Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31
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Norwich, Friday. Dec. q, 1890.
VARIOUS MATTERS
'ec. s1gt is st. sylvester's day.


 the Week of Prayer.
 Again Thursday the weather was of the best the mercury getting up to 3s degrees-
 Fifty name cards for fifty cents at The Bulletin Co.--adv.
 There will be. little of the old-time formal New Years calling in Norwich to- I morrow.
 On account of Saturday being a holi- day there will be a rush of trade today (Friday).
 Don't forget the supper at the K of c. Home, tonight.-adv.
 Most Of the stores and markets of Nor wicb will be closed all day Saturday, New Years day.
 Bargain seekers were browsing round the stores during Thursday picking up some good values in many lines.
 News comes .to. Connecticut manufactur- CTS that. the conditi of business in the silk trade has taken decided turn for the better. Dentists in Norwich are having the customary busy week. following. overin- dulgence by old and young in Christmas stweets.
 Thursday evening Choral Director Charles D. -Geer had a rehearsal of the 27 members of the chorus choir of the Central Baptist church.
 Dance at state Arnory, Willimantic, Saturday night, Jan. 192o.-adv. December and the year go out with a ] day nine hours nine minutes in length, three minutes having been added since the \ almanac winter began. Dec. 21st | Saturday morning, New Years day. the l feast of the, circumcision of our Lord, masses in St. Patrick's church will be at 5, 7 and s o'clock, the last high mass. Dannfe Moore plans to leave Lyme for l Miami. Fla, in a few days. He expects to d work at his trade as carpenter. As the cold has arrived. he seeks a warmer eli mate.
 By the report Of the Southern New England Telephone company the total number of telephones in use in Connecti- cut is 17s,0eo, an increase for the year of l over 16,0 00o.
 'l The United States civil service conmis- sion announces an examination for assist ant gas inspector. man, 20 to 45 years of age, in the Osage Indian agency, Oklaho- ma, at S2 900 to s2 400 a year
 Choice live holsters, shrimp, little necks scallots, blue point oysters for cocktails t or half shells, real blue fish, fresh caught Spanish mackerel. founder steak $ Noan\ steak cod, extra s1nelts, at Pow CTS Bros.-adv.
 Dealers claim that the grape cure and II it's successors, ths orange cure and the yeast-cale cure, have now been followed : by the apple cure. Everybody is buying apples, in accord with the new fad. T Dr. William L. Higgins. representing Coventry in the house at Hartford, pro. poses to introduce a resolution to prevent smoking in both branches of the genera. 2 acsfsf11hlv f10xxr thai xvornan rr@aTf1,o re Although Easter is early and many buyers of women's apparel demand tn, coat or coat wrap, there is said to be ar . element of strength in the suit demand 5 which it has lacked for the last two sea, | sons.
 q Don't forget the supper at the K of c
 Hcme, tonisht.-adv.
 Rev. Clemens Mortenson, superintendent
 of the state Swedish orphanage at Crom E | well, reports that the children of the or Y phanage enjoyed the best Chris tnaas the, r ever had. Every child was made happ. ,ll by numerous gifts
 l. Miss Estene E. Barrows, who is Blind e is being tried out as a stenographer b. Il the state board of education at Hartford t She was instructed at the state depart s- ment for the blind and has become exper , i in use of the typewriter. n In Hartford Tuesday g conference too T place between Robbins E. Stoeckel, com 1T missioner of motor vehicles, and Assistan
 Secretary of State Wenzel of New Yorl
 with view to arranging some plan fo
 dealing with automobile thieves. 2 Dance, Boulds Bros famous orchestr d of Cincinnati Ohio, at state armory, WE l. limantic- beginning Xmas, every Satul day T. A B. hall Norwich, every Thur. y day Cbeginning Dec. S0th) featuring Be
 Morris, king of banjos, also two -stal il formerly with McEnelly's, having toure le l4 states. Coming direct from Main rs Let's go.-adv.
 d The. many ties being hauled throug le Norwich from Plain HIll where they al ,e hewed by the 90 men at the sawiniu (
 George |. Ingalls, of Norwich, are assen
 bled on Dawleyis wharf, as distributin a. point for the New Haven railroad, r The police in Connecticut have bee er asked to search for Mrs. Beulah
 Bartsch,s 30, who left her home in. Nev
 ark, N. J., on Sept IS. 1920. while su = fering from a nervous breakdown, and
 whom her relatives have received I re word.
 Fe News comes to local merchants tha s effective Jan. g. the prices on staple ar of serni-staple ribbons will be reduced fro
 1y. bo To pcI Senl- IillS- concession, L - gether with other favorable circur
 stances, is expected to stimulate the sa , of goods.
 N Don't forget the supper at the K. of
 Home, tonight.-ady.
 Warner Brothers, Bridgeport COTS
 manufacturers, who have a branch ,
 Chestnut street, Norwich, are to sell the
 Danbury plant, but representatives of u
 firm sailed from New York Wednesday
 plan the establishment of a branch pla
 in Belgium.
 The 3Tth annual assembly of the Co
 necticut Select Tenlplars will be held Sa
 urday, New Years day, at Temple
 Honor hall. Portland. at 10 a. m T
 Select TemDlar degree will be conferr
 on a class of 10 from the various tempt
 in the state.
 An unusually interesting program V R given by the Monday club, the Danbu s News says. at the home of the Miss E EAverin, S Terrace place The subje Christmas, was ntting.y carried out
 the lavish decorstions of holly, red earn uons and miniature Christmas trees. q The former John Mitchell residen \ above Thamesville, used during the VI
 time boom as a boarding house for e
 ployes of the Norwich Woolen Mills, Ir
 is closed just now. At the rush seas
 1t accommodated 100 men and 20 won
 and the employees were on day and nie
 shifts.
 K During December the Norwich me
 bers of the Apostleship of Prayer fLeae , of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) have | for their intention Christian mortificati Id. which is the restraining, by the help
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