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Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11
HUMOR OF THE DAY
Talking about poker faces. "

Talking about poker faces"
 ''Yes?"
 "One of the best belongs to the girl with a baby stare."-LouisviIle Cou- rJournal.
 Mamma, is papa going to die and go to heaven?"
 "Of course not. Bobby. Whatever put such an absurd idea in your head ?'' American Legion Weekly.
 Are you going to have a jazz band at your musical?''
 "Yes." replied Mrs. Cumrox, q have tried all kinds of music, and jazz Is the only variety that can be depended on to hold it's own against the conver- sation. n.'-Wastington Star.
 What a cat!" 'Eh, my dear 2" she knows I spent s400 more than she did on my vacation and yet she won't admit that I had a better time. Louisville Courier Journal.
 T hear jazz is one the wane," re- marked MT. Clipping. I've heard the same thing" said Mir. Dubwaite. but so far I haven't had the courage to break the news to my siXteen-ye year-old daughter mingham Age-Herald. Hub-I have made all sorts of sac rifices for you. Now what did you i ever give up for me-" Wife-'Well. the idea of your asking | that when you know I gave up three of the incest young men in town."- Exchange.
 MT. Fresh-Haven't seen your facc | somewhere before? Miss Shye-You must have seen i; before if you have seen it al all. never wear it behind.-Florida Times. | Union.
 Little Bobby-say, Uncle Jack? ! Uncle Jack-Well, what is 1t, little pal?
 1 Little Bobby-Who loses all the fault our neighbors find nd?-Milwaukee Jour nal.
 Bob is in love with Miss Young blood"
 Did he tell you% NO; but he's got her photo hunI alongside the picture of his best dog Detroit News. A farmer boy and his best girl weHt seated in buggy one evening in town watching the people pass. Presently ] the lady remarked: My, that popcorn smells good"
 That's right" said the gallant. 'T'i drive up a.little closer so you can smell it better."-Boston News Bureau.
 Do you expect people to believe all l this tommyrot about dumb animals en- gazing in intelligent conversation" No" replied Aesop. 'But you cant get people interested when you offer | to tell them the simple facts. The only way to secure their sincere and un- divided attention is to make believe you are going to tell lem a whopper.' Washington Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11
nEKALEIDOSCOPE

New York city is the home of near ly one-haf of all the Jews in North America
 Most of the furniture used in Para quay is made locally by small manU- lecturers.
 Chocolate and cocoznuts are used as currency in parts of the South American interior.
 SpAniards discovered cocoa in the new world and lost no time in intro ducing 1t Into Europe.
 One of the only two white kanga- roos known in the world has been sent to England from Australia
 It has been estimated that about 2,0oo, ,0o0, eco chicks arc matched in the United States every year.
 An electric pen has been invented by a native of India that csrbonizes paper over which 1t passes.
 Mrs. James J. Brown. of Newport, R. L, is Eaid to carry the largest life insurance policy of any woman in America.
 The number of women students al tending German universities has in creased nearly fourfold during the last decade.
 The wet fiat lands of EcuaAor pro- duce a vine yielding a fruit which, when dried, forms a sponge EzDerior to animal sponges. An authority on finance, afbR ex- hausttve investigation, finds that in | America only one rich mans son in seventeen dies rich. The republic of Brazil is one of the latest additions to the number of jur- | isdictions adopting the principle oi Workmen'S compensation. String and twine to the value O. 3S,ooo year is gathered by the ra | pickers of Paris from the rubbish bix- es in the public places of that city. i A silkwotm now being produced ir America will spin silk threads of an, desired hue, the coloring matter being inserted into the silkworm's food 1 It has been found that a plant. ii drugged with chloroform and made dormant, will, after it has recovered begin to grow with abnormal speeA
 In the early part of the fifteenth century carvers and gilders in Venice | were permitted to attach their names to the frames of pictures by famous artists.
 There have been women Freema sons in France since 17S5, while ir Spain women are admitted to mzny | VA SAAO OAN1Ae-J ANNSOS VII O4oA4 G1A I with men.
 Statistics prove that the native born of native parents have a much lower mortality rate than either the foreign born or the native born or foreign parents.
 A new use for the phonogrx7A is the teaching of parrots to talk The machine is charged" with the deedr- ed sentence, placed near the birds cage and set working.
 King John did not actually Gisn the Magma Charta, as is often stated l What he did was to adix his seal to the document. He was unable to write even his own name.
 The eldest pavement of which there is any record in modern cities is in Cordova, Spain, where streets were paved with stones by the Moorn in the middle of the ninth century.
 Boys Life says that If every per son in the United States would under take to save the waste paper in his home, it would not be necessary to cut down trees for making paper, paper boxes, roofing and building boards and paper shipping containers.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11
WlNDHAM

The first bean supper this season was served in the chapel Friday evening in charge of Mrs. F. E. Guild. assisted by Mrs. Arthur Williams, Mrs. A. H. An derson, Mrs. George Cook and Mrs. Elm ma Larrabee. Paul Hopkins sold the tickets. and the waitresses were Mrs. Paul Hopkins, Mrs. Homer Wood. Miss Polly Bixby, Miss Marguerite Cook and Miss Charlotte Lathrop. After supper, music and games were enjoyed
 A number of Windham people attended
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11
LISBON

Rev. ". J. Reynolds was in Eorricn Monday to attend the confereAce of min isters.
 Mics Gertrude Robinson made q fare well visit with friends here ever the week end. She and her brother Leroy left the early part of the week for In- diana to join their mother, who Is out Of health, and has been at che home of her father for some time. to De near medical aid
 Miss Helen Baker of Norwich has been secured to fill the vacancy as teacher in the Brick school district Her sister, Mrs Clarence Perkins, was before her marriage successful teacher of this school for number of years.
 Mrs. William Read was a visitor wed nesdsy with her brothers family in ster- linz
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11
EAST KILLNGLY

Mrs. Alice G. Edwards is with friends in Woodstock.
 Mrs. Oliver Andrews is i'll.
 Fenton Smith has been i'll for the past few weeks.
 Davis & Browns woolen mill is running full time.
 Albert H. Sayles, who has been i'll for several weeks, is able to walk to his store.
 Mrs John S Chase is recovering from illness
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11

The Michigan Agricultural College has planner system of wirless telephones which will receive messages on farms at a distance from the city, thus keeping the farmers informed of market prices and weather forecasts, and also enabling them to listen to lectures or music.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11
Many School Children are SickIy

Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare of their children, should never be with out box of Mother Grsy's Sweet Powders for Children, for use throughout the season. They Break up Colds, Relieve Feverishness, Constipa- ton, Teething Disorders, Headache and Stomach Troubles. Ueed by mothers for over 30 years THESE POWDERS GIVE SATISFACTION. All Drug Stores. Don't accept any substitute.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11

HArttsrd.-Splendidfy, equipped h sr- cry way for the work it Is planned tO de is the new outdoor school on Stsnmgten street, plans for which have just been completed by architects.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-11
THE UNKNOWN ROAD

We to a sle sby-@ay we No tesuty invites Shall But the call of feet So follow the and often Some glorious of dream of We a path al dull in But how oft and And Hnd tend? at me near to daar- That read lone and strange before leads
 MAUD FRAZER JACKSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01
HUMANTSMS % "Sc Ssr.%Ssaes g on IL ts ts TI p"c s Sg
by WILLIAM ATIIERTON
by WILLIAM ATHERT'

ncy from the cradle to the grave a
mind that absnrbs and remembers facts
in their relations. Not one person in
,pn. he says, can answer his simple
test.
For tho information Of the uncdu
Gated reader MIR. Campbell wishes me
to state that a horse gets up first in
front, and then. with a somewhat jCrky
effort, clCvntcs the hind quarters. The
COW, on the contrary, hoists herself
first behind and then. smoothly and
rhythmiCnlly gets up in front.
The member of Congress boasting the
biggest family is John Joseph CASEY.
Of Wilkes Barre. Pa. There arc ten
children in the Casey family. none Of
whom have yet attained maturity.
That school of thought which main
tains that the most important item to
be considered in weighing the worth
to the United States Of any individual
is the sorj Of descendants hp many br
expected to have would put on a dem
onstration II 1t found out about Rep
rcSpntativc Casey, lie and the ten lit
tic CasoyS are all that could BE- de
sired cugcnically The father Of the
family is six feet two in his stockiug
feet and weighs 90 pounds. lie is
drcu uf chest. strong "f limb. red Of
hair.
Mr.. Casey began work as a breaker
hoy in the coal mines of pcnnsyIvn-
MIA at the age of eight. Later he
learned the trade Of plumber, became
an employer, a labor leader, got into
notifies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01
tain and are watching day to day
velopments.
Western Bankers Confident

tain and are watching day to day de-
velopments.
Western Bankers Confident
An uptown banker who has Just re
turned from M extended trip through
the West said yesterday that the money
market in that section of the country
reflects n spirit of confidence and opti-
mism for the future, supported by the
opinion Of leading bankers. who rccog
nizC that conditions generally are man
ifcstly better. Dcflation has gone suf
tiCiently far TO convince the most skep.
tiCal that there are immediate signs
of Improvement in the great majority
of lines Of trade, production is begin
ming to show some increase and easier
credit conditions are prOphesied for the
future.
In tho investment field there is an
abundance Of funds taking advantage of
the numerous high grade offerings being
made on which there is n good return.
The great obstacle in the whole situR-
tion in getting back TO normal Condi-
tions directly affecting the money mar
ket is recognized in the adjustment of
labor. and in this connection il will
be found that the greatest assistance
afforded will bc in the adjustment OF
commodities, whereby as soon as nccrs-
stiles of life are on a lower basis the
labor world would condcsccnd to pro
portionatc reduction in it's wage.
Heavy Local Trade i'm Bonds
Stock trading on the Philadelphia
Stock Exchange during the month end
ing Yesterday about equals the volume
of business recorded during January Of
last year, the total for the month being
1927 shares, against 13S, $50 this
month last year.
In the bond section activity was con
sidcrably in excess of year ago. A
total of moro than SO ,l55, 900 par value
Of bonds for the month compares with
81 ,3lO.ol0 during January of last year
Only in two months Of 1920, October
and December, were the figures for the
present month exceeded.
TIE TRADER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01

Representative William 4. AshbroOk, &,
Of Ohio, used to be postmaster ut
Johnstown. There was a grocery store
on each side of the postotiicC. aud the
rivalry between the two establishments
was very keen. AS n result they con
stantly We'd in the prices they made on
soap, potatoes, pigs feet and what
not. Their method of proclaimng their
bargains was by means of pncards.
Finally the postmaster was snitton
with the enthusiasm for placardinG
bargains, and he put out n large sign
which announced that he would sell
stamps three for five. In justification
of the adage that it pays to advertise
there was almost Immediately run on
the stamp window.
Purchasers insisted on buying stamps
in large lots the favoritc order being
for 50 worth Of them. The postmaster
made good. lie sold to all comcrS two
two -cent and. one one center at the
nickel rate.
When q horse is lying down which
end of him gets up frat: When a COW
Is lying down where IS the process OF
rising inaugurated?
These are the two tcst questions
which Representative Guy T.. Campbell,
of PennsylN puts to any IudlvId
ual when he wants to determine whether
or not he is educated. MIR. Campbell
holds that an education consists NOT in
absorbing those facts sot forth between
the covers of books but in carrying
about with you through all that jour
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01
RUSSIAN BABIES HUNGRY
Friends Ask Assistance in Giving
$4,000 Relief

Thirty eight thousand babies in Mos
COW are crying for milk.
The present supply provides for only
1000 and an urgent appeal for help has
been forwarded to the American
Friends service committee. 20 South
Twelfth street. Miss Anna Ilaiurs. n
representative Of the Friends service
committee. is in Moscow investigating
the condition Of childrcn'~ homes amt
hospitals. She took nearly $l0O. .O00
worth of supplies into Russia in De
cember. 4 cab'c announces that infant
mortality in Moscow has risen TO 10
per cent Upward Of 1000 children
need hospital treatment.
Milk. codlivcr oil and soap are
urgently needed. Sweaters. underwear,
stockings and boots are required for
older children and soft material for in
fants. The Friends have been asked
to send $500 gross tins Of condensed
milk to feed Moscow's babies during
March, April and May.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01

thaON IN IUppCr NIrICt
In view of tho fact thut it is the
belief Of the tnun"ia community that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01
COP JAILED FOR CONTEMPT
Refuses TO Testify as to Rewards for
Recovery Of Autos

New York. Fob. l.-RofU,0I n De-
tective Sergeant John Armstrong to ties e
tify here before the grand jury. result
ing in a Jail sentence and fine for con
tempt of court, was characterized By
former Governor Whitman last hight a
an example of the power which the
system" exertpd over police officers
The automobile phase of the corrup
ton investigation came to IA climax when
Armstrong refused to answer question,
relative to the acceptance of reward,
for the recovery of stolen automobiles
The court sentenced him 70 jail for
thirty days and fined him $3.50 for con
tempt of court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01


the early effect Of reparations by Ger
many to France is expected TO have
is first direct trade influence on the
copper market it is interesting to con.
slider the chaotic condition in which the
market for the red metal finds itself
at the moment
Consumers have Opcc more with
drawn from the market and the out d.
look is as uncertain as it has been at
any time in the past. due to the fact
that when users come into the market
with inquiries they find it rather easy
to get concessions in prices.
This is in line with the productions
made that the action of one of the large
selling agencies in returning to the
market AZ lower figure resulted in
considerable uncertainty among other
dealers l. was predicted that the
question Of prices. for Il time at least,
would BE- the subject of negotiation
between the huyrg md seller.
TIC agency referred to has taken
business during the last week at 13
cents pound for first quarter deliveries.
hut other smaller dealers have accepted
as low as l2ai cents per pound from
ronsumcrs who were in the market for
fncarby shipment dates. Naturally.
knowledge Of this fact has resulted in
greater effort among the buyers to get
tho. lower figure.
Several Of the leading selling agencies
who had maintained their quotations
have met the l3-cCnt figure. but arc
not Inclined t0 60 below that level for
tho present. However, they are keep
ing their customers because they are
willing to meet the l3-Ccnt figure, and
the conNumors who buy regularly from
these interests are not in the class that
comes into tho market for deliveries in
tho following week or ten days. a>
they always cover for their require
mcntS over poriod. Therefore many
have not yet been compelled to meet
the l2&I cent price.
Sixteen Cent Copper by March
\ statement published last week
ctcditing an unnamed authority with
tho opinion that the rcd metal will BE-
selling at 10 cents per pound by Marcl
L. is not generally credited in the trade
II is known that some Of the largest
sellers ara not as optimistic as thHt
They believe that the large surplus oi
tn" metal in this country Is against
uFy such advance in the price.
Much was said only two weeks agC
about the large export demand, but de-
vclOpmoutS Of th' last week have shOwr
that the estimates Of the foreign bust
ness for tn" futur" W"ro exaggerated
as the demand from abrond during the
last week has again hcCn negligible. II
is admitted by export authorities that
the requirements abroad should b,
large. but sight is not lost of the fact
that tn" foreign consumers are not in d
: i.,,, to, n D =
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-15
WATER MAINS IN
NEW CONTRACTS
Department to Lay Many
New Mains on Island
This Year

IBy Evening News STAFF Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, July 15-New
water mains will be laid in various
parts of the borough of Richmond
is the announcement being made
by the department of water, gas
and electricity of the borough. With
two contracts already made for lay
ing mains amounting to $SS,376.41
and $165,050.25, a third contract is
about to be advertised shortly. Work
on the former contract is about
half done now. A twelve inch main
in Arthur Kill road costing about
100000 is contemplated by the
new contract and a twenty inch
main to supply the new piers at
Stapleton will be done. This work
will be completed this year, it is
said. Staten Island will be bene-
fitted by the expenditure of nearly q
quarter of a million for water main
extension, the largest of any bor-
ough in the greater city.
Among the streets on this end Of
1.-THE island where new mains are to
be laid under the new contracts are
Arthur Kill road from Millvale ave.
nue. to st. Michaels Home; Chelsea
street from Clermont avenue. ATS
feet south: Purdy street from Van
Wyk avenue. $50 feet west of Van
Wyk and 200 feet east of Van Wyk
avenue; Highland avenue from Gift
ford lane, $50 fee west; Great Kills
road from Southfield boulevard,
1900 north: Arden avenue from
Edgegrove avenue to Detroit ave-
nue; Annadale road from six inch
dead end. north Of Arden avenue to
$500 feet north of eight inch dead
end; Loretto street from Belmont
avenue to Surf avenue; Finley ave-
nue. from Woodvale avenue, 500 feet
east; Wilson enu from Elting-
vile boulevard rs east of Ridge
wood avenue; Eltingville boulevard
from Richmond avenue, 1900 north:
Terrace avenue from Amboy road,
BIS feet north and Woodrow road
from Holcomb avenue to Everton
avenue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-15
PLEASANT PLAINS

Misses Wilhelmina Penton and
May Bennjng have returned home af-
ter two weeks at Richmond, Va.
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Walton. of
Brooklyn. have been visiting at
Prince Bay.
y Mr.. and Mrs. John Bridge and
family went Wednesday to Bear
Mountain, for a days outing.
Mrs. Ernest Lenior visited in Tot
tenville yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. William Wilkins Of Manhat-
tan. visited at Prince Bay Little
Farms yesterday.
The thirty-first annual camp
meeting of the A. M. E. Zion church
will open Saturday night on the
grounds Of the church and continue
until August Z.
Many bathers are enjoying the
water each afternoon these hot days
at the Prince Bay Beach.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-15
REPORT REAL ESTATE
SALES IN %TOTTENVILLE

by Evening News Staff Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE. July 15-Re-
ports of two large real estate sales
during the past week or more in
Tottenville have been made. The
first is that Of 231 Main street,
owned by Drake Brothers of Rich
mond Valley. now occupied by
Frank Narciso as a residence and
barber shop and 223 Main street,
owned by Emil Sevenhaar. anG &C.
cupied by him Is Il plumbing estab-
llshment. Both have been pur-
chaser by Harry Levenson, produce
merchant, of 211 Main street. The
other is the building owned by the
Elmer 7. Butler estate in Amboy
road, in which is located the Attain
tic and Pacific. Tea Company's up
town store. This Is said t. have
been purchased by Samuel Saffron
1t Alnboy road.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-15
FOUR FOUND GUILTY ARE
FINED SIS BY COURT

fBy Evening News STAFF Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, July 15:-In the
second district court yesterday Mag
tstrate Croak fined each of the three
young men and the woman IS on the
d~isorderly conduct charge. Frank
Ward, Of 355 Arden avenue. Anna
dale, a taxi driver in whose car the
quartet were at the time Of arrest,
was given a suspended sentence on
the charge OF driving a car without
lights. The other three found guilty
Of the charge and fined were Will
liam Schening and Agnes Walters of
Annadale and Walter Curry Of New
Dorp. They were arrested early
yesterday morning by Motorcycle
Patrolman Romer after people in
the vicinity of Swaims lane and
Arthur Kill road, Rossville, tele-
phoned the police that the quartet
were making 80 much noise they
could not sleep.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-15
METUCHEN

Miss Evelyn Letson is at Glen
Eyre. Pa, for two weeks.
Mrs. Carl Price entertained at q
card party yesterday afternoon at
her home in Clarendon Court. There
were three tables of bridge and Mrs.
Sam Stern, Mrs. Ramsay Croweil
and Miss Marie Thomas were the
prize winners.
DR.. Fenton and family are away
for the month of July.
Several Metuchen people are plan
ming to go OF the excursion up the
Hudson river to Bear Mountain
which the Perth Amboy Y. M. C. 4.
is holding on Thursday. July 28. The
trip will be made on the Iron Steam
boat Company's excursion boat ST.
RUS, leaving the Perth Amboy city
dock at 8 o'clock and returning
about 10 o'clock at night. There will
be a five-hour sail to the Bear Noun
tain Park and two hours shore leave.
Refreshments will be for sale on
board and there will be music for
dancing. Metuchen residents desir-
ing tickets ear purchase them at the
ice cream saloon Of William c. DAN
ford. Main street and Middlesex ave-
nue..
A number of the young boys from
the Reformed church are camping
at Briggstown under the leadership
of the Rev. Mr.. Zimmerman, pastor
of the church.
Samuel Schenck, Jr., Ernest Van
Hartz and Frank Gallagher have re-
turned after camping at Greenport,
L. L.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Edgar are
at Avon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stelle Manning and
family will go to their cottage in
Greenport, l.. r., tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hubbard
and daughter have taken a cottage
at Avon for the summer.
The reduction of employees at
Camp Raritan has thrown many of
the young men of Metuchen out of
employment.