~ e SEPH DAVIS
5 Wmhllllel Street
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WEATHER FORECAST.
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, long trough of low pressure etend-
from Colorado northeastward td‘
Michigan is causing clouit’
with somewhat higher tern-
- in the Mississippi Valley and
* lake region. Areas of high pru-
central over Montana and Ver-
- . are producing pleasant weather
th low temperatures in the westernl
- and New England. North-
_ Vt., reported 24 degrees below
. and earn temperatures etend es
south as connecticut.
-itions favor for this vicinity:
ir weather followed by Increasing»
udiness and slowly rising tempera-
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Temperature: High, Ill; low,
Fair.
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Eureka Rebekah Lodge will hold an
itintlon on Friday earning. January
-—')IcEnelly'a popular singing or-
Im-‘tra. Dancing‘untll 1 o'clock. Next
outlay night at the Armory.
Although the local ponds are frozen
- the depth of at least twelve inches
of the ice dealers have commenc-
. operations as yet.
i—Banuer Bakery will have frosted
no on Saturday.
The following members of the Le-
al Advisory Board will "be in ihe
~ n hall today: lra Gregory. John A.
fills. James 1'. Hubbell. Leo Davis.
-erIck Buckley ”nnd Edward J.
' Inlan. '4
——Miss O'Dell's dancing class will
or meet this week. on account of the
olidays. but will resume next week
a usual. ‘
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meat this evening In the lecture room
of the church .
Last evening the East Avenue M.
E. Church held its exercises. a pro
gram of which was given in full in
yesterday’s issue of the Sentinel.
Tomorrow evening the NorwaIk
Methodist Episcopal Church Christ-
mas entertainment will be given in
the parlors of the church.
This evening in the South Norwalk
Congregational church, the Sundayd
school of the church will hold its en’i
tertainment. while tomorrow evenngt
a social gathering of the church and'
minister will be held. This will prob-
ably be the last time that such a
gathering will be held because of the
fact that Mr. Stapleton will leave the
first of the year to enter into Y. 11.;
C. A. work, leave of absence having
been given him by the church.
Tomorrow evening the Christmas
exerises of the First Congregational
Church will be held in the parish,
house, which was saved from destrue 1
tiou at the fire in which the entire
ed. This:
will be the lirst social gathering to ,
be held in the parish house since thel
dre. Services will be resumed in thet
parish house beginning Sunday. the!
30th. I
The Swedish Congregational church
has held its Christmas exercises, they
bein held on Christmas Day.
Trinity Episcopal church will hold=
its Christmas festival tomorrow even-l
ing at 7:30 o'clock. in the church par-
lors. Christ Episcopal church is hold-
ing its entertainment th’s evening in
the church parlors. . Grace church
held its entertainment at 4 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. with a distribution
of part of the gifts to the children
at that time. A carol service was
held instead of the usual Sunday
school service at noon last Sunday.
St. Peter's Lutheran church held
Its Christmas entertainment on
Christmas Day at 4 o'clock. with
Christmas carols. a tree and ipres
cuts for the children. A Christmas
social will he held by the young peo'
ple.of the church this evening in the.
assembly room of the church.
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When the House of Representatives passed the prohibition amendment to the Constitution the other day
there were just twenty-Ho dry states in the union. and Ive more which had passed prohibitory laws to take
pilect in 1918. Assuming the twentp-seven dry states will vote for constitutional prohibition nine more must
adopt the proposed amendment to make it part of the t‘onstitution of the United States. The fight for the
amendment must be made in thotwentyone wet states: Californll. Connecticut. Delaware, Florida. Illinois.
Kentucky, Louisiana. Maryland. Minnesota. Missouri. Massachusetts. New Jersey, New York. Nevada. Ohio,
Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. Texas, Vermont. Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Senator Sheppard, of Texas. and Representative K Y. Yates 0f the House were sponsors for the amend.
men .
The dry states with the dates when their prohibitory laws took effect are as follows:
Main. July 1, 1884; Kansas. Nov. 23. 1880; North Dakota. Nev. 2. 1889:. Georgia. Jan. I. 1908; Oklahoma.
Nov. 16. 1907; Mississippi, Dec. 31. 1908; North Carolina. Julp 1. 1m: Tennessee. July 1. 1909: West Virginia.
July 1. 1914; Virginia. Nov. l. 1!"; Arizona. Jan. l. 1915; Colondo. Jan. 1. 1916; Oregon. Jan. 1. 1916; Wash.
ington. Jan. 1. 1916: Alabama. July 1, 1915'; Arkansas. Jan. 1.1916; lows. Jun. 1. 1916; ldaho. Jan. 1. 1016;
South Carolina: Dec. 31. 1915; Nebraska. )lav l, 1917; South Dakota. July 1. 1911. and Utah. Aug. 1, 1911.
Five states adopted prohibition it l9" and 1917 to go Into elect during ”is. as follows:
Montana. Dec. 31. 1918; Michigan, Aug. 30. ”is; New Hampshire. Hay l. 1918; Indiana, April 2. 1’18, and
New Mexico, Oct. 1. 1918.
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st-uenuttomc eaoonsu A FAIL. eraser
use
i Teasing In a Blanket.
i Timing in the blanket is a very old
‘uport or ptttt'tshmeui. "Blurrketipz”
’llen Jew-on called it. and in llullnshetl
Insert We amt n dfllllit'lllltm or "last.
l Ins. plain-lug. blanks-ting utul sttrlr other
'illltltie ntnl dishonorable exercised."
’ have a special
DEPARTMENT LET GO.
'New Haven City Authentic. Also
WASHINGTON. DOC. 27.7“1116 wood ’ NOV. A” mm ‘tmk
en shipbuilding program was pictured;
as an almost complete failure todayi
by Rear Adnlral y, A. 30““, Anne week ago published an article in f '
' _ . , l'ln- I rent lt
mmflpnpral Mauser of the Buoy-‘Whlch they commented i-Nflc'hlfi "il‘t‘lle-l’." I"? ll.
20m? Vlfl‘i COYDOI’IUOU- testifying “l strongly 0' the fl" government mus-time pitch to ill“ sheet or l-Iztnket
The New lia'ven Re‘lntel' about a
vt-rb.,
"ls-rue" livltt': lltc
First street at Gregor/ Boulevat'd.‘ the Senate Commflc, Commmpc-, in.’
East avenue at “infield street, Fort vestigatloli of shipbuilding;
Norwalk, their article being based on tut-d. The verb "ltcrucr" is also tired ;
an anicle that appeared in the Bridge. for the )lu-rinh punishment. in whit-h ;
Entrance on Main St.. Fairfield Ave...Cannon 81:. J
Fine Suits
Fine Overcoats
Fine Economy
Step into the men’s clothing section. Sir 3
Look criticallv at the splendid collection of overcoats and
suits at $25
.And THEN pick from them all. the one vou like best and
pav for it but $19.50!
Such is the chance of thisweek.
A suit or an overcoat from Kuppenhcin'ter!
iA suit or an overcoat from Hart Schail'er & Marx!
' Pick of all the handsome cloths that the season has sent us!
I . s s
A stvle as full of snap or as ouret and rettrtnc as a man
Wishesll
iA vounz man’s suit or overcoat—or a suit or overcoat for
conservative man!
.Everv sort of overcoat—belted and plain. storm or dress.
fancv woolen or plain!
Everv tvpe of suit for business and for general service!
EVERY ONE THAT HAS BEEN $25.
RIGHT FROM THE COLLECTION TODAY $19.30
.It makes no difference whether vou are tall or short. slen-
der or of well rounded figure—there is a suit and :m
overcoat at this spectal price of nineteen dolars and a
half FOR YOU!
The Rowland Dry Goods
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Co, Bridgeport
CENTRAL HOTEL
l'lne roomeby the dayorweek. Steam heated. electric
lightendgas. FineCaleuuchedgaleoReeuumncltaliao
endAmerlcanstyle.
CornerllonroeandChestuutlt.
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street at East avenue, Osborn ave-l
nue at Port street and Fort street
at Van Zandt, street.
Inventory is being taken In the
street department preparatory to ”P",
ginning the work of the New Year. s
“starts wanu' ALIENSTN HART- ;
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HARTFORD. Dec. iii—Prominent
nts on certain streets in Hartford,
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and other large cities in Connecticut
iwill blasen forth within a few days
I the Words:
“Allen enemy stop! You must go no
farther in the direction of the arrow."
t There an» black on white sighs.
‘ttbottt ll M 16 inches size. and will he
Questions brought from Admiral port Telegram. and which while it
can lnterna‘ional Corporation at Cam- ‘ in November, was not accurate as re-l
den, N, .l., will profit $6,000,000 on the m, December ”4'"... Christmas:
rovernmem lumlsh" all 1hr cull-l the inability of the city astronaut mi
and can all the blllI- All“! "I" pay its out. and intimidated that the
Howlcs reptltd: city were not receiving their checks in
"They put lip lhe 30" “0" and (time for Christmas. The checks wcrr-i
If it becomes advi
trnment to cuild and operate 9“” “t‘ In November there was some delay it
hrlcuting vnrdfi. Allllll'" 30"" “id' that in ordering the mayor to borrowI
will’bc found to have been a profitable .some money, 90'" to sin notes for
Z5" '0’ ‘h' 5“" them In plenty of time {or Christmdsl
put up bv ttMrshaI Mlddleliyiok', his
-'I'he biweekly meeting of Court Ner-
, 58, Foresters of America. will be
eld in the rooms on Water street this
veuing. when the nomination and el-
lon of oflicers will take place and
the plans for the coming ball will he
I - i‘ rfectcd. “
’-—Danclng to the music of McEneI-
ly's Singing Orchestra Is one of the
(rents of the season , Armory. nex'
lends, night
' "The questlouairres mailed today
{were from 1738 to ‘896 inclusive. It
any registrant whose number was
mailed today does not receive his
erueetionalre. he should notify the ex-
emption board. The board Crids that
many questlouairres that have been
returned are imperfect. In many in-
hnswer the proper questions. These
registrants will be. notiiled and unless
:fihe errors are rectified the privilege of
' exemption will be denied to
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Chimes. Ladies free.
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* Why Not
'fThose Thin
- Shell Rims”
in Your Eye Glasses
THAMER
. “.150 m lye lu‘vlee"
out-u. m m
"mail-attains. eta-rue. Gena
stances the cause being the failure to;
deputies and volunteer assistants 9:
the places where the alien enemy
must stop. and not get within one
hundred yards of u ntunition factory.
government. arsenal. steamboat dock.
Vetretera.
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AVIATOR WALCDT'I' EELIEVED
LOST OR FRENCH FRONT
WASHlNGTON. Dec. 27.-—Secretnry
Walcott of the Smithsonian institu-
tion. whose son. Stuart Waltzott, fl\--‘
ing with the American Army in
France. fell. behind the German linerl
after u fiaht. lodav received the fol-
lowing cable from Paris.
”Stuart fallen enemv lines Dertm~
ber 12. fighting three single s-‘atet's
alter demolishing enemy 'two sea'er
Fate uncertain."
Inquiries are now
through channels reaching
many as to his fate.
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.AM. BRITISH CO. BEFUSES TO
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 27,—f‘,
Bowles. construction expert of the
Shipping Board. was the first witness
to testify at today's session of the
Senate invo-rtiitatio'n of alleged delays
in the. Board's! shipbuilding program.
The t‘ttmrttiI'If-e expects to»det'rlop
if quibbiir: over prices had ~If‘l.1_-'eci
t'nllzslf'llt‘llon
Bowlcs the statement that the Amtri would have been somewhat accurate
constructlon of 120 steel vessels; The season. The article commented upon
the corporation furnished. Admll'llliteachers and other employees of thel
the t-I'nllllilillm" malledyall properly and all receivedl
ter the war. the lnlfllm'l“ “l '3' I" in true but this was due to the fact
the money was not given him. this
Tel. $555..
Proprietor .
four men lit-Id the victim by his ntt-'
Lies and wrists and send him its high i
all they tun—~presurnably with no blurt- i
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“See that fellow in the limousine?"
said one man to another at Washing-
ton and Illinois streets as a big car
A Happy New Year
’Itisahappyseaaonifwemakeitso. Goodgiftstogood
friends are necessary. There are so many wonderful‘little items
t} mourstorethisyearthatitwouldbeimposaiblcforuatotell
,* on all about them or to tell you all of them. A little ”hint,"
I owcver, HAY NOT 3! All“. YOU WILL HID HIRE
, . HUDIUT'S AND COLGATB'S PM AND TOILET
' ‘ WAT!” m A LARGE VARIETY 01' AND PRICES.
mom SETS AND TRAVELING TOILET GASES.
A most acceptable gift, a KODAK. ‘
"Well. I an remember when he
didn't have but one pair of tun-he: now
he has millions."
“(ls-e. he must here some washings.”
replied the friend whose mind does not
run to finanm.—Indianapolis News.
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Iy Comparison.
“Dubkius is a great comfort to the."
"I don't see how you (1th any that,
' Wili "lllf’lllfd ll 3 “"01le Mid later. He's the most tiresome chttmp l have t
CIGARS AND customs.
APOLLO, ”SHE'S, mourns AND JANSON CHOCO-
LATE! in one to five pound'boxes.
For yonrr soldier boy. we have Camp Pillows. Metal Milli-
tary Iirrors, Honey Belts, Sewing Kits, Writing Kits, Photo-
graph Oasea, First Aid Kits, Etc.
Come in and look mend.
H. II. "MEAD
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only met."
"l'lutt's just it. Although I don't!
. . 'nntntm: to much. it's true. ever tItnt-
"l" ”I" '5 "W's "'7 "6‘“ lh'_t to"; at Itnbklns I feel that tymtd’
subject. Sew Haven It seems. hasvmmmt to less."-- Birmingham Age 1
been having trouble from the verydlr-mld.
time thing. and recently as the follow-‘
in: article from the Municipal oJurnal.
of December 22. issue will show. i
on in the week and the money was re
ceived in a few days following:
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His Favorite Play. j
I‘IililI-r'l'ital .‘lr. l‘ltan is content
tintmlly impossible. HfheL—Why so?
developed. Amputation failed. to save
N. cm. "gamut” ,. ”mm, fwmm“ WM" Sm“ "m- Haunt—iv.- were talking about the the- l
DA’ B ' onu. "" ‘_ NEW . HAVEN, t.‘onn.--The street‘stre. and when l Inquire-l what was DBVGGI‘T ' '
Purserolla. an emplore '0' 'h' 3" department has discharged 170 men “his favorite plrty be said If he had any » 8 North m Street. South N cm 311‘
"0"" ”9" Haven and Hartford Rail- practically the entire (one under Sup: Lttnritc it was seeing it than steel . ‘ / / ‘
road. who will lnilm‘d 'llfll I W" Mmmd,“ m”, mm“ because pet-until limtorl 't'mnm—ipr. *‘Vf “vi-Kw! -._ .
ger train ran down and wrecked e r", _ _ ‘ g '
tor handcar at Osborn‘etown. nen'r War "’0 Colman of Rhodes.
The remains of the Colossus 0
there is no money left In the street ae—f
mum to spy their salaries. Irltraordiv
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tebury. on We nllhl 0f 0999“" l'- nary expenditures during the year, to- Ilhotles have been dispersed beyond.
died in the local hospital inch]. His
, ~rh r wit h ' eased .
leg was fractured and blood potsoh'n; m p h l e m" to“ of I”
fsr'ml and the Increued wages of ell-
ployes 9 "$00le '0? "I? '0' 90“ overthrown by an earthquake.
dition of the street account.
ing. it stood for little more than Ital
the man's life. His home was in Wa-
terbury.
Sugar Trust Chief Denies
1911 budget wah made. The boa of
'd "1‘ when IlzltI forbidden them to u-
lvossilvllily o! M'M'el'y or even 0! "fl" .
a century and then. in 2'24 B. (‘.. was'
The ,
Tl"? ”Italians mlsetl front lw-ttet'nlcttt nut
were several ependitures that arose siders large sums of mom-y for It! res ‘
during the year unforseen 'hpn the tornlion. but divided the fund among
themselves. asserting that the article
Town Assembly Hall. Grace Broth-
pra' 8«piece orchestra with Cathedral
'Lnananeov-porated Dec. 15.
1 Hoover Favored H'm
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Suits asking the superior court to’
order the transfer of stock upon the.
books of The American British Mani
ufacturing Co.. of Stamford. have
been by Francis P. Pace. of New'
;York. who asks damages of 815,000.
and Henrietta W. Wynn. of New York.l
.' who asks damages of $30,000. I
The allegations in both suits are
similar. that stock in the companyl
owned by William K. Mackintosh. of ,
New York. 755 shares. aws taken by ' '
execution under a Judgment granted
in the supreme court of the nine of
New York, January; 16. 1915.
The shares were sold under legal
process to Charles A. Nattor. of New,
Work, and by him 251 shares were ‘
transferred to Pace, and the remain-
der to Henrietta Wynn.
The American British Co. has re-.
fused to transfer the stock to the .
names of the purchasers. or allow , /_
them access to therbooks as stock-. I
holders and truuafers and give the ,
holders all of the rights of phare-J
MAKE STOCK TRANSFER.
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NEW INCORPORATION!-
Walter stew-n 00., or New '
.,egeaesglnssene¢.a.u.uw
tftnancc "l! ”1" m "“5!" “a" it up again. So there the ruin My [ill-l
‘ “WWW? 0' 'l' “Ml" '0 N! lot,ttt or.- .t. ll. when the,Snram-nu sate?
cl»: ring the snow away from the can. it to a Jewish merchant. who loadttl :
tral streets after snowstorms during (Immunity and WP!" away—literally— ’
the month, 3 with the brasa-Iamdon Spectator.
A Card Comparison.
"I don't make mun-h." said the fond
suitor. ”My salary In 8.10 a week}
Foul! We live on that. dear?" J
"Ah.” sighed the maiden dreamlly.§
’ "juetothe mice of a tire for father's
, . , motort-ar.” \ .
Hyuuoez nunus Lump“; 3111;} Then something told the f. s. that!
_ th' was wasting time—Birmingham'
Judge Charles D. Bunsen. who has Age-Herald. ' i
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The :{ew Haven Register before :
mammals should look closer to‘ ‘
home for an opportunity to knock,
rather than traveling all the distance
.between its fair city and this one.
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'hoard of Division No. 15. by Stephen
. L Radford. of Greenwich. has resign—
Hi from the honrd. for the reason.
tit Is understood that he is going to
”change his residence from Greenwich
to Springfield. llasaJle has been
prominent in Fairleld county politics
number of years. At .the 1m
knees-ions of the General .A‘s— . . -
represented Greenwich. -‘
at the 130! seedei'hewaileader ”u ~ It I.‘
he’republlcn majority. Beawas
Ens-sed—
Stranuer (Impatientlyl—Say. isn't that
newmper to he had yet? .l've been
waiting for It for two hours. Waitress
—-I'll see about it. Farmer Cross has
it in the side room. He's teaching his
little boy to mi—F’liegende Blotter.
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m a“, . hoe-my“ '7
7’ lmlq_f!_ 1’." ”'. Amwdu
am. At the , m _ .
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woman's slit“!
generslgreesn stores. etc. Capital a - l'I I u
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ON ALL.
Toys. Dolls and Christmas
Novelties
A. J. Collins 81 Co;
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cant. us or
and we win/rush our trouble man
right around what something like
The Gorham 60.?
DECORATOR ”Wuxnhogeurm
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