Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
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VARIOUS MATTERS

VARIOUS MATTERS
 This is almanac day for March.
 Light vehicle lamps at 5.ss o'clock this evening.
 Wasbington's Birthday favcrs and novelties have sold we'll
 The days length has increased one hour and three quarters. Flags out in honor of Washington, who was born February 22, 1732
 Teamsters and other drivers found Thursdays cutting wind extremely trying.
 The mercury dropped to degrees above zero at Trading Cove yesterday morning.
 A consignment of big machines for the Marlin Rockwell Arms plant was delivered Thursday. Patterson's sawniH on the late Johr D. Gallup place at North Stonington is running with full force. Students from some Of the colleges and preparatory schools will come home for the holiday and week end A Lyme resident, Mrs. Mabel Tyler, has been taken to the hospital suffer- ing with blood poison, caused from chilblains.
 Euphemia circle of the Kings Daughters returned a quantity of fin-, ished work to the Red Cross room Thursday. Doors and windows of stores and factories which were opened during Wednesdays mild air, were closed tightly yesterday.
 The Yarn Shop announces a spe- cial sale of high quality army and na- I " yarn with exceptional prices for l Friday and Saturday.-a The Woman's Guild of St. Andrews I church took out another allotment of ] Red Cross sewing from the room in the Thayer building. Thursday. Members of the Catholic woman's club, Mrs. Frank T. Sylvia, president sewed for the Red Cross at the Halle club rooms. Thursday afternoon, The school pupils who must keep at their studieS today will have a holi- day March 29th. Good Friday, and Thursday, May soth, Memorial day.
 The Camp Fire Girls. Pequot Fire, of Broadway church are to meet this afternoon with their guardian, Mrs. A. c. Freemans of TT Mckinley avenue. A thermometer on Franklin square which read 50 degrees Wednesday noon indicated temperature of 20 degrees at the same hour Thursday. The church social for District No 1, of the Central Baptist church is te
 be held at the home of Rev. md Mrs Arthur F. Purkiss. 156 Broadway, this evening.
 A large shipment of the new san itary sock yarn containing absolute ly no dye has just been received al The Yarn Shop, IT Cliff street.-adv II The school in Groton began Thurs day to run on wood fuel. There has been no school in the borough for SC long that sessions will be held six days week to catch up. Local afumnae have received word from Northampton that the senior class of Smith college has voted tt give up all commencement festivitie.
 at graduation next June. II The humble domestic broom is ad ding to the high cost of living by sell ing in Norwich stores at S9 cents, witt
 the prediction that the next price vii be jacked up to one dollar.
 
 a In general the barber shops of Con
 necticut will remain open all da, Washington's Birthday. due 10 tn fact that they have been obseryin
 the Monday closing order.
 ton committee of which Mrs. Franl A. Mitchell is secretary, was held fol lowing the prayer meeting at tn Central Baptist church Thursday ev ening.
 The frost is coming out of tn ground and this swells the road
 beds in places along the railroad,
 and makes the going pretty rough a
 times. This with other causes affect E the rails.
 This is the date when quaint Co
 lonial costumes, antique 1ewelry an . the like will be brought out of dust attics and dark wardrobes, to do du MI ty at old folks concerts and Wash lngton parties.
 The question of afiliation with tn
 American Federation of Labor will |
 taken up at the 20th annual conver
 ton of the Connecticut State branc
 of the United National Association (
 
 day.
 The Lumber Dealers association (
 Connecticut in it's 26th annual cor
 vention in New Haven Wednesda
 centered it's discussions largely on u N effect the railroad embargoes have a
 ready had on the lumber trade in tn
 state.
 E Thirteen new names to be printt E on the towns honor roll board in Il
 court house grounds have been recei1
 ed by Miss Mary B. Richards, 2 |, Broadway, tel. 14s5, who is securil
 the names of Norwich men in the fe
 eral service.
 L Rev. Peter J. Cuny has suggest,
 that the men of St. Patrick's pari receive Holy Communion three tim - before Easter-each for his own spi
 ltual needs. for the dead, and for Il
 spiritual and temporal welfare of t
 parish boys in the war.
 In line with a movement whi lH had already been suggested by loc v dealers in farm implements com
 the inauguration of farm imp
 rnent inspection and reparr wet = The week. of March 4-s has be
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