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Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
ReXiYlnn the Bride.

They were being married in @ small country church that was heated with stove. Everything went wei until et the close of the ceremony the bcide fointed. In the general excitement that followed the bridegroom lost his head. He grabbed the empty coal scuttie md rushed to the pump for some water. Then he came running in and dashed a scuttleful of black sooty water over his then reviving bride.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

deskSwhen she entered and he srranR up and rushed toward her.
 How do you do?" asked Anzt4 calmly.
 "Annie!" he cried
 MT. Fairbanks," she replied.
 "Annie!" cried Robert again -IvS missed you, dear"
 70, not" laughed Annie.
 But. you must never leave me again" said Robert I've missed you terribly"
 "Mr. Fairbanks.- che said firmly. Your wife-z7
 He laughed unsteadily. 70. Auniel So you have heard that? I haven't one. never thought I wanted one until you went away, and I realized that l wanted you. Annie. darling, will you be my wife?" Yes, Robert" f2ltered AnniA
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
Nj. A. BARBER Maehinest and Engineer
 Steam Engine Repairs
The Most Valuable.

So. day by day, and week by week : 90. month after month, and year s.ser year, work on; and in that process gain strength and syE metry, and nerve and knowledge. that when success, pa- uently. and bravely worked for. shall eoFhe, if may find you prepared to re- eciTe 1t and keep 1t. The development which you will get in this brave and netient labor, will prove itself. in tho end, the most valuable of your sue eesscs.-J. e. Holland.
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 able pungency of cigar smoks.
 MT. FnirbAnks was xruff. but kind 10 her. E~eEy. Monday moxninx he handed her $1p in an envelope. Ske re- cetvsd many punches of Aowers and snnall gifts from Mrs. Fairbanks
 One Monday morning when he hand ef her tke pey. envelope he eaid You'll md $15 there. Annie. I've raised your wages a little
 Thank you. MT Fairbanks,- Annie merely replied
 Now ahs began to he AaYpy. she bought new dress for the offes. and began to carry . hAnkbook- office door opened and younx naAn came iR bFiAxtF. He ruahed toward Mr.s Fairbanks and hehind her hack thsve was . 3oyots meeting of fsfher and son. s5 ,.-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

TEIE was plain and
 she knew it. She had known 1t ever since she was a child of 2. Her fla ther died when she was IS. Annie had a small apartment | of shabby house hold gear, and roth ing else. After the
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

funeral was over. she went to work in Daiton's store.
 There was small clcsed-up orf1ce svsth desk. . typewriter, and q ledger Sometimes when there was a rush or s1ie Annie came forth to wait on GUS tnn era
 During her spare hours and holidays 4Ae tried to improve herself She cooked her own meals over small
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
What is Castoria


AST0RIA harmless substitute for Castor 0 Prego Drops and Soothing
 It pleasant It neither Opun Morphine other Mar guarantee than thirty years for the relief cpaH Flatuenc Wind cc and DarhG an FeVeshness arising to and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep The Chidren's PanaceaThe
 The Kind You Have Always and which has 30 has borne the Signature Ca Fletcher and has made under his it's infancy Allow this All Counerfs limitations and Lust ife endnger Experiment.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

RS. SNYDER started everything in Aries. She was a little, eager, D . rv o U 6 woman whose daily
 endeaTor it was to keep not up with the current of mod ernity as expressed d by Aries nociety. but ii1Et A hif 4 head
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
MYSTIC.

Sealed proposals arc soon to be re- ceived at the office of the supervising architect at Washington for the con- struction, of the proposed new post office building in this place.
 Plans are being prepared for a new storage house in Mystic for the Packer Tar CoaD Co. It will be ono story high, of brick, containing 1000 square feet of floor space. There will be an- other story added to one of the factory buildings which will contain about
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ef 1t When her old aunt Sarah Crcnk. died and Jeff her s1 900 she felt that fEte had placed q power in her hands A thousand dollars was great deal of money for the Snyders to have. and she determined to make every penny count
 x shall have a vacation" she told Ase- Todd ~I'vs never had g. vzcz- Nrn mm6-1 asxs<vssona tf-anykodx ever
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

Just as a man is about to hit the sidewalk after falling from the. roof of thirteen story building, nothing so thoroughly satisfies him as sud- 6en awakening to the fact that he Is sale at home in bed.
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geographic word.

S6OSI8pIIIC 7ROTu.
 Tn prepara ton for this new phase of carrying out it's purpose, the in crease and diffusion Of geographic knowledge it has established new department known as the school ser vice, of which Miss Jessie l.. BurraIl is chief
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sToRRs.

Steps will probably be taken at once to secure plans and specifications for rebuilding the dairy barns and dormi- tory at tho Connecticut Agricultural college which were destroyed by fire some time ago. The cost of the new buildings will be about S140,ooo
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

July Sales and Loans.
 Tn the month of July just past there were S7 sales Of real estate in Nor wich as compared with 5S year ago, according to figures reported in, the Consmercial Record. in the same time there was sss.514 in mortgage. loans as compared with $21OsS75 the preceding year. In New London the sales were 10i and 61 in the two years. respec- lively, and the mortgage loans were $356,os5 in 1919 to s12s.5T5 in 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
Cats and Old Maids,

The traditional association of cats with old maids is believed to have originated in the middle ages. when cats were always kept in nunnertes.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
Mains Long seaeoast.

- The distance from Eastport to Kit tery, Me. is 226 miles. but the state has really about 2,5o0 miles of seacoast on account of the many identations.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

EngeI farm( near Defiance. O.. were sc large that they were scooped up by campers and used to frcezup ice cream.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

Bavarian Independent Socialists de- Fnanded the melting down all metal monuments representing royalty and Bismarck.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
Marriaae sLaekers Pay PenaIty

In the Argentine republic if man engaged to marry hesitates beyond a reasonable time in leading his fiancee to the altar he is heavily fined.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
stiIL We Iiue

The human body is subject to some
 2,4o0 disea ses, but normally a person ts liable to seventeen, and probably will experience only half a dozen.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
BUILDING AND CONTRACTING
 WORK IN NEW ENGLAND

The statistics of building and engi- neering operations in New England compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com pany are as follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
EAsT LYME.

The T. A Scott Co. of New London submitted the low bid for the super structure of the Mantle river bridge at East Lyme ats$4s.0 .081. The contract will be awarded soon.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

3, 60 oa square feet of space A. power house, 25x3o- one story of brick, will also be erected. The entire cost viii amount to about $35. 900
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
GRoToN.-

Bids have been received for the new schoolhouse in Groton The build ing will be 65x1D0 of brick. one story high, fire-proof construction. and s1ag roof There will be four rooms with accommodat tions for 200 pupils.
 ing and oil distribution: systems at the submarine base has been awarded by the bureau Of yards and docks to a New York concern at $s4S.e00.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12
MlDDLEroWN.

The contract for the proposed im- provenents at the Central school has been awarded and work will be started at once. The changes include new fire escapes and interior improvements and there is an appropriation of s45, 900 for the work. +esa ~ssets
 The time for. receiving bids for tho erection Of the houses for the Middle town Homes. Inc., has been extended.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-12

Handy HaiTstones. Hailstones that fell on the Peter
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
FOOD AND PRICES

" HE welcome announcement OF
reductions in meat prices soon
to be felt by the consumer re-
flutes the gloomy forecasts of those
who believe that the food question
will become a serious factor in the
peace of the world the coming win
ter. The billion bushel wheat crop
is another bright spot on a dark
background But aside from the
meat and grain surpluses OF Amer
lea, the prospects of a world famine
are not nearly so serious as they
were year ago. To be sure, Cen
trail Europe. Russia and the peoples
of the lighting zone generally were
and are in a bad way, but the food
supply was and is more largely
matter of transportation than of pro-
duction. With ships again plying
freely between cities long closed to
commerce the wheat of Australia,
the vegetable fats of the tropics. the
beef of Argentine and the food
stuffs of a thousand ports will again
begin to drift rapidly to those points
where prices are highest, which is to
say where there is greatest demand
for them.
But this in turn means that prices
for foods will remain generally high
in this country The Kansas City
Star thinks that a general high price
level like the present means that the
dollar has been watered. In other
words, its value is less than it was
five years ago. The person with q
fixed income from investments is the
one who suffers most. Wages go up.
The business may increase the price
of his product The person in ac-
tive work can take care of himself.
But the widow who is living on the
returns from her husbands life in
surance suffers. Persons. so situated
have no way of protecting them
selves.
Such a situation works many cases
of individual hardship. But, on the
whole, isn't it better for the country
that premium should be placed on
activity? From the standpoint of
public policy, isn't it more whole
some that active brain and muscle
he favored over fixed incomes from
investment? The answer is, of
course, yes, and this in turn leads
back to the old question-which
would you sooner have, beefsteak
at fifteen cents a pound and s125
day for ordinary labor, or beefsteak
at 35 cents and wages at So or
higher? OF course the latter, for
with high wages we can live as
cheaply as we may desire, by exer-
cising thrift and self-denial, so that
in the end we will have more money
for saving or for uses outside a mere
keeping of soul and body together,
while with wages low, even though
prices are down, there is little if
any money to be saved. no matter
how closely one calculates. So we
are not so badly off after all, de-
spite the calamity howlers who see
the world starving to death or the
country going to the bow-wows by
way of inflated prices.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
PUBLICITY HUNTING

ORMAN H. JOHNSTON, secre-
N tary of the Southern Whole
sale Drygoods Association,
arising in his place and addressing
the chair in the convention of that
organization. briefly but feelingly
remarks among other things that the
paying of high wages to working
girls is having a demoralizing effect
upon them" and that the wearing
of silk stockings by working girls
on occasions other than special So
cial affairs is to be condemned"
We dislike to think that the emf
nent secretary had his eye more
upon the reporters gallery than he
had his mind upon the eternal veri-
ties, but the appearances are against
him and he stands convicted of pub
licity hunting, upon circumstantial
evidence.
Every time a convention speaker
wants to make sure of getting some
thing into the papers he rattles off
a few sentences about silk stockings
and working girls. OF course. he
succeeds, for it has to be admitted
that the combination is attractive
enough to make any bright young
man Of the press sit up and take
notice, not to mention some who are
not so young. Result = everybody
reads it, a few get mad. many are
amused and the rank old chestnut
gets for it's most recent author q
sheet Of press clippings of a most
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
THE AMERICAS, TOO
<VTTE must cultivate a know
w edge of European people

k(VTTE must cultivate knowl-
wv edge of European peoples
through a study of their
history; thus will Americans reach
a better understanding of their ideals
and aspirations, and a deeper SYM
pathy with their problems and their
difficulties" says a recent writer
the average American concerning
Europe, which, by the way. is not
to be compared to the general lack
of knowledge concerning America
displayed in Europe even by such
close students of world affairs as the
former German general staff. who
did not know enough about us to
see in US a great potential fighting
force. But that aside, we in Amer
ica have been much too intent upon
our own affairs to pay great deal
of attention to the complexities of
Europe. Henceforth it will be diff
ferent- School histories will pay
more attention to peoples, customs
and government than to glowing tri-
butes to royalty.
Europe will take care OF itself in
our schools and studies. What we
must look to is better under
standing of the peoples on this side
of the ocean-of Central and South
America. We ought to know them
better. but we cannot do that until
we know their histories. DR.. Pizet.
who. as AMBASSADOR from Peru,
spoke in Harrisburg on this subject
not many weeks ago, has gone to
South America to organize Rotary
Clubs in order that South Americans
may gather together in conventions
and become acquainted with each
other in a friendly way. What are
we going to do to help? II we have
need of knowledge of Europe how
much more is it important that we
know thoroughly our next door
neighbors? If our schools have been
neglectful of Europe, they have left
Central and South America out en-
tireiy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
Canada Generous to Soldiers

In a letter to a New York news
paper an eX-gunner of Greenwich,
Conn.,, who served with the Cana
dian overseas forces, says:
Having read so many complaints
relative to the treatment of soldiers
and their settlements, / feel that L
would like to say something re-
garding the excellent treatment we
were afforded by the Canadian gov
ernment.
Men who had served from one
to three years were to receive, if
married, 500 a month, for three
months. after discharged. If single,
$40. And for three years and over,
500 per month for six months. It
gives me great pleasure to say that
this amount has been sent to me
prom pity each month.
II was also discharged one hour
after arriving in Canada from over
seas, and equipped with my first
months gratuity, allowances, trans
portation, and service badge: was on
my way home to the United States
in jazz time We were also allow
ed $40 for civilian clothing. l am
now receiving $40 and my wife $50
per month for the time stated. My
wife received $40 per month dur
ing my absence plus foreign ex-
change money.
II cannot speak too highly for
this wonderful country which treat
ed us American volunteers like gen
tlemen all
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
Japan Bars MOUie Kisses

LFrom the Japan Bulletin1
The police of Japan do not like to
see kissing in public, and therefore
film stars are not permitted to os-
culate on the screen. In six months
up to March l the police censors re-
moved 1850 kisses from films Only
one kiss was allowed to remain. Tt
was kiss granted to Columbus by
Queen Isabella and was shown in
Toxic only, as the censors deleted
it before permitting the photo PLAY
Columbus" to dicover the provinces.
Three hundred and fifty-three en-
braces were omitted from films,
states 'The Far East" The titles of
2,144 photo plays were altered by
the censors and 127 murder scenes
were killed. Reels entirely prohibit
ed numbered fifty-seven. Most films
shown in Japan are from America
and a large proportion of them orig
inally contain little kiss or so.
showing the difference in standards
between East and West
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
High Prices and the People
[From the Scranton Republican,

[From the Scranton Republican,
Recording breaking crops can be
made the greatest factor of the year
in the movement, contemplated
everywhere, to effect a material re-
duction in the cost of living. The de-
votion of the agriculturist to his
farm will provide foodstuffs in plen-
ty so that market schedules will be
favorably affected by this ample
supplies.
1t remains somewhat of a mystery
why certain prices have remained
stationary, while others have ad-
vanced materially since the armi-
stice was signed last November
Scarcity will not account for much
that is happening nor will the price
of raw material furnish the cause
for which so many are seeking.
It is asserted by some that gov
ernment price-fiXing is an unmixed
evil, doing more harm than good.
Whether or not that is true. the
time may come when drastic action
by Congress will be necessary to re-
lieve the people of eXactions due to
selfish greed and to a desire of men,
controlling the necessaries of life, to
reap vast profits at the expense of
tho groaning and tortured consumer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20

gratifying size; for aside from the
purely advertising value who does
not like to see his name in the
paper?
Senator Ware, speaking at a news
paper dinner in Harrisburg not long
ago, thanked the writers for what
they said OF him. You touch me
up more than 1 like" he said. "out
say bad of me if you can't say any
thing good; say anything. but don't
neglect me; don't let me dry up
in obscurity.''
So we suppose Mr.. Johnston will
be we'll pleased with this little no
tice. despite the fact that we think
what be says about high wages and
silk stockings for working girls be-
ing pure tommyrot. 1t isn't high
wages but the other kind that de-
moralizes girls. and as for silk stock
ings, why if a girl has the price and
the inclination she'll wear 'em, any
color, any time and any place ana
nobody will be the worse for 1T.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20
THE BATTLE OF 1918

from which they had started four
months before.
At this moment the German at
tack may be said to have failed, their
men having been driven back to
their former positions at the point
of the bayonet. The worst that even
pessimists could say was that the
battle was a draw.
But it was only the second phase;
the third was about to begin.
At the Hindenburg Line
1t is well known that for three
years the Hindenburg line. which
the Germans called "Siegfried," had
been the real line of demarkation
between the latter and the Allies.
The Germans regarded it as impreg-
nable, and behind this bulwark. or
ganized and reinforced daily, they
had accumulated ammunition, con-
structed defenses, and brought up a
formidable amount of material. In
fact, they had stripped Germany of
all its war equipment in order to
pile it up in France and Belgium
in the sure protectior of the Hin
denburg line.
On September 26 the Allies at
tackled the Hindenburg line at differ
ent points-the American army and
French army in Champagne, a
French army ard three British ar
mics in the Saint Quentin Cambria
zone.
After eight days of terrific fight
ing the Allies succeeded in breaking
through the famous lines, shattering
them at every point.
The German morale suddenly col
lapsed, ard on October Ludendorff.
the commander-in-c chief, asked his
government to beg for an armistice.
1t was too late, as the Allies were
progressing fast. Along the whole
front, from the Escaut to the
Meuse, their armies were engaged
in widening the gaps, creating fresh
ones ard precipitat ting the German
retreat. In Belgium a French army.
British army, and the Belgian
army were occupying positions in the
line, thus extending the battlefield as
far as the sea. at a moment when
the Germans We're already lacking in
reserves to defend the vital sectors
which were most threatened.
Everything gave way before this
formidable advance; successive lines
fell back within a few days; artil-
lery fire gradually diminished, and
on November the pursuit became
general, whole trains being captured
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-20

in the Meuse Valley, at Hirson, in
Belgium, everywhere.
1t was a real victory, a complete
victory, one beyond all expectations.
Since the commencement of the of
fensive the Allies had taken about
10000 prisoners and over 5000
guns.
Victory and Capitulation
But there is something better still; ;
something better than victory. There
is capitulation. That, too, was to
come.
On November Z the German pleni-
potentiaries succeeded, after many
difficulties, in crossing the French
line extended ir pursuit of the en-
envy; on the Sth they presented
themselves before their conqueror,
Marshal Foch, and on November IL
they hastily signed the acknowledge
ment of the greatest defeat known
to history.
Strictly speaking, the armistice of
November IL. 1918, is not an armis-
tice. 1t has not only been a ques-
ton of a suspension of hostilities;
PEELED to lay down it's arms without
any possibility of fighting again.
Such is the capitulation of Novem-
her Il.
The Germans have surrendered
their guns, their aircraft, their
prisoners of war, their means of
transport. They have surrendered
their fortresses-Metz Strasbourg,
Cologne, Coblenz, Mayence; they
have surrendered their fleet, and,
finally. their tsrritory-the entire
left bank of the Rhine. Moreover,
by abandoning three bridgeheads
which guarantee the passage of the
Rhine they have opened the road to
their military arseRal-Essen-a
to their capital.
What is the capitulation of Sedan.
where the defeated army numbered
only 10000 men, and after which
fighting was again resumed for six
months, compared to this debacle?
The capitulation of November /
is the most terrible disaster that an
army has ever suffered.
Such was the battle of 1918, such
the victory won by the allied flags.
Officers should explain to their
men the absolute modern character
of the urique battle which they have
won. They should look beyond their
own special sphere and prove the
magnificent results of the efforts
made by each regiment in its par
ticular zone.