Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-07
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
Monday was . big day for the tit
neys.
Hotels and restaurants aid a big
business yesterday.
The national coiors were literally
displayed on Labor's holiday.
Tho Goddess" at Colonial to-day
adv.
Several boating parties spent the
holiday fishing at the drawbridge.
The beautiful beds of SALIVA in the.
courthouse grounds are being admired
Just now.
a long. hard winter. because cobwebs
are unusually thick and tough.
On account OF Governor Holcomb's
visit 1t would be q proper compliment
to Keep the nags flying today also.
Tomorrow the Catholic churches win
commemorate the feast Of the Ma
tivity Of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Much of the buying in the stores
today will be by mothers who are pur-
chasing school needfuls for their chill
dren.
French residents noted yesterday an
the 15sth birthday Of General Lafay-
cite who was born at charagnac, Sept.
8. 1881.
There were many piazza parties at
East Great Plain to watch the auto
mobile and trolley crowds bound 20.
the fair.
Members Of the Norwich Golf club
from Norwich and New London went
on the holiday.
Az the New York schools do not
begin until the 18th, some Of the sum-
ner boarders are staying longer in the
suburban towns.
Entrance examinations at the Nor
w1eh Free Academy are to be held
Monday and Tuesday, the 18th and
18th. School opens the 18th.
According to the records. the rain
fall Tor August averaged 7.24 inches.
This Is as much as it was for the
month for three years previous.
Steamer Block Island. which goes
out OF commission today, was inspect
ed Saturday by Inspectors Whitney and
Stewart--New London Telegraph.
The building committee of the town
Of Ellington has formally accepted the
new town hall after O thorough in
was $4,000.
Monday morning Gardners autotruck
from. New London brought the Gardner
employees to Norwich. Nineteen of
them dfned at local restaurant be-
fore going to the fair grounds.
Special sale. Union Club Coffee. s5c
per ID. A free Tea coupon in every
can entities holder to one 1oc pack
age Russian Blend Tea. Chas. G..
Lincoln & Co.. Inc, Hartford, Conn
adv.
The members Of .Storrs college fac
ulty who are giving canning demon
STATIONS about the state, estimate that
so per cent. Of the perishable products
go to waste on the farms of Con-
necttcut.
Patrons OF rural routes will get their
mall today. for the first time since
letter or paper. because Uncle Sam
wont employ substitute carriers on
HOLIDAYS.
At Pennington, deeds have been
passed transferring the Whittlesey
abeth v. Keep, who has rented the
property for several years for the use
Of Miss Porter's school.
common schools of Connecticut 211, 975
pupils, an increase of about 5000 over
| the previous year. The average daily
attendance was 16S.060, and about
| 500 more than in 1918.
Thirty-seven employees of the Perry
Ice company, New London, came to
town at noon Monday in a gayly dec
grated autotruck. dined at a local res
taHrant and attended, the fair. They
made a day Of it and had a fine out
ing.
A Salem summer resident. Prof. Hi
ram Bingham of Yale, who has been
| in South America with another expe-
dition, was among the passengers who
arrived in New York last week on the
steamship Almirante from the West
Indies.
The Woonsocket, r. L Call mentions
that Miss Louise Cushman, for the
past three years teacher in the Put
nam, Conn. high school, will be an
| addition to the teaching force OF the
/ commercial department Of Woonsocl1et
/ high school,
. ~ SQCL4dI I6SL was CdLl0Q among or
1 thedox Jews in cities of the United
States Sunday on account OF the suf-
i fering caused among Jews in Europe
j by the war, Besides a special fast
/ day there were prayers for the suf-
/ fering and prayers for universal peace.
The planets Mars and Saturn are
closely associated this month. Both
are in Genini and finely placed for
observation. They rise about 100 a.
m. and will be IN conjunction at 6
p. m. on September 10. Mars will then
be north OF Saturn degree minutes.
| The state treasurer of the w. C. T.
u, squirting tagging members. writes
in the White Ribbon Banner: TWEEN
| ty-three unions less than reported last
year, have so far failed to report
Eight less have reported for the Will
4 lard fund, and very few have remcm-
bered the Stevens Memorial.