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The Press., 1920-12-30
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 Major John Buckley of Hartford | was home for the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leffingwell and family of Orcuttville were home for Christmas. The Community club will have a public dance at the town hall on Satur day evening with music by Klecak's orchestra of Staffordville.
 Mrs. Arthur Gage with her mother, Mrs. Charles Scranton, of Stafford and daughter, Miss Mary Scranton, of Stafford Springs went Saturday to Putnam to see her daughter, Mrs. Harrington, who is i'll at the Putnam hospital.
 There will be a service at the church next Sunday at II o'clock, fol- lowed by Sunday school, in case the weather and travelling are favorable. Rev. MT. Hurd is closing his work with the Union church with the end of the year. It is hoped to have a service at II a. m, every Sunday when the weather is pleasant and the | travelling good. ROckmeadOw. | Oscar Willis has recently purchased | an auto.
 i Miss Annie Town is visiting in Southbridge.
 A numl CT from here attended the l Christmas exercises at Union town.
 MT. and Mrs. Myron Heck and family spent Christmas day with Albert Heck and family.
 Sam Heck of Springfield was at home over Christmas, He has bought an automobile.
 George Heck and son, Edwin, and daughter, Julia, went to Thompson vile on Christmas day.
 Mrs. George Heck was at Edwin Divers in ThompsOnville q few days last week as Mrs. Oliver is in the Springfield hospital
 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bradway of StafTordvile. Mrs. Matte Barrett, Miss Greta Pratt of Palmer and Mabel Edna and Howard Bradway of Staff fordville. spent Christmas day with Ralph Bradway and family.
The Press., 1920-12-30
Apollo's SdnOSet Whitman's

Come in and get box of any one of these and be convinced. Very pretty boxes. Ideal for an Xmas gift, from soc lb. to SIP co.
 Don't forget to get a Whitman Sampler"
 We also have some of those $1 b o1es in Apollo's. You know the kind.
 Cornicopias and 1-2-lb boxes for the kiddies.
 For the gentlemen who uses to- bacco we have a very good assort- ment of Cigars in boxes of 10, 25, 50 or 1OO's. Cigarettes of all kinds. Tobacco in jars and tins and nice line of Pipes.
 Salted Nuts of all kinds. Don't forget to order your Bricks" for the Xmas dinner.
 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
The Press., 1920-12-30
Statement of the Ownership and Management of The Press,
Oct. l, 1920.

Oct. l, 1920. published weekly at Stafford springs, Conn required by the Act of August 24, 1872: Editor, Lewis Mclaughlin, Staff ford Springs. Conn.,; managing editor. do; business manager, do; publisher, do owner, do
 Bondholders, mortgages, or other se' curity bondholders, not any.
 Lewis Mclaughlin. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of Dec. 1920 CHAs. F. CHANDLER, Notary Pubic. (My commission expires Feb l, 1924)
The Press., 1920-12-30

Senator Brandegee during the com ing year will have three vacancies TOT midshipman at the United States naval academy at Annapolis, and one vacan- cv for cadet at the United States military academy at West Point. All applicants are required to take competitive examination. This exam ination will be held under the direc- tion of the United States civil service commission on Saturday, January $, at g a. m, in the federal post office buildings at Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport. and at 1724 F Street, N. w. Washington, D. C. Any Applicant who presents himself at the place of examination on the above date may De examined. All candidates are requ1r- ed to be citizens of the United States and must be actual residents of the state of Connecticut
 WELLINGTON
 The Lords Supper will be observed next Sunday.
 Miss Jennie E. Church has sold 2S pounds of home made candy during the holidays, to date.
 The announcement in Wednesdays Courant on first page of two ana half million fire in Wilmington was startling, and Wilmington began to sit up and take notice hat-mistakenly- if was very much in the. lime-light Next.
 Mrs. G. V. Smiths lovely gift was l a photograph of herself, sitting on i a rock under her beautiful trees at Loomis Naples, that she had artlstl- cally painted in water colors with the retaining effect of charming bit or | summer day, herself the good fairy that coaxed it to stay.
 George Reynolds was again, as for years, the welcome Santa Claus who delivered the beautiful and artistl- cally arranged baskets of delicious fruit of ever available variety to the shut-ins and the elderly from Mrs. Gardner Hall and Miss Rosa O. Hall. The things that last in beautiful lives are acts of thoughtful kindness and of love.
 ] A Bohemian by the name of William 1 Sladek, owner and resident of the former Joshua Preston place in East Willington, employed by selectman Wilbert c. Ruby at one of his saw mills in the Knowlton neighborhood Mansfield, while reaching for drop ped slab while the mill was in opera tion had his sleeve caught by the saw and before he could release him self the arm was nearly severed from the shoulder. Albert Parker took hin in MT. Ruby's car, making all haste tt the office of Dr. Converse, who at onc' ] carried him to the Johnson hospital where he is doing as well as is possi
 ble with so ugly a wound. MT. Sladel has a large and interesting family, il
 an industrious intelligent man ant has the sympathy of all.
 Mrs. Jennie E. Brooks and Mrs
 Ruth Enc Kip, on Tuesday Decembe
 21, attended the funeral of Hugh R
 Black, at Dickinson & Streeter's un
 dertaking parlors, Springfield, Mass
 MT. Black died at the Springfield hos
 pital after a long illness. He wa
 born in Glasgow, Scotland, and wa
The Press., 1920-12-30

Everyone likes music-why not give Okeh photograph records for xmas. They are never ending source of en- joyment.
 It's so easy to drop a postal for com. plete catalogue of the
 WONDERFUL NEW OKeh RECORDS make your selection-send your order records delivered to your door post paid-your Xmas shopping is over.
 All OKeh records are ten inch double disc and sell for $1.00 each. Latest song and dance hits-all the old favor. ites-something to please every yone.
 Better send today before the Xmas rush starts-well tell you all about our direct by mail service and tree monthly bulletin Of new records MUSICAL PRODUCTS CU. 142B Berkeley St. Boston. Ma..
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George Cady and his invalid daugh- ter, Lena Webster, were very happily surprised Christmas day when their many friends and neighbors took them in a bountiful dinner all prepared and also sum of money, $113.50. They live alone and are both helpless and MT. Cady is nearly blind and feeble from old age. It is hoped this may add to their comfort and help sustain them through the coming winter.
The Press., 1920-12-30

FOR SALE-AImost New Art Square 9X12; Bureau, Square Glass, piece
 Parlor Suite and Oakland Cook stove Inquire of JOHN BOWDEN, stan orc. ,o
The Press., 1920-12-30
Artificial Silk Improved.

new process has been developed -sxherehN the SDsae raw material lMood celluloseJ is converted ifffSzzs-si z tion silk which. when woven into cloth. has remarkable brilliancy and durability. with feel" like that of real silk. It is waterproof and no more inf1ammable than natural silk. The new process silk can be drawn into much finer threads than those of ordinary artificial silk. and is said to be particularly remarkable for the quality of the velvets made from il.
The Press., 1920-12-30

Have Buyers-fOr Holland County E-artns w R. AUGSTEN. Merrow
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The Press., 1920-12-30

We can't buy ali the Candy" on the market, so we buy the Best"
The Press., 1920-12-30

IOST-last Thursday night, Black Robe on Furnace Ave. JOHN RABl- DEAU, Stafford. l"
The Press., 1920-12-30

WANTED-By competent A"erican lady. practical nursing and special general work. In or out oI town; References if required. Box 29" 5"4o FOUND Woolcn Gloves. Owner call al tie DeEOrde store.
The Press., 1920-12-30

LOST Dec. 24th, A Fox Terrier. White name of Cling Reward of $5 if return ed to G. H. WRAIGHT. West Willing ton. Communicate Tel. 614-6 Whitman
 tic Division. INV
The Press., 1920-12-30
ASSESSORS NOTICE Borough of Stafford Springs
The Most Appreciated Christi
 mas Present You Can Give

Stafford Springs, Conn. Dec. I6, 1920
The Press., 1920-12-30

A UCTlON.--l will sell your goods at A auction anywhere iu this part oi the E ate. Terms reasonable and saiisfaction guarantees
 N. 0. BARLOW, Westford.
 Tel 2yl-2 Willimantic Div, 'Nm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET

the leading " the democrats chose the the win No inevitable republican victory into what be democratic victory
 In achievement and perhaps executive ability MT MAdoo Governor distinguished Secretary Treasury his raising fought equad in the history of the world As fnanc and lawyer Mr. McAdoo has distinction Most of the which made Governor Of the two men, MT McAdoo abore Tn much wider field What he accom- ped therefore greater contribution the nation and the world
 been contest
 Mr. McAdoo and Governor Cox of the o In the annals appear
 different do nothing that would make hmappear active candidate MT McAdoo belongs the socaed Wilson dynasty promote Mir cAdos candidacy and was even reported that he the Cr Prince" talk would down It would have been used with telling effect the presidential campaign
 That the Wilson administration has become unpopular be toned This i'll feeling would have reacted the McAdoo candidacy ana unJus but these are lost sight o Tn political campaign There opposition Mir McAdoo because his alleged fendness for bor but his defeat be laid to the fact that administration the Presidents sonnw nominated had his supporters San Francisco been playing the game politics but his chances of elected would have been the
 On the other hand Governor elements strength has shared the of the Wilson administration he has not the President who amreg him Governor Cox is more popular man in Harding Of the has Harding He of personal high ideals These qualities reflected his acts during flood rather striking coincidence that
 who worked their way up by their represented their state Congress successful publishers The parallel between the candidates is extraordinary.
 is believed Cox Ohio and the east With the help of Pres running administration him dly, of his al which the other gentlemen So prohibition Mir Cox has already himself enforcement of the law That will probably
 his attitude the campaign without entering into argument about prohibition the other if be avoided Mr. Bryan of
 bter Any prohonist who not rabid subject vote for Cox without having to compromise with his science.
 Man for the republican better platform Their prospects of the polls November excellent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
LUKE M'LukE SAYS

Right now the June Bride believes every word her husband says. But a few years from now she'll realize that if he was ever entered in the Liars Handicap. he would be to 100 in the betting.
 Every man believes that if it wasn for his doggone luck he would be the best poker player in the country.
 The man who used to brag that he wears the knee-length. sleeveless kind all year around has shut up since he discovered that most of the girls do the same thing.
 One nice thing about Politics is that any old time you feel like having an argument you can always find another fool to take the opposite side.
 Why is it that the man who eats gar lie has to get very confidential when he starts to tell you anything?
 We do not know much. But we do know that it is always some long, haired bird who can sleep until 10 a. m who writes the magazine blurbs about the 'cheery, hopeful message of the factory whistle"
 At that. we do not blame some of the Suffs for being sore. Any woman who has to shave regularly is entitled to a vote.
 There is always room for one more when you are in street car or g friends cellar.
 Of course, it is none of our business But it is hard for a girl to look Inno- cent ana wear one of those See Every thing skirts when the sun is shining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 N URvIVORS of that thin blue line N will have their always keen mem ories of the days that tried men : souls between 1861-1S65 given an additional spur by news of the death of Maj. Joseph Moss Knap, who commanded Knap's bat tery. an artillery organization that fought itself into immortal fame and brought glorious recognition to the name of Pitts burg. Knap's battery was one of the cele- brated units of the army of the Potomac from the time it was organized by then Lieutenant Knap to complete the needs of Geary's brigade, through the Kappa hammock, South Mountain and Antietan1 fields and subsequent campaigns to the termination of the war. For the conspic- uous part Knaps battery played at Cedar mountain. Captain knap was made chief Of artillery. Second division. Twelfth corps. and at Charlottesville was placed upon the front toward Fredericksburg. where the enemy was effectually checked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES AND ELSEWHERE
Coming in Punches

The automobile trade is fast seizing upon not only the main thoroughfares, but the sides treets as we'll" says Pow ell Proctor. The Southside is fast be- Ing occupied by handsome garages, not only in the downtown business section, but even on the Highlands, around Magnolia Point and Five Points.
 Automobile Row" on South Twenty lrst street, the numerous ones on south
 wentieth street, and Twenty-second treet, are being connected on all of le side streets, which are rapidly be- .ng devoted to the business Upper First avenue is hive for the indus try, and quite few are down on lower Third avenue, with similar establish ments scattered all through the busi- ness section. Fifth avenue is getting into the game with the Adamson Mo- tor Company on the site of the Roden hotel, the Whitman Fifth avenue ga- rage corner of Twenty street, and the Oliver garage next to The Age Herald building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07

vine, where the silent brooklet begins to purl and chuck and suddenly lifts up clear voices calling aloud; the wind stirred rustic and murmur of the bam- boo grove that surrounds the village, a swaying cloudlike wall of foliage, where at sunset swarms of ricebirds twitter unseen; the busy sound of rice pounding; dancing, rhythmical beat from the hollowed- out trunk lying
 between starrily Towering citron brushes of the fruit garden, the scented space of shade and freshness for the laboring housewife, over whose shoul- ders the babe, cradled in the deftly slung slendang cloth, laughs at the dance of the golden rice grains bounc- , ing away from the pestle; the festive sound of the gamelan orchestra played by an able musician whose touch on the bronze sends the deep tone and the shrill soaring through the silences of the night, and they hover, for while firefly-like. g1addening hearts far
 away.
 He loves the colors of Java. the clear and effulgent ,ones, the darkly glow ing ones, saturated with mellow sun
 shine, the delicate ones, tender and cool
 as moonlight upon dew; the tints of
 diaphanous hilltops in the distance and
 of the mist-fIushed plain; the sparkling
 green of the sawah; the purple in the heavily hanging blossom cone of the
 banana tree al the back of his house: the thousand tinted sparkle with which the long files of gaily attired women
 strew ta,marind- shaded roads that lead to the market: the scarlet and blue and
 green and black and gold of the garb
 in which gods, nymphs. and heroes are
 represented in the solemn wayang drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
.BErrER DAYsv

n8A4E Ell OA S Edith M- Thomas in the New York Times.
 There went one. singing. through the
 town,
 And, singing. by the countryside. But all so small was his renown, Few heard. or heard him to deride. Yet now and then. and there and here. The burden touched heedful ear. Thou hast seen better days'?" No, no. As Good lives. thou does surely erri Then sigh not so. and say not SO; For I. thy fellow-tFAveier. Tell thee but what know--I wis, There is no better day than this! Thou hast lost treasure from thy
 stors?" sN Proud soul! show how to do without. But broken friendships srieve thee Glad riddance of their faithless> rout !! True Friendships proving none shall There is no better day than thfsi But thou are old-tny youtA ssns
 past?'
 Oh. then. what tempests are o'er1
 blown!
 Not raised so high, nor 50 downcast Thou somest to charmed zone; Make of thine. age an oasis: ~! There is no better day thanSthiss All days bear equal boon to tleef~ But thou. in part. myself achieve The equity that setteth free: T Nor fondly hope. nor fondly grieve:. No Paat, no Future. .hoards thy blioo. There is no better day thAn thisl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07

used once in two years secured more good than several times it's value in cash would have done, because it was considered free"
 Stores from time immemorial have advertised free" delivery They did this in face of the fact that this free" delivery cost the use of two to dozen teams of mules, wagons and drivers. The cost of the ''free" delivery went into the price of goods just the same as any other item of overhead ex- pense.
 But we are beginning to value this word for precisely what it is worth. We know that the other fellow can no more afford to give away what he has than we can afford to work or produce goods without price. The more we realize this the less easily will we fall victims of the charlatan who lures us by the promise of some- thing for nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
Fall Short

The census figures fall far short of what l think they should be, basing- my estimate on the number of qualified voters," says M E. Morris, election commissioner of Jefferson county. There are 19,500 voters inside the city limits of Greater Birmingham and one voter represents eleven other inhabi- tants. This would give Birmingham a total of 214,500, using this basis of es- innate. I believe that is about right for the city, for I have checked the matter up very carefully since I have been election commissioner, and have found that the ratio of one voter for eleven inhabitants holds very well over the city. In making poll lists I nave taken areas in various parts of the city and have checked up a careful and ac- curate count of the population against the poll list. The average holds good, although there were slight variations in one or two areas of the city. I checked and rechecked the result, and I believe that Birming gham's population should run between 21O,O00 and 21S,O00. l think my estimate of 214,000 is very close to the actual figures"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
Franklin Roosevelt
 For Vice President

00 HE late Theodore Roosevelt had
 -0 several cousins, but they were all democrats, including Gov. James M Cox's running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the well-known assistant secretary of the navy.
 Another cousin of Theodore who took an active part in politics, was William Roosevelt, a sterling demo- crat, who was appointed first secre- tary of the embassy by President Cleveland near the court of St. James. He married into the Astor family, and while in London as the ambassador's chief assistant, was exceptionally generous in the expenditure of money, but was free from anything like os- tentation. He entertained in elegant style, but helping the poor was his ] special delight.
 MT. Bayard was not rich man and 1 lived within his salary $17,000 but no imppecunious American who appealed to MT. Roosevelt and they came in troops-was ever turned away It is an interesting coincidence that the first federal office ever held by Theodore other than civil service com missioner, was that of assistant ,ec-
 retary of the navy, to winch he was appointed by President Mckinley Now comes Franklin D. Roosevelt oc- cupying the same position in the navy department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
Augusta de wit, in the July Yale R

Augusta de Wit, in the July Yale Re-
 view
 M msnif0ln maas d as the loye,IneSs ns witn and his soul, so manifold is the love with which the native of Java, the brown man of the earth, living poorly and humbly close to the glebe, loves the soil of Java, which is a fire in the east-monsoon season, and a flood in the months of the rains; which, under the tread and turning wheels of the long files of bullock carts, slowly creak- ing along the harvested sugar cane fields, floats up in clouds of whtsh dust and lies dark and cool on the hands of the women at work in the rice field, transplanting the month old seed lings from the seed-plot to the sawah, around the limp, pale green stalk that the plant may strike firm root and thrive; the earth that softly yields to the potters fashioning fingers as he shapes the lump on his revolving dish into capacious rice-bowl or slender cooling jar; the earth that stands stead fast and strong in the dikes of the flooded terraeed fields, bearing up against the hillside flight of lake lets, crystalline pools, where the purple skies of sunrise and sunset and all the sailing clouds of azure noon float re- f1ected amidst the green of the sprout- ing rice.
 He loves the sounds of Java, the in- numerable sounds, to which his heart makes gladstone answer; the delectable sound of the rain on the living leaves of the wood and the wfthered leaves of woven roofs. on the boulders in the ra-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07

From the Washington Star.
 IN the Star of June 20 1870. is repro duced an extract from the London correspondence of the Scotsman. which attributes to his work on his last and unfinished novel. Edwin Drood,'' the final collapse of Charles Dickens. whose death had shortly before occurred
 Since his sudden seizure in the midst of his readings last year, MT. Dickens has never been the same man. After a little while he began to go about as before. fitted to and fro in his ardent. restless way, took long walks after his favorite fashion, starting on the whim of the moment, at any hour. for any where. and resumed his writings and other labors. but not with the same light ness and vivacity as before. Though sturdy walker. there had always been something of limp in his gait, and this now became more marked. He had more need of his stick and stopped perceptlDiy. He grew sooner wearied, both in walking and in work, and complained at times of strange supiness of mind and iaooreo slowness with the pen. Those who nad not seen him for some time were most
 
 months with the sudden whiteness of his hair. From gray he became all at once white, just as MT Bright did not long since I saw him few weeks ago, just before he left town, and his sun burned face seemed set in snow, his beard and hair were bleached so perfect lv. think it was Edwin Drood' that killed him. He went back to work too soon. He had had the idea for the story for somo time in his mind, l believe; but after the first impulse of the start was off he found the development of the incidents and characters slow and painful. Within the last week or so he was plan hing much of this He seemed to make so little progress and at the cost of such an effort. Perhaps it was the hot weather, he thought. or he was out of sorts and would get into better trim-by and by. But the disorder was deeper and more fatal. Even before his illness last year. how ever, he had had warnings of exhaustion. He suffered at times from a terrible sleeplessness, which often drove him forth at midnight to walk-his favorite EeuaAdy