davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
SPANISH INFLUENZA
MORE DEADLY
|: THAN WAR
said That Epidemic cost More Lives
Than American Loss In Battle.
Danger Not Over. Great Care
Necessary To- Prevent
Further Outbreak.

The appalling ravAges- OF. Spanish in
huenza in this country are perhaps best
realized by the statement recently made
more than a month from this disease
than through our whole eighteen
nths participation in the battles CT
the European war.
Our greatest danger now, &c clare au-
thorisies. IS the great American ten
dency to forget easily anu 10 believe
the peril IS over Competent authort-
ties claim the. coming of cold weather
disease and there Should lie no let-up
throughout the winter mon+hs of the
ffoolllowing easily obs!erggei preeaHtio1ns.:
Influenza is a crowd disease Avoid
crowds as niuch as possible. Influenza
germs spread when ignorant or careless
persons Sneeze or cough without using
a handkerchief Cover up each cough
sidewalk, in street cars or public
places Avoid the use of common
drinking. cups and roller towels in
public places. Breathe some reliable
germicidal and antiseptic air to destroy
the germs that do find lodgemeat IN
your nose and throat.
Ren1ember. no safer precaution
against influenza could be employed in
est drug store a complete Hyomei Out
tit consisting of a bottle of the pure oil
of Hyomei and little vest pocket hard
rubber inhaling device, into which d
few. drops of the oil are poured. You
should carry this inhaler about with
you during the day and each half hour
or so put it in your mouth and draw
deep breaths of its pure, healing. germ
killing air into the passages of your
nose. throat and lungs.
By destroying germs before they
actually begin to work in your blood
you, may make yourself practically i'm
mune to infection.
All these suggestions about Spanish
| influenza. are equally true in the pre-
vention ST colds. catarrh of nose and
throat, bronchitis and even pneumonia
| Don't become careless. Do your part
Keep the germs away. You may save
yourself serious illness and the loss
| Of several weeks work
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
PERSONALS

Mrs. Alex Vino of Norwich was
recent caller in cast Lyme.
Luther Eaton of Plainf1eld was
business caller in Norwich Monday.
Miss Mary Shea of New London,
former resident of Norwich, has been
visiting in this city.
Chief Woman Benjamin Houlihan
who is. stationed in the Navy depart
ment at Washington is spending a
furlough at his home in this city.
Miss Catherine Dodd spent the
weekend at Mount st. Joseph Sem
mary, Hamilton Heights, Hartford the
guest of Miss Catherine Desmond.
Mrs. Eben Allen of Willimantic, a
former resident of Norwich for mary
years, is the guest for several weeks
of Mrs. Henry D. Johnson, CT Asylum
street.
Rev. Alexander C. Wollschlager, as
the Sea church, New London, is re-
covering from inuenza He has been
i'll about week.
Raymond La Fontaine who has been
spending the past three weeks at his
home on Summer street, returns this
week to Hartford to resume his studies
at st. Thomas seminary
Jacob NJ. Linicus, @. M, &c, U. S.
n. r, F. has returned to New London
after his release from the service and
an experience of eight months of mine
| laying in the famous North Sea mine
| field
Lieutenant John Palmer Post who
has been an instructor in field artillery
at Camp Jackson Virginia, has re-
ceived his honarabls discharge from
| the army and has returned to his
home at rs West Thames street.
Louis Hoffman of New York who has
been visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs
Wolff Hoffman of Palmertown for a
| few days, has Just returned from over
seas. where he was connected with the
| Engineer corps. He becam i'll from
J drinking impure water.
Richard c. Moran, L. S. Naval Re
| serves, one of t"e four. sons of Mr.
| and Mrs. John A. Morin in govern
ment service, who has been in Son:t
| America, is due to reac1 Faliforria
this week and hopes for 4 p"rmaHe:
| transfer to the submarine base on tlII
Thames
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14

terfere in any way with any general
reception plans that will be carried out
otherwise, but it will be a welcome
home campfire from one body of vet
Grams to another. There will be speak
ers for an address of welcome and
other speeches during the evening, nlu-
sic and refreshments.
officers for the current terry were
installed by Past Department Chap
lain George 4. Turner as follows:
Commander, Charles n. Burdick;
senior vice commander PhiIo Barnes;
junior vice commander, ,,eorge Rath-
bun; officer Of the day, John F. Saut-
ter; officer of the guard, War OLSON;
trustee. Charles A. Hagbefg; adjutant
Milo R. Waters; quarterm1ster, John
H. Hagberg; chaplain, George A
Turner
The installing officer also presented
to the retiring commander, Benjamin
F. Skinner, on behalf Of the camp, a
past Commanders badge in recognition
of his faithful services in Office. Com
rade Skinner briefly expttssed his APP
probation of the gift.
After the business part Of the ev-
enipg had been concluded a social hour
was enjoyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Plan Reception to Returning War Veterans

Monday evening, February 19ti,
the date of its first regulu
meeting in February, was selected by
R. S. Grisw5ld camp, No. 6, United
Spanish War Veterans III its January
| meeting at the armory OF Monday
night as the time at which to enter
tain all honorably discharged Norwich
soldiers~and sailors who have reached
home by tNat date
The Spanish war men felt that as
veterans of the most reeert war III
which the United States had partici-
pated before the world war which has
! just ended they were most eligible to
| be the ones to entertain TIE newest
| veterans of service under the Stars
and Stripes. They appointed Past
Commander Charles A Hagbcrg chair
man of the committee of nine e. past
commanders TO arrange for the special
| entertainment at the camp at the
armory. A fund of $50 was appro-
! priated as the nucleus for the expenses
of the affair and the camp IS DESTROYS
that patriotic citizens who feel so in
| elined shat contribute to the fund
through Chairman Hagberg.-
It is not intended that this shall in
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14

Corporal Peter P. Lemieux, Co. l,
lend Infantry, writes The Bulletin Of
his war experiences as follows:
Somewhere in France.
Mandres Hte. Maine.
Dear Sir:-Just few lines to let
YOU know that 1 received your paper
and l am very glad to get some news
from the good old city once more. At
present | am in some town and am
getting along fine. Well. where we
are we don't think anything about the
war. We, are in little town and
some of the members of Co. I, who
did guard duty at Norwich are with
ne and in the house where we. stay
there are few girls who make gloves
and the mother is SO kind to us that
she cooks up French fried potatoes
for us every night and that is the
best family I. ever met. Well, will
tel you something about what we did
III the lines. Well to start off with
will tell you of all the fronts we were
on. Last winter we went up to the
good old front which was Chemin des
Danes. We were relieved from there
about month later and we went UP
to the sector northwest of Toul and
that was the place where we had a
great big battle on April 20. After
VIC 5HcIe there d lew IllOill1S we W6Ie
relieved by the SIND Division and we
went up to relieve the Second division
on the Chateau Thierry front and that
was where the 26th division started
that big drive. That was where I was
wounded as l got into German
trench, | was shot in the right Shout
der and was later picked up by some
| OF. my friends in my company and
| later brought back Of the lines and
was sent to a base hospital. I was
! in the hospital about a month and af-
ter getting a little better they tried
to transfer me to some other outfit
but I was wise and l ran away from
| the replacement and L finally got
| with my company again and went TT
in the big drive UP on the ST. Mihie
front. After three dCs driving the
boches back we held whe lines in the
little town OF Sa,te which was where
| the big shells came over on us We
! to the big front which was the Verdur
front, and that was where the 26tf
| division had it hard In &c days We
went over the top eight times. Al
| together we went over the top abcU
20 times and you can tell the worl.
| that those Huns couldn't scare any.
one from the old 1o2nd.
Well, this is all I have TO say, 81
I will, close with the best regards. S.
goodbye.
Yours truly. -.
CORP. PETER P. LEMIEUX,
Co. I. 102nd u. S. Infantry, 26th Div
351st Bn.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14

offensive. ,
'sWe are very comfortably located
now in a small town thar is not in
habited except by the Yankees. We
have nice little room with three
hunks, Billy Murray, fellow namedl
Fox and myself We have good
little stove and the Germans left US
wood to burn. That reminds me they
had all the fields around here plant
ed with cabbage and we now have
cabbage as a s1ndby. The day the
arnistice was signed we had some
typical German sauerkraut.
I'VE were always usel as shock
troops and were sent where they
wanted something started. We moved
to Verdun from there and certainly
bombarded the Germans there and
then went to the Champagne sector.
We were all along the Scissors
Rheims from and finally were sent to
the front of fronts the Argonne for
| est. Believe me, the Germans put up
an awful struggle here and sent US
| quite few shells for luck.
One night when everything was
| quiet and the Germans least expect
| cd anything we started what is
known as d creeping ba.rage. Our
guns were in the rear and after fir
ing a few rounds pulled into road
position and moved up uhead Such
q shower Of hot steel was sent over
that there was nothing left for the
Germans to do but to retreat from
their strongest sector, as quickly as
possible. They left a bunch of valu-
able war goods behind. whole batter
les of guns and much valuable am
munition was left. We rushed far
| enough to get our guns in range OF
the Metz-Sedan railway and then
shelled them until they vacated.
| Now we are located in a sn3ll
town called Louppy. where the Ger
mans just left. They were right here
when we first arrived and had we
| been allowed we could have spoken
to them.
1--WE are about to leave the front
NOW to go 10 ChaunOnt near Bar
le-Duc and hope to leave there for
The good old United States as soon
as possible"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
ACADEMY NOTES

On Thursday Principal f'ifrell ap.
pointed Helen O,Neil. DelH Collins
Richard Peaia, Walter HitcZ5n and
Raymond By-:.es a committee to repre
sent the LoWer M;dd1h class at the
funeral Of James Murphy, who wa; i
member Of the class. \ collection
was taken up Friday by the commit
tee for flowers, which warc selected
by the girls OF the commit tee The
committee attended the ilneral scr.
vices at st. PatriclIs church Satliria,
morning. Resolutions VIII be published
IN the school paper AMI sent to Yrs
Murphy.
After several days of absence, Mis-:
Croker. returned to her place at n
F. A, Monday.
Miss Gilbert was ahsan-, Principa
Tirrell is teaching her class at pres
ent.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
NOTICE

The Seventy ninth Annual Meeting II
the policy holdars of the New Lor II
County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. will
be held at the office of the Cor12any,
at 200 D. m. Tuesday, January 2lsl.
1919, for the following purposes:
~ TO hear ana act upon Annual
Reports of Underwriting and Finance.
S(2) TO elect four directors for a
term of three years,
(S) To transact any other business
proper to come before said meeting.
W. s. LESTER, Secretary.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Like Being Hit
By Rattle Snake
SAYS that every time you cut
or pick at a corn you
invite lockjaw

You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
az least once a week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood poison
are now told by Cincinnati authori-
~ 20 use a drug called freezone, which
the moment a few drops are applied
ro any corn. the soreness is relieved
and soon the entire corn. root and all,
hits riElt OFT with the fingers, with
out one particle Of pain.
This freezone is a sticky substance
which dries the moment II is applied
and frst loesens the corn without in
flaming or even irritating the sur
rounding tissue or skin. He SAYS a
quarter OF an ounce will cost very
Nt.le az any OF the drug stores. but
this IS sufficient to rid ones feet of
every hard or soft corn or callus.
You are positively warned that cut
'i-r or picking at corn is suicidal
habit
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
PRIVATE MICHAEL ALDI
EXPECTS TO RETURN SOON

In a letter Private Michael J. Adj
who has been in France for over IA
months writes to his father that he
expects to be home here by the 22nd
of February as the postoffice branch
of which he is member is due to
sail from France several weeks before
that date. With Private Adj is
Walter A. Moran of this cnty, both
boys having been wounded. Private
Adj writes that both he and Moran
are in good health.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Want Norwich Boys Pictures.

It has been requested by the New
York state regent of the u, A r.
that the photograph of one of George
Butts, Jr OF Norwich, be sent to be
placed in tho history of war activities
Of tn esociets'. The convention is Il
be held in the ball room of Hotel. Sen
eca, Rochester, N. Y, where all lie
letters from soldiers, clippings from
papers mentioning the war work o.
the society and other material win i,
exhibited.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
FORT TOTEM WILL Sc
ESTIMATION OF k6TE

When the seth Artillery regiment.
in which are many Eastern ConnGc l.
cut tEs, return ffcm France It is - 10
sent 20 Fort Totten. Whitesfone. L.
This is expected to be ABBOTT January
18th.
Such was .he information sent t.
ATajcr z. Frank Morgan Of New Ion,
don in answer to telegram Of inquiry
y htch he Directed to Adtutant Watt
IT lIoboken,
New London had been praparinm for
= home coming welcome TO the reY-
jnent but has abandoned the pans fol-
The present because Of the Hncertain-
~ Il Just w'iot the ragim Ant's rrr-
~ranloe VIII be after it gets to Is
homeland again.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
GOOD PlCKEREL CATCHES
THROUGH TIE Ice

Several parties of fishermen visited
the ponds in the vicinity of Norwich
with their tits over the week end and
all reported finding the ice to be
about three or four inches thick. They
also returned with good strings Of
pickerel. In several of the coves
along the river others have tried their
luck at spearing cells through the ice.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
ART ASSOCIATION STUDIES
LIFE OF WILLIAM CHASE

AHe JduudTy meeting Oh the Nor
witch Art Association was held Mon
! Gay evening, at the home OF Miss
Amanda Fisher on Williams street,
with the president, Mrs. William B.
Birge, presiding.
| After the regular business reports
had been heard, an interesting letter
| from little Simone Gordic, one of the
| four French orphans adopted by the
association was read, in which she
alluded to the love and admiration
of the French for the Americans, and
how proud French child felt to be
! seen walking with a soldier from the
United States.
All business being concluded, the
evening was then given over to Miss
| Louise Howe, who read from a recent
life of William Merritt Chase the ar
| t!st, with a fOreword by his wife,
Alice Gerson Chase. This talk, told in
a most fascinating way of the init
mate life of the great painter, his ear
~ struggles when in the midst of very
unSympathetic environment. with
house paint as his color medium he
painted the family cot, to his later
Years, crowned with all the success
ina ginable.
The little Iowa town of his birth Of
Tered but a barren field for the study
o. art. where wood cuts. crude oil
ehromos and steel engr avings were
it's onIZr f.xnression en- like N-@,istlnr
his famous contemporary, chose to run
away to sea. Tiriag of thai life, he
Of clerk in The nafer9a1 shoe sore
FINALLY his father, 3-as induced 10 send
him to New Yor1, ANA nj fI7o ara nj
" or,tv Years he arnbi+fous yci1Te ar
f7s+ beg the career, which was to
BE- such a DISTINGUISHED one,
This was in The wear 1Rsq whom
New y5,1- vas vary dffferant. al
lahovc Tvsltv-trird street rrcant up-
town llron. ana Union Sra9ve vJas \
Presidential 7fs5y.cl. This was the ~
Rod nf yint0ria7 art. ,sf7e1 IanG7o.,1, s,
ana family PORTRAITS were IN vogue,
Studies we're practically nor-exjere,;,t-
likewise, fl,e professional model
After two Years G. hard r,7l.,,. Chase
went 10 St. Louis. where he alta orea
the attention Of some veelthv men who
= sent aim to Munich. where he became
E. celebrity in few months time This
vas mis- first actual contact with a
real atmosphere Of art. F'revi0pslv.
he had been Dominated by the Van
Dyke Influence, but fran nov on his
; can-&scE began to show that su2ges-
! ton and iufiviGUality. which came
II te" to be called. The "Ch2So-T amer,
Seven years. rich in wonderful results
were IoJl3W1d by study !" Ncnlc- 3nd
/ Spain. 1873 was az G72ortafL period
{ in the art world. when the new scho,-
; haa 0e-tor5e. 10 give way to the old
. RatdJnnE To nc" ork Where his
reputation had preceded him WIFI =
! Chase took the Mace witch he hel5
/ til tas a2y OF hls DEAN. re was
. natural c1e2f9r 9I b}Z3rre effects, ant
c his famous studio in Tenth street W2<
= . perfect museum of 9e7u ital Coc
, tilift=S becoming New IOTE'S cilirfpS-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Salvation Army Worker Dies

Miss Elizabeth Jones, for many years
a Salvation Army worker in New Lon
don, died in Lawrence hospital there on
Monday morning after a short ill1ess
from pneumonia following inuerZa,
She was one of the best known women
in the city and yet very little is known
of her private life. An earnest work
er in her chosen occupation, she made
friends wherever she went.
She had frequently been to this city
assisting tn local army.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Criminal SUPERIOR Court,

The January term of the crin1ina
superior court will resume its session
here this (Tuesday) morning. When
court adjourned last Friday for the
week there were still fifteen prison
ers in the pen whose cases had not
been disposed of.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Home From Foreiun Sarvice.

Electrician Roy B. Simpson of the
U. S. S. New York is spending a fit
teen day furlough in this city. Mr..
Simpson has been eighteen months on
foreign and this his first time home
in that time,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Ice Cuttinn Sam

On Monday the ice men reported
that the ice on their ponds measured
from three to five inches thick and
with a few more nights of ice making
weather they will be able to start
cutting.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14

Ade1ard Matthew who is in the med
ical department, escort detachment,
writes his parents at Danielson s0ms
experiences he witnesseG about the
ship. The Northern Pacific. lie writes
as follows Under date CT Jan. S. 1913,
from the Z. s. :. debarkation hospi-
tai, New York city:
A few lines to let you know J am
we'll, with the exception If cold.
This is how [ got il. Last week Tues
day the big Northern Pacific struck
4 sandbar o. Fire Island and we were
called out at / q, NJ. New Years day,
All of a sudden q big wave came
mot over the top but over III the
water. Some deep. There were Is sail
ors and % soldiers. We lest all Of orr
clothes and all we had to eat WIS
crackers and coffee for five days. VIZ
had to go into the swdmps up 10 CT?
knees to get Tood so rs to keen us
warm. Last Friday the Officer sen
- of US out TO get wood ard W. go
lost and Gidn't return till II T. m. Los
il the swamDs and we had to wai1
until we could sec the light on III,
boat then we followed that course I
rained like sixty eTery cay we We"
there and the ocean was rouah. An
we had 70 lake the patients off of Ii
big shin. PIT hem in small boats a..
cross the hay, distance of nine
miles. l tell you no one knows WIN
we had to go through ana I viii al.
ways remember New Years day 0
1919. Seems that about all Of tn
people in New York were at tn" doe
to see US come back. and nothing VS.
| too good for us They save rs man
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14

We WsH use it's it sooner Then you -5 are re abs 8
solutely sure that the corn will
loosen from your toe so that you can
peel the whole thing off painlessly,
piece-just like peeling a banana It
takes a second or two to apply Gets
IT. There's no fussing or puttering.
Corn pains will yanisll-thatu keep
rest. Nothing new for corns has been
discovered since "Gets-It' was born.
Follow the. Judgment of the millions.
use "Gets-It' and be sure to be corn
and pain free! Youll say it's magic. 81
"Gets-It,' the guaranteed money
back corn-re1nover, the only sure way,
! costs .butSa trifie at any drug store.
Manufactured by Z. Lawrence & CO.,
| Chicago. III.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
On rim TO Maine.

Frank E. Peckham Of the City Car
dens. East Side, accompanied by H
r. Woodward of this city have left
town to spend ten days in Portland
Maine, and vicinity, seeking rest and
recreation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14


Co, and went overseas las March:
Camp Stuart. Va,
Jan 5. 1919.
My dear Mother: At last or Mother
Earth once again, and believe me /
am very glad to be on the soil Of the
L. S. A. once more. I started from
France on Dec. % aud arrived in New
port News. Va, Jan. g.
The trip was very pleasant. The
port from which VIC sailed, 81. Nazaire
on the southwest coast of France. The
first few days were rough. as you know
that bay is noted for its roughness.
The ship that brouCht US over was
the Antigone. It carried the fun res
inent and about 500 casuals. The
wounded were very cheerful boys from
is to 90 years of age. Some had arms
off at the elbow, others at the. Shout
der Those at the shoulder had no
stumps and when they moved the
shoulder It looked funny. Others had
| holes in their heads where shrapnol
hit them You see it did not hit them
square or it would bave killed them.
| 1t Just glanced them so as to Toxic the
| flesh off the bone Some OF them he d
legs off and, believe me, it was pitifrl
to look at them. but they. had the
spirit of rs and were very lively. Some
/ y
swinging the stump as they went
laushingly on.
Well. I'm glad didn't get it. but we
had very close shaves. You remember
the st. Nihiel drive. We were in thH
drive located. about two miles from,
the Huns and subject to shelling al
sll times and which they did several
times. We were very close TO the 75'S
| being behind and also in front Of Us
| believe me, they sure make Your fair
stand IN straight. They fire at the
rate of 27 per minute. EISw's that:
That IS one cannon ONLY. They he'd
those cannon about q. hundred yards
: apart along the whole front of St. Nj
hiel. You could not really ina@iut
how MANY there were there, not men
tioning the barrage cannon and neva
guns.
Wen. I'll tell more when see you
AZ time is short I'll close, hoping y~t
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14

all had a merry Christmas and Happy
New Year.
Love to all from
CLYDE.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14
Only One Corn
PeeIer, Gets 1T

Stop Corn Pains; See Corn Peel OF
1t is just when a corn hurts that
you want to feel surest about getting
rid of it. Why take chances of keep
| ing the corn and having the pain
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-14

Funeral services f0~ EaIix Ca'1a-
'an wore held On Monday norrir :
rom hts late hone ut II tHhion sire !:
viti many III atten69"2n Including
Allegations from s.. AJlrg's = Z. ar :;
=. sociNfv ard t]lo Carpenters' unic1
There were nary beautifu! tic~al t~ib-
2te7. At tic SERVICES in -. Pat
lch's church Pev. !. II. Broderick w7=
'c'ehrHrt or y mass Of ra1Tiern ard
Prof F. L. Farrell vas n tae 0r9au.
The bearers wore Jahn Sweeney. Jere-
~iSh Lynch and Henry PerCv Of tie
Carpenters union and John Donotue
lanes Casey and William II McGuir
,-ass from st, Mays T. a. I. society.
H1.rial was n s.. MarF'a cenetarE
'-ndertalecs Shea and TuI-o hal
charge cf The funeral ARRANGEMENTS.
Mrs. jason r. Chapman.
The fr~ eral Of Mrs. Jason L. Chap
mar was held or Monday morning E on
ne horne OF har d&ughter, Ms. Albert
| N. ITerrials At 40 Main street. with
Relatives ard friends attending. TIE
salEices were conducted BY Ee7
| George II. StrnJse md relatives acgad
! IS bearers The body vas Conveyej
by Funeral Director Cager ~ auto
noodle corteGe to tho family pIot in tht
| Mantle cemetery where Row c. r. I'd
! ridge coAluctcd q short service at II.
! grave Relatives and friends fro
! New London and Mantle "era pres
ent at the grave.