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Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
COLCHESTER
fire Distinguished After Quick Work-
 Play We'll Presented.

A fire was discovered Saturday evening in the store In the Curtis block. corner of Norwich avenue and South Main street. about 7.30 o'clock. The building Is occupied by Dauphinee & SirrOtt, tinsmiths and plumbers (where the fire was discovered). and Thomas s. Clark, jeweler. MT. Clark was working at his bench and discov- cred smoke issuing into his room and upon investigation found that the wood work in the store below had caught fire from a stovepipe which goes through the second floor before enter ing the chimney. Help was summon ed and by the aid of fire extinguishers the fire was put out.
 Play Given
 At the chapel Friday evening the drama Down by the Sea was present. ed by the members of the C. '. P. $. to a large audience. The characters were well taken.
 Miss Catherine Sullivan and Miss Mary Driscon were guests of friends in Mlddletown Saturday.
 Borough Briefs.
 Miss Rose Smith was visiting friends in Hartford Saturday.
 Mrs. Etta Lombard left Friday for Exeter, where she was called by the death of her sister-in-laW, Mrs. Ches- ter Holmes.
 MISS MdriOh tracy or JeWett ClJy was the guest of MT. and Mrs. Lucius c. Brown on Hayward avenue Satur day. Miss Tracy was a former teacher in the First district and is now teach ing in Hartford.
 L. J. Hatton of Westf1eld. Mass. was the guest of Daniel w. I6resnahan the past week
 MT and Mrs. Daniel w. Williams of New Britain were guests of MT. Will liams' parents at The Homestead on Broadway Sunday
 Miss Nora OAConneu of Bridgeport was visiting MT and Mrs. John O'Brien on Norwich avenue the past week.
 L. H. Baldwin of Middleto~n was a local visitor Monday.
 -diss Alice BigeIow of East Hampton was the guest of her parents on South Main street over Sunday,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17


 ly ill in a Hartford hospital for sev- eral weeks, returned to his home here Monday. MT. Gaudin is much i'm proved in health.
 Judge Getty in Hospital.
 Judge Oliver E. Getty of the pro- bate court, who is critically i'll. was taken to Worcester hospital for treatment Monday being accom- panied by Dr. J. N. Perreault and Charles Norin
 Miss Florence Blake of Brooklyn is assisting as an inseructor in the com mercial department of Killingly High school during the absence of Miss Ruth Cornwell
 Frank Winkelnlan has returned from business trip to New York.
 Delegate to s. of V. Encampment- W. Deforest Wells has been elected delegate from Camp Col. Edward An ward Anderson, s. of V, to the Di vision encampment to be held at Stam- ford April 8 Rev. Charles Downs has been elected alternate.
 Souvenir TayIor's Renembrances. Souvenir W. H. Taylor of Hartford is remembering Danielson friends with St Patricl1s day postal cards and the admonition to Keep Your Memory Green"
 Albert T. Day of Springfield spent Sunday with relatives in Danielson
 
 ferring of the degree on the class of members received into Council La Concorde of the Union St. John Bap- list at Putnam Sunday afternoon.
 Spent Winter in Florida. Conductor Rienzi Brown of the Dan ielson- East Killingly line is expected to return about April 1 from Florida, where he has been spending the win ter
 MT. and Mrs Martin MeIlor of High street and their infant daughter wis tted with relatives in Norwich Sun day.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary meet with Mrs. A. F. Wood Friday afternoon
 Frank c. Lawton, of Kingston. R. L, was a visitor with friends in Daniel son over Sunday.
 Mrs. George Don1insue of Central Falls, R. |, visited relatives here over Sunday.
 Broken Rail Causes Delay A broken rail on the trolley line in upper Main street derailed a Provi- dence car and caused some delay Sun day morning.
 W. c. Poirier, who was employed in the Huribut store here. has been transferred to the store of the con cern at Southbridge, Mass.
 The new stock house for the mills At industrial place IS nearly com pleted.
 Mission at Hampton Church. Rev. NJ J. Ginet is arranging for a mission to be given at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Hampton, n mission of St. James parish
 To Observe St. Patrick's Day. In observance of the feast of St Patrick there is to be gathering of the members of St James parish in the hall of the parochiaI school this Tuesday, evening. The affair will be under the direction of the Children of Mary and the Scapular society.
 Begin Night Fishing. Spring-lil1e temperature the past two days has had the beneficent effect of clearing away much of what re- mained of the snow and ice Fisher men have commenced their nightly vigil. with spears. for the spring run of suckers in the Quinebaug river
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Reason for Pessinisnn.

Another sombre-minded speaker has announced, this time in Phila- delphia, that dry rot is setting in with the nation" and we are going the way of Egypt. Greece and Rome" It is explained that this gentleman had travelled from Chicago in the blizzard and had been forced to
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
MATRIMONIAL AD. COLUMN
Led to Wedding of Lewis Fitts of Dayville and South NorwaIk Wo- man,

Lewis Fftts of DayviIle and Miss Lizzie Brown of South Norwalk were married here by Justice Arthur C. Bill The marriage followed a TO- nance that had it's inception follow ing the discovery of Miss Brown $ name in the matrimonial column of a. weekly paper. Mir. I7itts went to South Norwalk last week decorated with a. red ribbon that the bride to-be would be certain to recognize him, as per agreement.
 Tn a statement MT. Fitts says that the exchange of postcards and letters after he saw Miss Browns name iT the paper, led to the marriage He
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
OANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

further urges that faint heart never won fair lady and 1t is up to the boys to forget about being bashful-and
 take the plunge, MT Fitts further says that he dearly loves his darling wife.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Many Attending Mission Services.
YANTIC
Local Guests at Ledyard Golden Wed Ginq-Nests of Browntails Found.

Miss Fern Richardson of Storrs model school spent Friday at the Sodom school
 Frank H. Tracy has been spending several days in Mystic with l. H. Stod- dard
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. Brink attended the golden wedding anniversary of MT.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Gymnasium Committee to Meet.
PUTNAM
Funeral Delayed Because Body Did Not Come-Conferenc on Train Schedule Today-Heavy Freight Shipments Starting Up-Death of Miss Orire Marion.

Rev. Charles L. Adams is to preach the third in his course of five sermons at St. Philips church Friday evening. Rev. MT. Adams comes here in ex- change with Rev. MT. Hartman, who breaches in WiIlimantic Tuesday even ings.
 A sign of spring: Captain John Mur- ray appeared wearing his summer uni form Monday
 George c. Bennett of Lynn was a visitor with friends in Putnam Mon day
 Rev John W. Walker, formerly pas tor of St Philips church, was a visitor with friends here Monday.
 Given Linen Shower.
 Miss Myrtle L. Rowse was recently
 John P. Kennedy of Worcester call ed on friends in Putnam Monday.
 A, o. H. Observance Today.
 Putnam division, A. O H. will ob- serve St Patrick's day with a pro- gramme of entertainment at their hall this CTuesday) evening.
 There is to be 9. meeting of the La dies Guild at St. Alhan's church on to consider whether to form a branch of the woman's auxiliary 10 the board of missions.
 An Artist With the Scissors
 Lonzo Cox, silhouette artist. gave a novel and pleasing exhibition at the Bradley theater Monday His rapid = fire reproductions of characters taken from the audience, cuts shipped with scissors from slips of paper and thrown on the screen caused general amuse- ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

A Greek prisoner sentenced to death is not executed until three years after his conviction.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
HEAVY FREIGHT MOVEMENT.
Extra Handlers Added to Local Force
 Trains of 50 Cars.

A heavy movement of freight has commenced over the New Haven lines through Putnam which is one of the eight principal transfer points on the system. Extra handlers have had to be added to the force at the freight house to take care of the extra work that has been piiing up during the past few days, marked by the running Of double-header trains east and west out of here some of these trains being made up of nearly 60 cars
 Suit Against Agricultural Society.
 There is great interest in Woodstock over the approaching trial of Bernier vs. the Woodstock Agricultural socity George Bernier, F. who was carried up and killed when he fell from a bal loon at the fair last fall. The case is of vast interest to the agricultural so- ciety, which is an institution that for more than half a century has been of importance to Woodstock. There were thousands of witnesses to the accident, but a great many different versions of just what happened and how it came to happen.
 Many Attending Mission Services.
 The mission opened at St Mary's church Sunday by missionaries from Ste. Anne de Beaupre is arousing much interest. Large congregations were present at the opening services and at tie services Monday. The mission is for the French-speaking members of the parish and is to be continued through the Lenten season
 Rural carriers found the going hard in covering their trips Monday, as the warmer weather has softened up the road surfaces and produced deep mud.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
OBITUARY.
Mrs. NaImore DroIet.

The body of Mrs. Nalmore DroIet, who was Miss Delvina Richards, | daughter of the late MT. and Mrs J. E. Richards. arrived here Monday , night from Sherbrooke, P O.. where l Mrs. Drolet died at a hospital in which she had been a patient for a number of weeks. She had been in peer health for long time. Mir and Mrs. Drolet have been residents of LaPatrie. P. O.. l for a number Of years, Mir. Drolet be- ing engaged in business there The deceased. who was about 37 years of age, was a sister of Mrs Abel l.. Reeves of DanieIson. Other brothers and sisters are HarmidaS J.. Monson, Mass, Mrs Eugene J. Mignault Put nam Mrs. Minnie Dubriel, Danielson. Alfred, Conrad and Rudolph, the lat ter of Montreal
 Farmers and Business Men Invited.
 Farmers and business men from all towns in this section have been invited to be at the high school building in Putnam today (Tuesdav) for the meef- ing to be held under the auspices of the state board of agriculture and the Putnam Business Mems association The afternoon meeting is to begin at l30, the evening meeting at 7.30. The lectures are certain to be highly in teresting to both agriculturalists and to business men, as the speakers are men of prominence in the fields that they will make a subject of their dis cuSsiOnS
 Principal Shppee III.
 Willis Shippee. principal in charge of the Center school remains ill at his home in the Mashentuck district of the town. At this time it seems doubtful that he will be able to re- sume teaching during the spring term. Mir. Shippee's services are also missed at the evening school, where he has been valuable assistant to Princi- pal Ames for the past two school years.
 Gymnasium Committee to Meet
 Ernest R. Warren is to call another meeting within a few days of the committee appointed by the KilIingIy High School Alumni association to ascertain the cost of building a gym nasium at the high school property. The figures have been obtained and are such as to indicate that the asso- ciation can, with the proper effort, raise the needed fund.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

change trains three times during the night--New York Evening Post
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17


 many friends in the city. Train Conference Today. Members of the executive committee of the Putnam Business Mems aSsocia.- ton will meet General Manager C. L. Bardo at the railroad station here at 3 o'clock this CTuesday) afternoon for a. conference relative to the new train change the conference to be held in one of the cars of the special train that will bring the railroad officials.
 To Build Another Greenhouse.
 c. $. Andem has plans for the con- struction of another greenhouse to add to his East Side property, the new structure to be about 200 feet in length. MT. Andem has a city market for his flowers and the demand he is receiv- ing warrants increasing the producing capacity of his plant.
 Received 32 Members.
 Thirty-two members were received into Council La ConcOrde at the meet ing held in Foresters' hall here Sunday afternoon. Dr. F. A. Ruet, WoOnsock- ct, examining physician for the Union SJ.. John Baptist and pr. L. J. Morin, DanielSOn, supreme vice president were among the visitors in attendance.
 There is to be a special meeting of the common council this CTuesday1 evening for consideration of the layout OL " OOAStOta <GN tl1N6y cts IeCttLIy dI- ranged.
 Another fine record for lack of ar rests is being made in Putnam this month. Up to this morning, the 171h, there have been only two cases for the court to consider during March.
 Green Divorce Case for Trial.
 Judge Shumway will preside at the session of the superior court here this morning, commencing at 10.3O o'clock. The case assigned for trial is Green vs Green, a contested divorce action.
 Body Did Not Arrive for Funeral.
 4 funeral that was to have been held in Fitchburg, Mass, Monday after noon, and that was to have been at tended by delegations from the Mason ic organizations in that city had to be postponed because the body, en route from Topeka, Kansas, could not be for warded from Putnam, where it arrived on a train from New York just before l o'clock and had to remain for several hours.
 Ice Cakes on Wheaton's Flats.
 On 9 neck of land around which the Quinebaug river winds near what is known as WheatOn's flats. south of this city, hundreds of great cakes of ice are stranded and will remain there until Old Sol disposes of them. There is hundreds of tons of ice, which was swept out of the river in the floor of March I, and was left high and dry when the water receded.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
church Sunday morn

l
 Mr. and Mrs. Henry $. Starkweather were in Providence Saturday afternoon and evening.
 Montgomery wind blow got lost.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Ice Cakes on Wheaton's Flats
Importanl Meetinq Today.

Leonard H. HeaIey of North Wood stock. secretary of the state board of agriculture, has sent out a special ap- peal for a large attendance at the farmers institute and business mems conference to be held in the assembly hall at the local high school today (Tuesday1. with sessions afternoon and evening. Plenty of time will be given those in tho audience to ask questions of the speakers after each address. Members of the state board of agricul- ture will be present to meet those who attend.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
FOR cORNS ON
 YOUR PIGGY -WIGGIES

Quit Puttering With Corns. Use This
 Sure, New-PIan Corn Cure.
 A few drops of "GETS-IT," the big gest seller in the world today of any corn remedy, is enough to spell posi- tive doom to the fiercest corn that
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
An Artist With the Scissors,
OBITUARY.

Miss Crire Marion. Miss Orire Marion, 15, daughter of MT and Mrs. 1sai Marion, died at their
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Train Conference Toda>

home on Providence street. The young woman's death came as a shock to her many friends in the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
DANIELSON
Judge Getty Taken to Worcester Hos pitaElewis Fitts of DayviIe Gets Bride Through Matrimonial Adver- tisement-Death of Mrs Valmore Brolet

Louis Gaudin, who has been serious ly ill in a Hartford hospital for sev- era1 weeks, returned to his home here Monday. MT. Gaudin is much inn proved in health.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

c. $. Andem has plans for the con- struction of another greenhouse to add to his East Side property, the new structure to be about 200 feet in length. MT. Andem has a city market for his flowers. and the demand he is receiv- ing warrants increasing the producing cana city of his planf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-30
SEIZURES UNDER
 FOOD AND DRUGs ACT.
tsovernnent Apprehends Shipments Of Tolnato Caasup, Gull Beans
 Nhtmegs and 11acaroni.

vvasl1il3 on. Fl an. Upon allega- tfons of ada1Iter ton or nndsbran ding q number Of .shi pTnents Of fOodstuffs have been seized recently under the Food and Drugs Act on the recon raendation Of the Departpent or Az ri c.llfl lire.s Trials Of cases involving these llipfnefats s have not yet been had. bzI# all the eases WIFI shortly pe brought before the courts when 1t VIII be deterfhiIed whether the Govern ment5s charges are justified.
 A 300 bags of ctI11 beans, were se1zed at Baltimore Md, on DeceTnper z9s 1913. Adult eration is charged on the ground that the beans consisted in whole or in part of decomposed veg |etab1e substance.
 barrel of tomato catsup was aaleg- ed to be aduIterated as it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decom- Eposed putrfd vegetable substance Misbranding was also charged against the product in that the benzoate of SO da contained therein was not declared E At RhiladeIphias on December 29, I913, 94 bags Of nutmegs were seiz- ed upon the charge that the same
 were adulterated in that they consist ed in part of filthy decomposed vege- table matter.
 boxes of macaroni were seized at Baltimore, on December 26. 1919. Misbranding was charged on the ground that the label implied foreign origin. whereas the goods were of do- nestle manufacture-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-30
GREAT CITIES NOW
 ssCITIES OF HOTELS'''

4 New York paper points with sat :; isfaction to the huge and luxurious hotels that are springing up in the eastern metropolis. Even visitors won der at the number, size and apparent prosperity of New York's hotels.
 But the phenomenon in question is not peculiar to Manhattan. Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and other big and expanding centers of trade, wealth, education and amusement are becoming cities of hotels.,' The pro-. gress of a. sscity, whether material intel IectuaI or artistic, attracts more and, more travellers. agents. pleasure seek CTS and others, and these need ho- tel accommodations.
 A phenomenon that has not been sufficiently noticed is the gratifying peopleization of the hotels which a few years back were regarded as the monopoly of the wealthy that the plain man of small means could only admire from the outside cor, at the most, from the Iobby, where he could buy cigar or a newspaper and affect to feel at home. In New York ho-i
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-30
f .nI71e CURE EUGENE HE
 CHRISTIAN a. DPs KEsl Hf

world, but pr. Christian totes some of the leading cancer experts in the world, who substantiate his views A. part of the Christian statement is as follows: Here is t1fe true cause of cancer. and the thinking person must admit that it is so deep seated in the Very vitals of the human organism that no external force or agency can hope to cope effeetuaIly with it's dread results When either animals or vege- tables are deprived offpure food, pure air and sunlight they each tend to revert back to nature-that is, to die The vegetable becomes fungus and diseased, and the animal becomes humorous, fungus cancerous and tl1- bercuIous. Canceris a fun gold or
 malignant humorous growth which be- comes a pseudo parasite and which preys upon the animal tissue. Tt is produced by IowIy organized nitrogen
 ous matter, just as the vegetable fun
 gus ( (Taushroon1 comes from the de- caying body of the tree. Cancer in its final anaiysis is merely one of na.-
 turess methods of disposing of effete. decaying matter that cannot be passed. through the anaboIic or construct process In one person nature may create a. tumor cyst or cesspooI, as 1t were, into which it empties all for eign, useless and poisonous matter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-30

New York. J an 2sThe nation wide dispute over the use of radilrn as a cure for cancer has stirred the scientific world to it's depths, and the testimony taken before the house oInnittee on rninesIn Washington Is expected to finally solve many Of the peipHe king problems that have arisen 0nea Of the latest Witnesses, pr. Will liam H. Can1pb ell director of the ra- dunn clinic pf Rennsy Ivania. hospital. states that rad3 3um aas 3 cure for cam. cer IS still in an experimental stage and its use in the treatment of inter- nal cancer results in a large percent age Of cases. A statemen5 issued by. Eugene Christian. the prominent New York food scientist has caused con- siderable comment. DE. Christian as sails the alleged curative properties of radfum in cancer eases and states the use of the costly mineral is merely an endeayOr to cure an existing dis ease without eliminating the cause, and that such a procedure is palpably faIIacious and unsound- He states that cancer arises p primarily from in1z proper foods and that proper foods and proper eating will not only pre- vent cancer from forming, but will actually arrest the growth when once started. This radical view has arolisr edsa- storm Of criticism in the nleslica als
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-30

n nile in another case 1t may dispose { of this matter in mai aIignants humorous. form called carcinoma fcancer.o The. logical now is, What causes 5 the bIoodSko become so charged with poisons that nature takes tn7zz a les4 perate steps to eliminate thenc Nam ed in the order Of their drs3rertance they are as follows: D Overeating 9 flesh eating; { B the consurn pti oras of aleeho1ic stimuIalats tobacco. tea. and coffee; G43 the overconsunp ption1 of sweets; (5) the overconsurnptionof Of salt: (6) in activity and lack of fresh air. The avoidance of the evils named and the consumption of foods having the proper qualities and combinations of the necessary elements thoroughly well known to science will not only render impossible the formation of cancer but will absolutely cure it af- ter it's growth begins by removing the cause. 's pr. Howard A. Kelly of Bal tirnore a noted surgeon and ra.di illEn expert, is one of the leading men " Elos assert hat radiurn will cure cancer and he is urging congress to take con x strol of all lands containing deposits s Of the mineral from which it is ex
 tracted Mime. Currie, the well knoNtfa French scientist who discovered ra-5 3 diuna, was the first to claim that it
 would remove cancefous groWths.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-30
FINANCIAx
THE First Bridgeport National Bank CORNER MAIN AND BANKSTREETS
NOTICE

For 1Orty-seven years we have been conducfam@ business at rl1c EnG e9AU Streets Y3ridxs xsport. f5onus, and our Private Bank las been eskaiJE slleiA there contf nu<5ns1y- We have rssls nnd paid out on detoa1ld sFis1cns tice millions Of dollars or n1pnET oe- pcsitedl with us and Ws conf.E7re receive money sub5ect tq ceP
 cheek at sight, on which we
 to each account monthly. We aerlt the accounts of fndaVi du@As. prla.l naSn, firms and cowpoEmti ti0usy ana A9u can depos1t money, checks OF sreltss and leave 1t for one daysOFle " ff o4s month or one year, and draw 1uee
 On 1t for any time tt Is left Utln We give to the btef1reas our care nA personal attention as tho oldesf
 of private bankers la tltis state
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-30
LIVE STOCK MARKET

z
 New York Jan. 2s-Fair to good steers sold at $7.8o0$S.5 50 per 100 lbs; oxen at s7.25; bulls at $5.50@$7. 25; com mon to choice cows at $40s6.50 extra cows at $6.75. Dressed beef dull; city dressed native sides sold at 12 1-2@ 14c.
 Common to prime yeaIs sold main 1y at ss.5o@s12. 50 per 100 lbs: few choice at SIP. .75@s13; culls at s6@Ss: yearlings and barnyard. calves at $5@ G. Dressed calves 15@19e. for city dressed veals; 11@16c, for country dressed.
 Common to good lambs sold at $7. 50 @$8. 25 per 100 lbs; common to good sheep at S4@$5.25. Dressed mutton, 8@11c; dressed lambs 11@14c.; coun- try dressed hothouse lambs, $5@$7 per carcass
 Prices steady with medium to heavy hogs selling at ss.80 per 100 lbs. Coun- try dressed hogs 8012c.