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Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-15
HUMoR OF THE DAY

I'm going to advertise for a mgr - troubled by insomnia" !
 Whats the ldea?''
 Every other man we've tried hss gone to sleep on the job. and I thsuEht we might get somebody who will stay awake that way."-Louisvilie Courieel Journal.
 BriEEs-De you run q bank aoesunti
 GHlggs-No t runs me.-Knoxvilk Journal and Tribune.
 Doctor (to old lady)-Yes. ny deaf madam. thos, pains In your lea kfp come with age.
 Patient with suspicion)-YeA doctor. but my rfsht leg is just as old as NY left. and have no pain h it--HoustoDi. Poss.
 ''No automobiles on the Island of Der. uuda. I understand"
 T suppose they don't went to risks gasoline affecting the delicate havsT of those oalons."-Detrolt Free Press DOC, I'm sick. Can't you prescribe some whisky?"
 Maybe. What made you sickr'
 Whisky y"-Louisviile Courier-Journai.
 He-Does your mother object tS ktw- inGf She-Sow just because I allow ycu to kiss me you needn't think you can kiss the whole famiiy.-Boston Transcript.
 Mrs. Dibbs-what's the matter vtta you now7
 pibos-I had just one drink of sroafs.- | ton lIltker and l. went to my head. MFs. Dibbs-Good night Az like st- tracts like, you drank wood alcohol Buffalo Express.
 Prices on many things seem to have been reduced"
 'SYes discoveFed that everything, except the things absolutely must have is much cheaper now."-Detroit Frea Press.
 We have the greatest land on earthS And you have proof of that when | you notice that people Europe to come to dry country. y.vLouisvllle Courier | Journal.
 "Yo1 wish to enter the diplomatic ser vice. Can you give any proof of discrs- | tion?" asked the examiner. ":Yes. once entered a bathroom whA . lady was in the tub" l Yes. and what did you dor T said. T beg your pardon str. and | withdrew. w."IHouston Post. | He'll think modern dress reveals the vanity of the human heart She-Oh never saw one % deeor0te as that !--London Bystander. A couple of Wall street men at iun- eheon one day were speaking of Ghe O. tlmistic temperament of mutual friend when the talk turned to the real meaning | of the word "optimist."
 well" said one of the brolePs. T have 1t figured out this way. A peS!- u1ist says. Is there any milk ia that pitcherf" An optirnist remarks. Pass the cream, plesse.' "-Detroit Free Press.
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THOMPSON

In the Thompson public schools. Elwel F. kimball is superintendent. At Tour teliotte Memorial High school ElweII F. kimball is principal and Roy R, Allen is submaster, The honor record made by the Dubils in the senior and junior high school of Thompson for the half year ending February 4. 1921. follows: First honors are given pupils whose average is 90-100 inclusive Second hon- CTS are given pupils whose general aver age is S0-s9 inclusive
 Senior High School.
 Senior Class-First~ honors, Ruth Lin. devall; second honors, Mildred Bous- quet Helen Mack Roma Sheldon, Miriam Young. Junior .Class-First honors,-: sec ond honors, Wilfred Duquette, Ernest Granata, Esthel LindeVall, Putnam Liy- ingston. .-.-
 Sophomore Class-First honors, Emma Chubbucll; second honors, Raymond Johnson.
 Junior High School ' Junior III-First honors; second hon. ors, Mary Demeter, Stanley Dartt, Doro- thy Kurzman.
 Junior H.-First honors, Olive Baker second slonors, Richard Converse, Stanley Leveille, Margaretta Hainsworth, Viola Beaulac, Bernice WeIch, Sarah Reynolds
 Junior First honors, Lawson Rob' bins, Adrienne Trudeau; second honors Marian Bates, Elsie Buck, Helen Ingra. ham. Juliette Lamoureux, Hannah Linde wall. Helen Lynch, Jane O'Brien, Anna Skotchless.
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B BAD BREATH 4
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets Get at the Cause and Remove It

Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub stitute for calomel, act gently on the bowels and positively do the work.
 People afflicted with bad breath find quick relief through DF. Edwards Olive Tablets. The pleasant, shgar-coated tablets are taken for bad breath by all who know them.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets act Een- tly but firmly on the bowels and liver, stimulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and gently purifying the entire system. They do that which dangerous calomel does without any of the bad after effects.
 All the benefits of nasty, dekening. griping cathartics are derived from Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets without griping. painoE any disageeable effects.
 Dr. F. M. Edwards discovered the formula after seventeen years of prac- tice among patients afflicted with bowel and liver complaint, with the attendant bad breath.
 Olive Tablets are purely a vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Take one or two every night for week and note the effect. l5c and Soc.
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WESTERLY

! feeling which has existed for some between tho several automobile ac- Iory dealers in town, broke out anew Ray, when two dealers in gasoline kced the price of the commodity to S2 Us. According to the story told by hk H. 0randall, proprietor. of the ltley-Clarke garage, the price of gas e should have dropped two cents on kday, therefore he sold it to his GUS Iers atxthe new market price. The sr deaitfs, however, with the excep- | of ona continued to charge 34 cents, later in the day, when they heard khe reduction made by the Crandall hge. a certain few of them approach Ithe. manager, and requested him to b the price up, so that they could b the excess profits for another day. hdail refused the request of the eth- dealers and continued to sell At 32 ks Up to a late hour Monday, the kr dealers were continuing to charge
 old price. he body of Joseph 4. OEanne of ics. bth Inf, Second division. who died in lnce shortly after the singing ef the kistice, is expected to arrive ill New K today (Tuesday) and the funerat
 be held here day or two after IL Ines Westerly. ,, The officers of Mer- IPost. No. 1e, American Legion, have ke all arrangements to give the oead q military funeral, and eaisson narry the, caslsSt was procured sun | from Fort Wright by Coaiino nder Irge Chapmans Harold Barber ana ana Hv BIiven. A guard of honor VIII Bent by the Legion to pay fitting re- Et to the man who 80 faithfully serV- his country he Westerly police made a quiet raid Ebout o'clock Monday morning at
 house of .colored woman on shis
 of the river. There they founo . ks girl from Pawcatuck. who gave
 sre as Is. She was taken to the po-
 station, placed in the custody Of MISS
 y Murphy, police matrcn. and she | he held there pending further inves- Ition.
 kr. and Mrs. Lowe of BuffalO' N r.
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MANSFIELD CENTER

An eloquent address on Abraham Lin- coin was delivered at the church Sunday morning by the minister. Rev. R. c. Pavy.' Patriotic music was rendered by the choir. assisted by Rexford Crane, vio- lin, and Leslie Nichols. flute.
 In spite of unfayorable weather Fri day evening there was a good atten lance at the Christian Endeavor get tose her" social There was music and games and stunts which gave much merriment Doughnuts and coffee were served Mrs. Leslie Nichols was chairman of the com mittee arranging the affair.
 Echo grange recognized its 10th birth day at the meeting Tuesday evening of last week. Past, present and future were considered. Mrs. R. E. Stearns telling of the organization and Mrs. Afford giving a history of the accomplishments of the past 10 years. Judge L. J. Storrs spoke of The Future. A discussion of the de- slrability and possibility of community i house in the village followed. Reports of | the state convention in Hartford were given by Elmer Danphear and Mrs. AL ford. Coffee and cookies were served.
 Because of the illness of Mrs. Phelon, bthe meeting of the sewing group was Tpostpoaed from last Wednesday to some future date.
 A four day extension school Is to he .f eb Nl-F NOHAi Ad9l GpTilifS T1lil m March, the date to be announced. There will be lectures on both farm and house. hold problems.
 The people of Spring Hill are arrang ing for an oyster slipper and entertain, ment.
 A committee has been appointed by Rev. R. c. Paw to consider the organ ization of a mems club for Mansf ell Cen
 ter and Spring HilI jointly. The commit
 tee is A W. Buchanan, R. F. Stearns
 Alfred Oden. L. J.. 6torrs. H. C.NHawkini
 and c, C. Davis.
 It has been decided that for the pres
 Hpt the library will be open on tn
 Tuesday evenings of grange meeting from 7.S0 to s o'clock. especially for tn
 convenience of those living outside tn
 village. Continuance. of the service will Tdepend to great extent upon the patron
 age. The Willing Workers are to meet Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. V R. Dayoll.
 : Miss Mildred Davol of the nurses training class at Lawrence Memoria hosDital. New London was at her hom } Saturday afternoon.
 Lloyd Maefarlane, who for nunbe } of weeks has been a patient at Hartfor,
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the first four months I could do but little work, had to lie down most of the time, and was very nervous, but nv husband was always reminding me to take the Vegetable Compound. which l did. Of my eight children this last one was the easiest birth of aliJandI I am thankful for your Vegetable Com pound; l recommend it to my fEiends when ! bear them complaining about their ills Mrs. N. NATxiE. n Fremont St., Springfield, Mass.
 Sickly, ailing women make unhapuv homes, and after reading Mrs. Ns- tales letter one can imagine how thiu home was transformed by her restora- ton to health. Every woman who s,lf. fers from such ailments should give Lydia P. Pinkham's VeeAtsble Com pound fair trial It is surely worth
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KALEIDOSCOPE

KsrSulsn Island. ia the southern ln4ha ocean. is more than 5000 miles firm the nearest mainland and may lay claim to being the most isolated island.
 A French bank note of small dsnoTni- nation, after being in circu atior for some months was recently examined by French scientists. who discovered so.0oo.0oO bac- cili thriving on 1t.
 It has been found that the gulf stream has a current greater than the combined flow Of all the great rivers of tho world, and 1t has been estimated that In one hour s00o.ooo tons of water moves along It's course.
 Persians love dogs because they are supposed to lie awkae nights and drive away the demons that walt for tha souls of the dead. so the more the dog howis at night the surer he s tn defeat the demons and lhe more he h appreciated by his owner.
 4 massive chair. made of copper. which natives belifve was given ev Queen Victoria to an Ashanti ehieftafi and used by him as a throne. has been discovered in the midst of jungle far from human habitation In the Gold Coast colony ct Africa
 The establishment of farm eolonles' in CalBerula has bean urged as . rnethe6 et yadueing the cost Of living. Tho ment Is made that there are i3S ooo aerea of land in that state suitable for cp,ti- vatinn which are now unproductiFe for lack of men to till the land.
 To start an ordinary street car when when loaded with passengers requiers 1000 times as much power as is neees- sary to brighten a 1s-candle power elerx trie light. If tho car is heated with electricity 1t requires between one-duart- CT and one-ha,f as much power for ttn heat as Is required to move tAs CT.
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in Mystic.
 Mrs. Anna Graham. who has lived r the village for the past few years, move to New London.
 Capt. Thomas Peterson has been business caller in New. York for the pas. week.
 Charles schaffer, who has been con fined to his home for the past week. is recovering.
 The members of Mizpah class met at the home of Mrs. Esther Andrews with II in attendance. Arrangements for a winter picnic to be held at the home of Mrs. Ada Fitch on regular meeting day in March being among the items brought up for action. The members of this class have been doing many acts of Kindness among the sick, their rernen- brances of fruit or flowers and their per sonal visits being always welcome. James F. Latham died suddenly at his home at the corner of Church and Main streets early Friday evening. MT. La- | than had been in poor health for several months but was confined to the house only one day. He was born in Noank May 22, 1870, the son of Mary D. Ash Iby and James ". Latham. He was a painter and was employed many years in the local shipyard. Besides his mother with whom ehe made his home. MT. La- I ltle1tl IS SufNiNSu y. GhIc. A1A4o Leighton, of Chicago, III.
 l Word has been received in the village of the death at Sailors Snug Harbor Staten Island, of Capt: William Nelson former resident of the village. In his younger days he commanded many sail ing vessels. his cruises taking him to all parts of the world. After leaving the sea Captain Nelson was employed as boss
 rigger at the Palmer shipbullding plant until about 10 years ago. when he moved 1 from the village. He is survived by tive sons, Clarence and William Nelson, botf of Boston. Burial was in Boston. Miss Beatrice Crane of New York ha' been spending a few days in town.
 Mrs. William H. Rathbun has been 1T Providence. r Miss Mae Floyd of New Have nspen' the week end with friends here. / Carl Viets was a recent business call CT in East Lyme.
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POETRY
TuREr uuNpREp YIARs

THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. One smiles to think
 For one may smile tho touched. yesT How they. the foix Of Plymouth town. Marched up to church, Est and nsrchsd Three hundred years age. f.s Each Sabbath morn. ...s. When tSs sppoinisd hour had coma '.a .... Out of hts house into the street 4 punctual drummer came. and beat -- A loud call on his drum Each family came forth and stspt - Directly 70 the rendezvous; And ali the men were armed, and yoa ~ Should know how stili they Kept
 Like rainutsmen- -- Like soldiers who at once obey kesdy s E xSstsVsr s4 s- Ss sSd ths hnotaSs tass ss
 Right Into ranks fell they. Of Captain staNdish. who. tis saia. Their SsrEeant formed then. nW- And placed hlnaseif ahead.
 BsAlnd this brave 70 Armed escort came the Governer cas Esssr is Fss: SS:Hssa saq at dafe a' .s Ts SA.
 In that black cloak he wore And at his left r-' Came standish. man of iron east, Ana then the women with the younR-- '' The little ones that 10 them elung-
 And then the servsnts last Ordered to march Al took the hiIiDath vary-eyed ss7f
 rh@f isa thsm shurcASsrd; and Shss
 Hsd entered sHyscA sseA man Ss1 ay | Where. f surprised, t-'
 Hs could at one lay hold of itI. t. 2. | TOT even at his woFshlpping --r. Ills musket was the very thing Whose presence seemed most 6t .-
 The Elder rrayed, s Read and explained The Deacon tker t-r cave out the psalpl all Euns. Some ena Inen rose and prophes'ed. which donS .
 The Elder prayed again. -. The service OCT,
 With muskets cccked ell honexard trs.d.
 And SO they went to church, and co
 From church returned. who sought. ysa
 Freedom to sorship Cod. a.
 --Ralph H. Shaw, In Boston rraass4Pt.
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were tendered reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hussey Reed on Spring street Saturday evening. Mir. Lowe is the new principal at Hepkinton High school and succeeds Samuel c. Webster, Jr. GuestsS from Westerly and vicinity were present. Readings by Miss Jennie B. Stanton, and solos by Robert Valen- tine entertained the company. Refresh Enents were served during the evening. \ me coming of the new principal to Hopkinton, and the discharge of Mr. Webster gre causing much comment and speculation heseabouts Some seem to think that politics Is playing a strong hpnd in the school game, and 1t is re. ported that probe is to be begun by several residents of tho town. Dts to tilaSes, ex-Governor James Higgins vas unable to speak at the mass meeting held at Rliven Opera House on Sunday evening by the local branch of the American committee for relief in Ire land Attorney Patrick J. Curran of Providence addressed the meeting in hts
 place.
 Mr. carran ably presented the subject, outlined the plans to he followed ir the coming drive. and showed the haef for immediate relief He emphasized the fact thats the funds collected are to be uged only st6 reit<ve suffering in Ireland, -ard that all people In Ireland, irrespective Of their sentiments on the Irish question, will be benefited. He told of the con- ditions in Dublin and Belfast, where diffrent sentiments prevail and said that
 the people in both places were suffering for want of food. All will be aided by | the American committee, whose repre- sontatives will see that the funds are used solely for the humanitarian purpose of, relieving suffering. He stated that l he expected that the dive in Rhode Isl- and would start within the next ten l days.
 was sung by Martin H. spellwan, Jr. I Local LseeAies, William Y. Cu-rier of Elm street Is on a business trip to Youngstown, Ohio Lewis Peadleton and family have re-
 turned to their home in Westerly, after
 spending the past few months in califor-
 nia. c. Leroy Burdiek of Erie, N. Y, is
 spending several days at the home of his
 metheS. Mis. Viola Burdiek of West
 Broad street,
 Battiing (Eid> Brown of Bradford i. entered to. box at the amateur ahow te
 be held Wednesday, at the National A C.. in PFoyidehce.
 JMs., ai1a Mrs. Lewis Stanton left or
 Monday fora rip to the White Noun tains. < ss 3ws
 A party of fourteen Westerly peopf.
 leave today (Tuesday) for Intervale. \
 H. They plan snewshoeing in the Writ, MouptaiIs.
 I Peter tiarvilios Is visiting .n Balti
 more, Md, for few days,
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MYSTIC

kAoree W. Keigwin, tender qn tne .--h[i5ra. observed his seventy-eightn E,dav- Sunday and received gifts and EranlatioAs from friends Although 6 ir Canterbury, Connecticut, NIT Ev;n has resided in Mystic for many Es He is q member of the Methodist I-ch of this place and very feithful Ill [pdirp its services Sunday he gave I;aterost,ng talk to the Sunday scaool Abraham Lincoln. MT. heigWn serV' lin the. Civil war. Hiss Louis Paige has returned to Gull E after spending Sunday at. her nome Herbert W. Rathbunn. was in New ry Briggs Have returned from trsI K Monday CD busine ess. krs. Esther. Copps Smith and Mrs New York.
 The Ladies, Aid society of inc Meths,
 church meets tFhdrsday with Mrs brge Wallace. B. f,, t-. and Mrs. Carl scholfald and fam. have moved to Bath. Mainr
 Willard ". -KniZwin was given sur ka party Saturday evening by hber Of his. pupils. The evening wal sed pleasantly with games and mus, | selections. Re"reshrlrnts were ked. -s-s-.
 union meeting of the Wonan's Hona' Esionary societies will be held at thu D ist church Friday, afternoon at. thre lock.
 K. Burrows. was in Norwich Saturday receive treatment fur the eyo in whicl suffering from iritis. ~ Haul Lamphere of Hope Valley twas Ter here Sunday. , Hiss Alice Weir has returned from . Ethy stay irr Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Winfield Gaskell young son. ae Nix ] Mrs. E. V. Gaskell, has scarlet fev Miss Marguerite Brooks spent Eunda! Groton, the guest of her grandmother E. James McDowell.
 Charles F. Wheeler was in New YorI lnday on bhsiness.
 fohn Burrows of Poquonnoc was th. tst of relatives here Sunday. '"
 Nr. and Mrs. Edmund Lamb of Led Id spent Sunday in the village.
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midwlnter conference of the South dis trict W. c, T. U. In Shamrock Baptist church Tuesday last
 Charles I. Blake, visited friends in Taunton, Mass. last week.
 Representative Everett P. Mathewsou introduced last week a resolution to ap- propriate $500 to be expended by the Ashaway Grange Fair association. The resolution was referred to the finance committee of the house of representatives of Rhode Island
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Choose the right way to health

Get wefi-bu. get well in a logical way.
 Use great care in your choice. Remember this important faet:-when the body re- quires variety of mineral elements-it must have all of them. No amount of any single one will do. For instance, Aron is excellent for making blood red. But no amount of iron alone will be sufficient when the body requires Iron, 6nd Calcium. and Potassium, and Sod-
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ium, and Phosphorus, as It does ia ths na- johty of cases of weakness, impoverished blood, nervousness anI rundown vital ity. Wincarnis contains all of these be- cause it Is prepared especially for weak, anasnic, nervous and rundown men and women. Over 10000 physicians have recommended Wineafnis. Your druggist has your bottle ready for you Ty just one bottle
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HIS TROUBLE IS ALI GONE.

T was affected with pains all over my back and kidneys writes Charles Mo Allister, Clark Ave, kearney, NA J. ney Pills I became all right and my pain is all gone" Foley Kidney Pills relieve backache. urinary irregularities, rheu- natic pains, stiff joints, swollen muscles is g splendid medicine. prompt in action and always helps. Contains no habit. forming drugs. Lee & Osgood Go.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-15

The Turkish wood turner works with his toes mainly. By means of bow like contFivance he turns a piece Of wood in | crude lathe and with a tool held between his toes he cuts away the superflnous wood. Sometimes he uses sboth feet at the same time.
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Lack of rich, red blood makes you !, Weak Anae1ric Nervous Rundown

In almost every case of weakness, i'm Peverished blood, nervousness and run- down vitality, Ehsre Is . real shorfaes in the body of fssverai mineral elements which are absolutely essential to the ere-
 sticn of vital energy. These clements are, particularly, Iron, Calcium, Potassi- uus, Sodium and Phosphorus. TheIsfore all these must be restored to the body to enable 1t to replace the vital spsrgy which has been expended and
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b pay the body for the wefk t desa
 All of these elements gre contained in Winesrnis in aPpropriats proportions and agreeable form. So that sy taking Winearnis when you are weak, or anas- mic or nervous, or rura-dowrA you restore the very mineral elements which enabls the body to create vital enerey-to make the blood rich and red--to. strengthen the nerves-and promote abundant vigoF, vitality and endurance.
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HauEatuck.-Notice was posted at the Durham Mills, Inc, manufacturers of knitted woolen goods, that the cardInE and spinning departments would resume full time Monday, the 18th. It is expect ed other departments will be in operation In two weeks. The mills have been closed for two mohths, and the 2B0 emnloyes have been in idlenesa for that period.
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SILVER.

Slowly. silently. now the moon
 walks the night in her silver sheen e. This way, and that. sne peers. and Beea, Silver fruit upon silver tre0; .., one by one the easements catch
 Her beams beneath the eilverY thatcA; Couohed in his kennel like ioT. With pavs Of silver sleeps. the dog; From thelr shadowy cote the Uhff.
 bfeasts peep Of doves in a Giiver-featheTed sieep:[ A harvest mouse goes scsmperiag by,s With silver clawB and a Eiyer eye: s. And noveless fish in the water giearn. ... By silver reeds fn silver stream.
 Walter de la Mera.s
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%%:* ~,,,s< ~t,<f &@s >'s'i;& $>'ssS'i;&SSz S''2z

Ric red blood is the of vital It repairs the daily wastage of the bodybuds tsue-creates vital enegyks red llps-sparkling eyes-and rosy cheeks.
 But when the blood loses its rchnessbecomes povss- the whole bodily health suffers The vital energy becomes exhausted
 the get shaky-he vitality diishesand get weak naern nervous and rundown To restore the richness of the bod the body must be supplied with those materials which make ch red blood In other words the body be paid make rich red blood
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operation, other.
 wise l would be Q 'sckly woman and |couldnot have any
 more children on
 account ofs my
 weakened con&
 ton. I refused to have the opsra- ton. My husband .asked me to try Lydia E Pinks hams Vegetable
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hospital. returned last week to the home of Mir. and Mrs. II. T. Clark
 Guests at Mrs. c. E. FrrnklIn's over Sunday were Mrs. B. P. Davls and daugh- ter and Mir. Lynch of New Iersey.
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WIFE TAXES
 HUSBANDS ADVICE
And Is Made We'll Again by Lydia E. Pinlham's I Vegetable Compound

Springfield, Mass. --"The doctor told my husband that l had to have an