New Britain herald., 1916-02-15
Joseph F. Dutton, who had Miss Mary Parklnson of Plainville for partner Little ContagioD Hero.

Joseph F. Dutton, who had Miss Mary Parklnson of Plainville for a partner Little Contagion Here.
 Although other places in this To- cality are complaining about ept- denies of contagious diseases, Plain vile continues practically free from maladies requiring quarantine, ac- cording to Health Officer J N. Bull. There have of course been a large number of cases of pneumonia, grip and kindred diseases but the diph- theria and scarlet fever germ seen- ingly is giving the town a wide berth
 Even measles have not shown up here to any noticeable extent New Britain, Southington and Bristol re- port large numbers of cases of this disease and the health departments in these places are kept busy. The~e have been two or three Plainville peo. pie sick with light attacks of measles. but the health officer reports that there was absolutely no sign of an epi- demlc. In this respect PlainvilIe is very fortunate and it's .neighbors have cause to be jealous
 Extra for Overtime.
 Concessions made to the employees
 
 local plant of the Bristol Manufactur ing company have resulted in set clement of the differences between the managers And the men regarding overtime, and last night this part of the mill was in operation until & o'clock
 The spinners some time ago rebelle1 against working overtime because of dissatisfaction with the work given them, and their department has been closing at o'clock since.
 The company is rushed with or ders and is said to be buster than at any time. in it's history To satisfy the spinners the company made over lures to them, offering extra pay for overtime and as a result the men have agreed to keep at work until s o'cloek in the evening.
 Murphy We'll Pleased.
 James J. Murphy of this nlace for mer owner of the New Britain and franchises in the Connect icut league, is well pleased over the decision of the minor league commits sion abolishing the Eastern associa tion and substituting a ten-club con- bination. MT. Murphy believes that 1t will be big thing for baseball in this section and he looks for a good season for the teams in the merger He is not particularly enthusiastic however, over the ten club idea and he thinks that before the end of the season the number of teams will be reduced to eight
 The decision spells victory for the Cameron interests in New Haven as well as for the magnates who were associated with MT. Cameron in his fight to oust Rourke from the presi- dency of the league. MT. Cameron's widow who before her marriage was Miss Catherine Flynn of this place. will be. represented in the manage lnent of the New Haven team by the l administrators of the estate of her l husband
 Brief Items
 The Grange will meet tonight in l it's hall on Pierce street and will mako 1 for a public whist and l social to be held tomorrow evening. l
 Dr. James Prior has returned to l his home in Boston after visit to | his father, who is quite ill at his l home on Pierce street.
 The Parish guild of the Church of l Our Savior will meet in the parish 1 house for work Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Supper will be served at l s o'clock
 Sixteen degrees below the zero l mark was the record indicated hy thermomet in some sections of the town this morning. The average was ten degrees below at an early hour.
 A. T Bordeau returned home last