Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-18
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Norwich. Tuesday. Feb. 1s, 1913.
VARIOUS MATTERS.

At an early date a larger measure of operating control of the New Haven road will be centered in Boston.
 Mentioned among tourists who reached Colon, Panama, from Connec- ticut Saturday was c. Q. Treat.
 The Mexican trouble is having the effect of holding back shipments from a number of Connecticut factories.
 The night school holds it's closing
 session tonight There will be music night.
 The 12sth quarterly meeting of the Enfield Christian Endeavor union will
 be held Friday evening in Somers, Holland county
 The borough of Groton is expecting four malls day from now on, the fourth arriving between ? and 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
 Rev. Charles M. Reed is much im- proved and will probably be home in Niantic from the hospital the latter part of this week.
 rious weather, tae average tempera- ture being 77 degrees during the day and 65 degrees at night.
 Alison M. Bill of Old Point Comfort, Va, is at the home of his father at Clark's Falls to attend the funeral of his sister, Miss Mabel E. Bill.
 H. M. Kelly. orator of Court Nor wich. No 1396, Independent Foresters. attended the installation of a class of 800 candidates at Woonsocket Sun day.
 Mrs Andrew J. wholey, Mrs. James T. Woods and Mrs. Chester Wright were in charge of the last Lerten sew ing meeting of the Catholic Woman's club.
 Eastern Connecticut has been repre- sented in Hartford at the two days convention of Swedish Young Peoples societies of Connecticut and Massa- chusetts.
 Allen w. Rathbun of Noank has re- signed as bass soloist in the choir of the First Baptist iurch. New London, to sing in the choir of the Groton Catholic church.
 Representative Higgins has present. ed in the house the petition of Little River grange, No. 36. of Hampton, favoring the passage of the agricul- tural extension bill.
 The chain on one of the big electric lights near the Boston Store broke Monday noon and the big lamp fell T., which meant a loss of $93
 At a farmers institute to be held at the North Canton church March , l.. + Healy of Woodstock, secretary of the state board of agriculture, will have charge of the meeting.
 Members of the State W c. T! U. are being urged by the White Ribbon Banner to aid the worlds missionary fund department. created to collect money for temperance work in foreign fields.
 Thirty-fve years ago Mrs. Patrick B. -Hanley came to Mystic to live. Since l then she has never left that village nor taken a ride in a trolley ear until last week, when she came to Norwich and visited relatives.
 The party of tourists that sailed Saturday on the Laconia and of which MT. and Mrs; F. J. Leavens are mem 3ers, will be in Jerusalem on Good Friday. Nineteen days will be spent n Palestine and Egypt.
 The company which cuts ice at Vt, and furnishes the Central Vermont and Rutland railroads has harvested it's crop. This company cuts more ice by far than any other concern on Lake Champ1ain
 A former rector at Grace church i Yantic, Rev. Charles F. Champlin, now 1 of Southbridge, Mass, was in Danbury Sunday, and conducted services at St i James Episcopal church, which may i mean a lats$ call to the rectorship.
 The summer home in West Ashwil- l ct of Daniel R. Vergason Of Norwich Town was broken into lately and a i lew things are reported missing. A I resident there was arrested, ined and was given orders to leave own.
 Washington Social and Chicken Pie upper, Preston City Congrega tional hurch Wednesday evenning. If tOrmy, Thursday. Supper served by+t he men. Adults 25c; children 12 and l nder SC. Ice cream and cake on sale Adv.
 Mayor Wilson of Bridgeport. on Feb 0, at the Stratfield hotel, Bridgeport, will welcome to the annual dinner of he Connecticut Civil Service Reform ssociations seven mayors. including fayor Mahan of New London and fayor Dunn of WiIlima ntic
 A former resident of Norwich, Mrs. Telen M. Raymond of Mystic, widow f Harry Raymond. is to be married oday at Mystic. the bridegroom be- dams, Newport. They will spend two lonths on a trip to Panama
 This time fifteen years ago there ras excitement here, The Bulletin hav- lg told on Feb. 18th, 1898, of the de- truction of the United States battle hip Maine in Havana harbor The lontf that followed was a period of 1tense excitement and anxiety.
 The six monster Pacific type engines -hich have been under construction or the New Haven's i've hour trains etween Boston and New York are to 2 installed imm ediately. Two of 1ese new fast locomotives, which ave 7s-inch wheels, have already ar ived.
 By invitation of Mrs. Wallace $. hase, an important meeting of the ast Department Presidents associa- on of the Women's Relief corps of auxiliary to the Grand rmy of the Republic, was held in [emoriaI chapter house, Milford, on riday. Vermont commercial man in town Londay stated that farmers, granite zen and others are hampered this ear by the lack of snow, sleighing { nd sledding being so poor that little aavy hauling can be done, while mil ons of logs are piled in the forests Id cannot be Iaoved to the mills.
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