Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-09-06
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Norwich, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1915.
VARIOUS MATTERS

The New Haven road excursions to
the White mountains began Tuesday
1 Shops and mills started up yesterday
morning after the Labor day shutdown
! Beds Of scarlet saliva about town
| are now in their glory, if only the
! frost holds off.
| Strangers in town Tuesday to attend
! the fair increased business at the ho-
| tells and restaurants.
Few of the summer boarders remain
| in neraby towns, the majority having
| left on Labor day or Tuesday.
The next legal holiday in Connecti-
| cut will be Columbus day, Oct. 18th,
which this year falls on Thursday.
Members of the Otis library staff
were kept busy Tuesday by the. de-
mand for books following Sunday and
the holiday.
Slight frost was noted on limited low
areas in a number of places in the
| state Sunday morning, corn, pumpkin
vines and tender weeds showing the
effects.
AT Chester, new teachers at the
school include Miss OFT, a local girl
and a graduate of WiIlimantic Normal
school, who taught last year at Stat
ford Springs.
Local people Of Groton ancestry will
note today as the anniversary Of the
battle of Groton Heights, Sept 6, 1881.
The famous Yellow day was a hundred
years later, in 1881.
Monday the covenant of the Swedish
young people of the state of Connect
cut held their great fall meeting at the
Swedish orphanage in Cromwell, COM
| mencing at II d. m.
Spencer Gilbert, 90, ofc Waterford
died at Memorial hospital, New Lon
don. Monday morning. Death was due
| to Bright's disease. and he had been at
the hospital less than a day.
Violent deaths in Connecticut during
August numbered rs, of which 68 were
| accidental, 8 suicides and / homicide
| OF the total number, one-haIf were due
to drowning and automobiles.
| In some Connecticut towns a, notice
| has been sent to property owners call
ing attention to the law regarding wild
carrot and Canadian thistles, and a
time limit has been set for cutting
| these pests.
| A squadron Of hydroaeropIanes has
| put to sea from Manhasset bay on the
/
| mosquito fleet" United States navy
for duty IN Block Island sound anG
| adjacent waters.
All residents Of Connecticut owning
| taxable securities are liable to tax al
| local rates unless the state tax of fou1
| mills on the dollar has been paid tc
| State Treasurer F. S. Chamberlain or
| or before Sept. 20.
| The steamer CJ7as+e, w r~,,.,,;, ,oe-
New London Monday night for New
| York with the biggest passenger list in
| several years, as well as with a heavy
| cargo. Every stateroom was engaged
ahead two weeks ago
While motoring from Oswegaatchie
| TO Shadow Lawn, Long Branch, Miss
Margaret Wilson, daughter of the
! president, lost a handbag containing a
sum of money, a check, a gold pin and
| some personal articles.
The StocEbrldge, Mass, exhibition OF
| art, a collection Of 140 paintings, pieces
| Of sculpture, waterc0lors drawings an6
oronzes opened Monday: Among the
| artists represented is Clark G. Vool,.
hees Of the Lyme colony.
a minute in this weeks calendar OF
| the Second Congregational church
reads: Entered into life, Mrs. Grace A
Higgins, July "A, 1916; Mrs. Sarah D
| Prentice, Aug. 8, 1916. "TWhosoeve1
| iiveth and believeth on me shall never
| die"
! Norwich friends learn that Lenoy
| society has been making much of Mr.
| and Mrs. Poultney PigeIow, who have
been guests Of Mrs. Edward Spencer
| at Shipton court and have been
honor guests at dinners, receptions and
| teas.
| Col. Henry S. Dorsey, recently ap-
! pointed property and disbursing officer
| for the state, is making preparations
for the physical inventory of all fed
eral property in the state, recently or
| dered by Adjutant General George M
| Cole.
| Bruin, the big cinnamon bear that
| danced from town to town about here
| recently, has survived the report OF
| his death at Clinton and was recently
reported as seen over the Connecticut
| border in New York state by motor
| tourists.
In the crowd attending the Norwich
| fair Tuesday was William ]. Latham
| Of Westerly, Uncle Billy as he is
| known, who has not missed one of the
annual 81 fairs. He cannot remember
| how many Brockton fairs he has at
| tended.
| New York is talking of having Billy
Sunday next spring, if 100000 can
| be raised TO build a tabernacle, and
Rev. E. S. Holloway of Hope Baptist
| church, formerly of Norwich. is one of
the ministers quoted as in favor Of a
Sunday revival.
A Woonsocket, R. L. correspondent
| mentions that Rev. L. D. Horton, pas
tor of the First NJ. E. church, has re-
turned from Mantle, Conn, where he
has spent his vacation, and occupied
the pulpit at both the morning and
evening services. Sunday.
The summer place at uesboro. Ne
owned by Frank Edward johnson, and
where his mother, Mrs Edward w
Johnson, Of Norwich. has been visiting
comprises some acres of pine woods
| but opening on one side to the ocean
! which is very near the house.
Miss May Miller, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles A Miller Of East
| ern Point and New York, sent two
| cases Of Red Cross supplies to head
quarters in New York this week. The
material is the result Of the last two
weeks work Of the young society WON
en- Of Eastern Point.