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Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
Tem's Generosity.

Two little boot blacks stood at the corner of the street.
 See all this money" said Tom. T have been working hard all week to get this extra fifty cents. Now I am going to have a good time with it. I am going to the circus. Hurrah for the circus!"
 Just as he was about to go, the other bootblack said:
 Do you know Kitty Green has been sick four weeks?"
 'No,' said Tom. That is too bad"
 As he walked on he said to himself: -Four weeks is long time to be sick. Kitty has been good to me. She asked me to eat my Christmas dinner with her. Kitty's mother gave me a cap too, at Christmas l wish I could do something for her-something she would like
 Just then Tom looked up and he saw man with a team full of great white lilies.
 Lilies! Lilies!" cried the , man. Large lilies in flower pots for fifty cents."
 What beautiful lilies" thought Tom How Kitty would like to have one of those lilies" Tom stopped: he | thought of the fun he could have al l the circus; then he thought of poor ] Kitty.
 T will take this lily" said Tom tc the man.
 What a beauty" thought he. Ther down the street Tom went with the | lilly. Soon he reached Kitty's home Up up the steep, dark stairs he climb ed and he knocked at the low door.
 Come in,' said tired voice.
 Tom took off his cap and walked into the poor room.
 See what I've brought to you" sait Tom, going over to where Kitty lay. When the little girl saw the lily how her eyes did shine. 70, thank you, Thank you!" sht said. How good you are. Thi, makes me feel almost we'll"
 '1 hope you are soon we'll" saiC Tom as he went away.
 Every day when Tom went by tn, house he saw the white lily at tn, window.
 One day Kitty opened the window and said; "I am well now. Tom. ana the lily you brought helped to mak, me well'
 LYDIA DUGAs. Versailles.
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months. .
 Fred Brainard was a visitor to his farm Thursday. His poTato crop is not as large as last year. He return ed to New York the sane Gay.
 Mrs. Chauncey Brooks was in Hart ford, Saturday.
 Rev. w. H. Raymond has returned from a trip to New York, where he went on government business
 Services in the Congregational church have been discontinued for two weeks or account of the Spanish in- fluenza.
 Mrs. David Flood died in the Nor wich State Hospital last week and was buried in Rock Landing cemetery Sunday.
 William Brainard spent the week end With his parents.
 Mir. and Mrs. John l.. Kruger were visitors at their farm this week, re- turning to their Brooklyn home, Sat urdaV
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Stella 5olieau, of Goodyear-Just a few lines to thank you for the check you sent me. As soon as I got the check. I ran down to the store to buy 30 Thrift Stamp. Many thnaks.
 Doris Geer. of Norwich Town-T re- coived the Thrift Stamp all right. l thank you very much. Hope to receive another.
 Edith Sonners. of Norwich-I receiv- ed the Thrift Stamp you gave me. was very much surprised and will try for another one.
 Jane Fellows, of Washington. D. c Thank you very much for the Thrift Stamp you sent me. This is the eleventh stamp on my third card.
 Arlene Pearl. of Augusta, Maine Many thanks for the nice prize book which arrived as birthday present tC mo
 Rose Wei7er, of Norwich-I thank you very much for the prize book you gave mo. I have read it and find il very interesting.
 Caroline C. Lawton of Warrenville- ! wish 10 thank you for the nice book YOU sent me in return for sending VOL some pictures and a little story. The book is very interesting and I wa. pleased to hnd it when I came from school.
 Walter V. Gavigan, of Willimantic
 Many thanks for the interestin. book. have enjoyed it ever so much
 Geraldine Gereau. of Southbridge Nass.-I thank you for tho prize booI you sent mo. entitled "T5e Blue Gras Seminary Girls in the Mountains" have read it half through and find i very interesting. and hope to win an other soon. Thank you.
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MYSTIC

The first meeting of the Mystic Mems club for the season will be held Monday evening in Community hall at o'clock. The speaker will be Henry Robinson Palmer of Stoniugtcn, edi- tor of the Providence Journal. whose subject will be The World After the War
 Harry B. Mackenzie has resigned as assistant manager of the Mystic theatre and will have charge of the war service work to be acne In Co., lunbus hall under the auspices of the Mems club. The club has arranged to have the basement of the hall fit ted up with cots for the boys in ser vice, so that any boy of the army or navy who comes to our village and wants to remain over night will find q comfortable bed and quarters. Mr. Mackenzie was the unanimous choice of the committee in charge of this ,work-Janes Cooper Eli Gledhiu Err
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The Curious Clock.

It was Saturday and the children of the O. school were at home. After o'clock Mr. Clock was wondering where his little friends were that used to look up at him to see if it was time for school to close. At half past nine. be struck as hard as ever h. could. All at once he heard a noise and thought it was the children, but it-was MT. Waste Basket who finds out secrets
 Curious MT. Clock said Whose pa per are you reading noW?'
 Guess" replied MT. Waste Bas- ket.
 Mir. Clock began with Dora and went slowly up the aisles, naming each person until he came to the right one.
 Mr Waste Basket did not have time t5 tel MT. Clock which wss the right Serson, for he fell asleep before he got half way up one aisle.
 Mir. Clock got pretty well ruE down by the time he completed the task of counting and was surprised when he awoke Monday morning and heard noisy feet running up the stairs. MT. Cock said to himself T must have been asleep a whole day; but never theless I am happy once more.
 FLORENCE A. SULLIVAN.
 Willimantic
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est Rossie. Capt. Jewell and Rev.

nest Rossie. Capt. Jewell and Rev. A. F. Withee.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Wainwright have moved from Willow Point to New London. MT. Wainwrig ght expects to be in the south in the navy this win ter.
 Patrolman Thomas Fox Is on duty again, after being housetl ten days
 with a bad cold. At one time four of his family were ill. His daughter Alletta is still in bed. i'll with pneu- monia.
 Harry Sparks received d letter on Tuesday from his son, Sergeant Rus sell Sparks who is somewhere in France, stating that he was well. He also received a heimet which is on eX- :lihition in Conrad Kretzer's window. The helmet is brass. weighs two pounds and fourteen ounces and IS padded on the inside The name of r. Hoffman is on the inside the hel- met, having belonged to d German soldier.
 Judge and Mrs. Frederick H.. Brewer
 celebrated tie Goth anniversary Of their marriage at their home III Nest Mystic Sund2 ' V ''''-
 fer. Many of the neighbors called during the. day ,u ,,.-...s-. and Mrs Brewer during the day who bid fair to celebrate many more anni- versaries. Mir. Brewer is a leading democrat and has taken prominent [ part in politics in .this part of the town.
 Mrs. w. T. Lane has returned to l Norwich after a visit to her son, George c. Lane and family on Grove avenue.
 Selectman Conrad Kretzer was in 1 Groton on Wednesday and met with l the rest of the board ma king voters Mrs. Charles Moves of Poquonoc spent Wednesday with her mother | Mrs Frank F'oote
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The Winners of Prizes.

Mildred ]. Weaver, Mansfield De- pot-The Boy Spies at Yorktown
 Rose DriseoiI, of Norwich - A Thrift stamp.
 Elsie Freeman. of Hanover-The Cruise Of the House Boat.
 4-Pauline A. Haser, of Taftville- Aeroplane Scouts in the War Zone. 5-Jsne D. Fellows, of Washington D. CA Thrift Stamp.
 6-caroline c. Lawton, of Warren. ville-A Thrift Stamp.
 7-katherine Taylor, of Norwich Town-The High School Rivals.
 s-lydia Dusas, of Versailles Marion Dean.
 The winners of prizes living in tn, city may cail at The Bulletin busi ness for theri at any hour after 10 a m. on Thursday.
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Ferns.

The ferns have tiny fingers
 That beckon eagerly; They'll lead you into Fairyland, 1T there you wish to be. They point to magic fern-seed That lucky ones may find To make themselves invisible And wander with the wind. Along the quiet wood way
 They stand a-tiptoe high; Did you not feel a soft, cool touch As you were swinging by? Did you not catch a fragrance, Not from this world of ours A delicate deliciousness
 More sweet than breath of flowers: Did you not hear a whisper
 That shivered through the green? When you become invisible
 You'n know what Fern Folk mean. -Abbie Farwell Brown, in Mothers
 Magazine.
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The German American.


 Dear Uncle Jed: The German amer ican is put into a very embarrassing position today. Although a German American may be loyal ato America, his loyalty is often misjudged. Often their business transactions fail be- cause Americans do not trust them. Because their pro German neighbors have wronged this country, tie Ameri- cans are apt 10 he suspicious of all men of German stock when people are associating with German Americans they always avoid the subject of war. For this position he shoul1 blame Von Zimmerman who intrigued with Mexico and Japan He should blame his other pro-German neighbors. the Prussian government and v0n Bern storff, the German ambassador. who claimed to be loyal to this country and turned out to be a p1otter.
 RUTH DAVIS, Age 12. CanterbIlry
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attached to his pet and always want

attached to his pet and always want ed Jerry with him.
 At the front for thes first time Har4 eld was severely wounded by all ex- rloding shell. The yell of. "Aelp was not by anyone heard except Jerry, wi1e knew his masters voice, ran A71i snap ped the handkerchief from FIarold's hand. which he had been waving, and ran as fast as possible to the fospi- taL Dropping the handkerchief Dv enc of the nurses he began tugging at her skirts. Soon understanding the meaning of this, an ambnlanre was rushed to the front for aid. Harold was in a few days cured of his wounds. Jerry after that was oniy glad to see his master we'll and strong
 again, and was willing to do his little
 bit to help Uncle Sam. He was the
 most noted and favored pet, after lis great deed.
 ROSE DRIsCoLL, Age Il, Norwich.
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An Unexpected Guest,

Dear Uncle Jed: Our next door neigh DOT has a. very pretty black and white cat, also a cute little kitten. They all went away on a visit and left tEe old cat and her baby at home.
 All went along nicely until one very stormy night, an old lady living aoout q half mile away thought she heard a scratching at the door, she opened it and in walked Mrs. Cat, leaving ne; baby outside
 She came in. looked the old lady in the face. as much as to say: May l bring my baby in?"
 The lady went to the door, took the little kitten in. old pussy curled up and began to sing quite contented with everyone and everything. There they both remained until the neignbors re- turned
 MILDRED I, WEAVER, Age E. Mansfield Depot.
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Precious Metals,

Gold and silver are called the pre- clous metals because sman amounts or them arc of high value They are used mostly in making coins, sorna- ments, and many artistic and useful articles. = Precious metals are commonly. found in mountain regions The reason for this is that there are many rocks in such regions which are folded. era ck- ed, or crushed. The metals are dis solved by water and deposited between and in the cracks Of the rocks, form ing mineral, veins, containing ore .
 In some places parts of mountains as well as the rocks containing gold ore have been worn away by streams and glaciers. The metals are mingled yith particles of sand and gravel and deposited by streams. Such gold bear ing earth is called a placer. -,
 DORA MAIN. Age 14
 I,edyard .-
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE. AWAkES.
Before Coins Were Made.

When the Hudson Bay company traded with the Indians they found that they did not want the English money. They wanted food and cloth ing and knives The Hudson Ray company used beaver skins to trade with. One gun was worth twenty beaver skins.
 Modern people are in the habit of thinking of money as gold, silver or paper. Coins are of recent origin. For | thousands of years people traded with common articles because they had no coins.
 The people who lived by raising cattle spoke of things as being worth so many cows. Even today people l living in the Caucasian mountains do this.
 The Indians traded with black and white shells polished and strung to- gether, which they called wanpumsa E | In Iceland they used dry codfish. The fishing tribes along the coast of the Indian ocean used fishhOoks. The people in California used the red scalps of woodpeckers. These were valued at from $2.5o to $ each. | Things which make good money are things which people, want either for use or adornment, which is easy to carry and which is fairly permanent.
 Over production makes good trade. The Hudson Ray Indians used skins as counters. These were very good, because they were what people wanted, easy to carry and they were fairly permanent. t#
 If one had basket of vegetables they would be very good things to have but would be worthless as money be- cause they would answer none of these purposes. The people traded with the things that were the most durable and easily counted.
 In the colony of Virginia the peo- pie had no gold or silver and there were no mines. The colonists selected tobacco for their money. This was fairly permanent, easily divided and it's value was fixed by law. It was worth three shillings for the best and nineteen pence for the second class for one pound.
 Tobacco did not prove good for money. The people raised so much oi it that law was made at the frs general assembly that no more to- bacco should be raised for year. But the planters persisted in raising it anG finally the people had to go around and destroy the young crops
 ELSIE FREEMAN, Age 13
 Hanover.
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has made several trips here recently making her property ready for the new owner, Oscar Feher, who takes possession November 1,
 J. L., Raymond has sold twenty head of fat steers the past week.
 Ben Putnam has sold his automo- bile and is out with a new horse and wagon.
 Three of Henry De Wolfs children have been i'll with influenza.
 Miss Eliza Martin is caring for Mrs. Mary Tiffany in Hamburg Mrs. Car rie Granger is with her daughter Mrs. Ewing in New London. Clyde Gates, who has been stationed at Camp Humphrey. Virginia since last April failed to pass the overseas examination and was sent to Wash : ington, D. C., to act on the police force for the period oe the Waf and six months thereafter
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
HADDAM NECK

Arthur Dur has received his notice to report for duty in the Merchant Marine service October 3&th.
 Mrs, Hannah Lomberg and family moved to Deep River, Thursday. Her son is employed in the Piano factory in that place.
 The efforts to secure C boat load of coal for this place were futile as there was not enough customers to guarantee 50 tons.
 Mrs Raymond and Miss Edith Ray mond have been suffering with severe colds and threatened With influenza this past week.
 Mrs. Julia Ladd who has teen visit ing her uncle, D. E. Sexton, has re- turned to Hartford for the winter
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
Daniels
Ths Service Flag.

Around the table Mir. Brown and his family sat eating their dinner. In the window there hung a service flag in memory of their lad gone across. There was one boy left, and one little girl, which was baby. These par ents were very sorry their son had gone to war, yet they were proud of his loyalty to the colors and were glad he was of service to his country.
 All of their letters to James, their son, were cheerful and the letters they received showed the effect which their cheerfulness made on James. St if all mothers and fathers in writing to their soldier boys woul1 write more cheerful news. they would be fully re- paid in the end to think that they did nothing to discourage OUT soldiers and sailors.
 CAROLINE c. LAWTON, Age 13.
 WarrenyiHe l
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THREAD

Coats 6-cord Thread. . soc dozen WiIlimantie. 6-cord Thread-3 sew-Well Sewing Silk in black
 only-SaIe Price ..... Sc Merrick's Sewing Machine Bob
 bins-Sizes 40 to 7o-saIe
 Price Sc box Kings Bastins Thread 40 to 50
 Sale Price. ,........ for 12c Shamrock Linen Thread-black
 or white-sizes 25 to 6o-
 Sale Price .L........ Sc Aunt Iydia's Linen Finish
 Thread-Sale Price .. .... SC H-B Mereerized .Mendng Cot
 ton-a large baIl-Sale Price lie H-B Mercerized-H-5 Lustrous
 and AIIiand Mendinq Cotton
 in all eolors-Sale Price. ..... 6c
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
NORTH LYME

Miss Jennie Stark, who has been home the past three weeks owing to the schools in Willimantic being clos ed returned Sunday.
 M. J. Stark is able to be out afte, . weeks illness with inAuenza.
 G. II. Strong, N. s. Strong and fam ily were in Norwich Saturday after noon.
 Mrs. Giles Reynolds of New London
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
His Best Friend.

Dear Uncle Jed After being six weeks at Camp DeVens. Harold was sent with his company to France. just what part of Fran he was sent was never known, but he was very near 'lEe western front and also to one of the largest war hospitals over there. They had q little practicing before they really fought at the front
 Just before leaving the United States each had been given a mascot. liar old's being little airdale which he called Jerry. Harold soon grew quite
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
White Lawn Tape

White Lawn Tape No. 1, 12A wholesale Price lie No. 2, 1ec vaIue-Sale Price. 12Iae No. 3, 15c Value-SaIe Price. .121ae No. 4, 17c VaIue-sale Price. 15e No. 5, 1ec vaIue-Sale Price. 17c' Bias Seam Tape in 6-yard pieces-Sizes 1 and 2 only Sale Price ......... 5e
 English Twilled Tape 14 and 3s-saIe Price. ........ 14c Ia and 5s-saIe Price ...... 1sc 24 to inch-SaIe Price. ..... 25e
 Cotton Skirt Betting 1Ia-inch width-SaIe Price. 1oc yd 2 inch width-SaIe Price. 12c yd
 Silk Skirt Betting 1Ia-inch width-Sale Price $1.7o pc
 f9c yard inch width-saIe Price $2.oo pc
 22c a yard Sc Cotton Hat EIastic-saIe Frlce ............-...... 4c 1oc Mercerized EIastic-saIe PrIce ........ ............... bc 12Ia Silk Elastic-saIe Price. 1oc
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TAPES AND BINDINGS

17c Warren's Weighted Tape t2Iac 25c Hook and Eye Tape. - .21c 25c Snap Tape-Sale Price. ,. Pic Best Elastic Web-BIack or White 14 and 3s-saIe Price..-.... 7c Ia and 5a-SaIe Price. ...... 1oc s4 to ineh-saIe Price. ..... 1oc Carpet Binding in assorted
 colcrs-SaIe Price ........... 4c Prussian Binding in black or
 white, 7c value-SaIe Price Sc 1oc vaIue-SaIe Price. .....,... Sc Reliance Taffeta Seam Bind
 ing in black or white-Sale 30c Peerless Taffeta Seam
 Bindine-Sale Price ........ 26c Double Serge Skirt Betting in
 Black or white, 7s and 1h4
 widths.
 Value 14c-SaIe Price. ....... 12c Value 17c-sale Price. ... 15c
 Wright's Bias Seam Tape 15c White Stripe-Sale Price f2Lac 2oc Fancy Stripe-SaIe Price 17c 2oc Plain CoIor-Sale Price. 17c
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Rule, for Young Writers.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages, 2 Use pen and ink, not pencil.
 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over e50 words.
 {. original stories or letters only will be used.
 8. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
Ned,s Pe.ts.


 Ned lived near the woods and every day he would go there to visit his pet squirrels, Bushy and Frislly.
 They were quite different from each other, Bushy being gray and Frisl1y red.
 At first they were little afraid of Ned, bf43 learning how kind he was to them they soon got over. their fear and would come right up to him and eat nuts out of his hand.
 One day toward the en1' of the au- ttrmn, Ned's father decided he would move to the city.
 Great was Ned's grief when he learned that he would have to part from his pets and at first he felt rath- CT inclined 10 take them with him but thinking how used they were tc out door life he decided to leave then, behind and fix up a basket of nuts as a parting gift
 On the day set to go Ned Presented his gifts to the squirrels: but as he looked into the hole you cannot guess what he saw. He saw fhree baby squirrels, cured up fast asleep.
 This added to his grief and he miss ed the squirrels a great Heal, but think they missed him as much.
 JANE D. FELLOWS.
 Washington. D. D.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
fOLEYS HONEpIAR
lst. It tastes good.

lst. It tastes good.
 2nd. It makes them feel good. 'rd; It will turn distressed, fretfa child into q happily smiling one. Because il is just what children ousbs to have for feverish colds, coughs, croup. "snuffies" and heavy .wheezy breathing. l;puts healing. soothing. coating on feyer;.b inaaIed, tickling throat. and it stops cot. .sh: quickly. ltis good for croup, too. contains DO morphine, chloroforn. or etb.r drug that you would not like to live te s-,,.S children, and it is just as effective fer srown.uns
 Lee & Osgoed.
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The Trin to erandma,s,

Dear Uncle Jed: had a nice trip up to srandma's We went out and pack ed huckleberries, and we gathered hazlenuts and had fun with Jack, the dog We had nice rides in the auto after supper.
 RUTH E. PHILLIPS, Agc 7. New London.
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then you will realize what the govern ment needs money for.
 The way I earned money. this sum- mer was by picking berries and rais- ing vegetables, with which I bought one War Savings Stamp. And I ex- pect to buy another when ] sell my winter vegefa hles
 If every girl and boy bought Thrift Stamps the government would have millions of dollars. and our boys would soon be able to come home to us with the democracy of the world assured
 KATHERINE TAYLOR, Age 1S.s
 NorHich. Town
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Wood Button MoIds-

Wood Button MoIds 12 to 24Iine. ...... 2 dog. for 5c 26 to 36-Iine ne............3e Sc doz. 40 to 6o-Iine. ..,.........5c Sc doz. 12Lac Bone Hair Pins-saie
 PrIee .......,.......-... 15e Bone Hair Pins II Sale
 Price 1e.Isc 25c Platinum Corset Clasps. 2ze 35c Eclipse Corset Clasps. .. Bic Dust Caps in assorted coIors
 Sale Price .,............. ec 7e Darning Silk in all eoIors.. se 15c Sunset Soap Dyes-saIe
 Price .............. 13e 75e Naiad Sleeve BoIoero
 Shields-Sale Price. ... 65e Tomato Pincushions = Sale
 Price ...........,. ,......... De Sc Tape Measures, so-ineh.... ee Tailor's ChsIk-36 pieces in
 box-SaIe Price. 25e 2-in-1 Shoe Polish in black,
 tan, ox-btood and white,
 value 15c-Sale Price. ....... 12e BOG Shoe Polish for 25c, in
 cludine A. A. Raven Gloss,
 Gilt Edge and Bostonia
 Cream-Sale Price ........ 25e Shoe Laces, black, tan and
 white ................ 5c 1oc Shoe Laces, black, tan and white-sale price. ....... Sc Ice Collar Bands-Sale Price. 6e Shoe Laces, 6 pair in a bunch, value 22c-SaIe Price. .... 17e Shoe Laces, pair in a bunch, value 25c-SaIe Price. ..... 22e 1oc Collar Bands-SaIe Price. Sc ThimbIes
 Nickel and ceIIuIoid-SaIe 9s' Price .................. 4c Steel Thinnbles-SaIe Price,. Sc Silver pIated-SaIe Price. ..... 9e Live Wire Hair curIers-saIe Price ......... ..-,.-.... -. 9e 1oc Everwave curlers-saIe Price ........... .......... oe West Electric Curiers-Sale ! Needles of all kinds in the regular 12I2c packets-sale ! Price ....... 10c 15c Lingerie Tape in pink, blue and white-Sale Price. .. 12L2c 23c Featherstitch Rraid-Sale
 price ...>............. 19e
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
BUTTONS

Pearl Buttons-14 to 3S-Iine
 A to 2 hotes-SaIe Price 4c card Ocean Pearl Buttons-2 and 4
 Holes-14 to 36Iine-SaIe
 Price ...... .... SC card 20 Fancy Pearl Trimming
 Buttons-SaIe Price. ........ 15c Trimming Buttons in odd
 styIes-Sale Price 4c and Sc card
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
PHOENIxVlLLE

George Reede was a visitor in Web ster Saturday and Sunday.
 Wilmer D. Glenn recently returned from q trip to Ohio.
 A number of sportsmen from Green