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New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
FIRE AT WIN STED.
Plant of the Citizen Printing Com-
 pany Is Danased-$1O,O ,OOO Worth.

Winsted, Dec. 27.-Fire discovered in the heart of the business district in Main street late yesterday did about y1O,O0O damage to the plant of the Citizen Printing company, publisher of The Evening Citizen and two week. lies, The I-itch1ield County Leader and The Winsted Herald Splendid work by the fire department saved the building from destruction. The flames were confined to, the paper stock and the composing rooms, where two typesetting machines and three large presses were badly damaged by heat and water.
 The blaze is believed to have start ed in the neWsboys' room, adjacent to the paper stock and press rooms, from a cause not determined.
 The Evening Citizen will be issued today as usual, but in skeletonized form. The damage is covered by in- Surance.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27

IRISH THANKSGIVING
Thomas Ashe Branch Wants Dec. 2S Set'Asidc as Special Day for Prayer by Both Catholics and ProtcStallts.

The following resolution was pass ed by the Thomas Ashe Branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom, at their re- cent meeting in .Iudd's hall:
 "WhereaS the result of the Gen. eral Election in Ireland. 1918, wherc- by the people of Ireland expressed their will to esta Dlisll a free and in- dependent republic, was declared on December 18th, 1918, we recomm end that December 2Sth of this year be held aS q special day of Thank sgiving; that on Decembe 18th all Protestant mem bers of the r. 0. I. F. devote thirty minutes to special prayer: that all Catholic members do likewise and in addition receive Holy Communion on that date that God may bless and prosper the young Republic of Ire- land"
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
WEDDING TOMORROW.
Miss Sylvia Light to Become Bride of
 Alexander GecS;n.

The marriage of Miss Sylvia Light, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Light of 200 Fremont street, to Alexander s. Geesan of Detroit, Mich.. will take place tomorrow at , o'clock. Rabbi Elias Rosenberg will perform the ceremony.
 The brides attendants will be her sister, Miss Louise Light, as maid of honor, and the Misses Viola and Grace Cans, as bridesmaids. The best man will be Harry Cash of Detroit and the ushers are Michael Beckstein of Hart ford and Sidney Alex of Detroit. The bride will be goWned in white satin and will wear d bridal veil caught with orange blossoms and a jewel. She will carry bridal bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. Fol lowing the reception the couple will leave on a wedding trip after which they will live i'll Detroit. There will be guests from New York, Hartford New Haven and Springfield
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
10000 SURPLUS TREES
Pittsburgh Dealers May Lose &25.OOO in Ovcr-Estimating Market for Christmas Greens

Pittsburgh. Dec. 27.-Pittsburgh produce men are seeking ways and neans to dispose of some 40, 900 Xmas trees left unsold on the market with out destroying them. Fifty carloads of trees remain in the produce yards awaiting disposition.
 Eighteen carloads were taken to a dump yesterday and thrown away, while many other trees were hauled away by the truck load for social clubs of the city to use for decorating at New Year functions. Gem etc ries have come in for their share of trees also where the branches have been cut and placed upon graves. The ubiquitous small boy has done service in hauling away bundles of trees. for his use.
 In spite of the heavy demand for Xmas trees this season the marke was over-estin1ated and dealers stand to lose S25, ,OOO one wholesaler said.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
SCHOOL BOARD HAS
 ANOTHER PROBLEM
Costs of New Buildings Are Exceed ing Appropriations Particularly
 in the North End school.

Confronting the school board IS a serious problem, that of building new school buildings with the present ap- propriations in view of the fact that building materials and labor have ln- creased several times during the past year. This fact was brought out forcibly last evening when the school accommodations committee of the school board held d session in Superintendent Holmes office to dis cuss the matter. Several bids have been received for independent branches of the work on the proposed North End school, but the committee has no bid for the general contract. Py adding the bids as received it is found that the smallest figure for which the school eau be started is s325,0OO. while the appropriation is but S2OO,000 and school bonds. to that amount. only. have been issued Even at that figure, the board must accept immediately" or the figure will not stand good.
 When the matter of building a new North End school was frs, brought up the architect who drew the plans estimated the probable cost at S175,- 900. To pay his fee in addition to building the school the finance com mittee was asked for $S5,0O0. The finance committee took into con- sideration the increased costs of build ing and raised the appropria ton to $20o,0O0. There is some talk among members of the school toard of going through with the entire buildin g program amo bunting to a million and a half with a view of ultimately say ing portion of the costs.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
CITY ITEMS

pecial program by Tempo quartet. hmen's ball, New Years Eve, at Heck 's.--advt. a. Iroperty on Chestnut and Bigclow let's has been sold by the -Ame erican IdWaro corporation to the New lain Machine company. The prop- has a 196 foot frontage on Bige- street and sold for about $S, ] Is foot passway for railroad ks is granted by the new owners. asquerade and Mardi Gras, Bar ks hall, tonight Wheeler's Sing i orchestra
 he Arpi ScXtette will give a con- at the Swedish Lutheran church Thursday evening, January 15, as- 'Pd by Mabel Anderson, alto; Her Anderson, violinist, and the , llo Singing society of New Ha-
 Henry F. Bonander is accom- st and J. P. Peterson is director. ey. George T Sinnott, pastor of the holic church at Newton, is observ- the 18th anniversary of his ordi- on 10 the priesthood. He was or ed in Boston 25 years ago by hbishop Williams and was curate | he St. Joseph's Catholic church in . city during the pastorate of Rev. Richard F.. Moore.
 rec lecture on Christian Science, lay, 3:45, at Lyceum. See advt. lvt.
 ratis Sideris, acting for himself
 as guardian of Nenizilos Sideris
 Andrew Pajamhalal1ys, have sold r interest in their restaurant at rhurch street to Michael J. Hanos
 George P. Demos for $5,000 and
 monthly until the amount Eed upon, which has not been
 toned. is paid.
 ie Wentworth club held a Christ =
 party last evening which was a
 t success. Refreshments were led following an entertainment. bmplaints have been registered at police station concerning children ting on the sidewalk on Rackliff Ehts and Locust street.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
D'Annunzio Asks Nitti
 to Postpone Trip to London

Rome, Dec. 27.---Gabriele d'Annun- zio is understood to have asked Pre- mier Nitti to postpone his announced visit to London on the ground that his departure should be preceded by the reaching of a definite settlement of the Plume situation between d'Annun- Zio and the Italian government. Lieu tenant-Commander Rizzo, Major Gui- ueretti, chief of q d'Annunzio's cabinet, and other leaders associated with d'Annunzio are said to have left the Plume district
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
City Meeting: Approves
 Heavy Appropriations

Appropriations amounting 10 So6,- TOO were made last evening at a spec ial city meeting, attended by II per- sons. Mayor c. A. Quigley presided, City Clerk A. l.. Thompson read the call and Judge B F. Gaffney present. ed the resolution after the board of finance and taxation had reported The principal item was that of the school teachers increases amounting in all to $49,O00. Other items were one for $500 to replenish the incl dental account and S3,600 due the state for road repairs.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
FACTORIES PARAIIY B ED.

Madrid, Dec. 27---Tobacco factories at Gijon, Cadiz, Logrono, San Sebas- tian, Valencia and Seville are paral- yzed by the strike of workers, and 1t is expected tobacco factories in this city will close next Tuesday. It is es- timated that 10000 persons are with out work. Manufacturers declare their warehouses are empty, and there is fear that Madrid and other large Spanish cities will be without tobacco during the coming week.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
OFFICERS ARE NAMED.

At the annual meeting of the New Britain club, held last evening, the following officers were named: Pres ident, Albert r. Corbin; first vice president, Frank G. Vibberts; second vice president, James $. North; sec retarN, Stuart Parsons; treasurer George F. Spear: directors, J. C. Loomis, Maurice Stanley; auditors, George IT, Kim ball Edward r. Hall
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
GUARDS DRUGGED AND SLAIN

Barcelona, Dec. 27.--Two civil guards were found dead in a street here last night They had been drugged while dining in a restaurant and had been afterward slain with a hammer. The police are securing the city for the aSSa SSinS,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-23

about that as / don't think the censor
guess, and l will tell you all about it
when | get home. Well, we stayed
there until we finished the drive which
took us about the goth of August, then
we started for the Scissors front, and
started a drive that lasted until the
10th Of September. Then went back
for a rest, anyway that's what we were
told. We went back to a town by the
name of Massey, and we stayed there
about five days, and it was from this
place where | wrote you. That same
day we got orders to nov and we
started out about IL o'clock at night
and hiked all night and the next night
and just kept hiking for six nights
straight, finally coming to the Verdun
front. Here we stayed until it was
over. We put over the biggest bar
rage that was ever fired all through
the war, it was sure awful. l was in
a big battle that you probably read
about in the paper, the night we took
a town by the name of Mont Faulkton,
there was where we had a hard time.
Well, mother dear, thank the Lord
it is all over and | am sure glad that
| went through it wouldn't have
missed it for anything, but it is all
owe and | am feeling fine, so w
should worry. l expect to be on my
road home before long. | am now ut
a town by the name of LaBlanc, down
in the southern part of France, going
to a motor school. Twenty-three of
us from &c" Battalion were sent down
here to take a six weeks course, but
| think our regiment will be going
home before that time so we will be
taken out and put back with our regi-
ment when they go, anyway that's
what we expect. Well mother dear,
this is quite a long letter for me to
write and my hand is getting tired, so
| guess | might as well close. | have
told you quite a bit of my experience
on the fronts, but that is not near all
of ii yet, just wait until | get home |
will tell you the rest of it. Have not
had any mail for quite a while, but
expect some before long, anyway |
hope so. Tell everybody hello for me
and / will be home in a couple OF
months. Goodbye, with lots of love.
Your son, Tom Mulquin.
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| would rather turn around here and
start the other way.
| suppose you are all wondering
when | will be home. Well, l guess
you know more about 1t than | do, al
though | do not think it will be so very
long, as | think they are going to try
and get the western boys home as
soon as possible on account of short
age of labor in the middle west.
/ have not heard from home for a
long time now, but | received the Reg
lister q couple of days ago, and was
very sorry to see that Auntie is dead.
The date of the paper was Nov. 7th.
We are having drills and inspections
the same as back in Funston. We
get up, about 5:45, when we do not
march and are through with supper
about 4:30. Then l generally go up
town and buy some waffles and then
go to bed. Beer is sold here like pop
is at home. They do not have any
notices on minors here in Germany.
Beer costs " mark for a glass. 1t is
not as good beer as ours. 1t is some
thing like the stuff we used to sell
at Eds place.
Well. we signed the pay roll the
other day. We have got three months
pay coming besides December, so you
see regardless Of high prices We are
we'll supplied with money.
Ii is a lot easier to catch onto this
language than the French. Well, it's
seven o'clock now and that's my bed
time. This letter is getting pretty long
and if we do not have much more
marching to do why I'll get more time
so | can write regularly. | had a let
ter written on the oath Of last month.
that was the day We were all supposed
to write to our father. l had n all
ready but we started moving and |
did not have any chance to mail it.
Well tell Helen and Herb and Helma
hello for me and tell mother she can
look for me before long.
Pvt. c.. NJ. P%hillipson.
NJ. G.. Co, 355th Inf.
American f. F., via n. Y.
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NJ. G.. Co, 355th Inf.
American f. F., via n. Y.

O. j. Sundet, who had not heard
from his son since the armistice was
signed, got the following letter the
last of the week and which the Reg
lister is glad to reproduce. You will
see by reading the letter it is ever the
same story of driving the Germans
before them. Drive, drive, drive-they
We're no match for our wonderful
d~oughboys.
Aisey-Sur-Seine, Dec. 18th, 1918
Dear Father: Well | received your
letter a few days ago and you said
you hadn't heard from me since Sep
TENDER. Well | wrote you a letter the
14th of November, right after l came
off the front and | suppose you have
got that by this time. | am feeling
good and expect to be home soon.
you heard the wal was over Well |
felt good when / heard it was e
But you see we were out on No Mans
Land, and | was there when the last
SHell was Hleu' we hdu DeeH III q
battle for three days and nights then,
and you see | was pretty tired, but
sure was glad when it ended. | had
some experiences | sure will always
remember and that | W would
want to go through with again. We
went over the top about sunrise one
morning and advanced all day long,
driving the Germans back and their
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Private c. NJ. Phillipson writes his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Phillipson
as follows:
= Grosslittgen, Germany, Dec. IL, 1918.
Dear Folks: Well | have covered
considerable ground since | wrote to
you last. The seth Division was one
of the divisions chosen to march into
Germany, and We are now in a town
by the name of Grosslittgen. We have
marched all the way and sure have
seen some beautiful scenery. We left
France and marched through Belgium,
then through Luxembourg and finally
into Germany. We stay with the civil
ians over night. Some times we get
a good feather bed and then again
maybe the ext night we will get a
hay NOW to sleep in. The people here
try and show us all the. hospitality
they possibly can, and We surely can
not complain on our treatment here
in Germany. AS a rule we get plenty
to eat as our kitchen trots right along
behind us, but in case we don't why
we can always buy waffles or apples
from the German housewives here, and
believe me they ure know how to
cook.
Well we have to get use5 to a new
kind Of money again now. First 1t
was shillings, then francs and now it
is marks. A mark was formerly worth
about "a cents. but its value is only
a little over half that now. Things
are pretty high here as may be ex-
pected. An ordinary towel costs 8
marks. We stayed at a place in Lux
emburg where a fellow had bought his
little girl a new pair OF shoes. They
cost him an even 100 marks. Some
price for shoes. Candy is a thing
that II Is impossible to get. was up
town n night and went in a sort of
restaurant. There were four women
working there making hamburger.
They sure know how and I nearly
foundered myself eating Dutch ham,
burger and black bread.
We have stayed In this town three
days now and from reports / think
we will be here another week at least.
i do not know whether our division
has to go to the Rhine or not. but IL
we do Ill surely see some sights. but
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artillery was Smelling US pretty heavy
and their machine guns did a great
deal of damage, but they We're not
able to stop US. They kept on retreat
ing until eleven o'clock on Nov. 18th,
when firing on both sides ceased. That
night ali of No Mans Land vas lighted
up by fire works on both sides, the
Germans seemed even more glad that
it had come to an end than we did.
We soon left the front and started
out and hiked for sixteen days-hiked
around two hundred miles and it was
kind of hard on us especially our feet,
but after a few days rest we soon felt
better, sure would like to spend
the holidays at home with you but |
guess | can't do it this year. | hope
you are we'll and have a Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year. From
your son, Private Wilfred Sundet,
Co. 4, 800 Engineers
American K, f.
A. p. 0. 791, France
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is not rosy for such places for muse
ment.
The members will be home before
the end of the week on their recess,
and when they return the following
week they will no doubt be supplied
with numerous ideas as to just what
should be done on matters before the
session so far and to come in the fu-
ture as there does not appear to ne
any rush to push ideas to this time.
S. A. Travis.
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A. p. 0. 791, France

France, Dec. 1, 191S.-Dear Mother:
While | have plenty of time today
will write and tell you where | have
been since we came over. Have not
had much time to write until lately,
for we have been On the move eve
since he armistice was signed. The
last front that | was on vas the Yer
dun. and it sure was a hot one, too.
| put in over five months on the front,
not the same one, hut was on the move
all the time from n to another.
We first went to the Toul front, and
it was supposed to be a quiet sector,
but We got quite a warm reception
there the first thing off the reel. Any
way we put Jul guns in position there
the End of June, and stayed there un-
til about the 22nd of June, then we
moved on the Alsace Lorraine sector
down neal Belfort, that is a pretty
large place. I'll name some of the
large towns SO you can see on the
map where | have been. We stayed
At liz pluNC uhlI dbouI tIIC lOIh VI
July then we started for Chateau
Thierry front, and this is where we
had a real taste of war. We got there
just after they got them started go
ing just out of Belleau woods. l sure
saw some awful sights there-the
woods were big trees four and five
feet thick, and were just layed on the
ground don't mean cut clear down.
There were trees fifty or sixty feet
tall, but after it was shelled you
couldn't see a tree m bit over ten
feet tall when we went through them
in moving up, and more things | saw
that never want to see again as long
as live. But l guess | can't tell you
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NAN VIZ VI oo lOu
see the subs that were out couldn't
get back in, and neither could those
that were in ports get out, so you
see W. had them right. There was
another barrage in the Straits of Doy-
er that kept them from using the Eng
lish Channel. So you see the Mine
Force played an important part in the
war and there wasn't but very few
people who knew there even was such
a thing. Our movements and exist
ence certainly were kept secret and
it was well they were, because Ger
many would have sacrificed fifty sub
marines to get us. And take it from
me, they were after rs. too, but not
a ship did we lose although we had
to run a couple of times. Better to
run though than to lose the entire
feet.
Well, l tell YOU | could write a whole
book on this, | guess, if | wanted to.
Now, we are going to have some more
excitement in sweeping the mines.
They are out there now, experiment
ing to see if they are still active. So
| guess as 500 as spring comes, and
the Old North Sea Gains down a bit,
we will be out there cleaning up q
well done job. And as far as | am
concerned, | don't mind it, in fact |
I'm rather glad of the chance to take
part in the expedition. 1t is something
that has never been done before and
probable will never be done again and
there is nothing really dangerous
about it, not near as dangerous as lay
ing them and even if one or two of
US do get blown up, there will be plen-
ty more around to pick us up; it is
not like in war time when if you go
up you are left to look out for your
self. | am going to be like the Jew,
better to go up than down"
Well, by the looks outside now, |
guess it won't be Bonnie Scotland
again for awhile. We will have snow
to celebrate Christmas anyway, and
by all the preparations we are going
to have some dinner. We will spend
a Merry Christmas all right, even if
we can't be home.
There is a Y. NJ. G.. A. hut here in
the base and then there is a big ". NJ.
c. A. up in town and they are the peo-
pie that make life bearable around
here. The band plays here in the hut
every noon and at night, plenty to
read, nice place to write, pool tables
and everything TO fix a fellow up to
pass away the idle hours. Then ii
the uptown "Y" there is an entertain
ment or movies every night in add
ton to all other conveniences, so we
are not so bad off as we might be.
Only one trouble here, you can't buy
anything American except what you
can get from the Y. NJ. c. A. No.
American cigarettes, candy or any
thing at all al be bought here. We
are hoping that if the Yankee sailors
stay here long enough, they will have
these people civilized.
Well, | think | will have to call this
enough" for this time, it will soon be
supper time and | have a couple of
little things to do before then. Hope
you are we'll and that grandpa and
Laura are also, please tell them that
| haven't forgotten them and | am 60
ing to answe Aunt Laura's ,e Ter
right away.
Wish you all a Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year, and will be glad to
hear from you. With love,
Claude.
9. V. Vinegar,
L. S. Naval Base IS,
&c Postmaster, N. Y, Div. "A"
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James Brooke, Of the BrOokings Reg
lister, has been laid up with a car
buncle. There is nothing more pain
full than an affliction of that kind and
we sincerely sympathize with him and
hope that he will soon be better
NOlga Tribune.