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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28
WH HSONNHLE
Francis Ha

Francis Haggerty of North Grafton. Mass, was with his grandmother and aunt over Christmas.
 Mrs. -BouIet entertained her brother and his two daughters, from Worces- ter, over the holiday.
 Miss Marion Miles of Webster called on his uncle Irvitig Adams, Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. E. H. Murdock of Bos- ton, called on his mother, Tuesday.
 Mrs James Ryan and daughter, Christine. were Putnam visitors Sun day.
 Miss Fanny Jennings with Mir. Sta- ley and two children, spent Christmas in New Boston with his sister and family.
 Miss Marjorie Lawson of Providence is staying for a few days at B. S. Up- ham Is.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28
COLUMBIA

Whist for Benefit of Red Cross Clears Over $3o - TownspeopIe Have No Sugar Many Honnecomers for Christmas
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28

South Manchester.-Becau of the trouble in shipping their finished goods from their mills here to their New York office. Cheney Brothers have placed an order for a five ton truck which will have an especially built body eighteen feet long and eight feet wide and will be used to make trips between New York and Manchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28

West Haven.--The St. Lawrence auxiliary, new orga nization, obtafaed i51 new Red Cross members.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28

TRAVsLEFs eiREcTcaY
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28

titled to a senator, and there are no specified senatorial, districts in Rhode Island, such as prevail in Connecti-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28

sugar for the past week.
 Icenen who cleared their ponds ot snow began cutting ice this week.
 H. W. Porter and family took their Christmas dinner with the family ot Mrs. Porter's brother William C. Rob inson at Far View Farm, Post HilI
 Miss Maud Latham. who is teaching in Westport. is spending the holiday vacation at the home of her father
 Mrs. Willard B. Clarke is visiting the family of ner son Charles, at Hamden.
 Mrs w. K. kneeland spent the Christmas season with her daughters in Ha1ffnrd
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28
the way folks i'm New Orleans
 make good ginger bread

Brer Rabbit N'Crleans Ginger Bread d--- l. Mix three cups soda two teaspoons ginger and one teaspoon salt cup Rabbit Eolasses with half boiling water.
 No. with Mo- 2. adding quarter cup butte Beat thoroughly. Place greased bake 1o naiI nour a" be folks Everybody likes NOrleans Gin- Bread
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28

At the annual meeting of Mastuxet Encampn1ent, No. 19, l. O. o. F., of- hcers were elected as follows: Louis A. Joslin, chief patriach: William E. Weeden, high priest; Adrian R. Pierce, Jr-, senior warden; J. Edwin Gardner, scribe; Frederick Bou1ter, treasurer; F. Earl James, junior warden: Will jam F.. Weeden. Ichabod E. Burdick. William D. Cross, trustees
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28

Continued TomorroW.)
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-28
Fourth Canadian Mounted Rifles

IhriIing o the E<Ps Wounded
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Husband. 40. Makes
UDe THhhbbp. EI;rte

Dear eMiss Grey: am heart
broken ov- my husbands actions
lie Siares At all the girls he sees
not only downtown. but here In
our neiFhhorhood. NJ picture shows
ana In stores He looks at them mn
~ they either turn away or rIr,
with him. and has remark for ev
cry one We have three children
and have never had any quarrels.
doni think he is fair to his fam
ny. He f. 80 years old aud should
be over his -bovish tricks | an
sure ! do not deserve this treat
ment. and will be thankful TO yot
n you can sugges; something | car
do to stop II -HUMILIATED
The cure for this type OF van.
ny can come only from the girls
themselves. or from their IN.
theirs or brothers II good.
swift punishment followed his
ogling. be would very soon keep
his admiring glances for HIS
own family The police will not
tolerate Washers on public
streets. and complaint from
one OF the girls would bring an
interview your husband would
not like. Perhaps he has not
seen his conduct In Just this
ugly light He does not realize
that he IL lowering his own
dignity. "a we'll as bringing I'M.
pleasant notoriety to his fam.
fly and 10 girls who have every
right 10 be treated with re.
spect. Talk 20 him along this
line.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Comes Here TO Visit;
Is Certified 70 ,Eipht

O. w. Samuelson, Centeryille. >.
D.. who same TO Seattle for his
health. has been certified in the
lists Of Division .. and will be call.
ed 10 the ranks.
"They say the graves In Elan.
ders- are only two feet deep said
Samuelson Wednesday. and II
that's the case they'll just fit my
I'm the skinniest
guy In our town"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Il. s. Contract to
Feed Sold;e rs Taken
AWAY From Boidt

The contract for feeding 225
soldiers OF the First battalion +. Sec
ond infantry. at 80 cents each day.
was transferred from Boldts
restaurant to Chauncy Wrights
Seattle Restaurant Co. Tuesday
afternoon.
The transfer was made on the
order Of Mai Fred Llewellyn. com
rffanding the Second Infantry. but
the officer declared Wednesday
morning that ne was not At lib.
erty to disclose the reason for the
transfer"
James X. Boldt. manager OF the
Boldt restaurant. says he was I'm
formed by Mai. Llewellyn Wednes.
day that the contract was TO be
taken from him because city health
inspectors said they had found food
unfit for human consumption In his
kitchen
THAT was before the warrant
for my arrest was Issued and was
the first that knew OF the affair.
said Boldt Wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
UNDERTAKERS
Want SAMMIES
BURIED HERE

Where shall Sammlos who
give their lives for their ooun-
try be burlod7
This ls the question that la
coming up before state organi.
nations OF undertakers In this
country this fail. The Wash
lnaton undertskers' convention.
10 be held In Spokane septem.
Der 9. 7 and 8, Will consider II.
In Americas other wars, her sol
der boys have been brought home
for interment. In tho Spanish war
In the Mexican war. and whenever
American soldiers have died on
foreign shores, they have been
brought home for burial.
Somehow. II has always been the
American tradition that foreign bat.
tiefields should not be made the
last rcaling place Of the men who
have defended this country's good
name and liberties.
May Mobilize EmbaImers
And 30 American undertakcra are
agitating the plan OF bringing Sam
mics back across the Atlantic. rath.
er than burylng them behind the
lines somcNh here in France.
But IN order 10 accomplish this
hundreds OF undertnkers must be-
modified and taken 10 the war
zone. whore they viii properly en-
BALM the bodies 20 that the latter
NAV be Fhipped home.
twenty-five California undertak.
ers already are In France. accord
inE TO the monthly publication OF
the profession. aud some sort OF
war organization OF undertakerr
has been proposed.
Bill IN Congress
Deputy Coroner Frank KocpflI
says that bin ~ pending in con.
gross which provides for the burial
OF American soldiers In American
territory The dead bodies are "a
De shipped TO some desienated
burial ground. or 10 the families OF
the soldiers.
tndertnkers believe that this
may be their way OF doing their
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Business Men Kiss
.LnfIe Girl Worker

Dear Miss Grey. have beer
working in AN office about 81,
months like the work yer,
much My employers are very con
aiderate and pay me well. but an
annoyed by '4le attentions OF som,
OF the men who come here on bust
ness They make silly remarks e
me when they come TO my desk
and one OF them has kissed me sew
oral times against my will Should
! leave this place. even tho yet
along well al my work7-A BE
GINNER
II the work is desirable and
the employers considerable. II
would seem that the fault ls
not with the position. and that
you should make the change I'm
yourself
II Is part OF your experience
10 learn TO meet people and
become mistress OF Yourself
Whatever position you take
and al your liic. for that mat
ter-you viii be associated
with men and YOU are bound
10 receive attentions from
them. You yourself must de-
termine what form these nj.
tentions take. and In what
spirit they are undertaken. ~
you conduct yourself In a bust.
nesH-like. reserved manner.
dress inconsplcuously. and at.
tend 10 your work. you will Gre.
~" an atmosphere about you
that VIII discourage famillari.
ties ana such a condition as you
describe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Observation-Disclosures
: Cynthia Grey's
: LETTERS
She Sent Them Aoay;
WanfS I'm Back Noe

Dear Miss Grey My husband
and ! have had trouble In my ten.
per ] told him 10 go. 30 he left me
and took his daughter. who will soon
be II. ! am very sorry now. and
have asked them 10 come back. bat
my husband refuses, saying he n
going 10 keep house with his daugh
tor.
Don't you think he should come
back. and what would you advise me
10 do 10 get him TO change his mind
w. W
You cannot blame your hus-
band for leaving. lie WAS only
following your mandate. Now
that your own temper has cool
cd. you sec the folly OF your
course. and you are sorry; but
your husband .cannot" easily
ohliterate this humiliation
from his memory He will not
return as willingly as he left.
II you really desire 10 restore
your home. you must go 10
your husband and his daughter
and convince them that you
are sincere. Tell them how
genuinely sorry you are FOR the
incident, and tell them you viii
try TO curb your temper In the
future. Ask them to forget the
incident and cooperate with
you In keeping the domestic
machinery working smoothly.
Then keep your promise.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15

work. aud | hope You may publish
my experience With your Com.
pound for tho benefit OF other
mothers. " dame Eugene Bcdard.
55S Main Street Springfield. Mass
Lydia r. P.nkhams Vegetable
Compound IA so successful In over.
comiu< woman'F Ills because It
contains the tonic. strcnrthc ming
properties OF good. old fashioned
roots and herbs. which act on the
female organism Women from all
parts OF the country are continual.
- testifyiuE To- It's Strengthening.
curative influence.
n you want special advice. write
Lydia r. Pinkham Medicine co
tconfidentian. Lynn Mass Your
letter will be ope ned. read. and an.
swercd by women only.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Sprouts in Chob Suey
4re IOnnp Fish Pole,

Dear Miss Grey. I've been told
that the little white sprouts found
in chop suey are bamboo sprouts.
DO they come from the same BAN.
boo plants from which fish poles
and furniture are made MABEL
Yes. In Oriental countries
the tender shoots OF the bam-
boo are cut off and served on
the table like asparagus. They
are also sailed and eaten with
rice. prepared i'm the form OF
pickles. or candied and pre-.
served in sugar. As the plant
grows older. a fluid called
tabaxir Is secreted in the hol-
low joints, which is valued by
people in the Far East as medi.
cine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Draft Officials MAY
Deport MANY Aliens

Many Italians and Frenchmen In
Division No. II are filing exemp.
tion claims. officials say
We are going 10 look into this
class Of claims closely" said Er.
.ecutivc officer Grant "and n II is
possible 10 deport those who have
been here many years and failed 10
file first papers. we VIII do 30 !"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15

weak. run do IN
condition. b a d
pains In my left
side. 40 I would
faint often My
doctor advised
me e Try Lydia
r. pinkharn
VeEe table Com
pound | did 80.
aud gained IN
strength 90 I
eau now do Rll
uy own house
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Arrested as Stacker
Proves He's Only 20

Tuesday afternoon Donald James,
employed by the Duthie shipyards.
was arrested as a Stacker and lodg
ed In the city jail. When James
had n chance. he proved to the an.
thorities that he was not yet 81 and
was released. But he's lost his
lob
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Cures Without Drugs
Wonderful Invention Restores Health
Whi's You sleep.

Electricity In ma
lures remedy for
mon and women
who have stomach
trouble. r h - u IN n o.
Ism. kidney and
vcr complaint.
" enk In ok. ner-
vOusncHa. neuralg In
or sickness Of any
kind Electra vita
Ia "A scientific device
for shturating IN .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
only One Ty Cobb IN
Big Leagne Baseball

Dear Miss Grey: Please tell us
II at any time there have been two
Ty Cobbs in professional baseball
II so. were they related BASE
BALL BUGS.
Ty Cobb has n brother nam
ed Paul. who played several
years with Lincoln, In the
Western league. but couldn't
make good in fast company.
Nearly every league has it's Ty
Cobb, figuratively speaking.
Benny Kauff was hailed as the
Ty Cobb OF the Federal league.
but Tyrus Raymond, of Detroit.
is the real Ty Cobb.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
MOTHER OF nine
CHILDREN
Able to do Homework by
taking Lydia <. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Springfield. Mass--"After tho
birth OF my ninth baby | was In a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15

ago, the American Lake Cantt
raw, boNlike buildings, a railrc
Today 1t was a mile long
ished, half-finished and just be
sewer trenches and pitted witt
daily population of nearly 800
mot much less; a miracle.
LARGE PERCENT OF AN
In its early stages. It 10,
frontier boom town on a .largc
ago in the swift history OF car
No frontier boom town n,
like this strange army-oity as !
many Widowed buildings. all
across the prairie like a Cigar
dust OF It's creation enveloping
Tho dust was everywhere.
II was on tho floors and the
desks- In tho headquarters build
ing. where on two sides OF the
main road Major Stone OF the quar-
termaEtcr's department and his
staff. and the administrative heads
and employees OF Hurley. Mason Co.
contractors. swarmed like ants.
II was on the faces OF the per.
spring clerks who were driving
pens and typewriters beyond the
speed limit
II was on tho hlue.prints. over
which flannel-shirted men were
holding hasty conferences, stand
ing
II was on the shoes and the
clothing OF the crowd around tho
Information desk.
Seemed Close
From the steps OF the admins.
tratlon building the first unit OF
barracks seemed close by
\ 500. 600 gallon water tank look.
ed like pill box. and | mistook
the frame work OF the stables for
a new fence. but the barracks
doomed up encouragingly.
That. however. was not because
they were near. but because they
were so big. | soon found out.
They are two-story buildings.
long So vide. and m battling 10
describe as a face without features
except for the little shelter over
every window. like an eyelid,
which gives them an uncRnny APP
pearance Of watching something.
Some OF them were finished and
occupied. cooks aud dishw ashcrs
hurrying tn and out at screened
doors
Farther along. some we're occu'
pied. tho not set finished, aud the |
workmen were swnrming thru /
them as the cooks worked
Dust. Dust. Ou.
still farther. they were mere |
shells. their eyc-lidded windows not |
yet fitted with shshcs. their roofs |
gaping 20 the sun. and the rattle OF |
hammers rolling mighty tattoo |
across the parade ground.
Along the first rank tramped.
conscious OF the giRno. Of the lid :
dcd windows. Behind the firs, Z
rank was a second. behind that a
third behind that was a fourth !
| did not 10 to see how many /
more there might be. What was
the USE They were all alike.
Tho road had been oiled. but the
whole prairie had been cut and
beaten to dust and there was no
keeping out of H.
Workmcn. soldiers. mules. trucks.
wagons and automobiles passed
me. raising Il In sitting clouds.
II lay in horrid. irridesoent pud.
dies where the sprinkling oil had
flowed too freely II stuck TO my 1
shoes and powdered my dress and
got In my eyes and grittcd IN my
teeth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
IS
BIG, MILE-LONG
DUSTY MIRACLE
BY Mabel Abbott

Z. IA little over a month
,nment was half dozen big,
,ad grade and determination
chaos OF huge barracks. fin
gun a battlefield scanned with
h stump-cratcrs; city with a
70. and a nightly population OF
A BRAINSTORM. AND A
ACCOMPLISHED FACT
'ked like the beginnings of a
scale but that was centuries
ltonment progress.
lr any other town ever looked
saw it today, It's great, oblong,
Just alike, stretching away
,tic set OF dominoes. with the
il like a cloud
Aud ahead the lines OF bar
racks curved endlossly away.
There was something nightmar-
ish about their monotony
when had passed one rank I
was no farther along. apparently.
than before
The dust held my feet back and
made my breathing hard
The barracks looked at me. II
seemed TO me there was amuse-
ment I'm their featureless facades
Across the parade ground were
other ranks OF them. 40 far away
that their lidded eyes were mere
HpeckH.
And everywhere was the dust.
! turned back.
As ploddcd toward tho admins
tration buildings again. came 10
where trees were being follcd
Many men were at work. their
axes flashing In the sun. spoke
70 the nearest
what are these trees being
cut down forf" asked.
For to build houses" he
told me, looking at me In sur.
prise.
What kind OF housesf"
wanted 20 know.
Houses like the other
houses" he said, with Nnality,
and swung his AZ again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
Grind 5000 Lights

Three thousand port lights, for
submarine chasers and other navy
vessels, will be ground by the Puget
Sound Art Glass Co., 1858 First ave.
The order will amount 10 $4,000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15

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Electra Vita. worn while you
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15

| PUGET SOUND
STEAM Frs
ALL LOCAL ROUTES
-TgANrrs LEAVE FROM CoLM&>
Dock. ROOT or MARION sTHfrf
T,.v. Arrive
Seattle r.siu.
.N,etorts. %. C.--rsrt To~nsera-Pefi
Angeles
Zee -t-sme, sol nae Tor T;itpm
MID Townsend. Angeles a-"p
niSht and Victoria
dstiy DOCS not call at
ivietoria sunaays
Tseen. Dir~si
ta.rn st~smers Tacoma and lean
b.eoarn tsdianspoiis for Ia le ean
II eearn roma direct Risanrri u spfW
iesprr every to hours Gee aeprn
Germ single TRIP. cse round seP,n
eeprn trip. tsepm
-esr,np topm
.,t.,,t is fapm
s,fiy dairy
rer r"~--~~d special
searn str -leu,. for Port sep
6sprn iTo~n,~nd direc' 10 appN
daily Connect. At rc~rserd dsit
with rain lin.s for all
points OlYmpicl
'p,nin.uia
Anseort~~ and B~iiinghsm
,so.n steamer whatcom.l eean
daily FOR Anarartss ana daip
Ineiiinrham.
Observation-Disclosures
Port Townsend
IL oop-,is = Wu,shss. for t'eeprn
daiiy lrvereu Anscories daty
and BEL inshs N
a., Imam r.iapd.- Nottingham
800 str Rn..iie. for Port oorn
,,tsn'ht Tawussns and Rel T0eFd
sunday via sll SAM Thurs5
Tu..a'y Juan island points saturs
Thursyl t -
Port To-u.-nd-fort f~G~le>-Nrah
M, ard wsv Ports
n, 90 str. wsiaieaie, for toorm
ridn'h,lpnrt Townsend rrrt. Iuerd.y
aundaviAnxsies. Neah Bay ThursF
Tu..d'yand wsy ports SA'"tN
ThursN
Port Toyus~ns-rort Angeles, C1aitam
and Why Ports
al ,s,, ~, n, A,,.,e. 10 sspm
,..,h,t,er por, rounrsoal daily
astiy Port william. Dun
ix.nes~ and Por@ An
l~eie- Goes through
ito Cinllnrn ~ u'rs
leaving H~attie Mon
Nays wefnerdhyrl
land rridsys only. -----
Port Gspbie-I"diow-FIr
,o,,n Is,,sm.r Puget. for ssosm
.u, Su,n.,,an q amhie dsiiv
except itudlow "rrlon except
eatur'ylrlari Ter. Town-.nd Sunday
Evansville and hsd
saturday Only
.oa,,n st~um~r Puget rorl s.eepm
livingston. Ludlow and
way points
sunday Only
.ooarr steamer PUGET. FOR t;tepm
tEins-tQn, Ludlow and
way poln,.
uood gannI-0ambic-Lud
l-7Issm str. rotintoh. for ZOO
h.uv tIudiow Port Gamble. midn'ht|
.,c.n, ..pansor and all escert
| Sunday ipoints on Hood Canal SUNDAY
POINT. marked 80 are boat landings
pa.,.nser- for these points ana for
- boat landing points must MAX.
| ,heir own arrangements for landing
a,d ,srune NIL risk and Inability in
| .aaLtrx such landing Steamers pas.
| ..nx.r rate does not include boat land
Ing charges
| paxFase liability IL limited 10 wear.
,nr apparel. not 10 exceed 400 for
| wboi. ticket 100 pounds allowed free
| steamers and schedules subject TO
| chang. without notice Freight re-
| ..ived daily for all points terceptinr
| Tacoma) named in above schedule
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-02-21
UTAHNS SELL WOOL CLIP
AT BIG ADVANCE

Contracts for nearly eighty per cent
of the April clip of Utah wool, which
II is thought will amount TO nearly
IL. 100000 pounds, have been signed
and show prices ranging from 30 to 3S
cent sa pound, according to J. r. Edg,
he'll, whose offices are at 202 McIn'
tyre building as representative of Hal
lowell, Jones & Donald of Boston.
THE lower prices were paid for
southern wool and the higher prices
for northern wool. In turn sheep in
Idaho and Wyoming. with better
grade of wool OF longer fibre are COM
handing prices from SO to 40 cents a
pound, and in some instances Al cents
pound has been exacted in contracts
for the April clip Of Idaho and WyOm'
ing wool.
To illustrate the extent of the In
crease 1t may be recalled that during
the April clip of two years ago sheep
men In Utah sold their wool by con
tract as low as IL cents a pound.