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ONE
WEEK
MORE
OI" BALI 23.1038. ‘
After August 15th
allroductiouwillbeover. Take
advantage of our ofl‘erings on
suitsondfurnishinxl.
Open Monday Evenings.
JOSEPH DAVIS
_85_l!gshlnglon SirocL
COUTHKNORWALK
RICHARD HUDNUT’S
PERFUMEB AND TOILET
- “ARTICLES
DJER KISS
FACE POWDERS, TALGUM,
GOLD CREAM, ETC.
Special Low Prices At
PONTY’B KODAK SHOP
PALACE'THEATRE BUILDING
SOUTH NORWALK, comv.
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NEElllEWllMEE llF
Wll’lllN. WOMAN
One of That Town’s Oldest
Residents Fashions Red
Cross Quilt With Many
Messages of Cheer
n..-
It is proposed to hold a “.bed quilt
exhibit” some time in Septembdr for
the benefit of the Red Cross Such an
exhibit, held four years” ago, created
much interest. An eh‘ort will be made
to induce some of the men of the town
to enter the contest.
When this sale is held, one of the
star exhibits should be the wonderful E
ly clever and interesting‘ Red Cross
Quilts ” fashioned entirely by the 911-,
pert fingers of Mrs. Edward Olmstead. 1
Although one of the oldest residents
of Wilton, Mrs. Olmslead delights in
fashioning dainty ueations with'pen,
brush and needle: her versataiity be.-
ing as remarkable as the artistic val ,
ue of he1'e1'e1y effort. _
Text: of Cheerfulness.
The quilt in question is fashioned of
alternate blocks. some six inchesE
square, bearing the Red Cross and so
‘lections'from many sou1ces, culled h
this experienced reader primarily (0‘ 'E
their note of cl111e1't’ulness. Every oneE
is a gem, and the skill with which
would be remarkable in any case, bu
especially in one whose burdenof1
vests is many even if they do rest so
lightly.
A Gift to Convalescent Heroes.
l
It is Mrs. ()1111stead‘; intention to.
present the quilt to s01'1e‘ soldiers”,
headquarters for convalescent'z to,
that they 111111 mad the wo11dezfulE
City News
TheEuew automobile tax law will
hit a number of owners of cars
around Esatern Connecticut rather
hard. as they have used cars which
originally cost very high prices,
The Bethel State Guard company
has arranged to come to Roton Point
Sunday for an outing. The members
will make the trip in an auto truck
which will leave the armory at Dan
bury, at 7:00 a. m.
Fletcher H. Montgomery, president
ed for duty in the textile division of the
war industries board. He is one of
four New York men selected for “119 fire. but it was intp'_‘osplblew for the tire-' agent who was sent to‘ Moscow some ~
arrival,1t‘i‘ telephone time ago to mklntain nonmetal re a- "
Etlous with the1 Bolshevikl There hao
duty. his part being the superViBton
of the “felt phases of. war-time in-
dustry." 1
..
George Chip, former middlewelcht
boxer of Newcastle, Pa. recently had
the honor of whipping 11 boasting Ger
man in the internment camp near
E1 Camp G1eenleaf.ChiD ES a “”90"“ try 1111011 number of farm implements. govemment no immediate steps will‘
in the National AP-IIJY WEI“! one 01 A new floor had been laid in the bum be taken affecting the Bolshm 1k! "
the interned Germans boasted that he'
could lick a half dozen Americans,
Chip was summoned to teach him a
lesson The German was knocked out
in short order.
Charles Bucknam. of Norwalk, em-
ployed as conductor by the Connecti-
cut Company, was hurt. about 10:41)
Thursday night. while his carvwas as.
oending Noroton Hill. Near the toll
of the hill, 3. tree stands close to the
roadoed. Bucknam was on the run
ning board as the car approached the ~
tree His head hit the tree and he was
hurt so badly that it was necessary to
send another conductor to relieve him
He was taken to his home in Norwalk.
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Lester Comes, formerly engineer of
'the horse drawn steam pump at the
]1 es street station, is reported to
have entered the service of the gov-
«11 nment as engineer of th steamer
at the Wilsons Point lumber yard.-
near Norwalk The' government com-
mandeered the steamer, which was
the only means of increasing pressure
that the city had. Efor service at the
' lumber yard, where a large quantity
of government owned lumber In
1:011:11. —oanb111'r News ' " .1
TheyEW W,
er. must work
1ve.”.
Spendthrifts and idler! '
are similar; a generation
‘of them would .llbanln'up .
a nation. The prosper--
our are the nation's
strength. 1 '
1 Bank Account here
eads to'a seat in pros;
Jerity’s comer.
4 li’ertlentél Interest Paid on
1 .
Denna Evening,'lto
' psoololtlkmsatnrdsyl
111.9111:th
E ”'5
ant
l
E 1.
ELIGHTNING _
KILLED TWO :-.
11"o1ds ot (‘li'etriulness even 11 hen Ctn-
,fined to their beds
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AT OAKDAILE
(Contiuued from First Page.)
raging, it was with difficulty that the
fire department was informed of the
tire. Chemical No. l, lieutenant Hag
gcrty in charge. finally received :1 still
alarm of the tire and immediately 1111.
sponded.
Fire Beyond Control.
When the
ob
themen arrived it was
the men were directed to the savittfi 1h
11 number of outbuildings on the. prem-
to the hem.
of the city would have been at thisl
men. alter 1tbei
Eand. as the bull ng was so far gone,
too long would have elapsed if a man
Ehhd been sent for assistance. It 1111
t'alatm had been given for this fire
1sooner, a. large pottlon of Elie barn
might have been saved.
Stocks in Barn.
In the hm n were 100 bags of cement,
a large quantity of buy. a sleigh bug—
1
within the past tow weeks.
The tire was a spectacular one. the
(smoke and flames mucking h gh 111
the sky and being seen for some dis
lance away
. T‘wo Killed at Oakdaie.
NEW l.0Nl)()N, August 10 ’Mrs.
Beatrice l1e‘h1nan.20 yams old, and
H c1be1t Herschkowitz, nine years old,
both of .\ew York city. 11'11111 struck
and killed by lightning in 011kdale,a
suburb of this city during the storm
yesterday afternoon.
Both vv'exe members of a big party
from New York spending a summer
v cation here.
everal ot’ the party went in bath-
ing in a pond and when the storm
broke. sought shelter in an old sited
nearby. The bolt struck less than a
minute after they got under cover.
Mrs. Lehman was married only live
Weeks ago.
Two Milford Houses Struck.
MILFORD, August ,
struck two houses in this town during
the terrific clect1 1cal storm yesterday
afternoon No tire resulted in either
mass and no one was injured.
The hosue owned and occupied by
Harry Mérwin, on Housatonic avenue.
was damaged to a considerable extent
by the bolt of lightning that struck the
root tearing off shingles and going.
down a gas pipe into a bed-room. Con-
siderable plaster was knocked from
the wall of the hed- -room, the bed be-
ing covered with it. ,
The other house that was damaged
Eby lightning was occupied by Lofén'
1Burnes, on Buckingham avenue. the'
Ebolt striking the root and tearing a
hole in the clapboards on the side.
I
I QUALITY THAT COUNTS FOR..
MUCH.
E Try to he agreeable. It {1111 only
well pays one to act this part. but it
Jassuredly makes happier those with
whom we come in contact. Life at
'best is none too flower—strewn. Then
Ewh by magnify its unpleasant realities
'by giving way to disagreeable or set-
fish whims? . ..
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LOCOMOTIEVE ENGlNEER WRITES
Over work and‘ worry cause kidney
trouble. When the kidneys are not
sore muscles, stiff loin"
' hat industry.
seen at once that l. ttle could be done glon ”
to save the building. so the efforts otJ
i
of the Knox Hat Co has been draft- lines, and their efforts confined the tire hart.
' Eremained in Moscow when the ulplo-
More of the department apparatusl matic staff went to Archangel. ‘
10.-«LightningE
working properly, poisons accumulate,
in the system, resulting in backache, 1
e
. T1 patent! of an evening pollen,
RD FOR
HAT INDUSTRY
(géea From Pm One)
A meeting was held at the Hotel
Breevort, in New York yesterday, to
carry out the plan. The arrangemenfi s
for this meeting were made by W.H
Perry, of the Ferry flat Co., New
York.
One of the things mat it is hoped
to accomplish through a war service
committee is some satisfactory solu~
tions of the problem of the imports-
tion of rabbit skins for use in the
This and other matters
relating to the hat industry in com
nection with the war will be handled
directly by this committee. which will
be virtually a clearing house in “'arh
ington t'c-r all such matters.
in speaking to a lepresenlative of
the Daily News Record, New York,
of the purposewot creating the com—
mittee Mr. Ferry said:
“The war senice committee will
be organized for the purpose of serv-
ing the entire fur ,and felt hat in-
dust1'1',both for men and WW So
far as the \tomen's hat branch of
the industry is concetned only man-
nlactuleis of fur or felt bats will be
at the meeting. as it is not the pur-
xo 1: cf the committee to include in
its membership trimmed hat dealeis;
or otl1e1s than those actually c-n
21' en in the making of hat booies of
1111' 02' l'."elt
0:11 ot the important questions
which 11'1ll occupy the attention of
the committee will be the importa-
tin of skins which go into the mak-
ing of hats. \\ hen asked' if the t'um
mittee ‘ 'ould endeavor to secure a
change 1 the restriction prohibi‘ing
the1 importation of this from Ausiral-
la and the Orient. Mr. Feny stated
that this w,ould in all probability,
be one of the first questions which
the committee 11.11am upon.
BOLSHEVIKI ARREST
l
FOREIGN OFFICIALS .._
(Continued—Wont First Page)
beliete it is true that the Br1tlsh at
Archangel shot representatives 01' the
Soviets. and adds:
”'Thete was some shooting before
Archangel incidental to the landing
ope1ations.lmt this could .utly have
been in 1"epl) to shots tired it our
forces by tht1 Ilolshevik forces.
act of hostility in international law
and will be so regarded by us. it is
possibly a reprint for our hinting at
Archangel and in the Murmansk 111-
The Evening News says J. 0. War-
drop, the British consul at Moscow.1
was arrested along with It H. B. ..ock-
Messrs Lockhart and Watdrop
Mr. Lockhart is a British consular
been no reports that any of those un-
Eder arrest have been harmed.
E Lord. Robert Cecil. Under Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs. comment
lng on the situation. said:
"If there was an organized govern-
ment in Moscow. of course it would
Eme‘an war Hut 1111 there is no 171111
1' AMSTERDAM Friday. August 91”"
The. semi-oflicial Boishevlk organ in-
vestla. according to the Frankfurt Zci:
ytung, reports the arrest of prominent
illritish and French civilians by the,
13.15111oviki.l1‘r1-ncl1 and Siberian of-
floors also have. been seized by the
The E9
arrest of Lockhart is, of course. an '
Bolshcv lkl.
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EXPLOSIONS AND FLASHES E
MYSTlFY TORRINGTONE
TOIlRlNCTON Annual 10 Sharp‘
(‘XplO-l. ons 1cv'erbe1atlng among the
hills into at night and early in the
morning and weird flashes of llghtE
shooting skywm'd have aroused 111-5,
curiosity of rcsidentsjnlhc south part,
of the town and adjoining districts int
liarwintou and Lilchiield. The phe-
nomena. it is said. appear to originate
'in the. unsettled section between the
driving park and the. East thchficld
station.
Strange noises. apparently explo-
sions. were first reported from that
section last winter. Later came re-
ports of—Ethe 111ysterious flush-es of
light. Then the explosions and flash-
ies ceased and nothing 1‘111'111111' was
heard concerning them until the past
week or two, when the phcnmueua
were Again observed. A. it. \Vcllman,
assistant. postmaster nt Torrituzton.
was returning from lCastLitclmcld 11
few nights ago when he saw the.
strange lights and heard two (11' '211'ec'
explosions. The. explosions, it ;s re!
poited. sounded as though 110 mass
tve planks were'being clapped togeth-
or.
E E onea'nsso LETTERS
r113 following letters remain 11n-
tclaimed at the NorWalkpost office for
the weed.endtng Aug. 10, 1918:
Bedient, Mlsa Edna, 23 Park street.
Eggman,‘ Alfred.
, Finley,.Mlss Mary.
Gentry. Mrs. H. C.
.writer),
Pehl, Mrs. Wm. . .
Rupert. Miss Ethel, care Fred Tay-
lor. ' ~ _ .
M. J. HOWARD,
(Returned to
P. M.
“MONITOR" A MORNING PAPER
BOSTON, Mass, Aug.
Christian Science Publication Society
announced today that with lomor,
row’s issue the
Monitor, ,, 111111111 appear as a morning
. Ill—The .
"Christian Science '
Store hours:---8 :30 to' 5 daily except Saturday;
then open till 9 P. M. ~
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Comforting N ewsu-Specml Pricings
On Warm Weather Needs
Buy a dreSs
or skirt now
You’ll never find
more real value and
comfort combined than
in these dresses and
washable skirts on sale
Saturday; morning.
of ‘pretty fancy voiles,
plain poplins checked
I Ezephyrs made' in becom-
_ .1 ing styles suited to the
wide range of sizes 34 to
501/2. $4. 75 Tub dresses
now $3. 50
.. - Mostly large sizes in
' .“this lot of) to 50% made
of the most daintily de-
signed ginghams, pop-
lins voilcs. $6.75 mod-
els now $4.50
Printed and dotted
Voiles sizes to '49 just
eleven dresses 111 this lot
_ that are all $10.00 stvles
3’ now ' " $5.75
Thirteen dresses of
prptty figured voiles and
'. Zephyrs an odd quantity
and. odd sizes and it’s an
oddity that they should
_ still be 0 our nae ,
they shoal have so (i
with hundreds of their
companions uh $20.00
they are equally ood
you’ll agree, choose now at $850
Dressy cheeses 50f tucked and pleated and
smocked lace not beautifufly beribboncd sizes 34 to
42 .were $25. 00 now. $13. 50
'All of the above items are odd lots we 'do not
claim to have your size in every style but you are
sure to find some one dress that will satisfy your
code" in some of these lots. Our advise 18 be here
early.
.Wasb skirts gabardine and pique regular “and
extra sizes all 111 this lot were $2. 00 models now $1 45
E Fine quality gabardincs with large patch pock-
,ets $3 .75 & $4. 00 skirts now $2. 95
'1 Extra good $5. 00 skirts of pique, gabardincs and
fancy cottons now only
Full range of sizes in these skirt specials $3.50
‘. 'V
._ Second floor.
Men---here are
Oxford ties
Specially designed for warm weather wear
specially priced.
E Alen’ 5 black calf English out have been $5.00
110w $4.25
E Men’s black calf blucher cut 111de too were $5.00
now $4.25
E Men’s tan vici blucher out wide toe rubber heel
$5.00 now . $4.25
Men’s tan calf English cut E7‘Neolin” sole, rubber
heel $5. 00 now - ” $4.25
E Men’s white canvas bal rubber sole and heel
were $3.001101v $2.25
Main Floor. Fairlicld Ave.
01111011111111:
real needs E E
, These will suggest comfort; that would appeal
. even if the pricings were not so small.
Sleeping porch canvas curtains brown stripe
blue stripe plain unbleached to close out;
_ _. 6x8 feet $3.00 E‘.
‘E - ~ 8x8 feet $4.00
Canvas khaki couch hammocks cotton top mat-
, tress wind .shieldand magazine pocket complete $3. 88
With so ratsmgIadgustment
“ Foldin ' u bier iron frames for couch
Herc’ s an assortment “‘
warm weather
undercomforts .1
Extra éhanges for these warm days at small
change prices.
451111. .Women’ s combination suits of light weight cots
Eon finished with lace or tight knee. Extra sizes 591:.
Regular sizes 1.-.. « 500
' dVomen’ s undervests of light weight cotton 250
_ Boys’ combinations light weight cotton 500
. . Women’s hosiery fibre silk lisle top heel and sole
black or .white ' ' ... '11 o ' 11' 750
Women’ s hosiery of pure silk. lislc top heel and
sole 71' ,. $1.25
AA,
.u
H.111; I“, a. .
'4'.
o o :E
Sllk hosmry
. Special
W Known as irregulars slight imperfections, so
slight In fact that it Is hard to detect them. In the
lot are mostly black with “Richelieu”- stitch some
plain stitch black all of pure silk with lisle sole and,
heel, first quality" 1n these would sell for $125 & $1. 50
a? Special at 8911
sq
. Main Floor. Left.
. Men---here’ s
your comforts ' ’
W Fuel a few things you may need to take vacaa
tioning with you or to make the warm weather mor'
bearable. =.¢= ' - '
All Men’ s underwear,
drawers "r.
balbrigg'an shirts and,
850
shirts and drawers 500
Men’s hosiery light weight double sole and heel
black and colors 1 1 1 350
:1 _Mcn’ s ncckwcar, a new assortment of four in
hands new Fall patterns 75c and $1.00
“Barker” make collars for men in soft or stiff
finish ncwc‘st and best shapes 200
. Main floor right front.
Handkerchiefs I
Some good values at a time when you can use a
few extra to good advantage.
Women’s pure linen plain handkerchicfs 1
.1, . -1 15c & 2511
Men’s full size cotton handkerchicfs in khaki
color 15 19 85 250
Alcn’ 3 full size plain white cotton llnndkcrchigs
>21 17
,, soon here
if” Our stock taking revealed broken assortments
and odd lots of boys’ suits. Advancing prices would
not permit these underpricings except for the fact'
there 15 only about one size in any one model but all
sizes as indicated 111 each lot arranged on three tables
for Saturday and until sold as follows-
Table ntunber 1 Thirty three suits 11 to 18 years ,
$11. 00 to $12. 50 now $10. 35
. $13. 50 to $16. 50 now $12. 75
I: ' mostly “Sam Peck” models.
Table No. 2 Seventy eight suits most or them
made with two pairs of pants, mixtures and plain
serge-
.531,
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$8.10 to $10.75 new $7.75 it- _ .
1 Table No. 3 One hundred and sixty five suits fol
Men’ s nainsook underwear light 11' eight cotton I
. School days . E ‘ ’
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Norwalk Chronicler