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Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Family Gatherings Thursday.

Thanksgiving was celebrpted at many homes Tn this city with family reunions, among them the Thompson reunion. Mir and Mrs Charles Thomp- son entertaining the following at their home on Prospect street: MT and Mrs
 Fred Thompson of Danbury, MT. and Airs. George A Allen and daughter Dorothy of Mansfield, while MT. and Mrs Burt Thompson entertained the Following at their home: MT and Mrs Ralph Mason and daughter or Hartford and MT. and Mrs Harold G. Thompson of Hartford Later in the afternoon the family assembled at the home of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
UNION SERVICES
&ield at Congregational Church Thanksgiving Morning, Over 15o Attendinq.

gregational church Thanksgiving morning with over 150 present. Most of the local ministers were on the platform and the service was of the nature of a testimonial service The program follows: Prelude; Doxplogy; fnvoca ton: reading of the presidents Thanksgiving proclamation by Rev. Arthur B. Carpenter; selection, Resp SS; Gloria; vocal solo. Charles Cas- well; scripture. Rev. Walter Borchert. James i: Is; prayer by Rev. Robert S Moore: hymn, Thanksgiving; of fertory offering; testimonial meeting, led by Rev. Robert s. Moore; hymn; postlude.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

her home in Mansfield Depot Thursday morning at 11.30 o'clock from anacn..a with which she had been suffering for some time.
 She was born in Vermont Dec. 12. 1S45. the daughter of MT. and Mrs Michael Collins. For the past 54 years she had lived in the vicinity of Mans field Depot She was married about the same time. For about 27 years she had lived on what is now one of the Storrs experimental farms
 She is survived by the following chill dren besides her husband: Arthur D. of Phoenix. Ariz., Charles H. of South Manchester, Mrs. c. H. Savage of Storrs, Mrs. z. J. Huntington of Chap lin, Mrs. E. B. Fitts of Corvallis, Ore, Mrs. J. P. Palmer of Norwic. Walter J. of Mansfield Depot, John c: of Hart ford.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
WULIMANTIC

Mir and Mrs. Burt Thompson at 275 Prospect street.
 The Bath family held a reunion at the home of MT. and Mrs. James P. Bath at 1S9 Church street. The fol- lowing were present: MT. and Mrs. O. E. Bath of Worcester, Miss Mae Lau- renee of Worcester, MT. and Mrs. Ed ward Bath of Glen Ridge, N. J., MT. and Mrs. Robert Bath and family os this city and Miss Jessie c. Woodward of South Manchester. q
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
TwijiQht Hop,

The twilight hop which was con- ducted at the town hall Thanksgiving afternoon was largely attended. This dance has come to be one of the chief events Thanksgiving afternoon and has been run for the past six years under the same management
 The moving picture houses had spe- cia1 Thanksgiving shows and theywere we'll attended.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Entire French Town is Being Renew.
 ed by D. A. R. Society.

VI ny v. "A h. 9oCtety.
 Fhe Daughters of the American
 town. The members of this organiza-
 tfon. x.ho have already given more
 than $2,5o0,000 for war work, are now raising money to build houses and to
 implements for the village of Tilloloy,
 on the Aisne, which has suffered
 heavily during the war. Thirty-four different races of per sons bought bonds of the second Lib erty Loan issue.
 Young Mems Christian Association
 plans for work in France include the establishment of 7s libraries. Express companies are concentrat- ing their efforts to insure prompt and safe handling of all food products of perishable nature.
 Tn the United States Armies, No vember z, there were 7,S15, 900 men, in the navy 271.5T1 Of the total of D. os7: :asf, approximately 1.4o0,ooO volun- tarily enlisted.
 Since the war insurance plan became operative in October more than 45,- 900 soldiers have applied for insur- ance, amounting in all to nearly half a billion dollars and averaging about $8,000 a man.
 The sugar used for making candy in the United States according to the Food Administration, is sufficient to meet all the sugar requirements of England under the rationing system adopted there.
 Furloughs for Yuletide week will be granted all men at army cantonments whose absence can be permitted in the opinions of the division command CTS. to enable them to spend Christ mas at their homes.
 Newton D. Baker, secretary of war estimates the losses up to June of the British expeditionaXy forces in deaths in action and from wounds at per cent. of the total of all men sent to France since the beginning of the war. He adds that the ratio of losses of this character today, because of inn proved tactics and swiftly mounting allied superiority in artillery. is less than to every 100 men.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

"Qets-It'' has cured mora eorns than all other remedies eembined It's as sure as the sunrise, and as safe as water. Used by millions. Don't take a chance with YeuF feet. you can't af- ford to experiment. with unknown mix fails.
 "Gets.It" will remove any corn or cailouS. Wear those new, stylish shoeg or pumps if you want togo ahead and dance. Demand "Gets-4 4t''-thTQW sub stitutes back on the counter! a5o "a it will he. sent direct by l. Lawrence & Co. Chicago. III.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
ENGINE coMPANY,s BANQUET.
Bremen and Few Guests, Also Butcher, the Mascot, Had Thanks. giving Eve Feast.

Engine company held the first. an rual banquet at their rooms in. the Bank streeteengine shouse Thanksgiv- ing eve. The firemen with few guests brought the total up to twelve men present. The banquet was held in the living room of the permanent mems quarters, where a long table had been spread. Chief Foley sat att the head of the table and acted as toast master. The menu follows: Cream of Tomato Soup aux Croutons.
 Fried Filet of Sole.
 Julienne Potatoes. Roast Vermont Turkey, Cranberry
 Sauce. Mashed Potato. Hubbard Squash. Pineapple Salad, Mayonnaise.
 Hot Mince Pie.
 Roman Punch.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Placed on Probation,

John (Butcher) Sullivan was sen fenced to 30 days in jail and then placed on probation for three months, in the police court Thursday morning. He was arrested on complaint of his relatives, charged with intoxication and breach of the peace, but the first charge was nolled.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Home from Chilly Vermont.

Roy Downer, who is in the medical corps of the regular army, spent Thanksgiving with his parents. He is home on A hour leave from his poZ at Fort Ethan Allen. He wore one of the fur-lined mackinaws and said that where he was stationed the tempera- ture was IA sbelow zero and there was snow on the ground.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

(Written Specially for The Bulletin)
 Of three contiguous advertisements of farm property to be sold at aac- tion, in a recent issue of The Bulle- tin, two frankly stated that the seii- ing was enforced by the farmers ln- ability to secure help.
 Good farms, of adequate size, well stocked and fully furnished with tools as the list of advertised goods show ed. But they were to be sold, because carry them on.
 Nor is this condition by any means an unusual one. or confined to East ern Connecticut. It is the rule, not from Quoddy head to Puget Sound; from the nortnernmost tip of Maine to the southernmost prong of Texas. Farms enough; land enough; stock enough; willingness enough on the part of farmers-but a veritable fam inc of farm labor.
 It has been this way, more or less, for several years: has been steadily growing worse. and is destined to continue growing worse. Let us not deceive ourselves about that last.
 Annoying and harmful as the short age of labor now is. it is going to shorten still more until it approaches dangerously close to the frontier of disaster. We might better accept the fact and make up our minds to face it For face it we must.
 There is not only a shortage of la Dor for the farms, but an apparently equal one among the manufacturers and in the trades. We farmers can't expect to gain any assistance from those sources, because they, like us, are crying vainly for help and yet more help. On the other hand, they can often afford and often do offer Inducements which we can't compete with. thus draining even more than usual from our already too scant sup- ply.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
WAR NEWS DIGEST
Stories of Activities and Conditions
 the Batt Fronts.

cent. of sick ranges from below 1 per cent. to slightly below 2 per cent
 Among the conditions leading to treatment in hospital are severe colds, tonsilitis, slight injuries, and other comparatively slight ailments About the only serious disease found at any camp was pneumonia / Each national army camp has a thousand-bed hospital, equipped in ac- cordanee with most. approved modern practice.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

Most of the local men stationed at Camp .Devens will return to the camp this fF1riday) morning, for there is muster every Friday, and those who do not answer to their names do not get. paid
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
LAURENCE E. MILLEA
Orator at EIks' Lodge of Sorrow Next
 Sunday Afternoon.

The Elks will hold their annual me- morial services at Odd Fellows hall next Sunday afternoon at o'clock. During the past year two brothers have died, making a total of six, two each year. since the organization of the lodge. The exercises will be for men . bers only. Laurence F. Mi1lea of Norwich, past exalted ruler, will be the principal speaker
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Troop Trains Go Through City.

Several special trains containing troops from Camp Devens going home for the holiday passed through this city Wednesday. Three of the local men at the camp, Sergeant Edward Morrison. Edward Connoughton and George L. Hammond came on the 4 o'clock express.
 The first special arrived here at 5.15 and was composed of twelve coaches
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
AIumni- Windham Game Saturday.

In the Alumni Windham football game which will be played Saturday afternoon several of Windham's foot ball stars who are playing on college teams will be in the line, including rFritz" Enander and Harold Gager of Tufts college and John Riley of Worcester Tech.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

After the banquet there were infor- nal speeches by each one present. During the evening music was fur nished by the company's Victrola. Those present besides Chief Foley of the Willimantic fire department were Captain James Tighe, Lieutenant Ed ward Grady and Hosemen M. J. Eng Esh, Amos Barber. Arthur Kumpf of Engine company No. 1, William Mar Engine company No. 1. and George Doyle, John Ashton and Ernest Neevs, guests. Buster a bulldog, the com pany's mascot. was an important addi- ton to the company. =-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
THANKSGIVING DINNERS
Distributed by United Charities
 Twelve Families Cared For.

The United Charities gave away 12 complete dinners. containing a large roast of beef. fruit. celery. vegetables. nuts and candy. They also gave away al quantity of vegetables. They re- ceived a large contribution of vegeta- b1es from the Congregational Sunday school and several gifts of money for fuel. The dinners were distributed Wednesday evening" Frank Lincoln donating his car for that purpose.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Students Home foS Holiday.

Miss Dorothy Moore of Mt. Holyoke college is spending the holiday vaca- tion with her parents at the Methodist parsonage.
 John Riley of Worcester Polytechnic institute is spending the school holi- days in this city. ~G >,r
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
A Pleasant T,hankseivirs.

The weather for Thanksgiving was perfect. It was cold early in the morning, but gradually warmed up and quite a little of the snow melted.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
OBITUARY.
Dies at Mansfield Colony.

John Patrick Walsh died at the Con- necticut epileptic colony at Mansfield Depot Thursday noon from cerebral hemorrhage. Little is known about the deceased except that his relatives live in Waterbury, where the body will be sent by Killourey Brothers, undertakers.
 Mrs, Mary Allen 6no~.
 Mrs. Mary Ellen Show. 7a. died at
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Wartime Demand For Cotton is En-
 ormoUS.

Recent investigations in the use of cotton in war show:
 A 12-inch gun disposes of a half bale of cotton with every shot fired: machine gun in operation will use up a bale in three minutes; in a na- val battle like the one off Jutland over by each active Warship: more than 20,- 900 bales a year are needed to provide absorbent cotton for the wounds of the injured; one change of apparel for all the troops now engaged in the war represents more than a million bales.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Brief Mention

Everett Anthony spent the holiday with relatives in this city.
 Omer Paulhus, a radio operator in the U. $. navy, was home Thanksgiv- ing
 Manager F. w. Carey of Hotel Hooker spent the holiday in Boston with relatives.
 Herbert Woodil1 of Boston spent Thanksgiving with his parents on
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Returnina to Camp.

the dinner hour and special dinners were served.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
For a Corn Feeling
 Picnic, Use Gets Fl"

Pain Eases at Once, Corn Juat pieaI
 Do your corn -ridding easily, with a smile=the baRana-peel way T'hat's the ''Gets-Ft" way@the only way your corn or -caIlous comes off com plete as though 1t were glad. to Eat off.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

There are just two things which in my opinion we've got to. come to, at once and as starters.
 The first is that we must use ma ehinery about ten times as much as in the past. We've got to do the work or get it done. As our own productive capacities are limited by the hours of daylight and the endurance of our muscles, and as little labor is hirable to supplement our own work, we must fall back on tools We have got to manage, some way, to cover the ground with fewer men and in less time. Some of us who can must change to tractors and gang blows: some of us who can must get up culti- vators which will do two, three or four rows at a time instead of one; some of us who can have got to buy expensive outfits and rent them to less fortunate neighbors wherever feasi- bEe.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

One of the marked traits of the American farmer is his ingrained op- tlmiSm. However much he may srumble about the weather and the droughts, he almost invariably is a creature of the most optimistic hope,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Germans Held in the United States
 Number Nearly 2,6o0.

Numper Neariy <,6o0.
 Two classes of German prisoners are now detained in this country. One is comprised of sailors taken into eus- tody when the United States entered the war; the other consists of alien enenies.'' civilians who have been arrested by the governmental regu- lations for various reasons.
 The principal detention camp is at Fort McPherson. Ga. where approxi- mately $50 war prisoners are held; at Fort oglethorpe. Ga; there. are 1855 alien enemies; at Fort Douglas. Utah. there are 517 prisoners of war and 80 interned Germans. Small detaeh- ments are now temporarily quartered at army posts throughout the country, but their number is relatively s7hall. ,
 Altogether there ahe 2.as4 actual prisoners of war in the custody of the War department and about 400 intern ed aliens held at the request of the Department of Justice.
 It is estimated that Germany is now. holding 150 sailors taken from American ships by cofnmerce raiders and other German vessels.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Underaoes Operation.

Miss Emma Chicoine of Wauregan
 was operated cn at St. Joseph's hos
 pitaI Thursday for appendicitis.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Percentage of Sick at Army Campo is
 Lees Than 2 Per Cent.

Returning from inspection trips ito 10 army and aviation camps, Col. Wes- ton P. Cham berlain, of the Surgeon Generals office. reports that the per
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
Each infantryman Gets 62 Ounces ot Brass in His Ordnance Equipment.

Included in the equipment fur nished each infantryman by the Ord- nance Bureau of the War Department are 62.7 ounces of brass. This is ex- elusive of the uniform equipment pro- vided by the Quartermaster corps.
 Used in the haversack are Ia ounces of brass; in the hayonet scab- bard, 0.5 ounce; in the canteen cover, .0.2 ounce; cartridges (100l, 47.4 oune- es: cartridge bent, 10 ounces; gun sling, 1 ounce: oiler and thong case. Is ounces; pouch for first-aid pack ct, 0.3 ounce.
 Equipment from the Ordnance De- partment Bureau for 100, GOO infantry men contains almost 196 tons of brass,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

Another thing
 We shall have to revert, temporari- ly at least. to the old fashioned schemes of neighborly work-"swap ping" not only to the husking- bee. but to the blowing and planting and
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

What are we going to do about it :?
 What is the skipper of ts,e schooner going to do when his foremast has gone by the board and his anchors dragg- ing, an Atlantic gale is blowing him towards a rocky shore?
 He can call the crew to prayers Or he can send below for the rum bot tie and drink himself into stupor. Or, he can summon all hands to feverish work in trying to set up some sort of new foremost by whose aid lie may
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
At St. Joseph's HospitaI.

At the hospital a Thanksgiving din ner was served to patients and nurses. The restaurants were thronged at
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

Eat less meat? Consume less sugar? Stop using gasoline for pleasure trips? Pay extra postage and bigger taxes?
 Why, of course.
 But those things are only kinder garten work; just toying with the all phabet in the infants primary class. We farmers have got to faCe greater sacrifices, before we finish the book
 We have got, for one thing, to be willing to give up having our own ways.
 And if there's any greater hardship than that which could be imposed on the average farmer-you name it, please; I can't!
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

at heart. Though his steps may be tangled up in a jungle growth of soil robbing weeds, and his promising acres fairly swarming with hordeS of destructive insects, and his devoted head be the constant target of bud verse weather, he usually keeps plod- ding and fighting on. with an ingrain- ed hope that "thingsll be better next tine.'
 In this case, he might as well dis
 miss any such hope, right now.
 Things are not going to be better, la
 bor-wise; they are going to be worse. the supply is going to diminish. We are in for a hard time, and we
 might as we'll make up our minds to it. 1t is another one of the things for
 which we have to thank Germany and the atrociouS monsters of fiendiSh guilt who make up her misbegotten government. Until we lick 'em out and clean the universe of the whole
 gang which for forty years has de-
 m3rable people, we shall see no inn provement in this labor problem. Not only must the very flower of our manhood be sent over seas to help in rescuing the world from the
 deadliest and most sinister enemy which has ever attacked it's liberties
 but upon those left behind must fall the burden, not only of doing the ab
 sent ones work but of supplying their needs, at the same time.
 Didn't the ISraeliteS have to make bricks without straw? We have got to make munitions and raise food to feed half a world, without half hands enough for just our own domestic
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

do not say that it is an ideal CT even a wholly desirable way to farm. But any port is better than a lee shore in a storm. "Who sups with the devil needs use a long spoon" even If. it isn't quite as convenient as a shorter handled one might be2
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

A good many of us don't seem to realize fully that we are at war; at war with the most laboriously per fected and most skillfully conducted war machine ever dreamed of in the devils sleep: and that we must win that war if we wish to save our lib- critics. to preserve the honor of our women and the lives of our babies.
 The very first thing that must hap pen is change in that state of mind We have got to see. shudderlingly if you will, but plainly and unmistak- ably, that the hope of the world, that our own hopes and our own futures and the futures of all those dear to us depend upon o<r winning this war. We have got to comprehend, as plain ly and as keenly as we comprehend the pain of a tooth -ache. that no amount of labor, no degree of sacrifice, no added burden, no embracing revo- lution In our own habits and methods and plans is worthy of a seconds con- sideration beside the first, fundamen- tai, paramount and commanding neces- sity of saving ourselves and the world from the greatest danger which has ever threate tened it.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30
manage to claw his way off the coast.
My own impression is that we farm

My own impression is that we farm CTS have got to rig up some sort of jury mast and get some sort of sail cn it. if we have to tear up the first cabin carpet to serve.
 But how shall we do it? What scheme or device or trick can be thought of which will in any degree help us to weather the storm?
 It's a bad job. at the best, that we can do. Undermanned and short handed at the very moment when the exigency calls for double work on better work than in the past? Or even
 There's one thing which has got to come first. That is a full rea.liza- tion of the actual situation. We farmers are, doubtless, just as pa triotic as anybody. But we have been born into life of individualism pardon the big word, I can't think of another to say just what I mean into a life largely self-contained and seh-directed and self-inspired. We are compelled, by the very nature of our occupation, to think in terms re- stricted mainly to the farm which we are farming. We have had. always, to hammer out any success we might achieve in our own, way and along our own lines.
 The inevitable result of this en- forced and necessary habit of work is that we are sometimes slow to see the connections between our functions and the multiforrn activities of the | rest of the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-30

We are so Iaboriously intent upon our own footsteps that we fail to see the vast armies on all sides of us which are, nevertheless, marching to the same goal. We are so engross- ed with the dirt our hoes are stirring that we ignore the mountains tower ing into the blue horizon. We are so busy picking up potatoes that we hardly notice the cloud fecked heavens rolling in infinite blue above our heads.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-12
To Get Another Bonus

Employees Of the Northern Paci.
fic Railway and the Northern Tx.
press Company who receive les.
than $4,000 a year, and whose wag-
es are not fixed by contract, will
be paid another bonus of 10 pc,
cent of their wages for the six
mouths period beginning July l
and ending December 31st. This
announcement has just been made
by President j. y. IIannaford and
effects approximately 2O,7OO en-.
ploycs along the line and in som,
large cities and various part of tho
country.
Where service should not be
continuous, due to reduction OF
forces, the bonus will apply ,t
wages earned during the period Of
continuous service since july /
ThIs is the second bonus announc
ed by the Northern Paicfic Rail
way in the last two months to b,
paid to unorganized employees anl
follows a wage increase which tool
effect last October.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-07-12
Senate Passes on Bone Dry Law

Last Saturday the senate voted
in favor of ''bone dry national
prohibition during the time this
country is engaged in war, in rs
far as whisky and other strong
spirits are concerned. The man
ufacture and importation of same
were prohibited and entered i'm the
Food Control Bill.
Provision would limit consume
tion of stocks in retailers hands
or withdrawn before the law goes
into effect.
The senate S vote to have tn"
government virtually buy, for IN
dustrial purposes, and thus with
draw for consumption or rcvcnl,o
purposes, the great stocks OF dis
titled liquors held in bond, follow
cd rejection Of a proposal to auth,-
rize the president to suspend man
ufacture of beers and wines.
One feature Of the biIl-1hc
prohibition of the manufacture of
distilled sEirits-will not be sub
ject to change i'm conference and
therefore is certain to bccor.c a
law.