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The Press., 1920-07-29
MONSON.

The Monson Victory Band will give a concert on the lawn in front of the Memorial Hall, this Thursday, at S.15 D. m. The band has chosen the fol- lowing officers: Harry E. Kendall president; Henry Pero, treasurer: Wilfred Kimber, secretary; Police Pe- TO, leader; Homer Pero, assistant leader; Frank A Lasbury, business manager
The Press., 1920-07-29
COMIOUE THEATRE

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The Press., 1920-07-29
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES.

Matter under this head F cents . line.
 You can now buy a mems straw hat as low as in September-Not many to clean out-Get yours now-Be- low Cost-at the Modern Toggery and Shoe Shop.
 Big line of all Wool Congress Bathing suits at reduced prices. S. Katxowitz & Go.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
TO SEARCH FOR
 UNHEALTHY PUPILS

New York, Oct. 26-Schoo1 teach CTS will examine every pupil in New York November to determine their physical fitness. The Department of Health set aside the day to stimulate interest of the teachers in their work, expecting them to more quickly de- tect physical defectives and report them promptly to the school phy- sician.
 For 23 years a Department of Health doctor or nurse has visited each public and parochia1 school in New York daily. The teachers re- port to them any child exhibiting signs of illness. Nurses examine all pupils monthly for contagious eye and skin diseases and pronounced physical shortcomings. Those having symp- toms of contagious diseases are inn mediately sent home.
 In this way contagious diseases have been held under control here. This was shown in the influenza cpl denies which were checked in the schools so forcib1y that attendance was proportionately as great as dur ing the same period in other years, and the sickness and death rate was lower in the five to fifteen-year-old group than for any other period of life.
 The Health Department expects to make vigorous search for unhealthy pupils in the future. Most of the men rejected for war service, it has been noted, had defects which could easily have been prevented or correct ed during childhood.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
MERIDEN MAN KILLS TWO SONS
 AND HIMSELF

Middletown. Oct. 26.-Carrying out a threat made several times during the past two weeks, John A. Taylor. 36 years old, of Meriden, shot and killed his two sons, Ar thur Taylor, 14 years old, and Fred |aerick Taylor, 10 years old and then turned the revolver on himself, while fishing this afternoo nat Black Pond in Middlefe1d. The triple tragedy was witnessed by two Mer- iden High School students, who were fishing on the opposite side of the pond. The bodies of the two 1 boys were found in the rowboat, while the fathers body was recov- cred from the pond by Policeman Stanley Schilling of the local police force. Medical Examiner John B. | Loveland of this city viewed the | bodies and gave permission for their
 removal to undertaking rooms in | Meriden.
 The father and two boys had left their home early in the morning and
 had spent the greater part of the
 day fishing when the tragic end
 came. The exact time of the shoot l ing is not known but it was around | 4 o'clock. A number of unused
 bullets were found in the rowboat Il Both of the boys were well dressed ! and the father wore his working
 clothes
 I The pond is rather large and por- | ders on one side in Meriden and on the other side in Middlefield. tI is located along the state highway from
 this city to Meriden and is just west
 of Mt. Higby. It is a beauty spot
 surrounded by higth hills. On all
 sides of the pond there is heavy
 wooded land and athe pond is ap-
 preached by a small country road.
 Only two houses are within a mile
 of the pond:
 The news of the tragedy was re-
 ceived shortly before 5 o'clock by
 the local police who were informed
 by the Meriden police. Policeman John Viernasz who was doing office
 duty took the message and with Policeman Schi1ling left immediately
 for the scene of the murder. Medical Examiner J. Francis Caler of this city and Medical Examiner Loveland , for. the town of Middlefeld went out
 a few minutes after the police had
 notified them.
 When the local police arrived al the SC cnetyeh vvh hh5 fhyIW.d , the scene they found a man looking for the murderers body. The bodies
 of the two boys were still in the boat which was anchored few
 feet from the shore. The fishing F poles were set and one of them was in the boat.
 ADD MURDER
 , The killing by Tayor of his two sons F is attributed, upon the completion o1 an investigation today, to Taylor's
 breeding over his disgrace recently iI f being haled before the police court, or | complaint of school teachers of not , properly supporting his goys. Taylor protested that the boys were 'twild' and he denied that he did not care fol 1 them. He had since vowed that he I would kill them but the threat was I not taken seriously.
 With a bullet hole in each of the . heads the bodies are at an undertak
 ing shop and one funeral will be helt s for the three, the day depending o1 . the result of a search for relatives = Taylor was a skilled silver worker bu e often idle. His wife left him som, e years ago and is believed to be in Eng = land. He and his children boarded |; with Mrs. E. R. OImstead.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
AN OLD RECIPE
 TO DARkEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns Gray, Faded Hair Dark
 and Glossy.

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly com pounded, brings back the natural coI- or and lustre to the, hair when faded, streaked or gray. Years aga the only way to get this mixture was to make 1t at home, which is mussy and trou- blesome.
 Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for 'Wyeth's Sage and Sul- phur Compound" You will get "a large bottle of this old-time recipe Improved by the addition of other in- gredients. at very little cost. Every body uses this preparation now, be- cause no one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does 1t so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morn Ing the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two,your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy and you look years young er.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Misbach, James, member Progressive State Committee, A1gona, Iowa. Montague. Margaret Prescott, au- thor of Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge,'' White Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
 Montague. Rev. R. Cary, Richmond, Va. Monro, Hana C., professor, Princeton University.
 Moore, Edw. C., Harvard University. Nichols, Robert Hastings, professor, Auburn Theological Seminary, Au- burn, N. Y.
 National Committeeman for Yer mont, Bennington, Vt Nicholson Vincent D., of Taylor & Robey, 91S Stephen Gerard Build ing, Philadelphia Nelson, w. A., President of Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Nolan, John J., ex-private, Port Ches- ter, N. Y.
 Notestein, Jonas O., professor, College of Wooster, Ohio Notestein, Wallace. professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Otis, William Bradley, Chairman of the Committee on Colleges and Uni versailles of the National Security League.
 Parker, G. R., partner of Frazer &, Co.,, international merchants, New Parsons, Herbert, former member National Republican Committee, New York; Vice Chairman New York State Branch League to En- force Peace. Phipps, Mrs. Henry, New York City Porter, Frank O., professor, Yale Uni. verSlty, New Haven, Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
LEAVE "OBEY"
 OUT OF SERVICE

London, Oct 26.-Congregationa1 ist brides here no longer need prom ise in the marriage service to obey their husbands.
 A committee of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, ap- pointed to draw up a new form of service, has decided that modern ideas favor the omission of the word "obey," and this notwithstanding the fact that no woman sat on the com mittee; neither were any requests re- ceived from Women to omit the fate ful word.
 ttAll the churches are becoming less strict in their insistance on the word ing of the marriage service,'' said the secretary of the Women's Freedom League. "Even in Anglican churches the word obey is sometimes omitted at the brides desire, and a great number of leading noncomformist ministers have lately made a, practice of cutting out the VOW to obey.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
BRIDGEPORT MAN
 LEAVES HARDING

ABridgeport boy, Joseph M. Madar, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Madar of POI Holly street, this city, is now a mem Der of the famous Fifth Regiment of Marines which was recently awarded the Croix de Guerre fourragere of the French Army for it's brilliant work at Bel1eau Woods, Soissons, and in the Champagne. Young Madar joined the Marines at their local recruiting office at 1908 Main streetin July, and before his transfer to the Fifth Regi- ment at Quantico, Va, had served at the big Marine Corps post at Paris Island, s. c.
 Quantico is also the centre of the educational activities of the corps, the sea soldiers joining in surprisng numbers the scheme of personal and correspondence instruction along the exact Ines of nationally known cor reSpondence school
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
CHOLERA SPREADING.

New York. Oct 26.-As result of the frequent movements of Chinese troops in Szchuan Province, West China, cholera has been spread more extensively recently than in the last 20 years. This is the opinion of Pro- lessor Daniel S. Dye, of West China. Union University, expressed in a letter to Rev. W. R. Taylor, a representative of the American Baptist Foreign Mis- sion society in China, now on fur1ough here.
 The disease has caused great rav- ages in Tungchwan, Chungking and Chengtu as we'll as many of the smaller villages. Americans and Europeans are virtually immune, Pro- lessor Dye said. due largely to the un- usual precautions observed by them in the preparation of food and in the matter of hygiene and diet.
 The first graduates of the university medical school. who recently received their diplomas, are serving as internes in hospitals in the province.
 Professor Dye was formerly a mem Der of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin. He is a native of New Matamoras, Ohio.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
IS EMPLOYED BY
 REPUBLICANS

New York, N. Y., Oct. 26-Chair- man Democratic National committee received the following letter today: Dear MT. White:-In my letter to you of the 23rd. inst, failed to call your attention to the fact that Reid. the cartoonist who drew the sacril gious lampoon of the Immaculate Conception for Harvey's Weekly in an effort to make votes for Senator Harding, is the cartoonist employed by the Republican National commit tee in addition to supplying Harvey's Weeklywith wekome b1asphemy, he supplies the National Republican one of the Republican National com mittee enterprises-with cartoons, more than likely to have this in formation but I am calling this to your attention for fear you may not beaware of the fact Yours sincere ly, Allan A. Ryan
 The publication of this cartoon caused MT. Ryan to contribute $25,- 900 to the Democratic campaign fund.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
To "Youth-ify'
 Gray, Streaked Hair

Ask anybody to guess how old you are, and notice how their first ap- praising glance is directed at your hair.
 To be answered You can't be more than thirty; I can tell by your hair, must give to any woman who is real ly forty or more a sense of pride and satisfaction.
 But to become prematurely gray at 30 or 40, to look ten years older
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

.r TRY TT. Experience has demonstrated that medicine knows no Surer healing agent for the inflamed mucous mem- braneS of nose, throat and lung passages. Used for years by thousands of people and highly recommended by physi- clans. TRY IT.
 At your druggists (the trade mark, as above, on every bottIe) 60c and $1.2O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
SULPHUR SOOTHES .UCLY,ITCH|NC SKIN
The First Application Makes Skin
 Cool and Comfortable.

If you are suffering from eczema or some other torturing, embarrassing skin trouble you may quickly be rid of it by using Mentho-Sulphur, de- clares a noted skin specialist
 This sulphur preparation, because of it's germ destroying properties, seldom fails to quickly subdue itch ing, even of fiery eczema The first application makes the skin cool and comfortable. Rash and blotches are healed right up. Mentho-Sulphur is applied like any pleasant cold cream and is perfectly harmless. You can obtain a small jar from any good druggist.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

than you actually are-that is in deed a bitter experience. However, any woman can, with a bottle of Brownatone, restore to gray, faded and streaked hair all it's maiden beauty and the identical color it had in girlhood, whether light golden, medium dark brown or black. Brownatone is instant in results and absolutely harmless.
 At all druggists: soc and $1.50; two colors: Light to Medium Brown and "Dark Brown to Black
 Special Free Trial Offer
 For a free trial package of Browna- tone. send to The Kenton Pharmaca Co. 537 Coppin Bldg, Covington, Ky, enclosing Il cents to pay postage, packing and war tax. Tear this out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

One of the serious results Of food shortage in Central Europe is the in ability of hospitals to care for the sick according to William c. Mullen dore, an official of the American Re- lief Administration, returning from Europe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Dry forces won victories yesterday in four Canadian provinces in which a general plebescite on the question of prohibiting importation of liquor from other provinces was submitted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

William P. Brines, the University of Pennsylvania student charged with the murder of Elmer Drewes, has sur rendered to the authorities.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
FLASHES

Six of the seven balloons entered in the international race for the Gordon Bennett trophy are already down and word is being anxiously awaited from Army, No. 1, piloted by Lieut.. Richard Thompson.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Thieves entered the rooms occupied by Mrs. James w. Keaney at the Hote Page in New York on the night o1 October IT and stole jewelry valued at $2O.00O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Nonstop flight of 1000 miles by Lieut. Charles B. Austin, U. $. A., over the Caribbean sea said to be most remarkable ever made by aviator. He met hurricane 800 miles out from France Field, near Cristobal, but fate favored him and he was able to get back to the field from which he started.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

The trial of Alfred Cocchi for the murder of Ruth Cruger in New York in 1917, began in Bologna. Italy, yes terday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Primary defense of New York city a against an invasion by sea will be directed from Boston under a War Denartment order received at the FTirst Area headquarters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Weather man expects warm weath CT to continue a short time. Seventy seven degrees was recorded yesterda b,, the bureau as the highest for an Oct. 21.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Jitneurs of Hartford are to seek an injunction tomorrow to prevent the city from enforcing the ordinance against them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Members of the Asylum Baptist church of Hartford have called Rev. Frank B. Haggard of Boston to take charge of their church.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

1ueo-Slavia has promised to evacu- ate the plebiscite district of Klagen- furt Premier Giollitti will partci- pate in negotiations for settlement of the Adriatic question, according to the Rome Giornale d'ItaiiaA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

The fifth burglary in three days was discovered at Company B armory in Milford yesterday. The thief took half a keg or rifle bullets, Spring field rifle and a single shot. automatic pistol.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Stephen Hinsky, jitney driver who was shot three times in the neck by Raymond Wilson of Bradford, Pa, is expected to recover. Wilson is being held by Stratford police on charge o1 murderouS assault.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Washington D. svander1ip of Cali fornia has announced that an organi- zation of Western 1nanciers has ac-
 quired a 6O-year lease of vast tract in North eastern Siberia, opposite Alaska, with exclusive rights to de- velop coal. ail and fscheries The tract is comprised of 100000 square
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

pr. George B. Strayer of Columbia University is to speak on Bridgeport Public Schools and the Nation $ Schools at the Chamber of Com merce luncheon tomorrow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Fire did damage of 5000 in Nor walk yesterday when the garage of William H. Beers. Jr.. was burned. There were suspicious circumstances about the blaze and it is being ihves- tigated by Fire Chief Bogardus-<
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26

Oldsmobile runabout driven by Joseph Bernard of Barnum avenue was wrecked yesterday afternoon at the west end of Washington bridge when it crashed into a. Ford car driven by Edward Devine of Walnut Beach, It rolled down a ten foot embankment. None of the occupants of the two cars was seriously injured
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-15
SUICIDE
ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS
Richard Prather, Bichloride
Victim, Tried Once to Die
by Cutting Wrists,

The second effort Of Richard l..
Prather, 81, clerk, to end his life, has
proven successful. Prather died at
o'clock "Wednesday night at the Baptist
hospital. from tn" effects OF btchloride
OF mercury swallowed last Sunday
night,
Prather took the poison in his room,
fourth floor. Commercial Bank build
ing, Union avenue and Main street. He
had summoned Miss Pauline Johnson,
pa Union avenue, to his room, where
they had supper together about 9:45
o'cltck. About 1880 Prather pulled a
box containing the poison from his
pocket, saying: It's either this way
out, or leave town. Before the girl
could interfere he swallowed four tab
let's.
Miss Johnson leaped IN to summon
Tor 80 minutes, until he fell exhausted
on the bed. She then called another
roomer, who summoned Thompson
Bros. ambulance which conveyed the
stricken man to the General hospital.
Prather was transferred to the Bap-
fist institution Wednesday afternoon,
AFTER his brother arrived here from
Ggion City, Tenn.
Prather attempted his own life in
1917, at the Yellow Dog Lunchery,
when he broke a drinking glass and
slashed his wrists with a piece of the
glass. He said he had been turned
Gown for service IN the army at that
time.
No cause for his second and success
Iul attempt at HIS own life has been
discovered by police. The body will be
taken to Union City, Tenn. for burial.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-15
ONE SOW BRINGS
$4,000 ON BLOCK
Five Sows Bred to Scissors
Average $1,4o5 Each Her
rim Pays Top Price.
BY F. D. BENEkE,
Secretary Southern AlluviaI Land
AeencIafInp

FNoSSNtaAtelH
CHARLESTON, Miss, Jan. 15-North-
ern buyers who came south this week
IN quest of choice Duroc-Jersey breed
ing stock, pressed by Southern buyers
seeking royal blood lines, paid an aver
age of 1894 here today for 35 sows
bred to Scissors. the $50, 900 interna-
tional grand champion head of the Pine
Crest farm herd.
1t was one of the snappiest swine
sales ever seen in the South. The first
i've Sows sent into the ring by r. G..
James, owner of Pine Crest farm, were
gobbIed up for a total of STOPS, or an
average of S1,4O5 each.
During the two hours the sale was
in progress 81 bred sows and two bears
We're put through the ring by II. L.
lgIeheart, II ~auctioneer, for a total of
$31,4S5, Thus the grand average for
the entire sale was $685., so, a figure that
adds to he national prestige of Pine
Crest farm.
Four or five buyers began bidding
when Woodlawn Willetta III, a SOW
whose pedigree is written in royal pur-
pie, entered the ring. The bidding be-
gan at 81 900, and when the a~uctioneer's
hammer descended with a bang the
sow went to Clarksdale DurQc farm at
Clarksdale, Miss. for the tidy sum of
81. 800.
w. X. Herrin and Jimmy Martin, Who
are rounding up foundation stock for
the new Clarksdale farm, showed that
they came to Charleston especially to
buy Woodlawn Willetta III. They forced
the buying from the start. and did not
quit until their competitors were out
Of the running. 1t was tha~4op price
of the, sale. Ew
Nine sows bred to Scissors brought
81 900 or better. Numerous sows due
to bring'on Scissors filters in the early
spring were sold at figures just under
the thousand mark.
II. l.. White, proprietor Of Whites
Duroc farm at Columbia. Miss. bid in
two lots of four open gifts by Scissors.
He paid $425 each for the first lot, and
$500 for the second. Walter Meng, Of
Paris. KY, bought a lot of six open
gifts by Scissors at $500 each.
Mr.. James received plenty of local
support, as evidenced by the fact that
10 Of his Durocs will remain in Missis-
sippi. Eleven will go to Kentucky, 10
to Tennessee. seven to Ohio, three each
to Texas and North Carolina, and two
each to Arkansas. Georgia and Indiana.
The party Of Northern buyers left
this evening by special train for Column
bia, Miss. where tomorrow they will
attend a sale at Whites Duroc farm.
The Southern sales Circuit win end
Friday with a sale at Enoch's farm at
Fernwood. Miss.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-15
Orpheum.

Stage people are VIGOROUSLY supersti-
tious. Black cats, rabbits feet, wills
Ting in dressing room, ropes around
trunks, cross-eyed porters, peacock
feathers and a score of other things are
regarded as omens of good or bad luck,
mostly bad. But a superstition that
is universal is the n regarding UNI
brellas. The raising of an umbrella in
doors is generally sufficient to bring
yelps from somebody. Small wonder,
then, that Alexander Carr has plenty
of trouble keeping within the bounds
of his superstitions in that his act, AN
April Shower" in which he is appearing
at the Orpheum theater, circles around
umbrellas.
In this playlet Mr.. Carr has the char
acter of an old umbrella manufacturer.
He collaborated with Edgar Allan Woolf
in writing the sketch and when it was
suggested that as a part of his bust
ness" he raise an umbrella, he blue
penciled it absolutely. mo, sir" he
exclaimed. II wouldn't raise an UNI
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-15
AmusententS
New Lyric.

The dainty and delightful Dolly sis
ters will be seen here in the merry
musical comedy, "Oh, Look" which
the critics call the chic beauty show OF
America. "Oh, Look is said to radiate
pleasing and refreshing entertainment
which is practically new to the musical
comedy stage.
There was a time when the Dolly
sisters were strictly dancers, but now
they are musical comedy stars, and the
critics say they are clever pantomimists
md their voices are so delightfully."-
toned that they sing most effectively,
and the Dolly sisters are considered
among the best actresses nj the mu-
steal comedy stage has ever known.
To add to all this the Dolly sisters still
dance in their inimitable way. f. Ray
Comstock and Morris Gest have select
ed a company of 81 associate artists
for the Dolly sisters, Inc the ensemble
is made up Of pretty and graceful girls,
modishly and charmlngly gowned.
"Oh, Look" will come to the Lyric
theater for a two nights and Saturday
matinee engagement, beginning Friday
night.