Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-23
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Norwich, Thursday. Dec. 23, 1915.
VARIOUS MATTERS

orders for special Christmas cakes.
 Students from storrs college are at their homes for the holiday recess,
 Fifty printed calling cards for 25 cents at The Bulletin off1ce.-adv.
 The Christmas day services at Christ
 The state normal schools closed Wednesday, to resume sessions Mon day, Jan. 3rd.
 Members of Sunshine societies are to provide Christmas cheer for the aged, sick and shut-ins.
 Banks have had demands for crisp new notes and for new gold and sil- yer coins for gift purposes.
 Many tinsel post cards are being held up in the post offices, when mail ed without envelope protection.
 For a Christmas gift, box of Krohn's Special cigars will satisfy any smoker.-adv.
 Large loads of brush are being cart ed through town to the witch hazel distillery near North Stonington.
 Painting and general repairs have been going on at the residence of Will liam H. Cardwell, on Main street.
 Hundreds of Red Cross seals are being used on letters and packages and their use will continue up to New Years.
 As Christmas day is to be a gen. eral holiday, there will be a big rush of business in all lines today and Friday.
 The public and parochial schools finish the fall term this afternoon. They will reopen the Monday after New Years.
 Dancing Christmas day, T. A. B. hall, 2.30 to 5.30. S.30 to 11.30, Ethier's or chestra.-adv.
 It is probable that the men at the Shore Line stations never handled so many mail sacks as since the storm delays and the Christmas rush.
 Wednesday at o'clock. in St. Pat rick's church, a months mind high mass of requiem for John w. Kelley was sung by Rev. Myles P. Calvin.
 The residence of Mrs. Isaac Shute at Groton has been rented to Captain Wilson, U. S. N, an officer connected with the submarine base at the Navy Yard.
 The case of Henry F. Parker vs. town of Coventry, which was assigned for hearing in the superior court at Rockville Tuesday, will be tried at a later term.
 Christmas Tree, Santa Claus, and candy for children, Saturday matinee, Colonial theater. Come early.-adv.
 Tug Miles Standish. Capt. Henrv. R. rTi11nrSnT7 ha ha from ThamesVille to New London the scow having finished discharging her cargo of coal.
 At Rockville preparations are be- ing made for the Community Christ mas tree exercises Friday evening" The tree will be placed in the center of Central park.
 The state highway department is making an investigation of all trunk line bridges having a span greater than 25 feet, in conformity with a l law passed at the session of 1915. Hartford papers mention that Mir and Mrs. Morton F. Plant, of Eastern Point, are at The Plaza New York over Christmas, and will entertain Mrs Plants mother and sister from Hart ford.
 State Policeman T. F. Downing is | in New London Investigating the re- cent fires in the Eagle Knitting mills at the Armstrong & Perry building and at the home of Jacob Levine at 2S | Bradley street.
 Park & Telford Christmas chocolates in 1-2 to lb. packages, at Lee & Osgood's. Ask to see the mint mix lure packages, 50c.-adv. Mrs. Riehzi Robinson of DanieIson who has been very i'll for the pas week with congestion of lungs, al Ashville, N. C., is slowly recovering | and it is hoped will be able to gC | father south soon.
 l On some trolley lines, patrons who appreciate the courtesy of the cal crews, never fail to double their niCIle 1 fares on Christmas day, as a slight ] compensation for the men who have to work through a holiday
 The post office department has an, nounced that to meet the Christina. demand it has made persistent bu l unsuccessful efforts to reestabIisl parcel post service between the United States and Germany and Austria.
 The board of control, at it's meetins at the capitol Tuesday, approved th, publication by the comptroller of 25O copies of the digest of decisions O | the compensation commission Sundr, | additions and transfers were made ii l various accounts.
 A double header, consisting of g. cars, passed through Saybrook Junction rom New London, enroute to Middle town and Hartford Monday night. Thi Is the first on record where a trail containing so many cars traveled owe the Valley branch
 Special arrangements have bee,
 made by the New York, New Have,
 & Hartford Railroad company fo
 handling Christmas and New Year
 passenger, express and mail bushes. Double-headers" will be the rule wit
 a number of trains.
 By a typographical error Wednesda
 IL was stated that the estate of tn
 late Miss Carrie E. Hopkins provide $7O for the Ladies Benevolent uniO
 for mission work. The amount wa
 SLO0, to which her sister, Mrs. Joh
 Troland, has added $500. MI A former suffrage worker in Nor
 W1ch is recalled by the news note tha
 Dr. James G. Gregory of Norwalk, ha received ca5legram from his daugb ter, Miss Alyse Gregory, the suffrag
 worker, saying she had reached GIas
 goW in safety and was at the hom