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New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

entertain Mir Corbin's son and daughter-in-law, MT. and Mrs Emory Corbin and Mrs. Corbin's daughter. Miss Barbara Hillard smith and Dr. Robert Buol this evening at the Astor hotel In New York city.
 Miss Sophie Mikalauskas enter tained at bridge last night for Miss Helen kandrat Of New York.
 Mrs. Philip B. Stanley Is giving 2 dinner tonight at her home on Shuttle Meadow avenue for her daughter, Jean. She will later take he guests to the Shuttle Meadow club for dancing.
 hTr. and Mrs. Frank Porter Of .yington street are entertaining at dinner tonight al the Pennington Country club in honor of Mir. and 'irs. Maxwell Porter.
 Mrs. C. r. Bennett gave q supper t..pce Monday evening at her homo ca Forest street for her daughter. i..ss Marian Bennett.
 Mr, and Mrs. Hardy Payor gave q j'nali bridge party Monday night at tn.ir home on Lincoln Road. Dr. Frederick Merrifield and Mrs. Merit 5old of Chicago. H., were the guests Of honor.
 Henry Pelron. son of Mfr. and Mrs. Ernest Pclton of Forest street. Rich ard Cooper son of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Cooper of Vine street, Frank Nibbcrts, son of Mr. and Mrs. r. G. Nbberts Of Sunnyl.dge Henry Rus ell. son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Rus soll Of Grove Hill and Maxwell Moore. son of Mfr. and Mrs. E. AL len Moore of Sunuylrlge attended he Junior Asssrnhl- dance at the Pennington Cou"'.y club this week.
 Mrs. James Vi. Burdick of Grove liill entertained at dinner Friday evening. Mir and Mrs. Daniel Web star Reynolds Of Ashbury Park, New Jersey. former residents Of this city. Nr. and Mrs. Reynolds are guests of Mrs. Reynolds sister, Mrs. Irving Mott of Cedar street.
 Th" young ladies Of thu Standard Steel Bearing corporation had their Christmas party al Sally's Tea and Gift shop in flainville this week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harold Hatch en- | tcrtained at dinner Thursday night ! for Mir. and Mrs. Wilbur Gilbert ot 1 Beaumont, Texas.
 Mrs. Frederick Tcich and Mrs N. | \. kinsella presided at the tea table | which was decorated with 9. Christ mas bouquet and red candles. Miss {, Betty Tallard. Miss Barbara Christ and Miss Clark. members Of the Junior College club. assisted with the | serving.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

large amber beads. wonderfully cut and polished, and fully two yards in length. 10 which an interesting story attaches. So lustrous and varia ble are they ill shade that she wears them with almost any costume. They were the gift of westerner and his wife who chanced 10 sit near Mrs. Borah in the senate gallery while Senator Borah was speaking
 Americans are now driving c3.- GOO, 900 automobiles, busses and trucks.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31

Mrs. B. Taylor of Whiting street has announced the engagement of her daughter. Barbara, 10 Charles Anderson Of West Main street, son of Mrs. Anderson Of Nova Scotia. No date has been set for the wedding
 hr engagement of Miss Frances Scarl't daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. James Scaritt of Summer street and Howard Palmer. son of Mr. and Mrs Howard Palmer Of Camp street, has been announced.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles ]. Peterson Of stanley street observed the fifty first anniversary of their wedding on Wednesday at their home.
 Tn" wedding Of Miss Florence Louise Anderson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Louis (. Anderson Of Lvn wood. California, and James Whyto of California, will take place Janu- ary 12. Miss Anderson was a former resident Of Berlin and is well known in hensington and New Britain.
 
 Mfr. and Mrs. Charles kallerman Of Ltnwood street have announced the engagement of their daughter. Signe, to Arthur J. Lord of Forest vile, The wedding date has not been set.
 The engagement of Miss Caronn" Low, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ray mond Low of Glen street, has been announced 10 Leonard Jackson Of Hart street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Fitzpatrick gave a dinner party Monday evening at their home on Prospect street in observance of their fifth wedding There were tuentv-fiv, guests present from Hartford. Mid dlctown, Eli"abethport, New Jersey and New Britain.
 Mrs S. R. Wickuire of Westwood park, Plainville, announced the en- s2gcment of her sister, Miss Eliza beth Forshaw 10 Walter F. Linn, son Of Mir. and Mrs. August Linn of stanley street New Britain. at din Ter party given Christmas day. Miss forshaw studied the piano at the Hartford School of Music under Au- relic Giorni Of New York.
 
 Mrs. Jennie J. Carpenter an nounces the engagement of her laughter Miss Dorothy Stafford Car penter Of Port Chester, New York, to Hilton Miller Weed. son Of Mir. and Mrs. Truman Weed of Lincoln street. his city.
 The wedding of Albert F. Corbin 'f this city and Mrs. Alice Hllard smith Of l West s4th street, New fork city and Auburndale. Mass. ook place Thursday evening at | 1 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Smith | n New York city. Reverend Dr. 1. Gordon Of Washington performed { he ceremony in the presence of th~ i families. 1
 Mrs. Smith is the daughter of the i ate James Lincoln Hilard, one Of . n old Boston family which has been . loosely connected with public and . ivic interests in Boston for several . enerations. Mir. Hillard was in the i Boston city government for nearly . orty years. An uncle. George l.. iillard was we'll known district ttorney Mrs. Smi' has spent a reat deal of time in work with girls n phys;oal training and has been with Lasalle Seminary and lrls' camps in that capacity. Mrs. mith's daughter. Miss Barbara Hill ,rd Smith, is young singer who has ppeared here and in Hartford She lso broadcasts from WTIC on Tues ay evenings.
 Mir. Corbin Is or family long identified with public nd manufacturing life in this city. nd in addition 70 being president Of ne ion Manufacturing company
New Britain herald., 1927-12-31
WEDDINGS

Holiday Festivities Cause Marked Falling off in Nuptials.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Waterproof S c h o o |
Bags, with shoulder straps
or handles. In black and
co1ors. (S)
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Boys 39c Ties, 25c
(6OO) Boys Cut Silk Four.in-
hand Ties. in great variety Of
pretty Scotch plaid designs and
fancy striped patterns.
Goldenberg's-Third Floor.
Charge Accounts Invited.
Evening star., 1927-09-18

Treo Brocade GirdIes, with
elastic top, with three sections
of elastic, choice Of two lengths;
sizes u to 34
Treo Brassieres, elastic front
and coutil back; long lines suit
able for stout or average hg-
ures. Sizes So to 81.
GoIdenberg's--Sec0nd Floor.
Charge Accounts Invited.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
HE NEGLECTED TO
FOLLOW THROUGH
Important in Almost Any
Pass in Basket Ball.

John Dobbin was forward on the
State Center Qowa) high school team
last year, and Dobbin's passing was
faulty. His coach, H. G. Johnson,
taught him the technique of the vari-
Gus passes, but one thing Dobbin had
great difficulty learning. That was
the follow through-an important ele-
ment of almost any pass, writes
Mitchell V. Charnley, in the Ameri-
can Boy Magazine. The ball is passed
from regular stride You hold 1t
waist high, fingers pointing down
ward, grasping it along the axis; your
elbows are bent and out from the
body. Deliver the ball with snap Of
the wrist, giving it natural under
english.
And then-follow through! Your
fingers and arms follow through be-
hind the ball, while the rear leg fol-
lows through in the next step. The
follow through helps you to give the
ball direction, accuracy, speed enough
to send 1t parallel to the floor (not in
an arch) until it reaches the receiver.
Another frequently used team pass,
and very fast one, is the push pass.
You can use it from any kind of po-
sitien. Hold the ball chest high, your
hands slightly behind the axis. Then,
with a sudden forward push of arms
and hands, shoot the ball away from
ysu, following through with arms and
hands. Often, in scrimmage, this
pass Is almost "bat pass" for it
can be executed very rapidly. 1t must
have speed enough to travel parallel
to the floor, like the two-hand under
hand pass.
The one-hand underhand pass isn't
much used, because it's slow-requires
readjustment Of the hands after catch
ing the ball. And the two-hand pass
from above the shoulder should never
be used. Don't try it.
If yeu know the push pass and the
two-hand underhand, you'll be able to
take care of practically all situations
But suppose you want to make long
pass-too long for one of the team
passes. Then you'll probably use the
shoulder pass. This Is a good deal like
the catcher's throw in baseball. The
ball is held shoulder high in one hand,
and shot straight forward with an un-
der-english that makes it carry more
easily and accurately. The passing
arm and whole body follow through.
You must learn to execute this pass
with the right foot forward as well as
the left if you pass with your right
hand, to avoid a violation FOUL
double dribble and illegal start on the
dribble This is not in the strictest
sense foul.
There are three hook passes, all
used for special purposes. One you'll
use when you've dribbled to the side
lines in the offensive half Of the floor
Leap forward and upward, taking the
ball in your hands and turning In the
air so as to face the other way. At
the top of the jump deliver the ball
with a full arm sweep from well
above the head, then land with feet
spread; you'll be facing just opposite
to the direction you were dribbling
This pass is valuable for a tall man
cornered near the side line, for it is
a fast surprise play and often crosses
up the defense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04

dollars. Disregarding the danger to
himself when his tribesmen returned
and found that their prisoners had es-
capped, Robinson, accompanied by his
wife, set out on the 3OO-mile journey.
They padded the entire length of
Lake Michigan and after 16 days ar
rived at Mackinac where the Heads
were turned over to the British COM
mander, Captain Roberts. They were
treated kindly and eventually paroled
and allowed to return to their home In
Louisville, Ky.
The Indians had burned Fort Dear
born after the massacre, but it was
rebuilt in 1916. Robinson again made
his home near the fort and became
known as steadfast friend of the
whites. At the outbreak of the Winnie
bago war in 1927 1t was due to his
efforts and to those of two other Pot
tawatomie chiefs, Shabbona and Saug-
anash (Billy CaldwelD, that the Pot
tawatomies did not join the Winnie
bagoes and attack Fort Dearborn.
Again in 1882 Robinson held his
tribesmen in check when they would
have joined Black Hawk, the Sac
leader, In his war against the whites.
Instead of turning hostile, Robinson
and some of his warriors served as
scouts for the armies Of General At
kinson and General Henry which final
ly subdued Black Hawk. Robinson
served as interpreter for Gen. Lewis
Cass at the treaty with the Chippewas
in 1920 and his name appears on the
two treaties Of Prairie du Chen Of
1929 and 1884.
By these treaties the sum Of $1,000
was granted to Robinson for his serv-
ices to the whites and each Of his chill
dren, a son and two daughters, was
given $500. In addition he was given
large tract of land On the Desplaines
river near Chicago and there he lived
until his death in 1872. His wife and
son died the next year and the land
came into the possession of his daugh-
ter, Mary Robinson, who had married
Francis RACER, trader.
Later the principal part Of the land
was purchased by Cook county to be
used as a forest preserve, but ten
acres, including the plot where her
father, mother and brother are buried,
were reserved for her during her life
time. There she had lived for the last
rs years on the border of civilization
h,.f utforly apart from n D,,r;,, n,
all her lifetime she never rode In a
street car or automobile and during
the last 80 years Of 1t she never WIS.,
tied the city of Chicago. There in
the tiny fragment of the wilderness
that had once been, she lived in the
forgotten past until her death on
January s, 1927, closed forever the
last chapter Of Indian history In the
old Northwest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Stuffy McInnis Knows
Both Major Circuits

John ("Stuffy') McInnis, who breaks
into managerial ranks as playing head
of the Philadelphia club Of the Ma
tional league, has had plenty Of OK
perience as player in both major
circuits. He will stand alone as one
who has played on four clubs in two
cities. He covered first base for the
Red Sox and Braves in Boston and
when he plays his first game at first
for the Phillies, he will take up in
Philadelphia where he left off with
the Athletics. He became star I'M
der Connie Mack. McInnis also played
for Cleveland and Pittsburgh and has
participated in five world series, three
with the Athletics, and one each with
the Red Sox and Pirates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04

In the meantime Capt. William
Wells, famous frontiersman who had
secuted for Wayne, fastened to Dear
born from Fort Wayne with Is friend
ly Miami Indians to escort Heald's
command to the post In Indiana.
Wells favorite niece, Rebekah Wells,
was Heald's wife, and Wells, knowing
well the temper Of the Indians around
Fort Dearborn, was willing to risk his
life, if need be.
The day before the evacuation the
goods were distributed among the In
dams who had begun to swarm around
the post as soon as the news that 1t
was to be abandoned had spread, but
all of the extra ammunition and a
large store Of whisky were destroyed.
Although 1t is virtually certain that
Heald's command would have been at
tackled anyway, this destruction 80 In
furiated the Indians that the garri-
sons doom was sealed then and there.
That evening Black Partridge,
friendly Pettawatomie chief, came to
Heald and warned him that his young
warriors were bent on mischief and
that he probably could not restrain
them from attack on the morrow. But
it was too late then to turn back.
The next morning there issued forth
from the fort "the saddest procession
Michigan avenue has ever known
the garrison Of Fort Dearborn march
ing to what they realized was their
death. At the head Of the column
rode Captain Wells, his face painted
black in anticipation of his fate. Next
came the regular soldiers and in the
rear, In wagons, rode the women and
children, guarded by the citizens who
lived near the fort and who had been
enrolled by Head as militia. A mile
and half south Of the fort the In
dams, hidden among the sand hills,
attacked. The struggle was brief, but
in the short time 1t lasted there were
deeds of heroism which would fill
volumes.
When the battle was over, % reg
ular soldiers, Il militia, 2 women and
II children were dead and the re-
4
mainder were in the hands of the
Indians as prisoners. Captain Heald
had surrendered to Black Bird, the
principal Pottawatomie chief, when he
saw that further resistance was USE
less and would mean the death of all
after they were overcome. Both he
and his wife were badly wounded.
Some of the prisoners were tortured
to death that night and others saved
for ransom. Among the latter were
Captain and Mrs. Head, because the
Indians realized that they could de-
mand large sum Of money for the
commander, and they were turned
over to Alexander Robinson.
The next day their captors set out
for the st. Joseph river in Michigan
where the Heads were left in the Gus
tody of few Indians while the other
Indians sped away to take part in an
attack on Fort Wayne. In their abb
sence, chance to escape presented
| itself.
Alexander Robinson was prevailed
upon to conduct them to Mackinac
in his birchbark canoe, for which serv-
ice Head was to pay him hundred
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Grimes Lauds McGraw

Burleigh Grimes, Brooklyn hurler.
recently acquired by the New York
Giants, expects a big season under
John McGraw's leadership. "Mc-
Graw," said Grimes, ''has sound base
ball judgment and all he wants is a
player to stay in shape and hustle all
the time" Grimes has signed con-
tract with the Giants. He said 1t was
the first time in his diamond career
that he had ever signed such docu-
ment the day he received 1t. He did
not divulge the terms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Jack Bentley With Giants

Jack Bentley of the Giants, and Red
Miller, Philly coach, stopped in st.
Louis following protracted hunting
vacation in the neighborhood of West
PLANES, Mo. Soon after the season
closed the two men embarked for
West PLANES and have been in the
open almost continually since. Bent
ley appeared to be in fine trim and
declares he will but have to get his
arm in condition when the Giants go
to Sarasota. He hopes to regain a
regular Job with John McGraw.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04

Amateur dramatic society, sir"
explained the doorman.
"Ah," said the other, as there came
another burst Of laughter, "doing a
comedy, eh?"
tNo, SIR" came the grim retort,
they're doing Macbeth london
Answers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Fidel LaBarba Inspects
Hoarv Halls of Harvard

Harvard university, without which
no famed foreigners American itine-
rary is complete, has experienced
something new in the way Of visitors.
Fidel LaBarba, world fiyweight
champion, established precedent in
pugilism by inspecting Harvard's
classrooms and dormitories while va
cationing in New England.
1t was noted that the diminutive
prize fighter received fully as much
attention from students as any presi-
dent or prince who had ever wan
dered through the hoary halls.
"Oh, boy" exclaimed Fidel, sit will
only be until next September when /
will hang up the boxing gloves to en-
ter Stanford university at home"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Prosperous Year Is
Expected for Golf

One big business that prom
Uses to keep going at a lively
rate in 1927 is golf. Reports in
dictate that 1000 new golf clubs
were started in 1926. Experts
estimate that they will spend
approximately $13S, 100000 dur
ing 1927 for new sprinkling sys-
TENS and supplies and $15,0OO,-
600 for salaries, awards and en-
tertainment.
The expenditures Of the 1000
clubs previously in existence.
added to those Of the new ones,
and the incidantals of members
for clubs, balls and clothing,
statisticians say, will run the
total golf bill far past the ST.
O00,00O,000 mark reached in
1926.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Special Offer
to Victims of
Indigestion
Your Druggist Says Pleasant to Take,
Elixir Must Help Poor Distressed
Stomachs or Money Gladly
Refunded,

You can be so distressed with gas
and fullness from poor digestion or
dyspepsia that you think your heart
is going to stop beating.
Your stomach may be so distended
that your breathing Is short and gaspy.
You are dizzy and pray for quick
relief-what's to be done
Just one tablespoonful Of Dare's
Mentha Pepsin and speedily the gas
disappears, the pressing on the heart
ceases and you can breathe deep and
naturally.
Obi What blessed relief; but why
not get rid Of such attacks altogether
Why have them at all?
Especially when any druggist any
where guarantees Dare's Mentha Pep
sin, a pleasant elixir, to help you or
money back.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Watchful Waiting

When Arthur Bernstein was manag-
ing vaudeville he naturally got sick to
death of the flamboyant ads that her
aided some of the acts. His pet aver
sion was the so-called "death-defying"
thrill that wound up the show, be-
cause 1t sounded SO big and meant so
little.
One day Manager Norman Whistler
said: you don't like those acts and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
Better Than Farce

The commercial traveller found
himself stranded In q manufacturing
town in Lancashire and decided to
visit the local music hall. He found
the place closed, however.
On the way home he happened to
pass a large hall whence issued roar
after roar of hilarious laughter. He
walked up to the entrance and in
CURED of the doorkeeper what was
taking place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04

tributes his longevity to q diet of rice
and cells. This restricted and esotic
regimen may seem somewhat strange
to his japanese compatriots, but to
westerners with a fondness for health
foods it must be quite acceptable.
Eels are surely full Of vitamines, and
even if they are not, the civilization
that fell for Metchnikoff's sour but
termilk cannot find anything outland-
ish in an eel-rice dietary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04
BABIES CRY
FOR "CASTORIA'
Prepared Especially for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Casteria has
been in use for over 80 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for Cas-
tor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and
Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcot-
les. Proven directions are on each
package. Physicians everywhere rec
ommend it.
The genuine bears signature of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04

Photograph shows George Kojac,
sensational stunt swimmer Of the De-
Witt Clinton high school Of New York,
who set two records for the 100-yard
swim at the University Of Pennsylva-
mia scholastic meet. Kojac broke the
meet record and also set new figures
for the national indoor record by COW
ering the distance in 055 3-5, but a
fifth of second slower than the
worlds scholastic mark for the dis
lance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-03-04

sounds are muffled and lost in the rip
pling of the stream and the murmur
of the wind in the branches Of the
elms and naples around the house.
There sits a gray-haired woman, eyes
dimmed and head bowed by the weight
OF nearly hundred years, dreaming
perhaps of the long ago when her IA
theirs people ruled a wilderness into
which but few white men had dared
TO venture.
That was the picture which you
might have seen until recently In the
Cook county forest preserve near Chi
cagO where Mrs. Mary Robinson
RACER, daughter of Alexander Robin
son or Chez Chu-Pin-Quay, chief of
the Pottawatomies, Chippewas and OF
tawas, made her home for more than
three-quarters Of century. The
other day she slipped quietly into end
less sleep and her death snapped the
last link between the modern metrop-
oils, Chicago, and the little stockaded
Fort Dearborn from which 1t sprang.
1t was the last echo, too, of the Fort
Dearborn massacre, a frontier trag-
edy which in the history Of the Middle
West is curiOusly analogous to the
Fort William Henry massacre in the
East, which forms the climax in
Cooper's Last Of the Mohicans."
For her father, Alexander Robinson,
was one of the friendly POttawatomie
obiaPS uboca frion6cbip FOR tho rphitoc
saved that bloody affair from being
one Of utter horror. Robinson himself
was a half-breed, the son Of Scotch
trader and an Ottawa Indian woman,
who was born at Mackinac, Mich, in
1889. He made his home with his
and other confederated tribes crushed
by Mad Anthony" Wayne at the
Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1894. AL
though he was only five years old at
the time Robinson retained vivid
recollection of what he saw on that
memorable occasion and in his later
years often told his thrilling story to
his white friends. Later he married a
POttawatomie woman and became a
chief Of that tribe.
At the outbreak of the War of 1912
Robinson was living near Fort Dear
born, which had been built on the pres
ent site Of Chicago in 1903. He had
formed a fast friendship with John
Kinzie, often called "the father of
Chicago" a trader and silversmith
who settled near Fort Dearborn In
1904, and 1t was this friendship which
probably Influenced him to play the
role which he did on the fateful day
of August Is, 1872.
For some time previous to the mas
sacre the little garrison commanded
by Capt. Nathan Heald had been
alarmed by various hostile acts Of the
Indians who were hanging around the
post, but affairs did not become
threatening until the middle of the
summer. Then on August 9 Head re-
ceived orders from General Hull at
Detroit to evacuate the post, destroy
the arms and ammunition, distribute
the stores from the government fac
tory among the friendly Indians and
proceed to Fort Wayne, Ind. Although
Heald realized fully how perilous the
execution of this order would be, he
had no other choice but to obey. So
the evacuation of the fort was
planned for August 10.