\
, um yw would I!!! [in «nonunion.
Rio» in among the Eu: Nomlk items
is Lopes that ll will reach the eye c2
.Solmone bk enough and brave t‘llotuilt'
. to stand up in hurting and detl‘dlr t _r
indepcndence oi the present Lil} g t
cintacm. We have been bound. “lid
,‘and foot, and where is it going to land
lua.’ 'lasu alt on the Jump and we are
wing mighty little for our money.
fROllt—n roads, misenble sidewalks and
nothing in tile line of permanent im-
lprotements hate been forced on us.
Y HAROLD C. “ALL
“and Union Tea, Coffee. Spices
the condition: which ousted under the
{Fire Diallul'.’ We shouldn‘t find it
I and Extracts. lnctesssry to a:k the adttte of Mayor
lilarurum as was suggested at the
F I 1
tee Denver“ lmeeting the other night, There ought
'01. 121942. East Norwglk’ ctlttv b: brains and courage enough in
1East Norwall: to meet this horrible
‘ ,condition. Who Will be our Moses?
‘ a‘l' Fr I-JltlLit.
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. ASSEN i Ferdinand Kilnll‘sft'f‘, of 41 Van Zant'
istrevt, Visited llio son. William, who is
86 Van hot and Cor. Osborn. ii” the Bl‘ltlt" pm. llo~pitttl, )‘csLt—lday.
'William is in gaming rapidly and Will
_ lsoon be tvtnméd lJ his home, u'ltcre:
FRUITS inc will be under the care of Dr. Frank.
V :lyn Brown.
6 e l "——
g tables 4 A tea party was held at the home of
' ' ’.‘.ir.~'. it‘ranltlyn G. Brown, on Sesvicw
Grocerles 3parrot-c, smut-tiny, under the direction1
I . lot llit' East Norwalk improvement So-
ceCl'eam, candles, ; tell, 1th. crcaut, cake, home-made
. , ‘ icatidies Ind toss were sold. The as-
Clgars, lObaccos’ l centric-n made a larger sum on this
cptcttcinment than was snticiptttcd,
Everythin 0f Fl t all of which is to be used in further-
g rs int: tlw work of the children's public
Quality :‘ gardens.
A very fine program was prcsentcd
lby the East Avcnue MethotilSt church,
FREE DELIVERY lwsterdny, in celebration of Children's
Telephone your order. 1522 'luty. The church was suitably ticcor-
I tried with flowers and potted plums.
M ‘ --- --- - All of the participants rcndered thcir
' "" "" part of the program with skill and cn-
lhusissm. All of the numbers wortI
AST lenjoyed by those present. At thc con-
lclusion of the program, Pastor S. P.
—
Fairbanks baptized fifteen babics and
OR WALK ‘threc oldcr boys, Thc program was as
Hollows:
Opening iiymn 677.
tl'rnyerrr itcv. S. l’. Fairbanks.
Responsive Rentiintr~—J. Wcslcy Slaw-
Chnunccy .illcn, of Cave avenue, 0:3: m: $011050: 1
fill out in his new Buick t _ m re 0 00'
y“ erday. Primary Exercises.
Black-fish look out William Beck, lccitationvc‘htldrcn’s Day Welcome
‘ Hawkins avenue, has purchased at .“ 9.81" Bonnie.
«hunch. ,Recllation——Mildrcd Morgan.
ESonnw-Welconte Little Sunbeam—
t \
East Norwnlk was well represented‘ , PW” (Inns.
‘ the M0059 parade in Bridgeport, ltet-ituttun—fl'hc Boy Makes the Man
fitur day afternoon. . >~Milton A. Slswson.
_ 1Solo—~1)orothy l’innle.
- Benjamin Walling muff Iiy move-dFitccitution—J-Zurle Wicks.
I'mm t'ovc avenue to Oyster Bay, N. Recitation—Fromm Piuntc.
1., Saturday. Soup—Blur) l:)t‘d Violet—V. Scum. M.
' ! Richards. ll. Lowndos.
Percival Bates, who is working m,Recitution-J-‘orget Me Nuts—Rita 195.
Brooklyn. N. Y.. Spent the weekcnd st“ Bu,“ .
the home of his parents. on Firsttnf‘c"“”°“"A Summers Day—Doro-
. duet. ' thy Cummings.
I ruxcrciscs by Sabbath School.
A strange motorcycle ran into ltccitution-—Strntmer——Grsco Lowndes.
'0‘ on Winfield street, early this Exercise—How. to Keep lite Day——
«fining. Neithcr the rider nor the ‘F our Girls.
“ motorcycle wero injured. Carol—School.
‘ Duet—Ruth \‘nu (.‘ocverlng. Glenda-
The baseball game between the Am-t vere Lovejoy.
means of East Norwalk and the,l2xetcisc—-l.lttle Links in a Chain——
. . I
hotels, of Bridgeport. was postponed‘ Eight Girls.
until next Sunday" because of the mm_tCarol-‘—S¢hool.
'Rccitstion—A Beautiful Year—Marion
A meeting of the bazaar committesfl Minor.
I the East Norwnlk Improvement 80- . Prayer Song—Eight Girls.
flow will be hcld tomorrow at tboEl-‘et‘cise- Sunbt-nms.
home of Mrs. H. L. Lowndes. on Sea-y
glow avenue.
Grass and
Ilrtc-zcs~—Rcvcn Girls.
Cnrol-SchooL
Can’t some more be made to return to
l
t
Miro Staffers was a visitor in New
t‘.:nn.n, Friday.
Mrs Butler. of Brooklyn. N. ll'. is}
spending a few days with L‘harlef
Staffers and family, of Noroton.
The two children of Mr and Mrs. r ‘
‘ oi Sedgwick avenue, who?
thaw had chickenpox, hate fully re
:let'ourt 3.
ms; an m M were
new“ The W are as follows:
Iain M nua- salvage, Flor-
one Shetlock, Maud Sherlock, Elsie
noble, Ethel Rinany, Emma May er.
‘W Bieschhe, Edith Guess, Wrist
tho Whittlll’. Bah Quinn. Frederick
Si’fllb, Henry hutch, Frank Stand
ing. Frank Zulu. Frank auto, irviitg‘
Albrecht, 3050: Bell, Jonah McMah—
us, Phillip Eran», Thomas Hoops,
\‘l'illlani Graham, William Breucher,‘
Walter Van Tassel, farther Fowler,
Vincent Nixon, The tut-hers are:
hits. I). 1) Holmes. J. F. Winisnl, Mrs.
J i". \i'iillsms, Miss M. Willlums.
Mrs Mary K. iiibbtus. Mrs. Anni:-
l.:llcl.o, Mrs. J. A. .‘l..tt‘:.mmoud. His.»
Ella Bates, Mrs. (‘ W Morcbouse,
I{navigator-um noes: mpu‘uoilfivc machines. put a grout unm-
the Tmeke inn uncut-h. Miurdm tothcsword did
two and presents a the appearance. '31; others to disorderly flight.
_ and took as prisoners two of-
L Preston Hollander oi Toscnehe' fig"; and my German soldiers.
8.2m RlcllUd do (“11113011 Sch‘ocnu 0! “According to the latest par-
Saniv‘tunc'mw, are spending the '"k’ltticulara of the fighting from the
‘end, in the hitters Mum at Nrwpul't.! 5m to the 11th, General Kale-
id'mes had taken as prisoners 1.-
‘309 officers, ten surgeons and
“23%;"..iti‘s’élkh .th mm... cur-Wm
FRENCH' tau enorgyoh's‘zuantity afflict???
cm! I . . . ‘
t . m reg first Page) l “In a” region of the right
' _ bank of the Strips River north of
turns. Italian attacks on our po-j Buczacz the enemy took the offen-
smons wexe_ropulsed. ‘sive, but being rcccived by our
“On the ridge south of Mon-I concentrated fire he retreated to
falcon: there was fighting with'his trenchs.
lamina and hand (made; An at-l “0n the southern front in the
t
, 13w,“ F. want Jm, .5 A‘ M‘Ccanhtack of the onemy on Mrzlivhrl forest rofgian and on the Dvina
tote-red.
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1inund, ll. 0. i_.'-t‘.::ielu, Juieph Selleck.
as did rcputod assaults on. front there has been violent ar-
I -—-—-— {M hm,“ “hm“ w" given me our position: in the Dolomiten.ltill~y fire on various sectors. Out
A specinl meeting of the Methodist
Brotherhood will he held this evcning‘
when reports of campaign I‘Pek will be.
,‘roceivod and other business trantucto.
‘ed.
, ripen class t
Mum, “Hm. a, ”mm, “$13.1“ the latter sector, enar Rubdo‘ ..cry seriously damaged the
clotting of the llarien Grunge at tbeland “for? Grad: dd mna' at" ‘uem.y,s trenches and 79"“
hum Th“ "8 [kitsch delivered by the Italians fronting our Dvmusk positions
r Kim] me dew by broke down. Strong assault: in and southwest of Lake Narocz.
the local grunge The New Cunnanlthe ““932: anoleno, makde ogl . “Inez" Cam‘s“ the Situanon
“ outpost our room an,ls 1m ang "
‘onni K rational
At the Conventional church, Chii-' 'm“ was MSG present in force, and l Elfin“ Mnte Melina,
‘tl‘Ii n lhy services. postponed from last
fittitdny. was held yesterday. A well
.urrunged program had been prcpared.
Ailti tltc children rendered their allover,
‘ ll tarts of the entertainment wry slip:
iafactorlly. ‘
.\ mg of luburcrx‘ torc up iluilrold
:.\cnue, Saturday, preparatory to lay-
int: a new pavement. The upursdleun~
tict- thc brldnc and bctwccn the trolley
llilt’lis will be of brick, thc rest of the
road concrete. The Hussan Putting
t't.tttpany, which has the contract. llal
set up a new mixer to be used. The
company will rush the work and will
finish it in about three weeks.
l-‘r'cnds of Benjamin Tompkins
David Mather arranged a meeting be-
tttccn the two men chncsday night.
tltc rt-sult of which is that thcy have
armed to forgive and format their re»
‘cnt sumo-lion, when Tompkins tit.
titt‘lif‘d Mather, and was hilt-r found
guilty of ttssttult. ’i‘ltc cnw was up-
pvttlod in thc ltiuher court. but now
u“ bot-n dismissed with tho collision! "3050“" 80‘0“!" underthe muway'
of the court.
ilev. Robert Stapleton. brothar of deck. The “I’m" rescued h“ beforef‘hr;
Rcv. John Slnplrton, of the South NOI-
txmt: Congregational church. uuvc an,
instructive talk at tho llsrien ('GIDHO:
- :tlongtl church, lust evening. Mr. St;
plcmn has been a missionary tit Erl—
tooth, Turkey. and has only been back
it) t‘ .5 country for n few weclut. Ho
I‘t‘lzllntd by way of Russia. Hi! has
ti: git-in: the people in this vicinity;
t- :llilrfi about the war in the old compl
~ v His ullk, ltst evmtnvz, was fun!
of iirrbhnnd information and what wry!
‘ trv‘ctlvc to those fortunate to bo‘
present. t'
. Frank l‘mndcntltsl. of llrook-
a"o nv' nue, entertained at «unit: on
"ilturz'duy afternoon. Awards woro
2;:th to Mrs. Willisci Pratt, Mrth. W.
- I). Anderson and Mrs. William Ballard.
'“t-c tables were in play. The ghouls
..ctc .‘.lrs. Gcorgc. F. Bcsrsc, Mrs. Wll~
l..u.i Fleming. Jr.. Mrs. l". M. Smith,
Mm. w. D. Anderson. Mrs. Huroldt
M’M‘fllouu, Mrs James MacCamrnond,‘
.‘.i; 3. ll. L. Gillette. Mrs. S. H. McCren.
.‘lrs. Alfred Morohouse, Mrs. Percy
V‘Cnnlt‘ull, and the Misses Helcn 310-:
,Crcn. Growth: and Addie Whitney, lda'
sun uni Eiia Estes. ‘
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J. F. Williams. principal of Dnrlenv
t“. ntcr school, entertained the graduat-
itt-z Class of 1916. Tuesttav. June 13.
The." all enjoyed thcmmlvo't with re-
: program was rcndrrod in which
rangers from both towns participat-
cd. Dr. A. ll. Tunney, Rev. J. B.
11031, i). 11., net. 1L 5. Brown, Hi. 1)..
iilwurd Kcilcy, H. Li. t‘uole, Ray C.
lA‘HIPl‘, Mrs. H. S. Brown And the Da-
m: of Mrs. Iluntcn. Mrs. Lester, Mrs]
ricn Grangc's indics' quartet. consist-
Maoomber and Miss Jeannette Craig,
putticipntcd in the exercises.
w~m
owttv'rctt E 1....
~~¢n~ .u-n .v'.
Joseph Corcoran, who is recovering
from s serious operation he underwent
and in the Bridgeport hospital, is suing rm. mnfinued
as night watchman at flown Point.
The plumbcrs are at work at 1hr»
Hickory Bluff store. conducted by
(horse Schlltcblng. getting eventing;
ready for the bathing season.
\Vlllism H. Farrell’s speed launch
at the Norwalk Yacht (‘lub Thursday
evening and s hole was turn in l|e
serious damage was done.
Leland leppcrt, one of the noose-
five members of the Norwalk Yucht
Club, has taken his canoe to the club
house. The boat is to be decorated in
appropriate colors by his uncle, Wil~
linm Wicks.
T~ 'KENLKL
Mr. and Mrs. John Coykcndull are
spending it \vcclt is New York.
Mrs. anuic Despard is confined to
her home with s severe attack or
rboumuilm. '
John MncCcrmnck. who bu loosed
the 'fi’opo House." to having n whsri
built on the property.
Miss Alice Swift, who bu been ill
in New York. returned to her home 1:.
Tokenoko this week.
A new tennis court is being built on
the corporation's grounds opposite the
fine residence of Richard Tinder.
Mr. and Mrs: Williams. of New
W k h cc r out a part of F. A. Bran-
ds'a)ou‘:»e for the summer months.
The garage created by Mrs. L. M.
met withl German troops under General
the same fatn. ivon Linsingen are holding in
“Italian forces in considerable‘ check the Russians advancing to-
strength attacked our front southward Kovel from the southeast
,of Adago and were repulsed. Wot German army headquarters an.
captured 13 officers, 354 men andfnounced yesterday. The Russians
five machine guns. were repulsed on both sides of
The capture by the Russia“ of: the SW1“ and nearly 3600 WSW}
57‘zcrnowtrz. capital of ma Aus- l crs, one cannon and ten machine
,tro-l-ltmguim crown land ohguns were taken by tho Ger-
Bukowina, VIII officially an- man=.
pounced yesterday by the Rug. Russian attacks on the Ger—
Iinn Wu man forces under General Count
The official statement is as fol. von Bothmer near Przewloka
'5‘! also failed.
.11: Emperor has received a On the western front, a French
congratulatory telegram from the attack in Thiaumont Wood.
1King of Serbia on the overwhoim- north of Verdun, broke down.
ing success of the brilliant Rus- The French were driven during
sian troops, with warm wishes the night from a small first line
‘ atmccsn. trench which they had seized.
j “0n the front of General Brus- The tcxr of the statement is as
tilofl's army. the enemy main- follow:
rains his resistance. making re. “Western front: At various
,peated counter attacks. which points on our front between the
;our troops repulsed succcsufuflv. Franco-Belgian frontier and the
iprming the many, more closely Somme there has been lively ar-
g‘n var‘ous directions and taking tillery and patrol activity.
prisoners and booty. “During the night, on the left
. “Yesterdiv nt 4 o'clock in the bank 0f the Mouse (Vardun
afternoon. General Lechnitzky’s front) there was patrol fighting
troops captured by assault the for advanced trench actions on
dzchead on the left bank of the the southern slope of Dead Man
lPruth. After desperate fighting Hill-
;’0- the passage of the river,i “0n the right hunk of the riv-
whore the enemy had destroyed er a French attack on German
the bridges, we occupicd Czcrno- positions in Thiaumont Wood,
, "its. Our troops are pursuing .precodsd by artillcry fire tasting
,the enemy, who is retreating in. several houn. broke down. A
‘the direction of, the Carpathian mall first line trench, taken by
nee; Ir! tho come of the cup- the enemy. was eluted during
ture of the bridgqhoed we took th. Bill“.
0 'er 1.000 prioonen and 31ml “Air attacks against military
seized gun: in Czcmowitz. works at Bar-le-Duc were again
"rs. kiln—Pin! dem'ln hmlrepemtt A French biplane was
been received of the fighting on; brought down near Lassigny by
the remainder of the front:_ our anti-air craft guns and
“The Moon of General Kale-gamuhed to pieces. In the region
at“. 1-,“, remind descent“ G'V—‘Of Bezange l! Grande, south of
l~ w counter attacks in which Chateau Salim, Lieutenant Wint-
‘wrnn troops from the French gens shot down his six and
‘rnt were curved. In the re» Lieutenant Houndorf his fifth
rion .cf the village of Gado- aeroplane. The occupants of one
Mitch» on the Stvr. a hot eta-machine were killed. On the eve-
nm'vc-«cnt occurred. Thus far the1 ling of the 16th the WRZkBEC of
”Wrap :Wi firm-inn unicorn-n a Frmch biplane brought down
~ '~--‘ ‘~ "Mr-M" nf‘rr-w ambit! at! uni battle. the observed
2 000 men, and we have 4% talc-f in flames northeut o.’ Hesse
*1 civbt machine stuns. The Ger-~ Wood.
ruins furiously attacked the vil.’ “Eastern from»: General von
large of Svidnih. on the northtLinsingen repulsed Russian at-
bnnh of the Stokhod. We rc-‘ tacks on the Styr on both sides
wiped the attack, despite the fire I of Vol‘ri. Bet'vesn the Kovel-
of tho enemy’s stowed train. Lutsk road and the .Toryit sec-
t'htr Cossacks. headed hv their tor our troops. in successful en-
".olonel Smirnoff. chat-zed twice moments. captured eleven Rus-
on the flank aqninst the enemy plan officers. 3.446 men, one can-
forces which had. assumed the of— non and ten' mscbine guns.
fonnive. The Conch captured “Before General Count von
t
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Przclowks broke down um
our curtain of fire. I"
“Balkan front‘ The situation i:
unchanged." 3
The evacuation of CzemOc ‘
witz by the Austrians after thy
Russians had forced the pasng‘
of tho Pruth and penetrated thq
city was announced by the Auk
trian war office yesterday. . '
"Yesterday.” says the official
statement, “the garrison of thQ
bridgehead at Cumin withq
drew before superior enemy fire.
During the night the enemy a.
several points forced pussge ol
the Pmth and penetrucd (Esq...1
witz, which we evacuated." l
QRAVEYARD WM“
A strange custom prevails among at
certain tribe in the Caucasus. When
1 single young man dies some on!
calls upon a bereaved parent who ha!
carried to the grave n mrriapublq
daughter in the course of a year and
says: “Your son is sure to want a
wife. I'll give you my daughter, and
you shall dclivcr to me the marriagq
portion in return.” A friendly often
of this description is never rejected,
and the two parties soon some to
terms as to the amount of the dowry.
which varies sccording to the advan:
tagrs porfit‘SBt‘d by the girl in her lifec
time. Cases have been known where
the young man’s father has given as;
many as thirty cows to secure a dead
wife for his dead son.
"I THE GUN TURRET.
Manipulating a big gun in tho tuc-
tct of a buttltr-liip is just about us
impersonal tt form of ftpliting us c-x-
lrlh‘. in tt'cnt-h nurture you can hmt‘
the shell coining iii time to step out
of its path (it you are lucky), but in
turret fighting you are shut up tight.
ly in u stcel compartment, with no
chance of cscapc. if any enemy pro-
jectilc ‘rll‘lkt’s the turret you are kill-
cd. If the ship sinks your steel trap
drowns you. And if you finally den
fest the enemy by working a brass le-
ver back and forward for five hours
you wonder how many of your shots
were hits and how many were mere
waterspouts.——Brooklyn Eagle. ‘,
COLORED HAILSTONES.
Red hail is not unknown. even in
Great Britain, for in May of 1885 there
was quite a. heavy full of it at Castle-
welian, in County Down. Red and
white fell together, and the rod into
wu not merely on the surface of the
pellets, but went through and through.
When one was squeezed between the
fingers it stained them. '
At Midst, Russia, an even strang-
er hail shower had fallen five years
before. Some of the pellets were
distinctly reddish, others were a
bright blue. Some scientists declare
that the coloring is due to various
mineral sulfur—London Standard.
SEA GULLS. ,
Dwellers ncnr the neurons! do not
require a better weather sign tbsirthe
guiil, which in the various winds that
will brim: the rain collect in big
flocks and gather in the fields or cir-
cle high over the land. wheeling and
screaming uneasily. They will not
come in on s false alarm. and none
need fear they will who a mistake.
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Tbe Doctor—You soon to have
been neglecting the exerclsg that l
«prescribed for you.
Mr. Neverswett—v'l'bot's odd. I
bought a pair of clubs Ind a punch:
ins bug and gave my man explicit
directions to use than an bout. a day.
r-Inutsvillo Courier-Journal.
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