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Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26

James Cody, foreman for c. A. Cote, met with a painful accident Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock. MT. Cody had gone to the top of the ice run at the icehouse on the Beaver Brook shore to repair a block which had failed to work properly. He finished t-.e repairing and was descending when a cake of ice which was being carried up the run slipped and the grapp1ing hook caught in the f1eshy part of his left leg, making a deep incision. Dr. Burr dressed the wound. It will be several days before MT. Cody can re- turn to his work.
 Short Paragraphs.
 The members Of the Rosary society
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
O-BAN KEYNES
 COLOR GLANDS Darken. Gray Hair Naturally

Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer is no dyo. but acts on the roots, making hair and scalp healthy and restoring the color glands of the hair. So if your hair is gray, brittle or falling apply o-Ban Hair Color Restorer Gas directed on bottle), to hair and scalD. In a short time all your gray hair will be rec stored to an even delicate, dark shade soft fluffy, long, thick and of such an even beautiful dark color no one could tell you had applied Q-Ban. Also stops dandrun and falling hair. leaving your hair fascinating and abundant without even trace of gray. Sold on a money back guarantee. DO ceutg for a big bottle at Lee & Osgood's Drug Store, Norwich. Conn. Out-of~t0Wn folks supplied by mail
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
FUNERAL.
Mrs. Frank Ressette.

WITS. FFdhK ESSSettes
 From her home on the West Side the funeral of Mrs. Marcelline Bessette, wife of Frank Bessette, was held Thursday morning, with services at tended by many relatives and friends at St. James church at o'clock. Rev. Peter Roux, M. S., was ce1ebrant of the high mass of requiem. Burial was in Holy Cross cemetery. Maple street. The bearers were John Fournier, John M. Bessette, Joseph Poirier, F. Godfreau, Trefele Bernier and Andre ProuIX. Louis E. Kennedy was the funeral di- rector.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26

land Welded Anniversary of Marriage of Brides Parents-old- Fashioned Kitchen Dance.
 Miss Eva Burdick, daughter of MT and Mrs. Harlan Burdick and George McCausland were united in marriage Thursday afternoon by Rev. Welcome E. Bates, pastor of the Union Baptist church. In the evening a wedding re- ception was held at the home of the brides parentS, it being also the an niversary of their marriage. A turkey supper was served. The bride received many beautiful gifts. MT and Mrs. McCausland will reside in Water street.
 Kitchen Dance.
 An old fashioned kitchen dance was held in Odd Fellows hall Thursday eyenink Each odd Fellow and Re- bekah was invited, also instructed that each might bring one friend. The hall was well filled with guests Four sets were on the floor at time. Samuel Lamb prompted and the Culver Broth CTS from Center Groton furnished music The affair was given by sew eraI of the Quaimbaug members of the order.
 Home Notes.
 Miss Pauline Miner has returned from a visit in Providence
 Mrs. Carl Schnellen, of Philadelphia,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
No Reason for Alarm

Let the two houses of congress contain themselves in patience. The two houses that are managing this peace bushes are the White House and Colonel House. - Charleston News and Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26

David Mitchell aIsd Angus Park left town yesterday for a few days stay at Southern Pines, N. c.
 The Woman's Home Missionary So- eiety of the Methodist church will meet this (Friday) afternoon with the Misses Russell.
 Pastor Retires.
 Rev. Walter F. Buck a former res- ident, now of Middletown, R. l., has been obliged to retire on account of i'll health.
 Mrs H. O. Wilbur of Norwich is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. B. Baker.
 Lincoln Luce and pr. c. B. Tschum- mi have returned from a brief visit in New York Mrs George Adams has gone to
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26

is the guest of her sister, Mrs. George Payne.
 Mrs. Amos Hancox entertained the members of the Ladies' Aid Society of Frazier street, Thursday afternoon.
 The monthly supper given by the ladies of the Union Baptist church was largely attended Thursday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
One Briaht Bit.

The true optimist who has been mt hard by the cost of living and still
 is driving his yeaf-before last auto
 mobile consoles himself by looking at
 the grand-newness of his license tags. Louisville Courier-JournaL
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26

were the sponsors, Joseph Duprey Was JeWett City caller recently. Mrs. Thomas Newman and daughter Doris of Franklin called on local friends Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
shouId Ra Throuan.

Senator Owen, who wants federal judges removed from office for hold ing an act of congress unconstitu- tional, might go the limit and have the constitution declared uncongress- ional.-Indianapo1is News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
The Youthful Anad.

As usual at the opening of the sltat- ing season, grandfather will be on hand to show the young generation the mysteries of the Dutch roll. - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

ed and the road, still in operation
 built from Providence to Hope, R. [ It is now a part of the New Haven system.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26

A key for police patrol boxes has been made of a non-conducting ma terial to guard users from possible electric eh0nISs.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
B. D. BUGBEE, Putnam, Conn.
PUTNAM

Many Attractive Features at Eiks' 6aII-PhaIanx May Take Up Ob- servance of Putnam Anniversary- Joseph w. Cutler Weeds Mrs. Mary J. Manter-Deats, of Mrs. Maxine BibeauIt.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
BALTIC

Foreman James Cody Injured at Ice Run When Caught by GrappIng Hook-AnnuaI Election by Ladies of St. Anne
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
STAFFORD SPRINGS

Former Pastor Retires Because of. III Heaith-Oneco Trihes' Installation Hartford Professor to Speak at Con- gregationaI Church.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-26
MYSTIC

Miss Eva Burdiek and George Mccaus- land Welded on Anniversary of Marriage of Brides Parents-old- Fashioned Kitchen Dance.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04

for q while. There were tall, thin
girls; short, stout girls; old girls with
spectacles, and nondescript girls with
clothes which fitted them tightly about
the neck and nowhere else in particu-
lar. I began to wonder how 1 was
going to find, among all these girls, the
one who might prove to be the most
sensible and entertaining. OF course
I might go and call on all of them in
turn, but I baked at this. It would
take too much time and suffering, and
besides there were two or three girls
technically speaking-in the class,
any one Of whom might be the logical
candidate, and to tell the truth, l
didn't have the nerve to take the
chance.
I sat through half a dozen classes
looking over the collection and sizing
them up from their recitations, and l
finally decided that Miss Martha
Scroggs would just about do. She was
a thin, freckled girl, bright but not
gaudy, with severe hair tied up to
be out of harms way-a girl whom l
had passed on the campus until had
gotten perfectly familiar with her
hat, without ever once looking at her
face. But she had a breezy way of
sizing up the great has-beens in Eng
lish history which pleased me. She
was a girl who might be really enter
tanning. I decided to talk with her,
to call on her, and to become her
friend. It would be just recognition
of her abilities, anyway. It was
shame that so many of the really de-
serving and able young women should
be condemned to loneliness because
their faces didn't happen to embellish
the college scenery. I, Peter Simmons,
would not submit to this injustice and
Martha Scroggs, the brightest girl in
the class, should have a good time if
1 had any say about it.
Full of this fine resolution, I slid
out of history class rapidly one day
and fell in beside the young lady as
she trotted off toward the library. ''Be-
lieve me, Miss Scroggs," said, lifting
my hat, "you certainly handled old
Henry the wife-collector without
gloves today"
She turned quickly and looked at
me. Then I remembered that I had
never met Miss Scroggs. Of course
we had been in the same class and all
that, but I realized that had never
tripped over any chair earlier in the
year fighting for an Introduction. She
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04
Life of a Gas Well,

The drilling of wells is only one of
the big items of expense of a gas
company. The acquisition Of and car
rying undeveloped territory is perhaps
the largest item, and one which is not
given much consideration by the con-
sumers, who very seldom stop to think
what it costs, or what obstacles the
management has to overcome in order
to acquire good supply of gas each.
year. In some quarters the idea pre-.
walls that gas well lasts forever,
and that it is not necessary to carry
much unoperated territory; but it is
far from the truth. The average life
of an Ohio gas we'll is four years and
six months, which has been proven by
taking the records of almost 1000
wells and ascertaining how many have
been abandoned. Some wells only
last year, others II or IL years; but
the average of the entire number is
as noted above.-National Magazine.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04
The Black Woman's Burden.

The African girl is a precocious
child, born to the language of sex. 1t
the buyer is old she will hate him.
She need make no secret of this she
may tell whom she pleases that, hav-
ing "come to her eyes," she hates the
man who buys her. All but her moth
er will laugh at the venom of the little
tongue, the heavings of the little chest.
And the day when her master brings
the ivory, or the woman, or the last
articles of barter, that day there will
be a feast in her fathers town, and
the songs of marriage. If the little girl
weeps-why, so they always do, the
hearts of children are thus. And in
the evening, when the sun goes down
the path to it's setting and she moves
away in the caravan of her husbands
people, you will not ask which of the
children in that caravan is the little
bride; you will know because she
weeps.-Jean Kenyon Mackenzie, in
the Atlantic.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04
LET CLOCK RUN THE RANGE
Electric Cooking Stove That WI"
Tighten Work in Kitchen and
Save Cost.

An electric cooking stove that is con-
trolled by q clock with an oVen' into
which one can put food with the run
assurance that at the time desired II
will he cooked, is described by the Sci
entifc American.
"Meals can be cooked automatically
on the new electric range-that IS 10
saw. the housewife can put the food
in the oven at any time of the day
and set the clock for automatically
turning on the current, and hence the
heat, at the proper hour, at the same
time setting the thermostat to MAIN
tain the proper temperature. Baking
roasting and boiling can be done IN
this way. When the proper temporal
ture is reached, which requires ten
minutes to half an hour, depending
upon the temperature required, the
current automatically cuts off, ana
from then on cooking proceeds as in a
fireless cooker. The heavy heat lnSu"
lation about the walls of the oven
two inches of rock WOOl-causes the
ovens to retain their heat for hours.
No attention is required until the hour
arrives at which it was determined
the meal should be ready.
''With the new electric range break
fast can be prepared in the way just
mentioned the night before with the
assurance that it will be ready exactly
on time"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04

Miss Scroggs reading-alone. / was
as excited as if I had discovered the
heroine on the four hundred and
thirty-fifth page. I approached stealth
ily, to avoid alarming her, and sat
down beside her.
"Working hard?' I asked, with a
perfectly magnificent smile.
She smiled back. "Very," she said.
Any other girl I knew would have
put down her books. I felt a slight
jolt. But I was there, and detied
the whole college to remove me. Il
wish I could work as hard rs you do
1 said enviously. At that moment /
really meant it.
She looked around the library and
then at me. "I've only got one of the
books" she said cordially.
This time the jolt was quite decided.
But wouldn't give up. IF I get a
nice, large book, will you straighten
me out on Queen Elizabeth's family?'
I asked. II simply cannot get the
old girls kin untangled."
"Tve got to get my French" said
MISS ScrOSSS, hastily, UuL Ill St1hh
Miss Evans over. She's splendid in
English history, and 1 know she'll be
glad to help YOU"
Then she went away before I could
object and hauled Miss Evans over to
me. Miss Evans was peculiar-look-
ing, well-seasoned lady, with thick
glasses and gummy smile that would
have warded off a burglar. She was
delighted to help me, and she did it
while Miss Scroggs went away to a
neighboring table and studied French.
in which, heaven knows, needed help
far more than did in history. 1t was
contemplate trick. I couldn't get
away from the Evans lady until class
time, and my mind wandered so that
/ got Lizzie's family more mixed up
than ever, and tipped over big laugh
in class while I tried to sort them out.
The boys at the house asked me
lot of supposedly smart questions that
night about my new affair with Miss
Evans, but took it very scornfuliy,
even If it did hurt. ! was all messed
up in my mind Was 1t possible that
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04

closed the book. 1t was Miss Scrosss
She was just plain girl, as l. nave
carefully explained, and l cant see ,
why I went so dotty and nervous an
over lust because she came over ~
talk to me. 1 suppose it was oe-
cause ,,
At least that was the only reason
I could discover.
"rve come over to ask you if you've
ever read Motley on William she
asked. '.He's dandy"
"I'll get him now" said prompliy'
T got up, but hesitated a minute
While I was gone she would go away
of course. 1 decided I wouldn't 90
away. Then T thought I'd better: Ine9
I didn't know what to think. looheu
down at Martha pleadingly. one
looked up and didn't bat an eye. Ill
find the place for you when you come
back" she said.
(Copyright.)
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04
Silent Prompter.

To the silent drama, the noiseless
motor car, the soundless alarm clock,
is added the speeches. prompter. OF
course, it is electrical, displaying the
text of the play or opera in illuminat-
ed letters upon an endless band, run
ming on rollers, and passing in front
of electric lamps of high power. It
doesn't do away with the prompter's
box altogether. Sometimes more than
one box is used, so that it can be
more clearly seen from all parts of
the stage. Part of the roller device
can lie below the stage, while the
lamps are placed in the box and be-
hind the transparent band so as to
show up the part of the text that is
passing. The boxes are connected
with each other by any suitable driv-
ing gear and the machinist operates all
the outfit from the side of the stage
by crank. An electric motor can
also be used for running the device.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04

looked ut me, not in an unfriendly
way, with a sort of curiosity-as If l
had been some new kind Of bug. l
felt my fool face beginning to blush
l have an awful time with that face
of mine-but 1 wasn't going to back
out, and I toddled right along, wait
ing to take whatever she chose to
hand me.
Miss Scroggs looked at me some
more with sort Of perplexed air. Sud
denly her face frightened.
"Oh, yes, I know now!" she ex-
claimed. you're the little man who
hides behind Mr.. Pierce, aren't you?'
"Huh!" I said Indignantly. Pierce
was football man and broad, and l
had lodged number of flunks by sit
ting very quietly behind him. But l
didn't care to have the whole class
notice it. I stiffened up to my full
height. "NIiss Scroggs," said I, "you
know my name and you know you
know it, and you also know know
you know it."
ooh" she said, give heard you re-
ferred to as Mr.. Simmons, but it's so
much nicer to get information first
hand and accurately"
"My name is Simmons" I said, bow
ing low, "'Petey' Simmons"
I'm so glad to meet you, Mr.. Sim
MONS" said she, putting out her hand.
Good morning" Then she turned
into the library and left me.
After 1 had thought of this incident
for the rest Of the day and most of
the evening, I decided to be even
larger than I had any idea l could be
and overlook the whole thing. 1t was
natural that Miss Scroggs should be Il
little confused by my unexpected
friendliness. Possibly she was even
suspicious. It did seem queer, ur-
doubtedly, for me to take so sudden an
interest in her. Anyway, she wasn't
used to attention. 1 might have to
persevere very gently so as not to
brighten her. But she was bright
little girl and deserved notice and,
confound it, she was going to get it.
had a chance to take off my hat
and say "Good morning" to Miss
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04

Scroggs on the following day and on
the day after that, but that was all.
She was always surrounded by girl
friends. They were the plain and un-
adorned members of the class, but
they seemed to enjoy each other so
much that I hated to burst ruthlessly
in on their ranks and take Miss
Scroggs away. It made me mad, how
ever. It was Friday, and now I would
have to wait until Monday to become
intimately acquainted with her. Some
how, seeing her hedged about by for
bidding females and entirely inacces-
sible, made me more anxious than ever
to begin the friendship, and Sunday
seemed a long day.
On Monday conditions were very fa-
vorable. I cut in ahead Of the body
guard going out, and followed Miss
Scroggs down the stairs. She was
mine. L was quite excited. "Good
morning." I said pleasantly raising
my hat. I was about to fall into step
with her and walk over to the library.
But I didn't. She turned and spoke
to me very pleasantly, but from the
next planet, and suddenly I became
afraid that if I walked with her l
might bore her. Perhaps she didn't
want to be bothered with me that day.
I didn't want to make a bad impress
sion to start with. I passed on rap
idly the other way, and by the time l
had walked around the college build
ings I was indignant. What was the
matter with me, anyway? This was
the only time Petey Simmons had ever
shown the white weather. What was
he afraid of? He ought to be kicked.
got a bow and a smile out of Miss
Scroggs the next day, but she had her
gang with her. I was rather relieved
when saw it, too. After all, this
was no mere campus enterprise to be
conducted hastily between classes. I
would waylay her and walk home with
her. TO be sure, she lived in the
opposite part Of town, but I had lots
of business out that way. I had neg
lected it all that year, and now it
was pressing. cruised dejectedly be-
hind her for two evenings while she
and two of her pestiferous girl friends
chartered gayly homeward. Once /
got q bow from her at her gate, but
that was all. Business was certainly
poor.
But in the third week had a great
stroke Of good luck. I wandered into
the library one afternoon and found
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04
Was Proved to Him.

Two Scottish soldiers on their way
to France passed through London. It
was their first experience of the 'big
village" and they were naturally keep
ing their eyes open. Their watchful-
ness was, however, not sharp enough
to avoid a taxi in the vicinity of Vic
toria Station, and one of them got
knocked over. AS he picked himself
up. none the worse for bic fall, his
mate growled, "Mebbe yen believe it's
buster than kirkintilloch noo,''
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04
EClNANCE.
NJ SIWASH
6RGEOPGE FITCF1

n n ARTHA and I have been
quarreling again. 1t is one
of our chief diversions.
Quarreling with Martha is
l. IA ,,,oro fI1n thon agreeing
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-01-04

out more than one shoulder on the
mat, but pretty much worried-for
Professor Harris was determined to
avenge his precious England, and saw
where it was up to P. Simmons to
keep on stocking in history at the rate
of one quarto volume day.
I hurried over to the library after
class, and had just gotten Hume and
Macaulay stacked up, one on each
side, when I looked up and saw Miss
Scroggs sitting near me and looking
at me. She ducked her head with her
peculiar little smile and bow. 1t
warmed me clear to my shoes. I
bowed back and went to work all
cheered up. But I hadn't gotten more
than page or two worried down
when someone dropped a note going
by. 1t was from Miss Scroggs.
"Three cheers for the Dutch" it
read. "Re-enforcements coming by
forced marches"
smiled across to her and waved my
rah for our side" and "Soc ct tuum."
and other things. It made me feel
mighty good, and I decided, when we
ran out of Dutch complications in
English history, to jump in on the
French side, if necessary, and keep up
the fight. After all, it was a lot of
fun to joust with professor. 1t was
as exciting as baseball.
Someone sat down by me and I
Connecticut western news., 1917-10-04

to put the dress up for anyone to take chances on, the money to go towards the Red Cross work. The Falls Village Fire department will give Hallowe 'en dance on Octo- Der 30th.
 The Red Cross Auxiliary held 8 business meeting last Thursday. Miss Lulla Burnett, treasurer read the following report:
 Receipts: From supper held July 25, S134.47; from booth at Grange fair, 01; from sale of jam by member, G. 50; from mite-box collections, 1O.30; total 56 2S.
 Expenses: For wool, 31.0O; for gar ents-outing flannel and sund ries, 42.61. total, 73 61.
 Total receipts. 156. 29; total expenses, 73 6l; Sept 27, balance, 82.67.
 Thanks are due the townspeople in general for their support of their aux Hilary. Their helpful assistance will be needed as along as the war lasts.
 Dr. Ross will be absent from his office from Oct. IT to Nov. 1.-adv.
 
 Falls Village voted to license the sale of intoxicating liquors at regular town election held on Monday. There were 70 ballots for license and 63 against. There was only one ticket in the field, and in the blank column. Levi Ganser received 12 votes which electetl him as selectman. B. l.. Fergu- son auditor, H. E. Howe, grand juror, Barney Smith, constable, Geo. H. Dean, registrar, and N. J. Dean, town school committee. also appeared in the blank column and were elected. Following is the republican ticket elected:
 Assessor-Frederick G. Dean. 95.
 Board of Relief for three yenrs- Henry W. West, 96. For two years-Daniel A. Seville. 96.
 For one year-Theodore F. Watson, 96.
 Selectmen-Walter 1. Kellogg, Arthur F. Gibbs. 91.
 Town Clerk--J Lee Ensign, 96. Town Treasurer-J. Lee Ensign, 96. Agent of Town Deposit Fund.-. Lee Ensign, 96. Auditor-Frederick E. Egleston, 93. Grand Jurors, Henry W. West, SC, Robert E. Pendleton, 95, John K 1 Mackie. 94. Collector of tayes-Harlan P. Morse, 94.
 l Constables John H. Welch, 95. John T. Bartle, 95. Harry E. Dean, 95, Cullen E. Holcomb, 95. Registrar of Voters-Lee H. Kellogg. 92 Town School Committee for three