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Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

FOR SALE-Ten head of horses that have been used in the Bridgeport Ice Co. all summer and fall; one pair of grays, weight 5000; pair bay, 2So0; pair brown, 2700. and a few single that is family broken; these horses are all young and sound. guaranteed ant must be sold; trial allowed Corner Truman St. and Belden Court. liar vey's old stables, New London. nov26d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

FOR SALE Reed baby carriage, good condition Call go Cliff St. noY26d
 FOR SALE-Late 1917 Maxwell tour ing car in good shape; price reason able. Phone 636-5. nov26d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

FOR SALE-Ten horses from one of the largest condensed milk companies in the country. some extra good pairs also several single horses and mares, all good workers and drivers, aged to 12, weight 1000 to f40O. prices $40 to S175 each every horse guaranteed just as represented or your money re- funded in full; you will find most any kind here you want, truck. express, farm or driving horse; must be sold this week at some price; also q lot of heavy double team and express and light driving harnesses. Call at O'Brien X Cha SC s Stable, S71 Main St., Norwich
 nov26d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

2 U. s. GOVERNMENT wants thou sands clerks at Washington; men, women-girls, IS or over; $100 month; Norwich examinations Dec [; common education sufficient, with our coaching; your country needs you; help her and live in Washington during war times; write immediately for free list posi- tions open. Franklin Institute. Dept S2-J., Rochester, N. T., or apply at U. $. E. $. Office, 2S Shetucket St. nov6d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

WANTED = A girl to assist with housework and care of child; may go home nights if preferred. Apply IS Perkins Ave. or Phone 1905. nov26d
 WANTED-Teamste also men for selling timber; state wages with board. Box 438. New London. Apply U. 5. E s. Office. 28 Shetucket St. nov2ed
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

WANTED-A good 21a to horse power gas engine. International pre- ferred. Stone & Darling. R. F. D. 2, Putnam, Conn nov25d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27
TO RENT

TO RENT-A nicely furnished sunny front room in private family; steam heat Tcl. 353-12. nov27d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-27

WANTED-Au farmers to know that I am prepared to do butchering right on your promises; will also buy beef, hogs, poultry, etc. C. P. Spicer, R. F. D. 6, Norwich nov21d
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
Folly to Let Man Drink,
Says Druggist BrouOn, of Cleveland,
Who Clues Home Remedy

knowing why he lost the taste for
strong drink.
One woman who used this prescrip-
ton on her husband says: 1T is CO.
ing on the fourth week since ne has
touched a drop of anything in the
form OF liquor OF used tobacco O. any
kind He seems already like a differ
ent man. Tescum has gained a won
derful enthusiast in me. l regard il
as Godsend- Just think, 1 have never
seen my husband sober for more than
~ hours in years and now I is GO
ing on one month since he Ia his last
drink"
Another one gratefully writes: Il
have used tescum powders on my hus-
band and find It one of the greatest
cures in this world He hasn't taken
a drink for almost five weeks and
says he never will Ny home does not
seem Ike the same place and life
seems worth living. 1 hope thousands
gam what I have. This has been
good new year for me without drink
in my home"
Note: Prepared tescun. referred to
above should not be given except where It
IS desired 70 destroy all taste for alcoholic
drinks. Women who approve OF moderate
drinking and believe moderate drinkers
safe should give tescum only when they
see. as most do In time. that the danger
me IS plainly near. You take 10 risk
with Tescum as il IS sold IN this city
under Z steelbound mouey-refund guaran-
tee BY Kelly & Pollard and other first
class druggists They guarantee Il 70 Do
the work or refund the noney.-AdT.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15

A Kew Treatment Given without the
Consent or knowledge Of the Drinker.
Cleveland. Ohio.-A woman who lets
a man drink Is foolish, says Druggist
BrowI.. f5r no man who drinks even a
little bit is safe A woman can break
the drink habit IN q few weeks Tor
half what a man spends on liquor IN
the same time. and the drinker need
never know she did it For the sake
and safety OF both stop the drink hab-
Il IN its beginning. Let the first Whit
OF LIQUOR on his breath be your dan
ger signal. but even II he is rum
soaked through and through do not
despair. he can be saved and Il is
your duty TO save him Druggist
Brown knows the awful curse OF
strong drink because he himself has
been a victim. 4 loving sister res
cued him from the brink OF a drunk
ards grave and kept her secret for
ten years, then she told him how she
did IL She saved him from the de-
mon drink. rescued him from his own
depraved self BY means of a secret
remedy, the formula OF an old German
chemist To save other families from
the curse Of drink and to help other
victims out Of the murk and mire he
now makes the formula public. Any
druggist can help you II you long to
save a loved one. Just ask your drug
eiEt for prepared tescum powders and
drop a powder twice a day in tea, cOf-
Zee. milk or any other drink. Liquor
soon ceases TO taste the same. the
craving for Il vanisies and, 10. one
more drunkard is saved without
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
The French Cobbler and the American
San1n1ie; They Fail to Agree on Best
Methods and CobblepS Fortune Is Lost
By n. q. PARKE.

with a ripped out eyelet. "moi-you
repair-compree?
Gets Big business.
The old man nodded. The boy IN
khaki went out whistling. the SHOES
went into the pile and Henri resumed
his whiting. only to be interrupted
few minutes later by Doughboy No.
8. then by Doughboy No. and
throughout the day by an endless
procession Of Sammies with shoes to
When Henri winked out the light
in his shop and climbed the stairs to
his good wife there were 40 pairs
Of American army shoes piled high
in a dark corner. When he fairly
trIpped up the stairs the following
night, humming an old French love
song, there was a mountain OF those
same rough looking shoes back in the
gloom-each one looking exactly like
the other.
Henri looked up from his work into
the eyes of a bronze faced boy-his
'shOes~moi-fini?" inquired the
"Ah-oui-ou? answered the cob
"ou?' asked the doughboy.
La" replied the old man, with a
gesture that indicated, Pick out
your own"
The bronze faced boy gazed with
mouth agape for full minute Then
he recovered his breath.
''Whadye mean to tell me- can
get my kicks out OF that stack2" he
shouted. Think I'm crazy? Come
on now-dig EN- outi"
Too Much OF n Job.
Henri expostulated in rapid French
that he didn't know what it was all
about He was still expostulating
when Doughboy No. entered Close
on his heels came Doughboy No. 8,
and while the old man spat French
and gesticulated his shop rapidly
filled with khaki clad customers. each
loudly demanding his shoes and vol
leying rough words when invited 10
pick them out
All morning Henri engaged in YER
bal battle with doughboys. He neg
lected his work TO engage in the hunt
for shoes. All afternoon he wrangled
and at darkness he was still standing
off the assaults OF wrathy soldiers
That night he consulted a French Of
ficer who had spent a year in London
and then went to bed to a troubled
sleep.
Next morning the cobbler shop was
closed On the step outside was
pile Of American army shoes. On the
door was this sign:
"Thanksi American shoes not
again welcomed"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15

not a fit white mans game" the ma
jor explained But we made that g
company the best in Iowa" he con-
tinued proudly; and such a waiting
list that we had to organize a second
company. Gen Allen said the town.
with only ABOUT 10000 people. couldn't
stand for two companies. but It did.
and damned gOad ones, too"
The majors home is Fort Dodge,
where he has been the sales manager
Of the Fort Dodge Culvert company,
dealers in corrugated steel culverts
and road machinery
Jars a Republican Majority.
In 1919 the major was nominated for
congress on the Bull Moose" ticket
7 had only two weeks to campaign
through Il counties" said he. but I
Jared that pussy footed. Frank P.
Woods, chairman OF the Republican
national congressional committee.
with all his money. loose from his nor
NAL 5000 majority down TO 5000; and
If 1 had had another week or two I'd
have gotten him"
The major has held his present
military rank for nearly seven years.
beginning in the Iowa national guard
and including last year on the Mex1-
can border. He came TO Camp Cody
with the second Iowa infantry regi-
ment as major Of the second battalion
CCOntinuOd on Page IL. Col IL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15

smuggling schemes During his Sc
cret service labors in Mexico he made
his headquarters at the Orndorff no.
tel in FL Paso.
Helped Protect NeKinIey's Assassin.
Maj. Philpot was on the Buffalo po-
lice force when president Mckinley
was shot. He was one OF the officers
who fought off the mob to protect
Czolgoz, the assassin OF the president
"Czolgoz's picture. except in a group.
was never published" said the major.
incidentally, the one which passed in
the newspapers as his was one
grabbed down from a rogues' gallery
by an enterprising reporter who put it
over and no one questioned It."
In charge Of the gates at the St
Louis exposition and doing secret
service work there have been among
some Of the majors mild activities.
In 1906 he went into commercial
lines in Alabama as a travelling sales
man for the Brown Shoe company.
Livens Up Two Companies.
Later he went TO Fort Dodge. Iowa
There he was chosen captain Of COM
pany G OF the Iowa national guard.
run down" unit This gave him some
vent for his natural love for the milf
tary, which he had been pursuing in
Africa, China and in the Spanish war.
not to mention a small rnixup in Qua
temalan revolution That last was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15

. sides agree that so far as they car
control 1t, there would be no contest
"On that ground" put in Mr.. Quad
There's no joker in this. IL is your
proposition" retorted Mr.. Kemp.
Agree on Clerks.
AS to clerks It was agreed that six
I be used in each precinct and that
| three be named by each side
The opposing forces having agreed,
the commission then voted to rescind
its previous action Judge McClintock
then asked that each side suggest
names for judges. This was done and
appointments were made as follows:
(In the list as appears below. the first
and third names in the odd numbered
precincts were named by the ''wets"
and the remainder by the ''drys." In
each case the first named is the pre-
siding judge and the others are asso-
ciates):
Judges Agreed On.
No. wv. c. Bulger. H. L Young. R.
S. Austin. o. I. Bowen.
No. Guy Strickland. P. A Candle
laria. Dave McChesney, Incencion
No. al. P. Bender. J. ". Breed
ing, Eugene Weis, ". ". Richey.
No. 4-F. G. Bauer. James L. Gas
key, VIM Rheinheimer, A. n Alman-
No. ST c. Lyons. Rafael Gonzalez.
c. ". Christey n. S. Good, jr.
No. 6-W H. Austin, Manuel Esca-
jeda, B. 81. Strickland. Lee Newman.
No. m Goldoft, W. W Evans,
Sam Brown, H. L. Hoyt-
No. st. ". Ardoin, John N. Gayle,
P. P. Hammet, Ted Bartlett.
No. 9-M. ". Stanton, A Camozze,
Pat Guheen, O. s Osbourne.
No. 10-W. P. Miller. c. H Kolle. S.
L. Hughes. Trinidad Ortiz.
No. 11-Charles Held. J. n. Bradt. J.
= TarTuharfy- " q Nation
No. PA. H. Anderson, John Bright,
Russell Ramey, o s Devore.
No. 13-George Harper, Frank Jud-
kins. D. L Carson. A. Hoffman.
No. 14-R- L Nichols. ]; H Cound'
L. E. Davis, George n. Tost
No. ia J. Fullan: r. L Holiday,
Barney Cohn. J. 7. Hill.
No. Ill P. McChesney. W High
smith, NJ. /. Naquin. ]. J. Murphy.
No. &c. NJ Cunningham. 7. F.
No. 1S-B. L Farrar, J. B. Payne. B.
=. Carpenter. S. J. Gatlin.
No. st. ]. Cassidy, J. L Camp
bell, F. J. Langhan. N. B. Davis
No. 20-U- s. GOens J. H Cassens. h
A Lay. NJ. MeGurn.
No. &c. B. Dixon. h T. Ponsford.
John Figueira. Milton Shedd-
No. &C. H Jones, VIM MCCOY +.
E. Hunter, J. B Badger.
No. 23-M. r Sweeney. J. n. Lang
ford. N P. 8faloney. c. II. Campbell
No. 24-G. B. Oliver. 7. W Crutcher,
Sam Blumehthsl, J. D. Bukey-
No. 25-M. R Oman. E E Neff,
Louis Hess. J. J. Alundy.
No. 26-W. ". Click. I. G. Gaal. J. B.
Binkley. Marion Robertson
No. &C. NJ Order, E ". Earl n.
C. Buchoz. H. Z. Christie
No. 2s-H. 7. Bowie, A. J. Blain. J.
E. walker. \. J. Roddy.
No. 81. s. Doupe, ". L Tooleys 4
Nicholas Romero, 5. H. Sutherland
At three o'clock this afternoon the |
court was to convene again and judges I
for the outside precincts will be I
named
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15

WITH the American Army in
M France, Jan 15.-America's
entrance into the world war
brought a flood of prosperity rush.
ing into the cobbler shop Of old Henri
RappaL But Henri couldn't harness
the flood. It simply overwhelmed him,
passed on and left the little old man
a little whittier of hair. a little more
Wrinkled and not a sou richer.
Before the American army invaded
a certain French village, squatted
down at the foot Of high hill, Henri
led a frugal. contented. peaceful ex-
istence. On Monday Suzanne. the
daughter of the cafe keeper net
door. brought in her high heeled
shoes to be repaired. On Tuesday old
Andre climbed down from his high
wheeled cart with a muddy pair Of
thick boots to be hobnailed. And so
it went all week.
Now old Henri knew Suzanne, and
he knew SuZanne's shoes LikeWi7e
he had drunk many a bottle red
wine with Andre. and he knew An
ores boots as well az he knew his
prayers. When Suzanne came for her
she eS and Andre for his boots the
Wrinkled faced little cobbler hObbled
over and picked them out Of pile
near the stove.
Americans Too Much.
The Americans came to town on
Monday. There had been rumors of
their coming for days. Madame who
ran the village tabac shop had been
laying in stores OF vile smelling Gig
arets and heaps Of chocolates with
visions Of sudden wealth in her
pretty head. The cafe keepers. the
hotel proprietor and the old man who
kept the knick-knack shop near the
town hall rubbed their hands with
glee and made ready TO found the
family fortunes. Old Henri smiled
over his work, too.
On Tuesday Henri had his first
American customer. A bronze faced
boy in khaki pushed in the door lug
ging a pair Of heavy army shoes.
Look said the doughboy, point
ing to a run down heel Pas bon,
you fix-compree? %
The old cobbler nodded assent. The
passed out Henri tossed
the shoes into the pile near the
stove filled his pipe and went on
whiting a tough piece Of leather.
The door opened ten minutes later.
say" shouted another youth in
khaki, exhibiting a pair Of shoes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
Teaching Is Too Tame in
Home State; Goes Across
Seas to Do His Bit.
By L. @. TAYLOR

~A1IP CODY, Deming, n. NJ, Jan.
15.-For the best Of examples Of
~ two listed fighting man, man
Of the Roosevelt type. ever ready to
stand up for the right with no thought
OF the odds, ian immense, never firing
human dynamo" as one high division
staff officer described him. the s4th
division has that man without a peer
IN Maj. Sheppard 3. Phflpot, eomman-
der of the 125th machine gun bat
talon. Six feet, four, and ESQ pounds,
Of "all man only Il years old. with
a brain as clear and strong as his
body. all backed by an in
will intensely concentrated
in one sole aim: Lets win the war
forget everything else"-au this
and inexpressibly more. constitutes
the strenuous. fighting major. man
Of intense action, always ready 70
stand for a principle and back it fear
lessly.
The major Is OF Irish descent. He
was born in GAINESVILLE, o.. in 1876.
He was educated in the Iowa state
teachers college, but the Spanish war
coming on let his degree wait while he
Joined as a private the 4sth Iowa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
SALVATION ARMY COLONEL
COMING TO VISIT DEMING

Camp Cody, Deming, n. NJ, jan 10
Lieut. n. H. Kline. chaplain OF the
125th machine gun battalion, said
today that he was expecting here
from Denver, Colo, Col John W.
Cousins, Salvation Army commander
Of the intermountain province, which
comprises Colorado, Montana, Utah,
Wyoming. Arizona, and New Mexico
Lieut.. Kline, who happens to be the
only United States army chaplain OF
that denomination, stated that Col
Cousinss mission here was to look in
to the advisability Of his ligious or
ganization establishing a headquar-
tiers in Deming with special reference
to helping the soldiers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
Ode Says Friction In
Highway Commission Is
Cause OF designations

Austin, Tex, Jan l5.-Frlctlon
among the commissioners was the
cause which led 70 the resignation OF
the entire membership Of the state
highway commission, testified h c.
ode, one of the commissioners, before
the legislative investigating commit
tee. He also claimed that politics was
being injected into the commission
The committee decided TO have an
audit of the books of the commission
in a day or two. The governor has
not as yet appointed a new commits
sion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
VIOLENT GUNFIRE IS
REPORTED BY FRENCH

Paris. France. Jan. 15.-violent ar
tillery on the Verdun front is report
ed in today's official communication.
1t follows:
"On the right bank OF the Mouse
(Verdun) front, there were violent
artillery actions late in the night in
the sector between Haumont and
Caurieres wood.
In Alsace French patrols brought
back prisoners. Elsewhere the night
was calm"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15

rom New 4Ork neWspapers anu WIOtt
some vivid stories of the war
In Boxer Relief Expedition.
He was deported out OF Cape Town
in 1900, landing in Japan From there
he jumped TO China. and fell in for
the Boxer rebellion with the ninth
U. S infantry and took part IN the
relief Of the foreign legations in
Pekin. After Pekin. he was trans
ferred to the quartermaster's depart
ment serving both in China and the
Philippines under Gen. Chas. ? Hum
phreys-
he went on the lecture platform. his
subject on a tour across the continent
being The Boer and the Briton-"
Then followed work in the United
States secret service IN this country
and later in Mexico, working well over
the latter country, ferreting out
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
Ell PasO Lady Guys Liberty
Bonds With Operation Money

i have been busy saving up money
for an operation for gall stones which
my physician advised in my case.
Since taking one bottle OF Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy il looks as though
can safely use this money to buy
Liberty Bonds. I suffered for years
with collie attacks and bloating." II
is a simple. harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucus from the
intestinal tract and allays the inflam-
nation which causes practically all
stomach. liver and intestinal all
ments, including appendicitis One
dose viii convince or money refund
ed Kelly & Pollard. Potter Drug Co.
ADV
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
YOUNG-TIMOTHY BOUT IS
POSTPONED UNTIL JAN. 26.

Camp Cody? Demings n. NJ Jan Is.
The ten round boxing bout between
Kid Young Of Fl. Bliss and Buck
Timothy, of the 18th field artillery,
of This camp, which was programmed
to take place at the 34th division
stadium on the 18th, has been post
poned until Jan. &c at the same place.
The other athletic events to be pulled
off with this one are also postponed.
The reason for the change Of date
was delay in getting the arrangements
all made through the regular military
channels
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
ELECTIONS CALLED TO FILL
TWO LEGISLATIVE VACANCIES

Austin, Tex, Jan. ia proclama-
ton was issued today by governor
for February Is. to fill two more
vacancies in the legislature The va
cancies were caused by the resigna-
tons Of Walter Woodul, OF Laredo,
and Sam Low, of Brennan, both of
whom are in the service Of the gov
eminent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
WOULD CHANGE A. & M.
TO VOCATIONAL COLLEGE

Austin, Tex, Jan. 15.-That the a
& NJ College Of Texas be discontinued
as an agricultural and mechanical
college and be converted into a vo-
cational school, is the recommends
ton made today to the central legis-
latiYe committee by the subcommit-
tee which probed that institution.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15


infantry. Brig. Gen. H - Allen. COM
mander Of the 9th infantry brigade
here, was his captain But the vigor-
Gus young football player. who had a
record Of six minutes and 80 seconds
for the mile walk, got to see little ac-
tiOn, for Havana surrendered to Gen.
Fitzhugh Lees seventh army corps,
Of which the 49th Iowa was a part.
Fights With Beers; Captured.
Mustered out in Nay, 1889. the now
major went back and got that degree
of bachelor of didactics. But teaching,
for which he was educated. was too
tame for him The four years of study
Of military science at that college IN
der Maj. VIM. Dinwiddie. of the sec
ond Z. S. cavalry, was what appealed
most "On Thanksgiving day we
licked the South Dakota university at
football" said the major. and that
night left for South America to join
the Beers, landing at Durham" He
fought through the Modder river cam
paign and got captured by the British.
Incidentally he carried credentials
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
OPENS SCHOOL FOR TEACHING
ARMY INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

Camp Cody. Deming, ~ NJ, Jan. IS
E D. Milliken, head Of the 34th di-
vision intelligent office, stated that
he had opened a divisional school
where all the officers IN that line Of
duty will receive instruction as to the
best methods of performing their
work The most Of the instruction
given will be by experts from the
English and French armies who are
here for that purpose.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
SECRETARIES IN CONFERENCE.

camp Cody, Deming. n. n, Jan. Is.
e. +. Denison. head of the Y NJ
c. A in the camp work in this camp.
and secretaries r. T. Galloway, Fred
erick Schultze and 4. ]. Fry, the
three last being heads of depart
ments, left this morning for San An
tonic, TeSaa, to attend a conference
of secretaries Of the organization Of
the southern department.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
SOLDIER FALLS FROM
WINDOW. DIES L ATE,U

San Francisco, Calf. Jan. 15.-Pvt
". S. Murphy, jr., medical corps OF
Gardiner, Kansas, died in a military
hospital here today from injuries re-
sulting when he fell from the third
story window Of an apartment house.
Murphy had been sleeping on a
couch following a dinner party, ac-
cOrding to Mrs. Grace Fritchley, who
said she was a member Of the party.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
'DRYS' AND VETS HAVE FIRST
ROUND ON JUDGES Of ELECTION

Previous Appointment by Commissioners of List Pre-
scented by J. u Sweeney Revoked for Coalition" Of
ficials on Application of Judge Isaacks, After
Wordy Scrap Takes Place in the Courthouse.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
AMERICAN CENSORSHIP IS
DAMAGING TO LIBERTY
CONTINUED from page p

be great in the spring. The reason
lies wholly in the fact that the news
papers at home and even the cores
pondents at the front have been al
lowed to talk too big. Level headed
Frenchmen think that there are al
ready half a million American SOL
diers in France and that there Will be
a million in the spring. In the spring
they will find that this IS not so, and
they will be disappointed and angry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
Maj. Philpot, in Six Wars, Whips
Cody Machine GunnerS Into Shape

from New York NEWSPAPERS and wrote
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15

- 7ITH the American Army in
M France, Jan 15.-America's
w entrance into the world war