
 Frank Perkins, nine years old, car ries off the prize for attendance at school during the past year. He was present every school day except one.
 The annual district meeting was held Tuesday evening, June 21. E. B. Booth was reelected clerk, and Jesse c. Lewis was elected committee for the ensuing year. It was the wish of the voters present that the same teacher be secured for another year. J. H. Summers was appointed to cir culate paper to secure funds for the purpose of building new closet. The meeting was adjourned for two weeks | AndrewJ. Summers of New York fl the guest of his brother, J. H. Sum mers.
 Fred Pratt of Bridgeport has beel passing few days in this place.
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PALESTINE.

The Palestine district school elected James Egan committee at the meet ing held Saturday evening.
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Burton Sherman has closed his house at Botsford and is now making his home with Eli B. Beers in Palestine.
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The regular weekly auction sale, last
 Wednesday, was hummer. Next
 week promises to be just as good at the Blue Ribbon Horse $ Carriage ex- change on Cannon street, Bridgeport, as many interesting entries have als ready been pledged for absolute sale to the highest bidder. Prices were good this week for most of the offerings; some bargains, however, were picked up by out-of-town buyers. This con- pany is showing good variety of busi' ness wagons and carriages at their new repository, the important feature being that the entire stock is new and smart. No dead stock on their floors ] hence if customer finds the job that
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Edgar 0. Northrop of Hattertown has purchased a one-horse Walter A. Wood moving machine of the Farm. ers' Supply Go. of Bridgeport.
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Mechanics' and Farmers
 Savings Bank
 Now Bank Building, Wall St., Bridgeport Deposits, Jan. l, 1904, S,U53' d ood. 40 40 Surplus and Interest, lSz'p8O.So Assets, S5, 100, 141'o9 Deposits of S1 to S1Oo0 received and interest credfted from the first of each month, payable ln January and July of each year. Incorpor- Ated 1878.
 OFFICERS.
 yobn r.. Wessels. President. Mar.hall E; Morris, Vice Presidents. Fredk. D. Hall, L. s. Cstlin, Secretary and Treasurer
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II urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting. depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose.
 Women as we'll as men are made mis-. erable with kidney and bladder trouble. and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect O.. Swamp=Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty EE
 cent and one collar sEs|#E.1kHj1 E:::tts sizes. You may have s:::;sEs;! sample bottle by mail ass1slsas!ssssss33z9s@s1 lMs39@ free. also pamphlet tell Home of swaup Root ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. r., be sure and mention this paper.
 Don't make any mistake, but re- member the name, SWamS-Root, Dr Kflmer's Swamp-Root, and the address. Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
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Mrs G. w. Lamphear of Bridgeport has spent few days here, the guest of Mrs F. E. RotsfOrd.
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SaV-
 ings Bank,
c.B. MATTooN, Prssilsnt.

C,B, MATTOON, Prssidsnt. Dsposits, Oct. i, 1903, $s59,s4s.s9 Surplus and Undivided
 Profits, 9'9s5.H fntarast commences t{ielfrst of each month, and is payable January and July 10.
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