_' trot; over NorthernTexas.
" . snow as far north as Nebraska and as
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FRIDAYJD‘EC. 24, 19154
. , during (behest 3441..“ We 'Ihere haveabeun numerous parties-
trmperatures prevail this morning in to nearby woods in search of Christ
lull dis‘..r.cs east of the‘Rscky Morm-i WW
t. ins.
were is [maritime in;
the him
'1' ormdo & Tourist
A uto & Accident
Y early or short term
The holiday vacation rush out of
and into town has begun and the
railroad stations present ’a busy sp-
insurance
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\VEATHER A YEAR AGO
TODAY.
1- iability Bonds " * '1‘ l l 1‘ ‘ ‘mrance.
0 an r yliabilit “ cm raturcz .0w, 1 l; “‘f'hl —-—-—
R cute 5 y " l 30. 05;. 5 Because of the fact that Christmas
& ‘ - ___._._. 'comes on Saturday there will be a
G [‘55 u g There was a regular meeting of two days' holiday for thousand; of
0 “ice or House “ ‘vg‘ art fiarl‘uk. 58, F. of A. last even- :31?th m 811005. states. 0 ces;
L lfe “ ,1 n n, etc.
D welliog Mouse " __.____ _ ..
E mployecs “Compensation” The telephone company here has T he next‘ week ‘or ten dab Mil
NUT a Single kind of insurance £140“! completed its recent storm re- see many “WWII” entertainments
., by city Sunday-schools in winch
that we cannot furnish you 9‘“ “0"“
if you will call us on the
phone 1230
Trust Conwany Bldjg. l
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1
trees and gift giving will have a pro-
clioir will meet to- minent part.
the church at
The St. Paul’s
moirovv morning at
:.:0 o'c‘ock v—t‘all at U'Jlrien‘s before you buy
Xmas umbrellas glue where.
OU’u. pass the annual gift-
test with honors if you buy
H18 present at this Men's
Shop. You'll pan with pleasure
when HE puts you on the hack for i
going when he'd go to choose I.
gift for a man.
GRAY: MOGHA' GLOVB In in-
dividual gift boxes—{£50. .
HANDKER-
of Red (Tross‘
is very
it is said the sale
.Chriktrnas seals in this city
' satisfactory.
A very pleasant social was held
last evening. at the (‘atholic Club
_ house, on West avenue, under the
“.1” tonight auspices" of Court Cecile, Daughters
in their of Castlle. ,l)uring the evening a tur-
REy was awarded as a prize, to Dan-
.iel Farrell, of Strawberry Hill. There
marltets are was no business meeting of the order.
The card tournament
be continued by/ the Elks
home on South Main street.
butcher
T be local
PURE “NE” keeping open late tonight, but will be . '
CHIEFS in individual boxes with closed all day tomorrow. Christmas turkeys are being pur-
hwd-embroidemd inlthls —- 50¢. chased by Norwalkcrs from 28 cents
each: $3 for a. box of six. Trains pulling into South Norualk to 3." cents per pound: Some of the
EXCLUBWE NEOKWEAR In in- “0,“ the east, y'esterday W“. from iotal marketmen predicted a differ
ividusl Km bow. to $2.00. an hour m ”w hours late. 'ence in the. Thankfigivma and (ltrist.
LEISURE ROBES in soft Blan- ; mas prices for turkeys. but the drop
ketlngs and more sumptuous 8mm ' A Christmas entertainment will be did "0‘ materialize,
—5 to $15.
enjoyed this evening by members of
PURE SILK HOSIERY in
Lincoln Council and their many
dividual gift boxes. 50c.: 2 in friends.
box. $1: 5 in a box. $2.
Officers will he instalicd tonight at
‘the meeting of Woman's llclict‘ Corps
to Douglass Fowler l’oal, G. A. R.
are awaiting A large number of trolley cats that
t- have been in use in this city have
been shipped to ilridgcpolt for main
of paint.
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liarstrotn in to P T BARNUM ESTATE TOTALS $1,
222. 468.
in-
a
Local manufacturers
the visit of the state factory inspec
or, who is tasking a tour of Connec-
iicut.
Mayor Carl Axel
membering his friends, including the
.city officials. with attractive ‘Merry
‘(.‘bristmss" cards. 1
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“v Barber shops in this city will rc- l
-main open tonight until 9 o’clock.1
2 Th: ho s will be open tomorrow,
( H p Deposit company, as trustee undo'
lthe will of Phineas '1‘. Barnum. the
Christmas Dal" until noon. ' ' ‘
. Edam 'tlutphy, one of Norwalk' 5 showman, “110 died in 1391 WI! flied
ilast known young men who has been ‘ 1“ "‘9 Surrogates court 393”"“5’ in
JilSEPli DAVIS
85 Washington St. 80. Manhunt.
Open Evenings Until Christmas.
Appraisal Show that Widow, Now
Baroness in Paris, Gets.
“0,000 Annulty.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—-—An account
by the Connecticut Trust and Safe
months (connection with the transfer tax sp-
3 \lalnl prsissl of the estate of Mildred Stelr,
who died November 22. 1914.1‘he
im Canada for the past nine
has rctut'ned to his home. at 14 l
i‘lrecl. to spend the Christmas holi-
WEATHER FORECAST.
tiling was made necessary because an
'd ll. \lr. Murphy is being warmly
Forecast for Norwalk and vicinity: “1100mm today by his boat of friends asset of Miss Blair's estate was s
Fair tonight; Saturday aotnowhitliin “m city ininth share of the lisrnum contain:
cloudy. probably followed by rain {by the showman ‘0 ll Strum
sump. ' ' bert Barnum Seeley of aeoloy din-
1‘ “““ “mm“ ”New“ that a nor" notoriety. Seoley sold this lnten
The storm which was central 0"" nolle had been entered in the case of cat to "m decendpm and the share
the Upper Lake region yesterday 5former Deputv Sheriff Danicl J. Rus‘ “3,. valued by the fransfer tax “9
morning passed out the S" Lawrencetsell, of Bridgeport, after investigation praiser at ”/7“ Her entire estate
Valley last night. it is followed this had been made of "m complaint or was ‘7 688
”owl“ by pleasant weather 1“ thelixiortion tiled in the Criminal Super-' The Barnum accounting shows that
“New districts. A disturbance 0' for Court. Complaint was made to the showmaua widow, who WW“
“"“demme ""37 h“ de'elwedtsmflff Vollmer before the 1914 clec- 440 000 a veur for lue from her bus-
'during "‘9 1““ 2.‘ hours 0"" the tion and Deputy Sheriff Russell wna;lmnd’a estate, is now the Baroness
southwestern districts ”1" ‘3 "°" cen- aakcd to resign. The nolle wan en-l Nani-v Barnum d'Alexsndroy Orengl-
it is caus- tcrcd several months ago. mil, living in Paris. She is to years
Int;z unsettled Weather with rain or old. Mr. Barnum was 81 yours'old at
:the time of his death.
Much Real Estate.
The trustee fthe Barnum esttte
rcportcd that lie total of the estate
-l is Ill)“v $1. 222. 488, of Which ‘1. 204, 000
its act asim to pm the $40. 000 incorria
lto the widow. 'ihe real estate is
—XMM DAOKETBALL.
(or east as Illinois. it Will probably New muslin vii. Norwslks. Prelim-
move northeastward'm the Ohio vu- tutu-y game and dancing. Armory.
can: “05'” "©— WW'
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The fight.time to start the habit‘ of
What Better—”Gift, Than
A BANK BOOK ’
A. more satisfactory gift cannot be made.
“11,”:
know we will add your hat
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.HarrisV t8:
/.»=.'t=f‘;
Evenyou, yourself, would do well .to start 6
. an account NQJN.’ The best incentive to
this good pretticcof saving is an account
witltthis Trust Company. 4
s
convinced that there is a dicrenc‘e.
WATER STREH, SOUTH NORWALK. :
ma nearly 5100.000“ and mcludes a!
corner at Broadway and Houston St
iworth “25,,000 the Barnum 1 Baileyl
twister quarters at Bridgeport, valued
at $50,,000 and a residence in Bridge
port worth $2, 000.
The estate holds 395300 in bonds,,
'The stocks are valued at $231,925, of'
which 3147, 000 is 984 shares of pre-
ferred stock of the Bridgeport Hy l
draulic company and 849. 200 is 492
shares of common stock of the samei
corporation. Mr. Barnum also Owned‘:
2t5 shares of the Pequonnock Nation-3
s1 bank, worth 330.625. The estate.
holds notes and mortgages valued at
$199,019. .
On the death of the widow the
principal will be diiided among the
heirs at law
~Buy “Banner cake and bread."
best in town. 5 Monroe. St. Tel.
the,
367. “
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water nob morning a
before breakfast. '
1 .
Why is man and woman. half thej
despondent, *
min
in-‘
.timc, feeling nervous,
.worried; some days headachy,
and unstrung; some days really
capacitated by illness. ,1
If we all uotld practice maids-bath-
ling, “hat a gratifying change would
take place. instead of thousands of
Lhalf-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
ipasty. muddy complexions we should
set» crowds of happy, healthy, rosy-3
checked people everywhere. The tea-V
son is that the human system does act,
‘rid itself each day of all the waste
which it accumulates under our pres-
’cnt mode of living. For every ounce!
of food and drink taken in the system ;
nearly an ounce of waste materiali
must be carrled out. else it fermentsn;
and forms ptomsine like poisons which i‘
are absorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as it is to clean[
the ashes from the furnace each dny,l
iii-fore the tire will burn bright sudl
hot, so we must each morning clear
the inside organs of the previous.
day‘s accumulation ‘of indigestlbls:
waste and body toxins. Men and wo‘
men, whether sick or wall. are sdvlit-i
ed to-drlnk each morning, before,
breakfast, a glass of real hot water;
with s tesspoonful of limestone phat-f
photo in it. as s harmless means of‘
washing out of the stomach, liver. kid-l
new and bowels the lndlgeatlblo luau ‘
terlal. waste. sour bile and toxins:l
thus cleansing, sweetening and purl-
‘tylng the entire alimentary canal ho
fore putting more food into the atom»
sch. 1
Millions of people who had theirturn’
at constipation, 'bilious attacks. acid
stomach, nervous days and sleepless‘
nights have become real cranks aboth
'tlie morning inside-hath. A quarter
pound of limestone phosphate will not
cost much at the drug store. but is
sutllclent to demonstrate to anyone,
:lts cleansing, sweetening and fresh-
enlng elect upon the system.
W
year the same as the
t
E CAN DELIV-
ER COAL at
summpr months. It is
not exposed ~ to the
weather and screens au-
« tomatically before it en—
Oil
large army of trade at
ters the wagon.
Try a ton and w
M to the list.
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Phone
721 /
Guns .-
interest ' 7,
Paid V
‘ ‘ l
tine till Ford To
in; good
4‘7
('21
Cl‘
Immediate Delivery On Dodge BIOS MMOI' CRIS
,, A BARGAIN
3.
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Bridgeport, Conn. '
,
owning ‘;
Friday, December 24, 1915: ;
Store 09¢“ Qvfnings till Christmas. Phone, all departm cuts—454.
Every pu’zzle ‘
quickly solved;
More merchandise
'l‘hc store mccts thc tcst of the filial holiday shopping—day \vith contidcncc.
It will not fail!
failtd.
it has been tcstctl Stthtfly. All its resources hau btcn tallcd upon.
For that final day—NEW FRESH MERCHANDISE.
Sonic of it is bcing unpackctl as this is \vrittcn.
More is hurrving to us in fast speeding trains;
shoppersl
Toyland offers hundrctls‘ of jo_v»glvcrs for t‘lliltll‘t‘ll.
It
will conic
"It" ‘
But it has not
w
basting Friday to grcct
Js.=
Apparel sections, on the sccond f100|,1)l‘t5(nt many haudmmc thinus for “(illltll \ and
young folks and childrcns wear.
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Shoe store is a great big,r store in itself; a store blooming \vitll t'hristmas footwear.
The book-shop has a book for cvcry itlcal and cvcry agt. '1 2"
0f glovcs, and handkerchicfs and stockings and umbrcllas—‘a Wondrous displuv still.
Jewelry and hand- bags. perfumes and littlc pcraonnl toilet
handsome skating-wts of toque and scarf, fancy vestcc» and such silk scarfs, ——thc en—
tirc front scction of the main floor shines with gifts.
Down in the basement, light and thccrv tics and sitt‘ll for boys
ncvv suits as well as skates and other rare sport insuring implcmcnts that Livc Roy
sist shal bc lcft by Kris Kringle
liy clcvator to thc third floor and its rich nov cltics making
tlaintics picttv tics,
includes
in~
‘Such"
art scction radiant, its
sturdy traveling-bags, its roomy suit—case, its fancy pillows, its ccdar chest, its motor
rugs.
b
fourth floor.
and the hcautiful lamps.
Glow of soft light and sparklc of rich brilliant cut glass vic cach with
And silver, and fine china, and nickcl, all try to outshinc onc
Just-Right
gifts for men
other on
another
Man ix thc “am puzzlc of all, when it comics to choosing a gift.
llc \vill givc no hint at all as‘to what he would like.
He will say:
ldon't want anything. Spend your moncv on the kids."
Or else:
“'llont \v-astt any (hristmasmoncy on me. Bin voursclf somttliing Vtitltl like with the
mono}.
What shall or do with such a man?
Suppose we pick for him
gift: something that he can
Houae- coat to slip into when he gets
'home for the evenin. A welcome
change from day' s at in: Roomy and
yet trim. 85 and more.
.s..t.ll
use 01‘ war.
Box of soap, favorite toilet and
shaving sorts are almost surely to be
had here.
Change purse or tobacco pouch for
both robe made of a blanket that} daily carriage by man who is a bit
or
$3.50
fairly breathes comfort Dark
light, quiet or mighty- lively.
and more.
Walking stick in light or dark wood
and richly-plain or trimmed effective-
iy.
Umbrella that will shed rain. With
a hooked handle so it can be hung‘
on the arm, if a fellow wants.
Flash-light to
Makes dark places light and ends
hunting for key holes or groping up-
stairs.
Exerciser to make Mr. Sobersldeii
keep himself in good condition and em
joy his meals. Easily put in place
right in the bedroom...
Gillette or Gem Junior safety razor
so he can shave quickly and cleanly
without danger of cutting himuelf.
Keen Rutter knife as pocket-com-
panion. Always ready to cut a clean
l shaving.
Sweater to make keen breezes fall
back in dismay. Medium or heavy
weight closely knit. great ‘an
Overcoat or suit from a special lot
tltiaélis worth far more than the price
0 9
Diary for him to keep it record of
engagements in; saves a lot of ar-
rora.
Fountain pen that will write
smoothly and quickly ad that itself to
the hand.1
Camera to go as companion on
short or long journeys~and to keep
a delightful record of them.
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TEETH AND 7
«APPEARANCE
Your first presentation will
have a lasting impfession.
Good. if you show care in your
toilet. Negletced teeth show
careleqsness in other details»
t
.‘Dr. J H. Mallery
Let him reader, at a nominal
- momma. miss
carry in pocket,
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1
particular.
Flask in leather casing~packs into
traveling bng very handily.
Card case or pocket cigar-case made
of leather; don't bulge pockets out of
shape.
Clever stick pm to brighten and. their C010?-
beautify the new neckties. .
Tle-clasps to hold tie in exact
place. .
0qu links of .the new patterns are
rich and novel. ‘/
Waldemar watchcbaius add the
greatest touch of dignity and smart-
nesa yet!
'Rich gold watch-fob: and charms
are graceful style and fine quality.
A good- looking watch in 20-year
gold filled case will keep good time
and is but 37. 50.
Comb and brush sets that will both
look well on the dresser and feel well
on the head. ,
Smoking stands of brass. Place em
alongside chair when reading. er table
when playing cards. \.
Reading lamps that direct their rich
soft light directly on desk or book;
gas or'electrlc.
Ash trays for smokers brass or
pottery. some of brass have special
glass inner holder.
Shirts of the great fitting Yorke make. i
May have either soft or stiff cuffs is:
of snappy new pattern or in quiet
stripes or in pure white.
Reefer or muffler that keeps collar
llift
I!" r r. ’
somcthing from this list of suggestions:
some lust- R—ight
l s:..s 'lfl'lll.
Gloves of handsome tan hue or, of
quiet rich gray. Some of caps. are
washable.
some.
Tie in new widc~open-cnd shape.
Pick as brilliant as color contrast II
you like: such nrestylish~and mats
really likes a bit of color.
Silk socks with a luster that shows '
forth their quality and the beauty of
a
Traveling bag of staunch leather. A:
big or as small as a man feels his
journeys call for.
with the tollet~things a man needs.
Handkerchiefs of linen so soft and:
line they delight a man. Have 'etn
plain or with initial, just its you know
\
he prefers.
Shaving mirrors with cup attached'
and all ready to help make a cleanm
shave sure. Some with little device?
for attaching electric light.
Military brushes with backs
can be firmly gripped and with brls-,
ties that make the hair lie smootb‘ly
in place.
Bill folds that,slip easily into tho-g
pocket—and hold the bills with which
one pays bills.
Calendars to put on or over his
desk—and carry its message of re
membranes every day in the year. ,
’ Slippers of foot-resting sort
make the easychair twice as
fortable.
Suitcases that will hold all -a. mart
needs when he goes on a week's trip‘
——and do it without “massing things
up u '
Fur cap for wear when motoring.
COMM.
I
clean as well as keéplng cold winds
out. i May be knitted silk or soft line
“’00
The Howland Dry Goods (30. ""R
Pulls right down over the ears; kills
effort of Old Zero to make a chap u
comfortable.
£5}
A Big Stock of
‘\.
Stands, music Cabinets, etc.
For the dining room, living
-* library den or office.
In Sets or Single Pietes
Many dainty hits at small cost including Shirt Waist
Boxes, Telephone or SeWing Tables, Customers, Smoking
Fine Furniture
room, sleeping ; room,
ii.
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Prompt delivery in Not-walk and surrounding towns
Some are titted 1.
that 1
that '
s
Mocha are especially ham. 1 .
Norwalk Chronicler