Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-13
That Any Other Paper Its Circulation Largest
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Mrs. EIvira Gannett, of scituate. Mass, celebrated her 102nd blrth- day yesterday.
 A Silver Service will be the wed ding gift from United States Senators to Miss Jessie Wilson.
 The New Battleship Texas, which lately had her acceptance trials, IS now 96 per cent. completed.
 Thomas PurtelI, 60 years old, died in New York city, from lockjaw caused by a rusty nail that had pierced his finger.
 The Department of Agriculture has ruled that the wine named for Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, is arti- f1cially colored.
 Connie Mack, manager of the Phila delphia American Baseball team is now a director of the Tioga Trust Co of Philadelphia.
 Claudia S. L. Hoag, SS years old originator of the Niagara Grape and a well known horticulturist, died at Lockport, N. l., yesterday.
 About 150 Weavers employed at the $. Blumenthal Silk mills at Shelton, Conn.,, struck yesterday for a read justment of the wage scale.
 Thomas w. Burr, for many years one of the prominent residents of Ban gor. Me, died yesterday at the age of a little less than S1 years.
 Dr. Melvin chief of the bureau of animal industry at Washington, is try 5,,,- 4r I ff e-1,f fvN hTy parcel post without breakage.
 
 Douglas Lafety, His Wife, daughter and three grandchildren were burned today in a fire which consumed their home at Browning, H., yesterday.
 Christmas Carols will be sung by school children and church choirs of Providence around d municipal Christ mas tree this year. The tree will be in charge of the city.
 Walter Watanabe, Japanese, is the only man elected this year to membership in the chapter of Phi Beta, Kappa, the national honor scholarship society.
 The Western Union Telegraph com pany yesterday formally abandoned it's fight in the supreme court against taxes imposed upon it by the various counties in Oklahoma.
 A Despatch from HazeIton, 3. C., says five masked men robbed the Union bank of New Hazelton. shot the cashier and escaped with $l0,000 after a rifle battle with citizens.
 Prince Alexis Karaseorgevitoh, cousin of King Peter, of SeTyia, ar rived in New York yesterda& for a fri fbro11ob TTy7itad GfotpS which will take him to the Pacific coast.
 The Trial Of Hans Schmidt, former priest, for the murder Of Anna Au- muller, part of whose dismembered body were found in the Hudson river was set yesterday for November 19.
 Nearly 500 Chicago Working Girls, ranging from 14 to 16 years when asked if they preferred school to the factory, declared themselves in favor of remaining in the latter place.
 Dr. Frederick A. Cook announced on. his arrival in Washington that he would ask congress to determine as between the claims of Peary and him self as to who discovered the North Pole.
 John Purroy Mitchell, mayor elect of New York, sailed for the West Indies and the Panama canal for three weeks rest after the rigors of the campaign" Mrs. Mitchell accompanied him.
 United Daughters of the confederacy in convention at New Orleans were requested yesterday to discourage any movement aimed at obtaining United States pensions for Conferedate vet erans of the civil war.
 Despite the Opposition of many of the stockholders, Col George Pope of Hartford, was appointed permanent receiver yesterday. with Charles A. Morse of Boston, for the Pope Man ufacturing company of Hartford.
 A Temporary Shortage in Food in Proctor, Vt, resulted from the des- truction by fire Tuesday night of the large building housing the cooperative store conducted by the Vermont Mar ble company. The loss is about $12O, coo.
 Portor Charlton, the Young Anneri can awaiting trial at Como Italy, on the charge of murderiue his wife at Lake Como in 1910. learned yesterday that the hearing of the case was not likely to begin before the end of March, 1s14.
 pr. Henry s. Tanner, s5 years old, of Los Angeles, Cal, champion food abstainer of the world, has become attached to Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant suffrag gette, through her hunger strikes and will propose mar riage to her.
 Carrie Fonq Sing, an Eskimo wo- man, g years old. was received at the Kansas State penitentiary Tues day to serve a sentence of six years, imposed by the United States District court of Alaska. She was convicted of manslaughter at Nome for killing a soldier.
 A Package Containing 150 additional vouchers covering expenses incurred in Massachusetts by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad last spring was received yesterday by the Massachusetts Public Service com mission, which is inVestiga ting the roads expenditures,
 The Failure of Charles S. Bird, pro gress1ve candidate for governor of Massachusetts to file a statement of his election expenses within the re- quired time limit, which expired Tues day, was said yesterday to be due to l the fact that certain campaign bills ! have not been presented to the can | didate.
 As a Remedy For the High Cost of l living, Representative McKellar of | Tennessee introduced a resolution yes terday to make unlawful any inter 1