Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-13
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Norwich, Saturday, Aug. 1s, 1891.
VARIOUS MATTERS

drouth. Many quarts of high bush blaelcber- ries are being picked in the fields on Mohegan Hill. The hostess at the D. A. R. Museum this CSaturday) afternoon will be Miss Alice N. Cardwell. On one of his farms at East Killingly Byron Lewis has stalks of mi1let which are seven feet inches tall
 Mir and Mrs. Charles R. Brown have returned to their home In Groton after stay of two weeks at Pleasant View.
 The Min Outlet Stores Go. will sell s5c yard wide cretonnes today only, for 1se per yard.-adv.
 Mere than 5000 are expected to wit ness the races and the water sports at Crystal Lake, Rockville, today (satur- daE)
 The daily attendance at the Norwich plsygrounds on Lake street and at the Falls averages between 80 and 100 chil- dren.
 The Central Baptist B. Y. P. U. plans an all-day excursion Friday, Aug. 1s, to Crescent Beach. Albert Brend Is in charge.
 Mrs. A. j. Lathrop has returned to Dayville after three weeks visit at North Coventry, Mansfield Center and Pleasure Beach.
 Several Norwich people motored down to attend the Black and White ball given Friday evening at the Hotel Gris- wold, Eastern Point.
 During the afternoon Friday there was the rumble of thunder, the sky became overcast and comfortable wea- ther gave way to humidity,
 Six merchants, mostly fruit dealers, were fined s5 each for placing mer- chandise on the sidewalks in violation of 8 New London ordinance Thursday.
 The day Is now just 14 hours long, B decrease of over an hour and a quarter since June, when from the 18th to the 22nd the sun shone Is hours, 1S min utes.
 Norwich buyers learn that the raw manufacturers as the principal obstacle in the path of lower prices for their merchandise.
 for the well known Lades' Home Journal patterns-adv.
 Capt. Allen Campbell of the schooner I loaded with 35,000 pounds of bluefsh. which sold for $4,9O0. It is estimated that the sharesmen will receive $500 apiece
 It is now believed that Rev. Andrew J. Hetrick, formerly of Norwich, started to come down stairs at his home in Canterbury and fell the length of the stairs. causing his death
 Trade schools operated by the state board of education, including that at Putnam. must next fall meet increased demands made upon their facilities, &C., eording to Director F. J. Trinder.
 Business has kept brisk with the Lester & Wasley Company on Franklin street. Norwich, which has continued running full time and recently shipped 14oO envelope machine to Australia. Railroad men hear that the East Hartford railroad shops have received ] orders to take back all the men who were laid off This will furnish em- ployment for $50 men laid off last March.
 ] At the recent meeting of the Pleas ant View Improvement society, the question of changing the name of the reosrt from Pleasant View to Ninigret
 
 opposition.
 The Masonic club of New Londor voted "Wednesday to buy the Colonia dwelling at No. 165 Huntington street which it has occupied under a lease for the past two years. The price to b, paid is between s16,oo0 and $17,Oo0.
 Druggists get the news this week tha Prussistes are again active, and caustit eOda thol is in small supply and makers hav reduced thymol iodide. Japanese refinet camphor has weakened and is slightI, lower
 The only dance introduced at tht weekend at the national dancing con vention in New York that met with tn unanimous approval of the convention was the Pershing Wave, adapted b, George R. Puckett Of San Francisco. I is done to barn dance tempo.
 A Woodstck summer resident, Hamil ton Holt, is in charge of national head quarters 150 Nassau street, New Yorl for Franklin D. Roosevelt nationa chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Foun dation, a movement to 7erpetuats tn ideals of the former president.
 W. P. Brown of Palmer street is cut ting many handsome dahlias He ha over 1900 plants including over a hun dred choice varieties from California This season he has new seeding, hybrid peony variety. that he ha named The Norwich. Mir. Brown alway welcomes visitors
 There is Norwich interest in the Col linsville item that Rev. Charles K Trac / has been home week from the hos pitsl. after a minor surgical operation He is pastor of the ConEregations f church there and married Miss Ma, Belle Sherman. daughter of Mrs Joh !, sherman, of Norwich. l The United States civil service con mission announces an examination fo ,lithographic draftsman. men of reason able age in the Hydrographic ofic navy department. Washington, D. C., z s1,4e0 a year, plus increase granted b congress of s2e month after or month of satisfactory service.
 The annual spiritual retreat of th priests of the diocese of Hartford, whic opens Monday next at Manresa Inst
 tute. the Jesuits summer college (
 Keyser Island. off South Norwalk wi
 be attended the first week by Rev. NJ chsel H. May, rector of St. Patrick
 parish, and Rev. Philip J. Mooney, ol ] of the two curates
 Benjamin Christy Nangle, son of Nj
 and Mrs. Frank B. Nangie of E1lIn |, ton sailed on S. s. Empress of Japs { from Vancouver, B. C., Friday. IT
 young man was graduated from Yale
 June and is one of three going fro
 Yale to Ya-li (Yale) in Changsh
 China. to teach. Joseph s. Keeney
 Rockville goes also.
 Miss Alice B. Keeney, daughter
 cN-Senator Mayor Keeney and Mrs. Ke ney of Sonersville, has resigned as SC