Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-22
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VARIOUS MATTERS
Notwioh, M0nday, lply 22, 1s1a.

Tides will be high today. Light vehicle lamps at 745 o'clock this evening.
 Soldiers Comfort Kits at Lee & Osgood's.-adv. The July moon fulls tomorrow, the ssd, at 4.S5 p. m.
 Oranges are observing 'Flora's night during their July meetings. A big field of buckwheat north of l Arnstrong's Crossing is in full bloom. Pheasants are being received from the state game preserve for distri- button.
 One thermometer registered .s6 de- ] grees in the shade at 2:30 Sunday af- terneon.
 Films about town which were spray cd, are now showing the effects of 1 good care.
 It is stated that nearly every cot tage in Pine Grove. Mantle, is taken l for August.
 Sultry weather suits Norwich ies dealers, who to date have had a rather dull season.
 Considerable Sunday having was done yesterday and some local for iners got in their oats.
 Thirty more men have arrived from Boston and joined the forces in the railroad laber camp at Saybrook June tion
 At Groton, Rev. G. R. Afha ex- changed pulpits Sunday morning at the Baptist church with Rev. E. U. Hatfield of Deep River. The state board of agriculture, of which L. H. Healey of Woodstock is president, is to meet July S1 to appoint delegates to the various state fairs this fall.
 Delegates from all the branches of the Sons of Italy in this state met in
 Danbury Saturday and Sunday for the annual convention of the lodges in Connecticut.
 At Niantic James Ntetcalf, of the Pine Grove farm, fears his potato crop will be a total loss because of the blight. He has 1,209 hills or potatoes $ in his garden. It is probable that Red Top will be the place where New London Ell.s will hold their outing this year, al- though it has not as yet been defi- h!teIy decided. Saturday was Temperance Day at : the Pl3inville Camp Grounds, as q , part of the Chautauqua programme Mrs C. B. Buell.. the state president ] of the W. c. T. U.. presided You are invited to the Grange Layr Party at Mrs. John O. Peekham's, I5E West Thames street. Wed. afternoot and evening.-adv. The Red Cross in some places has tad to remind knitters that double
 heeled socks are not acceptable. Pairs
 knitted with double heels cannot bt used as they do not conform to regu- lations.
 Rockville lodge Of Elks, which is tC be instituted by Hartford lodge. No IS B. P. o. E., early in September, was organized Thursday evening officers ! were elected and the general commit
 tee appointed.
 The papers noted that Saturday
 was the 46th birthday of Rt Rev l 1 Thomas F. Davies, Episcopal bishol Ief Western Massachusetts, 2 forme rector of Christ church, Norwich Wh, was born in Philadelphia.
 A poultry demonstration on cullin; non-layers will be conducted on tn
 premises of Mrs. William c. Haven 9
 Coventry this afternoon. The worl
 will be done by Prof. R. E. Jones 0 Connecticut Agricultural college. A new flag recently purchased b
 the town Of Ellington to replace on
 which was badly torn and faded. i
 flying over the east end of the greer
 it is cared for by L. C. Edwards, pub !. iicity member of the local war bu .s leau.
 There is a complaint that where VIC
 men have succeeded men as ticke r, agents in Connecticut railroad sta l. tions they are not so quick as mel
 and Visit" too long with women aC
 quaintances who approach the win
 dows.
 - One Connecticut farmer has re N ported that in slug shot, a standar S preparation for insect killing, he hs E found an apparently satisfactory wea H E now causing damage to lcca1 potat
 fields.
 RI While the peach crop at Bolton WE { a failure the Italian fruit growers ha1 not suffered as bad as might be e7
 pected. It is stated that one, grow, E secured such prices for his stfawbei
 ries that he will finish the season s4
 900. to the good.
 For the American tank service Connecticut men have so far volui teered at Hartford Five of the me are either over or under the draft a!
 and the others are drafted men WI have offered themselves to be inductt for the tank service.
 When the problem of the better ca \ Of children and the placing of mot trless and homeless children in hom