Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-04
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Lakeville.--Esx- Senator Charles ". Barnum of Lime Rock fell while walk ing near his home. slipping on some ice and breaking his right leg Waterbury.--Mrs. Charles A. Jack section of the state council Of defense, spoke last week at var rally in Shel . ion.
 Moedus.-Gerald German. while en- gagged in pulling the ice from the rack st the east mill the other morning, 1 captured black bass that weighed 4 pounds and oances.
 southington.--State Food and Dairy Commissioner Thomas Holt of this town has been in Boston to attend the annual convention of the New England | food and drug officials.
 Deep River.-At the meeting of Uni ty grange at Grange hall Thursday night Daniel R. Kane of the state highway department addressed the meeting on the subject of Good Roads.
 Hartford.-Mrs. Dora Williamson of No. 35 Ward street is operating one of the elevators for Sage, Allen & Co.,
 
 the same store. Miss Annie Lauridseu of No. 49 South street. She formerly did housework
 urnside.-Postmaste Patrick C. | Cavanaugh has announced that his supply of thrift stamps is exhausted owing to the contest between children l in the grades of the Burnside gram mar school. He has sent to Washing ton for supply. 7
 South Manchester.-When the re 1 ceipts for the month on thrift stamp sales at the South Manchester post office were totaled last week it was found that the amount received from the sale of the stamps had been $2S.T6o.66 This is an average of over GOO a day
 l Ansonia.-A certificate of organiza tion of the w and W. Sand and Crave company of Ansonia has been record ed. Capital stock is $20.O00 divided into 800 shares. The subscribers gre Irving White, Edwin H. wirtemburs of Ansonia, Daniel E. Brinsmade and Benjamin N Board of Shelton.
 Middletown.-At meeting of the executive committee of the Middle town war bureau Mrs. Robert H. Fife IT, reported that local letter carrier. are energetically pushing the sale O thrift and war savings stamps for { prize of $100 has been offered to the postman in Connecticut who sells tn, most.
 Southington.-The first consignment of war bread arrived in this town tn, other day and came through the Bris l tol dealers in this town The neV bread is very dark brown and has n, resemblance of wheat and tastes fiat It sells for the same price as the whea bread and is as acceptable as the all wheat. The local bakers are not mak ing the war bread as yet, as they hay a large supply of the wheat. flour ol , hand.
 Litehfield-One of Titchfeld's sum mer residents, during the smileag book campaign in the city where sh
 was, purchased 20 of these books an sent them to Miss Cornelia B. Shit with the request that they be sent t : the Litchfleid soldiers in camps wher they could use them. Miss Smith ha accordingly sent them to the boys i b the various camps. Each book entitie the bearer, to 20 free entrances into tn | Liberty theatre.
 l Meriden.--With the disappearan nc 2 from Meriden of Annie Solak. 15. tN = persons are left sadder and wiser. al s last Friday night Annie told Mis n Fannette Van Converting, nurse z r the entrance of the T. W. c. A.. ,ths : she had been locked out of her hom d Miss Van Converting engaged a rool = for her. In the morning she had dis
 appeared and also had her benefat s. tress handbag containing s15. Sf : was arrested late Saturday night aft, t having spent the money. and yesterda l, her father, George Solak, saloe l. keeper, gave $50 bail for her releas
 The next day she could not be four
 and the $50 bond was declared fo
 feited by the police coUrt