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Tillman .
AVENUE HOUSE
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l‘KIliarles
, Bed, When
ilgBroke in and Saved His
litttllllullu .
i- ll HARBllR VIEW
Moor Timbers at Home of
=. Mrs: Harriet Peck Are
tailor-nod '
' :I'here ware two fires this week to
cop the men at the Central Fire sta-
‘Iion busy. The first and most serious
.mp5 at the residence of Charles Bar-
iddea, in Lexington avenue. which was
totally destmyed. - The house is lo‘
‘icolndjonmde the fire limits. but the
gt” then did all they possibly could.
«Thy re is no city water as far out. as
that, but the well, was .pumped dry
Slim-the bucket~ brigade. and this had
little effect on the flames. The con.
it‘llts of building werenearly all sav-
ed.‘ Mr.'Bardoes said he was asleep
=in.bed at the. time giro flames start-
i1»t1._and he was aroused by neighbors
breaking in.. The loss is about $3,000,
covered by insurance of $1.500. .'
* This morally; the firemen were
Summation. to harbor, View Beach.
.ot'tao butaide the fire limits. The
flames were in the. bungalow or Mrs.
Harri-3t Peck. The. fire started from
'nparkn from open fireplace. and burn:
and into some of the floor tittlbers. The.
loss wasfnotheavy. The houSo is in-
,mlred ior.t1.2oo.- . ;
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E- -iiliARflllVER-Vliili
t Ellllllllllllliillifl;
A'Says Little Is ‘Left of It
' Worth Saving But. the
; Metaleachinery Cover-
- 4 ed WithMussels—y—Investi-
gation onBottom of Sound
‘1 Near The ,Cows Reef
Stumidrdllns b‘Cll Vlii'i‘d by tnn‘ny
‘Iszunps, bill it .is doubtful ii the city
3.41s ever entertain-3d one ‘,"-“‘. had a
"'Qil‘ord precarious oc'ctipntiou than that
of Martin Johnson,'who sailed into
BardOes Asleep in.
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“Stamford “harbor. about a week ago, in several of the 'Knob‘s
a small .nuxtliary launch. Johnson is were unavailable, but Mr. Lumson,
Mr. Whltcslde. Mr. Newlands‘ and Mr.
Green constituted the team. and had
a very enjoyable afternoon. A line
ldfnner was set before them and, a
inumber of courts were at their dis-
] pcsal, so that the matches were-over
early. The Knob only won one match
‘of the series,_ and lost four, bllt the
lgames were close and points very
altrump diver. and travels along the
bullet line, ~which he searches for old
w‘lecks in the hopes of securing goods
"fling ago‘gi'ven up as lost.
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RAILROAD STRIKE
DISORDERS SPREAD
» ‘ Elnj
purines AIRES. Sept. 17.-’R3ll-
: strike diso _ >
1’: ' fridge . hasbeen‘ Wrecked tying up
two linen and .
ment of ttroop trains.
iorcementa. of National
been sent. to Rosario.
Heavy rein-
troops have
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MUST an RAISE
measures non 01m SOLD-
:‘rsas AND SAIL-OBS.
" a loca1"war council will be
formed at the South Norwalk
iPublic Library Monday even-
3 Eng, September 17, wt 8 o'clock.
. . .1!“ every man and woman
; .1 ,rvlithaS the welfare of our sold-
: liarsat heart be'preoent. ‘
! At the, council a plan for the
; 31:9.th will be carefully ex.
._ fplained. , - ' .
-. IW of Directors of the South
~if.’
Neighbors"
Office on Second Clue Hooter.
'ltttlll liliND
Entered It tho South Norwnlk Put
sou-n; ' nonwgux, _ corn. MONDAY, SEPT.17, 1917
Cloudy tonight, probably rain.
llll WAR SlARIS
HARllRRD R|0l
Man Resents Attack ,on
President, eThrows Aud-
ience Into Uproar
WRMANSRRRRER ANll
RHAIRMAN ARRESTED
Bruises and 5 Broken Chairs
Only Casualties at Pacifist
Meeting
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 11—m-
forts to stop the world war ended dis-
rasil'ously in a riot here. last night
when indignant defenders of the Pres-
ident attacked speakers at a mass
meeting called by
Branch of the People's
Halriford
Council of
the
America for Democracy and Peach.
Government agents
also took a hand and arrested Mrs.
and the police
Annie ‘A. Hale, of New York, and
Alfred E. Whitehead. of this city, who
was the chairman of the meeting.
Professor Henry W. L. Dana. of Co
lumbia University. was to have been
one of the speakelS, but theprlot oc-.
cunred before his turn came and he
was not heard.
Efforts by citizens for a week to
. prevent the meeting had germ only.
to arvertlse it.
nd when the meeting
started in Socla lot boil it was appar-
.ent that in"? half were drawn there
by curiosity or by a desire to thwart
the object of the meeting. Tire rest
of- the audience contained many per-
sons suspected of German learnings.
(Continued on Page blight.)
TRERNRR SEASRN ..
“l3ilM_E_3_llllNlNll
Tennis Games Followed by a
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Ndnyalki’ublic Labrary.
Dance Saturday—Annual
Meeting, October 6th
The season‘ or 1917 at- the Knob
went ongr to the Forrest Hill inn
courts at Forrestillll. Long Island.
thesoene of the national tournament.
to accept a cordial invitation of that
club to play a match. Owing to the
war and the _openlng of the school
equaL
. The home team meanwhile had a.
lratch on with the Foley club. and
upheld the honor of the Knob ill a
. very acceptable manner, as the follow-
rders are spreading. ing score shows:—
Mr. Angevine vs.'Minor. 6-4. 6-4.
preventing‘ “10 move. Fred Murphy vs. Mr. Mllllgan, 1-6. 0—6.
Miss Slauson vs. Miss Milllgnu.
Mr. Young vs Dowllng. 6-2, 6-2.
Mr. Jessup..Mr. Malkln vs Mr. bin}:-
(Contlnued on Sixth Pag
STAB WOUNDS. .
ALL OVER HIM,
o.)~ ‘
BUT WILL LIVE
MERIDEN, «,Conn. Sept. 17.——One
of the worst .cascs of a victim of
isiabbin-g even" brought Into the ‘10.
cal 'police sta'tin‘n occupied-the. at~
tentlon of police and hospital. at 2,‘Dohlen, 3180 known as T. Von Miller.
o’clock yesterday morning. , George
Papallo, the: victim. was stabbed in
‘ the scalp. his; left car was pierced,
the back of his neck, his breast and
‘ He suffered
from loss oftblood but late today the
attending phydiclan said he believed
the man would recover. Joseph Charo,
Tony Montolorra‘ of this city and Dom-
inick D’Agggtino of New York city pear-once on the street here in .tlic
were all arren'ted on the charge of
assault with intent to kill Papallo.
back were all badly cut.
PliNSFiliiMliVlNli ‘
sull nulls ltl
sinuous-ll
First Due September 19-—
Connecticut Men to Arrive
the Next Day
AYER, Mass, Sept. 17.——Plans for
the movement of the quota of 40 per
cent. of drafted men to the national
army cantonment here were announc-
ed at the headquarters of the seventy»
sixth division commander. Major Gen.
'Harry F. Hodges tonight,. The sched-
ule which was arrangedzby the Am~
erican Railway Association, and con-
firmed by the army authorities pro.
quota in a body on a particular day!
instead of spreading the transfer over'
all the days allowed for the comple-
tion ol' the movement. - ‘ '
The entire 46 percent. Quotas from
Elaine, New Hampshire,\Vei-mont and
Rhode Island, more than 5,000 in all.
will be the first arrivals. They are
due on September 19. On the follow-i
his day. the Connecticut quota. of
4.390 is scheduled’to reach here; the
quota for Massachusetts. exclusive of
Boston, numbering 6,021. will come
(Continued on Sixth Page).
sutulluluus
IN tRflSS STREET
Three South-Norwolk Young
Men Mixed Upin an Affair
in the First District » .1”. _. _
As the rBsu‘lt of a lively fracas in
Cross street, Norwalk, Saturday night
in which lists and a revolver were
used, Frank Lynch. of Hamilton ave-
nuc. is under arrest. and in the Nor-
‘walk hospital with a bullet in his
right leg. and John Callahan. of Etyl
avenue. and Raymondi Croal. of ‘
Spring street, are uloo‘undcr til-rest.
awaiting their trial which has been
set for Saturday morning in the~up~
town court. All three‘men- are held
{under charges of intoxication. breach
of the peace. and assault upon Mr.
and Mrs. Christopher Cleo. of Frank .
Iln avenue. - ‘
The mlxup, 'which is rather don-
fusing as to actual happenings. oc-
curred carly Saturday night. at the
corner of Cross and ‘River streets.
club was brought to a successful ondl
.on Saturday, although the bus con-l
tinned to;run all dayyesterday. OnI
: Saturday afternoon. a team of tennis
i players made up largely of substitutes
best players
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo were visiting ‘nl
the home of Mrs. Clep's parents. Mr.
and‘Mrs. Fred'nghiingale, oi.Cross
street, and it is thought that Mrs.
Glee was outside of the house 'tallc
ing to the three South Nurwalk men.
It is reported that she was insulted
in some manner, and that Mr. Clee
then came out of -iho.house totnko
a hand in the affair. ~ He received a
jolt in the fact, and then returned
_ (Continued on Eleventh Page).
The annual clambake of James
vglliotto and Bob Gates was held yes-I
terday in Burchard’s woods, off Witch
Lane, and was the most successful
affair that they haverever given. Near-
ly 200 people were in attendance,
auto truck loads coming from Shelton.
Bridgeport and New Canaan. and
{many being (present ifrom Norwilk
and Westport, where Mr. Ghiottois
exceptionally.well-known as one of
tthe best makers of clam bakes in the
state.
Tables wore spread about the grove.
and everything was deliciously cook-
ed and served. There was. an abund-
ance of steamed clams, blue fish,
sweet and white potatoeshgreen corn.
tomato and beet salad,- spring chick-
en and lobster. ' ,.
LOOK INTO ACTIVITIES ..
or VON DQHLEN
EL‘ PAso. Texas. San}. 17.——Fed~
.eral officials are investigating the ac-
tivities at Fort Bliss of Richard von
Awho ”yesterday was bound over to the
Federal Grand ,‘Jury in the sum of
$2.500'on a'charge of impersonating
an army officer, it-becamc known to-
day. Von Dohlen. who formerly was
a captain in Villa's arm , has been
employed as an expert mechanic in
the army machine shops at Fort Bliss.
His arrest was preceded: by his ap-
Iuniform 0L3 captain, . ‘ thy insignia,
of the quartermaster's .b nchof the
vides that each state shall send its l‘
enactment line vina-
Ithe largest canton of population.
Pill/M
ANNUAL CLAMBAKE or .-
GHIOTTO AND GATES
CIlliSililiRill
Wilhelm
Life Soldiers ”Wounded
at the Front
uric:
“ - luiuuusus .
pummel-Inland
can: . ‘_ .. _
wasnmm'on. on. 17.4"”
have been. chosen tentatively in'ninei
teen cities for the nmlr‘recoutruc-
tlon" hoaplinllt in “W1 the United
States twill begintbe work of rehabil»
ltating for private life; its soldiers
who return wounded from the front
in Europe. ‘The cities, selected as-
were announced by Major ‘Goneral
Gorgon. surgeon general of the army.
”13‘0“"? -
anon. ow Yer. Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Washingttfi't. Bunnie. Qin-
clnnatl. Chicago St. Poul Seattle. Son
Francisco. Lou Angelou. Denver, Kan-
one City. St. Louil. Menuhinfilch-
mood, Atlanta and New Orleans. .
Tho. jdtm.iRW1'ofl,
Washington...ond ‘ Gh'lnlso Mbabiy
Will be the first bulli."’-‘ Th0 will
have 500 beds-with provisions for
doubling their capacity ,if necessary.
"The whole conception of govern-
mentaland national responsibility for
caring for, the wounded.” said Gen
eral Gorgas. in making the announce»
ment, “has undergone radical changes
during the months of study given the
subject by experts serving with the'
.1 (Continued-on loventit Polo.)
Willill
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:Work on the paving of Seavlew ave-
nue is, progressing rapidly. and the
work that'the Hanson people are do-
ing is expected to be completed this
week. On the rest of Seavicw ave-
nue. beyond the Hudson. people are
working a roller is busy putting on a
gravel top. .
011 East Washingidn street, the
street is torn up on the north side
and paving on this side is expected
to be completed by tomorrow even-
ing. There‘is’ a delay in getting
bricks and competent help.
The south side will remain open
until‘ the north side is completed.
when that side will be opened to traf-
lie and the south side repaired.
On South Main street the Warren
Brothers are busy laying the bitullthlc
top and the street will be ready in
a short time. it is said. .
ENGINE PLOWS .
- THROUGH 3 CARS
AURORA, "1., Sept 17.——Seven
Iowa stockmen were killed last night
in a rear end collision on the Bur-
lington railroad near Earlville, lll.,
forty-five miles west 10! Aurora. Ten
or more were injured. The men who
were killed 'and most of Lhasa in-
jured were in two sleeping cars, and
a day car attached to the rear of the '
stock train. * Tho'merchandise train
plowed through these thrée‘cars.
ble.
safety.
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SPRlNcFlELo mousrntss
‘ RESUME.
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SPRINGFIELD. 111., Sept. 17.—Coal
mines, manufacturing plants and in
dustries- generally resumed operations
today when 8,000 workers, idle last
Week because of a sympathetic strike,
resumed their occupations, _
The decision tognback was reach-
ed afber unionists. had been permit-
,te'd to parade through the city streets
yesterday. A similar demonstration.
in support of striking street our men.
plnnncd for the Sunday previous, had
been broken up by~the polio” This
action broughton the general tieup.
Troops which have been doing duty
about the city were returned to Camp
Lincoln today. ' ' .
The fight occlirred at a. family party service. according to evidence-1 fit his
at midnight Saturday. ‘
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hearing.
’ “hr bed:
um “ atrium-j ,L.
i-
Miss A
tall attention by
her escape from _
injury was mil-dc one.
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QUEBEC. Sept. 17.~~~Wlfli'“lho~ils-
ends of spectators Ming‘ both sides
of the St. Lawrence. the great engi-
nearing feat of ranting
span of the Quebec cantilever bridge
into position 150 feet above the river
was begun today.
' Brought at high tide to the bridge
site on pontoons. the huge span, long-
est in the world. was made ready for
hoisting early this morning as soon'
as the tide should rccede and leave
it suspended on four great
chains attached to 150 ion Jacks lo-
cated on the unconnected cantilever
arms which stretch out from beach
side of the rlvcru limits the' break
log of one of the chains, which in
1916, when the. first attempt was made
to‘raiee the span. caused a loss of
feurteen lives.
At 9:45 o'clock. the tide having fall-
en. daylight appeared between the
decks of the pontoons and the floor
oftho span. As the pontoons float-
ed down stream without their bun
den. cheers broke out from the thous-
ands on shore. The lifting was inl-
mediately begun. although so slowly
that the motion was hardly percepti‘ '
team HOUSE-
" WINSTE‘D, Sept. 17.4w:
Beach‘T-llll. in, Colebrook, yesterday.
destroyed a two-story farmhouse and:
born” owned,“ James Anderson, of
\Brookiyn. and ‘ occupied by Alvin
Johnson, a‘iumberman. The fire is
believed to have been started through? ,the occasion. . L
and“ of Johnson'semliloy‘es «smoklnyi . The affair was
; semifinal). '
ullwullll
utilitarian .
RYAN Milli
nn Dowd Sustains
Serious Injuries by Mach-
ine of Louis Bonnay,‘ of
Bridgeport
While crossing West avenue. at the
corner of Merwin street last evening
about 7:15 o’clock, Miss Ann Dowd,
of 69 Connecticut avenue. was struck
by on automobile owned and driven
by Louis Bannay, of 1306 State street.
Bridgeport, . T .
Miss Dowd was thrown to the pave-
.ment. and sustained atom. nose, cut
lips, a. fractumd lott‘wdot a sprained
right ankle and possible internal in.
The injured woman was given med-
Dr‘ J. W. Vollmer
who happened to be“ our the scene
of the accident.
Olcer Payne took Mr. Bouncy to
the I'll-st Diotrtct station it
the. Bridgeport nutcmob
that an.
Di'fi
Between this city and the Montreal
Stock Market. brokers' wives wires
were set up to tell the story of suc-
cess or failure to anxious investors in
the stock of the builders of the bridge
the Dominion Bridge company.
TWO COAL BARGES
’WERE STRANDED
NORFOLK, Vt., Sept. 17.—-During
the northeast storm on the South At-.
lantic~ coast yesterday. two - coal.
barges were stranded on Virginid'
Beach, and another was reported in
distress too far out for llfeboats. Stay:
leral merchant vessels put back for'
i
The wind velocity
to 52 miles an hour at Cape Henry.
SUFFRAGE LAW IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Sep. 17—The
Indiana Woman's Suffrage law was
declared unconstitutional and void by
adudge of the Marion County Su-
perior Court today. The decision was
glvenin a suit to test the law and
arrangements are being made to ap-
peal immediately to the Indiana Su-
preme Court to obtain a final deci-
sion before the municipal election-s
in November. The court refused to
issue a restraining order to prevent
women from registering pending a dc-
clsion of the «higher (:01:
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The load
become confused
when one low Willem» approach-
ing her and for this reason it was im-
possible for him to avoid striking her.
Mr. Banncy was released upon his
own word. but will appear at any time
when he is wanted.
Miss Dowd is 65 years of age, and
erlous if not fatal
mo" BARN aunnso
p
out.
. where
‘t stated
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the (chiral
steel
ranged from 48
rt.
on
is estimated at .
BRlllSH NAVAL SEAPLANES '.
drills/limit
Aged East Norwalk Oyster-
oylterman of this city died yesterday
i111! hi:0 sixtrninth year by drowning. Lively Bottle F050"
s at was found by Clarence H.
Webb without anyone on board yes- 0f the Germans on
terday morning at about 7 o’clock mt]. '
and notice was given to the police: P on at Apreinont
His skiff. with the oarlocks taken out at ‘ ' .
of it, was also noticed and this led
his sons t6 believe that he had fallen
overboard and was drowned.
watch had stopped at 2:20 o’clock
yesterday morning. it is presumed.
found his body standing upright: in
and Keyscr’s Island with
stuck in the mud. The water at low
tide covered the top of his head a dis
tnnce of about two Met. The time
the
4:30.
and Clarencx H. Webb found
body. which was so firmly lmbeddcd
in the mud that it required all of
their efforts to bring it to land. It
was taken to Keyser'o Islands, where
it was viewed by Medical Examiner
vitamins-ton, who gave a verdict of
accidental death-He leaves four sons.
Clarence, Albert. Fred and Hugh-o
half brother to the other three, and
t
South Norwalk.
atternwn at 2:30 o'clock from D. W.
Raymond's funeral parlors on Wash-
ington street. and informal. will be in
the East Norwallrcernetery.
liAllllSTlVill '
Will Be Given For the Bene-
ausplces of the Fairfield County com-
mittee of the Fatherless Children of
France for the benefit of that organ-
. Spigit of the Woods," will be given
Mrs. Edward W. Packard. The cast
will include some the young society
4 consisted of everything essential for
DROP BOMBS 0N tilttltt _j -
.DESlRliiRST. AND luwu
One Destroyer Was S )
and One Trawler and PW
sibiy Two, of a Fleet W
Four, Was Sunk ’ 1 .
Rilllli MARE—M '
HERMAN lRlN.
ts nttthttln
man Found Imbedded in
Mud Off Keyser’s Island
Captain Albert Aym, a wellknown
LONDON, Sept. 17.——B
naval seaplanes on Saturday .
ped bombs on German destro"
and trawlers along the Belgfi
coast betwoen Ostend and Bio“
enberg e, near Seebrugge, hittn »
one do troyer‘and sinking at log. ‘
one trawler. An official at
ment issued by the Admiralty
day says:
“Naval aircraft made a be,
ing raid Saturday on enemy : 1
ping between Blankenberghe '
Ostend. Bombs, were «113.09%.
destroyers and trawlera, or
era. One large destroyer; . .
amidships, and one, probably.
of a'group of four trawlers,
Sunk
“In the evening during a
patrol one of our seaplanes m
attacked by two seaplanes W '_
were engaged by our escort ..
airplanes and one wasshot do__
in flames, the other being ch “
towards some enemy dextroye
“About 10 a. m. yesterda
. patrol engaged a. formatio‘
enemy aircraft, destroying
and probably two.” ‘
LONDON, Sept. 17.——Troop
English and Scottish regim
made successful raids lastnight
the German trenches in the"
and Somme regions'of. tho
front in France. 'Many Germ
were killed in their dugout's:
prisoners were taken} Thetékb
the statement issued today by“
British War Ofiice says: ' . . ‘
“In the course of the night ‘_ .
cessful raids Were carried out:
English and Scottish regime
against the German positith.
southeast of Gavrelle, ens
Epehy and northeast of the Ayy
and Donal railway. Several pifix
oners were taken agd two mach“?
uns were capture . ..
g trunk
His
A low tide yesterday afternoon they
be water between Cedar Hancock
the feet
t his body was discovered was at
His “SOILS Clarence and Albert Ayres,
the
wo brothers. John and Jesse. all of
Services will be held on Wednesday
IN RR
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Milli
J
fit of the Fatherless Child-
ren of France
The “Gall Festival" whichf will be
given soon in Greenwich under the
lzation and the Boy Scouts of Green-
wich. has enlisted the active interest
of society women who are spending
the autumn near Greenwich. In the
afternoon a masque, entitled “The
in the garden of the country home of
girls of the neighborhood. An even-
ing performance, especially arranged
by'the ThentreWorkshop of New
York, will'follow at the GreenWich
theatre. when a one-act play “The
Birthday of the Infanta” will be given.
. There will be during the_evenlng
monologues, impersonations and tape}
cial dances. Among those on the
committee or arrangements for the
i-EStival are Mrs. Percy A. Rockefell-
er, MrscEdward W. Packard. Mrs,
Russell A. Cowles, Mrs, E. C. Con-
verse, Mrs. William Rockefeller, Mrs.
E. C. Andrews, Mrs. J. W. Barrett.
Mrs. W. S. Brewster, Mrs. George
Quackerbush. Mrs. Joseph H. Hunt.
Mrs. Franklin Edson and Mrs. F- W.
Lincoln.
“Many of the enemy were.
in their dugonts. Company " .
trench mortar emplacement: .Wfi
destroyed. ,
“The hostile artillery“ shjo
some activity during the hi
east of Ypres.” ‘ '- ‘-'
PARIS, Sept. 17.—German
forces last night attacked th
”French positions in Apremont
est, in the Ardennes. The om
statement issued todayfby-
French War Ofiice says the att
failed after a lively battlc.;.',l‘lifl§
was a violent artillery duel w. '
' y , of Craonne and Massiges.
PlflNEER FIRE-MEN - according to the corresponden
‘agreeablc issues raised on acco
tier Company enjoyed their-annual Germany says she is oblig ‘
-mitting the messages, but r
A number of vocal and lnstrumen-lgra sinthe phraseology th .
a local orchestra rendered music forlnouncement that Germany '3‘
LONDON, Sept. .17. _-"
many has sent a note to S .
" 7 , ‘ Stockholm. of the Central ;_
HAVE ANNUALBAKE Agency,-highly regretting the
. , i» ‘ y
" l I, lof Sweden transmitting tele‘gr
~Mcnlbers of Pioneer Hook and Ladlto Germany. . ‘
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clam bake. in their headquarters in' ' ‘
Main street. yesterday. The rnenu'lthe Swedish government for tr
I . . .
a successful clam bake, and the feeditlmt her representatives 11%
was greatly enjoyed. ‘ .tlnn should have sent 1th
tnl Solos were rendered, during that ‘ ' > ,
course of the happy proceedings. and iSt'd‘clthoqlfi‘ 3153122191253 33“,
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. very largely attend-lsent the note to Swedem'aoyn
ed. and o. great‘lllne was enjoyed byi ' -
everyone who attended. '1 (continued on fifth you)?
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