Useful and Ornamental
BUGS
“f“SMYRNA RUGS~18 x 36 to 36 x 72. .. «i- -
AXMINSTER BUGS-«18 x 35 to 9 feet by u feet.
WOOL FIBRE RUGS—g feet by 12 feet.
. L00 CABIN RUGS——18 x 35 t0 9 feet by 12 feet.
CREX RUGS—ISE x 36 t0 9 feet by 12 feet.
FANCYGOODS—Ali kinds.
A. Dickerman 81 Son
£4 WASHINGTON ST. TELEPHONE 446
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WOmen’S ManniSh Silk
Shirts '
Here’ 9 gr:at luck—just in time for Christ-
mas. We jii it received a splendid lot of stun-
‘ Mandi lh Silk Waists, soft messaline fin-
inch, soft det ichable colla‘r and soft cuffs; side
pocket and pearl buttons; yoke back. comes
in white, porgee, navy and black. Neatly
‘ packed in h 311)! box. Regular price $3. 50.
E HOLIDAY SPECIAL, $2.98
{This would make a particularly effective gift
h RYAN co.
SOUTH NORWALK
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eeiiori rnoow 8—3.1 \eE
timele-
as worn by women of fashion in locket style are a source of
Ipleasure and profit. Ours have all the necessities of modish
design and time-keeping qualities as well.
Plain 14k Gold, $25.00 to $50.00.
Enameled or with Diamonds, $50.00 to $500.00.
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G. W Fairchild & Sons
INCORPORATED
“AT THE SIGN OF THE CHIMEB”
997 Main so, eor. P. 0. Arcade, BRiDGEPQRT
Manufacturers. importers, Retailers
Jewelers & Opticians
_’ Established 1865.
.... 38c
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5 pounds GRANULATED SUGAR .....".'.. ....... .. ....... $1.00
10 pound bags PURE BUCKWHEAT for. . ...........35¢
': EETREYE A POUND OF AMBROST COFFEEE—Once Used Always Used.
‘ The Great A81P Tea Company
1M WABHINGTON OT» SOUTH NORWALK. E
Effo. .909. DellVorlu 8:30 I. m. and 2:30 p. m._ FREEDELIVERY.
the ‘soil 0r- under water.
. l. 'l‘hese microscopic impurities play
ome interesting experiments have the part of bacteria and microbes in
fieu made with ancient medals, vaseRE living bodies} In other words, thei
‘ , of lead. that are gradually dlsln- lead is "sick. " and unless the noxious
sting in the museum of Ginny. matter can be removed. will inevit-
list a certain number of years mbly perish. Curiously enough it is
MINERAL «7“Micnoaas." .
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bought, lies in the presence of mid-' parted to a fresh mass of lead, it is
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mated at about $16,250. Front a box
drop rub a;
“M EM Getawiflfl. 4 .
Eip sine.
‘ fire that Now Wfk has had since the
. Overloohwilelieo Military Academy
was partly biirued over a year ago
was .thai of worm afternoim. The
L; Frankfeldt £03 ' cap factory of
9 Camp street was completely destroy-
ed the building- and the contents like
wise entailing a total loss, estimated
at about $15,000.. '
The origin of the fire is gtill in doubt
and the exact location of the starting
point is not clear in the mind of any
- one, so quickly did the flames spread
to all parts of the frame building. Elec-
' irician Arthur H. Chittlm, of Miller as
. Chlitim, and Mrs. Mary
:13. Fairinau
were among the first to see the flames
and they say that the fire started near
the stock room It the southeast cor.
nor of the building.
However, whcn‘ihe firemen arrived
on the scene the flames ii'erc bursiing
E from the other side of the wide build-
ing, having made a livini.r furnuce'oi'
the interior of the moiety in the few
minutes it look them to respond to ilie
call.
Mr. Cliiiilm was passing the premis-
es and ran to the home of Leonard F.
Pollard, 5 Camp street, and reported
the fire i0 that gentleman. Mr. Pollard
went to the telephone immediately
and called the electric light station.
Some one in Mrs. Fairinan's house
called the fire house and between the
two the alarm from Box 42 was turned
in. all the department responding.
The smoke could be seen in the
center of the town and as it was about
1 o “clock large mwa gathered. spread-
ing itself over the adjoining lawns,
many soi’ng up Mnlii street and others
up Camp street. The li‘rsnlifeidt foe
fury was situated directly in thereof
of l. Hall‘s barn in Main street and
Mrs. Fab-man is home in Camp street.
occupying quite a space in the inter
vciiing acreage.
To the credit of ihe Nth-walk lire
men it may he said that they did as
well if not better than an? oil: coin
puny in the state could have done with
the same equipment. Under the direc-
' tion of Chief C. lrvlng Bylngton. who
was in the thick of the fray from start
to finish. the men worked like Trojans
and not only did they save the ham 0:
_. ii. Hall on the west but the been 0
Mrs. Emma L. Mspother. of 1 Camp
street, on the south. Both barns si
most touched the burning structure
and yet they sustained no more than
a reprinting
in talking with Jacob Frankfeldt.
one of the three brothers, a Sentinel
reporter discovered that he was the
last one to leave the building. "I had
not been gone from the office ten min-
Eutes when l was told that the place
was all sure. i have no idea how the
fire could have started." He was nah
ed regarding the insurance and he re-
Eplied that there was more stock in
the building than was covered by in
sinniicc. it was later said that there
Ewes $12 000 worth of stock in the
iatoreioom, while the insurance on the
istock and contents amounts to but
E33000.
Mr. Frankieldi said that the factory
had been shut down for the day, but
that he. had remained to finish up a
little. extra work in the oilice. lie had
then gone out, locking the office door
and if ihe fire had started than he
did not notice it.
'At one time .during the fire Chief
Bylnstomwas asked by one of the
Frankfeldt brothers to direct his at-
tention to the once with thewater.
for lie was not certain whether the
safe deal had been closed or not. The
ing as soon as they possibly could and
found the door shut. They did not in
vestlgate to see if the door was locked,
but turned the handle to secure the
door In case it was not locked.
and rolled the safe out oi the build
in.
Mr. Frankfcldt told a reporter that
he had left it number of valuable pn
pers outside the safe in the desk and
that these had probably gone up in
smoke ‘There is littla'doubt of th,
for the office was the scene of a fiery
furnace at one time.
pared in many ways. The names were
of matches to s md~medttsotorp§be
The Flat-test and most spectacular V
firemen entered this part of the build».
The warh of the firemen was ham-E
so well started when they reached thej
STAMFORD
It might seem that to a person
not in the business the picture of
the furnace would mean more if
it showed the furnace as it looks
when set up in the collar, with
But
with the casings on, most fur-
tlic galvanized casings on.
micro look very much like all
others; and the Stamford is not
like others. It has a form of con-
sirucliou of its own-4nd this is
one reason why it is superior to
others.
FOR SALE BY
Horace R. Nash
Corner North Main and ”West some.
worked on the sums line of compels!)
and together these streams did a great
deal of effectual work '
It is estimated that over l.000 feet
of hose, Was laid, four lines being
stretched from the Camp street" six-
inch main and two lines from Main
street's fen~iiicli main. The two
stretched in Main street held up the
trolley cars and passengers to and
from Winnipauk were transferred
around the lines of hose for about on
. urday'nfiernoon and were costly for
"the sixteensroom boarding house con-
”muted way up in assume out
their business dealings in town have
always been up to the standard.
one firm is dampened of‘threemoom
are and the “then.” The faihdi‘is .
Fr‘snlifeidt and the 'hns are Harmony
Jacob and Michael While!”
three brothers .are the eniyl‘ienes in
Norwallr and have“ conducted the fa:-
way since coming here.
was insured under the following horn
panics, f0i a total a little less than
36.000: Royal Insui-niic‘e Company.
Liverpool insurance Company, Not th
western and National Insurance Com-
pany and the Sven insurance Com.
puny. of Sweden. These companies are
all represented by Ageiii'st. John Mer
rill. .
The contents of the building, includ-
ing the stock, was insured through
Raymond and Pollard forsfwoo.
ed either this afternoon or tomorrow
to look over the building.
A’Chlmney Fire.
. At .0 o'clock Saturday morning, liriiv
er Hugh Cook, of the Pioneer Hook
and Ladder Company, was approach-
ed by Master Bobbie Montgomery,
aged seven years. “Como quick, our
house is on the." said the lad. Mr.
Cook liastili grabbed an extinguisher
and followed the little W0” ,fo h
Ifatlier's apartments maritrower &
llnlono‘s feed store. Here he found ii
merry little blaze in the chimney and
with the extinguisher he .put the fire
Eout unassisted. The damage was
slight.
Booming House Blaze.
The firemen bad Just niccli changed
their wet clothing after being recalled
to the factory fire in Camp street, Sat
the evening meal, when Box 32 at the
corner of West IVEIIJQ and ‘Mcrwin
street came in. Tired. cold and in
some cases exhausted. the firemen
turned out again,
The fire was in the Morison long
biillding,.eo-called. and was in the
rooms of a boarder named Andrews in
ducted by Mrs. Fred Austin. The room
was the attic room on life southwest
corner and the flames were confined
to this room entirely. The loss is on
tlmsted at about $200.
The smoke filled the house and hin-
hour and a half
'l‘hei‘e were about fifteen machine up“
orator: at wash in the establishment
and some of these girls lost
sweaters and other articles of cloth- i
log. it was reported at the time thalE
several had left their week‘s pay on;
their machines 19th Iconnrmtion of
this report could not be cached.
'lhe the roof on the building whim
caught enrly, fanned by ifs scholarly
breeze. sent flames to a be slit of ihir
of Hope “081' Company. who was light
Elna the are must energetically. Inal
itained burns about his face which;
Ecauaed him to leave his boss line and;
assist the fire police for the rest of
the time.
Chief (‘. ll‘llllK Byinison in one of
his hurried trips around, slipped and
Efoil on his tight wrist, straining
ilt severely and causing
lpun. He remained at the head of the‘
' department until all was declared over
gineerelect, who will take oillcc on;
January lat. was present and working;
vigoiously all through. Others who doE
serve special mention for their work:
are First Assistant Joseph Kanencq
nus, Harry Gahlii, James H Berna;
Richard F Moore Jerry Tyrell. Jere-El
miah Dome-y, William Hyatt. D. Hart
Weeks. William Wood, Joseph J 00-;
hill and Charles H. Bilesurd.
After the fire was under control iii
gang of men started in with the grap- i
pllng hook and pulled down the pieces
of framework left standing, thus giving
the firemen better access to the still
burning psi-ts. Two lines of hose were
taken into the heart of the structure.
than and the others played brain the
outside.
Thomas Logic. of the Housatonic
PoWer Company. who was present in
the interests of that company and;
who. with Arthur Benton. of the some
concern. went searching for the ins-
ters, were slightly injured. Mr. Logic
sustained a cut on his right thumb
and Mr. Benton a painful burn on his
left hand.
When the men were pulling down
i
tEmmanuel of the firemen. when some of
i the room
i
ty feel lit times. Thomas J. ‘yDorne )E
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great;
George B. Montgomery. the chief on;‘
First Assistanbelect William is. Ranch ,i‘m" New ‘0’“ F- ““3"” ”I‘m"
Second Assistant-elect ilohn '1‘. Menu E‘" R“ Mspelston. Sufiield 0"?
‘moud S. S Janis. city; if Iiampson.
, fire in the immediate vicinity.
place that the“ erection of ladders the remains a tall brick chimney wasi
against it was foolhardy and a feat not one of the objects of their attack. .ler«l
attempted. Piaotlc‘sily the only hope ry Tyrell. who had put the hook on the
was to hold the‘iirs down and confine chimney did not sense the distance
it to the main building and this the corectly and when the chimney fell
fire laddles did well Windows were he would have been injured but for an
broken down and at each in turn a line wile leap back (I. .
of hose directerubanossle toward the In August. 19 the b. Franhfeidt a
.. Sons, manufact rers of advertising
As soon as there was a small space and siiop caps. came to Norwalli and
cleared a hose would he c‘arnied into secured the building in Camp stresi.
the building and the firs ifoiight fromy'f‘he structrre was owned by Robert
I
tits quantities of saline matter, with attached and eventually falls to pieces its aggi‘eulveness. , A .
high the objects have become iinE' like the objects in the museum otl DarrahJ. Moore with snotheriineof most reputable one; For years the
[hose and piano of eeser assistants havei Operated a factory i’ N ‘
inside. Thomas Harrison and James Meyer. of Philadelphia. Since that
began with sovisrcl others of the Rope time there have been no dull times to
Rose Gompsuy were the first to get a; speak of at the factory and this pres-
line inside the building. Their work out season the factory was as busy as
fire becsuse of its successful and m months it has been, located here. E, I.
l The company is understood to 'be a1
if!
tiered greatly the efforts of the fire
union The chemical hose from the Hope
Hose truck was started upstairs hr
the women in the house objected. fear
in: the on: not would be spoiled. Their
objections. however, were soon mei-
looms and the firemen went upstairs to
it was impossibleI to see ii thing. so
thick was the smoke on the top fioo
l-Iowctcr, it was finally found that the
fire was in the clothing of Andi-en's
lie lost everything that he did not
have on at the time. Despite the un-
lfstorsble conditions and the fact that
sewarsl firemen were neariv overcome
by the smoke. the fire was at length
extinguished
The Fourth Flt-e.
The other ilro one the one recount-
ed in Satiirdas’ s paper which occiiried
‘in Brewer & Malonc‘s store at 7 e. in.
when u rat kicked over a box of match
es.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Mohackcmo Hotel, Doc. if. 1911.»-
‘.J R. Baldwin, Sonthflcld. Moss; Miss
I'2. Rnlston Gardner. Mass... lifts H.
Ray ston. Boston. Mesa: W. W Wit-
F.
'Ll Lowndes. Greenport, 1.. l.; J. B.
Bow-cit, Norwich Ct; W. F. Grant
and wife, New Haven; 1.. R. Hiirihutt.
Wilton; L Mints, Newark N. J.; Sam.-
uel Greenstein. Bridgeport; .l. W. But.
ifom. Chicago, "L: J. M. Layton,- M.
Mathewson. F. D ”you, (i '1‘. Di-
Dnnhury. 0t.
CUT LITTLE FINGER OFF.
Henry Guerln. a. baker in the em-
ploy of C. DeKlyn & Son. in Main
street. caught the little finger on his I
left hand in a bread mixer yesterday, ,
the machine cutting the end of it for
about an inch completely off the rest
of the digit. The injury was most
painful, and Mr. Giiorin suffered ”ex-
cruclatlngly. Dr. E William J Tracey
was called and he took the man to the .
hospital where the injury was dressed.
The pain has been greatly reduced. E.
" munnos GETSJIXTY DAYS.
“Mr" Moses Mortimer Monroe.
charged with indecent exposure, whose
case has from fire for several "weeks.
came before Judge Edward M. Loch~
wood this morning in the Norwalk
town court and pleaded guilty. Judge
Lockwood found the prisoner as he
pleaded and sentenced him to 60 days
In Bridgepohf-tiiill. Mon. 00 has been
out under bonds of $100 for several
weeks. l-f'e was token to Bridgeport
by Sppclai Officer Richard F. Monte
on the 1: 30 car this sfterhooii ‘
. eitmtabllthmflously ‘They .
-El‘he building, which is a total 1.9”“ .
The insurance adjusters are expect-
Uhr E ill libel! 0111111an
21¢th 1352’. i
All Ready for the Christmas Week
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The Eétore will be open eveniiIgs until Christmas.
TheaNavajo Blankets
They arrived just in time for l-Ioliilay buying. and
many a person in search of the rare anti unusual will lie
glad of the chance to get a genuine llfillfi-lVUVCIl Imiiun
Blanket.
The large Blankets iiizikc admirable Rugs or Poi--
tiercs, while the smaller ones, the single and double sum
(llc l‘iluiikics, will do for bath mats, hangings. or iii iiiiy
place where a small rug is rquircd. The designs niiil‘cuh
orings arc in typical liidiaii Si)’lc,.tlc€}l indigo, blue and Ni-
iiiacli red, in the famous and ciiuractcric Navajo cnililciiis.
L‘zii'pci Sini'c. lll'rl lluwi'.
“Lite-Wate” Card Tables
A Christmas Special in a hunt coiivciiiciii Card Table.
In the homes where Bridge and other card games are cii-
ji‘iycil Such a table is a necessity. and (luringr the long CVL’v
iiiiigs to come it will be in p i‘ctty steady use. Next sum- _
mei‘ it will give just as good, service on the veranda.
With a 30-inch top in fcli or imitation lefiilicr,
\\ ortli regularly $4.00
$2.19 for Christmas
furniture Siorc, fourth floor.
Bed Sets for a Dainty Bedroom
For a Dainty Bedroom.
0f Muslin, Lace or Scri n. No more attractive dross-c
iiig fora bed could be made, and any one ui' ihcm would
makc an acceptable gift. E
Plain White Muslin, $3.50, $5.00 and $6.00.
White Muslin with colored borders, $3.75.
Scrim, E. $6.00.
”Lace, $5.00. $6.00, $6.50 and $7.50.
Upholstery Store, third floor.
At the Dennison Soction. Ilcsiilcs ilii- cliccri'iil look—
ing wrappiiigs for gifts. tlic Seals. 'i‘ags and Cards. there
are a number of useful gift articles:
('liliiy Racks
jewclry Cascs
jewelry Cleaning Outfits.
Garlands for l“t.‘Sli)t)llS.
In the Buscmciit.
Ellis i3. fill iiirab dinmpung.
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‘ Cord Boxes
Handy Boxes
Passe Parlour Outfits
llclls for decorating
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The Gibson 100 Cigar
The Old Well Cigar Company
NOW ON SALE WEITH THE FOLLOWING DEALERS:
scum NORWALK MAHACKEMO HOTEL
AUGUST 0. MORELLI. .i.
BAXTER: F. H. - NOVAK. s. ,
BRIGGERMAN. w. A. PLAiern. a. H.
CANEVA‘RI, 0. SCHAUB. CARL
‘OASTELLANO a BARDlNl SCHMIDT. ADAM
CLIFFORD PH RMACEY ' SILLIMAN, E. H.
CLIFFORD HOTEL STILLSON-POWELL CO.
COLEMAN, F. B. ' WHELPLEY d. CLARK
" CUNEO a WiGMORE. W. Fr, a CO.
E DIBEBA, LEONARD . NORWALK
DREVFOSS. A. w. - BAUR. w.‘c .
EAGLE Horsi. . GLENDENING, H., a co.
GERMAN‘IA HOTEL HAYES. J. 1-.
GHIOTTO G CO.
HAFNBR'S EAST SIDE CIGAR
HOLMES, KEELER G. SEL-
LECK 00.. THE
STORES MACE BROS.
KABTEANT03.K. MORELLI a. CARBONE
LAYDEN, MR8. J. SACHS, H.
SKELLY d. HOWARD
STARR. FRANK R.
VWEED, E. P.
LEARY, A. 5 CO.
MAGNER A FLYNN
MAGNER A TEEROY
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SPECIAL
16 lbs Granulated Sugar $1
2 lbs. Prunes for ...............25e|Mlxed' Nuts. 2 lbs. for ...‘........250
Seeded Raisins. pkg. . . . . .. . . . .. .100 Apples. per.peck.'. . . . .250. 30°. 35°
Currants. pkg. ......‘»...... .10e Layer Figs, per lb. ............. 15::
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W. Baker's Cocoa or Chocolate. ..190 Mascots! Raisins, lb. ........ 10c
Cranberries, qt ................102E cans Pears for .. ........ “H.350
Oranges. per dozen . .1. ..i -------- 30°. 356. 40°
. lery.'i‘8pinach Turnlps sEnd Squash.
Grapes Parsnips. Sweet Eotatoes.
UNITED GROCERY COMPANY
2i) NORTH MAIN GTREEE'EI' EPHEONE 1$3E
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