Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-09
Nl1e eRs1ustin.
Norwich, Friday, Aug. g, 1918.
VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 Thunder and light rain are foretold for today.
 Light vehicle lamps at s.2s o'clock this evening.
 The town of Ashford service jag bears Is stars.
 Arrived today, haddock, cod, aatfsh, special 1ec ID. Osgood's wharf-adv.
 The art exhibition at Lyme opens shortly after the middle of the month, as usual
 Owners of boats have been finding ceolness and enjoyment on the river during the hot nights.
 enough ta pick in few days and there will be plenty of them this season. Thermometers which registered se degrees Wednesday showed readings of Ss degrees at the same hour Thurs day.
 Hsle song of the katydids was heard l for the first time this season last week, Old residents say it is a sign of frost in six weeks, In some of the suburban places | farmers are compelled to carry water for their stock from rivers and ponds, wells have grown so low.
 A few tents have appeared along ! the river banks, but most of last years campers are occupying another I kind of tents this summer.
 The Stanton family, whose members passed July at the Geer cottage, The Pines, at Gales Ferry, have returned l to their home on Cliff street, Norwich. At the Thursday evening prayer meeting of the Central Baptist church the pastor leading, the topic was Further Studies in Faith. 11th chapter l Hebrews.
 The planet Saturn is lost in the suns gays until the last week in August when it will appear in the morning I sky, rising little over half an hour before the sun.
 Two painters who were touching ur the figures on the city hall clock Thursday had a constant gallery ot spectators as they moved about or their lofty perch.
 In a New York paper Thursday Herbert w Bowen of Woodstock adve eated fighting peace league, favorins The present allied powers as the bes l'guardians of peace.
 The flags on all dwellings in Say brook are at half mast because of tn, death of Harry. Faulk of Saybreol Point, tie first of the local boys to bi killed in action at the front
 A canning demonstration given b, Miss Hailoek of Norwich in the ol sehoolheuse a+ East Lyme this weel was attended by about Is women an children. Beans, greens and berrie were canned.
 Drug and chemical markets inform ed local druggists Thursday that lac of freight space for imports is eausin scarcities in crude drugs, dyeweods and spices. The result is a genera tendency to advance prices.
 Norwich factory workers stuck t ! LilSLE ldShS uHTltS VI 6QnSSOdy III tense heat better than did workers il almost any town of the state. Ther i, were few places where employees wer not forced to quit for a part of th afternoon at least.
 Rents are being raised in Poquono ! village to meet the demand fo houses. In some instances one rais follows another so quickly that it probable a complaint will be made t the government board which has thos matters in charge.
 At a county field meeting in Ne, Canaan today Marketing, the Farmer Problem, will be discussed by Pro Guy c. Smith specialist from the ex tension department at Storrs, an Prof. R. E. Jones will give a poultr ' culling demonstration. ] Local residents who aided during tn recent Salvation Army war relief cam : paign learn that already 150 worker are abroad, the total number schedule for 1918. There are now 22 huts an the 50 contemplated will probably k
 finished ahead of time.
 A big consignment of finished wor from the auxiliary of the Central Bar tist church was returned Thursday 1 . the Red Cross room through MT ) Floyd May. The room was in chare of Mrs. John F. Rogers, with Mis Evelyn Hill at the desk.
 Mrs. Frank c. Stone of s6 Cleve
 land street, New London, has ar , neuneed the engagement of ht daughter. Marjorie Jacqueline Ston to Kenneth Randolf Knight, former of New London, now stationed : Dayton, O., in the 42d aero squadron
 At Gales, Ferry, Miss Alice Satterle local supervisor for the war garde
 movement of the junior food army, h;
 received the membership pins ar markers for the war gardens supple
 by Miss Bertha Hallock of Norwic
 county demonstrator for home ect
 monies clubs.
 The courses in the high school d
 partment which are being conduct
 this week at the Danbury summ normal school are education al
 school management, English. scienc
 history, Fraach and mathematics.
 of the work is for freshmen in t
 high schools.
 G. A. R. members going to the n
 tional encampment at Portland, Or - will leave Wednesday, Aug. IA, fro New London at 7.S0, and will assent fl at the Grand Central station to ta y ths 2 p. m. express for Chicago a
 irving in Portland at 7.So p, m. Su S day, Aug. Is.
 By the ruling of the State Fireme1 l1 association, a fireman who is sick
 injured receives his benefits only
 days week At the state corventi
 at Bridgeport this month it is possil
 that the benefits will be increased
 at least raised to the old seven-d
 al,1 ,11 1f , I1ry