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While the foreigners
are- fighting-'tliihE-s-Et-
home are quite exciting;
coal is selling fast and
furious—dike “hot cakes”
they tell about. Though
Q? the weather is not freezy
3' yet the answer is quite
3'7 easy—coal we sell is
l] worth its price and
it comes not from the “11v-
: er of doubt.” Thus it is
our books are filling, but
..of course we’re more
than willing to include
your valued order; coal
you cannot do without.
The
FERRIS COAL
COMPANY.
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Hazelton
Coal
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.. The B. Hershiicld 81 Son Co]
TEL. 204. 122 WATER IT.
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IN RED OAK COAL I
.. ONLY ONE.
Try a bushel and you ll buy a ton.
My cash prices are the lowest in tOWn
, I do not expect to make a large profit .
on coal this y,ear as i sell at. such 11
Oak Coal.
laud Cement at very lowest prices.
The bag must be returned.
. \3 WILLIAM EFFRON.
' 8 ROWAN ST., EAST NORWALK.
Tel. 441.
The Well Known
Alpha Portland Cement
.....At the Lowest Prices Is Sold by
WM. EFF RON
. “"3 ROWAN‘ST.
I. “t w. 5 '
Tel. 441.
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FURNITURE, CARPETS cHAIRs.
oucuss AND ALL HOUSEHOLD
oops AT LOWEST emcee ~0N
RECORD AT 15 ELY, AVE.
15 ELY AVE.
vLOIJ I8 “ARV, Manager.
YOU nusT HAVE rrl _» ' ‘
AM THE}
Tel. 441. 1
EverythingtBelowCost
We want to more our Meade—customers (among whom we,
hope you are numbered) that we are ready to tarnish them with all
their requirements in building materials of all sorts, and that we 7
are in a position to give you prompt service and clean 'sound lumber ‘
and timber from new stock arriving each day. We will be glad to
resume the very pleasant relations which have existed in the past
and promilo you as a! old, trustworthy service and sustained qual-
ity. In our interpretation or orders we have the advantage of years
01 experience and an established reputation for conscientious deal-
Inge.
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30 Per cent Reduction On All Furniture
11011ch AT
The Norwalk Furniture House 1
14-16 WALL STREET. "
Prompt Delivery—Repairing a Spoclalty.
This Discount Applres to Our Entire Stock
011 Furniture, Bedding, Rugs, Carpets. Oil Cloth, Linoleum, Mat-
ting. Stoves and Refrigerators, and the coupon that will save you an-
other 10 per cent. on each purchase of $5.00, which means a saving of
40c on every dollar expended.
BRING THIS COUPON WITH YOU.
TELEPHONE 44. l
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This Coupon is Good for
FIFTY CENTS
On Each Purchase of $5.00 at
i The Norwalk Furniture House
14-16 Wall Street
VOID AFTER AUGUST 15, 1914
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Funeraledi‘k SYLSpeclalty. Sav 9
.money by having your wprk done here.
Frults and Vegetables of All Klnde.
l A. C. Cuneo, Florist.
, TEL. 372-12. 7 RAILROAD AVE
i , VERY MODERATE PRICES.
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The fol owing letter. recehed yes—
lcrdux from a resident of \‘cw York,:
by Lonsiuhlc Ilant‘otd Smith, of Darn
1v- lill. speaks for itself, and it will prob-
Iably go a long way towardo the clear-l
{lng 11p of the mystery surrounding;
- 3the finding of a woman's skeleton re-E
. :ccnilv In Daricn. The writer of the,
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The Gorham Co.
Always the Latest Things in
WALL
PAPER
Painting
Paper”, Hanging
Dec0rat1ng
The ~Gorham Co.
‘10 rim or. - East Nomllk
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if the woman was his wife. The com-
' lmunlcatlon follows:
New York City, August 10, 1914. ‘
Dear Sir:
On June lst my wife left home after
:wonmn in an cities at 3 p. m., and go
“file the country with her. “a have
lmade search for her and cannot find
.any tracevso, seeing the account In
:M i this e1enlng‘s World of the finding 0‘
'a woman's body and the description of
clothing fits my wife' a, I enclose pho-
tograph asking if there is any resem-
blance. '
She was about 30 years of age, 5
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black coat and skirt with white waist.
black straw hat Upper front tooth
missing; she always carrled a bag.
which had a pencil. this she carried in
case of any trouble on .cars, so she
could put down number. etc. Also,
some matches in case she came home
after hall lights Were out, these she
would use to light her way up stairs.
5 1The picture makes her appear very;
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GOTTLIEB’S SEMI-ANNUAL SALE
BEGAN TODAY.
MEN’S SUITS,
S10 Suits
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$7 Suits ...
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Ol'OIIIIIII'
III-IIIOIIOOIIIDI..'D
expands that body of water,
1Examiner)“, J. Morrison,
‘ was called and after viewing the body,
gave death from accidental drowning.
He said that there was evidence that ,
,the dead man had been drinking.
EBHlEl l’fllNllllllllN
URUBBISI
DRUWNH] IN
llRBlllIWN.
I Hi FELL 1m TIIE PIIIIII Ti
WHILE WALKING III
THE TIIESTLE.
John E. Larklu, a drugglst of mm _ '.'
diner, Mass, was drowned in the
Georgetown Pond last night when he
slipped and fell from the trestle which
Larklm
.had only arrived in town yesterday
jafternoon at 2
'to have spent his vacation with people
o'clock, where he was
residing on Portland avenue. Medical.
of Wilton,
Larkin was 23 years old and was .
very well dressed, with plenty of mon-
ey in his clothes. all leading to the
supposition that he comes from a well
to- do family. The exact time of the
fatal accident could not be learned,
but the medical examiner has found
avenue, from Georgetown Center, at
about 6:30 o'clock, and from that fig.
area that it must have been around,
'1 o'clock when he fell through
‘ trestle.
/
lXPllllS SPEED llW
Believes He Is Right in Limiting
Autos at Certain Tlmas to
Ten Miles An Hour
There seems to he a misunderstand
lthe skeleton in the effort to find out lug between a good many uutomobll-1
hats in reference to the action of the'
Norwalk Police Department in prohi-
biting the speed 0: Vehicles past in-
tersectiug streets and through traffic
congested districts. over ten miles per
hour. Some operators of machines.
claim that this Is in variance with the
state law which states that :3 miles
per hour is reckless driving llo\1e\er.l
Section 13 of the Motor Vehicle Laws,
as printed in the book containing the?
names of owners of {registered motor
vehicles, plainly says that' it” a motor
vehicle. operated on the public high.
ways of this State, where the opera-!
tor's view of the road and trolllc ls
when traversing a sharp turn, a steep
incline. or a curve in the highway. ex-l
coeds ten miles an hour, such rate or
speed shall be prima facie evidence
that the person operating such motor
vehicle is operating the same at a rate;
reasonablei \Tlss Smith ,3 pmgiessl
of speed greater than is
and proper. and in violation of section
eleven of this act."
And It is in accordance with this
coarse, more 80 than she actually Is. State law that Chief William R. Pen-l
street. who was crush
She was inclined ‘0 destroy 1181‘ nlngton has Issued instructions tohls Mrs. Jones sat on the
1 ll RESUME Plllllll
that the deceased started for Portland1
the 1
l Horrors of the Westport w,reck
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LADIES’ LINEN DUSTERS
REDUCED
Just the Thing Fer Vacation Trips. by Auto, Train
or Trolley
Dainty One Piece Dresses
A Most Complete Stock-in White and Many Colors.
Separate White Skirts and
Lingerie Waists
A Few More Ladies’ Tailored Suits
AT HALF PRICE
A Chance to Get a Stylish Suit of Correct Style
For Little Money
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Will the Last of the Week Ile-
Iurn From the West and E11-
amine Trolley Victims
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lwhlch ha1e been eclipsed during the
last two weeks by the war and the
beence from the county of Coroner
'John J. l’hclan, will be brought more
vividly to mind aagln on Thursday
or Friday of this week. Coroner
l’hclau is due to return from a
[lip \\ est at that time and he will,
at once resume the taking of testi-
mony in the crash that snuffed out
four lives and inflicted Injuries of
various gravity upon a score,
At..the time Coroner Phelan began
fatalities, it was exceeding hard to
locate witnesses who could give an
Intelligent, connected account of the
accident. State Policeman Frank
\‘lrelli and Deputy Sheriff ll. R. El-
wood, of Fairneld, who took up the
'matter at the request of the coroner,
have located several important w-lt
nesses, who will be examined by the
coroner at once.
Recovery of several of the injured
in the wreck will also old In the in-,
vestigation. Among those who are,
likely to be important witnesses are
oils 8 Mildred G. Smith of No. 210
feet, 6 or 7 Inches high, about 160 obstructed. when approaching a cross-1
Pearl street Bridgeport, a passenger
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pounds, brown hair and eyes, were a ing or intersecting public l1 ghwa) or on the front seat of the wrecked excur-g
sion car, who is now In the Norwialk'
Hospital with a broken leg. and \lrsJ
Ruth Bristol Jones, of Bridgeport, now
at the Bridgeport Hospital, seriously
injured but well enough to indicate'
a complete recovery.
Eg'hxd ahat
will probably be discharged by Labor
Day. She rode beside .Vflss Mabel S.
'Cleveland, of No. 2970 North Main;
e to death.
(fitter side all
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his investigation, a few days after the
self, as we belleve she was slightly de- men to stop the owners of machines 1Mlsa Cleveland so that If she 11; able
H. Krieger & Co.
a n’alata'a'a “
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Marked Down to
Notch
Panama Hat‘s Sell
At Roton
Dancing Every Evening Shore Dinners 1n Casino Restaurant
Bfibonpoai CONCERN
CLOSES 0N. 'ACCOUNT
OF WAR,
Special Sale of Dresses and
Skirts
Every Dress in our Store has been
CHARGE ACCOUNTS ARE
SOLICITED
worth $3.50 to $4.00
CURTIS HYDRO- AEROPLANE
Free Exhibitions Every Afternoon
and Evening
Aviator Jack McGee will take up
Passengers
the Very Lowest
as Low "as $1.50
Point Park
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ment has iSsucd strict orders for—
bidding the landingr of foreigners
on British shores until further 110-
S7&SIO ClothingStore
GOTTLIED’S
remain,
., 11 NORTH MAIN ST.
> Delivered to‘your'hoine or
Daily. and Sunday
" Papers *‘ “
merited. Thanking you in advanée, l breaking the some
not watching a certain few streets ot‘s
Yodrs respectfully,
THOMAS H. KANE,
605 Water Street.
New York City.
’lhe police are
the city. but at all the danger points
throughout Norwalk,‘ and it is their de-
sire to stop the reckless speeding
practice before It results In the kill-
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W ing of a pedestrian or a serious accl-
FAWN BROKERS
We have a line of Sult Cases which pect.
. requires the eye cyan expert to dis-r
tinguishjrom real leather. These cases
sell for one-half the price of leather
cases, and wear equally as well. ’
dent, and the department is to be com-
mended for their vigilance in this res-
W ...,—
TWO ASK SUPERIOR COURT FOR
DIVORGES.
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Separatlon on Grounde‘ of In.-
sophy Tact-'1: of N... York Smoke
to make a deposition 01‘ 151k t0 that BRIDGEPORIT, Aug. 12.— tice during the present u or c1isis. '
coroner in the hosmtal Important 011111;; to European war condi— An order in council Signed by
testimony may result ,ltions, and as has been expected the king was published in The
. ,, , , ..~—-—- lhere for some time in indt1strial,Gazette on August 5 limiting the
' 3'5““ ESTATE SALES circles, the local typewriter fac— entry of aliens to certain ports so
T53 mum“: real estate deals have tory which was to re- open 011 they could be subject to examin-
‘been recorded in the town clerk's of. AURUSt 171 the date set for com- anon. T1115 Ofdt‘l‘ \\ as "OI m-
tics in the past few days. plcting summer inventory, will tended to keep out \Tmericans it
Henry J Hipson to the East 7N0». 'not resume at that time. It was “as stated and had no eiiect on
walk improvement Association, lot, announced by officials today that the landing of Americans here.
.Van Zant street—warranty. _ the re opening w 011111 he announc- It. 11 as pointed out that 111 the few
1 Henry, J. Miller to Georgena Borst, ed later. instances where cases of Ameri-
lot, Marvin Beach—warranty. : The closing of the factory cans. had been rcfencd to the
\ Laura E. Montague to Edith A 3iar- does not. come as a surprise for authorities requested permission
yin, lot, Fort street~warranty. it is 11 cll known that the great to enter always had been granted.
John B Lawrence to George A. Axl- bulk of typewriters and parts VIEN‘\ 3. via London \ug
The NORWALK .
offiho. ProTint service, _' fidelity son, land and buildings, Perry m}.
P AWNSHOP Sophy Jacab of "New York has ln- nus—warranty .
Phone YOIIF order to stltuted divorce proceedings in the Louis Varga and wife to John Pac-
Civll Superior Count here against cerello. lot and puddings, Lexington
Stephen Jacob of Bridgeport She al- avenukwsrranty. '
leges that her husband W33 “Drflitll'l Henry Friedlahder to ,Edna C Fen-
musical Instruments. Hardware. unre-‘ful to in marriage vowe and that nlman, lot and buildings, Main street
deemed pledges ‘ Elie hasheea sunty o“! infidel“? She wwarrantY. ‘ ' . l
' v , ”WINTER STREET. names one Jane Doe, who she says, is .. 1
' T Iknown its Mrs» John Masshems 3W FO'QDSTUFFS ADVANCING
SOUTI'I NORWALK
11.1.13 Esther Szatmay. 1 The couple IN PRICE.
CROKERY ware married on August 3,1911%,amd1 BRIDGEFORT Aug 112;
the petitioners "351,593 “me was Housewies began to feel the ad-
Chlna, Stonewa Glassware,
C‘i‘madm vauce in prices of foodstufis here
our... «r Utensils Bath Rooml
‘Joseph Rosenfield, prop,
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2 Money loaned on articles of value.
RIGGERMAN
I nos. or. m1. Mam s;
Ruhr/801m? Dorm“. of BTmSeIW‘t- today, laid to the European \1 or
has asked the court to free hel' from situation, local butchers and gro-
t n offiew 31‘“ cars having announced advances
'9 mm‘m‘d °“‘ in all staples except tea and cof-~
8119 “W5" I“? so. Dky goods stores anticipate
Size “”3““ no advances at present. but shoe
3W“ 391““ mercht‘iipta state that prices Will
ithat Secretary of Std ryari had
"cabled to the Ameri
Tiianufactnrcd go to Russia and,
other Balkan Countries involved
by the present struggle and until
ocean freight carrying is resumed-
the local factory may not resume
operations. .
LONDON Aug. 12, 2:15 p. m.
-—It “as’officially declared here
today the only steps taken by
the British goyemment to pre-
vent the landing of foreigners in
the British Isles were those pro-
vided by, thé sections of the
Aliens’ Restrictidn Act, the ob—
ject of which was to safeguard
the country against aliens from
countries with,’ which Great Brit-
ain was at wdr. ‘ ,
This declaration Was made after
the report had been ' dived hero
Tabasco-
12—-—An effective blockade of the
Montcncgrin coast has been cs-
tablished since yesterday I1) the
Austro- Hungarian fleet accorrL
ing to announcement here today.
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At the rectory of the Sacred Heart
Church. East Port. Chester, yesterday
morning. Miss Hazel Hadden of Green— ,
wich was married to Edmund Nediey.
son of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Nedleyl
of Belle Haven avenue. Rev....lohn A.
Conklln officiated. Miss Winfred Cab _
roll attended the bride. G Madden,
a brother of the bride. was best man.
The announcement of the marriage or
this young couple came as a great
surprise to their friends. It was not:
untll Sunday that the parents of the
contracting parties were- made’ aware
of the coming wedding. Mr. Nedley
Is a graduate of the Greenwich High
school. class of 1913. H is at pres-
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not employed as head caddy at the
-Green’vrlch Country Club J _‘*
Norwalk Chronicler