New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

ments are incomplete.
Mrs. Nancy Carlo Dead.
Mrs. Nancy Carlo died late last
night at her home on Newton Park
avenue from pneumonia She was SO
years of age and was born in Naples,
Italy. She came to this country when
a small girl and has lived in PlainVille
several years. She leaves a husband,
John Carlo, and six small children.
Funeral arrangements are as yet in
complete.
With the Sick.
Garfield Jones, manager of tho P.
Hutton store, is sick with isfuenza at
his home in Southington. Wallace
Bradshaw OF the clerical force of Fris-
bic & Heming store is also on the
sick list. James Foran of the same
store returned to work this morning
after being confined for two weeks
with influenza. The condition of James
Simpson and Clayton Lawrence were
reported as more favorable this morn
ing. Miss Schwenck, operator at Rock
we'll & brakes factory, returned to
work this morning after successfully
battling with an attack of Influenza
Orders for Drugs Heavy.
The local druggists are working
early and late in an effort to keep the
people supplied with drugs. Since the
advent of the influenza the orders for
drugs have more than tripled. Many
kinds Of patent medicines and other
special cold curing drugs were sold in
great quantities within the past few
weeks. The greatest call has been for
camphor gum and for days at q time
there was none to be bought. The
druggists have sent to nearby towns
and cities for the comm odity, in order
to keep local people supplied.
Willard Cowles Promoted.
Word has been received by Mrs.
Ella CowIes of West Main street from
her son, Willard, who is a chief wire
less operator on a transport in for
eign waters, stating that he has sue
cessfully passed the examination and
is now a chief petty officer. Since en-
tering the service young CowIes has
applied himself diligently and he has
now won his reward. When war broke
out he was employed in the TrumbulI
factory and enlisted in the navy be-
cause Of his knowledge of wireless tel
egraiphy He has been recommended
already for remaining at his post and
saving a transport. He has been in the
navy seventeen m ontfs, enlisting when
he was seventeen years old.
1910 Subscribe to Loan.
Some interesting figures have been
compiled in connection With the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. The
most interesting are as follows: There
were 1910 individual subscribers. This
is forty-six per cent of the total popu-
lation and is 500 more individual sub
scribers than in any previous cam
paign Tn proportion to the towns
population this record is the best OBJ
tanned thus far in any of the war cam
paigns.
Plainville Without Sugar.
Plainvilles sugar supply is entirely
gone, according to a canvass of all the
stores in town where it is sold. One
grocer said that his supply had been
okla for the past week. Many
local people who have complied with
the governments request and bought
as sparing1y as possible. now find
themselves without any sugar None
of the dealers knows when to expect
any more despite the fact that their
orders were placed some time ago.
Red Cross Active.
Despite the fact that influenza,
pneumonia and other things hold the
upper hand in town, there has been
no let-up in the work being down by
the local branch of the Red Cross At
the present time the members are busy
finishing up the refugee garments
preparatory to starting on hospital
garments. The Rockwell-Drake unit,
composed of 5 girls is busy on knitted
garments. The Trumbull unit is
finishing up a. lot Of knitting prepara-
tory to starting on handwor1 Special
mention should be made Of the work
Of the Rebekah lodge. The
members of this lodge meet each
Wednesday and sew or knit all day.
The regular Red Cross members are
now busily engaged in pushing the
knitting of socks and helmets.
PIainyille Briefs.
Pierce Clark has entered Bowdoin
college, Maine, where he has enrolled
in the naval unit. He is a graduate or
Hebron Academy. also an institution
in Maine.
William Davis. night yard master at
the local freight yard, is conflned 10
his home with a touch Of grip.
October devotions were held in the