New Britain herald., 1914-08-22

6. Grandson Critically III. In response to a telegram which they received yesterday afternoon, Baggagemaster Richard Culver and wife hurried to Grove Beach last night to the bedside of their little grandson, Earl Crocker, who had been taken critically i'll with ptomaine pois- oning and was not expected to live through the night. Before MT. and Mrs. Culver arrived, the little fellow, who is but four years old, had gone into convulsions. He rallied shortly before midnight and his condition was slightly improved early this morning when the baggagemaster left to attend to his duties at the local passenger station. Mrs. Culver remained at the bedside of her grandson.
 Neither the doctors nor the boys parents can account for his sudden illness, but they are inclined to think that he went off into one of the neigh boring fields Thursday and ate some poisonous wild berries.
 Big Shoot in Kensington.
 William Whitman is quite busy these days making arrangements for field day exercises which are to be held at his farm next Saturday by the members of the George Corbin Com mandery of New Britain and the P. o. $. of A. of Meriden. There will be various athletic and shooting events at that time, among which will be real, old fashioned baseball game.
 Three loving cups will be offered for the best individual shooting records. The Silver City and Hardware City organizations will then compete for large and handsome cup, which is to find permanent resting place in the trophy room of the team which makes the best record on the field day of three successive years. Last year, the New Britain marksmen carried away the honors.
 MT. Whitman will apply for per init for the privilege of holding the shoot within the limits of the town
 Cleaning Up Landscape.
 Berlin received "a visit today from Edward s. Cornell of New York, secre- tary of the National Highway Pro- tective society, who is removing signs and advertisements which have for many years disfigured the landscape alongside the roads of Connecticut.
 Many of the large bill boards, ad- vertising hotels and different makes of automobile equipment were taken from along the turnpike road, but the three workmen who accompany Mr. Cornell anticipate much work in re- moving all of them, for it seems that this particular section of the state has been favored with an unusual number of the disfigurements.
 Although it is contrary to the Con- necticut statutes, signs have been posted on trees along the highway.
 Disappointed Lover Leaves Town.
 Miss Marion Anderson of Main street, who was disappointed We'd nesday night when waiting for Will liam Ragsdale of New Britain, with whom she, with her mothers help, lad arranged to elope, left town last evening" She was seen to board one of the northbound trains, but no one krew what city she was bound for
 Her father, Charles Anderson, the local storekeeper. told d reporter to- day, that he has absolutely no know ledge of his daughters whereabouts. He did not think that she had gone to meet the young man whom she would, LII doubtedly, have eloped with, if the New Britain police had not gotten on his trail with warrant for theft He is of the opinion that she has gone to stay with relatives in Hxt5ASd n