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Connecticut western news., 1918-03-28

spent the weekend with Mrs. Geort e
! Peck.
Mrs. Virgil Miller and daughter,
Polly have been visiting friends in
Westfield.
R. M. Smith has the contract for the
redecoIating the house of TIE late Mrs.
Fred Shook, which is TO be occupied
by Mrs. Gleason for the summer
Thomas Armstrong has taken a posi-.
ton as clelk in the employ of w. d.
French. Isle Tower, who has resigned
has entered the employ of the govern
ment in the electrical department
Hogg Island, near Philadelphia, where
his brother, Stanley, has been en-
ployed in this department for some
time. He has another brother in
France.
The Berkshire school closed last
week for it's annual Easter vacation.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
James Maggie March 15; also a son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Kane of Ashley
Falls.
Connecticut western news., 1918-03-28
South Canaan

Mrs. Lyman Parmalee and son Fred
from West Cornwall spent Sunday at
Frank Silvernale's
Miss Hattie Willard spent few
days in Great Darlington last week
with friends. Monday she goes t.
Plainville to spend little time with
her aunt, Mrs. Augusta Wilcox, who
is in poor health.
Mrs. Cullen Holccmb is sick. Mrs
Julia Merriman is caring for her Mr.,
Hoicomb is so he can get out to the
barn.
Lyle Loverin called on friends in
South Canaan last week.
Mis- Parmalee spent day in West
Cornwall last week.
The fantTHL Of Mrs Bernard Passini
was attended at the Catholic church in
Falls Village Monday at 10 O clock.
Connecticut western news., 1918-03-28
Sharon

The death of Charles Allen occurred
last Wednesday at his home, following
only few days illness Mr.. Allen was
life long resident Of Sharon.
Schools closed last Thursday for the
Easter vacation.
DR.. r. P. Knight of Amherst was in
towI last week called by the death of
Charles Allen.
The body of Isaac Palmer who died
at his home In Lakeville was placed
in the Mortuary Chapel last Monday.
Mr.. Palmer was former resident of
Sharon, being one of the early mem.
bers of Hamilton Lodge f. g A. M of
Sharon. He was also a veteran of the
Civil war in which he was made Scar
geant.
Mr. and Mrs. O. s. Sedgwick who
have been spending the past two
months in New York have returned to
Sharon for the summer.
The Senior class of Sharon High
School are planning to have 1.-THE Ar
rival Of KITTY" presented here by the
Armenia Dramatic Club shortly after
Easter
f H Middlebrook was in New York
last week ON business.
On Friday evening, April 18th there
Will be special moving pictures
followed by dance and supper for the
benefit of the Red Cross
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Palmer Of Water.
bury. Mass, were recent guests of the
formers aunt, Miss Emma Palmer.
Miss Marion Taber of New York city
was a recent guest at The Bartram.
E. Franklin Byron has been en'er.
tanning his brother, William Byron
and daughter Margaret of Waterbury.
Mr.. and Mrs W. X HonghtalinE
and daughter Miss Jane of New York
city were in town last week looking
after the affairs at their summer home
Windsweep
Mis-. Clayton Walters of Hartford
was a recent guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Phoebe Lasher.
Connecticut western news., 1918-03-28
Lakeville

Miss Sadie Frink is home from
salisbury School where she was en-
ployed as trained nurse, during Easter
vacation.
Hotchkiss School opened Wednesday
after the Easter vacation.
D NJ. Thrall has exchanged his last
years Ford for an Overland car with
dealer John Smith.
Miss Margaret Day of New Britain
is home for her Easter vacation.
Floyd Upright, al attendant at the
State Training School is sick with
pneumonia. Miss Sadie Frink has
charge of the case as nurse.
The regular Easter Sunday morning
service of the M. E. Epworth League
will be held as usual in the chapel on
Sunday morning next, at the regular
hour. O'Clock by the regular time or
O. clock by the clock which has been
set ahead. There is special program
being prepared by the leader, Mrs. Ed.
M Her.
George Roebuck and wife have
moved on the h. l.. Peabody farm, and
j. G. Phillips who has had charge for
the past two years has moved on the
A. Martin farm on Wells hill, and
entered the employ of A. G. Lord who
has rented the farm for the coming
year.
After this week the Salisbury Choral
Society Will meet for IeheaIsals on
Monday evenings as formally.
If you are looking for second hand
C. 81
O. H. Osborn, the second hand furni-
ture dealer, who has large quantity
on hand and is Obliged to dispose of it
because OF place to store same.
A. f. Tufo has purchased a horse,
wagon and harness of D. NJ. 1hrall.
Ed. Miller ana son George made a
business trip to Waterbury on Monday
last.
j Bert Ball, Jr. is confined to the
house with an attack OF pneumonia,
but at last reports was thought to be
little more comfortable.
The Home Guard will meet for drill
on next tuesday evening. assembling
at the armory at Z AS.
Lakeville School closed on Thursday
this week.
Howard Rood who has been in the
employ of G. Benjamin this winter
expects to go to Canaan April LIST
where he has secured a position.
Mrs. Ellen Resell spent portion of
last week visiting relatives in Canaan
and West Cornwall.
Abram Martin, Misses Jennie and
Edith Mrs. A. S. Martin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thorne Howell and Mrs. George
Kimble attended the funeral of the in
FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Cook
in Claverack on Saturday. The child
succumbed to an attack of pneumonia.
/ Correspondents are urged to send in
copy by Tuesday.
Foot Expert at Benton and Wright's,
Canaan, Saturday, April 6. Free
Treatment.-adv.
Connecticut western news., 1918-03-28
Sheffield

Foot Expert at Benton and Wright's,
Canaan, Saturday, April 6. Free Treat
ment.
John Griffith is to ship another car
load of seed corn to Ross Brothers in
Worcester.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Kirby, who have
sold their farm are to remain in the
village and have rented the French
villa for the coming year of W. D.
French. 1t is also rumored that Mr..
Kirby is about purchasing the interest
of f. B. French & Co. in the feed
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Rowe of Stratford
Connecticut western news., 1918-03-28
Falls Village

Henry @. Gaylord and ]. S. Tracy
attended the convention of Association
of New England Goal Dealers at
Springfield. Mass. last week.
Mrs. Emil CARLSON of New York
spent Thursday In town as guest Of
VIA. L. Carrigan.
The Hunt School was closed Wednes-
day, the Misses O'Hara attending the
funeral of their uncle, Peter OH ara
at Twin Lakes.
Attorney Vim. Fl. Blodgett of Win
sted was in town calling on friends
Wednesday.
Mrs. Hugh Rochelle has returned
after spending few weeks in New
York.
Hon. Lee Kellogg attended the
special session of Legislature at Hart
ford three days last week.
Mrs. Geo. Latern and son of Bridge
port are guests at Edward Dickinscn's
DR.. T. I. Shannon spent q few days
at his home In Norwich returning
Monday.
Mrs. O. W. Andrus went to Ct Bar
rington Saturday when she brought her
son Wesley Andrus from the Fairview
hospital to Sheffield; he is improving
slowly.
N. Church Ward of Boston, Mass. is
spending a week with his mother, Mrs.
e. B. Ward.
e. Fl. Howe was taken to the Fair
view hospital, CT. harrington Sunday
by DR. Adam Of Canaan.
Mrs Alice Langs has returned to
her home in Sheffield after spending
tw weeks at e. FL. O'Cain's.
VIM Burkett of Danbury spent
Sunday with his son, Carroll Burkett.
Warren Gillett Of New Haven has
taken possession of the Bray farm, his
household effects arriving last week
e J. House is to dispose Of by auc'
tion all his personal property a his
residence at Taconic Thursday, March
90, M. G Marcy, auctioneer.
Mr.. Bray and family left Tuesday
for the r new home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
The many friends regret the move.
John Dean w taken to the hospital
in Pitesf Id Tuesday by DR.. Lee of
Canaan.
Harry E. Russell has been laid up a
few days. He was slightly injured
while at work ON the railroad.
Mr.. Sprague of Torrington has been
visiting his son, Frank Sprague.
Mrs. VIM. Wolfe of Amesville has
not been quite so we'll for few days.
S. L. Frear is having his house
wired for electric lights. A. W. Latham
is doing the job.
Miss Cla"a Sabin is back at her
school duties after a recent illness.
Mrs. Bernard Passini, who died at
the Winsted hospital Friday, was
buried in the Cathol cemetery in this
village Monday morning. The funeral
was attended from st Patriots church.
She is survived by her husband and
several children.
The mail train north Monday even.
Connecticut western news., 1918-03-28
Sharon Valley

MT. anu mTes CllChNS anu tOh ny
ron were calling at the Home San ~.
John Curtin has returned from
Sharon Hosri al much improved In
health.
Miss Alta Draper has "ioRen mp
houseka, ping and will for time visit
her mother near Albany. N. Y, we are
sorry TO lose her.
Sev.Ial from here attended MIS-.
A. ] Bostwitk anction Monday. We
understood that Benjamin Wike tolght
the house and grounds.
The sooiable at W. Bariram's for the
benefit of the Boy Scouts was WILL
represented, there being about so
present and the amount of $18 was
realized.
The family of Bert Wiley are NOV
ing into the house form erly occupied
by Arthur Harris.
DR. George Mcneil of New York
was a week end caller OF the home of
Bert Wiley.
Miss Perkins of Sharon called on
Mise T. Fitzmaurice Saturday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.

Donnellson Review: The Pniladel-
phia North American manifests an in
spring optimism in felicitating itself
and the country upon the release of
the press from the bondage OF a parti-
san censorship. Certainly the coun-
try is to be congratulated IL new
light has come to those papers which
have felt that LOYALTY to the nation re-
quired them to close their eyes to dis
astrous incompetency and to remain
silent when telling the truth would be
embarrassing to the administration.
Said the North American. in the
course of column-long editorial:
! with the press Engaged and dis
honest censorship 6iscredited, the pub
! lie will not be stupefied again by the
waves of a boastful and deceptive
poison gas from Washington, but
will be able to scrutinize at least the
general system of management"
| All of which has an encouraging
sound. Freedom of speecK and of the
press is now as. it has always been,
THE bulwark of liberty When Louis
Napoleon, who had been elected presi-
dent Of the French republic, pulled off
| his famous coup d'etat and establish
| ed himself as emperor, the first thing
he did was corrupt part of the press
and terrorize the rest. With the press
afraid to tell the truth he was safe so
far as domestic affairs were concerned.
| His overthrow came from outside OF
France, not within.
| Fortunately. no considerable part of
! the press of this day and nation can
be either corrupted or terrorized. For
itunately, also, the people of America
have such keen appreciation of tho
vital Importance of free press that
they will consent to no abridgement
of it's rights. 1t is true that many ed.
Iitors were misled into suppression OF
facts through the plea that to tell the
truth would be helpful to the enemy
Now that Developments have demon
strated fully that secrecy was helpful
to the enemy, there should be as the
North American intimates, full and
free discussion of all proper subjects
OF governmental policy and manage.
ment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19

has NOT vet come when the majority in either
house or senate considers it expedlent to insist
lupon division of authority with the executive
branch The president is in undisputed con-
troll of the situation. No official head OF any
other belligerent country dominates his govern
ment with an equal unquestioned authority.
There is nothing as yet to indicate that he feeis
UNEQUAL to the task Is disposed to share re-
sponsibility with a supreme war council OF 10
invite either Colonel Roosevelt or Elhu Root TO
become members OF his caolnet. lnichehilS
troubles might determine him to call the strong
men of the country to his aid. But no true
American can wish for these; and the country
can therefore only wait and let time shape
ievents
Well managed concerns employ the best tai
emf to supervise their expenditures. What
great corporation which proposes to spend NIL
lions on a plant tunnel, a railroad, does not
engage experts of the highest order to guard
against miscaculations and mistakes! Our
government is the highest cooperative concern
lin this hemisphere if not in the world. 1t is en-
gagged in the greatest enterprise ever under-
taken 1t is expending with all possible haste
vaster sum of money than was ever before de-
voted to a single object. Is 1t IN TINS avalnng
itself of the best brains in the country! Might
It not call TO its assistance men whose surpass-
ing talent in the conduct of great affairs IS
generally recognized as placing them IN a
class by themselves? Are there not men III
civilian life whose services might be sought
who are held to have few or no equals IN our
official life today in the conduct OF enterprises
of the first magnitude! 1t so why are not
| these eminent citizens asked by congress to as
sist the executive departments in making the
wsest possible use of the billions of dollars the
people have given the government to spend
| This is the peoples war; the people are hnanc-
ing it, fighting it; and why should they not de-
mand through their representatives responsible
| to them that the best capacity in the country
| be called to assist the government in carrying
/ it ona Things have not gone and are not go,
| ing as well as they should; and a congress equal
| to the emergency would long ere this have CIV
en- the nation war council Of its most capable
men, Ours is a peoples government, at least II
theory; but it sometimes seems as 1t 1t was 8
bureaucracy in practice and fact, and as if the
elected agents of the people were managing
matters very much to suit themselves.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
THE MAKING OF BILL.

Bill was never any ringer for Adonis,
He was easier look at after dark,
And schoolroom that he hung around a
pooroom
amassed reputation a shark
But they picked him UP and poured him into khaki
And it gives the girls iumpy little thrill
When they see the column, marching mighty
straight and solemn
For the uniform made man of Bill.
You can pick 'en here and around the village,
Camouflaged as local pests and corner buns,
you'll there's something to EN- when on dress
parade view EN-
Marking time with earnest footWork TO the drums
All they was n intrest in some business,
And bunch that there something they could do.
Line the oafngest rascallions squadrons and bat
talions
And don't worry any more for they'll go through!
Percvs nails were rather prone call him Sissy"
He was always the side lines in scrap
OF grille and his hair was soft and
curly,
Just weak and wishywashy little chap.
he buckled up and butted into Plattsburg,
And and Hermans and the other kinds of Ger
win get theirs as soon Percy gets his chance!
You can never tell the way they look beforehand,
gut as soon as they the olive drab
doubt EN-; there's somethlngenss
about em
convnces you that what they want they'll grad
Look at any squad marches to the landing
Take another look and then, well, look again,
And they've changed their bearing with the uni
.sfs they're wearing.
For the khaki makes able fighting men!
Pittsburgh Post.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19
THE FUEL SHUTDOWN
CrcismPenty
Lacking

/, coal, yet on Monday morning there
We're at the New Jersey tidewater
terminals 100000 tons of coal. and
172 600 tons in transit to those ter
nlinals within forty-eight hours of
destination. Why should half the
country suffer because that coal can
not be put across the Hudson? The
shortage in coal in New England,
due entirely to lack of transporta
ton, is very great Yet the Massa-
| chusetts fuel administration mas de-
vised a plan of economy that it in
! sists will save from ten to twenty
| times as much coal as DR.. Garheld's
plan, without great loss or serious
| inconvenience to anyone, and IT had
already put it's plan into application
4 throtighout that state. Why should
| this local work be nullifed and half
! the country be forced to make an
| enormous sacrifice when the end can
| be better served without the sacri-
| fee? But, says DR.. Garfield, we want
to make this fair. Because certain
sections are short of coal we must
close down all industries in half OF
the United States whether those In
dustries have coal on hand or not.
For sheer nonsense this can hardly
be equaled in all our records OF OIL
! ciai aSininity. 1t Is rs II we should
say, There are a number OF starving
people in our community; let us all
| starve and thereby make them more
comfortable. There being coal
shortage in some places DR.. Garfield
4 will make a coal shortage everywhere
by force of authority, just to equalize
things and make America safe for
democracy, so to speak. 1t doesn't
matter that we have coal in our eel
lars; we must not use it because our
neighbor in Massachusetts has none.
Our shivering would not help our
neighbor in the least, but 1t would
place us "on an equal footing
We should have as free and as
fair a distribution of coal as the re.
sources and the transportation
facilities of the country will permit
and our resources and facilities
should be so extended that no one
anywhere in this land should be de
priyed of this essential. There Is
no good reason why our resources
; and our distribution should not be
, adequate right now to our needs. IL
they had been intelligently handled
: they would have been. 1t is childish
, | TO hide our eyes to the truth. 1t Is
. childish to say that we must look
with approval, as matter or patrlot
ism, upon such destructive anc
utterly stupid acts as this one OF III
Garfield which will do far more harm
/, to the country than any possible
good. True patriotism will firmly ane
!, courageously condemn regulations
that are so maaifestly injurious
!, while it upholds and supports all tina,
are really contributive to our wei
fare and our supreme purpose. The
government must retain the uninee
and unqualified support of the people
+ but its acts must be founded upor
s. intelligence. upon Justice and upor
the true spirit of American liberty
DR.. Garfield should no longer bt
trusted with a responsibility he is in
competent to bear. We need men o
!. Judgment in this emergency Ant
: his order should be Immediately re
! scinded.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

70 whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given thaI
annual stockholders meeting duly :.
on January s, 1918, at which me-
all Of the stock of said COMPANY
present In person or by proxy,
unanimously voted that the lh.ei
bridge Company be discover,
vote being had in accordance WIN
Articles OF Incorporation and ~ III
suance OF the Statutes OF the o'a]
Iowa. This notice OF dissolution =.
company and the surrender OF w. -
ter is given by authority OF al '
stockholders. ,o,s
keokuk, Iowa, January II, lsiS
INTER-CITY BRIDGE CoMPAn,,ll
BY G. =. Dadant. vice rIe -
Attest: A. Il. tombstone, o
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19
The Fuel Shutdown.

Chicago Tribune:
/. Is such drastic economy neces-
sary?
2. Is the method prescribed the
best solution?
8. Who is responsible for the fuel
shortage?
These questions are now foremost
in our minds.
AS to the first 1t seems unbeliev-
able that such action can be- neces-
sary. Yet the situation may have
reached this appalling stage without
earlier public knowledge OF its ap-
proach. The administration of other
war effort has attempted to luil US
TO fancied security before now.
Without a better knowledge OF the
facts, the publication of some OF
which would be in violation OF the
voluntary censorship, no one can say
at this time whether or not such
dra site economy in coal is necessary.
AS to the second question, the
remedy seems worse than the dis
Ease To SO completely and suddenly
oyerturn the regular process of our
daily lives cannot be wise. We are
at war. but why awaken us SO rudely
from the security of which we have
ing in concerning mitigation of the
harsh measures proposed. Instead of
full holiday on Mondays. 1t is pro-
posed to run shorter hours than nor
NAL but To do business every day.
, The advocates Of this course say
that more coal can be saved and
less wages lost than through the
method called for by the present
order. Certainly the order gives
every appearance of hasty and ill
considered decision. The Tribune
believes it could be modified to ac-
! complish equal or better results with
less sacrifice and suffering.
/ Who is responsible for the short
! age of fuel?
/ The same remote, three-thousand-
miles-awa satisfied smugness that
/ has characterized so much of Our
war preparation--or lack of prepare.
! TOMS responsible for it.
Some blame attaches to the coal
operator, some to the miner, perhaps
some to the railroads. But above
! and beyond all such lesser offenders
/ reclines in easy assurance the chief
! offender. inefficiency in high places.
| All last summer coal was in the
! ground human beings physically able
! to dig 1t out were walking about
money and machinery were at hand
to finance and operate the project
! Locomotives and cars were then
! available to haul the coal Strikes
+! chickering's, arguments on manner and
! method took up time which should
have been used in mining and de
livering the fuel we are now said To
lack. against the coming Of winter
and it's storms.
{ To permit the present situation to
arise. after nine months of obvious
opportunity to avoid 1t, is nothing
less than criminal. To avoid further
4 catastrophes in the same or other
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19
Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw
not away an hour.-Benjamin Franklin.
TITS THE PEOPLES WAR.

Senator William S. Kenyon, who is an
nounced to speak in Keokuk tomorrow, brings
back from Europe the conviction that coalI
ton war government has become a necessity
and in an impressive speech delivered IN the
senate last Wednesday, declared that this is no
time for partisanship politics, no time for
ineffciency in any departments Of our govern
ment Continuing, the Iowa senator said:
n this spirit Of nonpartisanship that per
vades our country today could have coali
ton cabinet made of the strongest men Of the
nation. enthusiasm 1t would bring the
people this country if we had coalition cabi-
net, with Elihu and Theodore Roosevelt
thereof; if in of the missions
abroad the services could be utilized of such
great American William Howard
not injurious the that have criticism.
criticism is helpful; honest criticism will
winning the criticism helps bring
out ineffciency and neffcency wherever it may
be-in heads of bureaus, in congress-
the cabnet-must AMI the sooner it goes the
better.
One Of the greatest men in Europe has been
quoted as Of the opinion that the administra
ton at Washington must call to its aid the
strongest leaders in the land regardless Of par
ty, past political differences or personal ami
mosities. Here, as in the allied nations, the
genius of leadership Of all the country is needed
to carry the war to a triumphant end.
The administration has thus far had free
hand In the conduct of the war, and the time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-19
BREAKS A COLD
IN A FEW HOUR
FIRST DOSE OF "PAPE,s ~,
COMPOUND" RELIEVES ~
ALL GRIPPE MISERY
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misery and break up severe nn|
either In the head, chest, body \
limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged.up nal
trils and air passages; stops nas]
discharge or nose running; relevJ
sick headache, dullness, feverishnss
sore throat, sneezing, soreness al
stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is N
quickest, surest relief known M
costs only a few cents at drug storsl
1t acts without assistance, tasts
nice. and causes no inconvenien.s
Don't accept substitute.