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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-18

SCHOOLS.

The schools were crowded and ilI-
squIpped when the present Adminls-
fratIon came Into office. By erect.
Ins bun1slows and enlsrcInu the
old buildings, the congestion has
been done away With Entirely.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-18

a new Mayor viii mean new administrative de-
partment heads. and new administrative de-
partment heads VIII mean long delays and
vacillation ii carrying out these policies By
continuing the present Mayor. the projects
viii 90 On uninterruptedly.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-18
DEsks.
! Il

When the present ADMINISTRATION
eans Into Office the schools Wsrs
not only crowded but poorly
equipped With desks. blackboards,
etc. Visit them now and see the
ehansel
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-18
General


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vegetables and other foods. e passed an Or
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snDoivlslons eoAia e Pnt g sns ma ze s. a1e
+ created the CITY Flaming Commission
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-18

One outstanding act was the Automobile Club
Tax rate statute. so-called ~ which Homo
lulu viii have available for road maintenance,
permanent roads. water and sewer extern
sions' free sewer and cesspool pumping, per-
manent construction other than roads, and
for the operating expense Of The government
100 900, as against $3.50, 1000 ii 1917.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-18

Important amendments to the Frontage Tax
statutes were secured, making the act more
workable, and also providing for the payment
by the City and County Of one-third Of the
cost Of al work initiated By il under the acts.
The amendments TO The Workmen's compensar
ton act reducing the waiting period from
a to z days, was secured Il the instance d
The City and County Attorney.
With the money available in 1915 the present
administration would be II 9 position to carry
out fully the many projects It has been work
ing on. M. Collins, the Road Engineer, esti-
mates the cost Of these projects win Be 81
100000.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-18

More acts bsnshcial 70 Honolulu were passed
st the last session Of The Legislature than
ever before.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Postponed Match
Features Tennis
Tournament Today

Los ANGELES. Co'. March N -plar
H. the east west lcunp tournament hero
was TO he resumed TO-DAY provided th'
weather permitted Tho principal mator
of tho dlN's schedule VAS to hn sir.
gl"s event between Theodore Nnosryoil
Ioll. middle states champion tcasD. tud
John " StrlchUn California stat" cham
p,On tweStD one OF three matches uos.-
poned from ycstcrdtN.
The uucomplcted double match bet woeu
George NJ church and Harold Throck.
morton. tcnsD. and John Il StraCh1u
and William NJ Johnston twcHD, also
was So for today, play a. hc resumed ~
the point where II was stopped Thurs.
day hy darkness with the game scu.c
standing I'll In the fourth set Tho
eastern team has won two sets and the
Ncstcrncr- one Of this match. Tho other
matches staged for TODAY were two Sit
giles and one doubles event ~ follows
Mcns' singles George VI Church
6asD, against William NJ. Johnston
twestD
Ladies' singles Mrs NAV sutton
Buudy. against Miss Molla Biurstodt
Mems doubles Frederick II Alexander
pd Conrad u Doyle CcasN. against
Claude WAYNE and Nat u Browne twca'
Two of the smatches postponed from
yesterday to be played Monday viii
complete the tournament.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Tickle Your Opponent and You Will
Be Victorious In Athletic Contest

hould,' exclaimed tho New RrunsvirN
leader "Mhv we'd have beaten them
easily II they hadn't ticklrd uV Bui
every time we'd get that hall one ~ AZ.
other oi those girls would grab at VS. aud
tickle and tickle some motc-and what
could We poor girls do"
why didn't We protest" Oh. We did
put there's nothing IN tho rule. that
makes tickling Illegal and 50 ,hosc mean
things Just Kept tight on tickling us-lud
that's VIII, We lost
Tickle Tickle win the osmsl
Thls ought to furnish food for reflection
FOR vrrstlers hnll PLAYERS. gollufcrs and
such The 'tassling' rules don't bar
tickling HS fht ~ We know So whats
10 prevent you from slipping tho other
gent y little tickle on the hocf. ~ undri
the wing, nt I'm the ribs ~ the psvUhnlngi
cal moment Aud II you're catching he
hind the bat why NO, pass along " little
tickle 10 the vluhher Jus, at the moment
when he : all poised Tot swing At the
incoming hotsehdee
Or. perhaps. YOU are = nr,,bsscmsn
The pitcher tries 10 catch the runner nan.
Pima lie fails. You catch the hail npd
have " IN YOUR paw The runner cllns-
10 the bag The plo, thlrkens rlght
thcfr fnr that's yuut cue to tickle him a
hil which will make him iump OF The
sack Then npplN the hall TO him he's
out
carry n long straw around with ynu
when vou invade the rnllif links when
Nuut opponent j. all sol FOR q drive or
putt, reach but with the STRAW ntI
slp 10 gently alnnr hts neck or N he's
hatloss, apply straw tn brad aud moye
gently hithef ana thither Then bet leo
in I that he'll miss hiv shot
Oh yes. and fpo,haliers too ,nisbt
rnd 4 tickle nov ana then ~ Invaluable
iness hut what's the use ~ mprri, iirs
ling guy whsn YOU are priNilsssd Ia
knock ont a few teeth. On eve. srab pff
an ear or bust tcN lsrs7 Sn iirkIne
upon second thought is ~ only serontis r,
help To- q rfidlron person
Hut. a'irr al. bscat you've GOTTA al.
ma ih' iMf ihlhnr ih'nr be quite usr.
tul W ,uu4uCuus tuomtM
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Boy Sleuth Gets
Subway Plot Tip

NEW York. March 10 orN,ccr.
ycar.old Nammy Margolc, with AN am
h,,lou To become a great detective. ,ct
several hundred thousand New Nu,kcr,
CON edge today brHuph, score, ul .>a
polio, and detective, rushing our O.
guard the subway and gol a lu,ui Nuu
m PRINT about a hg plot r blow un
,hc underground railway
II was sammy, ll.,rt old ,hum
Eddie lll,,h wh" ,,all, started lh,
thing Eddie youildcd 90 SAMMY ,ha, "a
tall man with a red mu,tayhc' wh,,.
pcrcl to him while he wa, riding home
on the ubva, Yesterday Don't ride n
the subway tuesday"
Sammy !, a member ~ the Junior po
lice lie hu humc tu tell IN, father.
and hi, ialhcr tipped the police \, a
pfegar,iun the police kept extra men pr
duty al the subway station, an da,.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Spor&le&s

The real spring Ncathcr brought out
about forts candidate for baseball po.
stions on the Sooner uiuc YESTERDAY
Those seeking chsuCos ui the slab work
have been given chances 10 show what
they have got during inf last two DAYS
and from now until the season opens the
bows viii oI get their mll days prl,.
tye.
Shawnee defeated the TcDumseh prcIs
al shawnee last night, in 90 r., A. r.
result ~ this win the Shawnee team
wins the championship ~ rutHwdtoWic
county
Joe Tinker. manager mud president of
the Columbus team ut the American as
sociatlou. hays claim 10 PITCHER Rcurr +
Of tho oklahoma city team m u letter
addressed 10 President duncan Dun
.cau says that he can have hlm and well
CONF.
Mike gibbons as slated to flghi Los
bsr,N at Milwaukee ON Aprl 10 T.
irtll, begins 10 look Rs though The Aus
talian Stacker is going to get nrhi
amer all Promoter MullcrU IN author, ,y
for tho statement. aud he seems to know
what hc is talking about
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Legs But Not Face
in Picture; Woman
Sues Camera Firm

NEW YORK March IN Whether
MIR, Nunl No>tS figure exhibited m
a daSh,uV bathing suits still Mr.
Anna No,t, figure VI another head re-
place, her, un photograph. Wa, the
pulling question rnt up o. Justice
plauck today
Nh, loN =, SUNG the \n,,H com.
pauy ,or S5OON She allcgc, a picture
showing her m bathing suit d, being
used by the company Tor trade purposes
without her consent ne Nu,Do com
pany admits that the pretty plaintiffs
figure was used lu The photograph
complained ul, bu, declare, that another
hcal wa. nlAAch un l-- M-m-r
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10

bN 'EsNf " WNNNf
Tickle YOUR Toe II YOU wish io triumph
~ an athletic contest It's u Ncry effrC.
tive method ns the following new and
novel nlibl would Indicate
Whenever We had the hpll and wcro
about to shoot u basket. the other girls
tlcklcd us and "" can't stand ticklur
and ro We dropped tho bail and they
picked n up and they shot tho basket
The horrid things"
The originator Ia tho chic little ear.
tain NJ tho girls basketball team tcprr.
scutug the New nrunsWick. y. 4. high
school, which recently w1p beaten IL tn =
100 q combat with the girls from Norih
Ialnnrld, y j. hish
Il think those rlainncld pirls arc lust
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Meat Consumption
in Britain Reduced

LONDON March l0-.rhcrc VA,
been a ,ub,tanid dmnu,ion ct meat
consumption 10 Great Britain as the rr.
suit ot the recent appeal ,o the people
b, the ,oud controller. asking that the,
place thcm,chc, uU ration,
I'm consequence 90, this. 1t va, stated
ion tine house ui commons today, there b,
no intention At present tu iutfuduU,
yumuul,ur, mcallc,, daNS
Nh, returns showed. II wa, said. an
increased disposition un the p1f' oi Nv
wbh, 10 adopt voluntary rauOnlng.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
New Garages Built.

I'm addition go the many garage, 1I
ready here. two more are being built
One is owned hy Laughhn and Berry.
prominen, Cushing banker, II /,
ucarh completed and j, located ou We,
Broadway
Nu, Nowcr,on FORMER banker and
business man a Gushing aul uu old
resident :, also erecting garage en
Cleveland avenue l0 the busiest part
NJ Gushing
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Band ConeeIts continued.

Hobart business men will continue
OH, saturday afternoon and evening
bard concert, again thl, spring and
,.mwcr. commencing Saturday April
u The Juvenile band viii play the
afternoon engagement, Tor the benefit
% farmer, who arc IN town And the
Hobart band will give the uicht con-
cert, These eorccrt, have been fes-
ured by the hu,lue,, men Tor seven
wear. and always attract large crowd
loo tine .iN ON SATURDAY.,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Mail Pouch Theft
Charged in Arrest

MEMPHIS. Tenn, March 10 Post.
otic, Inspector, arrested man here
who gave his name q, + Wrmhcrlr,
and who is alleged to have been impi
Gated IN the THEFT %, several thousand
dollars from mail pouch at \hu
uucrquc. \ ". February N II wa,
stated that approximately 2w of the
money had been recovered
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Indian Hunt by Whites.

officer, were Yesterday called t.. .'hc
Bennington ucphborhood. where the,
found Nose Johnson, iullhlood Choc-
taw, suffering irom a scriou, wound on
the head and a probable cDncuS sion OF
the BRAIN He say, the uluuc, tcrc
inflicted hy white men with whom Ire
was ON lamhorcc several dass ago.
but va, unable To give names.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Man Who Found
New Insects Dead

SEATTLE. Wash, March lO--Orscn
Euur' lum,ou. professor emeritus of
fpul,g, at the University o' Washing
ten. and hnpvn an over the world ~
am entomology and diSco,crcr OF many
rev specie. ~ insects, died today ~,
N., NS wear, old
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
100000 Offered for Wells.

ne Du-Nrd OHTUmpanY CapI'aIIcd
at $4,000. with nnc producing wells III
the ilcad,on field, ha, received AL Of.
fer OF 100000 for It's holding, J., ha,
not been accepted The compaus J.,
composed oi Duraut and Ardmore men
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10
Wrestleb Go Two
Hours Without Fall

Los ANGELES. cal. March 40 VII
Ham bomctral ( Chicago, and Comtfu-
tim RomauoM hclvyw,irhts. wrcs'lrd
two hours ard three minutes last night
without either Recurring q fan and the
match WAS finally declared draw
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10

According to J. g. r. 90 well known
cricket pa,cr. most of lhou spoofng
Joehing or Kidding which crcNt 'ccriycs
In this country In duo io q lack of knuWl-
edge ~ the finer points of the game,
just as golf was once a leading d"ulLeu
" The Spoofery for he same reason. I
have played" he writes. with great
pleasure snd benefit baseball. fgplhall
hockey. tennis. golf and socCcr. sgN at
no time have I found among the players
uf these gnm"s the same keen and last
Ing love ~ the game ~ | have observed
among cfickcterr both American and
English II is also my belief that cricket
Is the more varied and scientific. and
presents greater possibilities of diverse
talents than other games. Cricket Is
played extensively in this country, con
trurr 20 popular hcliei, and. like gof and
baseball canis'r- botiomless we'll Of
rrmiuisccurp | write this IN behalf uf
great game that has been misundcr-
stood 90
40 sport loving nation. such ~ Eng
land s could ever take mp game 10
such an extent that cricket has been
taken MP unless the game itself was Of
hugh rank
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10

MAJ uubody rouh boat and-th. ,uiir,
l"ng. broke into o. .fonr staining that
he WIS klll.g interest iu Nt4h Arsr's
70 a,%II" then offered % BAH cut' Nat
ma this, 700; JAILED =" please. y ~ lh',r
T &"Ne & N"o N''u'r l.' WY w y
liH' nhh'' ,'ii''s may bani''n Iooh 81
IN VINO ~ in"n', hn'L, 'G'I"lh ANA
I"u' 10 I''h' h"iW ~" mas d'N'''-
'I.u. Iu Ms ,W'l ''''"'' lha' hIp"i
',,N 10Y '.. P'''' amy "' 'h' p''P''
any "' 'h' l''"c.
c. -, ,o,
,... Conn'e nnu w ,..
,,',u,ir, ''''' "'''' ''''' ''' ''' ''''
M r,h,,t,- sY-.,t,,, i,,r,o.,,,,,,
Ia. ,,,.. 60 I,, ,t, .I,t, nt, - Iss,
mac, b. .,,r,,t,rr ,,.,,, I'D.
Ie, f,u N,rkE rluh finished c,o,,l,
s.yer,b ri,,r /, vor fot,y Lea. a,d
lnat fnrtv troro Nybep , h,iI CHM m
ishrs fo,,y r,,,.. nsrL 81 "a ,nIr iu s.,-
rrth ulr, IN. uul,fitur proccss wIll have
OIn twenty. f,,c NOR" r,rcs thIs se.Son
iban hc aid Iest ,,,r and ,tUl finish a
N,i,, Tb,as,.,. and Rol,. L..I,s .,,Id,t
, r,nrl. :, h,s ,l,t,icld v.iG, str',,s, am
around vhiIr Vuah and MYERS form the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-10

Dear Sir several years anu Hs many
months ago I tnutc out NJ the South
kcuSiuctuu museum ut noon The dnN
hciug exceedingly fine. ! decided 10 see
What I.ondou had to offer IN the way OF
sport So. after getting lunch At an A.
" g.. I inurncNcd out to Lords To VII
ncas my fret aud perhaps last game ~
cricket waS amused Tor r. tim" and
then bored The game 10 MIR WAS list
less and dull Since reading "tnuu0kS
paragraph on "Uomh. throwing Rps"hell
aud cricket" sec where nv trouble
was CrI,kr' IS . form of preparedness.
and, h'luE Ru American. n IL no wonder
| could not see anything iu the game
SLEEPY STEVE Goshen.
nacs's Hard tuck
Connie Mack has found u impossible
10 please he first developed a bah vluh
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-26
SUSPEND METHODIST PASTOR.
Fsllow Ministers Find the Rev. G.
1 Cooke Guilty of Charge.

Wilmington, Del, Jan. 26.-The
Rev George A. Cooke, pastor of
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church,
who has been on trial before jury
OF fellow-ministers, was found guilty
of defamation early last night and
was, suspended from all ministerial
duties and church privileges until the
coming session of the Wilmington
Annual Conference, which meets at
Seaford in March.
Pastor Cooke " alleged to have
DETAINED the Rev DR.. Robert Watt,
superintendent of the Wilmington
conference district, in that he was
changed with saying untrue things
about the district superintendent.
Dr.. Watt will appoint some minis
ter to take charge of Wesley Church
and conduct services there pending
the trial of Pastor Cooke before the
conference.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-26

several lifeboats which were then
being lowered.
j. J. Slate, lete OF Nelson county
IS in jail at Birmingham, Ala, ana IN
a few days he viii be in the jail at
Lovingston, Va. Two years ago ne
was convicted in Nelson county OF
false prstenses in a financial trans
action and the jury gave HIN two
years in the peaitentiary. Before
be could be ren1ovcd 10 the prison IN
Richmond he saccccded-in saving
his way to liberty and departed. He
was located q few days ago, and t
t;rauspires now t::aG his real specially
was matrimony. lie is alleged to
have three Hjres-one in Nelson
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-26

old, of South Richmond, losSS his life
when the British transport, Russian,
was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea
December IA last is told, by Henry
A. Reid, who was a companion Of
Tucker ON the Inflated vessel, and
who has just returned TO Richmond,
following an exciting trip across the
ocean. Whae Mr.. Reid did not see
Tucker in the confusion which fol-
lowed the explosion Of the torpedo,
he later found that the youth was
apparently so greatly frightened at
the time that he jumped into the
water, rather than enter one OF the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-26
VIRGINIA NEWS

An alleged attempt to evade the
"dry" laws of Virginia by shipping
whisky into that state as salt pork
caused the arrest in Baltimore yes
terday of William Davis, colored,
Jess Robins, a Swede, of Norfolk,
and William Pervis, colored, on the
charge of violating the Federal law
requiring that such packages shipped
in interstate commerce shall state
on the outside the nature of the cor
tents. Each of the accused was held
in $4,000 bail.
Knocked down by young woman
school teacher, an unidentified tramp
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-26

county, one in North Carolina and
another in Alabama.
notwithstanding the fact that ef-
forts may be made by, several Rich
mond citiaa65s TO have the First cav
airy sqaiadron,. Virginia national
guard, returned to its former status
as the Richmond Light Infantry
Blues, it is stated that there is little
possibility Of the United States war
department fayoring the change AZ
this. time. The reasonfor this is that
at present there is an excess Of in
fantry in Virginia, while deficiency
exists N the cavalry and artillery
units.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-26
nos saved from rough treatment a

was saved from rough treatment at
RileyNale, Page county, a 5ea nights
ago by a "pal;; who placed him on a
freight train. Misses Iva Rotgeb and
Iva Menefee, Of Luray, teachers in
the Rileyville school,, were awaiting
a passenger train on the Norfolk &
Western Railway to come to their
homes when freight train pulled
into the station a tramp alighted
and remarked that he was going to
talk with the school teachers. He
approached Miss Rothgeb and took
her bv the arm. She repulsed him.
The tramp then approached Miss
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-26

Nenefa as wsighs about 100
pounds. Miss Menefee, who is a
very pretty girl, landed on the tramp.
with both fists, knocking him down.
The blows were given with such force.
and the man fell with such a thud for
a time those who witnessed it be-
.lieved that the tramp haG been killed.
AS the man was beginning to regain
consciousness companion, who had
remained on the train, jumped off and
lifted the wounded man aboard just
as the train started to pull out from
the station.
How Otis Tucker, fifteen years
The Press., 1917-10-04
UNION,

The grange meeting is postponed tC Thursday evening of this week.
 Mrs. George Towne of Stafford Springs is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. E. H. Barber.
 R. O. Barrows attended the meet. ing of the directors of the Holland County Farm Bureau at Rockville last week.
 John Viegaska, who has been em- ployed in the Button factory at Staf- fordville, has gone to New Jersey to work.
 State Forester Filley of New Haven was here on Wednesday inspecting the state pine plantations and ex- pressed satisfaction with the work here of weevil erad dication.
 Misses Hattie and May Cooper have resigned their positions in the Union schools to move with their family to New York. Miss Mary Hynes of Wales has taken Miss May Cooper's place in district 3, and Miss Warren of Stafford is substituting in district 2.
 The following town officers were elected: Town clerk, Holcomb R. Howard, r; selectmen, R o. Barrows, r, Thomas Halman, Jr., r, Amos T. Allen, d; collector of taxes, John Rizner, r; registrars of voters, Frank T. Ballou, T, Leon B. Booth, d.; school committee, R. o. Barrows, r, Amos T. Allen, q; total vote for republican registrar, 30; total vote for democratic registrar, 19.
 OnThursday evening about seventy five friends of Rev. and Mrs. T. A. Williams met at the town hall to give them a farwell send of to their new home in Goshen. A purse of gold was presented MT. and Mrs. Williams as a small token of the esteem and friendship of the towns people. A very tasty lunch was served by the ladies and when the party started homeward it was by the way of the parsonage, esoorting the parsoh and his wife, and giving them three rousing cheers as the good-nights were said.
 At the annual election of town officials the republican ticket was elected in full. The business meeting in the afternoon was speedily handled, and as good American citizens the voters were ready to meet all calls in the warning, feeling that if ever the farmer was able to spend money in town improvements, the time was at present when produce is bringing such high prices. It was voted to build $S, 900 of state road. The public libary appropriation of $125 was voted, also $50 for Memorial
The Press., 1917-10-04

day, with H. R. Howard, A. M. Heck and P. k. Tyler as committee on Memorial day arrangements. The selectmen were instructed to repair the floor and underpinning of the town hall. $1, 800 was appropriated for the highways. The road leading past G. W. Bradway's house and barn was ordered discontinued. William Began appeared before the meeting in behalf of Mrs. J. Russell and asked that the road from John Sedlaok s to Rock Meadow be left open as at present, and the town SO voted, $2, 800 was appropriated for the schools. The reports of the various town officers were accepted. The matter of fixing the rate of taxation was left until March. John Buckley acted as moderator.
The Press., 1917-10-04
WILMINGTON.

Hearty congratulations to Stafford Springs on: the no license vote.
 O. F. Reed and Mrs. Reed enter tained an automobile party of his G. A. R comrades and their families one day recently.
 The potato crop seems to be turn ing out an abundance of lusty tubeIs that Dever before, it is safe to say, were so highly appreciated.
 On Sunday morning Pastor Parker gave very fine resume of the Assooi. i. ational meetings in Warrenville that was much appreciated by all.
 Howard Bligh has returned to Hill side farm and his efficient poultry work, coming from his home in Bos- ton in his Ford, Monday, making good time.
 Next Sunday there will be some changes in the Bible school. Dea. Bugbee will take the boys class so long and so we'll taught by Mrs. Brown who will take class of young girls