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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-23
Casual Observation.

There Is cause for qualification
in the outlook for our City Beau.
tiful campaign. The general ap.
pearanee of our business district
in spite of the much building,
which Is going on, shows improve.
ment. There Is less paper and
trash on the streets, more care is
', taken with the show windows.
Only one store followed the eug.
gestion Of the Cleanup Committee
to beauiify awnings with hanging
baskets, Perhaps these baskets
have proven such an oasis to
passers by, that it will not be
difficult in future to get other bus.
mess men to cooperate in this
small way in our City Beautiful
work. The adj eolive "small" is
only appropriate, however, when
designating the effort necessary
to have these obj cots of beauty,
the result accomplished Is "hig".
Recently q little visitor to our
city said LETS walk down town
| never have seen the stores, you
know" She wulked silently about
until she spied the ferns and vines
of the bank window, and the
hanging baskets next door, Oh
she said clappiny her hands, isn't
that lovely why don't they all do
thats Then everybody would just
love to come to town, wouldn't
tteyi" We must learn the value
Of beauty. When big concerns
like the Great Southern Lumber
Company think it good business
policy to spread thousands of dol.
lars on flowers and lawns, surely
no one of our business houses can
afford to neglect this asset to at
least the extent of a little green.
cry around the place of business.
! One of the most pleasing improve.
ments in the down town district is
the fencing in Of the beautiful
R. D. Magee lot. Let passers by
} remember this lot isn't a reoepta.
Gle for waste paper.
In the residence district much
has been done, a score or mere of
houses have fresh coats of paint,
flowers planted and lawns beauti.
fled. One thing that would add
to the looks of our residences is
the closing up of the foundations
with lattice work. A number OF
homes have added this touch,
thereby greatly improving things,
The loving cups will be present.
! cd during the Fair, it will be re.
membered to the citiaens show.
> ing greatest Improvement in bis
5 surroundings. There are num-
Der Of weeks yet in which more
work can be done in this contest
We should try to get our town ir
the best order possible for the
Fair. Let's all have q fall clean
5 Ing before then, and present al
i. attractive appearance to our visi
J. tors. Weeds should be out, trash
r disposed of, Yes. We have takel
several steps forward this sum
mer, There was the Chautauqus
which put us forward many PAGES
Our new Electric Light Plan
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-23
Wanted.

want to buy some young
su'es' broke OF unbroken, from
= =. % four years old. Will pay
j. Lewis Smith,
cQviugtou, la,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-23

will soon be In operation, and the
best thing about these two move.
ments, they are the outcome of
our own enterprising business
mems splendid ability.
Now that the women have the
vote, what will we not accom-.
plish as we pull together for our
"City Beautiful"
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-23
For Sale.

Chester white pigs for sale
from filters Of IL and Is.
Mrs. S. H. Burris,
Franklinton, La.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-23
Wanted.

One copy of the Louisiana Fed.
erationist for week ending Sept.
ember 18th. Will pay 80 cents
for same,
x. Y. z.
Care Ega'Leader Office.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-23
For Sale.

laree 1'horse wagons, SIS to
Poi milk COWS and horses.
G. s. E, Darlington, \
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-09-23
For Sale.

A real bargain in a Ford Car.
Engine in fine condition. Equip.
ped with 4 full set of new tires.
For particulars Call at
Era.Leader Office.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-07-07

Gildner
Stores

are as busy as they look
for people come to see
us with a definite pur-
pose to buy the best
and save the greatest
amount possible. All
goods are marked in
plain figures. We have
only. one price to offer
you, consequently our
prices must be right.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-11
Bteea Theatre.

Edward PepIe's well known play. The Prince Chap. in which Cyril Scott appear ed So successfully for several yeaf4. has been transformed by william De Mile into q screen comedy of more than ordi- nary appeal It is the feature attraction at the Breed theatre today and Tuesday.
 Besides telling an entertaining stofS. the picture is crowded with well conceived scenes in the humble artists colony h Inc Soho section of London. The plot esh- eerns William Peyton. sculptor. who goes 10 Soho to win fame and fortune, leaving Alice, his fancee, behind hifr- At tie death of poor model Psyton and his Grtiet-ehunns become the guardians of Claudia, her little child. Alice, hearing ugly stories of Claudfa's origin. comes ts the studio in Peyton's absehce. Through innocent words of the child's, q fnisrndef- stAhdine arises and Peyton and Alice De- come estfanged. SheN tnarrtes another rnah. fh later years Claudia, eroNA tc woffsnhood. comes te love Peytoh.
 Elmo LiTeoln viii also be seen h the first chapter of Univefsal's suptr-seeiAi. Elmo. the Fearless, and the Pathe News
 and Cehtdfy comedy will make aD ths
 refnaindef Of inc bfll.
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ANiSi INDICTMENTS esod old stafford fals starts co,sAss'

Day@Cshtinhes Three Days.
 People afe already making plans for Columbus day, and many will visit the Stafford fair on that holiday The big faif opens Tuesday. Oct 12ths which 10 the date Of the holiday. and will continue through "Wednesday and Thursday, Oct 15th and 14th.
 /, For the past few years the rse< meet connected with this fair has been of ex- ceptioiia1 interest Coming late in the season. a lot Of good horses are. secured and lovers of the racing game are enabled to enjoy attractive sport.
 This year as usiial the Horse racing will be an atfractivc feature Fofty-ffve hun dfed dollars Is offered in purses. There will be three races each day. Tuesday. Columbus day, thefe will he zsot pace, the PIP trot and the AIS pace
 The Wednesday card includes the .f.is pace, the 2.1s trot and the 2,zo pace. | Thursday the closing day of the fair Will | bring out the s.1s pace. the Ais trct and | the 2.2i trot.
 In addition to the racing there wfH be all the features that make for saceeee- | ful fair. The fakirs wfll be present if large numbers. The hail displays will b. teplete with interest A good dinner caf be secured on the grounds at noniina i figure.
 The platform show always q strcni feature. viii contain some extra stroni vaudeville acts this year. In fact. even ldepaftrlent of this amusement entefpffs' | will be of the high standard that hai made the Stafford fair one Of t1is leader
 in New England
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Davis Theatre.

For the first half of this week ths Daeis will offer show of vaudeville and pictures that cannot be equalled. All the acts are biz timers. Heading the bill ie shriner and Fitzsimrnons. t&o eieNei comedians. who present comedy singing and talking sketch entitled Az the EtSt Stand. The second act Is the Murray Girls. two classy girls iri a cycle of songs and dances. The third act Is Hofner Ho- maine in 2 sensational aerial act. thrill CT. The fourth act Is Ahearn and Peter son. two old timers who need hs intfo- ddctIon to the patrons of this theatre They have a comedy Irish act that hzs stood the test of time. The feature photo play is Alice Brady in The Dark Lantern a six-part production and one of tAls stars latest pictures Paramount eueer Magazine completes the show.
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jEWETT CITY

A most remarRaijie automobile accident from the fortunate standpoint, occurred in the woodward sch6oihouse curve, 6h the Pachaus road, about fine o'clock oh Friday evening. Dr. F. D. Browning was coming from his hdfie to Jewett ICity. Calvin Kiilian of DaDieiso6 Was boufid from Goodyear to Giasso with lis Eife and number of young people to attend Mass, and Ralph Wilbur. of GiasES. Three of the girls in tie Dafielson eaf wefe brought to tswett City to the office of Rr F. D. Rainvilie, where they re- cefved medical attention for various cuts and bruises, one of more seri6ds nature than the rest
 In the doctor's car. Miss Akeriey .was thrown partly through the windshield, and her face was considerably cut and briiis-
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s.at ssl. r.aay for 1ssaa,es.

After I2 consecutive months fh fhs selwyn theatre. New York, the sefwSnt will give this city an opportunity e tes
 Buddies. the charming musical comedy which drew capacity audiences for an en- tire season In New York. Buddies wif b. the attraction at the Davis neatre next "Wednesday night. In his story George v. Hobart unfolds dual romance ef . aln. enlar fragrance and charm and B e
 lillian has threaded this double ivys story with quantities of such Gtins fneso- dies that they have set the whole country whistling. When Julie, the quaint rnzyd of Brittany. sings Please Leafn to 11sve to her efcruciatiheiy shy soidier-sweet. heart. she warns the cockies of every heart in her audience. znd when the Bsd- dies themselves make the weiixin r1Ae with their Hello. iHone. number h h 1H- ncult to keep one's feet still. ne rnnzASe Of BuddieA has found It's way an over the world in both pHbiished form and tan-hr machine records, but nowhere does ff seem 50 filled with charm as when inter preted by the same excellent coenp1ry Of players whom the Seiwyns viii present here and who were seen ali during ffr New Yofk run of it months At the ssiwyn NucaNh& ---i...n-s s--s . - -4. 1aexm
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and abusive language. The case has been continued until this week, Mrs. Di- mon being released on bond of s25. She
 has retained Attorney William A. King of this city and Mir. Palmer's counsel is
 Attorney Thomas M. Shields of Norwich
 t is stated by residents of the town that
 the trouble between the two dates back a number of years owing to a business dis
 Agreement.
 Suit has been brought by Jaeeb Berko-
 witz against Hy1llaii Seplswitz of the
 same place, to recover, the sum of s1, 800
 which the pfaihtiff loaned to the 'defend- ant on note, the time of which has ex- pired. An attachment of S2e0S was piae- ed by Constable Thomas Killodrey Sat urday morning oh money in local bank
 belonging to Seplowitz. Damages of s1.So0 are claimed. The case is return able before the November term of the Holland county superior court
 Miss Kas1,erfns Laadinktsh, presiasht of the Connecticut State Suffrage Asso- ciatieh will' deliver an address on The League Of Women Voters in the Cengre- gational chapel at Windhaffi Center next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock The meeting will be of. 8 non-pArtisan character. =. The next meeting of Anne Wood Elder l loin Chapter, D. A R., is to be held Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. H. R. Cfappell of 265 | Prospect street, when Miss Rli7la Guest of New Haven will speak about her worh l in the Near East. 1 Abedt twenty employees sf the South ern New England Telephone company | gathered at the local exchange Friday
 evening and formed the Wfllimantie l Council of the Telephone Employees asso. I l E. Leslie Beebe vice president, Frank l Tufts. secretary. Miss Bernice Wood 1 treasurer, Daniel Harrington, E. LesK' l Beebe and Miss Lucy Ellsworth were l chosen to represent the commercial de 1 partment and Andrew W. Carey and Le l ander E. Gardiner. plant representatives l The traffic department has yet to mak, 1 it's selection.
 Announcement was made last week | the Connecticut Agricultural College tha a limited number of reservations are stil open for the School of Agriculture, .
 twenty weeks course arranged for tn benefit of farm boys who are unable t meet the requirements of the four yea courses leading to degree. The shor court will open October 1s and will cios in March. At least one year of farm eS perisnce is required for entrance. Tn applicant must De 1s years of age an have completed the common schools The course cover a period of two year anod Is essentially practical.
 1 Manager Tom McDermott's Braves. { North GrosSenSrdale threw the hooks in
 to the American Thread Company's base
 ball team in the closing game of the sea
 son at Recreation park. Sunday afteTnoof
 before fair sized crowd of fans. Tn
 visitors. scored three runs In the third ir
 ming and two in the fifth, ali effs Sehwart
 who pitcher for Reading in the Interha tional league during the summer monthi
 The fifth was an eventfui session a
 Powers the visiting first bsseman took couple of polxes at the. local, twirler afte { he mad been hit in the leg by pitche bali. After considerable wransling bot
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taken from fhe town reporfs Of s fsr years back. In 1918 .forest ffr~s c,es th. town tfeet,. ia isft tt67c. ln isfs 3al5.es None since then The dArnaxe done by doEs in the last sir yaars hns been tz7sfs. tii6f9, 1ss.06, Sfe.be SiiLs5, tft.ee. Total, $e9s.t3. In ISIS fbe damage done by deer was tfa, nona stnus tthen. To remove snow last Nlnter cust ss5s.s7. No item of know for the pre- eedlng five years. The current expenaes Of the town for 1915 were tit,iis.s7. for
 1918 sffes4sS. in ISIS. yfi.z1T71, h 1870 sis.f5tf3.
 The bsrossh sf Jsweat City. tswa ,se GrisSola is e great locality for fzds. There gre as many i1 humber as thsy are varied in species. One day half the tewn is busy making collections of some mrt The next day enttrtainmehte and tanees
 become epidemic. And now, out and
 aNay over topping everything eise. fhe young mems fancies have ilehtly tufned
 to raising nnuBacheA Thc- Are not the
 long. curling buccaneer type, but, h.
 stead. are Of the newest order of 4pee'' variety. The ffxt 10 he stricken were
 two ex '. S. navy. men who have seen
 more or less of France during their many visits. It is hard. even now Tor a natsif-
 siist to classify. the little furzy i,ant perched in dainty croFs sections llttir
 south of the nasal apDendsee. The tiis. ease srsFns to run 10 servlcs boys Tks last Victim developed the dsseas, lthat is
 70 as 1t could be notieed). Saturday. ex. | csirg He Is never ih town all da<. nor cven in ths stnte.s 30 danTef of fuFfhs eentagion Is believed to h. remote
 l Dorozs circle of the kihg's DAufhi>f,
 Is to meet at Mrs. Norman Parkfnrsrl home Tuesday evening.
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C. men were taken sat 5f tne. game. Powers claimed that SehWxF4z had made an in sultfhg remark to hiia. The two beliisef- ents shook hands however, before leaving the field Alexander of the Cbnnecticut Agrcultural. college finished the gaftfs in the box. for the locals and. held the Braves" sesreless, allowing on chit and' flaming six
 <Tshe local hitsmiths did not get to Gero until the las. half ofn the fifth When they put over two runs Oh 3 walk to Dwyaf, Hanaais siilgfA smiths sarri- flee and another one base Shot from. Eam- precht's bat. Another Was added in the sirth on a double play by Tommy Sip pies. Beech,s out at first Hofikhelfper's single to left The home team could d5 l noth with George Gerb after this ses- sion although the fans begged hard. for a rally. ]. Fielding features ceftrtributed by Hcrkheifier, Ha1flei' and sippies for the lecals, and Hughes Gere and Duggah for 1 the visitors.
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r. Nj. c. A. Eas.r..an-sss c.st...

All who are interested in first class con- certs will want to secure tickets for the course of four offered by the ioeai T. N. .C. A. The course opens on Oct 17th rlth the Famous Swiss Yediers of five artists. On Dec. 2sth The Rainbow Girls. supsrt company of three lady artiste. win enter tain the Kayem's Feature Musicians wili present a program of unusual merit. and
 the closing number of the course viii be given by The Suwanee River Colored Quartette. the best of its kind in ArnkricA- The course is offered for s1.5 and tickets may be secured at Y. M. c. A and at Bsrrows' shoe Store. Order zt ----
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 txl Bitted for Groves h sth.
 Twenty deashs Ssea9red in tho. tswn Sf to the returns Oh file in the offsee of the town clerk Of the number nine were males and eleven feniades. Eight had passed the half century milestone, ten were infants. Tn list f0ii6Es.
 6, Virginia Beucief, 55, apopiexy
 6, Joseph L. SJ. George 2 mos, gas- tro enteritis.
 9, William Llutteh senility
 1s, Eugene Racine, I, acute nephritis.
 13, Olivine Paradfs, 55, tfights dis ease.
 14, John Dubina, I months, entero CO., litise.
 II, lora c. Lachapelfe I; meningitis
 II, Mamie Melo, 13, meningitis tcereb- ral)
 14. Joseph Nasin, ss, pulmonary tubsr- culosis
 IT, Anna Christadora, mos, sastro enteritis:
 IS, Christina Swanson. ss, fractured hip with shock.
 10, Joseph e. Sylvester, mos. brons cho pneumonia. 20, Charles L. Fillmore 90, senility.
 25, Doris H. Rogers, day, hernofr. haze from bowels. 24, Ora Sayies, 80, hypostatic pneu- mo11ia. .t 25, Phyllis Lyman, 5. pneumonia. g, Mary Rose Arctfafnbauit, i mo, meningitis
 se, Samuel Nathan f. fracture Of skull and first and second vertihfae. 27. Herbert T. Congden, eS, -astfenia. l 2s, Ellen T. CapeR; T, pernicious anaahnia. Three of the deaths resulted from pneu- nio1ia and as many from meningitis Two were violent deaths resulting from | accidents.
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ed. Aftef first aid tfeattnent she was taken to Df. Bfo%hihs's nome, where she Is a gpest. Az fragment of the heavy glass Of the broken wind st1Ieid, cut sev- efal hanafulls of hair. from the top of her head. Geofze H Bradford; state in- speetor. was here Saturday to ifivesti- gate. The machines came togetnef head afi. The blame is ali up .t5 the driver of the Danieis1n car Too high speed in bad ciifve 8h f Strange road. Mir. Browning couldn't get 6ut of his way. The accident occurred away ovef in the grass on the outside of the curve.
 The selectnien and registrars viii be in session Tdesday. Oct i2. at the town hall ff6m to 5 D. m. for the purpose of making voters 5h the list to be made adv.
 Miss Bertha Nsna of jewett City. wen the ladies hfst prize at the masquerade dance held in -Glasgo sFriday evening. Her costume, The Butterfy, was dssiEn- ed 1y Miss Elizabeth Deaiy.
 The f6iiowink items ef interest ars
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~S NnuECn nAfoNA.s 1elgudoue 1Uos
 e- -
 what Is Going On Tonight
 Board of Aldermen meets in Com mon Council meets in Town Hall at 8 o'clock.
 Knights of the Maccabees, bread City Tent. No. 29 meet at 14o Val icy street
 st. Johns commandery, No. il, K. q, meets in Masonic Hall on Main . street aAA As {z..z4sl3sa
 The local troops of Girl Scouts elect cd the following officers at a recent
 meeting. owls, Betty Case, ttatrol
 ie1der@ Aileen Millerd, corporal; Doris
 Easterbrcoks. secretary, Evelyn Sim
 mons, treasurer; Hawks. Betty Ev-- arst. patrol leader. Louise Thompson,
 corporal Helen Stiles secretary; Mar
 sarct Dawson, treasurer; Carlyn Cum
 minEs patrol nurse: Grosbeaks Mar
 ion Metcaf patrol leader Jessie Fen
 tary: Avis Thompson, treasurer, Con-
 dors. Evelyn Yorke. patrol leader;
 Beatrice Carpenter, corporal: Adele Guilner, secretary: Gertrude Don-
 dcro, patrol nurse.
 Fire that brolcs out in the drying room of the south Coveptry Paper company Inc. late Friday afternoon. caused damage to the extent of sev- erai hundred dollars. The blaze was . eNtinEuished after about an hours ] hard fighting, the employees being asa sisted by a bucket brigade by a num- . Der Of the villagers. The fire fighting . apparatus of the plant was also in use.
 The board of seIeetnen and the . town clerk. at the session held Sat
 f4 ..h l,,rr 2 applicants to the electors oath, which 2 is about one quarter of the total num- ' Der who have applied. The town of : nciais were in session from a. m. to : D. m. Business was so good al [ times tiat as many as a dozen appli, cants were sworn in at once by Town : Clerk Frank ?. Fenton after they had { answered the required questions and displayed the knowledge of reading . The questions were propounded by . Selectmen James M. smith and George
 A. Cook. The next meeting of the - board for ths BafpOse will be held Tues = day. The members of the board considei . that shsy have made good headwaS and :. that every applican will be enabled tC - vote in the November election. The grst Wotiaa voter to be made wa, - Mrs. Lillian M Highee of Varrlhafr = Center. although four others. Mrs Mar!
 T.. Siearns. Mrs. Clara F. Winter. Mrs = Grace Lydia Sweet and Mrs. Susan An = ncite Dunstan were sworn in at the sam = time. Mrs. Highee's name was the frs - one recorded on the newly made list 0 = the registrars.
 = George Carey. GO. died Saturday at hi = home in Scotland following an illness o = about two months from diabetes. He wa :. born in Scotland, May 16.- 1880 the sol - or Dwight and Susan (Bass) Carey. H = was always a staunch republican an, e represented his town in the legislatur . for a number of terms. besides taking al E active interest in town affalrs.
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motor camping trip to White Mountains Mir atd' Mrs. E. P Tork have return ed to their winter home in New York
 One of the benefits of increased pop- ulation will require town to eihpioy 1 school physician.
 The stQnington Holy Name Society pa- raded in Norwich Sunday.
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structor in the army school.
 Miss Grace D. Wheeler and Rev. Samuel NJ Catheaft vii be the sneakers at the Thursday meeting of tie Wester- ly Historical society
 Mrs. Elizabeth Knight has purchased from the John Keegan estate a house and lot in Morgan street, Pawcatuck
 St. MichaePs parish was largely rep resented in the H6lF Nane parade ir Norwich Sunday. The Westerly band accompanied the society and their play. ing won general praise.
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What 1. Goinr On Tonight

yaudefille and Motion PictureH ~ Davis Theatre.
 Vaudeville and Motion Pictures af t1s Strand.
 Motion Pictures .at Breed Thestre-
 Republican Convention tn Town Hall
 Cncas Lodge No Il; L o. O. r.. netts
 Thames t.nI5n. No. is5, |, B: 9f c and J. 5f A.. meets in Csfrentefs Hall .s .s State ArTnory. A. meets h Buckingham Memorial
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sfoNiNGToN.

There is no lack Of candidates for the ti5fiination for representatives in the legislature. To date those willing to serve the town are Nathaniel P. Moves Frederick Boulter, Percy A. Morgan Cyrus Lee and Frank Furhess. It is limited that Benjamin H. Hewitt will op- pose Judge Elias B. Hinckley for the of fica of fudge of probate.
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Stonington Pointers.

MT and Mrs John B. Findlay. of Jacobs of Kingston; Jamaica who have been visiting at tie home of MT. and Mrs Edward Bradley, left Sunday on a
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CASCARETS
.."Thsy Work while you Sleep"

You're losing your pep, You are rotatipated. bilious You need Cas- cafcts tonight sure for your Iivef and hcsels then you will wake up wonder in& what became Of your sluggishness. iizziness. sick headache. bad cold, or upset Enssy stomach. No gripins-no Tsaonvenience. Children love Cascarets loo. 70. 25. 70 cents.
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The hair of the head grows. macA fnu,. sr in surnrcsf than in the winter
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what 1s ooinr on ronikht

Norwich Bulletin, wHIimantIc ofiess Q Church street. TsIepaone 1Ob.
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Ceftain-teed win protect your property against fires. due to sparks dropping on the roof from passing engines. It also helps to prevent fires spreading from building to building by means of sparks and burning efnbers. Where fires have started in other parts Of the building, Certain-teed Roofs tend to smother them and thereby prevent serious damage to other property. !
 This type of protection is appreciated by all property owners and particularly by those who are outside of the zone of adequate fire-hghting apparatus. ..