The Press., 1906-09-12
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Charles Ell. Ryder drove Miss Lucy
Eldredge over to Rockville Wednesday
last, where she remained to visit hel
niece, Miss Dora Eldredge. ...
Where will be the forests of 1850
Let our states, and state means some
thing firm and permanent, invest thei1
funds in that direction and some oi
you will see.
The Wilmington Woolen company
have recently placed in their factory
a new johnson & Bassett spinning
mule, metallic warp compressor, G
new folding and winding machine anG
new cards.
A large and enthusiastic meeting
of the revival series was held in the
Baptist church Thursday evening last
Miss Ida Hall and Pastor Wolfe an6
wife sang effective solos. Miss Dun
ming assisted the singing with hel
violin.
Mrs. Dasie Dimock Brown went,
with her children, to Norfolk or
Thursday morning. She is to assume
charge of a boarding house there,
ready furnished, ETC., we hear. He1
own furniture remains behind as yet,
while she took "Topsy," her favorite
dog, with her.
Our trade with our nieghbor, Cuba
has been growing all the time since
the Spanish war. Let us hope that
peace will soon be restored to that
island so that the Intervention of Un.
Gle Sam will not be necessary. Let
us hope also that the "Platt amend
ment" will stand.
A justice law case, I4awton VS.. the
Conn. Woolen Co., which attracted
considerable local attention at the
time and which was manipulated at
Stafford Springs, was withdrawn, the
company paying the bill alleged to
be due the plaintiff and each party
paying it's own costs.
There are about two million Jews
in this country, half of whom have
come here within the 25 years last
past. 1t is estimated that the wilder
ness of Sinai could not have contained
and supported over five thousand He
brews, so the old exodus was an in.
significant affair compared with the
new.
Charles Rider Bartlett of Norwich,
who has been for number of years
in the employ of the census bureau in
Washington, D. O., grandson of
Mrs. Harriet A. Lippett of Norwich,
native of this town, and relative
of Mrs. G. A. Robbins, has been pro-
noted recently to the federal inspec-
torship Of cotton factories in this
state.
The annual meeting of the Ashford
Baptist association meets this year at
South Woodstock, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Sept. 26, 27 and 28.
1t is expected that Mrs, James Nc
Winnie of Cambridge, Mass, a
daughter of the late we'll known I" Ell
der" Shaler, will be the speaker at
the meeting ON Tuesday of the Wom-
ans Home Mission society. At least
that is the arrangement made with
Mrs. Preston, the associational direc-
tor, who is also expected to be present.
Wayland F. Preston, Jr., formerly
of West Stafford and we'll known here
from frequent former visits at his un-
Gle, Charles T. Preston's, is now a
clerk in the Newton, Mass, post Of
fee, handling some 5000 mail pieces
daily. He is graduate of the Stat
ford high school and of it's business
department., and stood No. 1 in the
civil service examination for his new
post He enjoys good salary, while,
as yet, he has hard work to do, be-
ginning, as he does, at the foot of the
ladder.
Moses L. Dimock's g funeral was held
on Thursday at the house of D. O.
Dimock, South Wellington, much to
the disappointment of many who sup
posed it would be held from the Bap-
tist church. Rev. O. W. Wolfe offic-
lated, being assisted at the interment
by Rev. A. Gardner. Undertaken
Baker of Stafford Springs. in the per-
son of M. O'Halloran, was conductor.
The bearers were W. H. Bracket, J.
O. Sparks, G. A. Oosgrove and W. o.
Eldredge. The casket was opened at
the interment, and the face looked
quite life-like. A quantity of nice
flowers were in evidence. Mrs. Jen-
ME Waldo Knox, Willie Waldo, wife
and little daughter came from Hart
ford to attend the funeral.
Mrs. Mary M. Wright Oortis, 80,
sister of the late Philo Wright, and
widow of the late D. A. Cortis of
this town, who used to live on the old
Captain Amasa Holt place near the
Hill, and latterly owned and occupied
by -- Spaulding, N. s. Marcy and
now occpuied by q. A. Cosgrove,
died at the home of her daughter,
Widow Sarah Sumner, in Whitman
tic the 7th inst. She died of old age,
having been an invalid for long
time. She had been tenderly cared
for by her daughter, Mrs. Sumner, a
professional nurse, and had been a
highly esteemed member of the COM
munity here until her departure for
Willimantic some 15 years ago. She
leaves two daughters and two sons,
Mrs. Sarah O. Sumner, Mrs. Welsey
Morse, both of Willimantic, Dwight
Cortis of Boston and Frank Oortis of
Meriden. Her interment took place
in the cemetery here, Rev A. Gard
ner, pastor of the Congregational