Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-29
DECORATORS BEGIN WORK
OF BEDEckING THE CITY
Buildings Through Main Street Fast
Being Covered Up-City's Work Is
Being Rushed.

| The decorators set out in earnest on
Monday to get through their work and
did not stop until shortly before mid
night, by which time 1t was evident
that they were thoroughly acquainted
with their job and the results are de-
cidedly pleasing.
Additional work was done on the Wa.u-
regan house, where an electric sign has
yet to be erected, while at the Del-Hoff
hotel the entire front was decked with
festoons of flags and bunting artisti-
cally arranged from top to bottom.
Along Broadway the places of H. D.
Rallion, Henry Schultz, A. L. Potter
| and the Broadway restaurant have all
been decorated with the national col
ors.
The tenants in the Boswell building
have had that building covered with
flags and bunting, with picture of
the Goddess of Liberty on the front.
The tenants in the building occupied
by ". D. SEWN and Ames butter store
have also had their building artistical-
ly decorated.
J. c. Perkins has had his building
covered with patriotic colors surround
ing state flag, while the Stead build
ing is covered with prettily arranged
mass of bunting and flags and pic
ture of the revolutionary drum corps.
The Chapman block in Franklin
square from top to bottom has stream
ers and festoons Of bicolors with a
large picture of Abraham Lincoln. The
Fay building has likewise been decor
ated, there being a battle scene on the
front The Capitol lunch room, stores
in the Steiner building, Metrop olitan
hotel, Montreal house and Binder
mans place have all been given their
anniversary dress
The Alice building attracts much at
tention with its pretty scheme Of
streamers and flags, in the midst of
which is the new electric sign of the
gas and electric department. The
homes of DR.. P. H. Hartman, Thomas
A. Robinson George Allen, E. B. Miner
and A. c. Hatch have all been hand
some1y trimmed with the national COL
ors, while the Holloway building is also
very attractive.
The city barn has been given its
gala day dress theAplan being effec-
lively carried out.
There are a number of electric eff
fects up. The front Of the Boston
store has many lines of electric lights
with stars placed at points of vantage
while there is an electric flag. insuring
a beautiful sight at night. The Thames
bank building has the electric name
Press over the first floor the quarters
for the out of town newspaper men
being there, while there are strings of
lights and stars arranged on the build
ing. Preston Bros. have erected a YER
teal sign at the corner of their store
and Eaton Chase Co. also have the
front of their building arranged for a
blaze of light
The work of erecting the city's dec
orations was started on Monday. These
consist Of a string of flags across the
street at intervals from Thames square
through Main street to the East Side
bridge, they having been erected on
Monday as far as Franklin square. AL
ternating with these strings of flags
will be strings Of electric lights, both
of which will go up Broadway to I'm
ion square and down Shetucket street
to the bridge.
George w. Hamilton has a window of
his shoe store on Main street decorated
for the celebration. The prominent
feature is a painting representing the
harbor Of Norwich in 1859, showing
three wooded hills in the background.
a schooner and an Indian canoe in the
harbor.
The Mohican store has received a
dress Of tricolors which makes pretty
picture, while the Brooklyn Outfitters
have trimmed their building in an at
tractiye manner.