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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18
LAoY DEMOCRATS MEET.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. - The Woman's National Democratic League began its fourth annual session here today, with prominent women from all parts of the country attending. Speaker Clark. in welcoming the visi- tors at the opening session, predicted a Democratic victory next fall and the ultimate extension of suffrage to wom- en throughout the country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18
AMONG rHE THEATRES
rHE TENrA coMMANDMENr.
In Three Parts-strons Feature with
 Great Genuine Fire Scene.

J. Warren Kerrigan. the greatest of screen actors, will appear in Little Maggie and l."
 This show will last for an hour and half. Good enjoyment for five and ten cents-from to 6 D. n., and from 6 to 1O:SO p. m., 10 and 15 cents. This program billed at the Grand for Mon. day and Tuesday. 1.17-1
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18
HIVE IN RACE FOR
 VANCOUVER MAYoRALTY

VANCOUVER, B. C.. Jan. 7.-cand.. dates in the race for mayor are: Wal ter Hepburn, Aid. Thomas Kirkpat- rick. Joseph Martin, K. C., Aid. NJ. McBeath, ex-Alderman J. D. McNeill- There will be contests for all alder maic seats.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18
British Offer Reward

PARIS. Jan. IA dispatch to the Hayas News Agency from saloniki says: "The British authorities have offered a reward of 5O.OO0 francs for information of the presence of Ger. man submarines .n the Aegean sea"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18

LosT-watch fob charm with fish CT maiden emblem. Valued at keep sake. Finder return to Curtis Broth. erton. at Orpheum; reward 1-1S-ti
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18

All persons having claims against the Ralph Oakley estate please pre- sent the same to W. T. Tolch. at Thane. 1-14-St.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18

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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18

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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-18

DR. FANNIE WAITE EyesIght specialist-valentine Block
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
Windham County
WEST THOMPSON
MT. and Mrs. James BiseIow Note Golden Anniverssry-Distric Super intendent G. G. Scrivener Breaches at Special Meetings.

Sam Sandstrom commenced, work for the French River Textile Company Monday.
 Rev. J. R. Miller spent three days in North Ashford last week with Mrs Miller's mother, Mrs. Abbie Buell.
 c. w. Miller was in Ashford last week calling on friends. He was born in Ashford 62 years ago.
 Miss Lillian Flanagan of Mystic spent the weekend at her home here Miss Nellie Flanagan of New Lon don is spending her vacation with her parents. D Miss Mildred Johnson has recovered from her illness, so as to be able to attend school again.
 Married Fifty Yeors.
 Mr. and Mrs. James Bigelow ob- served their fiftieth anniversary We'd nesday, Nov 1st, in a quiet way.
 Miss Ellen Sandstrom spent Satur- day afternoon and evening at the home of Mrs. Mary Marsh in Putnam.
 Church Interests.
 The pastor of the M E. church, Rev J. R. Miller took for his subject last Sunday ''The Price of Saviour saying whatever we allow to stand be- tween us and Christ is the price we set on our Saviour. It may be mov- ing pictures, or the neglecting to read Gods word, or prayer, or attending church, and many other things
 The pastor with fifteen of his people attended the Methodist church in Put nam Sunday evening.
 Special Meetings.
 The extra meetings being conducted by the pastor are well attended. The Rev. G. G. Scriviner of Norwich preached Monday, Tuesday and We'd nesday evenings, and the messages which he brought was in the spirit ot Cor. 13 chapter. Quite a number re- sponded to the invitations as they were given and if the church is no better from the effects of these meetings ii will not be Gods or the preachers fault
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
ELhfVHLE
Halloween sociat---o1nree Shot Kills a
 Brace of Pheasants.\


 About thirty local young people en- joyed Halloween social at the home of George w. Kent and his sister Miss Olive L. Kent. Games and re- treatments were the order of the eve ming. -.r.
 Mrs. Charles Wheatley of Providence and Denton Gallup of Danielson have been guests of Mrs. Addie E. Call.
 Mrs. Marion Brown of North Sterl- ing is visiting Mrs. Clayton Wright and Mrs. A. H. Battey.
 Mrs. Henry V. Haswell is visiting friends in Providence
 Miss Clara West has returned to the Hill Crest House, after ten weeks ill., ness at her home in Moosup.
 Miss Mildred A. Davis entertained New London friends Sunday.
 Two Pheasants With One Shot.
 Harold Conklin shot pair of pheas- ants with one shot last week.
 Mrs. c. H. Pike has been spending a few days in Providence.
 MT. and Mrs. E. J. Carpenter ot Lowry and Miss Doris Barrett o1 Pomfret Center called at Kumseme Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Bramham ot Providence spent Sunday ot Grass mere farm.
 Mrs. Phoebe A. Potter of Water bury and East Killingly is the guest Of Mrs. c. D. Mowry.
 B: C. Conklin is in Webster this week.
 Miss Florence Hopkins spent We'd nesday in Putnam
 F'ayette Wright of Pomfret called on friends here Tuesday.
 Clifford Davis has been in Norwich and Southbridge this week
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
SOUTH WELLINGTON
Prohibitionists Compliment Col. w. H. HalI-HalIowe'en Supper, Social and ChiIdren's Frolic-Campaign Speech es Near the Mill.

The prohibition ticket will contain the name of Col W. H. Hall for sena- tor from the o5th district in apprecia- ton of temperance measures that he has worked for during his service in the general assembly.
 Benefit by New Pension Bill.
 Mrs. Ellen Morrison and Mrs. Mar garet Thompson of this village will benefit by the pension bill approved Sept. Sth and will draw $2O per month from that date.
 Mrs. John R. Edwards recently spent several days at her former home in Lowell Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. Norman Griggs of Es- sex attended the Halloween exercises at Social hall Tuesday evening, driving up from Willimantic. . Supper and Social.
 The supper at Social hall Tuesday evening was well patroniEed and the children's frolic that followed was witnessed by a hall full of adults and was very much enjoyed.
 Elmer J. Mathews and Louis Service attended the Christian Endeavor con- vention in Meriden last Friday, Sat- urday and Sunday.
 Only Four New Voters.
 Although 25 were admitted as e1ec- tors at the sessions of the board of electors this last month and one name restored to the list, the list of electors contains only 194 names, an increase of four oyer last year.
 About 60 members of Uriel lodge, F. and A. M., attended the funeral ser vices and burial of George H. Baker at Westford Hill last Sunday.
 The assessors have finished their in spection of taxable property in town and have received practically all resi- dent lists.
 Prohibitionist Speakers Convincing.
 Messrs. Sirnonson and Hohenthal gave a monday talk in front of the mill Monday and while they may not have turned the town to the prohibit tion party ticket, they did. no doubt, strengthen the cause of temperance The remarks of the speakers were ap- preciated by somewhat more than 100 people
 Personal Mention.
 Mrs. Charles F. Macfarlane and Mrs. R. H. Worden were in Bristol last week on visit to Miss Dorothy Mac farlane and were accompanied home by her for a week end stay.
 William N. Graham of Flushing, L. l., spent Saturday and Sunday with Leon O. Woodworth.
 Mrs. Herbert Cahoon spent a part of last week with MT. and Mrs. Robert Taylor in Mystic.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Robbins spent Sunday with relatives on Village Hill.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
STOKRS
Children Guests at Masked Halloween Party-College Football Team to Play New Hampshire This After noon.

r Church services are being held in the college chapel while the new fur mace is being put in the church.
 Mrs. c. L. Beach entertained the la dies of the faculty Wednesday after noon.
 Children's Party.
 Mrs. G. H. Lamson gave a masked Halloween party for her son Arcol and the saml children of the commit nifty Monday afternoon.
 Mrs. H. J. Baker has been visiting at her home in Haverhill, Mass.
 Mrs. Judkins and son Forrest re- turned from Haverhill, Mass, Sunday with MT. Judkins. who made the trip in his new car.
 Rev.. Marshall Dawson attended the Sunday School convention in Hartford Wednesday.
 Rev. W. B. Lamphere of Hartford will deliver a temperance sermon at the morning service Sunday, Nov. 5.
 Game With New Hampshire.
 The college football team will play the New Hampshire team today (Sat- urday) on the Storrs field. A close game is anticipated. Almost the en- tire student body attended the game at Rhode Island last Saturday where the game was lost, 13 to G.
 The ladies' circle will meet with the president, Mrs. H. D. Newton, where funeral arrangements will be made for the annual sale.
 The new state road has been graded with crushed stone to point north of Beebe,s store.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
COLUMBIA
Over $42 Contributed for Armenian Syrian Relief Plan to Utilize Library as School HeIp-Two RaI- lies for Nov. 9th,

Laurens Holbrook expects to oc- cupy the new house he is erecting i1, Pine street district the coming win ter.
 Congressman Richard P. Freeman is announced to speak at a Republican rally next Monday evening, Nov. 6, at Yeomans' hall
 John H. Davis and family of Ham den' spent the weekend with Mrs. Davis father, William A. Collins of Chestnut Hill.
 It is reported that Henry c. Isham has sold his farm on Chestnut Hill.
 Mrs. George Burton of Hamden spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard B. Clarke.
 Frederick Avery Of East Hartford Arthur w. Little of Holyoke, Mass, visited relatives in town last week.
 Clarence C. Little of Greenfield, Mass, has been visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. James P. Little.
 The young people held social at the home of Mir. and Mrs Madison Woodward, Saturday evening, about 25 being present.
 Home from the Border.
 Two former Columbia boys, who re- gently returned from border service in Arizona spent Sunday in their home town and were present at the morn ing church service. They were Henry Brown of Troop B Connecticut Cavalry and Cyrus Hilton of Co. K First Con- necticut Infantry.
 Consultations of $42.1s.
 The total amount recently collected TOT the suffering Armenian and Syrian people as announced by the church treasurer, L. E. Winter, is $421S
 William H. Bliss. Supervisor of Schools in Granby and Barkhamsted. was calling upon friends in town last week. MT. Bliss home is in this place. not far from Chestnut Hill station, his business necessitates his being away most of the time with head quarters at Winsted
 Horace Little of Hartford is eniov- ing two weeks vacation and hunt ing trip.
 Frank Woodward of Glastonbury is spending few days with relatives in town.
 Church Meeting.
 The Columbia Ecclesiastical so- ciety holds it's annual meeting this (Saturday) afternoon.
 Plan to Utilize Library.
 The Library committee met Monday evening at the Library building. Charles D. Hine, chairman of the Connecticut Public Library association and supervisor of schools Levi T. Gar rISon, were present. The meeting was called to consider the matter of using the public library in connection with the public schools in town in conform ity with plans presented by the State Library committee. The plan is to be tried during the present school year, Among those who attended the an- nual fall meeting of the Connecticut Library association, at Seymour, were Mrs. Emily Fuller Lymon of this place and Miss Esther Owen of Hitford. Miss Owen spends several months in the year in Columbia at the lake.
 Conrad Schrieffer comes to the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
STAFFCRDVILLE

Miss Bertha Belcher is i'll with typhoid fever.
 MT. and Mrs. J. H. Mccarthy have been spending the past week with friends in Dalton, Mass.
 Mrs. Nora Chamberlin, Mrs. Maude Larges, Mrs. Napoleon Larges and Mrs. Rose Silk were guests of rela- tives in Monson, Mass, last Sunday.
 MT and Mrs. E. S. Mailing of South Manchester were gfests of MT. and Mrs. .E. M. Chamberlin over Sunday.
 Mrs Lillian Goodell, who has been spending four weeks with Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Bosworth, returned to her home in Boston last Monday.
 Mrs. William Chandler has been spending the past week with her sis ter, Mrs. H. c. Barlow, in New Brit ain.
 Mrs. Phebe Winter of Hartford spent a o few days with Miss Eliza Chaffee last week. Her son, Harry Winter, came after her in an automo- bile Sunday afternoon.
 Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Marcy and MT and Mrs. Omer w. Marcy and son and their pastor Of Palmer, Mass, were recent guests of MT. and Mrs William Ferry. g=q,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
MI. HOPE

MT. and Mrs. Robert H. Byles and two sons, of Groton, were callers at their aunts', Mrs. Jenny L. Bacon's, last Friday
 George Rich of Groton was also a caller at Mrs. Jenny L. Bacon's
 MT. and Mrs. William Ford and Harry Ford, of New Haven, are visi- tors with their aunt, Mrs. David Russ They are out after game these days and report good luck.
 MT. Williams of New Haven has been staying with Mrs. Bacon for a few days, also after game.
 Miss Irene Russ mas returned from Mrs. Hannah Church's, as MT. Church has closed his summer home for the winter and has returned to Hartford
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
EAST THOMPSON
Principal of Prohibition Party Explain ed By Candidates-Squires Family Leaves For Home.

The prohibition automobile and its occupants, c. Whitefeld Simonson prohibition candidate for governor and other speakers, arrived at the church lawn at o'clock where they were scheduled to speak on the chief is- sues of the day. Prohibition
 The speakers were listened to- with much interest for a half hour, when they proceeded to North Grosvenor- dale for their next stopping place
 Start For Nova Scotia.
 Rev. Charles Squires. who had been in town for few days started with his fbmily for their home in New Brunswick, N. S., November 1st.
 Henry Withey is expecting to move into MT. Goldin's house in the spring, as he has hired the farm.
 Salyanus Woodward of Warren, R. l., is the guest of Lowell Joslin.
 Mrs. Emily Johnson Of Worcester, Mass. Is staying for awhile at her old home.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04

front with about 400 bushels of fine Green Mountain potatoes and 300 bushels of table carrots. Potatoes are already selling at s1.s0 per bushel and carrots from 75 cents to $1.00.
 Republican Rally.
 The republicans will have Q rally Monday evening, Nov. 9th, at Yeo- mans hall. The speakers will be Congressman Richard; P. Freeman of New London, Attorney General Geo. B. Hinman of Willimantic, and Col. William H. Hall of Wilmington. The Foster band will furnish music. The ladies have been specially invited to be present. The band; will give a con- cert from 7..30 to 8 o'clock. When 1t was known the republicans were to have a rally Monday, evening, the democrats with Wilson diplomacy hired the upper room, in Yeoman's hall for Monday evening, although they had not then arranged for a meeting. So there will probably be two rallies the same evening in the same building.
 The local grange held its meeting Wednesday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
STAFF ORD
Three Public Lectures Arranged Guardsman w. A. Black Home From the Border-Paton-Park Weddino.

MT. and Mrs. Patrick Hassett at- tended the wedding of their nephew pr John Hassett, at Rockville. Oct
 Rev. G. F. Booth attended the Sprlngheld fair last week and visited Irelnds In East Longmeadow and Warehouse Point
 Illustrated Address.
 At the Baptist church Sunday ev- give The Story of Two Wonderful Days, with stereopticon Illustrations
 Mrs. Michael Swift, who was recent ly operated on for appendicitis in St Francis hospital, Hartford, is improv- Ing. MT. Swift has been ill with neu- fllis, put IS improving.
 Public Lectures.
 The dates for the free lectures of the coming season are now completed Dr. Peter MacQueen will speak in Memorial hall. Nov. IA, Hon. Joseph e. Camp Jan. 23, Edwin c. Whitney Feb, Last Sunday Rev. and Mrs. I. P. Booth were visited by their sons, F. L. Booth of Springfield and B. I. Booth Of Providence. the later being accom- panied by his small daughter, Eliza beth.
 Merits Towns Honors.
 W: A. Black, son of Mrs. Sarah Black, came home last week from Phen, Texas. where he has been with his company, the Twenty-third New fork Infantry. His relatives display ed flags during his absence and it has been suggested that his friends unite in honoring the only boy of this viii lage who has been to the border ready to defend his country
 Paton-Park. At the home of MT. and Mrs. Will liam Park. Wednesday evening at 6.3O o'clock, their youngest daughter, Ma bel Campbell, was united in marriage with Raymond Patton, son of MT. and Mrs. James Harvey Patton of Newton vile. Mass. Only relatives and a very few friends witnessed the ceremony which was performed by Rev. L. Rees of Stafford Springs. The double ring service was used. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She received many gifts. A large recep- t1on followed the ceremony at which three hundred guests were present. Opon their return from their wedding trip MT. and Mrs. Patton will make their home in West Newton, Mass
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04

Loomis and son, Mir and Miss Camp ne.. oe! or Westfeld. Robert L.. Russell, three children of Manchester.
 Halloween Franks. S
 A large number of Halloween pranks were played at the Center Tuesday evenlng; all were harmless | In the they had lost something, from a busi- ness wagon to saw horse or. fence gate. Alf were later found not far away in good condition. Some were found in trees and others strayed on 10 their neighbors' land It is evil put in. " '''
 Leave for New Jersey,
 Dr. and Mrs. Van Derdock and chiI- oren nave returned to their home in New Jersey after visit at Mrs. E P, Daiy's. Mrs. Van Derdock's sister MISS MISS Catherine Doane, and cousin, MISS Mary Daily, returned with them the former to spend the winter and the latter for a weeks visit.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04

results. It's now hard to get even one bag of it for use under your hen roosts
 The old farmers declared that the plaster wasn't what it had been. that
 It was adulterated. etc. Instead of which the simple fact was that the plaster was just the same. but they had overfed it to a soil which no longer needed 1t. The only agricul- tural value of the plaster lay in the lime in it. Ground gypsum has about a2 per cent. Of lime. The rest is large ly compound of sulphur. Carbonate Of lime, i. e. common ground lime stone, has in it about 56 per cent. of lime. It Is therefore worth consider ably more, ton for ton, than plaster. But its usa Is open to the same limi- tat1ons and the same danger of being overdone.. r 34
 As to the relative merits of burnt
 or unburnt lime:
 Common limestone or carbonate of lime composed of about 56 parts in the hundred lime and A parts carbon, water. etc. When it is burned the carbon and water are driven off and 1! the result is a 9s,Eto 9Saper cent. pure ! lime. accordiIlg1to the amount of inn | puritfes in it. This practical doubling of the alkalinity makes it vastly more
 caustic. And therein lies the danger | of burning the tender rootlets of young plants if the caustic lime Is ap- piled too heavily. It also acts very | much more quickly, and whatever is used up in one season. Unburned lime is not only less caustic but 1t also dissolves more slowly, so that the ef- fects of one years application may often be visible for several seasons. | The raw ground stone is also apt to be somewhat cheaper, not only by the ton but relatively to its soil- sweetening value
 If I were going to reclaim an old swamp, water-soake1 for millions of years, sour as a. vinegar barrel and l it's soil mostly made up of routed or feel inclined to try few doses of
 burned Iime,-f1rst letting 1t air-slake somewhat But on such ground as | am working my experience leads me to | favor raw ground limestone It is safer, cheaper and more lasting in it's effects with me.
 This coming year l plan to put on i five acres of gardens about a hundred tons of stable manure and hen manure. I can buy the stable manure spread
 where want it. for g load of about a ton and a half. I am lucky about hen manure. too, as can buy that, at the poultry mans yards, for about s3.50 a ton. I shall also use just about
 one ton of commercial fertilizer, for special applications to special. crops. And about ten tons of ground raw lime, at a cost of $2.5o per ton. I ex- pect these ten tons at an aggregate cost of $25 to save me buying four tons of commercial fertilizer ei an ag-
 gregate cost of about $160. My ex- perience in the last few years indI- cates that the s25 worth of lime. in
 connection with the stable manure, will do me fully as much good as the extra $160 worth of commercial fertil- izer would do without the lime.
 THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04

lease for plant use considerab ble stores of potential plant food which had been scattered on from the manure wagon. but hadn't been available because of it's sourness.
 For instance: I have patch on which I have raised sweet corn for about twenty years. It has been very heavily manured each year with the strawiest stable manure I could get. As result 1t is chuck-full Of humus. and also is quite sour. Three or four years ago. the corn wasn't quite up to the mark. in spite of my heavy mannr ing. At first I was inclined to think that had reached the soils limit of corn producing capacity, and that would be compelled, after all, to rotate, a thing which it would be mighty in convenient for me to do. Instead. I tried lining. Put on less stable manure than usual to be pIowed under and then top-dressed and narrowed in heavy application of raw ground limestone. Result: as good corn as ever on that patch, with less stable manure. no commercial fertilizer and great money saving from the use of cheap lime.
 But
 I've got to watch out that I don't overdo the thing. My lime probably hasn't supplied much if any food to the corn plants. It has simply sweetened the soil and released to the use Of the rootlets store of accumulated humus shoveled on during score of years but not available till the lime cut the acid- ity and turned 1t into substances which those rootlets could absorb. Y
 They. used to have a saying in Pennsylvania that lime farming makes the fathers rich and the sons poor" The continued use of lime without other fertilizers. will in time enable a crops roots to exhause all the plant food available. The lime itself does not furnish plant food to any extent. It simply turns that which may exist or which you mad add in unavailable forms into available forms When the lime has so turned all of 1t into avail able plant food and the plants have sucked it all up. of course the soil will not produce further crops. Even boy knows that he can't get cider out of a jug he's already sucked dry.
 Remember that lime is soil sweet ener-a sort of soil tonic and not primarily a plant food.
 It bears about the same relation to plant food that a dose of spring bit terS" bears to your daily rations. You wouldn't do much work on a diet of spring bitters alone. But some of us know that, taken judiciously, a dose or two helps amazingly in restor- ing jaded winter appetite and enab- ling us to turn into work the pork and cabbage which, without them, would be left uneaten.-P. S. also Nota Rene: when I say Spring bitters," I don't mean the sort you can buy at the saloon, but the kind your wife brews from the 'yarbs' hanging up in the attici
 Years ago in this vicinity land plaster was the standby. It used be brought in by the carload. Then farm CTS gave 1t up because it ceased to give
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04
COVENTRY
New Owner For Twist Farm-Mrs Annie finders Exchanges Farm For Rockville Property.

Mrs. Frank Waldvogel will leave on Monday for three weeks visit with her parents in Fredericksburg, Va
 A number of young people from this place attended the bean supper at Mansfield Depot church, "Wednesday evening. 7-.i
 Andrew Anderson has been laid up with lumbago the past week.
 Anton Miller has purchased the Charles Twist farm and moved in this week.
 Mrs. Annie Ahders has exchanged her farm on Silver street, for a house Mrs. finders will dispose of her stock and farm tools.
 The tenement house belonging to John Hughes estate has been sold to Elmer Coon of Hartford.