Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-13
VARIOUS MATTERS

made voters at Manchester this year
 It rains pretty easy these days | There was heavy sun shower about | o'clock Friday afternoon.
 The semi annual convention of the
 State Trade Educational association opened at Danbury on Friday. l Don't forget the dance tonight ir
 Scotland Road hall.-adv.
 A fire in Vernon destroyed a ten acre tobacco shed on the plantation of B. Wetstone. The loss is estimated at about s20.000.
 Litchf1eld it was voted to authorize the selectmen to sell unused school houses in the town.
 l Lieutenant Colonel Whittlesey, who ion" will be New Britain's guest next | week at a Welcome Home celebrat ton.
 In the opinion of General Manager Stratton of the Shore Line Electric Railway Company, the backbone of | the strike of employees on that system 1 is broken.
 At a meeting of the executive com 1 rnittee of the Welcome Home Cele-
 bration in Bristol the date set for the l celebration was Saturday afternoon
 and evening. Sept. 27.
 At the United Workers sale of l sheets, pillow eases. towels, etc, and
 aprons at reduced prices.-adv. 1 The ". R. Perry Ice CO. New Lon 1 don, has been the victim of thieves
 for some time. During the last few | days a ton of ice has been stolen from cars Water street, New Lon ! don.
 l Sneak thieves operated in Water i ford Thursday. when two houses were entered and plunder of small value 1 was taken from each place. In both | instances the plunder was chiefly jew l elry.
 1 There is urgent need a present for more young women trained in occupa- tional therapy for service in army hospitals as reconstruction aides. ac cording to a war department state ment.
 Twenty towns have returned to the office of the secretary of state reports whether t~v intend to vote on the li- cense question in October. Out of these 20 towns, IS will not vote on Ii quor.
 Visit Mme Fournier. 4 Broadway, for latest styles in trimmed and un- trimmed hats, at lowest prices.-adv.
 About 8 cars are being rebuilt at the Connecticut companys trolley barns in Milldale for the new pay as you leave" car system to he in stalled in this state. it was learned Friday.
 For some time past the support of insane persons in state institutions has been s4.50 a week, but beca use of
 
 cided to increase this amount to B a week.
 The state convention of the Order of United American Mechanics was held at New Britain Thursday with 80 delegates in attendance. There are 90 councils in the state with 2,428 members.
 Samuel J. Brown. supervisor of eve ming school instructions. under the di- rection of the state department of education, has made arrangements to hold series of these meetings in va rious towns and cities.
 Katherine G. Lambert. manufacturer of human hair goods. will be at 116 Main street Mondays. Wednesdays, Fridays. Tel. sS2-5.-adv.
 The new naval ordnance plant at about to begin the manufa cture of armor plate and foreings for guns of large caliber. entirely new lines of work for government plants.
 Boys and girls of ten states will have big camp of their own as well as a big exhibit as part of the East ern States Exposition and Dairy Show in pringfeld, Mass. from Sep tember 15 to 20. as guests of the ex- ! position.
 Roller skating, music by Tubbs' Mil | itary band. this and each Sat eve i during Sept. Each evening and Wed. | and Sat. afternoons commencing on ! October lady.
 Successful farming depends to a | large degree upon the proper soil l condition to produce profitable yields 1 demands on the part Of the operator a | clear understanding of the properties i of the soil
 Interest in Dayville centers this ! week on the formal welcome home . reception and celebration to be ten l! dered Saturday afternoon and even [ ing to those young men who went out 1 from the village and rendered service ! during the world war.
 It was said at the office of the state tax commissioner Friday that in all proba bility Connecticut will receive ! between s950.o00 and s10O0 Cn0 from the estate of the late Morton r. Plant of New London. this sum being due the state for inheritance tax
 The reassessment of property in Torrington, which is now well under way under the direction of a special committee, will result in an increase of over million dollars in the grand list. according to estimates of one of the mem bers Of the committee.
 Punice, whiting or other dust pro- ducing and disease breeding powders which have been publicly condemned by reliable medical authorities in this Russell's Amusement Pavilion. The floor is chemically treated and asI clean as a sheet of glass.-adv.
 The political pot is beginning to boil in Windsor, and several candidates are now mentioned for the office of first selectman. The present incum- bent, Joseph B. Spencer. is to retire this fall. All of the candidates thus far mentioned are republicans.
 The annual meeting of the state prison association will be held at Hartford capitol Friday. Oct 10. when the reports for the year will be read and discussed. The principal report this year will be that of William G | Baxter, field secretary and agent.
 The state board of education, at a 1 meeting at the capitol recently. took up the matter of making provision for an average attendance grant for i school purposes for the two years end ! ing July If, 1921, under the law pass l ed at the 1919 session of the IegisIa- l ture.
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