Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
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Norwich, Tuesday, July 4, 1916.
VARIOUS MATTERS
Flags out today!


 evening.
 The almanacs predict hot and dry Independence day.
 July Fourth is St. Bertha's day in the church calendar.
 The D-S has left Philadelphia for the Thames naval station.
 The Gladden. cottage in Neptune Park has been leased by the Hart family of Hartford.
 Preston and Ledyard growers are sending some fine looking strawberries to market this week.
 Beginning next Sunday, high mass and vespers at St. Patrick's church will be suspended during the summer
 The planet Venus was evening star up to last night, July Sd. During the remainder of the year it is morning star.
 Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, honorary state regent of the Connecticut D. A. R., is to spend July at Sugar Hill, in the White mountains.
 Monday at o'clock in St. Patricks church an anniversary high mass of requiem for Joseph Tracy was sung by Rev. J. H. Frederick
 Tn Lenox society news mention is made of those most active in sewing for the French wounded, including Mrs. William A. Slater, Jr.
 Mrs. Frances Gay DawIey of Fitch vile contributes some thoughtful verses entitled Dead Hands to the Springfield Sunday Republican.
 A local motor party to Hartford Sunday estimated the visitors to Eliza beth park at 10000. Next Sunday the ramblers will be in bloom there.
 Delegates are being appointed to the state convention of the Connecticut Firemen's association, which will be. held in Thompsonville in August.
 Fourth Of July picnics will be fewer in number than usual today, nearly every family remaining in town to view the big Preparedness parade. was spent by the state to feed the rockies at camp in Mantle, according to Battalion QUarternaster Roland F. Andrews.
 The marriage of Joseph P. Schmidt and Miss Elizabeth Linn.burger of EI- Hngton took place at St. Bernard's rectOry, Rockville, Saturday night at ' o'clock. A reception was held later.
 At Hartford Sunday Rev. G. G. Scrivener, district superintendent of the Norwich district, preached at the First Methodist church, the pastor, Rev. H. v. Ross, being away on his vacation.
 At Pennington, through Mrs. R. P Keep, Miss Porter's school has rented the Erastus Gay house as a dOrmitory when the school opens in October Many improvements are being made on the property.
 The new brick chimney for the GrctOn borough plant has been finished and two American flags are displayed from the top. The chimney is 15O feet high, or 60 feet higher than the stack in use at present.
 Paraders can procure white gloves today before the formation of the pa rade at the southerly store. Thayer Bujlding-adv.
 Pasquale Pace was granted a trans fer of license from Shaw street to the new Connor block at the corner of Shaw and Bank streets, New London, at the weekly meeting of the county commissioners Friday.
 Groton borough power house has JVVt4 NciI OGu d contract TOT Z0,UUU HilO watt hours to be furnished in the ensuing year to the United States sub- marine base at the navy yard, the ser vice beginning Saturday, July 1.
 The central committee for the relief of Jews suffering through the war, subscriptions to which are sent to Harry Fischel, treasurer, New York, acknowledges new gifts, including from New London committee, SIP. An authority on mosquitoes states that there have been three broods this year already, enc in April, another in May and the third last month. ten days after the perigee tide. Many people have not noticed one mosquito this year.
 A favorite actor in Norwich, Corse Payton, has abruptly concluded his stock season at Parsons theatre and his company has disbanded and left Hartford Sunday afternoon. Small business combined with vanished capi- tai put Payton out of the running.
 Next Monday the first contingent the boys of St. Andrews guild, East Hartford, will leave for their eighth annual visit to the camp conducted each year by St. Johns church at Lake Waugunbaug, South Coventry. A camp for girls will follow the boys.
 George Leonard Way. 81, who died Sunday at his home, No. 65 Windsor avenue. Hartford, after illness follow ing a shock sustained last Tuesday evening, was born in Hartford, a son of George M. Way of Colchester and Marian Fitch Kennedy Way of Hart ford.
 The federal income tax law has brought to the United States treasury between $2 900 and s2,50O, 900 more from the Connecticut district this year than it did in 1915. The returns this year are between $7, 50O, ,000 and $8, 900, = | 900 as against $5,5OO,O00 collected last year.
 l Schooner William Morse, Capt. Hen | ry Langworthy of Noank, has been at | Fulton market, New York, with 4 900 tilefish and swordhsh weighing 186 pounds. This fish, just as 1t came out of the water, with sword, fins and without cleaning, sold for 27 cents a | pound.
 Enters Service of State. | Alderman Henry c Chan0elI oP Nyax,,