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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-15
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Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Thompson
Miss Wiley has returned from New

Miss Wiley has returned from New York.
 Mrs. Malcolm Douglas was in town on Sunday.
 Dexter Elliott Jr has returned from school for the Christmas holi- day.
 Mrs. Peckham entertained at din- ner. Saturday evening at the Vernon Stiles Inn.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bentley, are leaving Thompson this week, to spend the winter months in the south.
 The Howe Marot School will hold their annual Christmas sale, on Sat urday afternoon. December the four teemth.
 The Christian Endeavor society have planned a Christmas party to be held with the Webster society the last of this month.
 Rev. E. s. Lyon will preach next Sunday upon "The Broidered Coat" On Saturday two or three boys from Thompson will accompany him to the "Pioneers Conference" at Mer- tdcn.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Pomfret Landing

Herbert Congden is still under the doctors care for his eye.
 Mrs Michael Cotter of Pomfret is visiting her mother Mrs. Ann Noon. Arthur and Charles Grimes left Monday to spend the winter in Flor sda.
 Several from here attended the senior play in Putnam last Friday eve ming.
 Mrs. Roswell Hilton spent the week end with Mir. and Mrs. Huge Fleck of Providence.
 Mrs Archie Gregoire Of Putnam visited her mother Mrs. Hans Ander. son Thursday afternoon.
 Mrs. Searles lost her valuable Aire- dale dog Wednesday morning Wher It was run over by an automobile.
 Mrs. White. Mrs. Searles, Mrs Clapp, Mrs. Hildreth and Mrs. Ander son attended the Ladies Aid at Mrs William Johnson in Pomfret.
 Mrs. Ida Hildreth entertained ovel Sunday her grandchildren Frank Wayne and Fay H.ldredth and Mir. an, Mrs. Fred IIildreth of Chieopee Falls Mass.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Abingdon

Mir. and Mrs. Fred Knight of Ep- sum. N. Fl. have moved into Winfield Hawkes. Farm House.
 Mrs. 0ren Weeks. Mrs. George VII cox and Mrs. Alfred Paine were m Providence Monday.
 Mrs. F. B. Botham is at home, she has been in Putnam for four weeks caring for Miss Morse.
 New arrivals at the Haven Home are Mrs. Sarah Carpenter of East ford and Miss Alice Johnson of Put nam.
 Miss Eva Botham student nurse at the St. Joseph's Hospital, Williman- tic was at her home Sunday after noon.
 Donald Burdick returned to Chap lin Sunday after spending ten days with his grandmother Mrs. Emily Horton.
 Dr. and Mrs. F. c. Goodridge of Mashmoquet Meadows motored to New York last Sunday for a visit of sew erai days.
 George F. Botham's English Spring CT Spaniel Tyrus. won first prize at the dcg show held hv tho Windham Co. Kennel Club in Danielson recent ly.
 Miss Elsie Bryden entertained the Teachers Club last Thursday eve ming. The evening was spent playing bridge A delicious Luncheon was served by the hostess.
 The singing by the young peoples choir under the direction of Mrs. Fitz Henry Paine was much enjoyed by all who attended the services at the Congregational church last Sun day.
 The Congregational Sunday School are planning for Community enter tainment and Christmas tree, to be held Monday. December g at the church. Mrs. Nelson Platt, Mrs. Min nie Eskine and Miss Esther Mac Naught are in charge of the program.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Woodstock

Rev. MT. Mellenger from Ohio fil- led the pulpit of the Hill church last Sunday morning.
 Miss Nellie Chandler is planning to leave Woodstock very soon to spend the winter in Texas
 Mir. and Mrs. Leonard Healey at tended the Pomona Grange meeting held in Plainfieid last Saturday.
 Mir and Mrs. Eugene Wilcox en- tertained on Thanksgiving Day Mir. and Mrs. Harry Jones and son Gordon
 Milton Perrin has taken an apart ment in Worcester and his mother. Mrs. Frank Perrin. is planning to be with him this winter
 Mrs. Fred Williams was hostess to the Ladies Aid" of the South church last Thursday afternoon, there being fifteen ladies present.
 The Ladies' Benevolent Society held a meeting at the home of Mrs. George Mcclellan last Wednesday af- ternoon with twenty-four ladies pres. ent Mrs. Albert Williams gave the current events. Mrs Paul Gran con. ducted the devotion period and was leader of the study period giving ar | interesting article on the Information al College in Springfield After ths meeting a social time was enjoyed and Miss Nellie Chandler read an in teresting letter from her cousin. Ed ward Chandler.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
North Woodstock

There have been one or two cases of chicken pox among the school child Ten here.
 Mir. and Mrs. Nelson Brink and daughter Thelma spent Sunday in Willimantic
 Mrs Clara Rawson passed the weekend with her cousins the Baker family in Putnam.
 Mrs. William Redhead is spending several weeks with her daughter. Mrs. Carrie Jaskson in Southbridge.
 William MeGregor who is employed on the state road in Pomfret, has moved his family there for the winter.
 4 missionary meeting was held on Tuesday afternon at the home of Mrs. Hang Johnson. Mrs. Myron Sparrow was the leader.
 4 bean and salad supper is being served by the Ladies Aid Society, this l (Thursday) evening. Music and lam tern slides will furnish entertain ment. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hopkins Mrs. David Hicks and Miss Selina i Anderson comprise the committee.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Phoenixville

William Lawton visited relatives in Willimantic last week.
 Mrs. H. C. Joslin is visiting Mir. and Mrs. Lawrence Nye in Ohio.
 Miss Dora Pray, spent the week. end with Mir. and Mrs. Roy Clemens.
 Mrs. Nettie Lyon has rented her tenement to out of town parties.
 Mrs Cora Clemens was a recent over night guest Of Mary Bowen Keith in Putnam.
 Putnam Grange invited Natehaug to neighbor with them Monday eve ming and several attended.
 Quite a number are having their home wired for electricity. and Ed ward Trepal is kept busy doing this work.
 Friends have received letters from Rev. Walter Ianphear and family, who are sojourning at Melbourne Beach, Florida. Enroute they visited relatives in Washington.
 Much regret was felt by the town people Friday night to learn of the destruction by fire of Tatem's manu- facturing plant in Eastford, as it is the principal industrial concern, and gives more employment than any other business in town. Although will ling neighbors and friends did all they could.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Eastford

Mrs. Ralph Thompson and son of Southbridge have been visiting her sister Mrs. A. s. Walker past week.
 There was no church service on Sunday morning, owing to bad weath CT and traveling. The c. E. Society met in the evening at the home of Donald Clark.
 J. M. Tatem would like to ask the person who so kindly or unkindly car ried off his water pump, the night of the fire to please return, and it will be appreciated as it is a very neces- sary article as this time at his home.
 A party of men met at the home of Nj. Darwin Lewis in north part of town last Tuesday noon at a dinner to discuss the state road question from Kenyonville to Union Line. MT. Hulse of Hartford was their guest.
 Fire from an unknown cause totally destroyed the main building of J. NJ. Tatem Handle Go. last Fri day evening. But owing to the fact. that roofs of other sheds and store houses were covered with snow, and no wind. these buildings were saved, by hard work of neighbors and friends, together with the arrival of Mack bumper of the fire depart ment of Willimantie, which rendered valuable aid. The plant was one of two engaged in the manufacturing O. all kinds of handles In the town. This factory was built nineteen years ago, and employs about twenty hands.
 Mir and Mrs. Ralph French have re- turned to their home in Newport, R | after a weeks visit with his par ents. Mir. and Mrs. George French.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
AttaWaugan

Mir. and Mrs. Paul Mondor have moved here from Pineville.
 Mir. adm Mrs. O Tatrault have been recent visitors in Worcester.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Aubin and son spent the weekend in Woonsocket.
 The missionary society of the M. F. church held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Walter Bruce on last Thursday.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Honor Roll for Noxember

% Co l00gs. Alan Logee. Edward Bentley. Jean Frying, Gordon Coupe, Bcrnice Lambert, Toivo Aho, John Eddy. Raymond Elliott. Gilbert Ami don. George Law Jr. so to 90ee. Ed gar Elliott. Mary Hoenig, Floyd Co.e, Arthur Withey, George Shaw.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Backward African Negroe.

1T Is estimated thai less than 10 per cent 0f the negrnes in Africa is entirely civilized Ths estimated pop ulatlon of Africa Is I4n.00a.OOO.
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Wooden Wnrrv

Don't worry if your job is small and yonr rewards are few Remember that the mighty oak was once q nui like you Boston Transcript
Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12
Nothing

There isn't anything that helps woman keep young like a husband with big salary.-Cineinnati En qulrer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

Wapakoneta, Ohi0.-A dog laundry
is a somewhat new and novel business
but two young boys Of twelve and
pretty little titian-haired girl Of ten
successfully inaugurated such an en-
terprise, and already can look back
on a month of actual operation Of
cleaning dogs and cats at profit.
The partners in what is probably
Ohio's most unique and unusual BUSH
ness, Charles Fleming, Jr., Fenton
Hamilton, and Margaret Hamilton, sat
back in their "office" here and dis
cussed with all the nonchalance Of
seasoned business leaders their occu-
patton.
The firm is known as "Fleming,
Hamilton & Company. specialists in
rejuvenation and renovating the
soiled coats of cats and dogs, mongrel
or pedigreed."
Their place of business is in the
basement of the Hamilton residence,
which is accessible by means Of
flight Of steps leading off the street.
At the head of the steps hangs neat
single with the Inscription DOG
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Indian Census

Misunderstanding Indians may
sound like a simple occupation, but
Miss Rachel Jenss, who has tagged
$4,000 Navahos for their great white
father in Washington, found there was
a trick in it. ' -
She just has completed census of
the chiefs, medicine men, sQuaws, pa
pooses-all the Indians on the Navajo
reservation in northern Arizona, Utah,
Colorado and New Mexico, for the In
dian bureau of the Interior depart
ment. 80
when started" she said, II
walked miles and miles on roads along
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

beauty shop. Prices to fit the pocket
book of any dog or cat, large or small,
big and fat; scrawny or otherwise
daubed in approved advertising fash
ion.
r On the wall, inside the "office, r
hangs another sign, written neatly
and plainly to catch the eye Of the
prospective client. It reads:
Tan dogs washed-20 cents.
Black dogs washed-20 cents.
Spotted dogs washed--25 cents.
Curly-haired dogs washed-20 cents
extra.
Burrs and chewing-gum wads, the
bane of all well-groomed and dapper
doggish "beau brummels," get the spe-
cial attention of the trio Of dog beau
filters, 4g
The pet cleaners assert on their
price lists that dogs and cats COM
mitted to their care will receive kind
treatment, and no soap in their eyes" "
For 10 cents extra the pets win be
called for and delivered.
The company is extremely versatile
in their methods of conducting the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

get a little sugar and salt and tea to-
add to or to season the bill of fare.
allow do you ever manage to bring
up so large a family and to exist on
a place like this?" Bennett asked his
neighbor one day when he looked
over the rocky unfertile hillside.
WALL" his neighbor drawled slow
~, tits mostly in learnin' to do with
out things"
The greatest cause these days of
discontentment and restlessness is
the fact that people have not learned
to do without things. / Travelled
across the continent not long ago
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. and
l saw all sorts and conditions Of
men and excepting when they were
engaged in dirty manual work and
sometimes even then, did not see a
single pair of cotton stockings. Ev-
cry one wears silk stockings these
days, even the poor people have cars
and radios and fur coats, and having
these things are unhappy because
some of the neighbors have even finer
ones than they can themselves at
ford, and they haven't learned TO do
without the things they want.
Mrs. Crane is widow of very slen.
der means who is working hard to
earn enough money to send her young
son to college. Young Crane is not
working so hard as his mother though
he is far better dressed than she is.
He has a little car of his own, and
as soon as the nights in the fall grow
chilly he slips into fur coat.
"How did you happen to buy him
the coat?" | asked the mother.
''Most of the other fellows have
them," she explained, "and John was
unhappy and made me more so un-
til he got one"
He hadn't learned to do without
things.
Ca 1899. Western Newspaper union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

Fort wilkins, Mich.-The unprotect-
ed borders Of the United States and
Canada, an effected example that two
peoples can live in peace, revives the
story of Fort Wilkins, the last army
post on the northern boundary line.
Not since its garrison marched
away shortly after the Civil war have
it's confines echoed to martial tread.
1t now is state park, and tourists
camp beneath its trees, where SEN
tries alert for the war cry of Indian
braves once walked their posts.
Just cannon shot away, across the
water of Lake Superior, is the mag
mary line separating Canada from the
United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

the canyons and--I couldn't find an
Indian! / had white guides.
"Then thought Of getting an In
dian guide, and when l did | found
that previously had been walking
past and over Indians all the time.
The Navajo guides took me down the
canyons and into the recesses Of the
hills, and there we found large groups
whose presence could not even be sus-
pected from the upper trails"
The census was made in the ab-
sence of birth certificates in the tribes.
The Navajo reservation contains vast
stores of undeveloped wealth, and the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Tourists Use "Fort''

virgin timber. Later the buildings
were clapboarded and when the state
took over the post the fort was well
preserved.
Protecting the Enclosure on the north
and east was a stockade of posts, fas-
tened with handmade wooden pegs.
Lake Fanny Hooe provided protec-
ton on the south side, and there
was rapidly flowing stream on the
west.
The post, although somewhat mod
ernized by the summers flow of mo-
florists, remains page out of the past
in the industrialized present of Michi-
gan's copper country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

Indian bureau wanted to establish
rolls of the tribe in order that, when
the question of property rights arose,
there would be no doubt as to the
identity of members of the tribe.
Miss Jenss,p native of Michigan
and a statistician trained at Vassar
college, was in charge of the entire
undertaking. She obtained two names
of each Indian--his native name and
the English one-and the age, sen.
tribe, degree of native blood and FAM
lily relationships. Miss Jenss Is now
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Manila Police Seek to
Arrest Man Dead 9 Years

Manila.-Police received information
that one Pedro Tenorio had violated
city ordinance by throwing waste
water into canal. So delegation
sailed forth to the Tenorio home to
make an arrest. There they learned,
and subsequently confirmed by health
service records, that the accused died
on March Z, 1920.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

ten children occupy shack of four
rooms. and together they manage to
exc out fairly comfortable and con-
tented existence. The little Lodges
of hillside which with unremitting
toll the mountaineer has terraced
and fortified grows little spindling
corn. and toothsome sweet potatoes.
A few lean hogs pick up a living
among the roots and nuts and thin
grass of the uncleared forest. There
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

Never once in the life of the old
fort was a gun fired from its con-
fines in hostility. Fort Wilkins was
established in 1874, temporarily aban-
doned in 1916, reoccupied in 1869 and
finally deserted in 1870.
The post was built at the end Of
Michigans thumb, the Keweenaw
peninsula, as protection to early
copper miners and settlers against In
dian aggression. There, too. lurked in
the minds of officials that the United
States some day might need to defend
its northern frontier.
The first garrisOned troops, who
built the post, hewed the logs from
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

are chickens and dogs, of course. and
a mule or two and a couple of cows
about the barnyard, and patch of
hay land along the creek bottom
Forty acres at best is not much for
twelve people to live upon even when
the soil is fertile, but there is corr
bread and bacon and potatoes and
occasionally a few hogs or a steer
and dozen or two of eggs to carry
down to the village to replenish the
clothing which will wear out, and to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Laundry fdr Pets

business. Certain feats of beautifica-
-tion can be executed "for a consider
ation," according to one, of the nu-
merous signs or price lists decorat-
ing the walls.
Suppose you want the dogs tail
curled, with perhaps little kink here
and there in the hair. The firm will
put permanent wave in the tail or
hair-how permanent has not yet been
demonstrated - guaranteed not to
fade" the sign reads.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
When yOW'
Children Cry
for 1t

Castorfa. is comfort when Baby Is
fretful. No sooner taken than the little
one is at ease. If restless, few drops
soon bring contentment. No harm done.
for Castoria is a baby remedy, meant
for babies. Perfectly safe to give the
youngest infant; you have the doctors
word for that! It is a vegetable pro.
duct and you could use it every day.
But it's in an emergency that Castoria
means most. Some night when consti-
patton must be relieved-or collie pains
or other suffering. Never be without
it; some mothers keep an extra bottle,
unopened, to make sure there will al
ways be Castoria in the house. It is
effective for older children, too; read
the book that comes with it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

northern MISSISSIPPI
pi, and one Of his
agricultural neigh
bors is a native
Mississippian with
a family Of ten
children. r FORTY
acres of the two
hundred and forty
acres of rocks and
pine trees which he
owns are in mea-
ger cultivation. He
and his wife and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Million Year-Old Sloth
on Exhibition at Yale

New Haven, Conn.-What was
termed "the most remarkable fossil
that has ever come to light" has been
placed on exhibition at Yale's Peabody
museum. 1t is Nothrotherium,
type of ground sloth that lived in Ari.
iona 100000 years ago. The sloth
was trapped in pit and even portions
Of its hide, and sinew were preserved
in the accumuations of ages in which
it was buried.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
3,o0o-Horse Power Engine Built

vienna.-A 5000 horsepower rail-
way locomotive, said to be the largest
and most powerful in Europe. has been
built here for use on steep Alpine
grades. Auxiliary engines as pushers
on mountain routes are entirely dis.
pensed with by the new locomotive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Some Are That Dumb

Bordeaux, France.-A man hailed
Jules Durand. taxi driver, and en-
gagged him to go to Bergerac, DO miles
distant. Thinking the "fare" was
aboard, Durand drove to Bergerac.
where he found that the man had
never got into his cab. He's trying
to collect, but it's difficult.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

engaged in making a similar census
of the Papago and Pima tribes in Ari-
iona. She has a staff of white and
English guides working at Indian bu-i
reau centers. One of her headquar-
tiers is the famous old San Xavier mis-
sion near Tucson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Sensitive About Legs

Baltimore, Md.-Mrs. Elizabeth JUS
tice had husband who was sensitive
about his bow legs. Accusing her of
laughing at him, the husband left
home, never to return. She was grant
ed a divorce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Easily Identified

Nashville, Tenn.-A bandit who took
S6,700 in jewelry from two Nashville
homes is described as "a nice-looking
young fellow who is often seen walk
ing on uptown Streets"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19
Learning to Do
Without Things
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois. W.

Bennett, has large tract of land
In the rocky billy timber lands of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

Men who try to live without work
ing never seem to get discouraged.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-19

New Magazine Wants Short Stories and
Poems, by New Writers. Pay good rates.
81, 900 in prizes. Stamp for particulars: Sam
pie Csc. A. D. Freese & Son. Upland, Ind.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-01
Centrifugal pumping ~.

walk. Centrifugal pumping ap-
paratua
Kari q. Karsten. New Haven
Tridimensional chart.
Frederick ]. Lau. ST.. Waterbury
Combination shoe stretcher and tree
Alfred Linderson. Norwich. as
signor to Draper Corp. Hopedale
Mass. Stub catcher for spoilers.
Samuel Mazur. Buffalo. N. T.. as
signor to The Sessions Clock Co..
Forestville. Clock.
David Milne. Ansonia, assignor.
by mesne assignments, to Farrell
Birmingham Co., Inc Roll for cane
mills, crushers and the like.
Paul NJ. Mueller, Hartford. as
signor to Pratt e. Whitney Co, New
York. N. Y. Relieving mechanism
for lathes.
Charles NJ. Pond. Hartford, as
signor to Pratt & Whitney Co.. New
York. N. Y. Cutter-locking means
for milling tools.
George E. Prentice. Berlin. Slider
for separable fasteners
Ralph X. Reynolds. Danbury.
Hat-punching machine and the like.
Henry f. P. Taylor. Seymour. as
signor by mesne assignments, to
Farrell Birmingham Co, Inc, An
sonia. Roll grinder.
John J. Thatcher. Wethersfield,
assignor to Pratt g. Whitney Co.,
New York. n. Y. Work-releasing
device for lathes.
Trade Marks Registered
]. c. Haartz Co. New Haven.
Rain coats.
The Hartford Rubber Works Co.,
Hartford. Wheel tires composed of
rubber and fabric.
McCrum- Howell Co., Norwich. and
New York. N. Y, assignor to Rich
mond Radiator Co., New York, N. Y.
Boilers for heating by steam and
hot water.
Marion F.. Moon. doing business
as The Urogen Co., New London.
Medicine.
Prints Registered
The Chief Two Moon Herb Co..
Inc, Waterbury. Chief Two Moon
Bitter Oil. For medicinal tonic.
The Nathan Margolis Shop Inc.
Hartford. The antiques of the
future. For household furniture.
Trade Mark Applicants
William P. Herman, doing BUSH
ness as Brinatoo Mfg. Co. Bridge
port. Armored-cable connectors and
fittings. etc.