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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
At New Haven Meetina.

General Secretary J. D. Elmendorf and Arthur Martin, physical director, of the local Y, M. c. A., are attending the annual meeting of the state Y. M. C. A. in New Haven.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
The Government Asks You
 To Practice Thrift

Thrift does not to be stngy does not meato de- Prve yourself of anything that you desire should have
 you deprive yourself of things you should have is certain to cost in the long run and that why thrifty per-
 sons make that their needs fully taken o but they also make that they fullest value for the amount expended and this one instance where get full 100 per cent of value for every dollar spent
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
sent to Officers Training School.

William P. Kelley, who left in one of the recent draft quotas for Camp Upton. has been assigned to the offl- cers' training school at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
At Raptist Convention.

Rev. Arthur D. Carpenter of the Willimantic First Baptist church is attending the Northern Baptist con- vention in Atlantic City.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
To Attend Training Camp.

Anthony McKenna of this city has been selected to attend the fourth off, ficers' training camp at Camp Dev- ems.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
.WILLIMANTIC

, management, Mrs. A. L. French, Mrs. Rose O. Hall, Mrs. H. B. Remington, | Mrs. F. P. Fenton.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16

Try Calcium Chloride on Street.
 The first applications of calcium chloride to be made on the Williman- tic streets was made on lower Church
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16
JEWETT CITY

Kings Daughters Name Convention DeIesates-Pachaug Church Calls Rev. John T. Richardson-PatroI- : mans Salary Raised-superintend- : ent of Schools G. c. Swift Sum- nnoned For Military Duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16

He who talks big things seldom does anything but small ones.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16

Events of Mothers sunday-consre- sationaI Church and Sunday School Remembered in Will of Miss Martha Morgan of Norwich-A. F.-Libby and Ebenezer Learned Come to Plan Red Cross Drive.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-16

Rev. I. P. Booth has been the guest of his son in Springfield.
 Malcolm Sault of Mineola, L. l., was home for short visit recently.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26


 a billion pounds of beef and pork pro- ducts sent across the Atlantic msnth= iy it can be appreciated that any sar- ing which can be made in the amount of space which Is required to move them will make just So much more room for something else. increase the amount of goods moved CT possibly leave one out of several ships for some other service.
 With that end in view Major Gen eral GoFgas has detailed a college head and an army officer to work with the packers in Chicago on experi- ments in cutting oarcasses in differ enL shapes and boning them ,1nder the belief that a saving of 40 per cent. in the space required to carry them can be saved. The idea is open to large possibilities for if successful it will not only save in steamship but in car space and at the same time the bones and fats can be worked up into byproducts right on the spot without carrying them half way around the world only in a great many cases to have them wasted. It is an idea which necessity has suggested and one that gives promise of working out well.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
EVENING SCHOOLS.

The season for night schools Is an- nro3ching. They have been apene1 in some places and in others plans are being made 10 conduct them on g much larger scale than in previous years. As the cold wsntl9eF en= breaches the interest of those whom il is intended 10 heneft will respond to the opportunity which is offered,
 Perhaps attention couldn't have been better directed to the large num- her in the country who have not had the chance to get the rudiments of an education than through the conditions which have developed as the result of the war. There never was a time when skill and education played such an important part in bringing out the best that there is in the nation.
 It must be evident therefore to the great number who cannot read or write, to the large number Of foreign CTS in this country who have no com mand of the English language ttat right now, if they never recognized it be- fore, is the time for them 10 do the'I utmost to better themselves. There is 5he opportunity not only tn secure advancement after improving theii education but there is also the bes chance in the world to get that ,edu- cational help, even though they ma. have gotten beyond the second or thirt decade of their lives.
 With the efforts which are being pu forth by the authorities of the various communities of the country to givl help to these people. 1t is high tim' that they should realize the import ance of rising to the occasion. The! need to get the benefits of the eduoa tional opportunities not only for them selves but for the good of the coun try and it is likewise for the best in
 terests of the nation that every en i couragement should be put in thei way The evening schools should b attended as they never were before.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26

lines with a leg eff.
 Perhaps you would like to know more than you de in regard to bar rage. We have two kinds-one takes
 plaee on the battlefield, the other in
 the dugeut, billet OF barracks The
 former may make more noise but it
 has nothing on the latter for intensity.
 After everyone is settled in bed, a statement of suggestion acts like
 signal flare and the barrage is On.
 It never falls short. Shoes, equipment
 and every thing else that goes with the billet-hit the target, and if one
 misses you it is because someone's
 head is in the way. The barrage on the battlefield may break everything as the other barrage may. It may throw you into the air and it may break every bone in your body, and when the shells are going over our head the eeneussien of heavy shells will break your watch crystal, but there is one thing it will never break, and that is the spirit of the U. S. A. soldier. The spirit is wonderful. An American soldier on the way back after raid got caught in a counter | barrage. His leg was taken off at the
 knee. He did not whimper, and as he 1 fell his first words were, T hope the i lead pencil business is good in Boston, 1 That shows the never -say-die spirit which is going to take us to Berlin.
 Mil and I are safe and sound Was 1 knocked down by shell exploding,
 the other day, but it only hurt my l feelings, for l wondered whether it was the same kind as the 'dud' which 1 landed side of it The 'dud' was made in the U, S. and had the name of a i city on it.
 l ffRnatI7ai
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
STORIES OF THE WAR
Tranpina the Enemy.

Mir J, F. B, Livesay. Canadian cor respondent at the front. in Il dispatch to the London Times datei Aug. l9, sent the following account of he cap ture of Damery:
 The road that leads int5 Dpmery from the west off the main Rove high- way gently climbs into the village here si.houetted amidst it's wpods against the eastern skyline; quo yafls due. south lies the Weel of Damery un an elevation. Superior to the viii lage and to the southwest agaln is the. commanding e3ninenee of "H' A<< oG. The whole position may be iii1eneG to q horseshoe, the enemy holding the entire rim with the village in inc cen tre.~ So long as the village was nsld the storming Of the woods on either side was impracticable, Our only en- trance therefode was through the open end of the horseshoe from the West. < deep approach trench. q rella of The- 1916 battles of the SnmHe, led direct Iy through from the line of trenches we were holding into the village due east In front of the village lay q | famous unit long ago christaned "The l I uni ssfman's. G'gn." At the "NieHt eff" of last Thursday week it had fought it's way through Hangard 1 Wood It had lain since Sunday night l in the old trenches in front ci Dam cry bombed and gas-shelled each fnisht.
 On Thursday it was decided that the village should be attacked. Prac- tically no opposition Fas offered, the village being gained with only five casualties The enemy plan at once was grasped. On the assumption that we would hold the village the enemy had us in a trap with a concentration | of gunfire and convergings infantry assault. The Colonel who led the at | tack immediately decided to take un line in front of the vila.8e. The movement was carried out barely in | time. for there broke an intense enemy cannonade with heavy and ligh- guns
 from north, east, and west, all con centrated on the village, but not 8
 shell touched our men lying just be- hlnd a slight rising ground.
 After the preparation was considered
 complete, dense waves of grey-clad troops converged on the village from Jared to reap an easy victory. They came in full marching equipment. with their blankets, not less than four bat talions strong. They came confident ly on to one of the most terrible siaughters of this war, for our mag nificent artillery, assisted by Frencf
 batteries on our right, laid down ar
 intense barrase in the centre of theil
 massed advance and right across tllt
 entire line.
 The front waves were caught be
 tween the road and the village ant
 must either fight their way througl or surrender They fought with des
 perate coure ge. Our center fell back little to the border of the village
 where the enemy artillery could n
 longer play. while both our flank
 poured murderous naachine-gun an : rife fire into the penHed enemy mass He was doomed, Some 250 surrend cred. the rest died. One of/ar con
 servatiyely estimates the dead as 5 thousand, others as high as 1,T0( 3 These estimates are borne out by tn
 rampant of high masses of dead sti
 unburied on Saturday.
 A private who holds the Militar
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26

Medal and Bar related his experiences. I've had many a moose fight,' he said, and tussled with the grizzly in the Rockies. but this beat all. I used up two our our rifles and one Boche; fir cd off all my ammunition two bande Hers more, and then had to borrow from the saen who came up, to our support M rife got so hot had to work the bolt with my foot. The long- est range Was 260 yards; most of it 75 te l00. and every shot a bull. One of eur Lewis suns fired off 34 pans Never seen so many dead in my lifei it was like spraying g potato patch"
 The number of prisoners we have taken is approaching 10000. Often these have 10 be sent back with very small escort. Three such as these tFeaehereusy seized q brokendown tank and turned it's machine guns on the backs of our advancing troops,
 The Laugh Still On the Kaiser.
 The funny side of the service regu- larly appears in the letters of Private H, W, Chapman Company D, 101st Engineers wIfo writes to his parents
 I'll admit the war is a joke and it's all on the Kaiser, but it's no joke when
 
 put up only two hours before Still each shell he uses would buy good sized Liberty Bond and we put the wire up for s1.10 a day, so I guess the laugh is on him at that.
 You would hardly recognize some of us now-English-cut uniforms, barb cut torn uniforms, U. $. A. uniforms. and no uniforms. I guess it is to eamouflage us or the horiZone As to shoes, short while ago we got the latest cuts from England They come in very handy sometimes for other than walking. There is plenty of room in the squarecut toes to carry your rations and in case you need to drive nail they are just the thing. Flo digging, they can't be beat just rest the shoe on the shovel and it is sure to sink in the ground. While standing at attention you are safe, for it is impossible to lose your balance in them. 1 can't emphasize too clearly the extra duty imposed on | this tar-dipped article. They are a | long service shoe, fer they outWear 1 (wear- -out) the men.
 1 Everything seems to have changed 1 in the Army since I joined over a year ago. While over on the west side of l the Pond we were impressed with the 1 fact that the rife was our best friend now the musket has givep way to the messkit, With the French 1t is 'N6 wine, no war'-with us, No eats, nc I war Promise doughbey swe1 feed and hell go over the top alone The above is literally true, but in real ity I believe the rife is giving way tt the doubhboy's faith in his bombs The majority prefer the latter.
 Formations, one of the best things for Army discipline, cannot be used a the front. The seriousness of an in dividuars responsibility up here I be lieve keeps up his discipline. He goei to work singly or in twes or perhap: threes but he gts there as soon al fomation would, and goes willingly There are no calls to quarters at tn front. Hard eaned sleep calls vol without any thought of a bugle. Bu 1.-the rub comes when you go to tn rear, of the lines, when it's Fall in , Fall out and Fall down When ye1 return to Rest Camp, it is squad right and squads wrong until vol [ would almost rather be back in tn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
ABOUT TOMS SYMPTOMS

H can't understand it at all!" de- clared the bride, a worried little little frown marring her brow When married Tom he had the sweetest temper ever heard of-his mother said so, too, and she certainly ought to know-but lately I have my doubts. There are times when he certainly is a changed man!"
 I'm" said her friend, who had been married for long time. T can give a guess when those times are does your Tom play golf D
 Why, yes!" said the bride. How did you ever guess? It is exactly when he has been golfing~ that Tom but why should he be irritated at me when I've been miles aEay at home and not near his old game? I thought he was just changing his character or something!" l
 Not at all" her friend told her. You must treat him kindly and turn on the sympathetic. tear freely in- stead of being peeved, because Tom can't help himself. He is in the grasp of stronger power.
 When he leaves you at dawn, a tender, devoted husband, waving kisses from the door through the spiky hedge of drivers and mashies and mid irons with which he has surrounded himself and returns at dusk grinding his teeth like a wild man roaring like lion and smashing things as he tramps furiously through the house never shriek that you are going home to mother. Just sweep UP the pieces of Oloisenne and royal Sevres as though you had longing for the job say Tut, tut, little one, batting him on the heavy shoulder, place him gently on a couch with ice packs or the head and hold his hand till he emerges into sanity.
 No mere woman can understand the weird psychology of golf because to her mind game is merely game that you can laugh off, so to say If she makes a failure of it she jus shrugs her sheulders and says of well, she never did care so much fol that anyhow, and takes up her knit. ting again but a man is different. | his golf scere is poor he seems to fee it reflects not only upon his character but his business ability and his stand ing in the camEnunity.
 He sinks out of the club covering under the casual stare of a eaddy, h, sinks up the street home feeling ul and down his spinal column tho sting 1 irg glances from all the neighbor 1 hidden behind their window curtains jeering and pointing their fingers a | hifR.
 His huhmility is complicated by vast and growing astonishme1t tha
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
plscoNTENT IN GERMANY.

It is all right for Chancellor von HeFtling to stand up before the main committee of the reichstag and de- clare that the public dissontent in Germany is not justified by the mili- tary situation on the western front, but it is perfectly evident that the people of Germany are. beginning tp look at things in a different light
 Such being the case it is Of the 4t- most importance that the chancellor should do his best to brace up tte populace and to try and give them new courage tO face the new loan which is being foated there by paint ing in glowing colors the picture of the past accomplishments of the Ger man wsr machine and holding. out to them the hope that the nreeent sit uation is going to be overcome eyen as others. which he claims were worse. have been met
 He can talk all he pleases about having gone through harder times to the people of Germany. even though they may have been denied many Of the facts surrounding the present mlIlary ana infeflOr COnulIonS, put it is impossible for him to cover up the terrible losses which the people of that country have. been forced tc suffer, the appalling casualty lists. tba large number of men taken as nris= oners and the great quantities of ma teriaI and territory which have beer
 taken by the allies. to say nothing of the priyatioHs experienced at home Under such conditions it canHet be surprising that the German reanle are discoutented and discouraged. They have reason to be not only because ot the reverses experienced in France but because of the disastrous tlosse: which have been sustained in Mace donia and Palestine, and ihe situa ton which is developing in Russia Chancellor von Hertling may talE bu it IS a question how long he and tht kaiser can hypnotiza the German peo- pie. By their own words they are em- phasizing the situation wnicl, is pre- vailing in Germany today.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26

must be more good roads. Ruts. wash outs, mud holes and generally run down roads are the trucks greatest enemy and the farmer can be the man of the hour" in keeping the road along his farm in the best of condi- tion. These roads should be put in condition before they become frozen. We must clear the way for transper tation and eliminate costly delays. Let's keep things moving.-Rridgepo Standard American.
 It had always been a puzzle to a good many people why the Armenlans became so easily victims of the Turks 1t seldom or never appeared that they made strong resistance or defended themselves. It appears to be a his torical duplication of the butehery of Peruvians by the early Spanish pio- neers. The natives would not or could not put up much of a defense. This seems to be literally true of the
 Armenians and the fact is empha- sized by their recent conduct at Baku
 where the British soldiers were
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26

he should have been able, no matter if he had tried hard to do it, play such a terriically rotten game. For he has not missed one bunker during the whole day, nor made one shot which was nQt the worst possible.
 Now, when anybody gets to feeling this way he simply has to take it out on somebody in order to retain a trace of self-respect. If you can jaw some body it sort of makes you feel you aren't such a down. -and-outer after all and to whom should man turn in troublous times of not to his wife? Rushing gladly to the door to greet him attired in her frilliest, she bursts upon his jaundiced gaze as vision of extravaganza. Who is she that he should slave in stifling office in or der that she may dress like that? He brushes by her with a growl, slams down his bag of clubs and takes a long nick out~of the piano, hurls his cap at. the table and knocks over a vase. steps on the Boston bulldog and breaks the springs of the couch as he sits down.
 His hair is runpled and he glares and hreathes hard, demands to know what there is for dinner and has a spasm when he hears the fatal words porterhouse steak and mushrooms. Heavens! Why can't she stay home l long enough to have something decent to eat And deep apple pie with cream m-Lord, what do women do but 1 idle their time and never plan any thing tasty Why isn't his lounging l robe downstairs in the living room, where he can't reach it. and why on earth is the bathroom built on the sec 1 ond flooT-most inconvenient when a mans dog tired to have to climb stairs i to take a bath What did she ever pick out that rug for-and if she plays ] that silly thing on the piano rack he'll 1 leave home forever.
 sBy this time he is ready to burst l into tears, although he is giving such an excellent imitation of a crazy man i bent to kill and after Tom has done
 this few times, my dear, you won t mind it 8 bit more than the passing of
 an auto with the muff1er cut out and ! can plan all ySIr next seasons clothes
 while it is going on. You must either i remain calm on golf days or else move to a mountainous country where the land is too perpendicular to admit O. i golf links"
 My! breathed the bride, 'T fee
 so much better now you have explain ed it all! Only I don't see how you
 could have. known so precisely how Tom acted!"
 1 I've got a husband too, you know, lreminded the long married lady. "AnG
 he plays golf. Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
BOOST THE LOAN EARLY.

The announcement by Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department to the effect that the fourth Liberty loan is to be for a total of six dillon dol lars, that the issue is to nun for period of 20 years at four and quar- ter per cent, the maturity date be- ing October 15, 1888. clears up the re- main ng details in regard to the com ing bond issue. The machinery of tte government is now thoroughly organ ized and it simply remains for each and every individual to take off his coat and give the greatest of all f. naneial undertakings the boost which is required
 The period foT raising the loan, which is twice as large as any pre- vious issue of bonds and three -fourths as large as the entire amount ca.l- d for in the three previous issues, is limited to three weeks, but it has been known for a long time that it was coming and the intimation has heen that the amount fixed would be the amount asked for
 As was SO clearly pointed out hy Secretary McAdoo in his New York  address this money is needed to carry on the war. We have entered the fight and it is necessary that it should be vigorously pushed to just as early a conclusion as possible. Therefore it is necessary to have the funds. for no waF~van be fought without the proper fnaHeial backing.
 The loan is therefore of the deepest concern to every individual It is moi something which can CT should be left to the other fellow, Everyone must do his part, remembering all the time of course that such contributions as are made are not gifts, hut invest ments backed up by the soundest pos sible security that could he obtained We must push the loan over the tor and the ball must be started rolling early
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
DANCE PRIZE JAZZ FOX TROT THAT JAZZ BAND - ..7s asuSs 6t sssss
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obliged to withdraw because the Ar menian contingent stampeded. Clear ly they are temperamentally unfttAd for the work of soldiers - Bristol Press. . -~A
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

General Allenhy didn't give his op- ponent an opportunity to claim a strategic retreat.
 Of course the more Bulgarian troops there are who desert the smaller the number in danger Of being captured.
 With the Bulgarians burning vil- lages as they flee. it doesn't look as if they considered it possible to come back.
 When Secretary Daniels marches into Berlin behind the Marine band it is safe to say that he will not be alone.
 There is no reason for Holland to go without the foodsttffs it needs if 1t will but follow the example of heighbor neutrals.
 The Turks are pretty clever with the sword but taking away 26D guns from them is bound to cripple them to no small extent.
 Make up your mind to plunge deep into the fourth Liberty loan. If you cannot show your fighting ability oth- crwise do it financially.
 The man on the corner says: Those who nave declared that they would be willing to pay the extra taxes if they could have prohibition are going te have the chance.
 The job of answering the question naires ought to be tackled promptly Nothing is to be gained by waiting except to increase the confusion and work for all concerned.
 The allied forces in Macedonia ard Palestine appear to be trying to see which can gain the more ground II the same number of days and It ii certainly fast and exciting race. The plea that is made for looklns after the needs of Norwich people who are deserving of it oqghr not t pass unnoticed. Charity begins at home, but if and when there is more than enough to supply local needs th Belgians should not be forgotten