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Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
LETTERS FROM TWO STATES

was born in Plainfeld, Vt, Aug. 30 1S42. Funeral services were held at her home, Monday afternoon, Pev. C. M. Jones, of West Woodstock offici- 2ted. Mrs. Fred Bowen and Miss Lil- lian Huntington sang Go Bury Thy Sorrow" Burial was in Plainfield, Vermont.
 Miss Hazel Bennett is visiting her sister, Miss Beulah Bennett, in Avon, Conn.
 Mrs Orlo Carpenter, who has been for several months at a sanitorium in Hartford, returned to her home here last Saturday.
 Attending Conference.
 Miss A. F. Brown, pastor of the Methodist church, left Tuesday morn ing to attend the New England South ern conference, which is being held at Norwich this week.
 MT. and Mrs. William CoIburn were in Hartford, Monday.
 Alexander Giinski is moving his family to the Bugbee place, which place he has leased for five years.
 Miss Edith Wheaton, teacher at the Centre school. visited Mrs. Alberi Hamonds' school in Woodstock Valley Friday. Joseph Gurley spent Monday in Will liniantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
BOLTON NOTCH

Mir. and Mrs. John Merrill of Bran ford, visited Mrs. Merlills brother. Dr. M M. Maine over Sunday.
 E. M. Howard, the mail carrier, is confined to the house with the measles.
 Mrs. Emma McGinn of Hartf ord. vis- ited her sister, Mrs. L. s. Maine last week.
 Mrs. T. W. Skinner and son, Will jam, visited in Manchester. Wednes- day.
 Miss Clara Thompson. of Andover visited her uncle, William Moffitt Tuesday.
 Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Woodward are in Norwich to attend the Methods; conference. l. MT. and Mrs. Robert Levine and son of South Manchester, visited Mrs i,evine's father, Charles Long over Sunday.
 M. w. Howard. E. A. Shaw, w. F Rice and William Moffitt were 1T Hartford, Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
HOPKINTON

Edwin A. Kenyon Is moving his household goods from the town farm. which he has managed for two years. to a tenement in the house of Charles \. Pierce. by whom he is employed for the coming season Walter C. James successor of MT. Kenyon. will take chIrge Of the town farm today, April 1st- At present there are three in- mates in the asylum
 Stewart Rogers. of weekapaugh was a guest of friends in TOmaquag Val ley. Sunday.
 Charles l. Blake, of High street, Ash away, is acting as chef for a party of Westerly High school boys occupying d cottage at Pleasant View.
 Muddy roads. house cleaning, mov- ing of goods and all the usual spring occupations remind us that winter is past.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
ROCKVILLE

Rev. W. G. Thomas of Hore Valley preached in the s. D. E. church here last Saturday in the absenc. of the pastor. Rev. I. l.. Cottrell. who went to New York state last week, to at tend the funeral of his sister
 Miss Lucy Palmer, a student in the Westerly High school is spending the week vacation at her home here.
 Miss Eva Palmer is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Lucy Chapman at Westerly this week
 Everett Jencks. who has been in the Rhode Island hospital at Providence the past three weeks, returned home Tuesday.
 The spring like weather for the past
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
STOKRS
Dramatic Club Presents Comedy-Joys of Alumni Day-Meetins of Book Club.

The college dramatic club presented Tie College Widow last Saturday evening to a large and enthusiastic au- dience in Hawley armory. It was giveE under the direction of Miss Anna Wal parts were well taken.
 Alumni Day.
 The Alumni day programme last Sat urday was successfully carried out In the morning there were athletic con man class won first and the sophomore class second place. In the afternoon there was competitive drill. Company E with Captain DoOley won first place At o'clock a banquet was served in the college dining hall at which A. J. Brundage acted as toastmaster.
 Book Club Meets.
 A social evening of the Book club was held in Grove hall on Tuesday evening. Rev! Marshall Dawson gave a reading from Kenneth Grahame's Dream Days. Refreshments were served.
 At the Tea Room.
 The tea room was in charge of Mrs. Davis, Mrs. c. l.. Bendi Mrs. Brundage Mrs. Judkins, Mrs. Musser. Mrs. Bee be. Mrs. Duffy. It was Fraternity day, the Commons club being well repre- sented
 John Fitts is moving from Whitney hall to his house beyond Mir. Beebe's store.
 Miss Goodhue of Mt. Holyoke col lege is spending the week with Mrs C. r. Beach.
 Mrs. Southwick and children have returned from Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
RICHMOND

William Woodman. who has been as sisting George D. Matteson in farm work, has left here to obtain work in Connecticut.
 R. H. Moore and Joseph Dunn made a business trip recently to Wickford.
 John Smith lost a valuable horse Tuesday. The horse. a large and pow crful one, was drawing a load of wood to Wy0ming when near the Marshall farm it dropped dead in the road.
 Everett Moore made a business uiF to the Halsey Clark farm the first of the week.
 A new family will soon occupy the Alexander Smith farm.
 George G. Palmer was a recent wis itOr at Monticello farm.
 Charles Sherman of Exeter called on local friends the first of tha week.
 Roads are in terrible shape. Very .ttle teaming is being done at pres snt
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
WELLINGTON
Granite MausoIeum Being Erected for Hall FamiIy-Death of Henry Sparks.


 There were 65 at Bible school Sun day morning. Next Sunday. April 9nd, Bible school will commence at 2 C'CloCE and preaching service at 3 o'clock. The Lords supper will be observed.
 The robins know the times and the seaSonSland come to their accustomed places. AnOw or no snow, and on their Cumed. Wild geese have been heard not seen in the gathering twilight.
 Erecting MausoIuem.
 Workmen employed in setting up the Hall mausoleum are boarding with Miss Church. The man in charge has his wife and child with him. The con- tractors are the Presbury- -Coykendall Co, Barre, Vermont and New York.
 News was received last week Thurs day of the death of Henry Sparks. at the state asylum at Norwich. Mrs. Sparks died last autumn. They had no children. Mir. Sparks is survied by | is brother. Josiah. of this town and ;- sister. Mrs. Julia King of Mans field. MT. Sparks was a native of Wilmington, son of Origen and Calista Converse Sparks and lived in town until & few years ago, when Ee moved to Mansfield.
 There are incubator chickens at the Hillside Poultry plant.
 Miss Minnie Converse daughter of Dr. F. F.. Converse expects to remain as teacher in the comercial depart ment in the Academy at Kittery. Me for another year, at an increased sal PrV.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
STAFFORDVILLE

Mir and Mrs. F. c. Medbery and iamily moved this week from Hydeville into the house vacated by E. M. Cham berlin.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Klimek and children have moved from Pennsyl- vSnia into what is known as the Per ki2s place. Mir. Klimek Is employed in the pearl button mill.
 Rev. E. II. Tunnicliffe is attending the New England Southern confer ence held at Norwich this week There will be no services in the church next Sunday. it being Conference Sunday
 The entertainment given in the M. ?. vestry last Saturday evening was .-ery largely attended.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
Washington County, R. l.
USOUEPAUGH
Special Services Being Held This Weekday Holly Undersoes Opera ton.

Judge Lyman and Lawyer Ham of Providence were visitors Wednesday night in this village. They attempted to 20 to Kingston by automobile, but found it impossible to go through the mud.
 Mrs F.. E. Kenyon and grandson Everett. visited relatives at Wakefield, Tuesday.
 Mrs. Fred Clark of Arctic spent Tuesday night and Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. J. s. Larnard.
 Mrs. F. l.. Sin1ons is to move to th- Essex farm soon.
 Hardy Kelly has moved to Shamrock.
 William Larkin has moved to the house vacated by Hardy Kelly
 MT. and Mrs. George James of Bea- yer River Valley. attended church here, Sunday morning.
 Special Meetings.
 Rev. w. L. Ward preached at Lib erty, Sunday morning, Slocum Sunday afternoon. Returned to the church so as tO preach here Sunday evening. Services have been held every nigh. this week (except Saturday evening). MT. Ward officiated at the funeral Of Oscar Corey, Tuesday. at Shrub Hill.
 Grafton Palmer of Bradford. visited his parents. Mir. and Mrs. Gideon Pal mer, over Sunday.
 Elisha Bitgood of Hope Valley. was caller at Charlie Franklin's, Mon day.
 Luke Holly received news Tuesday evening that his son, Ray, of PrOvi dence has been operated on for apen- dicitis, and is in a very serious con- dition
 Mrs. Nettie Perkins of Peacedale, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. c. C Ken yon.
 Fred Webster of Wakefield. visited his father. J. c. Webster, Tuesday.
 Mrs. John Briggs was a caller al Hope Valley Monday.
 Mrs. C. H. Palmer. who teaches a: Westerly, is at home here, fo- a weeB vacation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

Mrs. Alice Thompson and son. were in Willimantic, Wednesday.
 Mrs. Jared Tennant was in Middle town, Monday and Tuesday.
 Mrs Ned Raymond, who had seri- ous operation on her throat, is doing finely and will be home before nany weeks.
 Mrs. Leon Rathbun, who underwear. an operation for appendicitis, is slow ly improving.
 Banks Jones of Gilead has been ap- pointed fire warden, and has appointed the following deputies: Earl Parks for Jones street, H. c. Porter for the centre. Clarkson Baily for Armston and George Fabel for Grayville.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
MERROW

Mrs Mabel Reynolds has returned to spend the summer at Spring Manor Farm
 Mir and Mrs. Ola Skinner leave here today Saturday. for their new home in Rome, W. Y.
 Levi Stranger has purchased Ola Skinner's driving horse.
 G. H. Sterry is saving wood for Miss Tilden
 Ola Skinner and Alfred Smith have been drawing hay for H. M. Whiting the past few days.
 Several robins have been seen and heard the past few days.
 :'he travelling has been very baJ here the past few weeks owing to deep snow drifts.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
WEEKAPAUG
Ocean View w. C. T. U. Meets-EarIy
 Visit From Cottagers.

Ocean View w. c. T. U. met at the home of tMrs. H. A. Macomber, We'd nesday afternoon.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Smithers of Westerly were at their cottage Sat ur1ay afternoon.
 Mrs. II. 4 MaComber and daughter Mrs. Lewis W. Bliven called on Mrs. Cleveland Carpenter at her new home in GUonoc1ontaus one day this week.
 Mrs. Fanny Needham and daughter Of RockiIaven are visiting relatives in A:;leburO. Mass.
 SIr. and Mrs. Richard Newton of Westerly are moving to their new home on the Post road which they have recently purchased.
 Wild geese robins, red-winged black biros and swallows have been seen, a reminder that spring is here
 Mrs. G. T. Collins is a guest at the Macomber farm for a few days.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
A COUNTRYWIDE PLEA-sAvE THE RAGS

Cwritten Specially for The Bulletin.)
 Save the Rags"
 That's the latest cry. It seems that the war and the lack of shipping fac ilities and some other things nave cut if the paper manufacturers of this country from one source of supply for iheir material. and they're short of stuff out of which to make paper. Especially the finer grades.
 They're beginning to get scared. In they've got so badly scared that they're crying cut for help as pitifully as hungry kittens, some evening when the milking is unexpectedly delayed.
 "Save the Rags" You can hardly pick up a paper, these days. without seeing the appeal. It's in the daily papers: it's in the country weellies; it's in the farm papers: it's in the trade journals. Before long we may see it on the public sign posts and plastered all over the moving picture till-boards.
 Even the government has been be- sought to lend it's aid, and one of the Washington departments has issued a somewhat suited and verbose pro- nunctamento, intimating rather broad Y that it's a sort of patriotic duty for folks to save their rags"
 Some of Uncle Sam's present ad visers are mighty sympathetic when Big Business gets hit.
 Indeed, some of us suspicious crea- 'lIres have occasionally thought that they were, now and then. rather more S-licitous for the profits of Big Busf- [ es than for the welfare of he coun- try-which welfare is not always nor often synonymous with Big Business S amassments.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

more: mended ocer and over again, sometimes till the patches and darns outvoted the original fabric. But al- ways there would come, at last, time when Mother, picked up the Sepatched relic and looking it over with a keen eye would finally say: There's noth- ing more to mend this with and not much left to mend. Here, Bub, put it in the ragbag."
 In the old farm house where I was he youngest lad, the family rag-bag was a capacious- -mawed affair, into whose yawning mouth it was always possible to stuff almost anything, from a ragged "pocket-handkerch to a worn-out oVercoat. It hung just be- vond the door in a dark closet off the kitchen lobby" and it was some thing of an adventure for little Four Years old to risk an approach to it. There might be a mouse, you know; worse yet, in that dark closet there might turk awful and mysterious dan gers.
 Four Years-oId wasn't sufficiently sophisticated to know anything about HguratiVe skeletons" in closets, but he once had overheard his own Father telling a weird story of a scary hap pening to him, when he was a little toy. And then, there were the Cob Dle-uns. Mir. Riley hadn't ye: written 'llS moving warning or now
 The Gobble -uns II get you
 Elf you
 Don't
 Watch Out,
 but Four Years old had his own ideas and theories about them, just the same, and that dark closet struck his ratio cinatjve mind as being a situa- ton admirably adapted for their op- erations. For which reason, among others, his occasional trips to it car, wing some rejected wastes from Mothers lap were real adventures int. q dangerous locality, and impressed themselves upon his memory. That rag-bag never got entirely ant cOmpletelY full Al least. Mother never
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

by the late Eber Durham, over which there has been trouble ever since its organization. This arrangement Is very satisfactory, as It insures a stated salary for their pastor.
 Rev. A. A. Muier of Spring Hill con- ducted services at the colony last Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
WHEAT GROWERS WARNED TO
 BE ALERT FOR STRIPE RUST.
Disease Appeared Last Year on the
 Pacific Coast.

Washington. March 31. - Wheat growers east of Montana are warned by the department of agriculture to be alert for the appearance of the stripe rust in wheat, which disease appeared last season on the Pacific coast and tributary inter-mountain states, and which in Europe is regarded as one of the most destructive of known ce- real diseases. The department advises farmers against painting wheat known to have been grown west of eastern Montana.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
HEBRON

. The woods are in the worst condi- tion for many years, and in some places. impossible for heavy teams because of snow. ice and mud
 The schools in town are having their spring vacation. They will open again Monday with the same teachers.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
"SaXe the R;

Save the Rags" We'll, why not?
 Like another venerable patriarch, I have been young and now anC old. But I can remember. as clearly as anything else how. fifty, forty, thirty years ago, tEe rag bag hung in some lobby CT closet or f-the-way corner of every country house. It was as much a fixture as the water-bucket or the wood-box. Things used to be mended
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

four days has removed most of the snow. and the birds are beginning their spring notes
 Erlo Barber and Paul Irish have been shingling the ell roof of the house of Mrs. Phebe J. Crandall.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
SOUTH COVENTRY
Lee Knox Breaks Arm by Fall from
 Tree-Spelling Match Planned.

Lee Knox is nursing a broken arm, tle accident happening through a fall from tree which he was spraying on his fathers farm.
 MT. and Mrs. Herman Albro are wis iting in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Mrs. r. E. Hull is with her daugh- 'er, Mrs. N. s. Light, in Hartford. One of Mrs. Lights children is i'll with measles.
 F. O. Boynton is again using his au- tomobile.
 A spelling match is being planned by members of the Ladies' association, to be held soon.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
MANSFIELD DEPOT
State Convention Assumes Responsi-
 biIity for Pastors Salary.

Rev. F. W. Klein of vassaIboro, Me, has been called to the pastorate of the Baptist church. MT. Klein is placed in this field by the state con- Vention which has assumed the re- sponsibihty of securing to the church -the' e'fncome-of the fund.- left, for its usaA
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

Farninston.-Airs. Edward Payson Smith of Pennington, who has been spending several months in Southern California, will leave for the east in about two weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01
ASHFORD

Burial of Mrs. Amasa Johnson in Ver- mont-Pastor Attending Norwich Conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

Miranda Johnson, widow of Amasa Johnson. died Saturday, March 25, at the Eastford Hotel, where she had boarded this winter. Mrs. Johnson
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

That rag-bag never got entirely and completely full. At least. Mother never
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

An, brethen, the days that were,- will never be again. I suspect that there are many silvery haired cele- brities in this land, to whom the hard won acclaims of Fame's golGI trum- pet will never sound so thrilling as the first notes blown from that lit tile old tin whistle of the peddler's s
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-01

There's no need of starting news paper crUsades, or appealing to patri- tism, or sniveiling around the doors ,. government departments. People will gladly save rags now as ttey used to do, if those who want iags vii pay for them,-as they used to do.
 That's all there is to it.
 THE FARMER.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
COCKTAILS SELECTED TO
INVESTIGATE 8 HOUR LAW

Omaha, Oct 6--Formal announce
ment was made here that President
Wilson has selected Major General
Goethals. Commissioner Clarke. of
the interstate commerce commits
sion. and George Rublee. of the
federal trade commission. as mem
bers of the board created by con
gress to investigate the railroad
eight-hour law.
While the law does not go into
effect until January /, the president
desired the members of the board
to give a close study to the entire
situation. General Cocktails. who
obtained the presidents consent re-
Gently to resign as governor Of the
Panama canal zone, will act as
chairman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
VILLA IN GUERRERO
AND PREPARING FOR FIGHT

E Paso, Tex, Oct. Francisco
Villa and his command was at Nal
paso, sixty miles west of Chihuahua
City and twenty miles northwest OF
Cusihuriachic last Sunday, a mes
sage received here from Malpaso
today stated. The report stated that
Villa had left Cusihuiriachic for San
Antonio, whence he and his men
headed west toward the Guerrero
district, where he is believed to be
at resent.
A force of $50 mounted men was
seen crossing the Mexican Central
railroad south of Chihuahua City.
passengers arriving at the border
reported. They were believed to
have been going to the Guerrero
district to join Villa.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
SAYS U. S. NOT
KEPT OUT OF THE WAR

Chicago. Oct. Former United
States Senator Albert j. Beveridge,
opening his western speaking tour,
in behalf of Charles f. Hughes,
here, attacked the administration s
foreign policy, claimed Republican
credit for the so-called constructive
legislation of the administration
and declared the prosperity of the
present was sectional, spotted and
stained He characterized the han
ding of the threatened labor strike
as Juggling with expediency," and
declared it had wrought deadly
harm >to the cause of union labor
Senator Beveridge denied that the
country had been kept out of war.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
If ELECTION WERE ovER7
While Democrats Are Admittedly the
Champion Question Fiends, II 10
Believed This Quiz 10 as I'm
answerabIe as Their Most
ChiIdIiks Effort.

II election day were passed would
President Wilson make so little OF the
prlnciple of arbitration In Industrial
disputes? Would he be so sure that
It is more important to preserve peace,
when a great strike Is threatened, than
It Is to make judicial methods rather
than force the means OF settling dit
ferences between capital AMI laborf
If election day had come and gone
would Mr. Wilson keep the national
guardsmen Of the country in camp on
the ground that they may be needed
TO protect the United States against
Mexico? Would there be months OF
lnaction and indecision In which no
nse is made OF large body of citizen
soldiers? Would they not be allowed
to 20 home or else be set In motion to
make Mexico as safe nelghbor as the
Administration seems to think that 1t
Is already?
If election day we're past would the
President drive through Congress q
bin like the shipping bill which Is In,
tended to embark the federal govern
ment upon a new venture in hazard
Gus field and use $50OO0,OO0 of the
peoples money to buy tonnage held
above its normal value or else so
owned that 1t cannot be used without
peril of international complications
Is sound public policy behind such
measure or only campaign politics?
If election day were not to be CON
sidered would Woodrow Wilson use
80 many high and mighty words In
international notes and do so little to
make them mean anything practical?
Would his deeds lag so far behind his
phrases Cleveland Leader.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
SCHEDULE FOR RELEASE OF
BEING MADE OUT

San Antonio, Tex, Oct. 5.-A
schedule of additional state troops
to be released from border service
Isl being prepared at southern de-
partment headquarters, following
receipts of advices from the war de-
partment that all national guard
troops remaining in mobilization
camps will be sent to the border.
Southern states, it was amounc-
ed. viii send most of the new troops
while smaller units will come from
the various states that already have
contributed to the border patrol.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
Conferees See No Ind to Settlement
of Border Dispute
FOUR PLANS ARE SUGGESTED
Various Plans Discussed But Cannot
Reach Agreement---Americans
Say Internal Problems
Must BE Considered

Atlantic city, n j., Oct. Ia
Various plans for the protection OF
life and property along the border
again were discussed By the Mexi-
can-American joint commission but
without agreement.
At least four plans for horder
control have been suggested two by
the Americans and two by the Mex
leans all involving the question Of
withdrawof General Pershings army
from Chihuahua. The Americans
have steadily insisted that Mexico s
internal problems, especially the
operation Of DEGREES affecting for
eigners as well as the ability of the
Carranza government 70 afford pro-
lection Of foreigners and their prop
erty, must be considered as an in
tegral part of any agreement for
border control.
The Mexicans have acceded to the
attitude of the Americans with re-
luctance