Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-02
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Wireless Messages Will Hereafter
be known as radiograms in the navy
department.
An Order for Twenty Steel mail cars
by the New Haven road was ANNOUNCE
ed yesterday.
Donald Makay, Head of the banking
firm Of Mackay & Co, New York, died
in Hudson tube train.
William Dean Howsls, the Novelist,
quietly celebrated his 10th birthday
at his home in New York yesterday.
The VIII of the Late Professor
George j. Bush of Yale, disposes of an
estate of about s363.0OO to his three
daughters.
AS the Result of Burning Accident
Elsie NJ. Adams. a II year old girl,
died at her mothers home at Attic
boro, Mass, yesterday.
William 5earI and His Daughter
escaped death by suffocation
in the fire which destroyed their home
at Meriden, yesterday.
Announcement is Made OF the en-
gagement of Judge Livingston W.
Cleave of New Haven and Mrs Fannie
E. Dowkortt of Battle Creek, Mich.
The American WooIen Company yes
terday notified its agents in all of its
33 mills in New England and New
York state to advance wages five per
cent.
A Quantity Of Sumatra Leaf tobac-
co, which the government claims had
been smuggled through Philadelphia,
was seized by the customs officials in
New York
Having Drifted from It's Moorings on
the American coast, a conical iron buoy
belonging to the United States light
house service has just been found OF
Cape Clear, Ireland.
Ten Years Ago Moses n. Steur could
not read or write. Yesterday at the
age Of Sc years he was admitted to the
country q little more than a decade
ago.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
approved a decision of the pure food
board which holds that no cherries
may be labeled ''Maraschino'' unless
they are Marasca cherries preserved in
Maraschina.
Robert Halsan, 72 Years of Age,
widely known a generation ago as
Pony Bob" died in want at Chicago.
For many years he was famed as
pony express rider and Indian fighter
throughout the west.
AdVices to Dun's Review this week
from leading cities in the United States
indicate that the weather has retarded
business in some sections, although in
others, not similarly affected, there is
a distinct trend toward improvement
The Massachusetts, Committee on
legal affairs by a vote of 5 to 7 has
reported the bill which gives cities and
towns the option of permitting all
kinds Of sports after 1 p. IN. on Sun
day, provided no admission is charg-
ed,
What Was at First Believed to be a
plot to destroy freight train carrying
products Of the American Woolen COM
pany Of Lawrence, Mass, has been dis
covered to be IA sticks of frozen dyna-
mite, which is harmless until thawed
out
The Senate Yesterday Voted Down
a motion by Senator Poindexter to
postpone consideration Of the Stephen
zn7 To,a e
ON the Poindexter resolution ordering
an inquiry into the textile strike at
Lawrence, Mass.
Mrs. Isabella Goodwin, a New York
police matron, to whose credit is placed
the capture of ne taxicab robbers who
recently held up two bank messengers
and procured $4,000, was advanced
yesterday to the rank of first grade
detective at salary of s2,25O.
"lf ! Had My Way, I'd Make il a
Penal Offense for any mother to put a
toothbrush in the mouth Of a child"
declared Congressman Cyrus SulloWay
of New Hampshire yesterday at q
hearing on a bill to regulate dentistry.
Sulloway lauded the good old days"
Of tobacco chewing and dipped snuff.
Mrs. Maria -mpbelI, who, it is al
legged, believed her cat had soul and
that the spirit of her sister, long dead,
lived with her in her home was in
possession OF sufficient faculties to
make a valid will dispOsing of her
s2,000,GO0 estate, according to a deois-
ion of Surrogate Fowler Of New York,
made yesterday.
The Cat in She Household Of Louis
Andrews at Newton Upper Falls, Mass.
could not control its curiosity as TO
the shuton on the gas range in the
kitchen early yesterday. The conse-
uuence was that four Of the occupants
of the house were rendered unconscious
by escaping gas and were not revived
for several hours.