Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
catn the Largest Connecticut Proportion Cy Population

ectIcut m Proportion to t Condensed Telegrams at the Butler mill at New Bedford Thursday. Col. William cornwaIIis West died at Ruthln Castle, North Wales, at the age of S2 years.
 "Mother" Jenkins, who taught a l 65 years, is dead. The War Department has issued in- srtuctlons to receive recruits hereafter only for the infantry. Werner Horn left Boston in charge of federal officers for Atlanta to be- gin an IS months sentence. The Natriehten, of Munich, says the German Emperor and Empress will go to Vienna at the end of this week
 The New York Board of Estimate voted an appropriation of $2459 GOO for the extension of the Gary system. Divers have located the uncharted rock in Block Island Sound. on which the cruiser Olympia struck a week ego. By royal command the American flag flew from Victoria. Tower, Westminster Abbey, in honor of Independence Day. Salt production of the United States l increased 19 per cent. last year. the to- tai output amounting to 45,449 ,329 bar rels.
 Approximately 100000 houselzeep- CTS of the country have pledged their support to the food conservation pro- gram.
 c. B. Brewer of Mill River, Mass, 1 has begun to cut hay, using the scythe snath his father, Amos Brewer bought for him in 1862.
 The Government will not tolerate the slowing-up of ship construction be- | cause of strikes the General Ship pig Board declared.
 Four persons were killed and 20 injured in a collision at Manistee. Mich, between a crowded street car and an excursion train.
 Ammon A. Hennacy and Harry F.. Townsley, both of Columbus. O., were were found guilty of conspiracy to de- feat the selective draft law.
 The start of the new Swiss Minis 1 ter, Hans Su1zer. and the special Swiss Mission to the United States. has been postponed for two weeks.
 A German court martial sentenced to death Mile. Grandprez and her brother of SaveIot, Belgium. and caused them to be shot in 24 hours.
 Henry w. Knight, who commanded | the guard that accompanied President 1 Lincoln to the theatre on the night he was shot, died at his home in The Bronx.
 Simple funeral services for William l H. Moody at Haverhil. Mass, former
 ly associate justice of the United
 States supreme court, were held at
 the home.
 The prosperity of Brazil has led to a | renewed interest in modern agricultur- al methods and to a demand for all sorts of American farm machinery and | implements.
 State from indirect sources during the | fiscal year ended June 30 showed gain of s6,352, 676.17 over the previous | 12 months
 A dispatch from MaInno says 20 steamers, thanks to Eugladn. are now on their way to Sweden with corn and raw materials. They are keeping within the safety zone. 1 A proposed ordinance drafted by Weights and Measures Commissioner 1 Hartigan. providing for the sale Of | bread by weight. was introduced in the New York Board of Aldermen.
 Mayor James M. curley of Boston made his first public announcement election next December, at a meeting last night of the Tammany club. Hsuan Tung, the boy Emperor of | CTFlfna Tubn hack the | throne under the protection of Gen | eraI Chang Hsun has issued an edict restoring the wearing of the queue to favor.
 A total of s1,521, ,19a barrels of Port land cement was produced in the United States last year Shipments amounting to 94.552.296 barrels and valued at s1O0.014,s82, set new records for the industry.
 H. B. Chamberlain, operating re- | ceiver of the Tennessee Central Rail road offered his resignation to Judge E. T. Sanford of the United States | Court When the road was offered at auction there were no bids
 State Treasurer Wills of New York 1 Prudential Life Insurance Companies received from the Metropolitan and the checks for s252,692 and s2G9.501. re- l spectfvelv representing a tax of one i per centf upon premiums fin New York State during the fiscal year. i aCotton Is in bloom again, roasting ears are ripe the watermelons are ! smiling O nthe vine and the gates of 1 ''Dixfe'' are open to all negroes who went away from the South under rIis- i taken ideas of the sort of treatment they would receive in the North is the text of a resolution introduced in i the Georgia Legislature.
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