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$th t. .11 you need.» stare;
1, Theyil’ay 4 percent -.
Policy.
Drop in our office when
Day
'ng and let us explain
lar policy we are
offering. Have you enough
on YD“! l
house or furniture? Think!
it over, ’1 for three years
protection with a liberal
fining your Dollar
the
fire insurance
amount of insurance.
Taylor at Golden ,
Telephone No. 1230
death Nor-walk Trust Co. lids.
THE ONCE 0F VARIETY
You'll Ind plenty of it in the new
spring clothes—variety in mater-
ial, variety in design and variety
in price. ,
BENJAMIN CORRECT CLOTHES
.18.!” to $284!).
A splendid selection of suits at
$15.00
.11" Status are here.
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JOSEPH DAVIS 1'
85 Washington St. 80. Nor-walk
wholeness-ed.
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4M" steak. Sc lb. N. Y. Mk.
Old Well Commandery No. 954. U.
l0. G. (3., held its regular meeting last
'eveniag. One of the pleasant features
was a well rendered program and r0-
freahmenta. including strawberry
shortcake, ice cream and codes. ‘
The public is invited to as informal
meeting to discuSs the 1916 carnival!
The interest that is shown in this
matter will determine the program for
July 3rd. Meeting to be held in Town
~Assembly Hall, Tuesday, May 23rd, at
8 p. at.
General Henry A.'Bishop and Mrs.
Bishop, of Bridgeport. have an-
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Marguerite Alvord
{Bis-hop, to Dr. H.-d.e Baron Peters,
1head of the pathological department
of the. Bridgeport Hospital. Miss
lL‘ishop is a singer and is prominent
_
‘ -—Roast tilt, 16c lb N. v. Mk1.
A large delegation of Norwalk
ftendance at the big class initiation of
the third degree, which will be held
Sunday afternoon, at St. John’s
Lodge, Stamford. The/work oi initia-
tion will be done by a New York de-
gree team. State officers of the or-
ganization will be present and numer-
ualk representatives will leave the.
(‘atholic t‘lub house, in West avenue,
it one o'clock. Sunday afternoon, and
make the Tfip to the neighboring city
by automobile. Members of the South
Norwalk Council are invited to make
the trip with their uptown fellow
lodge men.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Norwalk and vicinity:
Generally lair tonight and Saturday;
moderate winds“ mostly west. A
slight disturbance on the Gulf coast is
causing unsettled. showery weather
in the southern districts. Pleasant
weather prevails generally in other
districts east. of the Rocky Moun-
tains. The temperatures continue low
along the northern border. Frosts
Were reported from Montana eastward
to New mgland. A well-donned dis»
turbance is central this morning over
Utah.
WEATHER A YEAR EGO
‘TODAY.
Temperature: Low, 53; high,
57. Rain.
ems
Mr. and Mrs. James Drury have re-
moved from West avenue to Rowdy-
ton.
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Several candidates will be put
through the Warriors' degree, at to-
night's regular meeting of Cockenoe
Tribe. No. 32, l. O. R. M. Other mat-
ters of routine business will be trans-
acted. The regular weekly dance will
be held at the close of the business
meeting
-—.lolly 5 dance. 8st. Eve. Arlon liall.
A regular meeting of Wanoma Coun-
cil, No. 31. l. 0. It. 31., was held last
evening. in Red Men's Hall. in Main
street. Two candidates were taken in,
last evening, and an invitation to at-
tend the Falrfield carnival, which
starts on June 10th, was accepted. The
Norwalk lodge will be represented in
the parade during the opening of the
celebration.
The Hurlburt Motor Truck Com-
pany‘, of New York, in which Reed
Ilaviland, of this city, is largely inter-
ested, has, according to the current
"Commercial and Financial World," in-
creased its capital stock from $150,000
to $450,000. in order to better handle
its constantly growing business. No
other concern in its field is expanding
so rapidly. in 1915 its business show-
ed an increase of 500 per cent. over
that of the previous year, and orders
now on its books total more than the
- entire business of 1915.
—Porterhouse steak. :51: in. N. Y. Mk.
Many People
are aware of the advantages
in possessing one of our
Bonds of Thrift
gfuiiuniinmuti
. MW“
» Hamburg steak, 16c H). N. Y. Mk-
Tbe oficers of all fire companies in
the city assembled last evening in the
Pioneer headquarters, in Main street”
and discussed further plans for at-i
tending the Poughkeepsie celebration
Everything in the way of preparation
for the event among the Norwalk
companies was reported as progres-
sing nicely, and a big delegation is ex-
pected to make the trip from this city.
The committee which was appointed
to secure the names of all persons
among the Norwalk companies who
would make the trip. reported favora-
Knights of Columbus will be in at-,
one addresses will be heard. The Nor.‘
l'l Bridgeport society.
, ..___.
. All“ rt ll. Wood, stockholder of the.
lit‘ltl at liuglies department store, of
Waterbury, Conn, is the guest of his
daughter, at the home of Mrs. Evelyn
Miles, <15 Taylor avenue.
Mr and Mrs. Asa Fancher, of Nor-
,vrallt, \t‘el‘e gut-sis of Mr. and Mrs.
,i‘red B. White. in llidgetleld, recently.
i.\lr. l-‘ancher is an uncle of Mrs. White.
Miss Gladis Brown of Norwalk.
‘ spent Friday with friends in West ave-
nue, Long Ridge. -
Miss Frances lieillen oi Springdale.
is spending the Week with relatives in
South Norwalk.
HILLBlDrHOMlNG PIGEON CLUB
Result of 200 mile race from Mar;
nolia, Md, flown on Monday. May 16.
Liberated at 10 a. m. and first bird
arrived at 4:14.49 p. m., fling distance
in 6 hours, 14 minutes and 49 seconds.
Bird's encountered stormy weather
and a northeast wind on course.
The result:—
l-‘irst diploma winner—R. ll. Knlppel
-—909.ss yards per minute.
Second diploma winner, J. Bobjoli—
901.68 yards per minute.
L. Muir-901.61 yards per minute.
0 A. Johnson—876.58 yards per
minute.
bly. A band will accompany the lo-
xal delegates, who. in white panda
uniforms, are sure to represent Nor.
walk in magnificent style at the New
York State affair.
~Duttorine, 20o25c lb. N. Y. Mitt.
An important meeting of McKinley
Camp, U. S. W. V. was held. last
night, in the headquarters. in the
Town Assembly Hall, and matters re-
lating to the Memorial Day services
were discussed. The services of the
local camp will be held on Sunday.
lisy 38th. at the headquarters. In the
morning the service will‘be led in
prayer by the Rev, C. E. Sarto. of the
Norwalk M. E. church. A dinner will
follow the services. and General Rus-
sell Frost will make the principal ad-
dress. Ths decoration of the graves
of the deceased members of the camp
will follow the dinner. Stamford and
Bridgeport camps have been invited
to join with the Norwalk camp in this
service, and it is thought that a num-
ber of representatives from both of
these cities will be present.
R00l- Blllllfll tiff
PliSllll SlRlEl H0lllf
C. 8. Callaghan—870.58 yards per
minute.
0. H. Butler—820.31 yards per min-
ute. ' m
E. menu-808.86 yards per minute.
The next race will be from the 800
mile station. Cslvertontl Va, on May
28111. "
GETTING RECRUITS FOR ARMY.
Private Levett. of the Bridgeport re-
cruiting station. ill in town for the
purpose of getting recruits for the U.
8. Army.
Private Levett will be at the South
Norwalk post office, this evening, be-
tween the hours of 6 and 8, and to.
morrow evening between the hours of
5 and 8. .At the Norwalk post olllce,
tomorrow morning. between the hours
of 9 and 11, and in East Norwalk. at
Hafner's, between the hours of 2 and
4 in the afternoon.
HOSPITAL NOTES.
Miss Marjorie Spicer, of Westport.
was discharged yesterday.
Joseph-Au". of 122 Ely avenue, was
admitted this morning.
BOV FALLS DOWN STONE STEPS.
Manuel‘fl'yde. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Hyde, of 174 Main street.
was painfully. although not seriously
injured, yesterday afternoon. about
two o'clock, when he fell down a flight
of stone steps, at the Wall street
Fire broke out on the root of the
Rudolph Stola house, 10 Pleasant.
street; about 1:45 o'clock. The entire
roof was burned off the house, cans-l
ing much damage. and additional
damage. to a considerable extent, was
caused by water, used in fighting the.
flames. |
The officials bah not fixed the cause.
of. the blaze at press time, but Chief
George W. Bogardus is investigating.
Wills .“llPPfll” 0N_00M-'
'l’llllll 0f MORGAN 8:00:
“The men who received these
copied. it sppears,"‘said the district
lattorney. “peddled them around-i .to
lmunition manufacturers. Then“. r
,thc orders were placed these men
would ask for a commission,‘ .very
much as a tout on a racetrack.
Senator Thompson said the men
' suspected of receiving and selling this
information would be, summoned be
fore the committee. .
Before testify!“ .tOday. the lies
“enthusiasm-21a.“ the theft ,."o the
.mroi-guauos from the lotus omens-
was only one reason why the police
,tappsd'tbs wire. "'l‘lisre was another
muonxwajieh
toti‘beeaiis‘s It has to do with most
important matters alscting the na-
tion more! slidlrr’Wood.
It was uprated that the police had
“ .. macaw...
are m
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school, and cut his left knee quite
badly. Master Hyde was taken to the
office of Dr. William J. Tracey. where
the wound was dressed, and from
there removed to his home. The in-
Jury is not expected to give the young-
ster any serious trouble.
Two MOTHERS TELL.
How Their Slekly Children Were
Mite Strong and Well.
'For six years our little girl suf-
fered from a bronchial trouble, she
had no appetite, could not sleep and
was so nervous we had to keep her
out of school The doctors said noth-
ing but a change of limate would help
her. We were discouraged fish one
day a friend asked’us tb'ii-y Vinol,
a‘nd 'after taking six bottlsa'she does
not look like the same clilld. She has
a line apatite. is lively, bounty. and
wsll.-.andiv4nol did it all." Mrs. P.
E. Huiford. lola. Kan.
Another child made strons:- ,
"The measles left my little girl thin
and delicate, and the doctor's medi«
cine did not seem to build bebop. 1
read about Vinol and Ma bottle. and,
I am- not at liberty». to her- improvsrnsnt .waa - rapid. her
strength returned and she is now as
For-liver
Thirty Years
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n ((5.31 It.»
3; ”11:1 3
;5(j~1:
imatter for Mexico and other foreign
Icountries. Postmasters are directed
Local P. O. Notified of New Renata. to adopt measures which will prevent
tlsns. the acceptance for mailing to any for
The department at Washington in a elgn country of insured or C. 0. D. par-
notice received by the local postoillce, ' cels. and assure tbsp roper preparation
together with all other postotllces in i of a customs declaration for every in-
ths country takes all postmaster: tolternational parcel post package dis-
task with regard to mail for Mexico] patched. as well as all packages of
The notice states that “many parcel fourth class domestic matter for Men-
post packages unaccompanied by the‘ico and Panama.
necessary customs declarations con-'
tlnue to reach the United States ex-
change otnces. This is especially true
with regard to Mexico." " a brick."
"Certain postmaster-s," says the noi "You were torpedood by mistake.
“00. "persist in applying the insured: The missile was intended for one of
C. O. D. features of the United States ‘ his little ‘playmates. Looks like a
domestic parcel post to oarcsl posti
PARCELS FOR MEXICO.
"Say, your kid nearly fractured my
busy year in politics. does it not?”
HOWLAND'§
Entrances on Main St, Falrfieild Ave. and Cannon St.
Bridgeport, Conn, Friday. May 19. 1916.
Personal-choice suits
\ fr‘om' Hart Schaffner 8t Marx,
a bargain-$23
Our clothing-chief went to Chicago and personally
picked these front the Unit Schafl‘ncr & Marx stock.
They were the suits left when all early orders had
been shipped. In the lot were some of thcvbcst suits
these splendid tailors had made They were the ones he
picked. . . .
l
Now they are here: and ready; and to be bought for
23 dollars instead of usual price of 25 to 32 1-2 dollars!
All the new rich and clever materials are ,a mbng
them; stripes, checks, overplaids and mixturcsgin tweed,
homespun, cassrmcrc and worsted.
All the excellent styles are among them; I or 2 or 3
button fronts. link-button fronts, patch or welt or flap
pockets, young styles and quiet styles.
Many are silk-lined; a good number are made with
the cutout linings that are insurance policy of summer
coolness and‘comfort
. A suit for every man—tailor short, large or sma‘ll,
slender or portly! "
Lots of new handsome fabrics! Always the excellent
thorough tailoring that Hart Schaffner 8: Marx insist
upon! With each s it the regular broad guarantee of sat-
isfaction—for every ‘suit must live lip to every promise in
fit and color and/tailoringand quality of cloth!
This is one great big opportunity for men who know
and appreciate good clothes. Just a few ofafthe suits would
sell here regularly at 25 dollars. A few would‘be 32 dol-
‘_ his and a‘haif. ' - > w . ‘ ,
\The great majority would sell at 30 dollars. ‘ 1
But they all go in at the one ptjcemnd be- -
ginning Friday that price is— .. . $23,
We want to make it as plain as a spikestafiz—Our
regular guarantee and‘the_.rnalter’s too _yvith each suit.
Main floor, rear. .
TheHowland Drv Goods Co
a, .
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skull. He struck me on the head with ‘
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An unusual gathering of special-
value merchandise makes ’-' -
the store fairly sparkle. '
Charming underwear
f ,,
gr extra worth t;
Lill the Pretty lit-iv st 'l 6 ll t 'k‘ l's s " s " — ' it
rlt‘£\\t‘ar so delightful! ) i w ”M k “L Ad 0113 U11 I" -
. Made up in soft naiiisoolt, and pretty batistc, and fine ' :
H‘C‘pt‘ dc clinic, and excellent muslin or cainbric. it
Many, many models in each type of garment fruit! ‘ l "
covers to combinations and tmclopo- chemise or nights ' i ‘
gown.
'i'riiniiiiiigs arc tasteful littTt‘x and tinbruitlerics—with 5 i .
lizindsonit- ribbons, tiwd tfitt'tttly. ;l l
Corset-covers— 25c to 89C 3 '
Nightgowns— 43c to $3 l
Princessslips— 89c to $2.75 . i
Envelope chemises— 89c to $2 ’I
Combinations— Eye to $1.10 if
Petticoats— 25c to $2 Ti 3
Drawers— 25c to 69¢ -. ’
Second floor. I
Great big lot if ’
unusual hats 950 '
lists that may be trimmed quicklv, casilv, and at 1 .
small outlay. . .
A number net-d only built] of colored ribbon or one of -' l
those special bond» in two or three colors! ." '
lo.~\1iiolrigl_theiti)i, several varieties of straw—and every . 7*:
co r lllt‘ 11 mg 1g suppl 7 of the mo t-wanted of 'll—n“
it Him } . a ' ‘ i
.\\'hcthcr their regular price is $1.50 or if ‘
$2.50, the choice of the entire lot is- 95¢ ' ' '
Second floor. 1‘ 2
Silk surts and vi:
. T's
cloth underprrce
'A splendid fresh lot of silk suits—$21. '5” ‘i
. A clearing of handsome cloth suits—$19.50, $29.50, } i «31‘?
- s. I ‘ 3
Silk suits are taffeta or silk poplin, in black and rich' -‘ V '
blues and handsome green. E 1
lVith short costs or long, plain or with liaiidhosc con. ' I ”‘3‘
trusting trimming. i
Among them Featherweight suits that are so light i't ~ "i
they scent to have almost no “right. These, entirely in ' 4 z:
black—and in four tnodclsl . \ .
. Cloth suts include those that \t ere formerly $22.50 1 ',
to $85; among them finest that the season brought! '
' 5'
Novelty checks and weaves, plain fine scrges and at
gabardincs, beautiful fabrics and excellent tailoring.
‘l’riccs drop simply because it is our clearing time.
Second floor.
Skirts: Made—$1
Any woman may have a skirt made just now for $1. I
Added to_thc attractive price at which skirtings may
be bought, this secures 'd skirt of sore tit and satisfaction
at small cost. '
‘ These very styles We’ve been making all season of
131.25 and 1.50. 'Ihc new price is simply to enliven ‘
things and keep our tailo;s busy.
Good skirting nucleus and mohairs, black and blue ’ ‘
and white and many colors—75c to $12 a yard.
Right aisle, rear. .
Aluminum is .
_ cheap -
and with it a liuntlrcd-and—one utensils for the home are
cheap too! There is almost everything required for "
housework now at special price. But those prices only .~
hold good for a little while—supply is fast getting .1
small! " ' " 1.7..
" Fourth floor. _' ‘ :3]
- .' is
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KELSEY_CLUI OPENS SEASON IN
mew-cu. lsdles’ Sails.
“The Kelsey baseball team. of Non I _ ' -- _ 5"
-—.. $10 and 815' “
walk, will open their season, Sunday , "
afternoon. with the Bruce Park Field 315 ‘0 $32.5d‘
Club. of Greenwich, this Sunday after- ' ‘
noon, in Greenwich.- ,The trip will be - VALUES.
made by auto tracks. Marshall and
Layden~will be the battery for the lo
cal nine. One week from this Sunday
the Kelseys will cash with a New Hal
van team. in the Elm City. Manager -
“09'?!“ 1.1" 10".99". all” ”"7“?“ ‘ ‘
into a regular barnstomirig club. and
'9?! vaww~m~ jail
W‘
strips-mummy.”
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