Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
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Norwich. Thursday, Oct. a4, tsis.
VARIOUS MATTERS

Nice looking native chestnuts are being brought to market
 The office of Dr. c. Barnard will be closed until Monday y.-AdV.
 This week there are 12S5 patients at the Norwich State Hospital for the Insane.
 Hamburg is tubdlant because the town went over the top on the Fourth Liberty loan, the quota being $2s. GOO. Local alumni learn that Yalc's total of subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty l0ar exceeded the half million mark.
 Some of the granges have been I Folding their October meetings in the form of outdoor husdngs, as both sanitary and eAjoyable.
 The New London naval district base Is in dire need of women capable If filling yeonan vacancies left oren by tho shipment of men to sea.
 Members of the Groton Christian Endeavor are to entertain the men of the service at Halloween social at the Grotonl Congregational church
 According to the annual report, the Central Vermont Railway coinpanys lines are divided into five districts and thY total length of the lines is 53s4 miles.
 Great ballot medium, Mrs. Bradley Spiritual Academy, Sunday .-adv.
 The Norwich Savings society is dis playing a service flag in its banking house for Harold P Hull, of Laurel Hill, who left Wednesday for Fortress Monroe.
 Wednesday was the s5th birthday of James A. Gary. now of Baltimore, the postmaster general during NicKinley's admins ration, who was born in En- Casvile, Conn.
 The funeral of Harry W Bliven was rcld Tuesday at l o'clock at his home in Waterford. Services were in charge O. Rev Percival Wolfenden. Burial was in Jordan cemetery.
 The marriage of Miss Ruth Carlson. daughter of Captain and Mrs. James Carlson of New London. anf Ii. w. Ilobey Of Newburyport Mass, will take rlaee today at New London. Today (Thursday) will be observed as Soldiers Home Day at the Fitch | Home at Noroton and it is announced l that the invitation to attend includes all comrades of the veterans.
 An exchange suggests that this is | the time to shut off the water from cdtside hose connections as some of these nights it will freeze hard be- ] fore the householder realizes it. Eight hundred young men, inolud 1 ing several from Norwich and vicinity were formally inducted into the Stu dents Army Training Corps at Holy Cross College. Worcester, Thursday,
 Several fishing vessels will arrive today at Osgood wharf, fish 10c lb.- adv.
 A westchester girl. Miss Dorothea 1 Williams, has completed her thTsC years course :n training at the Hart ford Hospital, and is now engaged as Q special nurse at that institution.
 A correspondent notes that th. Hall brothers. G. NJ, of Middletown lG w. of Norwich, and Albert O Storrs, spent Sunday at the home O their father. c. B. Hall, in Moodus.
 Two Lyme young men, Monte Pier son and Lewis Carter, left this Ncel 10 go into camp. They have been helt UT the past two weeks on account o1 the prevailing illness Tn the camps.
 A giant pumpkin weighing 5i pounds and grown by Charles Grebe or Boswell avenue. has been on ex hibition in the show window at Mrs '. E. Robinso1's. on Franklin street
 D. r. Clifford will be al hall ii Chamber of Commerce building, Sat urday. Oct 26, to p. m, to registe pupils for dancing. classes. No cards adv.
 The funeral of Frank W. Barker ? Ss. son of Mir. and Mrs. Emerson Bar lSer who died in Norwich Oct. 22, vii be held this (Thursday) afternoon, a the family home. Mill Plain Road. a Eranford.
 In letter from the artist, autho and traveller, Frank Edward Johnson tc his mother, Mrs Edward Whitin , Johnson. of Norwich, he tells of tl recent death in Havana Of a woma l4T years old
 The food authorities are asking Con necticut housewives to utilize all tn Windfall apples to make apple butte % be used instead of the scarce crea1 butter for children's lunches, etc, dur ing the coming winter
 An institute for the elementar teachers of Chester, Essex, Killing worth, Lyme Old Saybrook, Dee River and Westbrook. is to be hel in Old Ssybrook, October 18th i charge of Supervisor of Schools c. I Westbroek.
 The two Norwich reservoirs. Fair view and Stony Brook. contain 500
 00o,ee0 gallons at present, accordin to the estimate of Supt Walter V
 Lang. The last analysis, about
 month ago, showed the water in fin
 condition and purity.
 Robert Jewell, appointed by th railroad administration to have char
 of the Liberty loan collections anon
 the N. i.. N. H. & H. R. R. company d employees at Rockville, succeeded l 1T Fetting 1S out of a possible 21 to sut e scribe, collecting $2,250. E The government departments ar
 cfIlces at Washington, D. C., are
 urgent need of stenographcrs ar
 typewriters for war work and to fl
 the demand the civil service commi , sion is holding competitive examins '' lions for immediate appointments.
 Rt. Rev. c. B. Brewster, Episeop
 bishop of Connecticut, is i'll at h
 home in Hartford with an attack fl the prevailing influenza, and has al 1. nounced that he must cancel his wis '" tations. He is not seriously i'll, b
 will be confined to the house for son = days.
 Wednesday the changes in the far On the Shore Line Electric Raiiw: M company went into effect on the No 'l wich- Westerly and Westerly -Grot,
 divisions. The new rate is based ,
 three cents per zone for ride
 three or more zones, five cents in al
 one zone and seven cents in any tt
 zones.
 - JEWETT CITY COMPLAINS 3, ABOUT WATER SUPPL l. The borough of Jewett City, town