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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28

G. Avery Ray of Springfield, Mass was in town over Sunday and took his former place in the First Congrega- tional choir.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28

Lucian H. Beebe and son Standigh of New London spent the week end with Mir. Beebe's parents. Mir and Mrs. G. s. Beebe, on Scotland road.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
Somewhere in France.
 April 29. 1918.
Dear Mother:

Dear Mother: @..s .S.s
 I am writing to let you know that am well and feeling fine. 1 haven't re- eeived a letter over three weeks now. I don't know what the matter is, prob ably the mail is held up somewhere. When first came to this section, four or five letters a, week. but they seem to stop coming somehow. I will always write often to you, because I think of You and home, no matter what I am doing. I wish this damn war was over.i It won't last long at this rate, and we won't come back till it over, over here. I have been in the air sew
 eral times with different flyers. There are thousands of aeroplanss at this field. It is the biggest flying field
 in the world Sometimes they are thick as flies in tue air at one time. Some machines go 20G miles an hour. AleheuSh am no flyer. sure would like to be one. 1 think the chance will come yet. ! sure do Ike 10 ride in the air. I'Re first ride l took the sem sation is like riding cn, the water. There are. mary stunts done with aero planes that tt1c people never know l about. Or. a good,~day you can see
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
BUILDING OPERATIONS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Statistics of building and engineer ing operations in New England as compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com pany follow:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
Step Lively! Corns .......,
 Quit with "Gets 1t"

Ths Great @corn-Loosener Of the Age.
 Never Fails. Painless.
 Watch my step? what's the use! go along right side tip without care" even with corns, becauseTI use ~Gets-It,' the painless. off, like aba naF1a-peel corn remover. tried other ways galore, until I was blue
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
Anneunee Enaaaement.

Mir. and Mrs. Louis c. Kenyon of
 East Neck, Waterford, announce the engas enent of their daughter, Miss Ida: to Frying L. Gator of New Lon
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28

E. Raymond Ewing, a student al Cornell university, Ithaca.l N. r, wal at his home on Elm avenue over Sun. rday. s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28

Meriden.-George A. Yonng, sf 30 Curtis street, formerly superintendent of the Charles Parker company plant, has been appointed government fac tory inspector He will remain in Meriden for the present. ..4
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
POLICE TO REGISTER
 --.- GERMAN ALIEN WOMEN
Is to Be Carried on at Every Place
 Commencing June H.

Police Chief George Linton has re- ceVed a notification from Chesterfield c. Aiddlebrook, United States mar. shal iC the effect that the attorney general has notified him that the reg istration of German alien females is fixed to commence at s a. m. on Monday, June IT, and to. continue daily thereafter except Sundays, be- tween the hours of 5 a. m.a and p. m., up, to and including June 26. The chief is alD requested to send an esti- mate of the number of German alien females in the city. t
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
Governors Proclamation Read.

The Memorial day proclamation was read at the Sunday morning service of the First congregational church and an urgent request made that there be a large attendance at the Thursday evening service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
NORWICH TOWN

Pastor and Choir from Church of the Good Shepherd Bring Cheer to sheltering Arms Household-Pro- lessor Bailey to Speak on State Prohibition-News in General.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28

was a recent guest of friends in Han over.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28

Miss Jessie Browning of Plain Hill
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-28
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the Service.
Has Had Several Flights.

Sergeant Lawrence Cornell. of the 642d Aero squadron in France has written to his mother, Mrs. Frank Com neil, of 56 Cedar street, that he has already been up in the air with sev- eral different flyers. He writes as fol- lows:
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
O DRAMA, "
THE REAL THING

Mons--The. open warfare which
was conducted by the allied forces in
FLANDERS over long stretches of inhab-
tied territory along the northern bat
tlefront produced strange situations
w~hichHwere affair reach from the trench
fighting, which marked the greater
part of the war. "
The correspondent was motoring
along the highway leading to the re-
Gently freed city of Denain when a
French officer beside the road asked
for a ride. AS soon as the car started
he leaned out and began 10 inspect the
surroundings eagerly. Occasionally he
would wave to civilians and shout
greetingSfe,
Asked II he lived in the vicinity, the
officer said that his home was in De-
main, where.four years ago he left his
wife TO join the colOrs. Just after his
+" departure his first child. n daughter,
was born. Then came the German oc-
cupatiOn, cutting off his loved ones.
Now he was going back after these
long years TO his wife and the baby he
had lever seen.
: He was visibly wrought up TO the
highest pitch, as well he might be. II
vas quite possible he might find his
family dead or gone and his home In
ruins,
Entering the city the officer directed
the-A correspondent toward his home,
through streets showing the cruel
marks OF the invaders hate. Turning
Into his street, the first house was In
ruins. He gave a nervous start, but
said nothing. A few doors farther on
was his home, and the car stopped
across the street from it.. The officer
climbed out slowly and with an effort,
his eyes fixed on the place. u
Afraid Of Her Father.
! There were no signs of life. The
windows were suffered and on fhe
door was a sign showing that German
officers had been living there. Crossing
the. street, the officer pulled the bell
with shaking hand. No one answered.
He backed away like a man in a trance
and leaned against the car, trembling.
Suddenly the door opened and an
aged m servant appeared in an
swer to the bell. She was leading by
the hand a beautiful baby girl with a
wealth Of golden curls. The officer
took one step toward the child and
then halted. He was a stranger to his
w flesh and blood.
The child hid behind the skirts Of
the nurse, peering out in fright. Un-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
French Afraid of Ice Cream

Paris.-Ice cream is a new dish
TO the inhabitants Of France.
Some of the big city jewellers may
have had a passing acquaintance with
it, but the rural folk and those in the
villages saw their first ice cream made
In the American army camps.
Many of the permanent American
camps In the service Of supplies have
made Ice cream q regular feature, the
regimental canteenS turning out the
frozen delicacy for several hundred
men.
The introduction of ice cream to
the French peasant children has been
productive OF much amusement to the
American troops. The youngsters think
it is hot.
One Of the men of an engineer regi-
ment took a mess kit full of ice cream
to q French farmhouse. One Of the
small boys took a big t~easpoonful. A
look of panied amaZement came over
his face, and, emptying his mouth of
the frozen cream, he ran screaming
to the protection Of his mothers
skirts crying: "Chaud! Chaud !"
(HOt! HotD
The other children who had watched
rather horror-stricken the fate of the
first became convinced that the ice
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doubtedly her mother had told her
many times during the BOche occupa-
ton that men in uniform were bad
and that she must avoid them.
The horizon blue uniform Of France
meant nothing to this tot. The half
blind eyes Of the old nurse had recog-
nized her master, and she held out her
hands TO him, repeating, Monsieur I!
Monsieur" :" in ecstasy. He crossed the
road and grasped her hands, but the
baby drew back still farther.
A door opened at the end of a long
hall and a comely young matron came
through to see what was going or
When half way down the hall she
caught sight of her husband. She
stopped, her hand flew 10 her breast,
and she swayed for a second MS though
about to fall. With a sobbing cry Of
JOY she hurled herself into his drmS.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
YANK is A "HIGH- BROW"

Paris.-"TO get a good idea OF the
high intelligence of the average Amer
lean soldier, one should have a job Of
censoring letters" said an American
officer, who had just been released
from a front hospital where both pri-
Yates and officers were cared for.
"While recovering from my wound"
he continued, 81 used to pass away
the time acting as temporary censor
for the wounded, and also for part Of
the hospital personnel.
"And the letters that those chaps
wrote were wonderful. Especially the
letters to their mothers. They were
diplomatic, that's all. Most Of the
letters the wounded wrote would
start off with some commonplace
comment ON the weather or the
war and then the writer would cas-
ually mention that he had beep
wounded. But the next sentence in
variably would be something like this:
"Don't worry a bit, mother. about
ne. I'm getting along fine; It's only
, slight wound and I'm getting fat on
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29

May. do you know, he's very lib'ral."
"Lib'ral?' repeated Mrs. Gormley.
II heard of old Jed Parlow bein'
accused Of that before. Did you, Mrs.
Maine?" "
Mrs. Maine was the dressmaker
and she bit off her words when she
spoke, much as she bit Off her threads.
"No. l never-heard Jed Parlow-
called that-nol |" declared Mrs. Maine
emphatically.
why, yes" little Carolyn May said
quite eagerly, che gives me all the
shavings l want. IL guess folks
don't just understand about Mr.. Par
low" she added; remembering what
her uncle had first said about the car
penter. "He is real lib'ral."
"It's a wonder to me-" drawled Mrs.
Gormley, that he has a thing to do
with a certain party, Mrs. Maine, con
siderin' how his daughter feels toward
that certain party's relation. What
d'you think?"
II guess-there's sumpin-to be
said-on both sides o. that contro.
versy," responded the dressmaker.
"Meanin' that mebbe a certain par.
tvs relative feels just as cross as
Mandy ParlowY" suggested Mrs. CORN.
ley.
yep" agreed the other woman.
Carolyn May listened, much puzzled
She wondered just who "a certain
party" could be.
Mrs. Maine was called away upon
some household task and Mrs. CORN.
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FEAR ENEMY POISON PLOT
Booklets "Made In Germany Cause
Mar Scare in Public School at
Oyster Bay.

Oyster Bay. l.. 1.-The discovery
that they were 'made in Germany"
caused b. f. Whitaker, principal of
the public school, TO order pupils to
throw away booklets which had been
given 10 them by a stranger. Samples
are TO be analysed, as ii is believed
the booklets may secrete germs Of dis
ease.
Several days ago Il stranger came
here and gave the booklets to many
school boys and girls. He said the
booklets had pictures OF prominent
men which would appear by rubbing
the scrapings OF u pencil on a page
with the finger.
Mr.. Whitaker got n Of them, and
discovered on the last page the words,
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p v.
A Tragic Situation.


Such was the introduction of Caro-
Ign May to The Corners. 1t was not
q very exciting life she had entered
into, but the following two or three
weeks were very full. -
Aunty Rose insisted upon her being
properly fitted out with clothing for
the summer and fall. Carolyn May
had to 60 to the dressmaker's house
to be fitted and that is how she be-
came acquainted with Chef Gormley's
mother.
Mrs. Gormley was helping the dress
maker and they both made much of
Carolyn May. Aunty Rose allowed her
to 60 for her fitting alone-of course
with Prince as a companion-so, with
out doubt, Mrs. Gormley. who loved
q "dish Of gossip" talked more freely
with the little girl than she would have
done in Mrs. Kennedy's presence.
One afternoon the little girl ap-
reared at the dressmaker's with
Princes collar decorated with sbort,
Gurly shavings. -,
II take It you've stopped at Jed Par
(DwNs shop. child" said Mrs. Gormley
hffh . slgh.
~. AaaA." returned Carolyn
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of wounds received while he was res
cuing two of his "bOys," according to
letters received here. The action in
which the clergyman received his
death wounds was after the repulse Of
a German attack. According to his
custom Reverend Keith was in the
trench distributing chocolate and Gig
arettes. When the soldiers leaped out
to attack the Germans difficulty was
experienced in keeping the chaplain
from going along. Two of the boys
did not come back, after the Huns
had been repulsed. Gas had left them
helpless in "No Mans Land" When
volunteers went out for them the chap
lain went along. 1t was while engaged
In this work that he was wounded.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
al Reckoned You'd Be Lonesome Up
There at the Corners" said the Car.
penter.

ley seemed to- change the subject of
conversation. >.
Don't your uncle, Mr.. Stage, ever
speak to you about Mandy Parlow?'
she asked the little girl.
Carolyn May had to think about this
before answering. Then she remem-
bered.
ooh, yes" she said brightly
"He does? Do tell Y exclaimed Mrs.
Gormley eagerly. "What does he
say?"
"Why, he says her name is Miss
Amanda Parlow."
Mrs. Gormley flushed rather oddly
and glanced at the child with, suspi-
cion. But little Carolyn May was per-
fectly frank and ingenious.
"Humph!" CALCULATED Chefs mother.
"He never says nothing about beln' in
love with Mandy, does he? They was
goin' with each other steady once"
The little girl looked puzzled.
":When folks love each other they
look. at each other and talk to each
other, don't they?" she asked.
~"Well-yes-generally," admitted
Mrs. Gormley.
'Then my Uncle Joe and Miss Aman-
da Parlow aren't In love-" announced
Carolyn May with confidence, "for they
don't even look at each other"
"They used to. Why, Joseph Stage
and Mandy Parlow was sweethearts
years and years ago! Long before
your mother left these parts, child"
'That vas a long time fore I was
borned." said the little girl wonder
ingly.
"Oh. yes. Everybody that went to
The Corners church thought they'd
be married"
my Uncle Joe and Miss Mandy?"
Eyes"
"Tben, what would have become Of
Aunty Rose?" queried Carolyn May.
"Oh, Mrs. Kennedy hadn't gone to
keep house for Mr.. Stagg then" re-
piled Mrs. Gormley. He triod sev'rai
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
CHAPTER iV--Contlnued.

"SoT said the carpenter, pushing
dis Hg spectacles up to his forehead.
Tread about It. Too bad-too mighty
Sad' / remember Hannah Stage" he
added, winking his eyes. Carolyn May
thought. a good deal as Prince did.
sYou look like her"
DO IT. Carolyn May returned,
drawing nearer "Tm glad I do. And
Pm glad l sleep in what used to be
her bed, too. 1t doesn't seem so lone
some"
"Sof I reckoned you'd be lonesome
up there at The Corners" said the
carpenter.
Mr.. Parlow stripped another shaw
ting from the edge Of the board he was
stumbling. Carolyn Mays eager eyes
followed hat curling ribbon and her
tips parted.
The carpenter paused before push
ing the plane a second time the length
OF the board. Don't you want a drink
OF water, little girl?" he asked.
"Oh, yes, sir-I would. And 1 know
Prince would like a drink" she told
him quickly.
go right around to the we'll in the
back yard" said Mr.. Parlow. you'll
and a glass there-and Mandy keeps a
pan on the we'll curb for the dogs and
cats"
"Thank you, I'll CO." the little girl
gard.
She hoped she would see Miss
Amanda Parlow, but she saw nobody.
She went back to the door of the
carpenter shop and found Mr.. Parlow
still busily at work.
Seems to me-" he said, in his dry
voice, after a little while, you aren't
much like other little girls"
aren't II" responded Carolyn May
wonderingly.
"No. Most little girls that come
here want shavings to play WITH" said
the carpenter, Quizzically eying her
over his work.
"Oh!" cried CArolyn May, almost
jumping. And do you give ZEN to
Sem?"
"'Most always" admitted Mr.. Par
low.
"Ohl Can l have some2" she
gasped.
"All you want" said Mr.. Parlow.
When Tins old hack crawled along
the road from town with Aunty Rose
sitting inside, enthroned amidst a null
tftude Of bundles, Carolyn May was
bedecked with a veritable wig Of long,
crisp curls.
"Well, child, you certainly have made
a mess OF yourself" said the house
Keeper. HAS she been annoying you,
Jedidiah ParlOw"
"She's the only Stagg that amt an
noyed me since her mother went
away" said the carpenter grufiy.
Aunty Rose looked at him levelly.
al wonder she said. "But, you see.
she isn't wholly a Stage"
This, of course, did not explain mat
tiers to Carolyn May in the least. Nor
did what Aunty Rose said to her on
the way home in the hot, stuffy hack
help the little girl to understand the
trouble between her uncle and MIR.
Parlow.
Better not let Joseph Stage see you
90 friendly with Jedidiah Parlow. Let
sleeping dogs lie" Mrs. Kennedy OBJ
served.
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great, the nurses and the doctors are
fine, and I'll be out in a jiffy.'
Another thing that struck m
about those letters was that almost
all Of them were correct grammati-
cally. Several times the writer's would
speak of books they were reading. I'll
confess / have never read such deep
matters as they were taking up.
"And patriotism had Its part I'm every
letter, always a line about the war end
ing with the Americans on top. They
were all going to Berlin, and going
as ~conquerors. too-those chaps"
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and they would have nothing to do
with 1t. The mother had to eat virtu-
ally all of the cream In order to in
duce them that 1t was cold rather
than hot and that when not taken too
fast was good to eat. Eventually, the
they partook of 1t gingerly, evidently
greatly mystlfied that anything which
first seemed hot then cold could be
good to eat.
But In time the kids got to liking
Ice cream and they became as great a
nuisance around the camps asking for
ice cream as they had been before
In seeking chewing gum.
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10 She Champion knitter?

Cleveland, O.-Mrs. @. L. Newell,
eighty years old, Is the champion knit
ter Of Cleveland. Although she is de-
cidedly past the age when most wom-
en- do much knitting, Mrs. Newell has
set q mark Of 17J pairs of soldiers
socks and ten soldiers helmets In the
last twelve months. She has no near
relatives In the waS.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
LIKE A ~THUNDERCLAP
OUT OF A CLEAR SKY

Dixon, Ill.-ThingS happened
pretty quickly for Harry |. Mil
Ter, an Amboy farmer, after he
was alleged to have said: 81
will shoot anyone who comes on
my farm to sell me q bond In
this Liberty loan drive" He was
called before the local exemption
board, given a lecture, com
PEELED to subscribe his quota CT
bonds, 5000, examined by the ex-
emptiOn board physician, passed
and ordered to report for serv-
ice in the next call.
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MADE I'm Germany He collected as
many Of the books as he could and In
structed pupils to throw the others
away.
81 have SEN these books to New
York for analysis" said Mr.. Whitaker.
'"The children to get the pictures or
President Wilson and Mr.. Roosevelt
had to rub their fingers owe the page
OF the book. Naturally, the children
afterwards put their fingers In their
mouths, and as there is much illness
among pupils here l decided to send
the booklets for examination"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
OFFERS TURKEY FOR COAL
Mining Manager Plans Christmas Din.
ner for Working Force Making
Largest Output.

~Greensburg, PA big Christmas
dinner is the prize offered by James s.
Amend, district coal manager here for
the working force that produces the
largest amount Of coal for the month
of November. There are 200 mining
camps In this district.
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CHAPLAIN DIES OF WOUNDS
Fatally Injured While Going to Rescue
Of Two Men Who Had Been
Gassed.

Pittsburgh, Pa.--Rev. NJ. Wilson
Keith, chaplain Of the One Hundred
and Eleventh infantry. died In France
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CAROLYN LEARNS WHY HER UNCLE AND AMANDA PARLoW
DO NOT SPEAK AS THEY PASS:

Synopsis-Her father and mother reported lost at sea when the
Dunraven' on which they had sailed for Europe, was sunk, Carolyn
LAY Caneron-Hannahs Caroyn-is sent from New York to her bach
eior uncle, Joseph Stage, at the Corners. The reception given her by
her uncle is not very enthusiastic Carolyn is also chilled by the stern
demeanor Of unty Rose, Uncle Joes housekeeper. Stage is dlsmayed
when he learns from a lawyer friend OF his brotherinlaw that Carolyn
Dee leftp practically penniless and consigned to his care 8 guardian.
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Carolyn 10 heartbroken and
decides upon drastic action when
Uncle Joe passes sentence On
Prince. Read about Il In the
next fnstallment
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Go BE c~oN7TNUED.l
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-16
Miscellaneous Items

$50 SO Eldredge Rotary Sewing Machines. salts
$500 down, Si.OO week
$500 i2-section Adjustable Dress Forms, spe
cial at ....... $11. 95
800 yards of 72-nch Plain Net, white, cream and
ecru, si.25 value for. ..................8 5c
IL
Oriental Rugs-Some two hundred and fifty
pieces selected to be offered at the lowest prices
p DOR
Two hundred framed Colored Pictures, si.oo
-Four hundred handsome high-grade Trimmed
Hats, $1,000 to $500 values, for: ...... $500
Fancy Bath Towels, extra heavy, special, ca Soc
Second
Extra heavy White Bath Towels, extra value $50
Second
-Women's Lambskin and Cape Gloves, Si.75 to
$3.50 values, special at. ................$ 1.45
Floor
-Huls Luzon-shaped Umbrellas, $3.50 to $3.50
values special at $495
II Fioor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-16
Toilet Goods

Genuine Pyraln Ivory Hand Mirrors, $500 values
for SITS
-Pyralin Ivory Hair Brushes $3.50 to $500 values
Dressing Combs. ivory, SOC values Csc
-72o bottles of 81 90 Toilet Water, each. =. Soc
FPS bottles of $500 Perfumes each. -. 90
-72o boxes of Face Powder, soc values. Csc
100 cans of CSC Tacum for Csc
$40 Ideal Hair Brushes $3.50 values. 49,. .$l.25
-t44 hard rubber Dressing Combs, CSC values Zoe
"a Combination Water Bottles and Syringe, $3.50
values for .$1.65
"a Hot Water Bottles, si.75 values. -. $1.2O
"a Fountain Syringes $500 values. .35
Il ,44o Powder Puffs, ioc and sc values, each Sc
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35c to soc values, for. Csc
Silk Scarfs, $500 values,
special at ...........$z.5O
-Women's CSC and Csc
Handkerchiefs, special, ; for
=. Soc
Beautiful new Capes and
Stoles of Kakara fur, $1,000
values, for $500
--Fraser-Patcrson Co, First Floor