Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-27
VARIOUS MATTERS

Il Thursday was observed in Roman II Catholic churches as the Feast of St. | Anne.
 | For the past two days the olive drab I uniform has been seen on the streets | with great frequency.
 | Mrs Elizabeth Morgan Daboll. aged | 52, wife of Henry E. Daboll, died Tues ,; day night in P1ainf1eld, N. J. She was I born in Mystic.
 ] The small boys were in their ele- I nent yesterday and many Obtafnjd l tickets to the circus by doing odd jobs l about the grounds.
 Trench mirrors for the Soldier Boys
 at Lee & Osgood's.-adv.
 Many young men of drafting age 1 visited The Bulletin office Thursday l to ascertain the order in which their
 numbers were drawn.
 1 Bridgeport factories are taking cen suses of their employees who were talk en by the selective draft. Many Nor | wich men are on the lists. l Major Mercer has received an order from the war department to accept 1 men for the aviation section, signal corps of the regular army. The tobacco buyers are still active and it is estimated that seven eighths of the 1917 crop has been bought, and the prices have been very good, all things considered.
 Recruiting for the regular army is speeding up in every section Of Con- recticut and approximately only $50 recruits are neeued before the states quota of 2,22S men is filled.
 Thursday morning at o'clock 43 young men, members of the Third and Fifth companies, marched to the rec tory of St. Patricks church to receive the blessing of their pastor before leaving for camp.
 Announcement has been made at the ScoviI Manufacturing company plant to the employees that the next bonus to the employees will be raised per cent. There are several Norwich peo- pie employed at this place.
 ~ In order to arrive at an intelligent understanding of the probable potato crop of the state, the committee of food supply of the state council of defense is taking steps to ascertain the potato acreage in Connecticut.
 Nicotine and Soap Solution for Po- tato Lice at Lee & Osgood ds.-adv.
 The potato bug has not done especial damage in this vicinity this season. but recently the gardens and fields of fourishing tubers have been invaded
 
 leaves and soon turning the vines yellow.
 Sylvester E. Poli of New Haven, a member of the publicity committee Of the Connecticut state council of de- fense, has been asked by Herbert Hoover, food administrator, to assist in the food conservation publicity cam paign.
 Governor Holcomb has signed an order for the transfer of Peter Wis enski, prisoner in the Middlesex 1 county jail, to the Connecticut hes pital for the insane. he having been insane by Dr. Leonard J. Lowe of Higganum.
 To prevent interruptions of it's tele- graph and telephone service in the winter the New Haven road is re- are but 15 feet high and of slender girth, and at present are being placed ! along the main line. tonight. on Dr: Higgins lawn. given 1 by the First Baptist B. Y. P. U.?-adv l
 President Wilson's interest in the l Jewish congress is said to have grati- l fled the Jews beyond. measure. The l postponenent of the date of the con | gress from Sept. ? to Nov ?, said to | have been done at the presidents sug- |
 
 Preparations at the camp at Mantle are nearly completed. water system, shower baths, and buildings for hous- the camp have been completed. The work is in charge of Colonel Micha el J. Wise of the quarterma aster's depart nent.
 From present indications Mystic will have a new federal building much sooner than was expected. With l he appropriation of $55, 900 passed by 5osed by the ma jority of Mystic peo- ole that the building would be erected lot sooner than 10 or 15 years.
 Details of the proposed merger of he American .SumatraS Tobacco com- oany and the Connecticut Tobacco corporation, by which the former is to l ouy the stock of the latter have been folders of the Connecticut corporation | igned by Charles Soby, secretary.
 All the infantry troops of the Con ,ecticut National guard are now con- 'entrated at Yale field, approximately 1900 of them, ready for intensive raining preparatory for their de- ,arture for Charlotte, N C. Among he troops is Company I, which was tationed in this city for some time.
 The New Haven road is filling many If the places in it's employ held by nen with women. An advertisement recently in a Hartford paper or women bridge tenders to be used n place of men in certain places on he road. In some places responsible reight positions held by drafted men lave been turned over to women The United States law prohibits the ( delivery of liquor to any man, soldier r sailor, in the arms of the United 1 'tates. In some sections of the state | .oWever, 1t has been believed that a ailor did not come within the prohibi- ion Of the law as to a delivery of ' [duor. the belief being that a sailor (