New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-15
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we seek information.
On Tuesday evening the mayor and
alderman will meet when. it is ex-
pected, a petition will be received
from Mrs. Mary E. Tracy for the
abatement of taxes on her farm, part
of which is rented by the city at
$40 per acre for a municipal farm
To abate the taxes for such an excuse
as that would bring down the wrath
of the taxpayers, would be perfectly
absurd and would, some authority
states, be illegal.
During the past few months New
Britain has been unfortunate in los
ing by death a number of her we'll
known and reputable physicians and
surgeons, several OF them right in
the prime OF life. DR.. George Clary,
the venerable civil war veteran. was
the only one of the five who have
passed on who had rounded out a
long life o. activity. DR.. Andzulatis
died suddenly from pneumonia. DR..
Arvid Anderson, another skillful prac-
titioner, succumbed quickly to the
same disease. DR.. Kenneth e. KEEL
logg, a comparatively young man,
died suddenly and now the recent
death of Dr.. Frederick w. Peck has
cast a gloom over the medical pro-
fession as well as his mary friends
Always regarded as friendly, big
heatered man, 1T was during the re-
cent draft examination that DR.. Peck
showed his genuine unselfshness.
Every day during the long days that
men we're being examined, DR. Peck
was ever at the beck and call of the
exemption boards. He was generally
the first doctor to arrive and the last
to leave and finally he became such
a reliable man that whenever a doc
tor was needed quickly the exemption
board officials automatically said
Call Dr. Peck" He was a good
man, a true Christian and a staunch
friend. He will be missed.
Heretofore painters, as class
have seldom taken any medals for
being subtle, but during the past
week three of them were at work
on and off decorating the appearances
of local store and when they stop
ped work they left a sign which ex-
planned their entire days conduct. At
afternoon one Of the trio would leave
the scene of color singing and walk
slowly away with a large tin bucket.
Subsequently and in due time he
would return with the aforesaid
bucket, decorated with foam and
held at a respectful distance. Fol-
lowing this there would be a complete
halt in the painting activities for
fifteen minutes or so,
At five bells the merry enamellers
departed and left warning sign
near the door. 1t read
Look out for the pint"
Colonel Jarvis in his speech at the
fair on Thursday remarked that he
was proud of New Britain He then
cited an instasce here where 147
aliens were rejected for army enlist
ment because they could not speak
English. Evidentally the colonel be-
lieves in the FI1ks' creed about bury
ing the faults in the sand for he did
not mention the hundreds of others
who could speak English and did not
hesitate to tell the exemption clerks
that they were not going to fight be-
cause they were aliens or subjects for
foreign power.
Changes in North End real estate
are nowhere better reflected than in
the distribution, by sale, of the prop
erty of the Lee family, one of the pio-
neer settlers of New Britain. For the
past several years the Lee property
has passed into the hands of prac-
tically new arrivals in America, whose
forefathers were laying the founda
ton of Europe's Drawn when men,
bers of the Lee family were helping
to develop what today is the greatest
hardware manufacturing city In the
New World
Another property, in the Lee fam
lily possession since New Britain's
birth, is now on the market. 1t con-
sists Of the block at the corner of
Main and Lafayette streets, known as
the jeanette T. Lee estate. The cor
ner is one of the most important in
the North End from a commercial
viewpoint. 1t has historical associa-
stions through the names of streets in
that vicinity although it is not on rec
ord that either Washington or Lafay-
cite ever visited In that section.
Lafayette street is the melting pot
of New Britain and throughout it's
length sons and daughters of many
lands and climes pass their days in
happy industry with their neighbors
from the other ends of the earth.
The reason for naming the streets
after Washington and Lafayette is
obscure, but we draw our conclusions
from this. which is a part of history:
General Patterson was a graduate OF
Yale, and a lawyer by profession, and
married a daughter of Josiah Lee,
this city, and was one of the most
noted men New Britain possessed in
revolutionary times. He was Wash
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