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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
Personal Mention

Otto Crumb was a visitor in the village Friday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
Children Cry
 FOR FLETCHER'S c A s Q RIA

WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus mess before the public. there is no medium better than through the ad- vertising columns of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06

Lack of originality in some persons conversation displays their good judg- ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
Trout Fishing

Saturday afternoon party of local young men went trout fishing in Broad brook, making the trip by auto Those in the party were James McSheffrey, David O'Brien and George Sullivan.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
GREENEvILLE

Six hours after high water it is low tide. which is followed by flood tide.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
TAFTVILLE.
Party for Miss Annie Poyerd--Persona
 Mention.

Saturday evening very enjoyable surprise party was rendered Miss An nie Poyerd at her homo on South A street. A very enjoyable evening was passed with games and music, after which refreshnent were served The party broke up at a. late hour, all voting Miss Poyerd an ideal hostess.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the Service.
56th Made Fast Trip,
Supply. Co.,,

Friends in Willimantic have received a letter from Wagoner Elmer K Gal lup. who is oversea:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06

Sun, Moon and Tides.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06

U. s. Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign
 Service, Place D. Irna. Paris, j France, Postmaster, New York.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30

their own zeal to make record Id This riveting gang of the Bethl| Shipbuilding corporation, Fore shipyards, Quincy, Mass. claim| United States record for riv| having driven 2,805 rivets in hours.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30

beth Duval, and she is probably the Cnly woman wireless operator on any steamer in the world. Not long ago, when Miss Duval was in the offices of the navy department at Washing ton, she took occasion to tell how much the governments news service r,,eans to the crew of the ship on V hich she is located.
 'It keeps us from feeling that we are out of it." Miss Duval said. When we can have daily reports of what Washington officials are doing and what is happening on the French front it seems as though we were closer to the big things that are hap pening in the world.'
 The world is undoubtedly smaller than if once was. No more graphic proof of the truth of this could be found than the way in which our ships and naval stations are united by wireless. As the newspaper is one Of the great co-ordinating agencies of modern society, so the United States Navy Press draws together the huge and scattered family of the navy. But the flashes sent out from Arlington arc still more indispensable for the sailor than the daily paper for the landsman. They keep him close to the heart of things by sending him information from which he would otherwise be cut off. For this req son they must be counted among the vital factors in winning the war.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30
,JACkIES GET DAILY
 NEWS EVEN AT SEA
Baseball, War and National
 Events in Brief

Each night the navy departm ent scnds out from Washington a wire less news service "The Navy Press" to all ships and coast radio -sta- tions, The message ranges from 500 to 1,600 words in length and contains items of general and particular in terest to officers and seamen in every hrapch of the naval service. Each day the budget of news is carefully sorted and the more important events are put into concise English. During the night the words are flashed out by the governments radio operators. end next morning there appears upon the ships bulletin boards a resume Of all the previous days happenings, both abroad and at home.
 A very clever machine has been devised to make easier this distribu- tion of the cream of the current news. It is somewhat like a type writer and somewhat like a stock ticker. Instead of printing words it punches holes in a long ribbon of white paper. The ribbon is inserted ir the wireless sending machine and the message clicked off automatical- ly. Once released, it is caught by gli of the radio stations along the coast, and they relay 1t farther to other stations and to the ships. Yes sels plying along the coast and many rt sea catch the initial m essage sent from Arlington. For those far out In the Atlantic the relaying service Is necessary.
 No cipher is used and the process Is known as "hroadcasting. It goes out to any and every vessel, battle ship or merchantmen, whose radio instrument is tuned to receive it.
 On small ships one bulletin board is usually enough to contain the news for those aboard. On a large man. nf-war there may be ten or even more. One is ordinarily placed in the ward room, one in the junior off, cers' mess room, one in the warrant
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30

officers mess room and one in the chief petty officers mess room. sev- eral bulletin boards for the crew are loca ted in convenient gathering places about the ship. Besides the bulletin boards, a copy of the news letter is given to the ships com mander and, if there chances to be an admiral on board. a special copy is prepared for him also.
 The news needs of men aboard a. battleship are as various as their tastes and dispositions. All are in terested in war developm rents, but each seaman also has his particular hobby. One is eager to know what is happening in the theatrical world. another is chiefly concerned with the fluctuations of the stock market. The United States Navy Press Service recognizes this divergence of inter ests and caters to the different wants
 Closely related to the interest in market reports is the desire of the sailors to know about the financial standing of government bonds, A great many of them own Liberty Bonds Although they feel sure of the security of their investment they like occasionally to be treasured, fltEOne LllS pdldSI ptIS "1l1Ctl WS1 Q sent out on April 6 the following ap- pears:
 New York. April e.---The market closed strong today. During late dealings many issues making new high records for the day. The At lantic Gulf and w I. sold up to 112 i-2, an advance of 1-2 points. and steel common to 91 3-4. Corn pro- ducts moved up to 37 3-s and Ma rine preferred advanced over two joints to 94. Government bonds steady. Railroad and other bonds strong"
 Baseball. the national sport is consta ntly in the minds of the boys at sea. Although they are unable to play it themselves (for the deck of 9, ship is a. poor place to knock flies and swat out three baggers), they flock eagerly to the bulletin boards to read notices of the games of the landlubbers. When the big league season opens. reports of all the i'm portant games become 8 regular fea- ture of the service. When a world S series is on, or a decisive game is to be played near the end of the sea son by closely matched teams, spe- cial wireless messages are sent out for the information of the jack -tars.
 It is not only the regular navy which benefits by the radio service. Steamships of the merchant auxiliary and every sort of craft connected with the navy can pick up the news which goes by wireless. Not long ago the Merchants and Miners Transpor- tution company's boats were requis- ticned by the United States Navy. On board one of them is a girl radio operator. Her name is Miss Eliza
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30
WEEPING ECZEMA SOON RELIEVED A Perfect Treatment For This
 Distressing Complaint
WASING.


 TT had an attack of Weeping Eczema; so bad that my clothes would be wet through at times. I suffered terribly. 1 could get no relief until I tried FTruit-a-tives Cor Fruit Li5er za6lets) and sSootha Salya'. The first treatment gave me relief. Altogether, have used three boxes of 'Sootha Salva' and two of 'Fruit-a- tives' and am entirely well'.
 c. ". HALL. Both these remedies are sold by dealers at soc. box, 6 for $2.5O, or sent by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURG, NY.
 "Fruit-a tives" is also put up in trial size which sells for 25c.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30
FACE A-S|GHT
 WITH P|MPLES Large, Hard and Red. ltched and Burned So Could Not Sleep. Cuticura Soap & Ointment Healed Inside Week. Now Not
 Ashamed to Go Out.

My face was covered with pimples and was sight to look at. The
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30

Soap and Ointment and inside of week was all healed, and now I am not ashamed to go out.'' (Signed) Frank Nuzzo, 165 Cove St., East Boston, Mass, August 24. 1917.
 A little care, little patience, the use of cutieura Soap, and no other, on the skin and for everyday toilet purposes, with touches of Cuticura Ointment, now and then, to any pimples, rashes, redness, roughness or dandruff usual- ly means clear, healthy skin, clean scalp and good hair through life.
 Sample Each Free by Maa. Address post. card: "Cnticura, Dept. R, Boston," Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and soc.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30
The Effects of Opiates,

~HAT INFANTS peculiarly susceptible to opium and it's varii
 all
 smallest doses if these opates changes in the fun growth cells likely mbecty mental craving for alcohol or narcotics in later
 
 The children should receive oates in the smallest doses for than day at te only then if unavoidable The administration of Anodyn Drops Coas Soothing syrups children decr and the druggist should not be Children who a dose them wilfuly with if H.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30

The remarkable precedent set by the builders of the Tuckahoe has stimulated a general spirit of com petition in the shipyards of the coun- try. Riveting gangs are everywhere being encouraged by bonuses and by
New Britain herald., 1918-05-30

plrnraes were of pretty large size and they festered, and were hard and red. They itched and I had to scratch my face making it worse. Then 1t started to burn and I was not able to sleep.
The citizen., 1918-01-03
GREYHOUND FAST AS PIGEON
English Dog Can Cover Ground at the
Rate of From 10 to % Yards
Every Second.

Comparatively few people realize OF
what remarkable speed dogs are capa-
BILE, observes writer In the Spring
field (Mass.) Republican. The wolf
can run between so and 60 miles In one
night, and the Arctic fox can do quite
as well, II not better.
Eskimo and Siberian dogs can trav-
el As miles on the Ice In five hours,
and there Is one case on record In
which a team Of Eskimo dogs Travelled
six and one-half miles In 2S minutes.
English settlers and pointers hunt at
the rate OF 1s to 10 miles an hour. and
they can maintain the speed for at
least two hours. Foxhounds are extra
ordinarily swift, as is proved by the
fact that dog Of this breed once
beat q thoroughbred horse. covering
four miles In six and one-half minutes.
Greyhounds are the swiftest Of all
four-footed creatures, and their speed
may be regarded as equal TO that Of
carrier pigeons. English greyhounds
which are carefully selected and which
are used for coursing are able to cover
at full gallop space between IS and
% yards every second.
II Is said that hare at Its greatest
speed never goes faster than at the
rate Of IS yards a second. These In
teresting statistics fully prove the right
Of the greyhounds to rank as the swift
est Of the quadrupeds.
The citizen., 1918-01-03

There is to be a Judgment day, isn't
thereT
"Yes, they say So"
Gabriel will blow his hornr
II expect he WILL"
"And the quick and the dead will
rise up7"
"Yes.'
'Deacon Goodhue, how far is II from
this TO the town Of GuilfordT
"Just seven miles, widder."
And a straight roadp"
"There haint bend In IT,"
swell, everybody In this village
knows that my Peter used to start for
Guilford every Saturday for years and
years."
Gle did, widder-he did"
"And everybody also knows that he
got lost as regularly as he started, and
IL took two days to find him."
"Two days, widder, and sometimes
three"
"When Gabriel blows that horn amt
there goln' to be such a bustlin' and
hustlin' as this world has never seen7"
"Quite likely"
"Peter will be among 'em. When
he pops out of his grave he'll take n
look around, and II he sees the same
old landmarks he'll hustle straight for
the golden gates. IL he's been dug up
and buried In a strange spot it'll be
like goin' to Guilford over again, and
the gates will be shet agin him. No,
I want TO give Peter a fair show with
the rest of 'em, and shan't withdraw
my protest"
Did the deacon argue the point7
Not bit of II.
Did he offer a whopping big price,
and thereby arouse the widows cupid
ity, and start her making inquiries2
Not at all. He just went home and
sat down and thought aloud:
"When a widder woman Is a widder
woman what does she want most on
this earth?
"When a widder woman has to make
her own garden, milk her COW, feed
her hogs, take care of the chickens,
split the wood, shovel snow and build
her own fires what does she most sigh
for2'
For a man, of course" he answered
himself-"any fool knows that"
The deacon set out with horse and
buggy and rode over most of the coun-
try. He finally found the man he was
looking for, and accosted him with:
"Do you want to marry a widder
woman with about $3.000f"
you bet your hat l dol" was the
ready reply.
II did not take over half an hour to
settle the details, but the deacon
thought best tc wait ten days longer
before calling on the widow Raymond
again. She met him with smile and
said:
Deacon, am ready to withdraw
my protest"
"Has something happened, widder"
he innocently Queried.
II am going to marry a man named
Rogers"
"You don't sayr
"Yep. No more single blessedness
for me-"
"But about Peter when the horn
blowsT
"Oh, as to that I've been thinkin'.
II Peter, when the Judgment day
comes, can't keep up with the scram-
BILE, he must put up with the best he
can dow
And when the villagers heard that
the deacon had made a clear $4,000
by securing husband for the widow
and selling the property to the rail-
roads, they went to the parson again.
"As 1 take It," he replied, the
widow couldn't look around. and SO
the deacon did It for her."
"But he made $4,000"
"And out of it he has paid up my
back salary, and is going to repaint
the meeting house and provide 1t with
spire and pew cushions. The dea-
cons all right"
The citizen., 1918-01-03


ward and her remarkably flexible spine
Inward until a profile view of her was
grandiy semicircular.
Jane watched her attentively, but
without comment However. no one
could have doubted that the processes
OF acquaintance were progressing ia.
vorably.
Let's go In our yard" said Jane.
The little girl Strengthened herself
with u slight gasp and accepted the
invitation. side by side the two pass
ed through the open gate. walked
gravely forth upon the lawn and halt
ed as by common consent. Jane there
upon placed her feet wide apart and
leaned backward upon nothing, at
tempting the feat In contortion just
performed by the stranger.
Look" she said. Look at mer'
But she lacked the others genius.
lost her balance and fell Born per-
sistent. she Immediately got to her feet
and made fresh efforts.
"No! Look at mer' the little girl
cried. becoming semicircular again.
This is the way; call II putin your
stummick out o. joint You haven't
got yours out far enough"
Yes, ! have" said Jane. gasping.
"Well. TO DO II right. you must walk
that way. As soon as you get your
stummick out o. joint you must begin
an walk. Look! Like this!" And
the little girl having achieved a state
OF such convexity that her braided hair
almost touched the ground behind her,
walked successfully In that singular
attitude.
"Im walkin'." Jane protested, her
face not quite upside down. Look
I'm walkip' that way too. My stun
mick
There came an outraged shout from
above. and n fierce cOuntenance stain.
ed with ink protruded from the win
dow
"Jgne!'
"Nhatf"
stop that! Stop putting your stom-
ach out In front of you like thatl It's
disgracefull'
Both young ladies'. looking rather OPP
pressed. resumed the perpendicular.
why doesn't he like III" the stranger
asked In tone OF pure wonder.
II don't know" said Jane He
doesn't like much OF anything He's
seventeen years old"
After that the two stared moodlly at
the ground for little while. chasten.
ed by the severe presence above; then
Jane frightened.
II known she exclaimed cozily.
Lets play callers. Right here by this
bushll be my house You come to
call ON me. an Wen talk about our
chuldren. You be Mrs. Smith. an I'm
Mrs. Jones. And In the character OF
The citizen., 1918-01-03

day. whis,ling aud looking back. was
IN love Of her, We godsi What kind
~ person will she grow up into n
you don't punish her for havin' ideas
like that at her agei never heard OF
such n thingl That worm walkin' past
here four or Eve times day Just to
look at Janet And her standing there,
calmly tellin' that sooty faced little
girl. He's IN love OF mer why, It's
enough 10 sicken mani Honestly, n
had my way, I'd see that both she
and that little Freddie Banks got Q
hrst class whippingr'
Don't you think. Willie" said Mrs.
Baxter-"don't you think that. consid-
ering the rather noncommittal method
OF Freddies courtship. you are sug-
gesting extreme measuresT'
well. she certainly ought TO be pun
ishedr' he insisted. and then. with n re-
versal to agony. he shuddered That's
the least of itr he cried. Its the in
sulting things you always allow her
10 say OF one of the nobcst girls In
the United States-that's what countsl
On the very last day-yes. almost the
last hour-that Miss Pratt's In this
town you let your only daughter stand
here and speak disrespectfully Of her.
and then all you do is to tell her to
20 play somewhere elser"
You're all wrought up
II am not wrought upr' shouted
william. "why should I be charged
with
"Now. nowr' Mrs. Baxter said
you'll feel better tomorrow"
"What do you mean by thatT" he de-
manded. breathing deeply.
For reply she only shook her head
In an odd little way.
"You'll he all right. willle." she said
softly and closed the door.
Alone. william lifted clinched hands
In series ~ tumultuous gestures at
the ceiling; then he moaned and sank
into a chair at his writing table. Pres
emily a comparative calm was restored
TO him. and with reverent fingers he
took from a drawer a one pound box
OF candy. covered with white tissue
paper. girdled with blue ribbon. He
set the box gently beside him upon the
table. then from beneath a large green
blotter drew forth some scribbled
sheets. These he placed before him
and. taking infinite Ca'ns with his
handwriting. lowiy opied:
Dear I,oia-I resume when you are
reading these ines II will be this after
noon, and you will be on the train moving
rapidly away from this old place here
farther and farther from Il all As sit
here at my old desk and look back upon II
all while am writing this farewell letter
hope when you are reading IL you also
will hook bs,h urOn IL all and think OF
one yoL called ,AhasI Little Boy Baxter.
As sit here this morning that you are
going away AZ last | look back and can
not remember am summer In my whole
life which has been ike this summer, be-
cause a great chanse has come over me
this summer " YOU would like to know
what this means IL was something like
said when John Watson got there yester-
day afternoon and Interrupted what ] said
May you enjoy this candy and think OF
the giver | will put something In with
this letter II In something maybe you
would like to have and in exchange ]
would give all possess for one OF you II
you would send II to me when you get
home Please do this for now my heart
10 braking Yours sincerely.
WILLIAM s. BAXTER.
(ALIAsl LITTLE BOY BAXTER
ITO Be COntinued)
The citizen., 1918-01-03

Jimmie was going out with his moth
er one afternoon and had been sent
upstairs to get ready. After long
wait the mother called up the stairs:
Hurry down, Jimmie, we're late now.
Have you got your shoes on yeti"
"Yes," replied the boy; "all but
two"
The citizen., 1918-01-03
Scientifically Considered.

II think man derives his mentality
and character from his mother" re-
marked the student of heredity.
"Then," commented Miss Cayenne,
"the mother of Stacker must have
been one Of those girls who manicure
their nails and eat chocolates while
mother does the housework."
The citizen., 1918-01-03
CHAPTER Xxx.
"Don't Foraet.r

DON'T Forget
ANE came out 10 the sidewalk
and began TO kick one of the
a fence pickets.
"You see that ole fattyf" ask.
ed the little girl. pointing To one OF the
workmen thus sufficiently identified.
yes"
That's the one broke the goldfish" ="
said the little girl There was a pause.
during which she continued TO scuff
the curbstone with her shoe. Jane like
wise scufiing the fence picket. I'm
goin' to have papa get him arrested. '
added the stranger.
MY papa got two men arrested
once" Jane sad calmly. two or three" +"
The little girls eyes. wandering up
ward, took note Of James papa's house
and Of fierce young gentleman framed
In an open window upstairs. lie was
seated. wore ink upon his forehead and
tapped his teeth with a red penholder.
who Is thatT" she asked.
"It's Willie"
''ls II your papaT'
"No-o-o-o!'' Jane exclaimed. IT'S
willier'
"0hr' said the little girl. apparently
satisfied.
Each now scuffcd less energetically
with her shoe: feet slowed down. so
did conversation. and for a time Jane
and the stranger wrapped themselves
In stiffness though there may have
been some silent communing between
them. Then the new neighbor placed
her feet far apart and leaned backward
upon nothing curving her front up
The citizen., 1918-01-03
A Bitter Reflection.

do you subscribe to the theory that
II is better 10 have loved and lost
than never to have loved at allf' asked
the sentimental person.
THAT depends on the circum-
stances" replied the cysical bachelor.
There's precious little consolation In
the thought that you have loved and
lost. II the object Of your affection has
a fortune approximating seven hg-
ures."
The citizen., 1918-01-03
Seems Fair Enough.

"Would you die for your countryT
"Yes, would" answered the patri-
otic citizen. "and II I'm ever called on
to make such a sacrifice l hope the
fact that l don't know single stanza
Of the national anthem will not be held
against me-"
The citizen., 1918-01-03
Cause for Anxiety.

"How now, Geraldine"
II am investigating the conditions
that surround poor working girls"
''Their lot Is often trying"
"Indeed II is. Why. half of them 90
to work without chaperons. Clarice." I"
The Lamb.
The citizen., 1918-01-03
The Buralar's Profit.

Householder give you my word
three seyenty-tive Is all have In the
house.
Burglar-Well, sayi When ye fig-
ure me time an me tools. how dye
expect me TO make any profit at that
rate?-Llfe.
The citizen., 1918-01-03
Two Sizes Too LARGE,

Bix-You lost your head completely
at the banquet last night.
Dix-That accounts for II. then. I
felt sure the head l got ON me this
morning wasn't mine.-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
The citizen., 1918-01-03
A Bio Difference.

She-What is the difference be-
tween a detective In novel and de-
tective In real life?
He-The story book detective In
vents a crime TO ut his theories and
the detective In real life invents theo-
ries TO fit a crime.
The citizen., 1918-01-03
Excusable.

Remember" said the floor walker,
sternly. "The customer is always
right"
"But, SIR" expostulated the clerk.
"fn this case was exercising a privil-
ege to which l am entitled"
"What do you meanr'
"The lady was arguing with is my
wife,"
The citizen., 1918-01-03
Failure.

Fame's ladder none would want TO climb
For there'd be nothing 10 IL.
II men succeeded every time
They tried to do II.
The citizen., 1918-01-03

Edward N. Hurley, Jr., son OF the
chairman Of the United States ship
ping board, 10 utilizing the knowledge
gained In his fathers business by as
slstlng the chief Of the division Of rail-
way operations In the United States
army. He is q lieutenant Another
son Of Mr.. Hurley 10 at Camp Meade.
The citizen., 1918-01-03
Bright for Him.

She-Brother Jack lost at cards last
night.
He-Oh.- well. every misfortune has
its bright side.
She'd like TO know the bright side
Of that2
He-I won II.
The citizen., 1918-01-03
A Deacon's s
Deal
-
By John Boylan
By John Boylan


Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)