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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
STONECUTTING

It Is one of the oldest of trades and the most ancient whose work has sur vtvsd. Most of our knowledge of the ancients comes to us through their Inscriptions and sculptures of stone and fin more modern times cemetery memorials have preserved family records which are valuable where al other records have been destroyed.
 Our present cemetery memorials arc the most permanent of records and will tell future generations of our lives and thoughts. They win reflect our taste and judgment for approval or criticism according to the degree of care we use in selecting them. The Charles A. Kuebler Co.
 Established 1ss4
 at s9-41 Franklin Street
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Notification has reached local mem bers that the annual luncheon of the State Federation of Women's clubs is to be held at the Allyn house, Hart ford, next Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Middlekown-The annual meeting of the trustees of the Berkeley Divinity Bishop Brewster, president of the school DrnGadeA
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
Snow suoIIad skatina.

Just when there was enough good ice for skating again, the snow oi Tuesday night and Wednesday morn- ing arrived to spoil it all.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
H. and A. Building Of Heavy Con
 struction.

Fffty-two tons of steel went into the first floor of the new. fiye-story building that is now being erected on Chestnut street by the Hopkins & Allen Arms Go.
 Its construction in steel and cement is the heaviest that has been seen in any building erected in this city in recent years
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Rantam-A new 5o0-horsepower en- zine has been installed at the Bantam power house. The engine weighs l2 1"2 tons.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

NOTICE
 have purchase the Coffee House at 378 Main St. All persons having bills against the said store are requested to present them as soon as possible.
 GUST SILAS. Norwich, Feb. ?. 1916. febgd
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

China is building POS miles of rail-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Follow the crowd to Triple Link car nival all this week at Odd Fellows hall-adv.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

The barges Joseph and Harry R. have been lowed to an anchorage in midstreaIn at New London from AL lyns Point and Norwich, respectively their cargo of coal having been dis charged.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Of the 213 students at Danbury State Normal school, this county is repre- sented by fifteen students from six towns: Holland, six students from six towns, and Windham, three students from three towns
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

At the quarterly meeting of the Mi antic Improvement association, Inc, held Monday evening in the vestry of the Methodist church, Joseph T. Crut- tenden of Norwich spoke on the sub- ject of Garden Clubs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

The jury of selection at the Phila- delphia Art show has awarded the Jennie Seshan gold medal to one of the Lyme artists, Emil Carlson, for En- trance to St. Thomas Harbor.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

The New London Telegraph mentions that Mrs. Mary Jarvis of Main street, who was struck by Norwich car on Main street on the evening of Jan. IS, was discharged from Lawrence hospi- tai Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10
Wednesday, afternoon the Prosres

sive Missionary club met with Mrs George J. Kraft, 163 Broad street Mrs. John E. Post presiding and 2 being present. After interesting read ings about the Mather school in Soutl Carolina. light refreshments wer served.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

The benevolent needlewomen of Norwich have used up most of the material provided for war relief work, and the Red Cross officials are hoping that money from generous men or women may be received at once, in order to purchase more materials.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Anyone who knows anything abou- the nachinist or carpenter trade is sure of work in or about Mystic this winter. Tuesday there was a con. tractor from Groton in Mystic lookins for 50 men to work at his plant ir Groton.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Wednesday morning the Red Cross headquarters in the Thayer building was in charge of Mrs. Eben Learned. In the afternoon Miss Mazie V. Caru- thers and Mrs. Frank $. BunneIl were in charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-10

Local florists anticipate no shortage of azaleas, bulbs, lilies of the valley, etc., at Easter, as happened at Christ mas time. due to the war, as importers have largely overcome the difficulties which prevailed during the fall
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
Public Hospital offered To oxford

Jackson A. Watt has agreed to buy
Oakwood Sanitarium from DR.. w. G..
Lent and has arranged to present 1t
to Oxford and the community, pro-
vided certain sum is raised in this
vicinity for improvements and main
tenance. The deal was consum-
mated Thursday, but it has been in
the wind for several weeks. Under
the plan proposed by Mr.. Watt. the
hospital will be given in fee simple to
Board of Managers and will be
conducted, after the manner of the
Chester County Hospital at West
Chester, which has proved such a
decided success: The purchase price
given DIR. Lent is reported to be
$4,000.
To take full advantage of Mr..
Watts offer it will be necessary that
$4,000 be raised by the community
in general and plans are already
formulated for whirlwind campaign
of fifteen or thirty days to accomplish
his.-Oxford News.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11

Body OF Drowned Man Identified.
| The body found floating in the
Susquehanna river, near McCall's
Ferry, and buried in McKendree's
cemetery, Airville, Pa, was disinter-
red last week and recognized as that
of Peter Milton Smith, forty-five
years of age, 1929 Clayton street,
Wilmington, Del, an engineer on the
P. B. & w. railroad. The Identified
tion of the body was made by Mrs.
Minnie Smith. wife Of the drowned
man.
On March 10 Mr.. Smith left his
home to visit his sister and brothers
at Airville, and was not heard from
again. The night he was due to
arrive in Airville people along the
banks of the Susquehanna heard
someone calling for help. Although
efforts were made to find from where
the sounds were coming they failed,
and it was not until the middle Of
April that the body was found. AS
no one in the vicinity of McCall's
Ferry could identify the body it was
buried as an unknown. 1t is sup
posed that Mr.. Smith attempted to
cross the river on the ice, but broke
through and was drowned.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
Sorry He Broke Jail.

George Walsh. youth arrested
IN Philadelphia on a fugitive war
rant from Maryland is now sorry that
he was so hasty in attempting to
escape the clutches of the law.
Walsh was arrested for stealing a
ride on freight train and was fined
50 by a Justice of the Peace in Elk
ton. Being unable to pay The fine
he was sent to Jail there, but few
days later made his escape. Mean
time, the money to pay his fine had
been forwarded by his friends in
Philadelphia, and he would have
been discharged had he but waited
a little longer. He is now to be
taken back to answer the charge OF
jail-breaking.
Judge Rogers in the Quarter Ses-
sions Court refused to discharge
Walsh on writ of habeas corpus,
but consented to allow him to enter
5000 bail to appear when wanted by
the Elkton authorities.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
RE-AssEssMENT TIED UP.
Must Wait Until Court Decision Is
Rendered.

The State Tax Commission is
awaiting a decision by the Circuit
Court for Frederick county in the
suit instituted by the commissioners
of that county to determine the con-
stitutionality of the act under which
it is proposed to reassess the real
estate in all the counties. The de-
cision by the Frederick court will
not enable the commission to begin
its work. Whatever that decision
may be, there will likely be an
appeal to the Court of Appeals, a
special setting and an early ruling
by which will be necessary to pave
the way for the start of the work.
1t looks, therefore, as though the
commission will not be in position to
begin until September the reyalu-
ations which had been set for about
August 1.
The Anne Arundel County Com
missioners have also filed objections
to the law under which the new as
sessment has been arranged. Their
objections are similar to those of the
Frederick county commissioners. A
decision by the courts in the former
case will settle objections raised ir
the two counties. In Baltimore
county the objection is based on a
local law which prohibits the COM
missioners Of that county from ex-
pending money for which no levy has
been made.
The act of the Maryland Assembly
delegating the power for reassess-
ment in Maryland, on which the
State Tax Commission based it's
action for a Statewide reassessment,.
was declared unconstitutional Tues
day afternoon in an opinion handed
down by the Frederick County Cir
cult Court, overruhng the demurrer
to the bill of complaint filed on July
19 by David Lowenstein and Charles
Wertheimer. Frederick merchants,
against the State Tax Commission,
Alfred w. Gaver, supervision of
assessments, and the board of coun-
ty commissioners.
The defendants have Is days in
which. to file an answer to the bill
of complaint.
The Tax Commission, it is stated,
will take the case to the Court of
Appeals.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
Lecture On 1nfantiie Paralysis.

DR.. Geo. N. Settle, of Baltimore,
will deliver a elcture in the school
house at Liberty Grove on Monday
evening. Aug. IA, at 8 o'clock, on
What Is Known of Infantile Para
lysis." DR.. Settle is native Of Cecil
County and Associate Professor OF
Neurology and Clinical Medicine at
the University of Maryland.
The Woman's Community Club OF
Liberty Grove under whose auspices
this lecture is to be given, extends a
cordial invitation to the people OF
the. neighboring community. Lem
onade and cake will be on sale after
the lecture.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
The Ford As A Rat Trap.

The Ford was put to another
singularly successful test Tuesday
morning in Bel Air.
The car was parked in the court
house square and a bull dog was
underneath barking furlously. An
investigation by some boys revealed
tho presence of a rat as large as q
kitten in the drip pan.
A long pole was procured and by
series of jabs and pokes the rat made
a dash from the Ford. 1t was
caught by the bull dog before 1t
could reach another Ford, and few
shakes and it was dead.
1t only demonstrated another of
the many uses to which the Ford can
be put with safety.-Harford Demo-
crat. /.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
FIRE AT PORT DEPOSIT.
Damage to Quarry Company Plant
Placed at $4,000.

Fire Sunday afternoon destroyed
$4,000 worth of machinery and
buildings belonging to the Port De-
posit Quarry Company in the north
end of Port Deposit. The main
,power-house, crusher buildings and
screen houses of the plant were
burned to the ground. The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company sent two
fire-fighting engines to the scene of
the fire and after two hours delay
traffic was resumed. The great cloud
of smoke that swept up the Susque-
hanna Valley attracted hundreds of
people to the fire.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
Annual Meetings-Directors Elected.


The annual meeting of the
Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Fire
Insurance Association, was held July
20. at Zion, when the following
Directors were elected
Thomas B. Miller. ]. Ed. Crothers.
William T. Patten, Robert T. Cam
eron, c. Ross Biles, Arthur Harvey
and Charles A. Benjamin. The Di-
rectors organized by electing G. Ross
Bilesj as president and Edwin D.
Carhart as secretary and treasurer.
The annual meeting of the Mutual
Building Association of Cecil County
was held in Elkton July 81, the fol-
lowing officers being elected: Presi-
dent, George w. Cosden; Vice Presi-
dent, Samuel j. Keys; Treasurer,
David Scott; Secretary. Charles S.
Peacock; Directors. George w. Cos
den, Samuel ]. Keys, David Scott,
Charles s. Peacotk. Robert G.
Thackery, William H. Mackall, s,
Claude Sykes, Clarence, c. Strick-
land, George McQuilkin and Philip
NJ Groves.
The reports showed that the past
year had been a most successful one
and series Y was declared matured.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
state Oil Truck Burned.

One of the large road-oiling trucks
of the Slater Dad Commission
caught fire Wednesday morning OF
last week and was completely con-
sumed. The machine was engaged
in oiling the Kalmia road, in Har-
ford county, near st. Ignatius
Church, when the fire pot, which
heats the oil in the tank, became
overheated and started the blaze.
The flames spread with rapidity
and there being so much oil nothing
could be done to check the fire,
which burned furiously and left
nothing but the iron frame work.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
VIII Name New Head For Agricul.
tural College.

The State Board of Agriculture
contemplates naming DR.. H. ]. Pat
terson to be head of the livestock
inspection of the State. The Board
still considers that DR.. Patterson's
resignation is in their hands and is
in quest of new President for the
Agricultural College. 1t has two
men specially under consideration
DR.. E. C. Craighland, former Presi-
dent of Tulane University, New Or
leans, and DR.. Raymond Allen Par
sons, president of the Iowa State
College of Agriculture.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11
Union EvangeIistic Services.

The union evangelistic meetings
at West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church under the leadership of Rev.
Henry N. Falconer and Mr.. Allen
his choir leader, opened Tuesday
evening. There will be preaching
on Sunday mornings and every
evening, except Mondays. Services
will continue three or four weeks.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11

During a severe thunderstorm
Tuesday afternoon lightning struck
the large barn on the farm of the
late Gen. Murray Vandiver, on
Spesutia Island, and the building
with all its contents. including farm
ing implements and this years crops,
was destroyed by fire, involving loss
of several thousand dollars.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11

McCoy's special for August-Pana-
ma and Sport Hats. 75c. $1.O0 and
$3.50.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11

s. A. Taylor & Son. funeral direc-
tors. give prompt and eficlent
service.
The midland journal., 1916-08-11

Go to Hindman's profit Sharing
Store; get your kitchen utensils free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
ANDERSON MATCHED
WITH JIM STEWART
Following Five Straight Victories,
Western Heavy WIN Tackle His
Most Ambitious Bout,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Feb 21.-Following
tive straight victories Andre Ander-
son, the western heavyweight, will
tackle his most ambitious bout in east
ern fight company when he goes
against Comeback Jim Stewart
Tuesday night. Anderson, once de-
feated by Fred Fulton, beat Willie
Mehan in his last venture. Stewart
once was one of the front rank white
hopes"
Jake Ahearn and George Chip are
down for ten round skit in Tues
days matinee at the Broadway Sport
ing club. 1t is Ahearn's first chance
to retrieve some Of the laurels he
lost to Mike Gibbons.
Gunboat Smith, whose championship
light was snuffed by Sam Langford,
is matched for ten rounds against Carl
Morris at Tulsa, Okla, March II, 1t
was announced today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
Street Car Jumped Track.

TJnited Press Leased Wire Service
JCI let IL, Feb. 21.-SiX persons
were Injured when Rockdale inter
urban car jumped the track at curve
near Morgan. ILL.,. today and crashed
into n frame dwelling house. The
brakes failed to work when the car
swrng around the curve. The car LETT
tha track. Flowed through a two foot
crrb stone swung against a house
tearing of the front porch and then
turned turtle.
The injured: William Boiling, Mat
tbaw I-av. Elsie Olsen, Barbara Ko-
Itch. George Kawko, Leonard Mitchell
All were passengers on the car. Mo
torman Thomas Condon remained al
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
The Warsaw Gate. City
Warsaw, ILL.,, Feb. Fl, 1916.

The Frazer theatre will open Ties
day night, February ~, with the finest
moving pictures to be procured. The
house seats 500 people with opera
chairs, and is one of the handsomest
moving picture houses in the country,
perfectly flre-proof, in every respect,
well ventilated and In fact complete
in every detail. Mr.. J. B. Rise, a
moving picture manager of years OF
experience, has been appointed oper-
ator. and John Furtney pianist. The
machine to be used is Of latest de-
sign and one Of the best that money
can buy.
The Rotary club meets tonight In
the parish room Of St. PauIs church.
A large attendance is promised. a
fine lunch and smoker will be enjoyed
and business of vital interest to the
city will be discussed.
Tonight there will be a Washington
social at the NJ. e. church, an inter
esting program having been prepared
st. Louis and Chicago mails did
not get across from Alexandria until
Sunday afternoon, owing to heavy
running ice out of the Des Moines
river.
There Is a fine blue print of War
saw hanging in DR.. Johnston's Office
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21

showing four surveys by the T. P. &
w. railroad for an uptown track,
made in 1912: Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
and Main streets, and Fifth and Craw-
ford.
Thursday evening of last week there
was a private dancing party at Saeng-
er hall, given by n group of our young
society men.
Our people regret to learn that
Mr. Mcclure, our faithful railroad
agent, has resigned. He has served
the company and the public long and
we'll, and his departure is felt with
keen regret by his many friends and
the public generally. He enjoys the
confidence and esteem of his employ
ers and leaves OF his own volition;
may the lines for him and his excel
lent family fall in pleasant and profit
able places.
Many Warsaw people attended the
Scoville meetings last night at the
three Keokuk churches.
The Mississippi River Terminal as
ISOLATION has thus far been unable
to collect but $4,000 OF the S2,bOO0O
assessed against the various river
cities, but it proposes to collect the
| full amount at once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
Where Idea Originated.

The title Of the new novel Clipped
Wings" by Rupert Hughes, is said to
have been suggested to him by his
memory OF a little story told him in
his childhood by his mother. Her
father, who was fond Of hunting, had
once wounded a wild swan, brought
it home, and clipped one of it's wings.
His daughter kept it for a pet, until
a farmland, who had been told to clip
the wing again, clipped the longer
one to the same length. This enabled
the swan to balance herself, and she
Immediately flew away. This Incl
dent is told in the book to symbolic
the life Of the heroine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
CITY NEWS.

An eight pound daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Belts,
OF 1926 High street. early this morn
ing. '.-
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Ben
der, Sunday, a son.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. v. Henning-
way, Sunday, son.
knights and Ladies Of Security,
keokuk Council No. 1899. regular
meeting tonight, 7:3O o'clock. Gamer
MS hall. Initiation.
There will be a cottage prayer
meeting on Tuesday morning from ten
to half past ten o'clock at the home
OF the Misses Matheney, 80 South
Twelfth street.
Tomorrow will be a legal holi-
day and most Of lie public institu-
tons Of the city will observe it as
such. The library will be closed,
banks and postof1ice will observe the
day, and in the schools there will be
an observance Of the anniversary of
the nations first soldier and presi-
dent.
The appraisers jury in the case
Of Jaeger Bros. VS.. the. Mississippi
River Power company made an in
spection Of the sand pit, which is the
subject of litigation, on Saturday at
Fort Madison. The jury will m eet
again on February 26 at which time
the appraisement may be made. This
is the case in which Jaeger Brothers
claim damages for property which
they claim has been damaged by
overflow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
Mystery About Fire.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
JERSEYVILLE, H., Feb. PA
posse headed by Deputy Sheriff Will
hanson left here shortly after noon
to apprehend Tony Aherling, following
the finding of a body in the ruins of
his home. which was destroyed by fire
last night. The body is believed to be
that of Aherling's wife. A search is
being made for two children who have
not been seen since the fire, and for
Patrick Hall, employed by Aherling
as a farm hand.
The posse was organized when it
was reported to the sheriff's office
that Aherline appeared at the scene
Of the fire shortly before noon today
and was unable to make a statement
about the origin of the fire. He seem
ed dazed and when pressed for an
explanation. hurried away In the dircc-
ton of a dense wood.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
Daily Stock Letter

copyright, 1916, by the New York
Evening Post.]
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Partly, no
doubt, because Of the absence from
town of so considerable a part OF
Wall streets constituency, for an OK
ira holiday, the stock exchange fell
into absolute idleness today. There
was, as usual, some desultory drifting
of prices either up or down, In Kfew
industrial stocks; but no one took
any interest In the movement. The
slight demonstration OF activity at
the opening died away at once and the
rest of the day was dull. In number
Of shares dealt in, 1t was much the
smallest day Of the year to date. 1t is
in fact, the smallest since the second
week of September, just before the
autumn activity Of the stock exchange
began. Wall street was not even inter
ested enough to pay attention to the
intimations over Sunday of our state
departments open objections to the
alleged attitude Of the German en-
tassy regarding our governments
purpose. The market certainly show
ed no signs Of apprehension as to what
will happen when the German govern
ment's new submarine program goes
fticially into effect at the end Of the
nraSent month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
secretary Miller Puts Problem UP to
Attorney General as to
Who Will be
Eligible.
ONE DIRECTOR GOES ON
President, Secretary and One Mem.
Der Of the Board vii! Comprise
Board OF Judges,
March 10.

Secretary Archer Miller of the
school board has been somewhat per.
picked over the question of how to
hold the school election in conform
ity with the Iowa statutes
At one place the statute provides
that the president, secretary and Che
member Of the board Of directors
shall act as judges. At another place
it provides that the board shall an.
point three voters to act as judges,
one of whom SHAH act as clerk.
The statute also at one place requires
that the notice of the election shall
be printed in local newspapers. An
other section requires that 1t should
be posted at five public places within
the district. Still another section
provides that the notice should be
posted on the door of each school
house.
This indicates the perplexity which
frequently arises from having so
much legislation. One legislature will
pass a law, and the next legislature
will pass another law, without stop
ping to consider whether it is in har-
mony with or is in conflict with the
laws already passed.
The matter with reference to the
local election has been put up to the
attorney general, and today a reply
was received in which he gives his
opinion that the judges for school
election in the Keokuk independent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-21
WAYLAND, MO.
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Mrs. Jim Henshaw was a caller at
Felix Schmidt's Wednesday,.
Mrs. John loops Of Keystone neigh
borhood spent Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs H. Silver.
Mrs. S. q. Eagon and daughter Mary
spent Sunday with Perry Brammer
and family at Winchester.
John ACkley and wife visited their
son. southeast of this city Tuesday.
Ernest Oitker, wife and son Clifton
from Paloma, Ill, visited over Sunday
with eJsse Oitker and family.
Mrs. Lee Cole and daughter Celes-
tine we're shopping in Keol7uk We'd
nesday.
Harry Silver went to Keokuk Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Morris were
Wayland visitors one day this week.
Dan Elbe and son Eddie were over
Sunday visitors in this city.