New Britain herald., 1918-03-23

, D[Op9IL1SS. JuIld bOW6n IS the millinery opening in New York. March 1S-The Howard Envelope company in kensington has acquired the water rights connected With the factory and now plans to increase it's capital stock from s175,040 to $250,- 900. Charles F. Smith has purchased property on Lexington street from k. H. Davison. Six barrels of either hard or soft wood for $1 at Barnes on Elm street. A. monster petition will be presented at the next meeting of the council asking that the mouth of the main sewer in Stanley Quarter be covered for a distance of 500 feet from the highway William J. Mul- Ter, the fam male soprano, will sing at the First church tomorrow. March 19-~SundaN
 March 20-Mr. MulIer's solos were l listened to by a. congregation of ,0@0 l last night when he sang high B-1at. l He can, when his voice is good, sing 1 F'avore high C. A number of men 1 are learning to knit at the American 1 Hosiery company. The Lewis, Vessel
 and Leward company, jewellers, are l about to move out of this city and 1 continue their ievelry manufacturing ] business in New York.
 1 March 21--Captain Joseph E. An 1 drews was chairman of the comn1ittee ] which arranged the Fist anniversary | of Company F. last night Maxwell 1 Hart, Of this city, won second place ! in the 50yard hurdle race at tbe l Yale Harvard indoor track meet last ! night. It is figured that the estimates ] for the year will be about s7O,OOO and 1 will necessitate 8 tax of about 1-2 l mills. John w. Holmes reached here ] yesterday after 8 trip to Europe A -,N7I citement on Main street last night i by chasing a delinquent debtor. March 22-Dr. w. P Bunnell has moved his residence from so Arch
 street to 50 Walnut street The Irish
 people will hold a, meeting Friday 1 evening to devise means for helping l support the Home Rule bill for Ire 1 land. NJ D. Stanley is home from
 Ithaca for few days. w. H, Roden, 1 district grand chief of the Knights Of ] the Golden Eaggle. paid a visit to the
 Danbury castle last night. Mrs. Nellie 1 Dobson will soon build $o,O00 resi- | dence on Bassett street, Robert M l Dame will be one of the judges at the 1 Colun bia Cycle clubs meet in Hart l ford Saturday night when M. s. and 1 E. H. Hart, representing Yale, will 1 compete.
 ] March 2s--The High school senior l prom of the class of '93 will be held l ill Booths hall on March 2s. The l Cutlery Works was destroyed by fire l 19 years ago today. William Winter ! has purchased Bert Carpenters inter-
 est in the New Britain Printing com
 pany. John and Robert Sloan are 1 about to engage in the shoe business 1 and will open their store in Prest en S ! block.
 ! When the first draft quota went 1 away last September it took with it ] a, young man who, at the time; was l regarded as the most lonesome man in l New Britain Who it was 1t is not ne- cessary to say, but he was without l home, friends or money. In fact he was ! given lodging by friends for a. few l days preparatory to his call to serv- l ice. That New Britain has sent an- l other man to Camp Devens who can ! rightly share this claim of loneliness ! is now evidenced by the experience ] of a young woman in City hall who ! secured his name from the War Bu- l reau, and becaus<, he had neither kith 1 nor kin here sent him a Smileage Book by another soldier. The man is
 a Pole by nativity and cannot under l stand English well, so when he was
 
 smiled and declined to accept it. Later. through an interpreter, it was ex- plained that a young woman had sent if to him. Still the lonely soldier de- l clined to accept it, protesting that l there was some mistake, that he did l not have q relative or friend in the l world and so. of course, the Smileage l Book was not for him. And he in- sisted that he could not accept it, be- 1 cause he had no one to remember him. 1
 The council resolution to exempt 1 members of the Home Guard and the City Guard from payments of per-
 sonal tax during the period of the l war IS Of some little interest locally. ] All do not understand the standing of l these two military organizations how l ever. The Home Guard is a military ] organization, auth orized by legisla tive statute. which is reality takes the place of the old National Guard. It's ] m en bers are enlisted for a period of
 two years, are subject to all the regu- ! 1atlons of war and can be called out l for service anywhere in the state. Also, the members must attend the ! weekly drills and where they fail to l do this without a good excuse they ! are fined S1 and this fine can be col 1 lected by statute. On the other hand, | the City Guard is a semi private, ; semi public military organization. It Is branch of the New Britain Rifle club, a private organization, but l while it's members must be members
 of the Rifle club, member of the l Rifle club are not necessarily it's mem bers. Members of the City Guard are sworn in as special city
 guardsmen under a special ordinance and they can be called out for serv~