Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-29
Ozelieain.
Norwich, Thursday, Aug. g, 1918
VARIOUS MATTERS

The government has banned wo- mems corset forms,
 Home folks must have coal to keep the home fires burning.
 Female conductors on trolley cars in some sections of the country is now fixture
 Service on the battlefield. not in the cornfeld brings recognition on the service flag: The dollar day demonstrates there is really something that can be had for dollar.
 Statistics show that there areI fewer weddings, now than there are in normal times.
 There are many fellows willing to go into the army if they can escape 1 taking any chances. l Ten teachers in the Bridgeport schools turned in their resignations since the close of school in June. There are many in Norwich who have never enjoyed the exce1icnt~view from OK Point, in Mohegan Park.
 Perhaps there are few patriotic people in Norwich, who do mot know the words of the national hymn. | The selectmen of Winsted have in | enforce the ordinance in regard to waste of water.
 ! Officers of the state guard are now engaged in giving military instruction to the girls who are employed in mu- ! milton factories in Bridgeport. The nineteenth annual session of l the Improved Benevolent Protective 1 Order of Elks, composed of colored men, is being held in Baltimore.
 In spite of the fact that number I of instructors have resigned or left l their places, the New Britain schools will not feel the shortage of teachers. 1 Labor Day is to have special sig | nifcance this year, for the power of organized labor has made itself manifest in the essential work of the war.
 Among those who have made con l trihution of several pounds of lead and tin foil to the Red Cross is Miss Emma Josephine Thompson of Stetson i street.
 1 Women of the state are asked to show respect for the flag and the national emblem by standing at at 1 tention wheR the flag is displayed or l the anthem is sung.
 l Employees of the Lake Torpedo Boat company have given of their big wag- 1 es an amount sufficient to purchase 8 l latest type ambulance for use on the ] western battle front.
 \ Opportunity for enlistment in fl the navy Of certain technical men H qualified for training as naval off cers has been permitted under se- lective service regulations.
 II Claiming that he was -unlawfully arrested and beaten by railroad bull. Adam Konalslzy. of Bridgeport, has brought suit against the railroad company in damages of s5, 900.
 Edward A Allen, 2S, formerly of Mystic, committed suicide last week by hanging himself in his room at 1 New York city. He was chief clerk at the New York general post office. Mir and Mrs Fayette Clark of South ] Manchester, who have taken the Dris- coll cottage at Pleasant View, until the end of the season, are entertain ing Mir. and Mrs Henry Nettleton of South Manchester.
 Howard Taylor, Of Danbury, who has been 9 member of the Connecticut house of representatives more times than any other man in the past quarter century, has been renominat- ed by the democrats.
 Congressman Lonerganr conferred 1 with Secretary of States Lansing and with high army officials in regard to . his efforts to better the moral and physical welfare of American prison CTS Of war in Germany.
 Warden Charles c. McClanury, has appointed Clarence L. Parker, of Leavenworth, Kansas, deputy warden at the Connecticut state prison He fills the vacancy caused by the resig- s nation Of Deputy Warden Carl Lewis The Connecticut Vegetable Growers s association held it's annual meeting Tuesday at FairYiew farm in Wethers- field, the home of President ". G GTisweld. Vegetable growers, theii families, and their friends attended III Reports from virtually all the Con- necticut' local draft boards indicate that the registration Of those who be- s came 21 years old between June ant \ August "A was considerable lighter 4 than was expected by draft officials ir s the state.
 That tailors in Bridgeport may pay the high prices demanded by labor anC also have a surplus to invest in Lib 5 erIy bonds, they have decided to 1nak, S the customer pay more for his clean E ing. pressing, tailoring and valetins III general.
 H During the present fiscal year ther. H have been scores of mad dogs put t E death in this state and there have beer 800 successful prosecution for viola X tion of the regulation for the suppres
 sion of rabies. and for other vioiatien of the law relating to dogs. \ Lieut.. Farrell, Q. NJ. C.. is in thi = state endeayering to secure sixty me
 not registered in Class 1 of inc drafi
 to serve in motor truck companie
 Of the quartermaster corps at tn
 quarterIna ster depot in Philadelphia
 Service will be in this country only.
 The presence in NauSatuck fe
 the past week of members of the Pc
 fish legion in uniform. has stirred tn = men of that nationality to even great ] CT patriotism than they have evfdenc
 ed in the past and as 9 result twaiV
 more young Polish men have enlisted
 Physicians and surgeons connecte
 with draft boards and medical ad
 visory boards will be refused com
 missions in the regular army unt
 they are able to show that their ser
 vices on the draft boards are les
 beneficial to the country than in th
 army.
 ''The two articles which are mo!
 SHpFeClGted Dy the men over there a.!
 soap and towels according to Fatf
 CT Mcdonald. Knights of Coiuna bl
 chaplain, who returned recently fro
 the war zone in France Soap ar
 towels are being distributed free |
 the knights
 The annual meeting of the Connect
 cut Vegetable Growers associate was held Tuesday at Fairxiew farr
 Wefhersheld, the home of the pres
 dent, William c. Griswold of Wether
 field, ". C. .Peilin Of New Haven. se