Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-28


 The burning of soft coal in some households in the country. assures the decorator that next spring should be busy season.
 Tears of sorrow and joy almost conrningled when the Norwich boys left for Camp Greenleaf. Away Down South in Georgia.
 President Wilson has asked the Boy Scouts of commence to put forth their utmost efforts to make the fourth h. berty loan success.
 The Connecticut Humane society has sold its farm of sixtyeight acres in Bloomfield to Nathan G. Alderman of that town.
 If pleasant this afternoon there will be peaches on sale at the Witch Hazel Mill corner. on New London road also sold at A. T. Otis'.-adv.
 A certificate of incorporation of the Norwich Coal Company of Norwich has been filed at the state secretary's office The capital stock authorized is s15,000
 | The Hungarian Social Club of Hart ford held mass meeting Tuesday eve ming to consider plans for move ment to Americanize the Hungarlans of that city.
 The Connecticut Vegetable Crow ers' Assoclation held it's annual meet ing on Tuesday at Fairview Farm in Wethersfeld the home of President W. G. Griswold.
 The government has ordered a miniature tablet and the star of David to be worn by Jewish chaplains in the United States army and navy as the insignia of their rank.
 A report that German was bar red over. the lines of the Southern New England Telephone company's lines in conversation is not confirm ed by telephone officials. With the exception of last Sunday and Monday, it has been many moons since Allyns Point was minus at least one coal barge One arrived on Tues day and the second was broken. i Lefngweu Baptist church will hold 1 lawn social at the home of John Rathbone this afternoon and evening. Supper served from to g. Succetash ! include6.-adv.
 Congressman Augustine Lonergan 1 has taken up with the war department the natter, which has been under con- sideration for some time, of taking over Trinity college. for war purposes. There is strong resemblance be- l tween Brigadier General Manus Mo Closkey, T. S. A, and Charles c. Per kins of New London, we'll known in masonic. circles throughout the state
 The motor-hus fare to New London l fourteen miles, is fcrty cents. What will be the proportionate charge to the fair grounds next week? The fair 1 grounds are about three miles from Franklin square.
 l Following the example of Norwich New London did give the draftees g big send off, the band of the New Lon don Ship and Engine company fur nished the music. Mayor Rogers made patriotic speech.
 The Smith college alumnae office has received a cablegram from the Smith college relief unit. saying that the unit has been transferred from Beauvais to Chateau Thierry to dc emergency relief work.
 Hartford will continue to protec it's water supply with a full force 0, armed guards and all trespassers vii be kept away from the reservoirs, as during the past year and half. ac- cording to a vote taken by the Watel commission.
 | Musical entertainments are likely tt be limited in number the coming win. ter, in the event that congress adopt the proposed war revenue bill with it provision for a 20 per cent. tax on al admission prices to ,amusements anC entertainments.
 More than 10000 deadweight tom of shipping were added to the Ameri
 can merchant marine in the weel ending last Thursday, by the comple ton of eight more vessels in Ameri can shipyards. Seven Of the shin were of steel and one of wood.
 Ralph and Raymond Pride, twil brothers, sons of MT. and Mrs. Will , liam Pride, formerly of Bridgeport TOW New Haven, left Tuesday fo Camp Greenleaf. Ga. The boys hay ! just recched 21 years of age and wer registered in the registration on Jun
 last.
 The number of typhoid cases i, the state has increased more rapil in the last ten days than the official of the state board of health expect ed. Already the number is sixty
 while last year the total for the en
 tire month of August was only sev
 enty four.
 The completion of plan whereb
 college men will be enlisted and en
 rolled in the Students Army Trainin
 Corps and. in cases where men sho7
 promise along some line of study es sential to the war, continued in col
 lege to go on with college work. ha
 been announced.
 The new $1 and s2 federal reserv bank notes. issued under the Pittrna
 act, passed last April, have made thei 1 appearancet They are secured by
 United States certificates of indebted
 ness or Upited States one-year gol
 notes. deposited with the treasurer (
 the United States.
 All wounded marines, returning fro1
 France, by common wish of comrade , and without official opposition. wi
 be saluted by all other marines, re
 garless of the rank of the wounde men. The wounded men will not | : required to return the salute, nc of the. head, a smile, will be suffic
 Captain George Tait, camp pc.
 sonnel officer at Camp Devens. hc
 telegraphed State Secretary Frederic d L. Perry to send 1000 more. soldi
 ballots to Camp Devehs as the nun
 Der already sent to the camp, upC
 information received from town vo t ing officials by the state secretar
 has proved insufficient
 William A. Segar, s8, who died (
 Saturday at the home of his daugl ter, Mrs C.. II. Simonds in Hartfol will be buried in Stafford Springs t
 day. He leaves two daughters MI