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cordially invited Hiek’lon
e. W. M. Robert. M. Wilcox.
LII: untentimdflm. . '
. intimate Building. South
36 and 4th Tuesday: of
I
-‘ o'clock. All Royal Arch
invited. Chariot I“
1.3m ”are M. Wilcox. Sec.
It vulva Prouid t
15 11 WAN. Red-Frsz‘ldcnl.
it. iiecroiai y
BRETT? reaaurer
Exfiotbtva Committee
13th T. DIHONDN
V18
I. RAYMOND
MATHEWSON
EN 8-H
‘ ' I CEBREBXAN' swnu¥zN
Um NORWALK POST-OFFICE
, NOW ENTITLED TO FIRST-
CLASS RATING.
. That South Norwaik has enjoyed
, her chute of prosperity during the
‘ ‘ past year is reflected in the increased
luminous for the year ending December
31 ill. the local post—office. The in-
‘ creams in the several departments
it. would hardly be possible were it not
“,me the activities of the but-linens oom-
* unity. There Is no doubt about the
a being advanced to the first class
ily i. There are only about four
pupil ilrutclaaa poatoilloes in the
‘tatca. and the prestige of he-
Fownlbe number adds greatly to
‘lou of the service. The
$9091“! ‘ local office for the year
Jusvrh Dim-r :u, were $45,016.55.
ii. "I art, the increath
fig 1:1"? ‘tmtlt‘il'llil iuh,- of slnlnpa for
1" y 3 .72. These re
nice is based upon. The income from
money order bunlneaa is kept separate-
ly. During the year them were loaned
10.011 domestic money orders, for the
. amount of ”6.336.212. The two stations
in East Norwalk iaaurd 050 orders for
83.823; 876 international orders were
island at the main office. for $15,726.90.
Thane amounts. together with the tech
for issuing the orders amount to the
large sum of $93,838.71. In the money
order department at increase of iii.-
hblull iii shown. while this net-nus like
a very large sum of money to be sent
out of the city. the oilloe paid domes-
tic and international order» amounting
to $57,800.84. The registry depart»
ment iiltown a remarkable inmoaue. in
”much at; there wore roglntorod H.201
. planes. as against 4. 000 pieces the pro
Villa Ytyeiir. ‘ .
r’ ther the your hiin been the
lam prosperous in the history of the
Mufti Norwalk poet-office 'i‘he pron
”I auditors are taxed to the utmost
fitting the bony iieanou. and the em-
flow. are kept on the jump moat of
M time. They are looking forward
Mtli‘ pride to the time when they will
b! riled llrntolaiia postal employee.
“illicit they now ate. in it ilraitilaaii
post-ethos.
The people of the City of Norwalk
must that a difference ban itl‘laou
m the oillcerii of the tile depart
talent, so serious in nature that it
lilimttined the l0tlli oi the prehent
”third or engineers. There have been
my expreiuiiona of hope that the
dlfloully may be patched up before
th6‘ forthtximing reopening of the
hearing on the charge: of Chief .lohn
0. little unmet Captain Darrah .l.
Moon. of Hope Home Company. follow‘
mg the breaking of the erauitahaft oi
the automobile tire engine about ten
days ago when it was plowing through
a illowbank. Mont people will he eatin-
‘ _ , iIotI “Non lihoulti it be true he claimed
r-tltdi. there were too many men on the
" apportion at the time, if a little more
' hart! In marched in the'iuture in rat-
piiot to the unit the auto in put to.
.r
W
M
If there hu‘iieo‘n sufficient time. and
the street. coinniliislunor IlliI arrived at
the place in willnh he was pouplgned.
by thematic: or lndiuiant pedestrian.
t hint and. thin morning. lee nu-
lmtlly will be fully at agreeable to
{I pend would have been sitootive
. W
‘ fill" my editorial psngnpli Vl‘lb
molly and what they are tulle
Woma-
‘Ituilhamtiydilaiihs
5
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Few thlmwllltryontn Mill illit-
volition no well as a sitcom nidiwalli.
h it you mad thrown the late inter
y ostiiig event without adoring a hard
* word you are entitled to membariiiitn
in the he-baiidhoroughly-maiitered-hlin-
self clan.
W
Even the Jailbird had something on
1 Mr. Upright Citisen laiit night. it we»
one of those timeii when it was more
fun on the inside looking out than on
the outside looking In.
Wm
Fail to give your body nudiclent
nourishment and prenantly it begins
to waste away. Advertising means to
business what food does to the body.
W...
Can you imagine any deeper grati-
. tndo than the brand you had last nlttht
for the man whose sidewall:- you. found
sanded?
W”
Many of the upright did not stay up-
right innit night and still did not fall
from grace-mum did they fail with
grace.
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Aliyhuiiinena worth conducting iii
worth advertising.
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TABLOID BERMONC.
m
Four Ruins of Life.
Four thinga it man mutit learn to do
if he would make his record true:
To think without confuiiion. clearly;
To love his fellowmen sincerely.
To not from honest motivca purely.
'l‘o trust in God and heaven neruroly.
~~llenry Van Dyke.
WW
A LOOK lNTO YESTERDAY.
There Ia ulwayu interest in overlie
of the III-Itil‘ii'hli‘ll we can remember.
iii-nah your memory and are if you
can recall some of the following hap-
penings of try-gone days. as told in the
tonnes of The Sentinel of the time.
Twenty Years Ago ,Todsy.
”Monday. January ti. lililtli. _
Shortly after noon City Clerk Ed.
rnnnd Iii, (frowc administered the oath
of drum to Mayor Edwin Wilcox and
Councilmen C. F. iiniiock. J. W. Duke.
R. .l, t‘ntMll and li‘. N. F‘erria.
Zelhe 'l‘llbury and company had are
rived in town to produce Romeo and
- Juliet at Mimic Hall.
William E. Ilallock. 35. died that
morning from pneumonia.
The Rev. Archibald Whoatou began
his first year of aervire an pastor of
the South Norwulk itaplint Church.
Sunday,
Mtw ................
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MAKING A NEWSPAPER.
Mon Who milki- newspapers nonle-
ilrnon believed that their proioiiulon in
an rant-ling one, They are wrong.
It in the Nlllllllt‘iil. culling. Making a
lli‘\\'t\‘|lid|lt‘r in an puny trii‘k. Any-
body can do it.
A lawyer With only a diploma and
a lll'lliil aim. who would loan a null
oven if the other side was ready to
confess Judgment will tell you how to
run it newapaper. A phyiilt-inn who
would send lllll patient to the morgue
before the preacrlption has been filled
will know all the line points of malt
log a newspaper. An actor who
never t‘ill‘lli‘tl any other plaiitllt than
a soft toumto will give inntrucllonii in
handling the world'ii uuwn. An old
lady who known enough to get off a
street rur backward hail punitive opiu-
ions of tho pronu. ldvon a aoclety per-
iion who never paid anything but a rail
or made anything but a visit or did
anything but it tailor known how inn
old i one men are who write "liter-ion,“
odit ‘tropyj’ wrestle with "hendn“rthat
won't fit and get the papeis. out on
time. i
()no reason for tho iiulvoriinlity oi
perfection in thin trade, among those
who do not Work at it. in that. every
body hail been employed lll it. it III
a moat tinunual thing to meet a man
who, when the oeeuiiion enema ripe.
will not any “I tilled to be a nowapn
per man myself." ldvory time a illAil
workii his country editor (or a puff on
the iitrength of it big pumpkin he
writes it "piece" for the Beacon Conn
ty Clarion about a “most enjoyable eu-
tartainment" he completed hla post
graduate course in newspaper work
and when be when a communication
oil both sides of the paper to the editor
he becouieii a thirtydhird degree mem
her or the Tribeoi Scribe.
That so many men have shanduned
literature for the law. medicine and
other'essy walk; oi life simply allow:
that many men would rather fall in
one thing thdn another. ~Wsehin|lton
liter.
RIGHT To Till POINT.
The rural iron mail delivery lull ir
Newmt-dhutotiiltnasnownhm
alwlthhhtoeidinthemot
allow driftszoi-winli Bulletin.
llama in tbs New Have Iii-pitsl
.Inntlhdksthcir “rain.” “‘00:”!
1"
Thanhdsawntinudnbatm-
“you-cut" may yet to the
mommy and other place- of
businew—Nmicli Bulletin.
«0-—
Pcrhnps the funniest thing about I
modern municipal campaign in the
night of caudldntu promining their
ccnntituentl that if elected they will
not be dishoiicsL—Bmtoii Globe.
-O-
St. Louie surgeons are trying to
cure I kleptomiinlac by operating on
his akull. Will it grind the pride of
the doctors to know that militiamen
originated that treatmentin-Detroit
li‘roc Preau.
~9—
I may be that Dr. Cook did not puiih
forward to the north pole. but he at
iennt wont an for an could reasonably
be expected upon his return—«Provi-
dence Tribune.
A Boston Man ban uncovered the
cause of the aurora borcalia. Next.
thing will be a New York man cor-
nering it and a New Jersey charter
being issued for lt.--Bnltlmoro News.
‘ --O--«~
POLITICAL IOHOES.
It in reported that. “.onltroaainun
.liilitillll Ithinock of the Sixth Kentucky
diatrict will quit petition at the end of
his preheat term lll order to devote his
entire attention to lllh extensive thea-
trical interests.
n...
The ninth of Maine may purchnai- the
old James (I. illnine iuanaion in Au-
gusta to he need an a rciiidence for
the governor during the anuioua of
the legislature. The old place in one
of the hiiitorlc Iandmurka oi the Militia
capital.
m._.....w....._.w
The insurgents in (Vongroiiii. in con-
niiiorinlt E. J. Hill for tho iipeiikerahlp.
undoubtedly bear in mind that Mr. illll
diapitiyrd hin lack of fear oi that grin
zlod veteran, l‘ncie .loe t‘nnuon. by
shaking an angry flat in his face; and
did that, too. before ITnclo Joe had
been called no many hard names Int
have been handed to him during the
past few nionlhii.
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THE WORLD OF LABOR.
A movement baa been utarird in St,
Paul. Minn. for the formation of a pipe
trades council.
~0—
l-liiort lime notlron have been pointed
in the locomotive works at Norwich,
England. where 5,000 men am employ-
Ml.
~O—-
For the [Wiltyvlll‘ period ending June
till. the international Annotation of
hiarliiiilnia paid virlko liriii-tiinalnoilnt
ing to “imitation
m... ,
A deadlock hnii occurred Iii the
Heath Derhynhirc, Inglnnd. pottery
trade regard to the rcvincd scale of
l)l|)lllt‘lll5 to the «unitary preiinerii.
_-....
It moat aerioua ulrike of gnu worker-a
Ill liaiy took place recently. The gun
men'n federation mlvt‘ the digital and
the men atruck at Milan, Marlena and
(touch.
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Plflllf lllll' ill lllllllll
ll lllll fllllt
(Continued from FII‘II Page)
up“.-.
By 8 o'rlix-k it wait it. Ritl’lllllli‘ winery
to have to walk. for it was next in
iiulnikiilblo for people to keep to their
feet. .iuiil about this time the high-
way i-mulniniiionora could IIIIVI‘ liminm
the moat popular men in town if they
had only haul some men out with wood.
Well. they didn't, and, rolliiotliii-ntly
they came in for anathema of it more
or loan variegated typo. depending. of
course. on who offered ll.
Last night walking wan aurb u niip
ptiry proposition that llill'llilli lllilli‘i
look It really lil‘l‘lllllll propoaition in
venturing forth. ii‘alhi there Worn in
great liuuiborii. The middle of tilt-
titreet proved to be the bent plum: to
walk, but even then it required" ex
treine caution ind iiltili to keep up-
right. The Jim and the unjust were
on a piir. though the uniuut. who were
in Jail. bidl a allude on tho juat. who
were out.
Hsvoe With Trolleys.
The aieot played hsvoe with the
trolley wires. but the t'iil‘it did very
well. connidorilig the i-oniiitiona. ’i‘uo
traeka Were handed in good auntie and
the ears were naturally In more than
usual demand. In order to have the
‘ineii all open, thlii morning. several
tiara were kept running all night. A:
l remit of thin painful work and a
light warming up of the storm over
tight. the ears were only a few mire
lleii isle on their ill-at tripe.
Thin mowing. the and car. in tunic
'ng the trip from Weapon. went oil
in track at Nun‘s corner. Iii Went.
on. and going to or coin-
ihg twill Bridgeport had to in mm-
m ht thin point. The cinema!
Wham. My m tight «in
«genuinely-us the m
ed type of blow. Althea: 8W.
proprietor of the lute Ilotnl. tulle-silt
lain attest. was painfully inland thin
morning. Hr. Steam slipped on the
ion in front of hip rim of businoiis
and sustained I out over one eye. Dr.
wound. II. F. Ready wait also more
fall this morning. Most people who
attempted to travel last night had one
or more falls in attempting to anvi-
gato the icy highways.
Today condition- grsduaily improv~
ed. though there was every indication
that. the rain would continue.
Thought HI Had Proctor-ed Ikuli.
uue. Nor-walk. had the miafortune to
clip on the ice in front of Harrie
Biiilth‘n bakery about 8 o’clock int ev-
‘cfllux and sustained a severe tail.
Joyce landed on his head squarely and
at first it wan thought that he had
fractured hlil shall. He was taken to
the oii'ice of Dr. A. ll. Baldwin where
it wan found that he had cut his head
badly. TWO ntltchea were taken to
clone the wound. Despite the untreat-
ion or the phyaioiana, Joyce was
“game" and wont to work in the Pulp
8; Paper plant this morning.
The injured man has been peculhn
l_v unfortunate lit the last few montha.
(July it little while ago. he wait caught
in a machine at the paper factory and
had his arm badly torn. Previouii to
that he had anulalned an accident that
laid him up for some time.
School Teacher Fslle.
Mina Mai Bmith, one of the popular
l’flllllll lady‘lfili‘llt‘tl‘l at the Franklin
school. alipped and fell on the. ion in
front of the notion] today and will Be-
vorely shaken up, though not severely
injured. an wan lit flrut feared. Mina
smith with taken to her home in llny‘
view art-nae in it carriage and onpocta
to rename her school duties tomorrow
an usual.
Minn Sinitli'a many friends were
plunked in WWII that a report that line
had sustained a broken limb wait un~
true.
Getting
Backgto
Coffee
Every now and tho» a certain
of fjinllion
from the beaten path and take it
proportion depart
try at home Itiliuiltuto for not
for. only to return to the old
beverage with more gnaio than
over. Thtint‘ who one our Morin
and Java "hr (‘oit‘ci- never think
of trying aubatliuten-wthry srr
nailstlod. and YOU will he. .lilll)
Illt‘ t‘tllldlilllll) umwiug army of
contented intern.
m
The Union Pacific
Tea 00.,
120 WAIHINOTON ITRIIT
PHONE 302-8
iii lllllllll 3 run
WW»..-- _
IF IT'! A ‘ORIII AFFAIR. THE
HANAN
PATENT COLT IUTTON FOR MIN
WILL JUOT SUIT THI OCCAOION
$6.00 a Pair
rovfluv occasion. THI
RAL§RTON
ELITE
WILL illiovs a .tarieivacronv
WWAII
$8.50 undid-00
tumor so I rail-it at iii. «scant-tr
R. In. Purdue wan called to drone that
than ordinarily broiled by a uvaro .
Benjamin Joyce, of Franklin “Vii-l
We are always bony—if we are not selling we are preparing or getting ready to sell. The work
of inventory is now uppermost. This is no easy task; it means a lot of labor. To lea-
son as much as possible this work and worry. we are doing a little clearing out.
Tomorrow’s Offerings Mean a
Big Loss to Us
But we find it the only practical way. If you can find time to come here tomorrow. at any
time between the hours of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m., you'll not regret the visit.
Dress Goods
2.5m) ynrila of Wool Drona Goods.
all kinda, lengths from 1 yard to
o .WN‘tltl. Thin in part of the hat.
nut-e of our big ueanon‘a selling.
Ainioai every color is represented.
THESE WILL BE BOLD TOMOR-
ROW AT '2'. THE REGU-
LAR VALUE.
Night Shirts
hlon'il and litiyn' Outing Flannel
Night Shirts. ailea front it! to it
spark, and from it to 19 collar
band iii-suinr Stir quality.
TOMORROW. 39:.
m
Boys’ Sweaters
lloyi.‘ (troy swolltork. with Nd
and blue lmidora. aims from 25 to
St inrlwa; regular Illa value.
TOMORROW, 29¢.
Cocoa Door Mats
lanai t‘oeoo hintn. regularly mud
ill Silt:
TOMORROW. 36c.
Lace Curtains
200 Single lfit‘l‘ ('urluinii. pretty
doalgnn, made to sell at The. slop
and 82.00; to rice.- out entire block.
TOMORROW. AT 39: EACH.
NOTICE
Cedar St. Valley St. and Stuart Ave.
Sewer Asuuments.
Notice I» hereby given that a hearing
will take place in tho t'ity t‘ounril
t‘hnuber roomi- on liavilund urn-at,
on Monday. February 7. lilltl, at it p.
iii.. no the following proposed newer
annoflniolitk:
Whenever llill. Sarah E. liol;
don ...................... I Illldl'i‘
i-Iiiiiabeth Meeker ........... little
35.43
39.5“
$71.05
57.59
47.20
39.34
“MINI
71 .30
70.33
5937
59.79
Margaret NM‘t'lil ...........
liobeocs ’1‘. Mathewa ........
Between 1‘. Mathew: ........
liennia Iiorsn. Kain Hot-an.
Elisabeth lrriand ...........
llyront Mead ..............
lohn llrincoll ...............
lilst. lumen J. l'ilworii .......
itoae Knitting ...... . ........
l‘airirk iturkloy
Katherine tloldeu ..... ..
............
'l‘tllill .................... ”.2123.”
South Norwniit. (kiiiii.. Jun. 0th. iillli.
Attenl:
JOHN J. (lthlth.
J0 at titty Clerk.
nini’c W‘BH oii‘ANTsn.
Signs Plsnen lids Anthony Welt Ap-
pointed aimdlan by Probate Court.
BRlimnPOIl/l‘. Jan. «.mdnthony
Wolf. of dill connectieut avenue. prehi-
iient of ihetrolieyinnu‘ii union, was
made the legal guardian of 17~yeawld
illgne Pieruoii by Judge Edward P.
Nobiia in the probate court today. titan
Pierson iii the daughter ofg For Olean-
der Pier-nun oi lii'l Holilster avenue.
who wan autonood to 1 year in priiion
for assault upon his daughter. The
mother of the girl iii living but accord-
ing to the girl and other witnalm bu
not taken the cm at her daughter
that alter should. hire iii al'md to
have nteod by and whom our line
Mercedzed
Waiétings
1.200 yards of Engliuh Mercuria-
ed White Waiktinga, lengths from
3 to ill yarda: regularly 25c yard.
Toucanow. war HALF PRICE.
12y” vane.
Corset Covers
25 dozen Women‘s Flue Quality
Muslin Cori-tot Covers. embroidered
and lace trimmed; regular price
250.
TOMORROW. 19c.
Children’s Sweaters
Children's Sort-atom. in all not
era, some have colored borders; our
regular “.25 value.
TOMORROW. 79c.
Handkerchiefs
2.“. dozen Ladies‘ Handkerchiefs.
with white and colored lwmlera.
also plain white initial Iiandker.
chiefs. Excellent value at hr
each.
TOMORROW. 3c.
Woolen Gloves
Children's and Womenn' \‘l’ooien
Golf tlloveis, in broken lines. near-
ly all also: In black. grey and
white. Regular 25a and 39c values.
TOMORROW. 15c PAI R.
Select Groceries
Stamp Offers
70 STAMPS WITH 1 LB VERV
Percale
1.000 yards of Percale. best
quality. in lengths from 3 to if»
yards. These are the very best
made and are cheap at the. There
in a splendid variety. light and
dark.
PRICE FOR TQMORROW, 993a
YARD.
Cambric Edgings
3,000 yards of Cambrlc li‘idglnga,
from 2% to 7 inches wide. These
are part of a lot that ought to coat
almost double the price. We bought
them at a big saving; they are
worth from 5 to 12l§c a yard.
TQMORROW'S PRICES. 3c 306.51:
Sold in Strips Only.
Notions
VELVET GRIP HOSE SUP~
POR'I‘ERS. all since. black or
white. tor women, misses and
children: regular the. We and
209. values. Tomorrow. . . Jill/go
il-TNITINE WARREN (PROS
(iltAiN SILK WAlS'l‘ BONE.
black and white; regularly
106 yard. Tomorrow ..... 9: yard
“ATLAS HOOKS AND EYES.
black and allvered. all since;
made by the Dawn: H. & l.
('o.; regularly to card of 2
down. Tomorrow.......3c card
l.\'(‘H HAIR ROLLS, all
shades of tumor. blonde and
black. Worth 39c and 500. To.
marrow .................... 21c
2 I
A. F. Beckinann & Co.
00 STAMP. WITH 1 LI. SPECIAL TEA ............. .....
80 ITAMPC WITH 1 LB. CHOICE TEA .........................
35 ITAMPO WITH 1 LI. NO. 1 PLANTATION COFFEE ..... ...
30 BTAMPO WITH 1 LB. NO. 2 PLANTATION COFFEE
25 ITAMPC WITH 1 LI..COFFII .
20 CTAMPI WITH 1 LI. COFFEE .............................
Wines and Liquors
for This Week
BEG TTEA ..............
§§§§
. ..... ..32ti
30¢
26¢
.............. n......--..t.¢
l0 Stamps Fred W
it lb. Pure illitck Pepper. . . . . .100
i pkg, Monarch Corn Starch. . .100 i lnr Crown Astor Jain ....... 170
1 pkg. Nivara Rico ii‘ood. . . . ...ch l bottle (lold flock Ammonia. .iOc
l pkg. (toolt'n Millie Rlci- ..... the 8‘ lb. Pure Ground Mubtaril...l00
id lb. Pure Ground (linger ..... 10°
itii Any of Eollowing
l in. heat (locoamit Mucuroouaddo
It lb. Ground Allapice ........'ilte
Visit our Premium Department and see the Pretty and Useful
Articles Given Free with our Pink amount dumps.
83 and 85 Washington St.
own volition. 4
Hss Good Reputstlen.
The girl iii employed in the Union
Metallic Cartridge company plant and
line
made no apooldc charge against llll‘
ai-
Pieriidn
when there was any trouble and sided
other children.
hail an excellent reputation
mother except that the mother
wayii took the part of Mr.
againut'her and the
in fact thin no the went thing that
who ssitl W“! the mother at the
hearing yesterday. liar stator. ms. 1’.
J. ilrickloii. acid that lira Moreen
wan not a kinking woman but that
Mammalian-nothing uni-st
”WMMMWI‘”
application to the probate court of her
Phone 440.
South Norwnlk
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe at one uh...
lived in the name house with the Pierr-
iionii and hire. Wolfe said «he had wit.-
neinied actions on the part oi Mr.
Pierson towards his daughter which
ware not preper. She alto Iald that.
the girl had come to the Wolfe home.
since they had moved from the home
in which the Plernons lived. at late
hours of the night and naked to be
let in. At one time . the girl was
much excited and her clothing had
been torn. Bite had lied from the
boron.
HoMn«"I plume in shilliniui‘
«and unnamm.mmy
were all up on leader 3‘ Johanna»
w loom lug m We
dull. i m “lie: my «iii-
Norwalk Chronicler