Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-28
DANIEL SON

due to pneumonia, which developed fol-
lowing minor surgical operation which
MI Jacobs underwent. a few days ago,
anough Mr. Jacobs, following the
death OF Mrs. Jacobs, March rs, 1914,
mad been resident Of Boston for a.
number Of years. living at the Hotter
Somerset, he is Remembered as one esof
the most successful business men and
manufacturers that Danielson has pro-
duceds in its history, and was the found
er Of the widely known firm shat bears
MS name. His home was here for
great many years and he is known to the
great majority Of the residents Of this
place.
Mr. Jacobs was born in Buffalo, N Y,
in l845, a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
P. Jacobs. He mas Of "a family whose
first ancestor in this country was Mich
oias Jacobs who. in 1863. enigrated from
bingham. England, to New England and
settled at bingham, Mass, and was the
ancestor Of the Mansfield, Conn. family
Of Jacobs
Early in the 18th century-about 17s7-
0S--his descendants purchased large
tracts Of land in towns now known as
Eastford and Ashford and later on other
areas of~1and in Woodstock and Thomp-
son.
Edward Hill Jacobs father. Oliver,
Phelps Jacobs. was born in Mansheld.
AS a young man he went to Buffalo and
engaged IS a Clerk and it was in that
city that Edward Hill Jocobs was born.
Eventually Mr. Jacobs father came to
Danieison and engaged in the insurance
and real estate business. Subsequently
he bought the hardware business of ].
p. Chamberlin and Company and in com
pany with his son, Edward Hill Jacobs.
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Company. with which business he was
associated until his death, April 8, 1883.
Eventually the hardware business was
extended to include a line of mill sup
plies. in which line Mr.. Jacobs was des-
tined to achieve his greatest business
success. The mill supply business. IN
which Frederick A. Jacobs a brother,
was associated grew rapidly and estab-
lished a stroug standing with the trade.
Patents with which the firm protected
a number Of devices that It placed upon
| the market gave it a more or less exs
elusive prestige with the mill trade and
were big factors in developing the bust
/ ness to its splendid status. Various lines
4 that it manufactures are now used not
only throughout the textile districts Of
tbs United States, but the world over.
Edward Hill Jacobs always maintain
ed very active interest in the business,
even since mis- retirement. References
to this fact Is made in announcements
that were prepared at the factory here
on Monday to send out to the trade, g Al
though he retired from active business
about Is years ago" this statement says
mfr. Jacobs always maintained a close
and genuine interest in the n1anufac-
tures of canvaas loom supplies. in which
field he was pioneer inventor
Tao he -IlNh afN hay no nere
was Ellen P. Chamberlin, died almost
exactly to a day eight years prior to hel
husband.
Mr.. Jacobs leaves e daughter. Mrs
Washington Irving Billiard. Of Boston
and three grandchildren. Frederick A
4 Jacobs. who is associated with the E. H
Jacobs company, IS q brother of Mr.. ia.
cobs. whose body will be brought to hi
home here
Mr. Jacobs was a member of MORTAL
. lodge. No. Is, A. f. and a. NJ. and Co
Iumbian commandery, 4 T., Of Norwich
The Windharo County National Banl
already has set aside interest from it
fprevious profits with which to pay tn
} dividend on its savings deposits mex
Z June list. No other bank in this vicinit.
is SO managed that its savings dividen'
| is set aside months before it is due
= i
j depositing your savings, as it is evidenc
of conservative management Of thesbank
: funds The Windham County Nationa
bank, Danielson.-adv.
very general regret is expressed j
, Danielson over the fact that Rev. Mar
! Twin S.. Stocking. pastor of the Daniel
son Methodist Episcopal church, is not t
/ return here as pastor after the Souther
New England conference which "opens il
! Pawtucket today {T'uesday).
/ Recently the church extended a unani
E nous call to Rev Mr.. Stocking to retur
! for another year. His passionate has bee
) / en1inently pleasing and successful and
81 was the desire of the members Of hi
church that he remain with them. Res
i Mr.. Stocking feels, however, 1t was stat
] ed by a. member of the official board Q
4 the church, that he should not return 70
/ another year. SO the church membershi
: faces with regret tie fact that he is &c
ing away Who is to be appointed paste
at Banielsdn will not be known in a
probability, until the appointments ar
announced at the end of the preser
: week.
I Indications that Roland Roi lost hi
: life in the Quinebaug river were strens
: thened Monday by the finding of hi
: cap hanging on a bush near the ban
of the stream near what is known as til
E Cold Spring-4heM first or upper sprins
) not distand from St. James church.
e The cap which has been identified
r the. missing boys mother as belengin
to her son, shows no indications of hay
z ing been in the water Immediately at
: er the finding of the cap by a BIO
named Lentieux the attention of Chit
I, Wphn Mcfarland was called to the ma
9 q and he personally made a careful il
spectiap of the river bank for more tina
a mile below where the cap was foun
No trace of the boys body was foun
= it being assumed that he is dead an
y the body in the river.
Z The Quinebaug rushes rapidly thong
IS in shallow volume, over rocky bed
e the point where the cap was found.
I. the boy did fall into the stream at TIL
place, it is regarded as likely that |
would be swept down stream by Il
swarling current into the deeper WI
ters below thet mill of the Quonebar
company.
Finding Of the cap stirred the M
dreds Of persons interested in the fa
% young Roi, who has been nissil
since Monday Of last week, to best
themselves in an Effort to finally Gle
up the mystery, which has placed t
boys relatives under severe stra
and physical strain.
DanieIson baseball fans who have be
close students Of the national pastir
for as long as a decade, read with i
| terest the announcement that Ira
| Thomas has been appointed chief SEQ
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