Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-04
VARIOUS MATTERS

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 Mailmen had the eustomasg 1,,,.sl amount gum ufday.
 Several local musicians will go to Worcester this week to attend the Mu- sic festival
 Lillian Russell in 'swildnre.- i've acts. Colonial theatre, today.-adv
 The Central Vermont railway is rushed at the present time with freight from. New York. The delicate and dainty cosmos in local gardens had been spared by the frost up to Sunday.
 Next Sunday and Monday (oct. 1o church will celebrate it's centennial Sunday was dismal day. but the rain held up so as not to interfere with the congregations of communion Sunday,
 Mrs. John Colegrove of New Lon- don has purchased q lot at Groton Long Point near the western end of the boardwalk
 Having returned to Norwich from Hartford, J. c. Worth, Jr., is now as- sociated with his father in business on Market street.
 Postmaster John P. Murphy is hav- ing 8 new coat of durable govern ment green paint applied to the letter boxes about town.
 Sunday Rev. John Knott of Goshen exchanged pulpits with Rev. H. A. Blake, pastor of the Congregational church at Colchester. Cautious flower growers covered their blossoms last. night, as a safe guard against the heavy frost prom tsed, following the rain.
 The northeast storm which struck brought wind of about 2S miles per hour and plenty of rain
 Elections to the board of directors of the New London Young Women's l Christian association include Mrs. Ralph Melcer of Montville.
 Much interest is being. exhibited by local. members of the Knights of Pythias in the state convention to be
 A former Norwich pastor. Rev. Will l Ham T. Thayer, now of Wallingford, is to speak twice at Sunday school ! A4ASbAS4 HI 0lAAdtAA 4n0IBQdy. y.
 A Hebron young woman, Miss Doris I Post who has been teaching in Cow entry, was operated on for appendi- cttis in the Hartford hospital last week.
 Mrs Louis E. Mosier, who for the tpast IT years has made her home with l rMs Nancy Beckwith, at East Lyme, celebrated her one hundredth birth day Thursday. I The big gilt and black sign of the Norwich Nickel & Brass company now marks the former e. B.. Rogers shop on Thames street, by elderly Norwich Iresidents still referred to as 'the skate shop.
 I At Wiilimantic campground 103 trees have been cut down. Owners of cottaSes when they paid their ground lpense Of the work of cutting down and trimming the trees.
 l While the teachers, convention for the accommodation of teachers in the eastern part of the state is being held at New London Friday Oct. 22nd, the iwestern section of the convention will
 be held at Danbury.
 At New Haven Friday funera, . services were held for Mrs
 Charles Bates. who died suddenly. She
 was the wife of Charles Bates. a train.
 man on the Shore Line, and a former
 resident of Old Lyme. Il Notices were sent to barbers in the state from the state barbers' com. mission at the capitol early last weel lcahtng attention to the fact that Oc. tober- 1st was the last day to renew
 licenses to do business.
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 The new layout of the Groton anC
 Stonington street railway from tn, lDenison burying ground to the tele
 phone exchange was used for the frs
 time Thursday. The cars now run tpast the Mystic railroad station.
 At Salem Thursday, Mrs. wfnfielt l Hanney narrowly escaped being shot
 Several men were hunting on the Han
 nsy property. when a chance sho from one Of their rifles entered a pos
 within few feet of where Mrs. Han lney was standing.
 Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, U IS. N. retired, who is a patient in tn naval hospital at the navy yard il Brooklyn, IN. F.. suffering from a ner yous breakdown. has recently lief INoank, where he spent several week
 in the effort to regain his health. ! Erastus Gaylord Putnam. sz. a mem Der of the Putnam family of Revolu : ltionary fame, died last week at hi Ehome, 219 South Broad street, Eliza beth, N. !. He was born in Hart ford; N. F. son of Hamilton Put
 nam and Mrs. Jeanette Cleveland Put
 ham,.
 i. l. The annual inspection of the stear ! roads of Connecticut by the publi utilities cernmission starts today CAfon : day) and .continues for about tw weeks. C. C. Elwell, commissioner Epgipeer Trumpull and A. C. Schnei
 der stepographer. will represent tn lcommission.
 Chain letters are in violation of tn : lottery law and steps will be take by the post office authorities for tn
 suppression of the chain letter recent
 " stattkd asking that the receive should send 10 cents for Europea
 war relief work and relay four copie
 of the letter on to friends. Nt At q recent meeting of the execu
 tive committee of che American lewis X relief ieftTs1Frff@mn Tag- aafNPeSov-- F-r.~