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Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
Stafford Springs.
A Trip Through the Woods.

A Trip Through the Woods.
 One afternoon about three o'clock our teacher took us for walk through the woods
 She took paper and pencil with her and wrote down the names of all the different things we found.
 schoolmate of mine and I had a knife and we cut piece of every dif- ferent kind of bark. As was cutting a piece of bark, cut a little too deep and broke the end of the knife blade.
 Then we came to road and found scP1e large rocks in which there were quartz crystals.
 Som one found a birds nest, another some blossoms which we put into a glass of water when we returned
 On our way back all carrying flow
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
Our Christmas Tree.

OUI NIIIIotIIIdS ITSVs
 This Christmas we put our tree in the garden and we fed the birds on 1t. We tied suet on the branches and this winter when the ground was cov- cred with snow, there was good many birds around the tree
 There is one bird that is very odd. He is black with a grey breast and al- most as large as a robin. Can you tell me it's name?
 We also put crumbs on the dining room window sill and when there is no noise they come and eat them. This has been hard winter for the little birds.
 MADELYN SULLIVAN, Age 10. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
Writina Contest.

VTTtItiB OOtEtSSt'
 Our teacher wanted us to improve our penmanship, so she asked us if we wanted to have a writing contest. We all wanted one, so she selected two captains. These captains chose the pupils they wanted on their side
 She told us the captains would have the privilege of looking at their pupils papers and correcting their mistakes during tho time allowed for penman- ship. and that at the end of the con- test we were going to have a party and the side that lost would have to supply the refreshments.
 After our penmanship lesson was over the cartains choose the best pa- pers on their side. and kept them
 This contest lasted a month. When we had teachers meeting the teachers decided which side won.
 JOSEPHINE ROROVTCKA. Age 13.
 .NVast TViIlfnefnn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Esther ChaIetz of Colchester, Three Little Women's Success.
 2-Woods School of Stafford Springs. Play Days, etc.
 s-John A. Burns of Fitchville. Fred Fenton on the Track.
 4-MiIdred E. White of Stafford Springs, The Girls Central High.
 5-John B. Purcell of Colchester, Uncle Sam's Boys on Field Duty.
 6-Doris M. Amidon of West Willing ton, The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson.
 Lillian M. 5rehaut of East Nor wich, Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill.
 s-Mary A. 5urriII of Stafford Springs, The Meadow Brook Girls on LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 Miriam Shershevsky of Norwich: ] thank you very much for the prize book you gave men entitled Little Folks and What They Did.
 Florence Brown of Norwich Town: thank you very much for the prize book which you sent me. I know l will en- joy reading it.
 Grace A. BurrilI of Stafford Springs: Thank you very much for the prize book Little Stories for Little People I have read some of the stories anG find them very interesting
 Walter supina of Stafford Springs:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
Thanksgiving at Grandfather's.

Grandfather and Grandmother live in a big old fashioned farmhouse out in the, country a long way from the rail- road where we left the train on the afternoon of the day before Thanks giving, and were surprised to find the ground covered with snow which had fallen during the previous night
 Uncle John met us with the clumsy old bobsled and the big black horses we always admired, impatiently wait ing for the chirrup and the snap of the whip to be off
 From the top of the last long hill just as the sun was setting we saw the smoke rising from the chimney, which recalled to our minds former Thanksgiving with their bountifuI feasts and happy family reunions The interior of the house suggested Thanksgiving, too. Everywhere in the pantry were rows of pies, glass dishes filled with rich red cranberry sauce, loaves of cake and delicious plum pud- 1 ding.
 Grandmother. dear old lady with | silvery hair, kind, bright blue eyes, | snowy cap and apron, was sitting ;n her favorite rocking chair by the win Fdow and welcomed us heartily, as did ] also numerous other relatives
 The children scampered off with some corn to the barnyard where ar enormous gobbler was strutting proud i ly about, ravenously but unconsciousIs eating his last supper
 Thanksgiving morning dawned cleal and cold and everyone was astir early l full of anticipation especially the little folks, who remembered with joy anc some with sorrow their last Thanks. giving dinner.
 At last the dinner gong sounded anG we all assembled in the long dinins room where the table was laid. groan. ing beneath it's weight of good things most important of which was the same gcbbler we had fed the night before. After dinner the older people ex. changed experiences while the chiIdrer popped corn and played games In the evening, gathered around tht N big open fireplace, fathers, mothers \ uncles and aunts told stories of youth ful escapades, and the children, roast ing apples in the glowing coals, lis tened wide-eyed and open -mouthed.
 The next day we went home, takiny with us many happy recollections O the pleasant farmhouse, the jolly fam fly gathering and the last but not tn least the liberal festivity of the never to-be-forgotten occasion
 WOODS SCHOOL. l Sta ffar5 SnT-ir ers
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYs AID GIRLS DEpARTMENT

received the prize book and I thank vnll many times for ii.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

''I an sending you a picture of my little niece, Edith White. When only
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
A Convenience for the Writing Table

OL-I--'-JLI A1s 10IN East Norwich, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
Our Parfv.

Yantic, Conn.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-16
HELP THE OTHER FELLOW

The SHOWS Of today remind all--or
should-that the coming winter is to
be hard on some; not necessary al
ways the improvident, though they are
with us always, but those who cannot
help themselves. The present high
prices, while they help conditions gen
orally to very great degree, and help
a great many individuals, yet it must
be remembered that it is not every
one who has something to sell; that
the consumers outnumber the produc-
ers by long odds, and it may be that
many of the consumers will have very
little to consume, with the prices of
necessities at the present high mark.
1t is time to help little and be
willing to give up part of what you
have--it matters not how hard you
had to work to get ito the fellow
who has little or nothing. Split tn.
dollar.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-16
oovxRsannr cnor 1zrolr

Washington, D. c., Nov. 8, 1916
A summary of preliminary estimates Of
crop production for the State Of Idaho
compiled by the Bureau of Crop Esti-
mates (and transmitted through the
Weather Bureau), U. s. Department of
Agriculture, is as follows:
Wheat
Idaho:-October estimate, 1856. 900
bushels; production last year, final es
innate, 1S,73O,000 bushels.
Oats
1daho:-October estimate, l4.l04,O00
bushels; production last year, final es-
innate, 15,745,OOQ bushels. .
Barley
1daho:-October estimate, 7,215,0O0
bushels; production las, year, final es-
innate, 7,736,O0O bushels.
Potatoes
Idaho:-Estimate thss year, 4,o5O, 900
bushels; production last year, final es-
innate, 3,500,000 bushels.
Hay
Idaho:-September estimate, 1,71O,-
600 tons; production last year, final
estimate, l,S2s,OOO tons. :
Apples
Idaho Est innate this year, $4,000
barrels; production last year, final es-
| innate, $4,000 barrels.
Prices
The first price given below is the
! average on November this year, and
the second the average on November
| last year.
Idaho ho:-Wheat 134 and 70 cents per
bushel Corn 95 and 20. Oats 46 and
"a. Potatoes 10S and 43. Hay 5000
and $40 per ton. Eggs 36 and %
! cents per dozen.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office,
Blackfoot, Idaho, Oct. IA, 1916.

Blackfoot, Idaho, Oct. II, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settlers have filed no
tice of their intention to make final
proof on their respective entries be-
fore the Register and Receiver CT the
United States Land Office, BlackfOOt,
Idaho, on the 10Th day of December,
1916:
Rodolph p. Fackrell, of Pingree, Ida
ho, who ON August 2, 1912, made des-
crt land entry serial No. 0l25SS, for
the VIZ NEh, VIZ SEA, See. Is.
Township 4 South, Range 33 East,
Boise Meridian, to make final proof.
lie names as witnesses the following
persons: j. f. Mcconnell, Pingree,
idaho; II. p. Fackrell and p. p. Fack-
rell of Thomas Idaho; w. A. Edwards
of Springfield, Idaho.
George II. Loebsack, of Taber, Idaho,
who on May 10, 1914, made homestead
entry Serial No. O17l26, for the SEA
NWA, So NEN, NY SEA, SEA
SEA, See. 33; VIZ SWA, Sec. "a,
Township ! South, Range 33 East,
Boise Meridian, to make final three
year proof
He names as witnesses the follow
ing persons: Dick Blohm, Vern Wray,
Bert Grimmett and Arch Wheeler, all
of Taber, Idaho.
j. II. CARRUTH,
lO-19.1l-23 Register.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-16
Blackfoot Astonished
BY Simple Mixture

Blackfoot people are astonished at
the INSTANT action Of simple buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc, as mixed
in Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL re-
moves such surprising foul matter ii
relieves almost ANY CASE of consti-
patton, sour stomach or gas. Because
Adler-i-ka acts on BOTH lower and up
per bowel, few doses often relieve or
prevent appendicitis. A short treat
ment helps chronic stomach trouble.
Edw. Thoreson, druggist.-Adv.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-16
PougxKD rA1Aa1ARHS

FVu:1xO. - 4 Aes z -.
An exchange insists that no one ever
plays golf. They work.
Life is full of joys, sorrows, and
stomach aches.
The fellow who haggles over little
things seldom reaches the big ones
Some men work themselves thin try
| ing to sidestep the boss and kill time.
| This life is just ont grand eat after
| another-when we can get the eats.
If YOU simply must bet on election,
bet with your wife and keep it in the
family.
Some women are SO consistent they
resolutely decline to ever say what
they mean.
Every time the dove of peace tries
to light i'll Mexico the buzzards scare
it away.
! No mali is ever SO great but what y
dirty street urchin can make him look
like 30 cents.
With some men good wife is re.
spected and admired, while the affinity
gets the coin.
The bark of dog or the grunt of a
pig is sublime music to the growl of
the chronic crouch.
|
The ways of God are strange indeed
and past understanding, hence we have
the professional politician.
The advent of November brings
peace in Europe another month near
er. But, Oh, Lord, how many years9
| Skating on thin ice in the game Of
life is full Of zest, until the ice breaks
and you take the fatal plunge.
Many good man has been classel
as questionable because he didn't have
the nerve to live up to his convictions.
'Tis sad but true, that the attract
iveness of pretty face is often engulf-
cd by the vitrol Of sharp tongue.
Vast numbers Of new dimes have
been put into circulation. But bring
the old ones along. Wen take them
dirt and all.
One of the most aggravating things
in this world is to have your hair fall
out of your head and sprout in your
nose at the same time.
loo nsI ehut rQ
tells why hair falls out. We note with
regret, however, that it fails to tell us
how to fall it back again.
Good men in public office are often
hard to get, but human nature is SO
perverse that once we get them we are
never satisfied until we get rid of
them.
OF course there are a lot of dea(
carcasses lying around after election
but the lure of the public crib viii
bring them back to life again two years
later.
If you want a Sunday dinner that
would tickle the palate of king just
tell your wife she is the most popular
woman and best cook in town. You II
get it.
Some of these days, perhaps, national
and state candidates will learn that if
they want to impress their own particu
lar merits upon the rural voters they
will have to use the columns of the rural
press, the home paper of the man they
seek to reach. The average city daily
does not exert any great political in
fluence in rural districts.
q Now that the smoke of the political
battle is drifting away, perhaps We
: can get down to business and dig up
e little prosperity for this community
It We have whooped it up for our favorit,
h candidates and given them the benefit
of our influence and our votes, all OF
n which they will promptly forget. If W,
< are equally energetic in whoOping il
> up for our local community we may ac
+ complish some definite and tangible re.
). suits that will bring at least sem
I blance of prosperity to us.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-16

The fellow who lost in the election
will at least have the satisfaction Of
knowing that the dear people will not
be cussing them for their failure to.
make good on their promises.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-16
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS

Our new Sunday and weekend ex-
cursions solve them. Many autOists,
too, are finding out that our rates are
cheaper than using their own cars.
Ask about them. Agent o. S. L. r.
R.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-29
DORSET HOLLOW

Henry Harwood shot a fine buck
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs Dennis Collins of Dorset is
now visiting at Mir. and Mrs. Merritt
Sheldons of Pawlet.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Streeter have
gone to keeping house in the house
now vacated by George Weeks.
William Tulley and daughter Cor
trude. of South Dorset called at Val
ley View FARM Sunday
MesGers John and William Kelley
Mrs. William Kelley and Miss Clara
Kelley were in Manchester at Mrs.
Nancy Kelley's Sunday.
Walter Jones. William Kelley, Jr,
and Edward Kelley of Dorset attend
ed dance at MI. and Mrs Herbert
Thompson's OF Manchester Monday
cyenin,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hulsburg cele-
hrated their fiftieth wedding anniyer-
sary last Wednesday evening and all
had an ENJOYABLE time Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Mcbride furnished the music.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-29
NORTH BENNINGTON


H. T. Cushman is in New York city.
A. S. Payne and family left today
for Boston to spend Thanksgiving day
with his parents
Leon Spencer is at home from the
Vermont university at Burlington Tor
the Thanksgiving recess.
Rev James s. Clark and w. r..
Mattison attended bill Sunday" meet
ing in Boston. last Friday evening.
The union Thanksgiving service to-
morrow at NCrth Bennington will be
at the Baptist church at 10 O'Clock.
Conductor John James of the trolley
road has been unable to attend to his
duties for a few days, on account Of
illness.
Mrs. Frank RIPLEY has returned
from North Adams, where she has
been to receive treatment at the hos
pital
The Messers Whitman have moved
from Salisbury to this place and are
occupying the Durham tenement ION
Bank street extension.
MT. ana Mrs. Plerce OF the Eastern
Lyceum Bureau, were entertained
during their stay in town by Mr. and
Mrs. w. r. Mattison.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Roster will enter
tain on Thanksgiving day. William
Green and family of Pownal. Mr. Har-
mon and family of Bennington and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Roster and chill
dren.
Union Thanksgiving services Of the
Methodist, Baptist and Congregations
al churches will be held in the Pap
fist church at 10 o'clock on Thursday
morning, Thanksgiving day Rev. J.
S. Clark will preach the sermon. Let
every one make special effort to be
present and give God thanks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws or the / Uwin and village rold
Briefly for eusy Readers

The graded school opened at one
this afternoon and closed at recess.
Miss Marion Hathaway left today
for Waterford, n. Y, where she WI
spend Thanksgiving
Miss Doris Carpenter a student ut
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Is hcme fol
the Thanksgiving vacation.
+. Haviland Sibley OF Williams col
lege will spend Thur day with his par
Ients, Mrs. and MIS-. A. Buel Sibley
Miss Frances Richards, teacher OF
the second grade, is i'll and Miss
Eunice Lyons is taking her place.
The children of the grammar hcool
presented Janitcr John Scott with a
thanksgiving basket, containing a
turkey and the "hxin's.'
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert W. Varney left
this afternoon for Mrs. Vainey's for
mer home in Middlebury. where they
will spend Thanksgiving.
Zebra Q. Graves returned today from
Albany, where he has been in hospit-
al for some TIME to spend Thanksgiv-
ing With his alents, Mr. and Mrs. c.
NJ. Graves.
John r. Lixster janitor o. the high
school building, was presented large
Thanksgiving basket this noon by the
high school pupils Mr. Lister re-
sponded with a short speech.
Nj. and Mrs. p Taylor and little son
will arrive this afternoon from Hart
ford, Conn, to pass Thanksgiving at
the home of Mrs. Taylor's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Endress
The North Adams Transcript Of
last evening contained an article to
the effect that General Electric COM
pany officials had been looking over
the situation in North Adams and
Bennington with a view to locating
branch plants in both places. The
company is reported to be seeking
location outside of Pittsfeld for the
reason that there are no available
sites in that city. The company is
reported to be greatly in need Of a
wire factory at the present time. It
has been definitely decided to locate
a plant at Great harrington, which
win employ about 300 hands, but
which will not be sufficient to relieve
the situation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-29
Men Feel Tired, Too

While much is said about tired wo-
men it must be remembered that mel
also pay the penalty Of overwork.
When the kidneys are weak, inactive
or sluggish, when one feels tired out
and miserable, lacks energy and am
bition. Foley Kidney Pills are tonic
and strengthening. William H. Clark
Springfield. Ohio, writes: Il found
mo relief from kidney trouble until |
discovered Foley Kidney Pills. Now
I am, in A 1 shape" They act quickly
and surely. Sold Everywhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-29

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-29

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you must be q church
member to appreciate
this ILLUSTRATED
BIBLE for the hun
dreds of "eye-teaching"
pictures alone win edu-
cate every man, woman
and child.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-29

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New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
ORDERED OUT TO
 ASSIST SUBMARINl
STRIKE VOTE TAKEN BY 100000 UNION MEN Leaders Says 179,50O Have Already Decided to
 Quit Work.

New York, Sept. 25.-Labor organ izations including about 100000 workers met today to vote on the question of joining in the proposed general strike to take effect here Wednesday morning. Ernst Bohm, secretary of the conference of labor leaders directing the movement, as- serted that unions representing 179,- 500 workers already had voted to quit work.
 A meeting of the leaders will be held this afternoon to hear the re- ports from the local unions. Among those voting today are the machinists metal workers, laundrymen and butchers.
 According to Secretary Bohm, the strike among drivers for Borden's Condensed Milk Co.,, which began yes- terday and continued to\spread today, was due to an attempt by the com pany to enforce upon the men the master and servant form of con- tract which is one of the issues in the traction strike.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
SCHOOLS REOPEN
 FOR FALL TERI
Apparently Paralysis Scare Has \ i{dfcct Upcn Attendance, Which
 Is Reported Large.

New Britain schools, public, privat| and parochial, opened for the fa1 term today, after a delay of twd weeks owing to infantile paraiystu While no definite figures of attend ance could be secured this afternood owing to the fact that enrollmentI were not completed it is stated ol| authority that the attendance is largd and more than up to expectattonsl Apparently there is no falling off or| account of the paralysis epidemic.
 The morning hours were given urI to enrolment and assignment td classes and this afternoon this world was continued with the giving out oa text books and supplies.
 At the High school a half session was held and this afternoon books were given out. Two sessions will ha held tomorrow. Superintendent Holmes plans a conference with tfaa various school principals tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The even- ing schools, both elementary and vo- oational, will begin sessions tonight.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
SIGNALS WERE SET
Train Dispatcher at Bradford Gives Evidence Damaging to Engince.' Of Gilt Ed9e Express at Trial.

Westerly, R. l., Sopt. 25-Testi- mony today or John McCluskey, who was train dospa atcher at Bradford when the Gilt Edge Express of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, telescoped a local train there on April IT, killing five persons was to the effect that the signals were set against the express. McCluskcy was a witness at the trial of Charles H. Mansfield of New Haven, Conn.,, en- gineer of the express, who is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of two of the passengers
 He said the distant signal showed yellow, meaning caution, and added that any other indication was impos- sible because the local train was still in the block covered by the signals.
 William mJ Read, conductor of the Gilt Edge,~ testified under cross ex- animation that he heard no torpedoes, and that he did not see any fuses on the tracks ahead of his train while running into Bradford.