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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
PANTAGES

Homer Lind, OF "Parsifal bari
tone fame, will appear with a com
pany of voealists and instrument
talists in new and tuneful oper-
eta, "The Opera Singer" written
for him by Gustave Weinberg, as
headliner at Pantages next week
The Watermelon Trust Is COM
posed of four very swift colored
people who lay claim to the
monopoly of 25 minutes fast and
furious fun.
Other acts are: Lou Vernon,
with his wife and a wooden
headed family, Eddie Adair and
Edythe Heney with a clever turn
which they call Classical Tom
foolery;" a company of Mexican
acrobats, and motion pic
lures.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Puyallup Aids Mrs. Cortz
F und Nearly 500 NolU

ed out in force, and this morning
Mr.. Ware sent In a check for
$500 for the family.
He asked that credit be given
to the orchestra and official prin-
ter, who gave their services free,
and to the patrons of the theater.
One man who asked that his
name be withheld. and who sends
check for two dollars, wrote to
the editor of the Times the follow
ing splendid letter:
Editor Times: Enclosed find
check for Mrs. Cortz. l know the
trials of a fatherless home, being
one of four raised by the efforts
of a courageous mother, whom
am trying to keep in comfort in
her old age. | trust Mrs. Cortz'
children will be able to do the
same some day. God takes care
of the fatherless and widows.
A Reader.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Low PRICED LAND
5 Acres Cost $500


Our Fruitland Garden Tracts is
the last low priced. land to, be had
30 near Tacoma Never again viii Il
be so low as IL is now. but IL will
rise enormously in value within the
next few years.
We are selling matchless 5-acre
tracts for only s400. $40 cash and
$40 month. They Will certainly
double in value before they are paid
for at this rate.
Land is shot clay. the most pro-
ductfve soil in Western Washington
Level; well watered: easily cleared;
hardpan sub-soil holds the moisture
90 that no irrigation is necessary
free fuel; cheap lumber; r. +. D..
school; good roads; several tracts
being built on and improved.
IT of these tracts sold this sum
mer. but a few of the very choicest
ones are still open. But don't wait
come in at once and arrange to see
them.
j. d. Duryea. with E. r. Gregory Co
BOT Natl. Realty Bldg, 1117 Pac. av
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
[UMbERMEN
COMBINE

RAYMOND, Wash, Aug. 90
Following the organization of the
West Coast Lumber association,
representing 200 mills OF Oregon
and Washington. delegates to the
convention departed for their
homes on a special train at mid
night.
The new association, which was
created by the consolidation oil
the Observation-Disclosures association
the Pacific Coast Manufacturers
association and the Southwest
Washington Lumber Manufacture
ers' association, will be incorpor
ated Immediately and the presi'
dent aud other officers chosen b,
the trustees elected here yester
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Capture dips

Circus day kept the Tacoma POI
lice department busy. Five al
legged pickpockets were arrested
by detectives at different times
during the day. They will be ar
raigned Monday. The Jail was
loaded with DRINKS and night
dodgers, especially number of In
dams who came in from the res
ervation district to see the circus,
and a number of petty thefts were
reported from all parts of the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
WORTH 100000
DIES IN WANT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. = DR..
Charles F. Meyers lived in poverty
and died of lack Of proper food,
yet his relatives in New England
stand today to inherit $500, 900.
Attorneys place the aged physi-
clans holdings, which include
twenty : pieces OF realty in New
York. at the half million mark.
He lived in a tiny room, doing
his own cooking and refusing as
sistance from friends.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Tired OF Being a Lord
He Wants Plain Job

from old England. much disgrunt-
led with that storied land.
"Candidly." he said, "the titled
gentleman business in England is
about played out. If can find a
good opening I will stay in Amer
lea, abjure my title and become a
citizen. l am sick of being called
your ludship,' and all that bally
sort of thing when it means moth
ing. Anyway, the house of lords is
'pretty nearly done for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
BEULAH'S MOTHER
%
:. ON THE STAND

aiming her Prosecutor Wenden-
burg asked the jury to inspect
Beattie's automobile, which had
been drawn up on the lawn out
side the Courthouse
The whole court attended the
examination, Beattie standing
with one foot on a wheel and the
jury surrounding the car.
The examination lasted about
20 minutes. Nothing was neglect
ed. Beattie meanwhile smilingly
commented with the Jurors on the
cars condition.
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MARSHFIELD, Or, Aug. 26.-
Except for small hole in the bow
the steam schooner Saginaw is not
damaged, although her cargo of
cement and merchandise probab-
ly will prove practically a total
loss. She struck an uncharted
rock off Cape Blanco while en-
route to Portland from San Fran
cisco.
The vessel is resting on the
mud flats partly submerged where
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

fBy United Press Leased Wire.
-dCHESTERFIELD G o u r T.
HOUSE, Va, Aug. 26.-Whether
Henry Clay Beattie, jr., will take
the stand in his own defense on
the charge of having murdered his
wife is a question which today was
undecided. Attorney Smith de-
eIafes his testimony is needed; Be-
Attic declares it is not-and there
the- matter stands.
sMrs. Bhlford, Beulah's mother,
was then called, but before ex-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

To Hazel Bessie Laugenour. 10,
coed at the University of Califor-
mia, goes the honor of being the
first woman to swim the course
across the Golden Gate.
She made the distance in one
hour and 2S minutes, not a speedy
trip, but one which shows her won-
derful powers of endurance.
Half the journey had been ira
versed in 20 minutes. The occu-
pants of the boats following her
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
s67 A DAY PIN MONEY
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug. 26.
-Sixty-seven dollars a day "pin
money" is Mrs. Rose Keeling Hut
chins' idea of the least amount a
millionaire's wife can scrape along
with.
In petitioning the equity court
here to compel her invalid hus-
band to increase her $1,000 q
month allowance. Mrs. Hutchins
submitted a. list of her ordinary
monthly expenditures. The list
aggregated just $2,013.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Has Youth
Confessed?

(By United Press Leased Wire
EVANSVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 30
A full confession of the murder of
his father, mother and little
brother, is reported this afternoon
to have been made by William
Lee, following a day of solitary
confinement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
WHOLE FORCE LAID
OFF FOR ONE DAY

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 26.-The
entire Southern Pacific shop
force in this city was laid off to-
day, but only for the day, and
each ensuing Saturday until the
company is through retrenching-
in other words, a fiye-day week
system was inaugurated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

Puyallup came to the aid of
Mrs. Cortz yesterday and today
the fund to help the unfortunate
widow, whose only daughter. EN-
lily, was run down and killed by
George Ketchum's auto week
ago, stands at almost 800.
Manager Ware of the Stewart
theater announced that the re-
ceipts of his moving picture house
yesterday would be given to Mrs.
Cortz. So Puyallup people turn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

looked to her to make the Marin
shore in three-quarters of an hour.
Shortly after passing the halfway
station. however, she encountered
a heavy swell which tossed her
about at Will, but she gamely rest
ed while the rough swell subsidized.
Whitecaps appeared on the sur
face after she had been in the
water 40 minutes, but the little
swimmer kept on striking out un-
til she reached stilier waters and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

approached within 400 yards OF
the opposite rocky shore after an
hour of billow tossing had be-
come history.
The rest of the Journey though
short. called upon
all the reserve energies that the
plucky girl possessed, and she was
fully ten minutes without appar-
emily moving an inch, so strong
rushed the current through the
main channel OF the Gate. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-"Brit-
ish noblemen, bona fide marquis,
seeks moderately paying job any
where in the United States. Best
references. Married. Title-hunt-
ing heiresses save stamps. Ad-
dress, Marquis of Queensberry,
New York"
This ad might fifty express the
situation Of the famous father OF
the fight games heir, who is her
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Fined $lOO for
Nude Bathing

Because Adrian Wilburs neg
lected to put on bathing suit
when he went for dip in the bay
at Home Colony, he was fined
500 and costs by Justice Gra-
ham yesterday for nude bathing.
He said he wore a pair of abbre-
waited trunks. The judge decided
from the testimony that they must
have been very much abbreviated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Telegraph Co.
Sues Railroad

(By United Press Leased WIre.)
PORTLAND, Aug. 26.-Suit 20
prevent the Southern Pacific rail-
way from saving off the cross
arms of the poles of the Postal
Telegraph Co., which overhangs
the railroad right-of-way, has
been instituted in the United
States court here by the telegraph
company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
will Have Class In Resting

ment of physical training that
hundreds of young women of the
over-nervous type do not know
how to conserve their energy and
by nervous gestures, grimaces, etc
cause serious drain on their
nervous system. The resting
classes" will be taught many
manners of conservation of the
nerves.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Rosa Christal Files Suit
For DiUorce from Actor

(By United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Mrs.
Rosa Christal, actress, former
model and intimate friend of Eve
Ign Thaw, today filed suit for di-
vorce against Leo J. ChristaI, an
actor.
Mrs. Christal. who as Rosa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

Ideal place for chickens and gar
den, IL acres. IN miles to car line,
21A acres cleared bottom, good up
land, easily cleared, plenty of tim
ber on county road, $1,000. half cash.
Main 9049-Y.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Vessel Strikes Reef
In Night; II Killed

in the middle of the night by strik-
ing Viva Neuva reef off Nicaragua.
Officials of the Union Fruit Co.
are reported to be among the pas
sengers who took to open boats.
All but one lifeboat reached the
shore, and in this one survivors
say that IL lives were lost.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

only sign of fatigue exhibited by
the swimmer during the journey
was here noticeable, as she made
several faint appeals to her coach,
Pomeroy, to lend a hand with the
oar. But a word or two of encour-
agement had the desired effect and
she was eventually waited away
by the outrushing tide away from
the current. That ended the battle
with the waves and the swim was
lsoOn over.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

(By United Press Leased Wire.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 26.
Eleven persons persisted as a
result of the wreck of the steam
er Alice, which left here a week
ago, bound for Bluefields, Nicara-
qua, according to reports received
today. The vessel was wrecked
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
---------=-=--
BEATS WIFE IN SLEEP


(By United Press leased Wire.
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 26.-
Allen w. Smith is busy today ex-
planning among his friends how 1t
happened that Mrs. Smith appears
with a black eye and bruised lip.
A physician had to be called to
attend Mrs. Smith after she had
been struck TWICE by her husband
while he was dreaming. Smith ex.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
{By United Press Leased wire.)

MADISON, Wis, Aug. ga
course in resting is today part OF
the curriculum of the University
of Wisconsin, according to the
university bulletin which says that
the study will be open to girls OF
nervous and "fidgety" tempera-
ments.
1t is the attitude OF the depart
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

CHICO, CaI.--Mrs. Ben
Janis today possesses her
long lost gold necklace. Her
husband found 1t woven I'm an
old birdsnest while picking
peaches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

SAN JOSE, CaI.-Here's once
when the delay of Courts was
profitable. The late Alice East
land died in 1899, leaving $780,
900. Today her heirs get $780,
600.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

Marston, was one of the witnesses
of the Thaw murder trial, met
Christal In 1907 while playing in
San Francisco and was married
on February IL of the same year
at Los Angeles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
# you SEE 1T YOU'LL. LICE 1T

VIII sell my equity In Groom cot
tage and improved lots, on corner
for $500 cash, balance terms. Large
bearing fruit trees. small fruit and
flowers. Room for 800 chickens
One block from Sixth ave. car. Price
$4,000. Or will sell lots. 1902 So
7th. Main 9049-Y.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

SAN FRANCISCO-Denny Di-
neen, driver of a coal cart, is free
today OF charge of cruelty to
animals because he convinced Po-
lice Judge Shortall that Larry's
lameness was only trick to get O
rest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

A BARGAIN-I will trade equity
of $500 in a $3.50 5-acres, with s.
room house. barn and S chicken
houses, all cleared. Call Main $3.50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

WASHINGTON--For the first
time since constructed in 1876,
the corridors and domes of the
state, war and navy buildings are
today receiving coat of paint.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

SAN MATEO, Cal.-CIarence II.
Walker, son of the late capitalist,
David F. Walker, was making
good Roadway mastering a Curtiss
biplane, but dropped the bird-ltke
game to become a chicken raiser
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

SAN FRANCISCO-White men
have been making so much money
insuring the lives of Chinese that
three Celestials are here today to
start a company all their own.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
ABOUT $50 FAMILIES
Now Living in Vicinity of
QUEEN ANNE PARK

A short time ago they were all
paying rent. There will be many
more homes built in a short time.
Now is your opportunity to get a
home before the rainy season starts.
We have several homes ready to
move into on payments from $25 to
$50 cash, balance $40 a month. Have
also several good, level building lots
left. Take Pacific Traction car and
get off at Queen Anne Park. A
salesman will be there to meet you
all day Sunday.
E. F. GREGORY CO., Inc.
Second Floor National Realty Bldg.
1117 Pacific ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
Picked From the Days News

widow of the late John Alexander
Dowie, founder of Zion City. will
found new colony of the Dowie
faith at her summer place near
Whitehall, Mich.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

GENEVA, N. Y.-The Brooks
discovered by DR.. L, w.
of Hobart college, is now
visible through small telescopes
and will soon become visible to
the naked eye.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
(By United Press Leased Wire.1

San FhANCiStO-Ihe slgnt
of his sister, from whom he had
not heard for six years, in the
company of a hotel clerk, caused
Soren Sorenson, a sailor, such a
shock that he jumped from a seq
|ond-story window, breaking his
right arm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

SAN FRANCISCO--James VIII
son is minus his chin whiskers
and the lodging house in whic'
he was chief bedmaker suffered a
$4,000 fire loss because he tried
to light a cigarette beside gaso-
line can.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
BARGAIN

In trade for acres in Sumner and
6-room house, well improved. Will
take pair lots. some cash and bal
ance time. Here's a pretty home
DO you want one?
o. N. JOHNS
~ 317 California Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

HITS ROCK

she was towed when It was seep
that she was sinking. !.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

saoPORTLAND--A letter mailed
here addressed to miss Maud
Shaw, 1915" was delivered to her
in San Francisco without delay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
UNIVERSITY .
STANFORD

Eighteen college girls are back
from working during the summer
as Mattresses in the Yosemite val
ley. Only three became engaged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
BANK CLEARINGs.

Clearings ...... .s545,569. A
Balances ........... 27,472.20
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

Is renting crime2 See ad, pg. 8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

planned that he dreamed a horse
was trying to bite him and he
tried TO protect himself. Two
blows landed on Mrs, Smith before
she could awaken her husband
Then she tainted.
Is renting a crimef See ad. pg. 9.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
TELEGRAPH
TABLOIDS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND-That 500 Chi
nese children may be educated
after the Chinese standard. a
school will be started in Portland
soon by a wealthy coterie of ce-
Iestials.
SALEM, ore.-Secretary of
State Olcott is busy cutting
tips" from the expense accounts
of state officials. ..The state of
Oregon will not pay any more
tips" said Olcott.
KANSAS CITY-Balked by
the crush In their efforts to
reach the lower floor of de-
partment store here where a
cut price sale was being
held, a number of women
straddled the bannisters and
slid down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26

ZION CITY, nl.-Mrs. Dowie,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-26
FRANCISCO AIleged

SAN FRANCISCO - Alleged
ernelties extending over period
of{32 years are charged by Helen
"A. Kilgore, who today has a d.
pefce decree from Arthur M. Kill
gore, an Oakland realty dealer.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-16
WINDHAM
Guests in Local Homes-Various Items

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Wilcox have been
entertaining their son and wife. Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Wilcox of New York.
Miss Frances Campbell is teaching
school in Springfield Mass.
Emil Garrison, a New York artist,
and family are at their cottage on
South street.
Miss HOLSTER of Berlin has been
spending a few days with her cousins,
the Misses Little.
w. S. Kelsey and family closed their
summer home here and returned to
Allston Mass. on, Wednesd a v.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson of Providence
have been guests of their uncle, Hen
ry Bingham.
Mrs. Spear of Rochester, n. Y, and
her piece, Miss Isabel Lane of Brook
lyn. n. Y, who have been spending the
summer at the Inn. left town on Sat
urday.
Miss Osgood of Norwich visited her
uncle. Charles Webb, at the Inn on
Tuesday.
Two dead trees have been removed
from the Green farm near the Congre-
gational church this week, and some
cutting done, which greatly improves
the appearance of the street.
e. K. Lef1ngwell has had his moth
er as his guest for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Webb leave on
Saturday for California, where they
will spend several weeks before going
to Florida for the winter.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-16
DAYVlLLE
Mrs. William Campbell improving
Matters Chiefly Personal.

Mrs. William Campbell, who is at
st. Nincents hospital, is improving
slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kelley are
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs John Kelly
and son.
Miss Hilda Williams is spending
part of her vacation with her father,
George Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fayette n. Geer are
guests of Mrs. Sarah Geer.
Miss Bernice Cogswell entertained
the Ladies' Aid society Wednesday,
Mrs. c. c. Harris with her two
children have returned after a month
spent in Westerly.
Miss Myrtice Blanchard has re-
turned after a visit in Providence.
Mrs. George Thomas of Danielson
entertained on Sunday Frank Field
and family of Dayville.
Visiting in Providence.
Mrs. Oswald Street and Miss Maude
Street are visiting in Providence
Miss Maude Street attended the
Woodstock fair Tuesday.
Mrs. Nicholas Bowen. who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. +. j. Bur-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-09-16
CHAPLIN.
Jared w. Lincoln Celebrates 18th
Birthday-Surprise Party for Miss
neutrality-suspicious. Caucus.

Jared w. Lincoln passed his SSth
birthday Friday, Sept. 8. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar S. Lincoln of Waterbury, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank F. Webb of Windham
and Mrs. Helen A. Witter were visitors
at Mr.. Lincoln's to celebrate the event.
Surprise Party.
Friday evening. Sept 8, about TWEEN
ty of the young people gave Miss Flor
ence 7. Hunt a surprise in honor of
her 9th birthday. The company
brought variety of refreshments and
presented Miss Hunt box of beauti-
full asters The visitors passed a most
enjoyable evening.
Republican Nonina atoms.
The republican caucus at the town
building Monday evening was largely
attended and resulted in the nominal
tfon of the following town officers:
Assessor Clarence E. Chester; select
men. Charles r. Puss, Frank NJ.
White town clerk and treasurer, An
drew NJ. Litchfeld; board of relief.
w. B. Gallup, c. J. Church: registrar,
Frank G. Lummis; collector of town
taxes. Frank c. Lummis; constable,
Charles =. Russ: grand jurors, George
w. Ide, Hiram w. Twiss, William J..
Lee: school committee, William J..
Lee agent town deposit fund, Andrew
NJ. Litchfield; auditor, Frank G. Lum-
mis-: library directors, w. B. Gallup,
Mrs. Mary r. Gallup.
A large number of the townspeople
attended the Willimantic fair Wednes-
day.