Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-13
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Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 1s, 1914.
VARIOUS MATTERS

f44N1AC0 lv4fA AA4N1 Skaters are enjoying the smooth ice at Bushnell pond, Thamesville.
 Don't forget the Fifth companys so- cial at the armory this evening.-adv.
 The almanaes promise snow and even colder weather toward the last of the week.
 The officers of Division No. 2. A. O.. H., will be installed tonight in Eagles hall.-adv.
 Rev P. J Klock of Vermont. for merly of North Stonington, has been calling on friends in this section.
 When the near -snowstorm began Monday morning shoppers could no longer postpone buying winter wear ables.
 Workers who must rise early notice already the difference resulting from the seventeen minutes added to the days length.
 While the air was full of snow yes terday, several times it had the ap- pearanee of the beginning of a gen uine blizzard.
 Some of the churches observed Sun day as All-Children-in-C Church Sun day, in movement to increase at tendance at Sunday school.
 Students write home that the Junior Week committee of the class of 1915 of Brown university, has decided that Junior week will be held May 15 and 16.
 Directors of the Connecticut state prison have promulgated an order closing the institution to all visitors until danger of smallpox epidemic is past.
 At the January meeting of the New Britain board of charities it was re- ported that the town has eight patients in the Norwich state hospital for the insane.
 New Haven papers mention that MT. and Mrs. Everard Thompson are plan ming to sail Thursday, Jan 15, on the ArcadIan for two weeks trip to Bermuda.
 The officers of St. Mary's Temper ance society, New London, elected Sun day will be installed by County Direct or William H. McGuinness of Norwich next Sunday evening.
 At the meeting of the directors of the State Business Mems association at Hartford today, tickets will be dis tributed for the annual midwinter ban quet to be held March 10 in Hartford.
 Sunday afternoon Cliff Dwellers of The Kings Daughters gave a pleasant musical hour at Backus hospital, with both vocal solos and piano selections which were greatly enjoyed by the pa tients.
 The public utilities commission viii hold a hearing on January 20 at the state capitol on the petition of James D. Bates ct al. for the elimination of a grade crossing on Eighth street, Norwich.
 The conferring of the sixth degree this (Tuesday) evening will attract large number to Hartford to attend the meeting of the Connecticut state grange, which continues through Thursday
 Because the 1913 buffalo nickels are appearing with clearer lettering than at first, when the letters were indis- tinct and blurred, some people have viewed them with suspicion, fearing counterfeits.
 Abbie A. Ball. S5, widow of Nathan iel Ball. known to many visitors to Block Island, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Allen, in Providence. Her husband died several years ago.
 The head of the education commit tee of the Waterbury Womans club. which is considering Sensational Jour nalism, today, is Mrs. Tinker wife of the superintendent of schools. Berlin W. Tinker. formerly of Norwich.
 Attorney General John H. Light has received a request from the state board of education asking if school teachers throughout the state come within the scope of the compensation law. The attorney general will give a decision later.
 The Connecticut Master Painters association in convention assembled at Hartford, formally expressed it's dis approval of the so-called workmans compensation act, passed by the last legislature and signed by Governor Baldwin
 The regular quarterly meeting of the Norwich City union of Kings Daugh- ters will be held this evening at f.45 o'clock in the Central Baptist church. Rev. MT. Bixler of New London will be the speaker. A full attendance is de- Sired.-adv.
 District Superintendent George C. ScriVenef of Norwich is finishing up New Years assignments holding the fourth quarterly conference in the Methodist churches. Monday he was in Boston. Today he will be at the Oneco church.
 Mrs Emily Tobin of South Scituate R. T.. has asked the police to assist her in locating her daughter, Mrs Florence E. Henry, who disappeared from East Kiilingly, Conn. early Christmas morning. Mrs. Henry is 24 years of age.
 The insurance com panies in the state were somewhat surprised when the In ternational Silver Co. in all it's fac tories, including one in Norwich, an- nounced that it would assume all it's own risks in the matter of the work mems compensation act
 It is estimated that 75,ooO of the 1915 dog tags will be used in the 168 towns of the state The tags will be