Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-06
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Norwich, Friday. March 6. 1914.
VARIOUS MATTERS

1 Devotions for Lent are to be held 1 this (fridayl evening at St. Patrick's l church.
 Men are still at work on the theater roof, repairing the damage done by l Sundays gale.
 Down the river much driftwood. some of considerable value, is being | rescued from the water.
 Noted medium, Mrs Vanderbilt, at l Spiritual Academy, Sunday.-Adv. Those who have windmills on their l farms are discovering that few of them 1 escaped injury during the storm. l The work on the new foundations l for the shower baths at Shennocosset beach, Eastern Point, was completed l Thursday.
 l Calvin Wilcox will soon have men at work at his new property at SheWVille. He owns 1,7eO acres or more in farms, woodlots, etc.
 Albert Manwaring, a permanent resi- i ident at Crescent Beach, claims that Sundays was the worst storm he had | ever seen there.
 At the first show at the Auditorium ten cases of silver will be given away l free.-Adv.
 In spite of weeks of icy roads and walks physicians say there were un- commonly few accidents from falls during the winter. Hear Mrs. Joel B. Slocum, reader; F'raulein Such, pianist, Norwich Town chapel, March 6. p. m. 25c-adv. A gift of barge load of blue-rock has beens presented the borough of Groton for road repairs by Thomas w. Avery of Eastern Point.
 Constituents hereabouts are mailing letters and postcards to Congressma Mahan at Washington, requesting packages of government seeds.
 Owners of plots in Maplewood ceme- tery are wishing for the trolley exten- sion to that point, now that they are beginning to fix upa their lots for the season.
 Cheer up! Come and hear the Boys Minstrels Friday or Saturday. Y. NJ. c. Auditorium. Admission 25c.- Adv.
 During the gale Sunday afternoon two big dining room windows of a West Side residence were blown in, one of the ladies in the room being cut on the forehead by flying glass.
 Cake and Food sale, Saturday, March 7th, at 33 Broadway, by the Norwich Equal Franchise League. Do not con- fuse this sale with any other.-Adv.
 At Mantle William P Crowley and family have moved from the Charlton house, damaged by the gale Sunday, to the National house, on York avenue. The Charlton house formerly belonged to Norwich owners.
 George Stewart, the Il year old son of Rev. and Mrs. Charles $. M. Stew art of Groton, formerly of Poquetan- uck, died Wednesday. The boy had been i'll for several years and a short time ago contracted pneumonia.
 Cake and food sale for the benefit of the Norwich Anti Suffrage league Fri day March S, at 35 Broadway. oppo- site Del-Hoff hotel, beginning 10 a. m. Adv.
 Inspector Armstrong of the United States poStOfdce department was an official visitor at the New London post office Wednesday to investigate condi- tions at Groton Long Point. where res idents wish to have a postofffce To- caIed.
 A Suffolk, L. L, paper recently pub lished the following: MT. and Mrs Jo- seph Saunders of Scotland, Conn, for merly of Suffolk, L. l., announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Madeline, to Bernard w. Edwards of Hampton, Conn.
 Rev Dr. J. B. Slocum has written thoughtful little pone, Two Choices. contrasting the alacrity with which Peter accepted the call Follow me- with the action of the rich young rul-
 -I1, J1f+ Christ's invitation unheeded
 Boxes for the Sodality Easter Mon day ball will be on sale at Smiths Drug store Friday morning, March 9th at g o'clock Those wishing to en- gage boxes should do so at once as the number is limited.-Adv.
 George Cooley of Staffordville has a nen of ten Barred Plymouth Rocks that laid sixty eggs a week for two weeks in succession in February, during the coldest part of the winter. F'iftythree eggs in a single week Is the best rec ord for ten hens at the Storrs college contest.
 A meeting of the state executive committee of the Y. NJ. c. A. is to be held at The Elton, in Waterbury, on Thursday, March IF, Judge Living ston w C1eaveland of New Haven pre- siding. The members from Norwich are w. R. Burnhan, B. A. Prentice, E. F. Bishop.
 State Policeman Rudd went to Wa terford Wednesday for a Russian who has been ordered deported as an unde- sirable person. The man has been in the United States six or seven years. He is weak mentally. He was taken to New York and shipped aboard a liner Thursday morning.
 At New Haven Thursday motion to quash the case of the government against H. o. Hopkins, Plainfeld milk dealer, charged with shipping milk from Plainfield to Providence which did not meet the requirement of the pure food law, was denied in the federal court and the case was put to o1