Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-01
VARIOUS MATTERS

yANAOUo MA ENS
 First day Of autumn.
 Many wells in the suburbs continue dry.
 Church street was given it's second oiiing during Monday.
 This year the Ashford Baptist con- vention is to be held SeptEnber 29- 30.
 Some unusually tall corn has been grown this season by Farmer Thomas Kelley at the saIiaforiafn.
 The oyster returns to favor today. In spite of the war, dealers say the prices of shelldsh will not adyance.
 The, recently laid walk on the Broad way side of the Little Plain Is ap- daily.
 Charitable associations will begin to have calls this week for ctIdren's needs in advance of the opening of the schools.
 The war has increased fhe revenues of the uewsboys about town, although it has meant extra expense for the newspapers.
 Hickory as well as chestnut trees are affected by blight this season and an occasionaI dead one is noted in the fields or Hoods.
 Mrs. Eva De Witt of New London died Sunday at the Norwich State Hospital She was the widow of Will iiam>O. Dewitt.
 Colored dance at Lincoln park, Thursday night, Sept & Admission 25 eents.-Adv.
 ties went down Monday to See s-tfie. surf which has been unusually fine for the past two days.
 Ywich guests in atfaHdanEe, when Miss Marion Bragaw of Pathway enter tained at nnasqnerads ball $aturday
 swindler who uses the masonic signs to get naoney out of generous state and has been rounded up at New Haven. id-a Renovations and improvements have been made to the residence Of Frank A. Bill, on West ThaMss street. one of the most attractiNe hofnss #on the West Side.
 prominent man known to many church workers and 4tea;ehsrs here, aged resident. is sefiansly i'll with pneumonia.
 An effect of the war is, being noticed where 1t is feared that the supply Of beads, which comes from fhe continent, will be cut off.
 It is stated that 1fr. and Mrs. Leo an u apartments @ i'rf in re W Moieala ssh hose hss to the George Wright residence in Perry street, New London.
 The musical programme at the Backus hospital on snnaay afternoon was given under the direction of the City Union of the Kings DaMghters, and not the Unitad 1Tarksrs.
 If there be any truth in the old be- lief that the last three days of sum mer prssage the weather of autumn there will be plently ar variety and even balance of wet and dry. The annual picnic of the Q. E. s. of Connecticut, eefebrating the birth of Robert Morris, the founder of the | crder. Monday at Lake Gempounce, several from Eastern Connecticut att | tending. iT s
 Tn the West District schools, Rock vile, Miss Ruth Parktnsol1 of Nor- wich has been engaged to take the place of Miss Lillian M. Carroll who resigned to go to Bennfr gton. Vt, and later to Pittburg. Pa Alonze c. Whitridge, a New York business man, died Sunday at Eastern Point, where he was spending the summer. Acute jgastritis. was the cause of death. Mrs. Whitridge, who was with him at the Point, survives. The first reunion, of the Chapin family held at the home of MT. and | Mrs. George B. Claapiu h West AvnI, last week was so successful that the | members of the family present decid- ed to make the occasion an annual affair. . ='- Connecticut liuor dealers report that it is impossible to get any more i'm ported beers on account of the war. There is still good supply of <shaI1i- vanced from s to s42 a case, with prospects of q still further jump. | A number of Norwieh Art students and art lovers visited the exhibit of paintings at Mystic last week Sum- Cey tue eAtlDlC WAS ITeH ana there were many visitors. It was due to the initiative of Charles H. Davis that the beautiful pictures were shown. The teachers in New London do not know whether to be happy or not. They have been voted an increase of s25 salary by the school board but they do not get it unless the city grants the school board the $1oe o00 the board asks for general expenses.
 The wedding of Miss Maxsarei Sehall, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Wn. Schall. of the Pequot and Robert K, Stafford of Huntingdon, l.. L, takes place at the Pequot Chapel, Septem- Der 5, at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. Philip M Kerridge, rector of St. James Euisco- pal church. will off1ciate.
 Mrs. June Caroline Dorman died Sunday at her home in Pine Grove in her s0th year. She was the widoH of Alinder E. Dorman. Funeral ser vices were held Monday afternoon d, the Ladies' Aid building in Pine Grove, and the body was taken s'te Wil1imantic for burial.
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