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The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-08

"A the way from the port of debar1aton 10 Che red
quivering lip OF the inferno clergymen serving the
troops as YMCA secretaries and only by dnt of inquiry
could find their UNCONVENTIONAL affiation They do
ing things also which had been taught in their repec
tive theological Summaries prominent Baptist minister
had been handling boxes for months hours day. in
YMCA warehouse; Episcopaian rector had ceased to
think about the channel whence his grace of apostolic
cession flowed and running the cinema for circuit Of
YMCA hus Presbyterian divine drove supply cannon
day after day. and had found time to preach
since his arrival in Frances Methodist preacher organized
the athletics for an entire division including boxing and
wrestling and he did it with all the fervor that his minister
al predecessors had put into meeting revivals"
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
NURSING ASSOCIATION
Report of Visiting Nurse for Month
of November

The executive committee of the
Visiting Nurse Association wish the
towns people to be informed as to
the work of the Association.
The nurse, Miss Price, reported
1913 visits made during November.
Of these, 80 were nursing visits, So
instructive, and 80 other visits.
Fees collected $24.75. The treas
urer Mr.. w. J. Reel reported $500
on hand.
The work of the nurse in the
schools has broadened to such an
extent that it was considered best
that Miss Price should be on duty in
the schools for certain hours every
day. This plan is now in operation
IN the Center School. If it is neces-
sary to send a child home, the nurse
follows the case by a home visit to
see that proper treatment is being
given.
In the outlying districts Miss
Price visits the schools as often as
possible.
This prompt attention to suppos-
edly trifing ills, it is hoped, may
prevent serious trouble.
Again, it is in this way brought to
the attention of the women of the
town that Miss Price is anxious that
any, who are interested to learn
practical bedside nursing should &C
company her on her daily round of
visits.
After the holidays a class in first
aid work will be organized. Those
who care to join Should notify Miss
Price now.
Parallel with the Importance of
safe guarding the health of the
community runs the need for each
individual to cooperate in the work.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
ITALIAN ,ASPHYXIATED
BY GAS FROM FURNACE
Frank Bonfanti Is AccidentIy
Killed at East Canaan
Furnace

A rare accident occurred at the
furnace in East Canaan on Sunday
when Frank Bonfanti was overcome
by gas from the furnace and was
burned to death on the lid which he
had attempted to fasten. Bonfanti
was attending to his usual duties
when the accident occurred and as
near as can be learned, he leaned
over to reach a hook with which to
fasten the lid when a stream of gas
escaping from the furnace, which
through carelessness he came into
contact, asphyxiated him causing his
body to fall forward on the hot lid,
from which he was badly burned.
Bonfanti was about forty-seven
years of age and had been employed
by the Barnum-Richardson company
for the past thirteen years. Officials
of the company stated that accidents
of this kind are very rare and that
this is the first one to happen at the
East Canaan plant. Bonfsnti was
generally considered to be a careful
workman and had been for some
time at the same work which resulted
in his death.
Besides his wife the deceased is
survived by several brothers, all of
whom reside in Italy. The funeral
services were held from the Catholic
church on Tuesday with burial in st.
Joseph's cemetery.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
MRS. JOSEPHINE C. ROOT
PASSED AWAY SATURDAY
Taught School in This Vicinity
for Thirty-Nine
Years

Mrs. Josephine Granger Root, fol
many years a resident of this village
passed away Saturday morning al
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed
win S. Pease, in Sheffield, Mass. Mrs.
Root, daughter of James L. and Abb
gail Tobey Granger, and sister of the
late Judge Miles T. Granger, was
born Sept. 16, 1885. On October 81,
858 she was married to Sartial
Root, a farmer of this town.
Mrs. Root attended the academy
here taught by Mr.. Booth and also a
school in Great harrington. Early
in life she entered upon her chosen
vocation as a teacher and taught
school in this town and New Marl-
borough, Mass, until her marriage.
In the year 1869 the family moved
to Riverton, where they resided
several years. On their return to
Canaan, Mrs. Root resumed her work
of teaching, in which she was emil
nently successful, making in all a
record of 80 years of loving service
IN her calling. Devotedly attached
/ to children, their instruction was
truly to her labor of love, and she
will long be held in grateful remem-
brance by her pupils and by large
circle of friends.
After her return to Canaan Mrs.
Root opened a private school which
she conducted up to the time the
present school was built. She later
entered the primary department as a
teacher and retired in 1903 at the
age of sixty-eight, with a recA-d such
as few people have ever attained.
For several years Mrs. Root had
lived with her daughter, Mrs. Edwin
S. Pease. AS she lived so she died,
death coming to her as peaceful as
sleep to a child and the spirit of a
most noble body borne to that place
where all things are good. The
funeral was held from Christ church
on Tuesday afternoon. The large
number in attendance and the
abundance of floral pieces gave sill
ent tribute to the esteem in which
she was held. During the services
Misses Elizabeth PIERCE and Gladys
DeHart and r. D. Peirce and Lester
Place sang "Abide With Me" and
Peace, Perfect Peace"
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
LEAVES
CHILDREN HOMELESS
Conn. Children's Aid Society
49, Seeks Help for
Them

608 children,-for this large num-
Der of youngsters, every one differ
ent, every one a problem in itself,
the Children's Aid Society has been
appealed to during this last year,
because of illness or death in the
family; because of Immortality, do
mestic trouble, intoxication, or other
causes.
Occasionally there comes to the
Society the mother with her baby,
who cannot bear to think of parting
from the little fellow, but who must
work to support him and herself.
If it seems best, the Society tries to
find home where they may be to-
gether, the mother assisting with
general homework, or as a mothers
helper. Besides providing a home
for mother and child, this often, in
these days of scarcity of domestic
service, solves the problem for the
woman who cannot find a maid.
In every case the Children's Aid
Society, after carefully talking the
matter over with the parent and
with others most interested, has
tried to make the plan that is to the
greatest advantage not only of the
children, but to the troubled mother
o Rather. Sometimes some other
agency can help in the particular
emergency presented, and the matter
is turned over to them; sometimes
just kindly advice and direction will
straighten out the tangle; but very
often the children for whom the ap-
peal is made genuinely need the
home and mothers care which for
some reason their own people can
not give. The youngsters are
placed in carefully selected family
homes where they may have the in
dividual care and attention that are
their right and necessity to their
proper development. Many splen-
did homes are now open to these
children but just now the demand
for homes is greater than the sup
ply owing to the tremendous pres
sure which the present epidemic is
bringing to bear.
The following is from a letter re-
Gently received by the Conn. Child
ren'S AID Society:
81 have been i'll for a few weeks,
and have thought of so many little
ones left without parents, and if you
have a small baby, as young as pos
sible, will you let me know"
There ought to be fifty such let
tiers rather than one, for during the
last several weeks many, many
youngsters, from the twins, three
days old, to Concetta, eight years
old, have come to the Children's Aid
for care. During the year just past
under fairly normal conditions, 6O8
children have come to the attention
which these children may go, are
of the Society The only places to
Continued on page g.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
TAKES PLACE NEXT WEEK
Committee Plans to Use Entire
Week to Obtain New
Members

In announcing it's Christmas Roll
Call the American Red Cross is not
seeking to raise large amount of
money. What it must have, however,
i'm order that it's work of relief at
4 home and across the sea may suffer
no dimimution is the earnest coop
GRAFTON of the American public in the
way of red blooded membership. In
the furthering of this work of mercy
the aid of no class of people is more
earnestly sought than is that of the
American farmer, for in this as in
any other nationwide propaganda,
the full measure of success cannot
be obtained without the support of
our great agricultural class.
Since so great a proportion of
those who are fighting our battles at
the front came from farms, it must
follow that an equally large per
cent of the relief which the Ameri-
can Red Cross is extending to our
soldiers abroad is received by men
who were recruited from the farm
ing ranks. That the farmer soldier
received his full quota of bullets
from the enemy goes without saying,
as it also does that he required his
full share of comforts and other ne
cessities. Every farmer in this
country who contributed his person
al aid to the cause of making the
endurable, rendered direct assist
ance to every relative or friend
whom he may have in the service.
Were it money or food that the
Roll Call was striving for, there is
no question but that the response of
the nations farmers would be over
iwhelnning. That it is; a call for their
signatures as members of the COM
! radeship rather than an appeal for
their money or goods should in no
way lessen it's Importance in their
ieyes. With the weight of the far
mers back of the movement wonders
can be accomplished for the benefit
of suffering humnity; lacking their
support much misery must exist
which their efforts could alleviate.
The committee in charge of the
local roll call consists of Mrs. George
Hardenbergh, chairman, Miss Mabel
Quinn, Miss Catherine Finnegan and
Mrs. Allyn Fuller. 1t is planned to
fuse- the entire week in oi1saff4ffng'
members and house-to-house canvas
will be made for this purpose. The
last three days of next week booth
will be erected in a public place to
be announced later. About $500
was received from memberships last
year and it is hoped to make it
$500 this year.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
State Four Minute Men to be at
...... Bridgeport

Local Four Minute Men are
planning to attend the second An
nual Meeting of the Four Minute
Men in Connectic..t which will be
held or Cec2mnav 17Eh, Bridgeport.
There &c Las To- r Min .5e Mc1
in the State, cT.3 l. IS expected th,.1
over SEQ viii ~ ~Iaoert al the en-
vention at Bridgeport.
Special interest is added to the
occasion because of the fact that
Major General Clarence B. Edwards,
who personally led the gallant 1O2nd
Regiment, Connecticut's Pride, who
fought at Boileau Woods, and Cha
TEAM Thierry. Major General Ed
wards will give an interesting &C
count Of the battles of the 102nd
Regiment, which more than any
thing else has served to write in the
pages of history, the bravery of
American soldiers.
Another speaker Of note who will
be present at the convention is Lieu
tenant d'Aiguy, of the 10Th Batta-
lion of Blue Devils, who but recent
ly was released from the fighting
front, and is now an attache of the
French High Commission in this
country.
Lieutenant H. T. C. Walker, who
was commander of one of the ships
in the British Navy, which bottled
up the German Fleet at Zeebruge,
will tell how the feat was accom-
plished.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
NicKERsoN REELECTED
President of Litchfeld County Bar
Association

The annual banquet of the Litch-
field County Bar Association was
held last Friday at the Hotel Win
chester, about seventy-five legal
lights being in attendance. Lawyer
Leonard ]. Nickerson of West Corn
wall, president of the association
wc3 toGs1naster and among the
speakers were Judge Donald T. War
ner of Salisbury, a former member
and president of the association, and
Walter S. Judd of Glenbrook, for
merly of Litchfield.
In the course of the festivities
President Nickerson gave, on behalf
of the association, a gold watch to
Leonard G. Coggswell of New Ha-
ven, who for more than twenty years
was stenographer of the superior
court for Litchfield county, and who
recently was transferred to Fairfield
county. Music and song featured
the dinner, and there was wealth
of stories told, the usual quiet de-
meanor of the proponents of law
having been cast aside for the even
ing.
At the meeting of the association
held at the Court House the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Leonard J. Nickerson, West Corn
wall; vice-president, Samuel A. Her
man, Winsted; secretary, Wheaton
F. Dowd, Winsted; collector and
treasurer, Frank B. Mum, New
Hartford; auditors, Richard T. Hig-
gins and William H. Blodgett, Win
sted.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
Finding Work for Soldiers

Acting in response to the slogan
Redeem the stars in your service
flag, the task of finding jobs for
discharger soldiers will be put upon
community basis, according to an
announcement by Leo A. Korper,
Federal Director for Connecticut of
the United States Employment Ser
vice. Connecticut's fourteen Public
Service Reserve organizers, together
with the thirteen offices of the Uni
ted States Employment Service, will
be used in providing jobs for the
soldiers.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
Praises New England Men

In an address before the Students
Army Training Corps at Connecticut
Agricultural College at Storrs, the
Rev. Robert K. Armstrong recently
paid high tribute to the soldiers
from New England.
Mr.. Mr.. Armstrong, as a Y. M.
c. A. secretary in France, was with
New England troops in the Toul sec
tor. He accompanied a machine
gun battalion of New Haven and
Boston men in the drive at Chateau
Thierry.
II give you my world, he says,
chat the New England men were
the greatest men l saw during my
year in France"
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
Nurses Training Fund

All visiting nurse associations,
nurses registers and accredited hos
pitfalls in Connecticut are soon to be
notified by the women's division,
Connecticut State Council of De-
Tense, that a special fund of $1,9O3
is available for scholarships for reg
istered nurses to enable them to
take a four months post graduate
course in public health nursing. The
selection of nurses to whom the
scholarships will be awarded will be
made by the child welfare depart
ment of the Connecticut Defense
Council, which has been authorized
to spend the money.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12


16 3d. and thus send forth the whole family the
which which greatest
THE PROCLAMATION
Europe follows:
"To the American ia
Zone million
bers of the Red Christmas the
fighting battles stimulating
will They made clear that people of their
united with their the
the
their the
the represented
The friends American Red Belgium
again, story
the hospitals
that
those whose suferngs whose heritage
humanity
"Now by grace, message
to be of well of will But
that fold
permanently
gone forever.
Red Cross
associated
immediate today hartening world helpful
We forget that soldiers and sailors still
still have duties the highest
membership
The of the addened lands returning home
that
people with them the dark doubtful
help mercy
happiness -
the of
message American people,
family greeting
for which it stands in greatest need" .#-e@..#
- (Sgned) WOODROW WILSON,
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
Election of Officers

At the annual meeting of the Ca
naan Hose Company, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Pres, l. l.. Scott; Vice Pres, n E.
Storm; Secretary, Allyn Fuller
Treaurer, H. A. Holt; Foreman, F. A.
Whiting; 1st Asst. Foreman, F. NJ.
Brewer; End Asst. Foreman, ]. w.
Morris.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
FREE LECTURE
To Be Given on Explosives at the
Town Hall

Free Illustrated Lecture on the
safe handling of Explosives and
other dangerous articles, in Town
Hall, Canaan, Tuesday, Dec. 18th at
8 p. M, by Mr.. w. E. Leighton, In
spector for the Railroads Bureau of
Explosives.
A number of Canaan's industries
make daily use of Explosives and
many of our people should be inter-
ested in their safe handling. People
directly interested are urged to
come. General public will be well
coined.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
REPORTED KILLED
NOW IN HOSPITAL

Richard Mather, who was re-
ported killed in action some time
ago, has written to his brother un-
der date of November 10th that
he is in a hospital suffering from
a wound in the ankle. The letter
also states that he has been made
a corporal.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
LIST OF WINNERS AT
POULTRY EXHIBITION
Two Silver Cups Are Among
Prizes Offered to
Exhibitors

A complete list of the winners al
the second annual poultry show OF
the Canaan Poultry Association is
printed herewith. E. R. Williams
of Great Darlington won the Presi-
dents Cup two years in succession
and a silver cup offered as a prize
by DR.. H. L. Ross for the best dis
play of any one variety was won by
Ralph R. Bradley of Southfield,
Mass.
Barred Plymouth Rocks-C. H.
Shaylor, Lee, Mass. list cock, 1st
Z, hen, 1st cockerel, 1st pullet, LIST pen ;
E. B. Stone, End cock, 4th hen, End
cockerel, End pen; Mrs. E. E. Burr,
Norfolk, 3rd cock, End hen, 3rd
cockerel; Glenburnie Farm, Stock
bridge, Mass. 4th cock, 3rd hen, 4th
pullet; Brookside Farms, Ct. Bar
rington, Mass, 4th cockerel, End and
3rd pullet, 3rd pen; M. B. Richard
SON, Lime Rock, 18th pen.
White Plymouth Rocks-E. R.
Williams, Ct. Darlington, Mass, LIST
3rd and 4th cock, LIST, Bird and 4th
hen, 1st, End and 3rd cockerel, LIST
End and 3rd pullet, LIST, End and
3rd pens; Mrs. E. J. Stone, End cock,
End hen; E. S. Root, 4th pullet, 4th
pen.
Columbian Plymouth Rocks-A-
delbert Dings, LIST, and 3rd hen, LIST
cockered, 3rd pullet, 1st pen; VIM.
F. Belize, LIST and End pullet; Geo.
S. Mather, End hen.
Buff Plymouth Rocks-Thomas
Briant, Lenox, Mass, LIST cock, 1st
hen, 1st cockerel, LIST pullet; E. T.
Rowe, End cock; VIM. F. Belize, End
pullet.
White Wyandottes-F. F. Viscar-
di, CT. Darlington, Mass, 1st and
End cock, LIST, End and 3rd hen, list,
End and Bird cockerel, 1st, End and
3rd pullet, list and End pen; VIM
Schmidt, 4th cockerel, 4th pullet.
Buff Wyandottes-F. F. Stevens,
1st and End cock, 3rd and 4th hen,.
1st and End cockerel, LIST, End and
3rd pullet, 1st and End pen; Law
renee Buckley, Hartford, 1st hen,
3rd cockerel; w. j.. Reel, End hen;
Miss Helen Morse, Falls Village,
Ord cock, 4th pullet.
Golden Wyandottes-B. F. Clark,
Sheffield, Mass, 1st cock, 1st hen,
= list ceckerel, 4st pullet, 1st pen.4s-- =
Columbian Wyandottes-A. A.
Hubbard, LIST and End pen.
S. c. Rhode Island Reds-Beebe
& Reel, 1st and 3rd cock, End and
3rd hen, 1st and End cockerel, 3rd
puIlet, End and 3rd pen; Carter &
Hanlon, End cock, LIST hen, Bird and
4th cockerel, list pullet; John
Shaughnasey, Millerton, N. Y. 4th
pullet, LIST pen; Michael Mccormick,
End pullet; E. B. Stone, 4th hen.
R. C. Rhode Island Reds-Ralph
w. Bradley, Southfeld, Mass, LIST
and End cock, 1st and End hen, 1st
and End cockerel, LIST and End pull
let, 1st and End pen; F. F. Viscardi,
CT, Darlington, Mass, Bird and 4th
cockerel; F. F. Stevens, 3rd pullet.
S. c. White Leghorns-Brookside
Farms, CT. Darlington, Mass, 1st
land 3rd cock, 1st hen, 1st and 3rd
cockerel, LIST and End pullet, 1st pen;
VIM. G.. Buckbee, End cock, 4th hen,
End. cockerel, Glenburnie Farm,
CONTINUED on page g.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12
PRESIDENT CALLS
ON EVERY AMERICAN
TO JOIN RED CROSS

President Wilson, proclamation, calls
American
greeting which which greatest
PROCLAMATION.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-12-12

:, Several of the Canaan Odd Eel
lows motored to Winsted Tuesday
evening where they were entertained
by Clifton Lodge of that place.
They also took part in the initiatory
degree.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21
The Price

Is truly remarkable in these days. 1t would have
been exceptional year ago, when good shoes
not Now there lot of dealers would ike
to buy shoes good at wholesale at this figure.
This special price, good only until this limited sup
ply is exhausted is made possible only because of
ability seize upon bargain when it is presented We
made exceptionally advantageous purchase last week.
got the shoes here by and they here for you
early-most in Washington know the worth of Burt
& Packard Shoes and know they won't last long
this price. Among the lot duplicates of of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21
Pc" LOW SHOES FOR MEN

Come Early
While They
Last!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21

Are perfect and what's more they're Burt & Packard
Korrect Shape" and if you've pair of
these famous Shoes ask most any in Washington
about them. Not only that but there isn't wanted
style in mems shoes that isn't to be had in B. & P.
What's more B. & P. shoes made good inside
out-they not only look good and wear good, they
FEEL good, because they made on 'korrect shape
lasts.
You'll find gun metal, light tan, mahogany tan,
genuine shell cordovan also kidskn and koko calfskin
to select from, and your size, of course.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-12
ELECTRICITY VICTOR,

The Bear River, which runs through
Idaho and Utah carries a very large
flow at an exceedingly rapid rate for
river At one point in Idaho no less
than six great power-houses have been
Installed on that river, producing a total
Of nearly 100000 horsepower In order
to secure good headway and the force
which this gives, two enormous pipe
lines have been built to take the water
rom upper reaches Of the river, and.
while holding that pipe almost to a level,
run it across country 70 a lower reach.
where a power-house is built, thus in
creasine the Roadway from nothing To
two or three hundred feet
"One Of these lines is of eleven-foot
pipe, nearly five miles long; the other
is a sixteen-foot pipe, half a mile long.
Almost all Of the current produced at
these plants is transmitted by cable to
Salt Lake City, 135 miles away
ut has been said by expert engineers
Of electrical development that it will be
but a short time before the intermountain
region will use no coal, that all smoke
stacks and chimneys will be abolished
and electricity furnish all the power
heat and light not only TO cities and
towns, but to farming communities
George Frederick Stratton, in the
June st. Nicholas.