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Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
COMMITTEE DECIDING WHAT
 AMBULANCE TO BUY

The committee appointed by the Rot ary club to purchase the new ambulance for theN w. w. Backus hospital leaves this morning (Tuesday) for New Jersey to decide on just the type of body they think best to purchase. They will look over several makes and after deciding on the one they want will arrange to have it built with all possible speed. The committee appointed was as fol- lows: Joseph c. Worth, chairman. May or H. M. Lerou, Henry A. Tirrel pr. John S. Blackmar and Leon F. Hutchins The committee will be driven to New Jersey by Albert F. Lillibridge of the A. c. Swan Go. A new Cadillac chassis has already been ordered, to which the body to be purchased will be fitted.
 J. Henry Shannon. treasurer of the Rotary club ambulance fund stated on Monday that there were still several pledges of money to the fund which as yet have not been received and that he would be glad to have those who have not sent in the amount of their pledges yet kindly do so as early as possible so that the fund may be closed up.
 New contributions received during the past few days include $25 from c. D. White; s5 each from Mrs. Julia Rogers Smith and Mrs. Richard R. Graham.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
HUMOR OF THE DAY
see the danelnE Enorfakes-..

See the dancing snowfakesy"
 'Practicing for the snowbaIl suypouss Boston Transcript
 He must have some ineome-
 'whyg'
 Just heard him say he doesn't gv. . dollar to anybody."-Detroit Free Preea V Docs a parlor bolshevsst ever run shs risk of getting blown up-
 NO" replied Miss Cayenne -TAsf Eresteest chance ever saw one of them take was that of being burnt by z ehAf- ing dish."-washiQgton Evening Star.
 Briderroon CexpectzntlyD-Now my dear father-in-law. I wish 10 say tust a word about my debts"
 Father-in-law fslappinE him cn tAe back)-Debts. my boy7 Why. I'll warrant my debts exceed yours three to sne.- Boston Transcript
 'Mr. Clipping makes timely gurEes- ton for improving the paper suit
 What Is ity-
 He thinks strip of saEdpaper on the right trousers leg would be great help to smokers AEe-EIerad-
 Little Bobby came in the other day cTy- ing and rubbing several bumps caused by series of "buits- administered by a pst sheep.
 well. Bobby said his mother. what did you do when the sheep knocked yeu downZr
 T didn't do no;hin': was settin' ID all the time.-Sunshiae Bulletin.
 Daughter-Marry 4s st old Mr. Texlsy' Why. I'd die first,
 Moiher-Nonsense. child You'd outlre him forty years al least-BostdA Tran script
 GeorEie wss saying his prayers before going 10 bed. and his little sister Lorraine couldn't resist the temptation 10 ticki. th. soles of hts feet Geo-yie stood it Rs long I as re could and then stopped short n his devoticns.
 Excuse me a rninute. Cod he snid. while beat the sfufin' out of Jorrie-- The Crescent
 "A man Is never too old 10 leara.-
 That said Mss Cayenne. may apply 10 books or industrial occupation. bet never to dancing. ."-wash.ngton Star.
 James is going away to get plenty of fresh air"
 Then why Is he going sn a salt wuar trip'"-Balthmore Aperican.
 T understand you always make rsoney on a falling market
 Well" replied Mr Dustin stsx. win q sly. self-spnreeiatiye chuckle. T nlanare to get a bear living out of it--E1- change.
 Father said the small boy. what is a soviet-'
 My son. from an that I can learn. sAst | question has been one of fhe sig subjeets of debate in soviets ever shoe they Arss started Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
TROLLEY CARS STALLED
 WHEN ELECTRIC POWE-

The burning out of a transformer at the Eastern Connecticut Power plant at Thamesvile tied up all cars on the Nor wich and New London city lines and the line as far north as Baltic from 630 o'clock until S:15 o'clock Monday morn ing.
 Nearly all the ears had left the barns when the transformer failed and hun dreds of working men and women were unable to reach their work on time ow- ing to the tie-up.
 It was nerly two hours before the pow CT plant employees could cut over into other transformers. The transformer which burned out Monday morning was a spare transformer which had been put in use several weeks ago when a similar transformer burned out.
 An official of the Eastern Connecti- cut Power Co., stated Monday that the trouble was caused by slag getting into the water in pipe coils which will nearly l always cause the burning out of the l coil pipe.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
SOLDIERS INJURIES LISTED.
 CRASHING MOST SERIOUS

According to a comprehensive report just issued by the surgeon general of tt.s army, of the 266,112 soldiers admitted to the hospitals of the A. E. F., from battle causes, more were suffering from gas than any other cause. and more were wounded in the legs than in any other part of the hody. Complete analysis follows: Gunshot missels S5.132. shrapnel 40,44S, rifle ball 22.66S. shell 21.312. hand grenade 1,156, indirect result 1888, ex- plosives s4s, pistol ball 257. bayonet 245, falling objects 193. aerial bomb 150, cut ting and piercing instrument 146, airplane SS crushing S5 sabre IA, other 3,901.
 Another list prepared shows the loca- ton of the wounds and tthe number All casualties from gas, except mustard gas are classified under "thorax:"
 Legs 72.527. thorax (50,oS4 cases) arms 5e,212, head (24,251 facial injuries) S5,S12, abdomen or pelvis 10,2Se, back S,94S, neck 5,39s, unclassiiicd S,S39.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
INCREASING cLoUpINEss
 FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS

Early Monday morning the Ford tour ing car carrying Massachusetts registra- tion 210,019, turned turtle at a point known as barrel curve" near the Lilli- bridge road on the state highway about one mile south of Baltic. The car con tQined Mir and Mrs. Silver Chenette Miss Ida Chenette, Miss Blanche Che nette and Miss Angelina Chenette, all of Holyoke, Mass.
 The party had spent the weekend at the home of MT. and Mrs William Che nette of Hunters avenue Taftville. They had left the Chenette home at o'clock Monday morning to go to Willimantic to meet a woman who was to travel with them to their home in Holyoke. As the car approached the curve some part of the steering gear broke causing the car to skid on the trolley tracks, circle and to topple over, pinning the occupants under the machine. One of the young women worked herself from under the car and walked to Baltic in a dazed con- dition and boarded the 5.55 car for Taft vile. Upon reaching Taftville she no. tified a man by the name of Fontaine of the accident.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
Ernnl in sDne1.

Oscar Silverleib of Lisbon sues Morris Goldberg and Harry Rothenberg both of Lisbon, for $3.500, claiming that the two defendants sold him certain land in Lis bon which the defendants did not own but 'Fhich was the property of one Kaminsks md the Aspinook company which are how in possession of the land
 The plaintiff claims that the defendants agreed to sell to them for 5000 two tracts of land consisting of 120 acres, Vart of which was 25 acres was to be timber land and 20 acres of clear ana Nrush land. The plaintiff says that he was shown some timber, clear and brush land as that which he was to receive but this was not included in the decd given 1im. He, however. accepted the deed and paid the purchase pl ice on the defendants representation that the deed conveyed this timber, clear and brush land
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
BISHOP BREWSTER COMING
 TO TELL OF LAMBETH CONFERENCE

Bishop Chauncsy E. Brewster is to be in Norwich on Wednesday. Nov. 3, at Trinity Episcopal church. for meeting of the clergy and laity of the New Lon don archdeaconry. at which he will tell them of his attendance at the Lambeth conference in England. This meeting will take the place of the regular November meeting of the clericus.
 The program arranged for the day is as follows:
 Il a. m-For the clergy. celebration of the holy communion. followed by short address.
 1230 D. m.-Clericus lunch at Waure- gan house. For those clergy who are not members of the clericus the price of the lunch will be 75 cents.
 D. m.-Meeting for both clergy and laity, with address by the bishop.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
NORWICH POSTAL SAVINGS
 AInTNT m et

At the close of September Norwich had deposited with the government the sum Of S12S.0SS as a result of the postal savings plan inaugurated few years ago.
 The net increase in postal savings de- posits in the United States for September was s1.500. 900, as against SPOTS 900 in August. The total deposits in the United States on Oct. 1st were $161. 1922. The number of offices holding in excess of S100000 at the close of September was 145. among which are the following Con- necticut towns: Bridgeport $772.I93. Hartford s4S677s. New Haven s4SO. .467. Waterbury s235,419, Ansonia s194,774. Willimantic s16S,341. Norwich S12S.0 Stamford $123,9o6, New Britain S1oo, ,7o3.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
FULL ASSOCIATED
 PRESS DISPATCHES
POETRY
THE LIGHTS SONG.

THE LIGHTS SONG. In the rain dark weather-the shadow m
 the sigh. But wonder is rainbow a-runnin' 'round
 the rky Sunshine is Sayin': I've been away 70 But heard the darkness slEhin'. m I'm
 eomin' with song. "A song that echoes sweet Where lights an shadows meet.
 " you listen you1i he hrariR' The heart O Heaven beatw The valleys. lost an lonesome: we heard
 the hills complain To the shadows Q the dark day an the
 drippin' O the rain:
 the cloudy bars. But We knew the sweet Sun. eorncwbere,
 war lightin' lonely stsrs. An we heard the Sunshine say: 'Ill make a brighter day
 Than ever yet the world knew Since Heaven made the Mayf- An so. the shadows faded. an R0t The rain there. in the darkness. was
 dreamin' of a rose. Light was on the world way. an nsrrow was in flight The sunshine is Life's sweetheart eS kier
 the dark good night! Along the way we meet With song that echoes sweet An We listen. an we're hesrK The heart O Heaven beati l-Frank L. Stanton. in Atlanta Cznseshs- | tion.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS
 TO OPEN IN DECEMBER

Plans for the annual Christmas seal sale. which the state tuberculosis com mission holds to raise funds for its pre- ventive and educational work have been announced. The commission has opened headquarters in the state capitol and has appointed Hubert NJ. isedgwick state cam paign director ard Miss Mabel Baird sec retary.
 The sale will be held during Decem- Der. It aims 10 rais, $100.000 to push vigorously tuberculosis nursing and the establishment of clinic1 throughout the state. u give mlterial relief. such as eggs and milk. and other needed nourishment to tuberculosis sufferers and to pay for sanitarium treatment for patients in some cases.
 The state makes no provisions for such tuberculosis work with the exception of payment of sanatorium treatment
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
HELPLESS WITH RHEUMATISM
lJntiI HG Took "Fruit-a-tives"
 Or Fruit Liver Tablets
R. R. No. 1, LoRNE, ONr.

''For over three years, I was confined to bed with Rheumatism I treated with doctors and tried nearly everything without benefit.
 Finally, I tried Fruit tives'. Before I had used hoLf c boa, saw improvement; the pain t0Gs ecsier and tue ssOelIing started to go down
 l continued taking this fruit medicine, improving all the time, and now I can walk about two miles and do light chores about the place..
 ALEXANDER MUNRO. Soc. box, 6 for g. 50, trial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENsBURG, NY.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
Frankfurt and Marsbmallow Roast

The members of Mrs. Albert M Van Wagenan's Sunday school class of Park Congregational church were entertained with a frankfurt and marshmallow roast at Mohegan Park on Monday af- ternoon from 4 to o'clock The mem. bers of the class are: Allen Latham Jr Edward Moore, Thomas Moore Richard Norman Otis Fellows Douglas Fellows Thomas Peterson, Frisbie Mitchell Blackstone Perkins Dunstan Perkins Elliott Graham, James Sweezey anC Billy Tirrell.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
New Norwich Corporation.

In the list of new corporations at the secretary of states office is the Sachem Meat and Grocery Corp, 149 Sachem street Norwich; shares subscribed for 73. on which sl673 cash and nothing in property have been naid. President. Julian lavrisloski. shares vice president. Mike banas. ] share 1; secretary, Alex Lurvszu- wacz shares treasurer. John Kubat. 4 shares Paul Ednas. 1 shares Kizamaecz Gimbut. { shares: Joseph Kubat. 4 shares " Leiatkowsky, shares An drew Kubat, shares.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

gagements to speak all this week. On Tuesday night the congressman will speak in Clinton anl on Wednesday he will be at Scotland. On Thursday night he will speak with Hon. Benedict M Holden of Hartford at Danielson and on Friday night he will speak with William J. Mul- ligan at Rockville. He will conclude his campaign Saturday night with an ad- dress at Canterbury.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
GAS.

We can live without coal. What are ashes hut worrfe8f We can live without mustard And pepper and curries; But what shall we do
 IT weak gas makes us fret And We can't cook thing With the flame that we Eetf We can live without wood, Though our fingers may shfvUP( Lack of gasoline merely
 Will retire the filvver; But fierce on reform
 Are our purposes set. If we can't cook a thing With the gas that we geti We can live on raw Epuds. But we don't like 10 do 30: And meat that needs broiiinE Hints Of Robinson Crusoe But something must break, On row you may bet, 1T We can't cook q thing With the gas that we retl
 Brooklyn Ezx1A
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

Mr and Mrs. John Kennedy and family Of Prospect street spent the week end in StoninEton.
 Andrew Beleheur of Hickory street spent the week end visiting his brother Edward in Providence and New York.
 Mr and Mrs William 1T. Stebbins and Nr and Mrs. William A. Pitcher made a tour over the Mohawk trail Saturday and Sunday. They made the trip in Mir Pitchers automobile.
 James Bedden of Smith avenue spent Sunday In Stonington and Westerly.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
HE FEELS TEN YEARS YOUNGER

back, head ache5 stiff joints, sore muscles rheumatic pains Or any other symptom of kidney or bladder trouble will be inte- Garden St. Hob oken, N J. q could Iot bend down for some years, as I can now My wife bad many a time to put on or off my shoes. I obtained reLef with Fole Kidney Pills. feel now as if I were ten years younger" Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
Red Cross Conference.

One of the largest Red Cross conferenc es ever held in Connecticut will takt place at New Haven on Wednesday. Oc tober 27, officials and members of tn, states thirty-eight chapters and the lat ter's branches and auxjliaries havin. lignifed their intention of being pres ent The meeting will be held in tn,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

sons Charles Chadwick, Jr., and George ;; three daughters. Mrs Daniel Woodhead of Chicago; Mrs. Bower Barnwell of Montclair, N. J., who was formerly Miss Alice Esther Moves Chadwick and Miss Mary Weeks Chadwick; also a sister, Mrs. Elford Trobrdge of New Haven.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
Where Rrandegee VIII Sneak

Senator Frank B. Brandegee's speaking engagements for the last week of the campaign are; Tuesday, Thomps 9n- vile; Wednesday, Derby; Thursday, Norwalk; Friday, Meriden; Saturday, Putnam.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
New Putnam Drug Company.

The Putnam Manufacturing Co.,, Inc,
 10 1-2 Pomfre, street Putnam. has been
 incorporated to deal in medicinal prepara- tions. etc. Capital stock 5000; divided into 550 shares of s100 each. Commence business with S3,000. President and treasurer J. A. Gagne. 10 shares; secre- tary. Joseph s. Martin, l share; Luke Marquis, l share; L. P. Collet. IS shares.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

f4ampson Lyceum Bn the Yale campus.
 Plans for conducting the annual Roll Call of the Red Cross November 14 to 20. rill be set forth by Howard J. Rogers. manager of the Atlantic division. who 'gill preside at the conference. Other representatives of the Atlantic division will be present to answer questions on matters pertaining to Connecticut chap .ers.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
Lonergan speaks at Baltic.

Congressman Augustine Lonergan of Hartford was at Baltic on Monday morn ing and visited Mr and Mrs. R. J. Jo- doin, Mir. and Mrs M. H. Donohue and MT and Mrs. John F. Conway, and at 12.30 o'clock addressed about 5000 citi- zens at Sayles square He was intro duced by MT. Jodoin. MT. Lonergan spoke on the League of Nations. MT. Lonergan took fall out of his oppo- nent, Senator Frank B. Brandegee, and stated that he would be willing to meet Senator Borah on any ground concern ing the league of nations. He asked the assemblage to vote the straight demo- cratic ticket, the ticket which he claim ed stood for good true and patriotic tc every American citizen
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

Wednesday. october 27th.. the sixty. second anniversary of the birth of Theo. dore Roosevelt. one of Americas most distinguished citizens will be noted in th, schools.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
Congressman Freeman's Campaign

Congressman Richard P. Freeman of New London. who spoke here Monday night at the republican rally, has en-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

MT. and Mrs. Charles Larrabee have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter Marion Gates, of Wind ham Center, and Henry Albert Brown of Hartford, the ceremony to take place at their home Thursday, Nov. Il at 6 p. m.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
Comparisons.

Predictions for Monday: Increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer.
 Mondays weather: Fair. followed by cloudy. southwest wind
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
THE WEATHER.

Conditions:
 The outlook is for unsettled showery weather almost generally in the states east of the mississippi river Tuesday and in the Atlantic states Wednesday, The weather will become cooler in the middle Atlantic and north Atlantic states by Thursday.
 Winds of Atlantic coast:
 North of Sandy Hook: Moderate most ly north to northeast, overcast Tuesday. sandy Hook to Hatteras: Gentle to moderate variable, overcast Tuesday, pos sibly local rains.
 Forecast.
 For New England: Cloudy Tuesday Wednesday showers not much change in temperature.
 Observations in Norwich. The Bulletins observations show the following records reported from changes in temperature and barometric reading Monday:
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26
GREENEVlLLE

Six hours after high water it is lc water. which is followed by flood tide.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-26

srN. MOON AND TIDES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
nerve SAVES LIFE
!. OF POLICE OFFICER
Lieutenant Fem, Trying tc
Make Arrest, Grabs Gun
Pointed at Breast
HAMMER CUTS HIS THUMB

Nerve and presence Of mind on the
part Of Lieutenant Theodore Fem, in
charge of the Twelfth and Pine streets
police station. in grabbing revolver
thrust against his chest. saved his life.
His thumb Is badly torn where the
revolver trigger descended on 1t aftet
ne grabbed the weapon and the holder
q negro landlord, tried to shoot. Lieu
tenant Fem managed to beat his man
into submission.
with several patrolmen Lieutenan,
Fem went to house near Twelfth ont
Bainbridge streets last night when they
heard a negro there, said to be San
brown, had tried to shoot Jesse King
another negro, the bullet lodging in .
box Of cigars in the store front OF the
house.
The lieutenant and his men sur.
rounded the place and then shouted ar
order for Brown TO surrender. Lieu;
tenant Fem went to q side door and
demanded admission. The door was
opened trihe and revolver stuch
through the crack and against his
breast.
He grabbed it, caught the descending
hammer and pushing the door open en-
tered and arrested Peter Elwell, said t.
be proprietor Of the store and the I'D
joining rooming house.
In the meantime, Brown had left the
house. He was captured later on South
street near Broad. Both negroes will
have hearings today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
BABY BANDS NOW FEATURE
OF SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE
Children From -Four Fire and Half Years Old Learning
.:.. to Interpret Classics j. ...g r.'

superior TO q symphony orchestra. nor
does II bring any new beauties into the
score. IL does afford the child prodtgies
an opportunity to develop their peculiar
gifts In this field.
Included In the program which they
are rehearsins are the Salute TO the
Flag" a marching song; 'The Swiss
Maid" waits No. s, an old French
skit by Ledyourtdu: Schubert's No. 0
Trio. Opus 40; "Amarylllis, by Ghys.
and Shadows. ;" by Cyhtts.
Jass Is frowned into the background,
as the object Of the musical study 10
to cultivate the idea OF rythm, an ap-
preciative ear for good music and to
begin the formation OF q musical taste.
Music Of the slow sad sort, the weep
ing adagio, such as Consolation" Ia
isgn0rcd by the program maker for the
more spirited numbers. Although Cho-
pin and Haydn are being considered.
II is also planned to try a descriptive
fentasie or so.
There are several smaller orchestras
among the kindergartens Of the city, in
cluding two in the Lea School of Prac-
tice, Forty seventh and Locust streets
, the Girls Normal School, Thirteenth
and Spring Garden streets; the Arthu,
| School. Twentieth and Catharint
streets; the Dunlap School, Fifty first
and Race streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
MISS BiCKNELL MARRIED
Washington Girl Bride Of William
]. wriuht. Chestnut HJIi

Friends and relatives many of them
from this city, attended the marriage OF
Miss Albert Vawter Bicknell, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest o. Bick-
nell, and William jerks Wright,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Minturn T.
Wright, Of Chestnut Hill, which took
place yesterday in the home Of the
brides parents. in Washington.
The Rev. John Van Schaick officiated
Miss Constance Bicknell attended ne,
sister as mnid Of honor, while Barbars
Townsend, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Townsend. of La Grange. ILL.,,
served as flower girl.
Minturu T. Wright. Jr., Of Phila
delphia, was his brothers best man
and the ushers included John s. Wright,
William r. Kirk. of Beverly. n. j.,
and Benjamin @. Grisgs. Of st. Paul,
MINI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
Now we have the baby bands.

NOW we nave the baby bands.
sousa, Crestore, Pryor, Conway and
the rest have their admirers and get
effects that please the multitude. but
when IL comes TO sheer enthusiasm and
ability to produce volume Of sound, the
baby bands will not yield the baton to
any.
These organizations Of miniature vir.
tuosi, products of the public school
kindergartens, have reached the impos-
ing total Of seven or eight In this city,
while one school. the Lawton, at BEN
ner and Dittman streets, wissinomins,
has now musical organization of
eighteen embryonic musical seniuses---
or shall we say genii--who do things
with the works Of the old masters.
The musicians, who range in age
from four to FIVE and one half years
old, are working on programs to be
presented at Thanksgiving. The piece
dc resistance Of the musical menu In
preparation is Schubert's Marche Mill
taire. This spirited classic has been
arranged by Miss Mabel Straub, teacher
Of the class. With Miss Straub at the
piano, 1t is scored for piano, triangles
drum, castanets, tambourincs, clappers,
tinpans, horseshoes and sandpapei
blocks.
While this arrangement may not be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
SUGAR GOING DOWN--S0ON
Wholesalers to Get Rid Of High
Priced Stock First

Reduction in the wholesale price Of
sugar from thirteen to twelve cents a
pound. effected by the Federal Refiu-
ing Co., of New York. will be reflected
in the retail prices Of sugar in this
city within the next few days, dealers
say.
William Davidson, an official Of the
American Stores Co, said that the
present retail price Of fifteen cents until
the stock of sugar bought ut the old
wholesale price Is exhausted.
When new purchases are made at the
reduced Wholesale prices, retail prices
will Immediately lower at the American
stores. Mr.. Davidson said.