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Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Teacher-who was it that sad Of htI children. These are my gewolsg'
 Pupil-Mother of peari.-Life.
 Friend-Do thoughts that came 10 you long ago ever reiurn7
 Scribbler-oh. ycs-if inoiors stamped enveiope.-Toronio Telegram
 Judging from their looks. some Amer leans who put good money into them several years ago realize today that they are much easier than the German marx. New Orleans States.
 IL is reported taaat on humanitarian grounds America has decided to Elvs ua playing football and get bssls fo ihs oid- fashioned lynchins>-Punch nJondonl.
 Jones went 10 Maine to get back to nature"
 Did he7'
 "Yes: he got rho; by mistake for a deer and was buried yesterday. y."-Boston Transcript.
 The old way of saying it; "A fooi and his money are soon parted" The new way: The long green doesn't re-nsln with the green long. g."-Roclsy Mounts.n Herald. He (gentiy)-My dear. a man was shot at by a burglar and his lie wss saved by a button which the bullet struck.
 She-wsii. what of it7
 He tmeekly)-Nothinr. only ih4 bu.> ton must been on.-EdinburFh Scots man.
 Patron (crosslv): Say. walter. what are these black specks in my cereai-
 Waiter (after a close inH7ecti,-) z Dunno. sir. Il . ass it's some of them vi- tamines everyone is taking about now. Life.
 Why in the world does Jinaos f-fsns tionslly pick a quarrel with his rife-'
 When she gets angry she doesn't speak to him for days"-BoEton Tran script.
 "I wiu hang for you. Psperha-rsr. Painter"-Ad In Ans-i-an Paper.
 Our plumber is welcome 10 The ssms privileEe.-Punch. Doctor-Tour profession doesn't naks angels out of men. does C. Lswyer-No, We leave that ts ths doctors.-Atlantic City Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
LOVE. ASLEEP.

A soul that's like a beauteous. siespinr
 child Waiting great awakening. haFt thgu. With serious ecstaEy upon fhe brow And lips no loyeless world hath ger oe-
 iiied. The quiet hands are crossed upon ths
 breast PSescient. of waking life that ienrsiy
 wills It's living strength 10 bonds divine. and
 thrills With joy. obedient to the spirits aues;- Wings hath this chldiiks, sleeping soul
 Of thine. Already poised. skyward flight to take, And when the clarion call shall cone
 "Awaket- What deeds. wfst songs thoEst bring "a
 grace Lies shrine- Helen Archibald Clsrka in Boston
 Tranecrint
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
KALEIDOSCOPE

The bald eagle has long looked en as the symbol Of power.
 The distance from which eagles SPY their prey is almost incredible
 A chemist has developed a process for producing tartaric. citric. lsctid and succinic acids frob benzine.
 Where ever the SenEalesa soldier goes his wife accompanies him. wheth- CT on a campaign or in a military post.
 After spending five days without food or water on reef off the Bahs- ma islands. twelve men aboard a stranded motorboat were rescued hy hydroplane and taken to Miami. Fla
 An eminent pomologist says that ,hs orange was originally a pear shaped fruit about the size of the common wili cherry. Its evolution is bellvede to hs due to twelve hundred years of cuiti- vation.
 There are seven distinct languages spoken in the British Isles Tn addition to English there are Welsh in Wales Erse in Ireland. Manx in the Isle of Man. Gaelic in Scotland. French in the channel islands and Cornish in Corn wall
 A new drop curtain in one of ths New York theatres is really a riEan . tic Spanish shawl of silk and lace thirty-five feet by forty feet in d. mensions. To embroider the huge fsh- ric tooq seventy five of the most skii- full Spanish needle women thirty -four days.
 Why should sport have a monopoly of records? A lawn mower meter may now be purchased in New York. registering not mileage but footsEa. Already a suburbanite is boasting that he has exceeded the record of his near est competitor by 10000 feet.-Scienti- fic American.
 Wind-blown pollen Sulphur rain) is known to be carried far. Ahe Swedish experiment station reports a quite ex- tensive rain of tree pollen on two frs ships, twenty and thirty seven miles from shore. and the pallen of alras is known to have been carried even as far as 200 miles.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
FULL ASSOCIATED
 PRESS DISPATCHES
BOTTLED MooNsHINE AND
 TWO STILLS WERE FOUND

Charles BeHsle- at whose place in Woodstock prohibition officers found two copper stills and quantity of moonshine in a raid made last Friday. was before '. s. Commissioner Earl Mathewson at his office in the Thayer building in this city Monday morning.
 Probable cause was found and the man was bound over to the U. s. district court under bonds of $500. Attorney John H. Barnes was counsel for Belisie at the hearing.
 Officers W. E. Jackson, S. L. Briggs and H. Congdon made the raid Besides the stills. they reported that they found five gallons of moonehine put up in quart and pint bottles.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
sTMR. BLUE HEN STATE TO
 GO INTO SEA SERVICE

The Blue Hen State, the sister ship of the Old North State. is to leave the state pier at New London within a few days. The Blue Hen State is a fine passenger steamer, built in Pacific coast yard a little over year ago at a cost of about SS,000 900, and she has never seen any regular service as yet She will be taken to New York and will be put into use, having been aMocated by the owners the United States shipping board.
 This steamer will make the fourth steamer to leave the piere within a month, the others being the Old North State the Susquehanna and the Bremen ton, which departed last week.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
NEW LONDON.

Plans are under way to promote the erection of four school buildings in the city. The board of school visitors, P. LeRoy Harwood, president, plan to se- cure plans and estimates on the build ings to submit to the city council in the near future. In the Stanton school dis trict an old building is being used which has very low cenngs and other unsafe features, mad it is planned to provide a six-room freproof structure. In the Harbor-Nameaug school district the pu- pills are forced to go about three-quarters of mile to each school, as the two schools are mile mad half apart, ana it is proposed to erect a six-room build ing between the two. As there is a re- cent demand for commercial subjects, it is planned to start the erection of the commercial department of the junior high school and to continue the erection of the junior high after the commercial | high is completed.
 The contract to erect the first unit of the proposed bathing pavilion for Arthur | G. Rudd at Ocean Beach has been award ed to a New London contractor The contracts for the painting cement and trim are in the general contract. The contracts for the plumbing. heating and | electrical work will be let under separate | COlili dCto' IIlt III SL uliI VIII De Ol frame construction, 64x11O feet, on concrete piers, requiring several hundred tons oi broken stone and bags of cement There will be about 400 bath compartments ir this unit with pubic sanitary arrange ments and electric lights.
 Six additional lots have been purchased by IL R. Griswold on Lincoln avenue which will be developed in connection with the lots already owned by him ir that tract There are in all about 2t buidding lots, upon which the owner has already erected houses and has some ir process of construction. It is the inten. tion of MT. Griswold to erect one and | two-family dwellings on the property which will be of frame construction pro. vided with all modern improvements varying in cost from s5 900 to sS,O0o. The new house for Arthur J.e Blanc or Rogers street is about ready to lath. Int | contracts for the plumbing and heating have been let, and the electrical worl and painting are yet to, be let Int house as previously reported in these Icolumns, is of frame construction. ar | ranged for two families, with six room,
 and bath for each family. It is to bt heated by steam. and will have all mod
 ern improvements.
 BuiydiuE Permit
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
ESSEX.

Plans are nearing completion for the municipal building for the town of Essex The building will be of selected brick construction. 35x62 feet, two stories high, With slate roof. The floors and roofs will be of fireproof construction, and the entry will be tiled. with the interior trimmed in hard woods On the first floor will be the postoffice and rooms for the judge of probate town clerk, board of selectmen and a vault On the second will be a. large assembly hall The build ing wNi be heated by steam. The plans will be ready for estimates about March 15.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
REAL ESTATE SALES
 AND MORTGAGE LOANS

There were three sales of real estate in Norwich as compared to seven sales for the corresponding week year ago. The mortgage loans for the respective weeks were $14,243 and $25.645.
 In New London the sales of real estate numbered five as compared to four for the same week m 1921. The mortgage loans were s1S,625 and 6,4O0 for the corresponding weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

CTS of Russian Jewry ana a noted orator. They come to Norwich as members of the SoBolow commission to bring a message to the local Jewish community of the World Zionist Congress recently held in Carlsbad, where a definite plan for the re construction of Palestine was accepted and a commission was appointed to visit the United States and awaken American Jewry to do it's sacred duty for building ,rp a homeland for the hundreds of thou sands of refugees in the land of their an- cestors, Palestine.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Expects Approval of Appointment.

State Prohibition Enforcement Officer Jonathan 0. Enc of Hartford said Mon- day that the appointment Of Joseph F. Fitzpatrick of New London, whose ap- pication for the job of local agent for the department he has approved and for warded to Washington, has not yet been confirmed. He said he expects the ap- proval wiM come forward within a few days.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

In fit of despondency Samuel Firth about 70 years of age, slashed his threcat with a razor at his home on Main street Baltic, Monday night about S.So. pr. George Thompson of Taftville was hur- riedly called. The doctor found the pa tient bleeding freely from the deep slash in his throat and after rendering what aid he could summoned the ambulance from the Bacl0us hospital
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

Williams Go. and Kerns ct al vs. Peck, McWilliams Co.
 Permission to file amended answer and counter claim was granted in the case of Maynard vs- Farina, ct al.
 Judgment for defendant for costs was entered in the case of weseman ys. Appley.
 Cases were assigned as follows:
 March 6, at Norwich-The Hathaway Co. vs. Coates,
 March 20, at New London-Florman vs. Cozichinsky.
 March 27, at New London-wiIensky vs. Shafer; Koss ct al. vs. Maynard,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
GRANTS DIVORCE ON
 GROUNDS OF CRUELTY

Judge Allyn L. Brown has granted di- vorce to Aida K. McClintoc5 of Montville from Arthur McKlintock of New York on the grounds of intolerable cruelty since June l. 1920 She is also given the right to resume her maiden name of Aida Kess- Ter The couple were married March 29, 1920, and the case was heard last Friday before Judge Brown as an uncontested suit with Attorney H. H. Pettis appearing as counsel for the petitioner
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
SLIGHT CHANGE IN BUILDING SITUATION

shape will be added to on two sides to square up the front with the street. This will necessitate two additions of frame construction one and two stories high. Provision will be made for a store to oc- cupy the ground floor on the street side, which will have plate glses and all mod ern store fixtures. In addition the plans provide the erection of a service station in separate building near the house. The plans may be estimated.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
James Burnet Lived in ysrt;c,

James Burnet, who died in New Lon don Fer- 22. had lived as a lad in Yannc ana worked in the Yantic woolen mill. ne aiso worked in Hanover. As a young boy he lived in Sherbrooke. Ouebec. Can ada His surviving relatives are his wifi. and mother and two sisters Mrs. Glover Champlin of Waterford, Conn. and Mrs. William Rehley of Palmer. Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
WLLINIANTIC,

Plans are being completed for build ing on Main street forsJ N. Gilman. It will be two stories and basement, S4x60 feet of brick, with a slag roof The owner will occupy, the first floor for restaurant. and the upper floor is to be arranged for offices. The plans will be put out for figures soon after the first of March.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Domestic Department

NASSAU WOoLNAP BLANKETS Another big blanket bargain. They are all 66 by so inches in size and we have them in white. grey and tan, with colored borders. Made Of cotton, with a wonderful wool finish. Regular prices s3.75 and s4.oo-
 END O THE MONTH PRICE ss.se
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Notion Department

ENGLISH TWILLED TAPE
 1o-YARD ROLLS
 foc Valu-SALE PRICE Sc 12c value-SALE PRICE 100 14c yalue-SALE PRICE 12 1-2c 16c SALE PRICE 13c 1sc Value-SALE PRICE 15c
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Boston Store Mems Shop
s2.oo AND s2.5o
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS

NEGLIGEE SHIRTS Such well known brands as ''Yorke", De Luxe" and Fruit of the Loom, in designs and colorings which are fun of class. The materials are Jap Crepes and Silk Stripe Crepes. All colors guarant eed-
 END O. THE MONTH PRICE $1.65
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

tertadnment committee. Miss May Cronin, chairlady. Miss Mary Hanlon, Miss Nell lie Murphy, Miss Anna Lambert, Miss Anna Daly, Miss Mary Brids and E. Ward After the installation there was a piano solo. o Promise Me. by Miss Nora Murphy; recitation by William H. McGuinness. Luck Home. by Miss Sadie Hanlon and viohn solo by Miss Jennie McSheffery. Refreshments were served.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Downstairs Department

7-QUART ENAMELED TEA
 KETTLE Made of heavy grey enameled ware and with actual 7-quart capacity. This is a real bargain END O. THE MONTH PRICE s1.2e
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition.

s. Russell Fenn of New London has filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy with liabilities s2.329.3s; assets, s2.50O. Largest creditors: State Finance Corp. New London, $500; Newark Loan O., New London, $500; Newark Loan Co.,, New London, s1oO; Gen. Emb. & Mil. Supply Co.,, N. '. City, s209.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Floor Covering Department

CONGOLEUM RUGS
 by 12, regular price s1s.0o- END O. THE MONTH PRICE sfs.ss 7-s by g, regular price sl2.0O- END O. THE MONTH PRICE ss.3e
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Hosiery and Underwear
 Department

WOMEN'S LION BRAND
 SILK HOSE
 These are full fashioned and have finely mercerized top and sole. We sell them for S2.25 pair. and have them in black, cardinal and navy END O. THE MONTH SALE S1.95
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

No Superior Court in New London.
 The superior court session which had been scheduled for New London today fTuesday) is to be postponed. It is un- derStood that Major Hadlai A. Hull, at torney in the suit to be tried. is sick with a bad cold and is not able to be in court.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Ribbon Department

FANCY TAFFETA RIBBONS Satin stripe and bordered ribbons which are suitable for hair bows. Selling regularly for 39c a yard
 END O. THE MONTH SALE a5c
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

The Si>yak Evangelical Lutheran con gregaticn, which recently purchased the old clubhouse building on West Main street. will soon begin remodeling the building for use as a church. Rev. George Panchuk is the pastor.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Gt1e Bulletin Norwich. Tuesday. Feb. as. 1929.
WEATHER Conditions

Monday night an area of high baro- meter of great magnitude covered the Great Central valleys, the plain states and the northwest and had its center over Montana, where the pressure was as high as S1.00 inches. An area of lower barometer was central over the upper Rio Grande valley and mov5ng toward Southern Texas. This pressure distribution has been attended by un- usually cold weather in the upper Miss issippi valley and over the plain states as far south as Northwest Texas. The lowest temperature reported Monday was 32 degrees below at Havre, Mon tana. Moderate temperatures contin- ued during Monday in the east and south states.
 There were general rains within the last 24 hours in the Middle Atlantic and rains and snows in New England and New York.
 Tn New England and New York the weather will be cloudy and colder on Tuesday and unsettled and colder on Wednesday. In the Middle Atlantic states the weather will be cloudy and solder Tuesday followed by rain and snow Tuesday or Wednesday.
 Winds
 North of Sandy Hook-Moderate west ard northwest winds and cloudy WenthCr Tuesday.
 Sandy Hook to Hatteras-Mode' ate fresh northwest becoming northe ast winds: cloudy weather Tuesday.
 Forecast
 Southern New England-Cloudy and somewhat colder Tuesday; Wednesday unsettled and colder.
 Observations in Norwich The Bulletins observations show the following changes in temperature and barometric changes Monday:
 Ther. Bar a. n, s.-...ss.s...sssss.. oV S5'SU l- ll- .s.ss-.sss..s .......... 4V zH.ou D. m. .................... S4 29.7C Highest 40; lowest 30.
 Comparisons
 Predictions for Monday-Rain or snow.
 Mondays weather-Snow and sleel h morning, continued cloudiness, witt northeast wind.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Much Rheumatism

This is rheumatism weather, and Lee & Osgood CO. is having a large demand for Rheuma, the one remedy for this disease they sell with guar antee of money hack if it fails.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Glove Department

CHAM0ISETTE CLOVES They are dandies. too. Two-clasp length and sold regularly for s1.oo END O. THE MONTH PRICE 75e
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Art Goods Department

SIGNET RING YARN A variety of colorings in stock.
 Value 39c a ball. END O THE MONTH PRICE 32c
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

Alterations will be made to the dwell ing of N. A. Secord at Station IS, Water ford The dwelling which is of peculiar
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Colored Wash Goods
 Department
DRESS GTNCuAM

DRESS GINGHAM Fresh. pretty patterns and attrac- tive colorings in these dainty plaid and check ginghams. Should sell for 39c-
 END O. THE MONTH PRICE aee
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Despondent, SIashes Throat With Razor

Mir. Firth has suffered from heart trouble for some time rast and it is sup posed his affiction led to despondency' resulting in his attempt to take his n1e.
 At an early hour this (Tuesday) morn ing Mir Firth was reported as resting comfortably at the Backus hospital Ills chances for recovery are said to be fav- orafble He was brought to the hospital about midnight.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
TAFTVILLE

Sly hours after high water t is low Ea-er. Wl-cl -s followed by flood tide.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Silk Department

EXQUISITE CREPE DE CHINE Your choice of eleven of the seasons most popular shades. A handsome forty inch silk which is worth every cent of S1.50-
 END O. THE MONTH PRICE s1.1o
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

Aztec heiroglyphics have never been solved.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Building Permit.
WATERFORD.

Arthur G. Rudd, first unit of bath houses, Ocean Beach. Cost s2o.oeo.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Dress Goods Department

THE POPULAR CANTON CREPE Made of mohair and fine Australian wool. It is AZ inches wide and shown in all of the staple as well as the new colorings.- This cloth is a dust shredder, and has been sponged and shrunk. Value s2.50-
 END O. THE MONTH PRICE S2.19
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Comparisons

Predictions for Monday-Rain or snow. h morning, continued cloudiness, with northeast wind.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Neckwear-Handkerchiefs

COLLAR SETS All the very latest-styles in lace. organdie and pure linen. Have been selling for s1.0o and s1.5o a set END O. THE MONTH PRICE 7se
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28

srN. NfooN ANp TIpEs.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
Drapery Department

RUFFLED CURTAINS
 We have just received this small lot of dainty ruffled curtains and they are real s2.5o value. All are 2 1-4 yards long and have tie backs END O. THE MONTH PRICE s1.es
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-27

of being an attempt to burn the prop.
erty, the discovery being made by an
other tenant in the block. Also of
Cohen's movements and of his labors
in the building mailing up the room
where the candles were discovered to
be burning. He also explained at
length the condition of the room where
the burning candles were discovered
which he claimed was badly Uttered
with papers, hay and excelsior, which
had been saturated with kerosene
He claimed that the respondent
lighted the candles and covered up his
work as best he could so that the light
from the same would not be visible on
Sunday, March IL. He gave as the re-
sopndents motive for attempting to
burn the place the obtaining of insur-
ance as personal gain without re-
gard to the lives of others. The prop
erty was purchased in September
1920 for $10,500, and mortgage of
$500 given, $4,000 having been paid in
cash. The property was insured for
$4,000.
Henry Crowell, county commission
err and surveyor, was the first witness
He made plans of the Cohen property
and described the plans. Phillip Bow
kcr, of Fairfield, a photographer, ex-
planned pictures of the exterior and
interior of the Gilbreth block, which
he had taken and which were used
in the testimony. A. F. Drummond of
Watervlle, treasurer of the Waterville
Savings Bank, which was the former
owner of the Gilbreth Block, stated
that the corporation had loaned CO.
hen money on several transactions;
that the building was practically all
tenanted at the time of their selling
il to Cohen A. H. Jewell. of
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-27

Fairfield, was familiar with the
mill business, was familiar with the
block and at one time occupied store
there, was seven years in the build
ing; Cohen doubled the rent, wit
ness claimed and he moved out. Will
liam Seller of Fairfield was familiar
with the Gilbreth block and formerly
had grocery store there. Mr.. Cohen
rai3ed him ST he said, after he had
been paying $50 per month and he
vacated b. II. Lawrence, OF Fair
field, 56 years old, knew about the
property and was for 16 years a Sc
lectman of Fairfield and assessor. lie
bought and sold real estate and in
vestigated the Gilhreth Block to de
termine its value.
TAYLOR IMPORTANT WITNESS
The next witness called was Claude
Taylor, steam filter. who had rented
the basement Of Cohen in the Gil
breth block and who claimed to have
discovered the fire. He rented the
basement on March s, AMI paid Mr.. Co
hen rent in advance. lie went into the
shop and Cohen began to nail door
up as he said according IL the Wit
ness, he would reserve a room at the
rear for an up stairs tenant. Taylor
claimed that Cohen was in the back
room probably for two hours ON
March Sth and it sounded as though
he was driving nails there. On sun
day, March ETH, Taylor went into the
shop because of water running into
the basement and was there perhaps
for or 10 minutes around noon time;
he later returned to the basement
about I o'clock; stayed in the big
shop a few minutes and then stepped
along To doorway and snapped on
an electric light. As lie turned it off,
the witness caught q reflection from
the rear room on the floor and Will
he claimed He ripped a board off
and could detect light in the back
room; ru: he3 partition. ami could
see two candles there lac said. lie
notified Officer Quincy ana t6eH stove
the partition in anl there were two
candles, he said. Later be sad Ell
Ger Quincy asked q boy Who Wis
there 10 climb over and eXtinguish the
candles, which lie did Later on 06i-
Ger Quincy. Deputy llill and Taylor
investigated further; they .meiied