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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

Early peas require rather rich sandy loam with good drainage in oroer that the first paintings may be made early in the spring. Fertilizers tnat are high in nitrogenous matter should not be applied to the land inn medlately before planting, as they will {, nave a tendency to produce too great sroWth or vines at the expense of pods. Land that has been manured the previous year will be found satis- factory without additional fertilizer, While the sandy loam is to be pre- terred for early varieties, a good crop can be produced on almost any good soil.
 The first paintings should be of such varieties as Alaska, or some of It's. modihcatiors. which make a small put quick growth and may not. be provided with suports. These should De planted about two weeks before the date of the last killing frost, or in fach may be planted as soon as the ground IS in condition. The tall l-growing sorts of the Telephone type are de slrable for still later use. on account or their large production and excellent 1 quality.
 ] Peas should be drilled in rows. one to two pints being sufficient for a lOO-foot row. The individual peas l should be placed about l inch apart Tn the rows. The distance between rows will depend upon the kind of l cultivation to be employed and upon the varieties used. The dwarf va rleties need not be put any further apart than necessary to insure cuIti- vation, while the tall growing sorts i31z feet apart.
 A good scheme is to plant two par allel rows Of peas about 6 to s inches apart, then leave a, space of IS inches or two feet and plant two more rows or seed close together. Fewer strings or less bush will be required to sup port them than when planted in single rows at the greater distances
 If peas are to be grown for. i'm mediate use only, a quart will be
 enough to plant at one time How f ever, if itNis desired to grow peas for canning, large plantings, should be made. If space is. available, it is an
 excellent plan to make considerable
 planting at one time of some one va
 riety, so that the- peas for canning will be available in considerable quan
 titles. This enables the housewife to get the canning out of the way in a comparatively short time. Successive plantings of the various varieties of peas should be made at intervals oi
 about two weeks, until the weather
 begins to grow warm, when the
 paintings should be discontinued Ii is possible in some sections to grow ia fal, crop of peas. When this is ldone, early varieties should be used I-U. s. Department of Agriculture.
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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

The sguimpe could be of lawn. batiste or dimity,- and the overdress of ging- ham, percale. ehallie, silk or other sea- sonable materials. This Is very de- sirable model especially nice for spring and summer. 79
 The pattern is cut in four. sizes, 6. S, ID and F years. Size s requires ? yards of 44-inch material for the dress and 5-S yards. for the guimpe
 A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps
 Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept. Norwich. Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
LAWRENCE PERKINS EVENT
 UP" WITH HIS MEN
What Soldiers Think of Connectieut Man Who Is On the Job.

The following story Of Connecti- cut '. M. c. A. man. Lawrence Per kins, who went up with his men, is told by James C.. Derieux:
 It was after dark when the train got into little station near divisional headquarters. A crowd of American soldiers, wearing iron hats" were gathered about. The man who was going out to be acting divisional sec retary for the Y. M. c. A.. spoke to some of the boys while the train was waiting. Then he came back into our compartment. and with smile stated that his job had changed. The di- vision, he had learned, was going for ward. Many of the troops had left, and the others were to entrain the next day But he was not dismayed, fer he had been in the work for many months. and long since had learned to expect the unexpected What if the double huts, but recently com pleted, were to be relatively vacant for a time? What if the programme for work was upset?
 c'est la suerre.
 So We settled back in our seats and resumed conversation with young French aviator who was telling us why the Roche could never get through the lines.
 Next morning there were but few Americans in the headquarters town few, relatively speaking. A n1ili- tary policeman was doing traffic cop duty at the intersection of some prii, cipal streets. Soldiers were here and there but the soldiers in khaki were becoming scarcer as the day went on and the soldiers in blue becoming more numerous. The French were to | come into that place where the Amer jeans had been. "" Secretaries Follow the Army ! ] The remaining Y. NJ. c. A. men were making preparation to open operations at a new place where the division would have it's center. No time fol worrying over disrupted plans, ever if there had been disposition to. pr 1 Wilson Naylor of Lawrence College Appleton Wisconsin, was the acting chief secretary, and he is not at all z successful time killer Billy Levere of Northwestern University, at his double hut, was as cheerful as ever. 1 One of the duties was to go out tt f former huts and gather up the ma. terial left behind. We went in trucl to small place and found there three soldiers reading and writing. There wasn't so much work to be, done there This center was to be used just the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
OBITUARY.
Mrs. annie Fowler.

Mrs. l7annis Fowler died at her home in Noank Friday afternoon after an illness of only few davs rom pneumonia She WAS born in N@ar-t and was 92 years old May -4, l5l7.
 She leaves two daughters. Mrs. Jo- seoh'g. Chester of New London and Mrs. Amelia smith of Noank. who has iireG for several years at the old home.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

This style is very nice for foulard organdy, lawn, batiste. plain and fig ured voile, also for taffeta, satin and linen. The fronts are finished with a shaped plastron, The closing is at the side. The tunic may be omitted
 The pattern is cut in three sizes: Is Is and 20 years. Size Is requires 7-s yards of 2f-inch material. The skirt measures about 1 3-4 yards at the foot
 pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps
 Order through The Bulletin Company Pattern Dept. Norwich. Conn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

The first step in the cultivation and care of the garden lies in proper blow ing, spading and preparation of the soil. The entire seed bed should be thoroughly pulverized as deep as the soil is plowed. The next step is to make sure that the rows are laid out perfectly straight and far enough apart so that when horse cultivation ! is employed there will be sufficient room for the horse to walk, and so that when hand cultivation is to employed i there will be room for the wheel hoe. Straight rows enable the gardener to give the crops better cultivation than would be otherwise possible.
 Frequent shallow cultivation should be given garden crops. By keeping 1 the surface of the soil stirred dust mulch is formed. which prevents the l loss of moisture. In this way weeds are prevented from getting start. {. Cultivate After Rains.
 The soil should, be cultivated as 1 soon as dry enough after a rain, to break the crust and prevent baking. Sandy soils may be cultivated when quite wet, but clay soils should not be stirred when wet enough to cling to- gether in a mass when lightly squeezed in the hand Too much emphasis can not be placed on the matter of 1 thorough cultivation. If the work is properly done at the right time there will be little difficulty in controlling weeds. | If the work is to be done with horse drawn tools, the five shovel cultivator
 is an excellent tool, as it. breaks the surface thoroughly. destroying weeds very effectively, and leaves the ground fairly level.
 The hand cultivator is good imple- ment, as it can be used for small growing vegetables and those planted too close for horse cultivation.
 1 Hand Work Essential.
 Some hand work is always essential no matter how thoroughly the horse cultivation is done. It is good plar to go over the garden after finishing
 with the cultivator and by means oi
 the hoe or rake. pull clods and stone:
 from around the plants. remove any l weeds not destroyed. by cultiva ton
 and uncover any plants accidentally
 covered by clods or earth during the
 cultivation.
 It is an excellent plan to train to-
 matoes, peas, etc, on stakes. or othel supports, as this makes it possible tt
 keep the garden in good condition witt a minimum of labor.
 It will pay the home gardener tt Igrow certain specialties of which ht Emay be fond, and which may b. } troublesome Or expensive to purchase EOllra is an example of this class. ant
 little beds of parsley. chives or othe herbs take up very little room and pro INide the housewife with additions fol
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
GERMANS ARE, SENDING
 WOUNDED TO BELGIUM
To Conceal From the German People
 Their Heavy Losses.

Washington, April IA French of Gcial estimate of the German losses in tbe great battle on the western front puts their total casualties at between 275,00O and 500,000 men, The Ger mans are sending most of their wounded to Belgium, it, is declared, to conceal from the German people their heavy sacrifices.
 It has been possible to identify, the despatch says, nearly 100 German di- visions. more than ten of which were twice engaged. Some of the divisions 1t is declared, had to be relieved at the end of the first day after losing more than half their men. The des- patch follows:
 After an Il days offensive, during which the Germans have recklessiy pushed forward. their attacking waves, one may gather fairly accuiSte es- innate of their losses.
 Tn the first place, it has been rQs- sible to identify nearly 100 of the-r divisions since the beginning of the offensive, more than ten of which were twice engaged Some divisions had to be relieved at the end of the first day. having lost more than half of their men; such was the case of the 18th and the 8Sth The latter has been nedTiN e1IlEelN hIpSu Ools AuiOii5 those that have suffered the most are the Fifth. Twelfth, Twenty eighth and 1G7th divisionE.. as well as the Second (Prussian. Guardl, 4he 18th. the 21st and 26th divisions of reserves.
 Tn the second place, an enormous number of corpses were found on the battle ground, and the prisoners on being questioned acknowledged the extent of the losses of their respective units
 "To conceal from the German peo- pie the heavy sacrifices that their of fensive methods required, the Germans are sending most of their wounded to Belgium .t
 Tt is not an exaggeration to esti- mate the total of their losses at be- tween 275,OO0 to S0O,Ooo men,"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
FREQUENT CULTIVATION
WITH THE LARK!

Gardening before breakfast starts any day right.
 Those tomato stakes? Where are they? Expensive kinding.
 Are you saving some finely sifted coal ashes to loosen that elayey spot?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
Local Laconies.

Frank Vennette. of Boston. is in Westerly, the guest of Michael J. Deadly.
 A branch of the Daughters of Italy, an auxiliary. Of the Sons of Italy, has been organized in Westerly.
 Charles H. Nichols for many years with the. s. J. Reuter- & Son, Inoor- pofated, has secured employment. as bookkeeper at. the White Rock. mills.
 Claiming that the. contract made with employers two years ago has not been strictly observed; and the paint CTS of Westerly are out on strike The demand is for fifty cents an hour.
 John D. Robinson; father of Mrs. Fred P. Davis, Of Lower Pawcatuck, died at his home in. Old Mystic, Mon day morning. He also leaves, a son, Leonard c. Robinson, of Old Mystic. Fred ". Alfred Rhode Island mer- chants representative of the United States Food Administration. will ad dress Westerly merchants at the board of trade meeting in the sub ject of One Delivery a Day and Co., operative Delivery for Retailers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

1st, It tastes good. 2nd, It makes them feel good.
 It will turn feverish, fretful, cough. ing child into happily smiling one.
 Because = Ii puts 2 healing. soothing coating on feverish, inAamed, tickling throat. It helps taufies and stuffy, vheezy breathing. It stops coughs quickly, and it wards off croup.
 It contains no opiates, does not up. set a delicate stomach, and the last drop in fhe bottle is just ss good as the hrst. lny it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

Fifty per cent of the employees or 1 the Argentine Pacific railway have now
 returned to. work Some of the ser vices have already been resumed
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

Cardinal Farley Archbishop of New Yorli), writing in the America. says: =" Americans have been called com mercial, materialistic, and selfish. We have not found them so. They are kind, fair minded. and just. They are idealists in the best sense of the word truth" --'
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

It will pay the home gardener to grow certain specialties of which he may be fond, and which may be troublesome Or expensive to purchase. Okra is an example of this class. and little beds of parsley. chives or other herbs take up very little room and pro- vide the housewife with additions for her table which are most welcome if
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
CONDEMNATION AGREEMENTS.

Local Commissioner Approved Eneh- teen on Monday For Filing in Su- perior Court.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

they can be picked conveniently and at the right moment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

my head in the form of water blisters that burst. My skin was sore and I had my flesh torn to pieces from the iteh- ing. I never slept and I cried constantly. What hair I had on my head came out
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
David A. Bedford, Of Pawtucket, a lieutenant in the Marine corps, now in


 lieutenant in the Marine corps, now in James D. Kennedy, of the Westerly Public Library. writes: q am feeling fine: in fact never felt better. By gosh, Jim, I have friends in every state now. We certainly are poking the work at the men and they are just as hard as nails and twice as tough, When Mir. Boche runs into the ma | rines he will meet the worst outfit he ever saw and he is due to meet them n week CT so, so watch the papers. The men have wonderful spirit. The l ofhcers located where I am, comment on the spirit of the officers also. We are always ready for q game rough and tumble, or anything. I had a close shave the other day; a piece of grenade ripped through my pock i ct. Close ones don't count. It isn't 1 time to duck or worry until I see the l one with my name on it, and then if will be too late to duck or worry. How about it? If you watch your step and don't act like a alarmed fool you have a good chance, and that isn't hot air 1 have met a lot of English captains and they are dandy young men, Jim. , 1 The letter is dated March 14. Lieu. tenant Bedford is brother of Charles |
 Tony Falva ain outside foreman fo, the Westerly Light and Power com pany, was overcome with gas while at work in a trench opposite No. School street, and died from the ef. fects. He was sent there to locate { leak in the gas main. with instruction, to report. it being rule of the com, pany that no employe shall work alone where there. is, escaping gas. It i, assumed that MT. Falva located tn, leak and then attempted to stop it and was overcome in the attempt I Mrs. ". E. Saunders, who resides a No. 4 School street. noticed that tht man was notionless, and called a car penter, Charles 4. Dionne, who was a work, on the premises. MT. Dionn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

My mother was about giving up all hopes. After months of sleepless nights caring for me, friend recom- mended Cutieura Soap and Ointment. Nhe perse@red and after she had used six boxes of Cuticura Ointment and eight cakes of Cuticslra Soap I was healed" (Signed) Miss Carrie Doyle, 667 Saratoga St., E. Boston, Mass, June 27, 1917.
 For hair and skin health Cuticura Soap and Ointment are supreme. sannle Each Free by Mail. Address post. everywhere. Soap 25c Ointment 8 and 50c.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
LGLtMIA NAtNNUI ONE YEAR OLD
On Neck and. Head. In Water Blisters. Itched and Never.
 Slept Cried Constantly.
HEALED BY CUTlCURA SOAP AND OINTMENT

I was not a year old when first got eczema. Ii came around my neck and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
The usual sum of $25 was voted to Sheffield Greene. the forest warden.

Sheffield Greene. the forest warden,
 and the council approved these nomi- nees as district forest wardens:- Dan iel P. Talbot, Samuel c. Cottrell and c. Palmer Chapman. The only emolu- ment is that by statute the town is re- quired to pay three quarters of tele- phone rental. It is essential that the
 wardens have telephones and be ready to respond to calls in the event of forest fires. Men summoned in to aid in fighting these fires are entitled to pay at the rate of 20 cents an hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

Thomas. E. Brown, chief of police, reported five, arrests, four for intoxi- cation and one for lettering at the railway station. and four fire alarms were reported during the month Dr.. Samuel [. Webster, superintendent Of health, made report that during March thirteen cases of, contagious diseases were reported to him, six of chicken poxa four of measles and one each of diphtheria and whooping cough. Rus sell l.. Slocum was reappointed dog officer and Alhert H. Langworthv and William Nichols were reappoinfed ap- praisers of damage done by dogs.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

Ccu--i'ne- Fowler of the s-~cial enr1r-ittee to whom tho rro-oend bill board ordi-a1ce was referred reported progress and that the committee de- sired mora time far the consideration of the measure. The clerk was au- tAorized to contract with Charles I. Butler to furnish 100 tons of coal for the town hall and court house build ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

The subjects chosen for the contest between Westerly High school pupils, i'll the Martha P. Babcock prizes for best essays, are announced as follows: The Effect of the Present War Upon Literature; Chemistry As a Factor in Modern Warfare: The New Poetry The Past and the Present Foreign Policy of the United States: Food Value and War Time Conservation American Leaders in the War; Ou1 Forests, Their Use and the Necessity for Their Protection; The Collapse ol Russia,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

Lee & osgood co.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02

hurried to the trench and lifted MT. Falva out. He was. dead. ,Dr. M. H. Scanlon, medical examiner, was noti- fled and Mir. Faiva's body was re- moved. He resided in Tower street and leaves a wife and two children.
 MT. Faiva has been in the employ of the Westerly Light and Power company for twelve years, and Man ager Spelman refers to him as an in dustrious, capable and trustworthy employe, and respectable citizen.
 There was a very large attendance at the Easter Monday dance in the town hall, and it was a decidedly sue cessful social event. The dance was under the auspices of Narragansett Council. No. 21. Knights of Columbus and theS proceeds will be devoted to war purposes. The patrons and pa tronesses were Dr. and Mrs. John l. May, MT. and Mrs. Henry Foley. MT and Mrs. Joseph T. Murphy. Mir. and
 Mrs. Joseph L. Lenihan and MT. and Mrs. Edward J. Fenelon.
 A great many of the friends anc
 relatives attended the funeral of Julia E. Heaiey, Monday morning, whicf | was solemnized by a mass of requiem in the Church of the Imma acuiate Con, ception Rev. Joseph Dreyer va.
 oelebrant At the final dissolution | Charles St. Onge sang Hold Thou M, Hand, o Lord, and Just Beyond. Bur,
 ial was in St. Michaefs cemetery. Tn, bearers were Richard J. Butler, Jr j; M. Walter Flynn, Edward J. Butler ! Angelo Zerbarini William McGratl and Thomas Curtin.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-11-22
CULBERTSON

C. E. Smith of Bainville was here
Monday.
Miss Anna Hagen left this week
for New Salem, N. D., where she is
engaged in teaching school.
Frank Wedge is getting along very
nicely since passing the crisis OF the
flu.
Fred A. French of Portland, Ore
pon. and Mrs. C. Fine of Bainvillel
were quietly married in the latter
town Sunday, Oct. 9th, Rev. Haag-
ensen officiating.
Lieut.. Will Stahl recently wrote y
w. Tanner that he was to san Iol
France on Thursday, Nov. 7tn. A
this was several days before the arm
istice was signed, it is supposed ina
he is now in France or England. Inc
passage takes 5 to IL days.
A letter from Mrs. Ed Juelson
424 st. james Place, Chicago, is 6
fhe effect that her family are wei
and that Ed is sketching for larg'
firm in that city. She has been ver'
sick. but has recovered. Progress 9
the Magic Wheel has stopped unit
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-11-22

the war is over.
H. J. Anderson, assistant cashier
of the Citizens State Bank, is back to
work again after couple of weeks
illness with the flu.
Mrs. Marie Hanson, mother of Mrs.
Andrew Berglund Of Culbertson, died
of old age at her home in Menomo-
nee, Mich, Oct. "a, 1918. Mrs. Han
sen has nine grandchildren in the
war service.
Mrs. I. O. Slette and two children
went to Minneapolis last Sunday. The
little son Arthur was ailing and was
taken to Hill Crest Hospital in that
city for treatment. Junior stayed
with his daddy at Poplar.
Henry Horstman of Homestead is
recovering from long siege of Span
ish flu. He is at his daughters home
| Mrs. E. L. Spencer, east of Medicine
Lake, and has been i'll since October
3. He had a close call.
| Mrs. Mel McMullin has leased he
coal mine on the South Side to w. II
Brown, the junk man.
Bob Hake left recently for Mime
apolis, MINI. Mrs. Hage and child
:. rem went to their old home in Iowa.
George Hettinger, Jr., son of MI
and Mrs. George Hettinger, who liv
: about eight miles north of town, die
: on Monday, Nov. II, 1918, from tn
flu. He was Fl years old.
A'big buck deer came racing thr
3 Culbertson Tuesday evening abou
: dusk. He ran into the enclosure bac
of the Farmers Store and butted u
s against the woven fence in front. b
/ was thrown head over heels, b,
y picked himself up, squared off, ar
jumped clean through the fence. L
d crossed the railroad track just ca
/ of the depot and headed south.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-11-22
AMERICANS HAD
TOUGHEST FIGHTING
ACCOMPLISHED BREAK THRU
IN MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL
FRONTS.
(By Associated Press)

Paris. Nov. 2O.-Out of the confu-
sion and daze of the crowding mill
tary events on the western battle line
since late in September, when battle
followed battle until from Flanders to
Verdun, there was ceaseless action,
it is now permissible to outline to
certain extent the part played by the
American armies in the final decisive
battle of the war, which ended with
the armistice of last Monday.
Military reasons heretofore have
prevented accentuating the accom-
plishments of the Americans, except
in a cost general manner The dis
patches from the field have been ne
cessarily fragmentary and possibly
were overshadowed by the accounts
of the more dramatic operations over
the historic battle fronts to the west.
'It may now be stated that II
| American divisions totallng more
than 100000 American combat troops
participated in the most, if not en-
tirely the most difficult of the whole
front. The broken terrain, the topo'
graphy and the lack of roads madt
the problem difficult to describe. Ger
| many had in four years fortified 1t t
| the last degree of military skill, witt
superb roads, both rail and motor
connecting up to the rear position
and bases.
i The outstanding feature OF tn
| Argonne forest is q long chain O
, hills running north and south, cove
ed with dense growth Of trees, ant