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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-03
PAINTING.

Spring Is here-the time 10 paint
your house Try Monarch Paint, lC0
Asylum ct. Norwich p. O.. r. F. d.
No. Z. Phone connection.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-03
Business Directory
OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERLY, R. /.
TAFTVILLE FIRMS
DRUGGIST

=. r. Grenier, Taftville. Ct Prescrip-
lions filled with the greatest care ana
with only the best and purost drugs
A fun line % Toilet articles
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-03

Miestein & Zachmowitz. Props. Pol
Ish Freach and German Breads. Deliv-
cry all over city. Drop a card and
have US call. 20 North Thames Street.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-03
PUTNAM FIRMS


D T. X. McEvoy. 81 Main Street.
ladies'. Cents and Children's Hair
Dresser and practical wig maker.
Hair worker In all It's branches Wigs
Tor anln and 20 cont
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-03

REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Geo. e Bachelor Room Shannon
Bldg Real Estate and Investment
Broker. Notary Public. Auditing and
Expert Accountant Telephone SIS.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-03
FISH--FIsH.

Fresh shore haddock, market cod,
steak cod; also fine line q all other
kinds of fish at the Norwich Fish Mar
ket; telephone-571.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
ACCOUNTING ITCHING.
Eczema for a Year-Got No Relief
Even at Skin HospitaI--ln Despair
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

II was troubled with q severe Itch
ing and dry, scrufy skin on my ankles.
feet arms and scalp. Scratching made
1t worse. Thousands Of small red PIN.
1lss formed and th&se caused intense
itching. | was advised TO 70 to the
hospital for diseases o. the skin. did
so. the chief surgeon saying: "Inevep
saw such bad case Of eczema" But
got little or no relief. Then tried many
so.calIed remedies, but | became SO
bad that ! almost gave up In despair.
After suffering agonies for twelve
months, | was relieved of tho almost
unbcarable itching after two or three
applications of Cuticura Ointment.
continued its use, combined With Cuti-
cura Soap and Pills. and I was COM
pletely cured. Henry searle, Little
Rock. Ark, Oct. s and 10, 1907"
Potter Drug s Chem. Corp, Solo PropG. Boston.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
Railroad Officials Mum.
MISSED POLE THREE MILES
Matt Henson, Negro, Says Lieutenan,
Peary Missed Il Three
Minutes.

St Louis. Mo.-Cook partisaus
who have been charging that Peary
didn't reach the North Pole are right.
according to Matthew A. Henson. the
negro who accompanied the command.
err on his trip to the Kingdom Of Zero.
who is here to lecture.
Henson says he and peary ana the
-four Eskimos missed the pole by
three minutes, which is just three
miles.
we made our observations at 50
degrees, 81 minutes" said Henson.
THAT is three minutes south of the
exact axis.
we made excursions all around
the spot. however, SO the three min,
utcs are Of no real consequence. 1t
would have taken us a long time 20
locate the polc exactly, and Cu efforts
might ncYer have been successful
with the equipment we had
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

cause their great manufactures are
located ci'hcr ON tidewater, or by
natural and artificial waterways are
enabled to reach the high seas at
minimum rates These old nations Of
Europe have grown great because OF
their being nayigators and carriers on
the high seas.
with the early completion Of the
Panama Canal, the people OF the Uni,
ted States will have increased their
handicap In the chase for worldwide
trade unless we Immediately improve
and navigate our inland waterways
and restore our one time powerful mer
chant marine This is clear because
the great ditch, connecting the Atlantic
and the Pacific, designed TO be OF bene.
1T to the people OF the United States
Will, under present conditions, more
certainly tighten the grasp of the sea
farIng nations of Europe upon world
wide traffic, and enable these nations
TO still further oLtstrip us In the race
for international business with our
very neighbors.
"The United States. in building this
canal. and upon falling to stimulate in
some way the restoration OF the Amer
lean flag upon tie high seas and the
revival of traffic upon The mighty
riyeis OF the interior. will @ave made
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

as great mistake as It would have
been to subsidize the great trans.
continental railroad lines of the early
days and then have failed to open
public lands for settlement.
Great nations should and do on.
courage their people to sell goods in
distant lands and Tar off countries and
secure in return an inflow OF foreign
gold, The prosperous and progressive
nation must, like the energetic farmer,
raise and sell more than it buys.
IF we wish 20 keep pace with the
other top notch nations OF the world
and keep our labor employed We must
expand our exports In great variety.
70 accomplish this I, is absolutely cs.
scntial that vast comprehensive sys.
TEN Of improvements OF the inland
waterways of the continent shall be
laid out and maintained
The great source of wealth in the
United States, the great producing sec.
lion, as well in minerals, fuel, timber
and staples Of manufacture, is inland
and not on the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf
Coast. To-day many commodities OF
The Middle West never reach foreign
markets because of the long mileage
and heavy toll cxactcd by rail trans.
por'ation to tide.water. The whole
Mississippi watershed. while now prac.
tIcally producing for expor; only food
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

structed of steel with watcr-,ight com
partments for storing large cargoes;
Of low draft and big tonnage capacity,
and equipped with freight handling
apparatus.
Improved mechanical means for
loading, unloading and transferring
freight from the barges to warehouse
or cars win be used, and the develop
ment of storage. transfer and delivery
facilities encouraged at the principal
shipping points along the river.
Enough freight has already been
pledged by the shippers Of Kansas City
alone to assure paying traffic from
the star. of the first barge. And with
the navigation of the Missouri de-.
veloped to Its fullest extent. an i'm.
mense volume of freight will be moved
up and down the river, TO and from
the seas. at profitable rates to the
company and saving to producers
and consumers of millions Of dollars
annually.
"And at the mead OF the main trunk
OF the Missouri River stands Kansas
City-entrance to the Great Southwest
"a jobbing center of the first import.
ance. a big manufacturing city. and
the controlling gateway for ah i'm
mense east and west traffic.
Think this ovarl"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
BOOST FOR RIVER NAVIGATION
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF KAN.
sAs CITY BUSINESS MEN.
Marvellous Advance TO Come From
Rivers Use Told by President of
Navigation Company.

MissourIs navigation project has re
celyed additional impetus from the re
cent Navigation meeting OF the Kan
sas City Commercial club.
Still views and moving picture
along the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers were shown a. the meeting, and
aroused much iu,pres, among the srY
cral hundred business men preseu,
These pictures were taken ON the re-
cent waterway trip OF the Kansas Ct,g
delegation to New Orleans with tn,
Presidential feet, and show the sccnto
effects OF the mighty streams and then
tremendous freight carrying passib.l
tiles
The meeting was addressed, and III,
pictures graphically described. h5
Walter ;. DichpE. president Of tn,
Kansas city Missouri River Nayigutiu
Company the million dollar compar
being organized by Kansas City mer
chants and manufacturers The Com
murrial Club offered 10 cooperate viii
Tho navigation company In raising o.,
capital required to revive river traffic
ana this assistance was gratefully ac
ccp'ed. Nj. DickeN in his address Il
the club, said in part
Time was when the waters of ,h,
Mississippi valley. tccming with actiy
ity, furnished the sole avenue of in
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

mines, farms aud factories OF the state
Of Missouri would have access were
transportation charges reduced to a
water basis? II so, !ou can realize
that all the great worlds markets,
now closed to the products Of our
state, will be open TO us when the
Missouri becomes the great highway Of
the West
"NOW-Lct us take Just one quick
look ahead
Kansas City has taken the initiative
in reyiying river traffic on the Missouri
in a practical manner and without
waiting tor the government to improve
the channel
I'VE are raising 100000 or more
for the building OF modern boats and
barges and the developing of terminal
facilities for handling freight in large
quantities at small cost over $780,
geo Is already subscribed
The Boats and Bargos TO be used
will be modelled upon the modern craft
operated successfully In shallow water.
ways, instead of the old inefficient type
Of packet boat. They will be con-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

-ress and egross, for 10th freight and
passengers. 10 this vas, territory at
ours which has 50 often been refcrr d
to MS the bread basket country AMI
which like lo think OF as the very
abdominal cavity of the North Amer.
lean Continent
"Elihu Root. senator from New York,
once made the statement that 90 per
cen. of all human effort is occupied, dt.
recuy or indirectly. In the transporla.
ton of articles from the place Of pro
ductiou to the place Of consumption.
Direct and indirect charges for
transportation Of commodities are, by
far. the greatest contribution every
man makes to the cost of existence
and any movement looking towards
tightening that burden Is of paramount
importance to every American. and in
fact. to all mankind.
Commercially we are utterly unable
to compete in the markets Of the world
with the producers. manufacturers and
shippers of such countries rs Great
Britain and Germany. as well - many
other European countries, solely be-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
WOMEN IN A FIRE PANIC
Alarm in Cleveland Sunday Thoatcr
Starts Mad Rush for the
Crowded Exits.

Cleveland. Ohio,-Thrce wom-
en- were seriously injured and dozens
of other women and children bruised
in the crush of a panic which resulted
from a cry of fire" In the Majestic
theater.
The panic was not controlled until
squads of 6rcmen and police were
rushed to the scene. The alarm was
caused by the noise OF woman fall
ing down the steep balcony stairs.
The seriously injured are Mrs. VII.
liam Richter, Miss Mary Corrigan and
Miss Mary McCafferty All will re
cover.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
COUGHING BURST
BLOOD VESSEL
Says Danger Avoided and cures
Coughs in Hours.

A writer for the medical press
states that coughing is responsible
for the bursting of blood vessels
quite frequently 4 cough or cold
means Inflammation (feycrl and con-
gestion, aud these in turn indicate
that the body Is full Of poisons and
waste matter Simple relief. as found
in patent cough medicines. and whis-
key. often result In more harm than
good; as they cause more congestion.
a tonic-laXative cough syrup will
work marvcls aud here follows pre-
scription which is becoming famous
for its prompt relief and thorough
cures. 1t ribs the system of the
cause except it be consumption.
Don't wait for consumption to grasp
its victim. but begin this treatment.
which cures some In five hours. Mix
in bottle one.half ounce fluid wild
cherry bark one ounce compound es-
seuCe cardiol and three ounces syrup
white pine compound. Take twenty
drops every half hour for four hours.
Then onc.half to one teaspoonful
three or four times n day, Give chill
dren less according to age.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
$500 Reward. 500.

. The readers Of this paper will be pleased 10 learn,
That there " at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all iis stages and that II.
CataTrh. Hans Caiarrh Cure IL the only positive
cure now known TO the medical fraternity. Catarrb
being constitutional disease requires a consttu-
tona treatment. Halls CAtarrh Cure Is taken To-.
ternaly acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strcngth by building up the Constitution and assist-
ing nature IN doing Its work The prOprtetor1 have
70 much faith IN its curative powers that they offer
one Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails 70
cure Send for list OF testimonials
Adfrcss +. ]. CHENEY & Co. Toledo o.
Fold By all DnRrista 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
NEW YORK LiMiT'EN COLLlOES
VITA LAKE SHORE PASSEN,
GER AT NORTr EAST, Pr.
SIXTY ARE REPORTED Injured
Nest Of the Victims of Accident Were
In Cars From ST. Louls-Reliet
Tratnc with Doctors Are
Rushed TO Scene.

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
Now and Then.

He is a capitalist now in an Ohio
town, but he was not always thus,
He has progressed along various lines,
and one mark Of his progress is the
open-back shirt. comparatively mod
ern invention To this he Is yet new,
and recently commented upon 1t to o
friend who was in his room while he
was dressing
Look at me-" he said. sticking his
head through his shirt. when | came
to this town | hadn't shirt to my
back, and now-now. haven't back
to my shirt"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

tired all the time and very nervous. l
began using Doan's Kidney Pills. and
after taking few boxes was cured
and have been well ever since"
Remember the name--Doans, Sold
by all dealers. SO cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
Safe Place for the Author.

In & small town where the audi
encc calls for the author of the piece
to come before the curtain, he always
feels better If the curtain has a lot
Of local advertisements on It," said
the manager
Why so?" asked his friend
why, the people In the audience
ale not going to throw eggs and take
chance on spelling their own adver
tisements. are they?''-Yonkers States
man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
Omen Verdict in Enabcra Case,

Pittsburg, Kansas,-An open yer.
diet was returned by the coroner's
jury which inquired into the death of
Goldie Engbers, who died here Deccm
Der 3 as a result of carboiic acid poi.
soning
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
Cost OF Livina up 81 Per Cent.

Trenton, New Jersey.-Chief Win
ton c. Garrison of the state bureau of
statistics reports that the cost Of liv-
ing in New Jersey has gone up 37.13
per cent in ten years. not counting
luxuries. but bare necessities.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

Of the b | a d d @ r
reached it's climax
last spring and ! suf-
fcred terribly. My
back ached an d
panied so | could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty. fire.
quent OF passage
and painful. | was
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
None Better.

What would you recommend as
good mental exercise. professor"
Fixing your mind on your OVID
business, my boy"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
NE VS. Of THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF TH- W0RLC
TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH EAST. SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through
out TIE Nation, ard Particularly
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
SUFFERED TERRIBLY.
How Relief from Distressing Kidney
Trouble Was Found.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf, 1888 W. Morgan
St., Upton. Mo-, says: Inflammation
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

The first step toward keeping your
mouth shut is to close 1t.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-03-27

establish a trans Peninsula
trolley system on the Shore and
the money to build this. they
say, can be easily raised, Balti-
more taking the greater bulk of
stock and asking some small
help from the Shore.
With all these offers and
proofs of interesting assistance
from Baltimore, the promoters
of the Eastern Shore Publicity
Campaign feel well pleased
with the results SO speedily ac-
complished. But there is still
much TO be done and Balti-
more's interest must not be per-
mitted to wane. The time for
action is ripe and it must not be
allowed a premature death
without lasting benefits. Con
treville Observer.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-03-27
FRANKLIN CITY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Mifin and grandson,
Halliday, are guests at the Bailey
House.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stewart. of North
Carolina. are visiting relatives here.
Messrs. Reed and Jester came in
Wednesday with fine lot of large wild
geese, 81 in number, which they prompt
ly sold out at ten cents per pound.
Miss Margie Disharoon, of Stockton,
spent Wednesday with Miss Lizzie Ellis.
Mrs. ]. T. Sharpley visited her sister,
Mrs. Francis Houston, of Stockton, last
Sunday.
Mrs. |. B. Hancock, accompanied by
her daughter, Catherine. and Miss Ruth
Jones, spent few days of last week
with her brother, Mr.. Lloyd Trader,
near Pocomoke, returning home on SUM-
day.
Mrs. Bundick and little daughter,
Clotilde. are visiting friends at Parks
ley, Va.
Miss Cecilia Chapman, trained nurse
from the Sarah Leigh Hospital. Nor
folk, is home again. She is in attend
ance at present on Miss Ina Chapman,
who is very i'll with typhoid fever.
Mrs. C. F. Trader will hold her spring
opening on April 9Th. Her trimmer.
Miss Adeline Turney. of Philadelphia.
has arrived.
Mr.. Burton Connoway was badly hurt
last Sunday night, while returning home
from Girdletree, by a fall from his
bicycle. Medical assistance was hastily
summoned, but no bones were founc
broken though MIR. Connoway is dis.
abled for while.
Mr.. Arthur Reed has been i'll during
the past week with grip.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-03-27
NEWARK.

Miss Dora West, of Ironshire, spent
Sunday with her sister. Mrs. Horace
Tull.
Mrs. Bunting met with an accident
Sunday last, which came near being
serious. While putting her horse to
the carriage the train passed frightening
the animal so that he became unmanag-
able. The horse stepped on Mrs. Bunt-
ings arm making an ugly wound, while
the carriage ran over her head.
Mr.. James Trader, of Wesley, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ad-
kins.
Mrs. John Smack, of Ironshire. and
daughter, Mrs. Ethel Taylor, visited
Mrs. Arthur Smack Tuesday.
Mr.. w. S. Bowen. Of Poeomoke City,
visited Mr.. Elijah T. Bowen Sunday
and Monday. Mr. Bowea's wife and
daughter accompanied him home Mon
day.
Mr.. r. F. Powell, of Stockton, was
in town Wednesday.
Mr.. William Dennis was called to the
bedside of his son at Suffolk. Va. this
week, who was shot while trying to
arrest disorderly character at that
place.
Miss Mabel Crammer and the Misses
Jones. of Franklin City. visited Miss
Margie Smack Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Belle Bailey. of Wilmington,
Del, came Wednesday night to visit
her sister, Mrs. Elijah 7. Bowen.
Miss Lambert. of New York, a men,
Der of the w. c. T. u. will have charge
of the service Sunday morning in Bowen
NJ. Z. Church.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-03-27
EASTERN SHORE TRADE.

Aroused by the excellent re-
suits of the Eastern Shore Pub
licity Campaign, Baltimore's
commercial, industrial and
financial interests are at last
taking cognizance of the i'm
mense advantages offered by
the Eastern Shores nine coun-
ties and are taking active steps
to show their appreciation of
the necessity for immediate
and strenuous action.
Merchants and manufacture
ers of the Monumental City are
eager to wrest from Philadel-
phia the fast growing trade of
this thriving section. They now
realize in much livelier man.
ner the necessity for strug-
Cling TO retain in Baltimore the
trade that has drifted away
from it in past years and is
now playing an important part
in nourishing the Quaker City.
Assistance of great magnitude
and vital import has been prom
ised the Eastern Shore Publicity
Campaign and capitalists have
assured its representatives that
financial support will be speed
lily forthcoming. 1t is particu-
larly the desire of Baltimore to
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-03-27
MELVILLE.

Mr.. James K. West made business
trip to Salisbury last week.
Mr.. Henry Gordy. of Seaford, DEL.
visited relatives here this week
Misses Della tones and Rertia Shock
ley spent Sunday very pleasantly at the
home of Mr.. George Richardson.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pope, of Naz-
areth. visited Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jones
Sunday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Shockley gave
party to their many young friends
Saturday evening. All reported good
time.
Miss Annie Pusey. of Nassawango,
visited Miss Edna Jones, at Newark,
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Virgie West visited her grand.
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James X. West.
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Shockley and Mr..
and Mrs. Randolph Gordy visited Mr..
and Mrs. Luther Timmons last Sunday.
Miss Bernice Butler spent Saturday
and Sunday with her sister. Mrs.
Sylvester Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Carmean visited
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. West this week
Messrs. Clayton Jones and Sylvester
Shockley paid Snow Hill visit thi.
week.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-03-27
Newest Wash Fabrics

Thousands of yards of all the
fabrics fashion will favor most.
Mercerized Pongee. Dress Linens,
New Printed Batistes. Imported
Ginghams. Embroidered Robes,
Japonika Silks, Crepes, Lawns and
Madras, Linen Sheeting for Skirts,
Handkerchief Linen for Waists.
Persian Lawns, Galateas for Suit
ings, and a great variety of other
fabrics.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-03-27

Rev. and Mrs. Jas. Colona. of Bridge
vile, spent part of this week with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Colona.
Among those who attended Confer
ence last week we're: Misses Sue Tay-
lor. Hattie Colona, Florence Marshall
and Mr.. +. G. Hastings.
Mrs. VIM. Holloway. of Berlin. and
Mrs. Clayton j. Purnell, of Snow Hill,
have been visiting Mrs. Thomas Whar.
ton this week.
We sympathize with Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. S. Sharpley in the loss of their
house which was destroyed by fire about
four O'Clock Thursday morning. The
family barely escaped and nothing was
saved. Cause of fire is unknown; il
started in the back building.
Misses Lucille and Mary Taylor. Messrs.
Otis Jones and John Paradee are con-
fined to their homes on account of sick
ness.
Mrs. VIM. Taylor, of Newport News,
has been a guest of Mrs. Mary Taylor
this week.
There will be no preaching Sunday in
the NJ. +. Church on account of the abb
sence of the pastor. Rev. Mr.. Townsend.