Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-08

dard remedy Tor Such ailments.
tualing license for the store in Main
street recently vacated by Pickering.
pool license WAS granted John E,
Holiday. 157 Granite street.
The death OF the infant daughter
OF the late Mr.. and Mrs. George Hull
made the fourth death in the family
within two weeks. The mother and
father died from influenza on the
morning o. Dec. 81. They resided on
Commerce street and the attention OF
The authorities was called to the con-
children were i'll with influenza. The
younger child died Tuesday afternoon
and the other is seriously i'll. The
grandmother of the children who was
caring for THIN when she was taken
| i'll, died from influenza Jan. 8.
| Mrs. Elisha Briggs died Tuesday
morning from the disco Sc; four chill
dren in the family are i'll.
Since the town has gone dry the
/ drinkers OF hard stuff have to conte1+
| their thirst with sweet cider. Three
places have recently been opened in
greater Westerly. where it is said.
plenty Of apple juice can be had.
! Mrs. William Clark, chairman of the
wool rooms of the Westerly Red Cross
| on Elm street. has received word that
no more wool need be given out for
| knitting, as there are sufficient knit
/ ted supplies on hand to care for the
| soldiers and sailors of New England.
The r1eetinq of TIE Westerly Board
! of Trade scheduled for Tuesday eve
ming was postponed because of the
| sickness in Westerly The meeting
will be held next Tuesday evening if
! conditions here improve.
Theodore d. Picard is seriously i'll
at his home on Beach street with
pneumonia. He is being attended by
the public health nurse sent from
Washington, D. c.
The new rates for gas and electric
! current established by the Westerly
Gas and Electric Lighting company
and approved By the public utilities
commission Of Rhode Island, are in
effect and Tuesday the monthly state
ments were sent out. It was not gen
orally understood that the new rates
granted by the commission permitted
the company to apply them to Z { Ne-
cember bills, but it is so, neverthe-
less.
\ majority of the customers of the
EGhting company were surprised when
they opened their envelopes and found
the service charge of 80 cents attach
ed to both their gas and electric light
bills and no discount on gas con-
Samed. The employees of the office
were kept busy Tuesday explaining
why the service charge was put on,
consumers believing that it did not
so into effect until the January bills
were sent out. A clause was included
in the new bill of prices however,
which distinctly stated that the new
rates should apply to the December
bills
1t is said that some of the customers
paid their gas and Ii~ht bills under
protest, while others ordered their 60 s
meters taken out. The rule Of the
} company is that where gas meters or
electric light meters are taken out a
; charge of 50 is made if they are put
| back within a year. After that period
nc charge is made
The entire fire department was call
cd out Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock
to fight a fire in the home Of John
Leslie on Wells street. The fire start
ed. it is said. from q child playing
with matches. Mrs. Leslie was in the
cellar but a few minutes when she
| saw smoke at the head of the stairs
Rushing to the first floor she found
the kitchen abIaze. There were two
DAliI"At I'll ~ LI4C IOOIIl, Jul Tile OICGT
aged about 6 had presence of mind
7 to carry her little sister to safety. The
J whole kitchen was afre when Mrs
Leslie arrived UP stairs after an alb
sence of but a few minutes. The
alarm was sent in but before the fire
: men arrived q bucket brigade, headed
) by John C2rev, had done wonderful
work in checking the flames The
firemen extfnguished the fire entirely
: within a few minutes after they open
l ed the extinguishers Every room or
the first floor was more or less burn.
ed and smoked up. The loss is esti.
mated at about $500. The family o
George Sheldon reside in the tenemen
on the second floor. but they escaped
] with but little damage.
: Those who died from influenza or
/ Tuesday were Sidney Edward Chap
= nan, 101 High street, son of the lat.
E Councilman Sidney I. Chairman; Phil
: ip Stevens, SO. who died at the Mini
: greet hotel on Canal street, the infan
= daughter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs
= George Hull, ana Mrs. Elisha Brigg.
5 of Clark's Falls.
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