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prnrnotiona n huainaaa.

In the American Magazine Thomas E. Wilson, the Chicago packer, says:
 ''l often ask man why he is doing q thing a certain way. If he tells me that be does it that way because it has always been done just like that am inclined to be somewhat dubious about his ability. Not infrequently the fact that custom has been in force for thirty years is sufficient proof that it is wrong. We should be constantly on the lookout for better ways of doing things. Any business not showing constant advance ment usually deteriOrates. Individual positions are no exceptions.
 ''One of the great foes to good or ganiza ton Is the practice of promoting by seniority alone. John Smith is moved into a vacancy because he has been in the department longer than some other fellow. This plan permits an inferior man to block the way of good man. There should be no rules about promo. ton which can in any way hamper the selection of the best man for 8 place. In fact, do not like to have too many rules about anything. Rules tend to make people follow custom without knowing why and without using much initiative"
The Press., 1917-11-08
Cheap and Good Foods.

Some of the best foods are the cheap est. There are carrots, salsify, par SnipS. lettuce and such stuff. Carrots have the rarcst combination of food qualities of anything that grows. It is so healthful that it is said a steady diet of it will cure many distempers. ParSnips are cheap, good, wholesome. Anybody who doesn't like the taste of a parsnip has his palate put in wrong, Lettuce is cheap, and a lettuce sand wich is royal food. Any one who Starves while these things are on the market. to be bought for a few cents, has not much of a claim on life. There is more health in them than in porter house steaks or oyster cocktails. Some people affect to think they are a low brow food, but it might be said in re- tort that they are low browed people who think so.-GOlumbus O. State Journal
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Watches and Water.

When a person falls overheard or gets a ducking in any other way he at once has trouble with his watch, un- less, of course. it happens that he be not wearing it. If he is wise he will send it at once to watchmaker What the latter can do to it depends upon the extent of the wetting and the length. Of time that has elapsed since the immersion.
 The Jewellers Circular says the re- pairer will take the watch entirely apart If there he water still notice able he will place all the parts ill al cOhoI and then clean them. If they be dry he will put all ordinary steel parts ill benzine and all plates, bridges and brass parts in a solution of alkali and soap.
 \ repairer receiving a watch several days after it's wetting will immerse it in coal oil. Then he will decide wheth- CT it will he less expensive to clean the works or to replace them with 8 new movement.
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HOLLAND.

Mrs. Virginia Fullenwi1eF of Birm- insham, Ala, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Eliza Harney at the Steele house.
 There will be a meeting at the home of Judge and Mrs. Edwin s. Agard Wednesday evening of all those interested in forming a study club.
 The chicken pie supper of the Lee NJ. E., church, held in the town hall Friday evening, was we'll attended. The entertainment was pleasing and we'll carried out. The society realized over $42.
 Dr. Samuel Simpson and Rev. B. IF. Case were appointed delegates by the Congregational church Sunday morning to the state conference of Congregational churches, held in Middletown Nov. 18th and 4th.
 The regular business meeting of the Library association was held in the library rooms Monday afternoon The names Mrs. O. H. Reed and Miss Lilla Newcomb were voted into the association. The name of Miss Frances Tomajan was proposed for member ship. A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. Hamilton F. Downing and Miss Elizabeth Hicks for the new shades they presented to tile library rooms and the furnishings and re- modelling of the new overflow book room. At the social hour tea was served by Mrs. I Tilden Jewett and Mrs. Ernest Hall
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Washinaton's aowsry.

Pennsylvania avenue, in your expec- tation the Broadway of Washington, is more or less its Bowery, since proprie- tors, aware that the government will soon take over their holdings, see no object in improving them. DOwdy ho- tels bid for lOdgers at 30 cents night, 9 even. Shop windows teem with sou
 yenirs-the capitol on brass slippers,
 the capitol on silver puppies, the capi- tol on patriotic dustpans, the capitol illuminated with mOther-Of-pearl. Chop srey resorts abound. On the way to his inauguration each new president passes d nome of butlesque," penny arcade. a tattooist's studio and the shrine where a beautiful lady palm ist' reveals your name. And yet at the end of this amazing thoroughfare rises the matchless dome that crowns the capitol, which crowns a lordly emi- nence.-ROllin Lynde Hartt in Century.
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Three Seruian Words.

DObra is the general word of assent ill Servia If q doughnut is gOOd-and Serbs make ysdelectable doughnuts in tin pans over ,camp fires-it is dObra. A good looking girl is dObra. and if she iS very good looking she is dObra- dObra. A good speech or lucky gen eral or pleasant summer or the word to charge are all dObra.
 One can go anywhere in Servia if one is but letter perfect in dObra and mai mo, which latter is the general mega tive. One should also be able to say ''Hydyr with great force and convic- ton. That is the slang for hurry And it is needed, for these Balkan peO- pleS do not like to hurry unless killing Is somewhere involved. Ones cOnver- SatiOn might lack continuity perhaps, but if supplemented by assorted rubs and pattings one need never miss bed or meal where a Serb camp fire shines. S.-Herbert Corey in Saturday Evening Post.
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Beyond Human Control.

Children were discussing "what we'll do when we get big" One wanted to be a milkman and ride around. The second wanted to ride on freight cars and make the round things go." The third could not decide whether to be a minister or a grocer. The fourth child. a girl of eleven. did not care to tell.
 "Aw." cried he for whom the minis try and confectionery had equal at- fractions, "yur want to get married
 When the boys had run of, the girls ambition was cOnfded to her favOEite aunt. q wouldn't tell them she said scOrnfully. They couldn't understand. But, aunty, want to be a justice of the supreme court and''-her voice be- came solemn-"beyond human control '' Christian Register. :. F.
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Origin of thO Dahlia.

By a curious irony the dahlia flower, popular at the flower shows, is of very humble Origin.S It has been developed from a Mexican tuber. Some centu- ry and half ago this plant was in troduced into Europe by the Swedish botanist. Dr. Dahl, for the purely com mercial purpose of supplanting or sup plementing the potato. But they did not prove popular. and the dahlia dish soon disappeared from the dinner ta- bles of Europe, but the gardeners saw the latent possibilities of the flower, from which they have evolved the dOu- bIe dahlia and other popular floral fan cies. 1t would thus appear that the dahIia had reversed the fate of the red clover, which was originally introduced as a garden flower, but was found to be much more desirable as 8 fine for age. The tubers of the dahlia, though bitter, are still eaten in some parts of France
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Mi0ht Ia Rioh$,

Fife" said the timid highland lOy- CT, 'I wad kiss ye, but I'm feart yc wadna let me-"
 She bIushed "s red as the sunset, but did not answer.
 Eff1e," he repeated timidly, little later. II said wad kiss ye, but I'm feart ye wadna let me-" ...1r
 At the third repetition she asked:
 ''Dae ye min, David, yesterday l cOuldna lift a bag of potatoes intae the cairt an ye lifted them for me? :.
 "Oh, aye" he replied. :.
 "Weel, that shows, David," she mur- mured, that we're far stronger than me!'-LondOn Globe. ~
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AilnArnMkion.

In the state known as "hibernatiOn" respiration practically ceases. Diges- ton seems to follow respiration, and the waste of tissue is reduced to the smallest possible limit, the circulation in the meantime being only just sufi- cient to sustain life. It has been as- certained that animals can endure the loss of tissue until it amounts to 40 per cent of their normal weight. Should the weight be reduced beyond that linn it the result is death. It is the stored up fat within the body of the hibernat- ing creatures that sustains them dur ing the many months of cold weather.
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THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1917.
LEWIS McLAueHLIN. PuBLIsHER

sl.50 a year in advance. When not paid In advance, at the rate of Si.75 year.
 Resolutions, obituaries or cards of thanks in- serted at one-hRh advertising rates. Births, marriages and deaths inserted free. .a
 We are not responsible for, nor do we by pub fishing. endorse the opinions of our correspond ents-
 This paper Is mailed regularly to its subscrib- CTS until q definite order to discontinue Is re- eelved and all arrears are paid in full. .--
 We are always glad to have nstOs items sent in, but request that they reach us by Wednesday morning. or earlier, If possible It Is often nec- essary to abridge items that are received after Wednesday noon. Forms closed Thursday at a. m.
 Communications received without signatures always committed to the waste basket without attention.
 Advertisers desiring change should have copy at office by Wednesday at 10 8. m, otherwise We cannot guarantee change.
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crnnd of Enieuras.

When St. Paul addressed ''epicu. reans and stoics" (Acts xvii, 1S at Athens the philosophy of life was prac- ticaIly reduced to the teaching of these two antagOnistic schools.
 Pleasure and not absolute truth was the end at which Epicurus aimed. His system degenerated into mere mate rialism, and ill this form epicureanism was the popular philosophy at the be- ginning of tke Christian era. :
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Production of LeahOrns.

The average production of eggs by hens of all kinds. and ages in the Unit. ed States is S5. eUnselected White Leg horns. however, produce an average of 130 eggs for the first year, 120 for the second, no for the third, S5 for the fourth and fall about 10 year up to the eighth. These figures are from a bulletin of the Utah experiment sta tion. If the first year production be tow, the second. will be high, and vice versa, the total production for three years being about the same.
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Athana tha ssat of LaarninQ.


 It may be said unhesitatingly that the country which has produced the greatest men in literature and philoso- phy. art and architecture Is Greece In the little state of Attica-not much larger than Greater New York-true civilization and all that goes along with it were horn. All that has been done since the "age of Pericles has been simply the carrying out of the ideas. principles and methods laid down by the men who won Marathon and Salamis. Plataea and Mycale. Gal ton. high authority. does not hesitate to say that Athens and the little state of which it was rhe capital produced more first class intellects than have since been produced hy all the world put together.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Whan Baby Cries.

o We'll babies do not cry. When o a baby cries and cries it is inva- 0 riably an indication that it is ill. o When baby cries himself to o sleep find out why he does so. o An infant may be so uncomfOrt- o able from frequent handling that o he is made nervous. feverish even and i'll. The nervous sys- o tem of the young child is exqui- o sitely sensitive, and profound sys- temic disturbances frequently re- o suit from irritation of a child's 0 nerves. It is the mothers duty o to insist upon having her baby 0 treated with courtesy. When he o is. lying down to rest or content o edIy playing with his toes no one o should be allowed to touch him. Letting him alone saves his o nervous system from being irri- tated. Naughty, fidgety" ba- o bies are made so by their we'll o meaning caretakers and visitors. Infants are good when they are 0 well, and they cannot be well if they are unnecessarily handled.
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Feel,uu the Public Pulse.

A board of trade or chamber of com. merce can render vital service to a community by aiding in the passage of laws which tend to make the com. munity moro prosperous. In that re. .spect the organization acts as an in. terpreter, helping to translate the needs and the desires of the people into laws that will encourage, rather than discourage, business enterprise --Iwd4sstgjaC Conservation, NesU York.
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Prineiplos of ActiOn.

There are five good principles of ac- tion to be adopted-tO benefit others without being lavish, to encourage la- bOr without being harsh, to add to your resources without being covetous, to be dignified without being super cilious and to inspire awe without be ing Confuclus.
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Aaa Bad.joh

What made young Howler give up the practice of the law?"
 "He didn't give it up exactly. So far as I am able to understand the Situa tion, the practice of the law gave young. HOwler up." - Richmond Times-Dis match
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NOTICE.

The legal voters Of the town of Stafford are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Town Hall, in said Stafford, on Monday, November 12 A. D. 1917, at lao o'clock p. m, for the following purposes, to wit: I-TO see if the town will vote to approve the estimate of the selectmen of the budget for the ensuing year. . . the proper observance f Memorial day. 3d-To elect trustee for the Hyd6 Park fund 4-TO fix the compensation of town officials And to do any other business proper tn be done at said meeting.
 Stafford, conn. Nov. 5th. l9l1.
 VIM. R. TREBLE,
 DAVID BISSETT,l
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o Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 0 PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

o Rice Diet For Skin Diseases. Eczema and psoriasis have been cured by an exclusive diet of rice. bread. butter and water three times daily and nothing else. l. Duncan Buckley in the O Medical Record said that this diet should be carried out with o exactnc<s iIl all it's details in or Q der to obtain results. The nature and severity of the cases must bc taken into consideration in determining the length Of time the diet must he continued. Ger tain cases recover in a specified time. and others require much Q longer time.
 The rice must be well boiled in o water. net S0ggy. and must be eaten hot with fork, not a spoon. to secure the action of the 3 saliva during thorough mastica Q ti0n. Water should be taken free Iy. but not when food is in the 9 mouth and q pint of hot water should hc taken beEOre the morn ing and evening meals. In acute eczema marked improvement o is noted within five days. while psoriasis requires long periods. 0 Milk must not be taken with the rice. nor must the patient take coffee or chocolate.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

Notice is hereby given that have this day made application to the stafford Savings Bank for duplicate deposit book of No. 766s, Issued by said Bank in favor Of John Kane, the original deposit book having been lost. Any one finding same or having same in their possession is here- by notined to return said book either Co said Bank or to the undersigned.
 M. D. o'CONNELL, Administrator.
 Estate Of John Kane.
 Stafiord Springs, Conn, Oct. 25, 1912. sw
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Ancient o:au.

Fragments of wine vases as old as the Exodus have been discovered in Egypt The art of glassmaking was probably known to the ancient As syrians. In the New Testament glass is alluded to as an emblem of bright ness (Reve!RtiOn iv, 6; xv, 2; xxi, 19.
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cI.aninn 4 Wntar Bottle

To clean the inside of a water bottle pr any glass that is too small to insert the hand into put into the bottle small quantity of tea leaves, pour in about one-third of teacupful of vinegar, shake we'll, empty and rinse with cold water. A perfectly clear glass will re sIIlf
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Mu.t Re Paid.

Dad, I want to be musician"
 "Then I'd be either a piper or a i'd dler." ..
 "Why?" -.-. When there is any paying to be done I notice they are always preferred creditors. rs."-KanSas City Journal.
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pnn,. na6nition-

"TOmmie, do you know what a pre- varicator is?"
 "Yes'm. Pop told me- t. Well. what is a prevaricatOr
 Pop. says a prevaricatOr is man who tells you he's glad he's married. - St. Louis Post Dispatch. ~
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Work aa Well aa Pray.

Pray fer what you want, but don't wear out de knees of yo' britches at It. If you don't git quick answer rise up an go to work befo you git too weak ter rlse.-Atlanta Constitution.
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A GAm$lA Hint

He-Then you are not interested in my welfare. She-No; but if the two syllables were transpOsed I'd not only. be interested. but enthusiastic.-BOsto Transcript. !
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rha AIAarna4iua-

MT. B>-Do you think you'll be able to keep up with your neighbors? Mrs. B.-If we can't. my dear, we'll move Pittsburgh Press
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nISTRICT OF STAFFORD, ss. Pro

k1O NM Oc 04 AT OASOS 9o' Ao' 1V bate Court, NovembeE7, 1917.
 Estate of James B. Smith, late of StanoTd, in said district, deceased. .
 Upon the application Of Frank H. Baker, ad- m1n1StratOF, praying that an order may be grant, ed to sell the real estate of said deceased Ns by said application fully appears, 1t is
 Ordered, That said application be heard and determined at the Probate once, in Stafford, in said District, on the 18th day of November, AID. 1917 at o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given to all persons interested in said estate, of the pendency of said application, and the fishing the same once in some newspaper hav- InQ circulation in said district, and by posting town of Stafford, in said district, five days be- fore said hearing. .-
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Human Nature.

''De man who admits dat he kin be scared" said Uncle Eben. generally puts up a better fight dan de man dat's allus bluffln' bout what hero he is. - Washington Star.
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|OIRLS and women 16 to 45 years old O can obtain light clean bench or machine work at good wages while learning: very best factory conditions. Apply THE ROYAL TYPE WRITER CO.,, ING, Hartford, Conn.
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The Giraffe.

In it's native country of Africa the giraffe sometimes attains the height of seventeen feet.
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LTOR SALE-Cozy cab or closed top II buggy. Also fine top sleigh.
 DR. F. L. SMITH.
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H M. sWARTFIGUER, Eyesight 11o Specialist Rockville: Office hours to l2 Il to D. Sundays by appointment. Car fare paid one way. 34tt
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A $55O Mahogany Player Piano with "A music rolls, used two months $250 will take your piano in trade. GIBBS PIANO CO, 71 Main Street, Springfield, Mass.
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Y OST.-A small, brown and white A hound. Box 91, Monson, Mass.
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EOR SALE-FOur nice building lots on II Converse Ave. Near Rhode Island Wor- Sted Co.'S mill 5w26 JOHN J. QUINN.
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EOR SALE A new Conqueror Bicycle II in No 1 condition. Write Box 450, staf ford Springs. 292w
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to perform -J Johnson.
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EOR SA LE-Bay horse e, >ll5O, ye4Is good delivery wagons. The Ellis Grocery.
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NNO RENT Groom cottage. Water in
 \ sIde Bun. 10 minutes walk from Jnhneon Mem. Hospital. 0 small family on'y. Inquire JOIN REC, Tel. l5-2. ~,
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STANDING TIMBER for Sale. .O MARTIN KOLLAK,'We Willington
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W hen NuDDeFS beCOIHe INeCesSaIy
 and your shoes pinch, use Anens Foot Ease. the Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes and spFinkled into the fo0t.Dath Just the thing for Breaking in New shoes. It gives rest and comfort to tired, swOoleD, aching feet. Sold every where, 25c. 3S 33'34
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TOR SALE-Farm, including stock Savings Bank and get full particulars. tf2s
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NOTICE-Anyone having secondhand IN furniture for sale, write box s69
 JOHN SENA.
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DIGS FOR SALE, 3 weeks old. Also ' one Cow. GEORGE TOMAN, K. F. D. 1.
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Pmt V0mr SaviDgs i'm D Homo

Fifty acres of land, story house with ell, barn and out buildings all in good repair, un- falling water, fruit, lots of wood two miles from railroad and trolley, worth looking up.
 Apply to T. $. WILLIAMS, Box 94,, Sturbridge, Mass. ....Ee-. .
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Of course you use electIiclty-but are you securing the maximum benefit from the current consumed If your establish ment has those old-time flxtures-if your show window doesn't seem to attract-if your stOre seems dull and glOomy--you need our services to transform lt into an inviting, bright, real emporium of trade. We would be glad to make arrangements and submit estimates.
 J. D, STEPHENS, SON & co.
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k.snina Track of Ships,

In the course of a year more than dozen pOnderouS books are filled at Lloyd's with nothing but the names or ships. their captains and the dates on which they touch and leave port. Ev- ery known vessel in the world of more than hundred tons register has it's record in them. and the underwriters can easily turn tn the name of any British or foreign ship and tell ap- pruximatel. where she k at the mo- t,- ..tt - Nt.''s,,, '''t Hif~.
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A PETRAs. FURRIER

n" N " Arnold Block, Main street,
 Stafford Springs, Conn. Remodeling, Repairing and made'to order ID the latest styles. Ladies and Cents Cloth Suits Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired at the Lowest Prices
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L'OR SALE-A 6-year. old mare. Good II driver and worker, single or double. VIII sell or exchange for cattle.
 2ltf AUGUST s USSELL, Village Hill.
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EOR SALE Two Cows and Heifers.
 JOHN MICHALSE, k. F. D. 2.
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VNO RENT-Store fully equipped for a \ 6Sh market. JOHN FONTANELLA.
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FALSE TEETH. We pay up to SIP for old or broken sets Send Parcel Post or write for particulars. DOMESTIC SUPPLY co {, Dept. A, Binghamton, N. Y. 4w32
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WFANTED-WOr by a protestant at
 w practical nursing and general work. Box 299 Borough.
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MIGHT CARPENTERS WANTED E Wages 55 cents per hour, The H. WALES LINES CO, Mansfle Depot, Ct. Phone 397-6. ?
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OHIMNEYS Cleaned and Repaired and O all kinds of masonry work done. Prices right. B. c. ALBERTY, R. F. D. 1 3m"26
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MY PLACE FOR SALE on the Glen lyl vile road. MRS. H. Nj. GRUNDY. '3w
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LORSALE-H Horse and Cow. Tel.61-12.
 26.f K. A. JACOBSEN.
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BOROUGH COURT OF STAFFORD ID SPRINGS, November 6, 1912. DOmeDicO DaDalt vs. PletT0 PIColi
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ORDER OF NOTICE.
 In the above entitled action it appearing to and being found by the subscribing authority that the defendant is absent from this state and the whereabouts of the defendant is unknown to the plaintiff, it is ordered that notice of the institution and pendency Of this action be given the defendant by publishing this order in The Press, newspaper published in the town Of StanOTd, once week for two Succegsive weeks, commencing or before November g, 1917.
 VIM H. HEALD,
 Judge Of the Borough Court of Stafford Springs.
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ENGRAVED CARDS furnished at The EAPress ofice-5O cards and script plate 9Oc.
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W hen Rubbers Become Necessary

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