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. i l'llEilllIll,
Clil‘lSllllaS Gills: m illitllili slug
Practical and Moderately Priced
homes sum
leisure Articles
Toilet lets
Innis Portfolios "
Bill loltls
Leather this less
Ken's Traveling Slippers
bother Beck
Clothes Brushes
W
for
‘ Mariam
Leether Articles
and
Ken's and Lodies’
Gloves
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Also a. large assortment of useful articles especially
adapted for soldiers’ use.
Q
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I Joseph Davis
85 Wasington St, 50. Norwalk
w,~...—.._._mv.“ -..... . ...
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Bath Robes
m Jackets
Rockwell:
luflers
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General Pershing Also Cs-l
Isles About Oflicisl Cssusl- }
ty List — 5
wasmxo'rou. Dec. Zr—lieneral:
Pershing has designated for early con- 5
voy to the United States a total of 3;.
Silk Handkerchiefs
Suspenders “r
Linen Handkerchiefs
Initial Handkerchiefs
Lsdies' Silk Hose
Ken’s Silk, Lisle and
' Wool Hosiery
Sweaters
Pajamas
Silk Shirts
Underwear
Umbrellas
Hats and Caps
Men's Jewelry
em
ins-routs its nan“.
BEHIND
Bomber the mothers and
fathersoflheboyswhoareintho
service and tar from homo.
Brighton then up on Christmas
Day with messages of cheerful-
:iess. You’ll ilnd our Groom
Cards especially appropriate.
Fred H. Ponty
37, blotch-lain Street
Palace Theatre Building
South Nor-walk. Conn.
J
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chum!
The Venice's Association of the
South Nonalk Baptist Church will
hold a missionary meeting at 'tho
' atoms at, lira. F. T. Lyon, 10 Henry
,, street. Wednesday afternoon at 3
prices.
I
The women at Moosehead Legion
' will hold a regular meeting this even-
:Ing at which time there will be nomi-
nation of oillcers for the coming year.
All members are requested to be pros-
;cnt. '
9 ......—
” The Woman’s dieliei Corps of Buck-
'fiiiultam Post will hold their business
islet-ling. at Red Men’s Hell, Main
2‘ reel, Thursday afternoon It 3280.
Lin members are requested to be pres-I
‘. '. as there will be election oi oil-t
n ‘3‘ f'., .
'i e Woman's Allocation ct tho,
iron. i'egetlonnl Church will hold our
:t sgui..r meeting on Wednesday at l
t. tn. In. the church parlors. Mrs!
' '1
received yesterday at the office
CRIMINAL TERM TO
BE POSTPONED
UNTIL THURSDAY
Lawyers to Meet Assistant State'- At-
torney to Discuss Cases
The opening session of the Decent-
ber session of the Criminal Superior
court. which was to have been held
at 2 o’clock this afternoon, will not be
held until Thursday afternoon. An-
nouncement oi the postponement was
of
l‘lerk Frederick Tracy oi the Superior
court.
Judge William 8. Case of Hartford.
who is to preside at the session, sent
word that because of duties which
make it necessary for him to be In
other cities, he could not open court
here today.
Assistant State's Attorney Carter
has notified lawyers representing pri-
soners to meet 'him at the county
court house previous to the court op-
cnint: on Thursday and discuss the.
cases in which they have been .cluin-
ed.
NEW ENGLAND
DRAFT TROOPS
8AM. FOR HOME
Members of Seventy-Sixth Division
Left French Port Last Friday
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.——The Wur'
department announced yesterday that
the steamer Krconland had sailed
from a French port on November '29
with 1.349 soldiers. including the head-
quarters and headquarters detach-
ment of the Seventy-sixth Division.
in addition there are on board Houd-
quaricrs Troop,
sion; Ambulance Company 304. Pos-
tal Detachment. Seventy-sixth Divi-
sion’s sick and wounded. 704.
aovs GET MILITARY TRAINING.
NEW YORK, lit-c. 3.~——Boys in New
York state between the ages of six-
teen anti nineteen years are register-
ing today for military training under
the military training law. It is esti-
will total 200.000.
Every boy will get. a certificate as-
signing him to an armory or school
where drills will take place. Without
such a card a boy cannot work or go
‘lsiker, 0‘ NW 3““. Will “in.“ touched. and it he decides to do noth-
1h0 meeting A III"! “91101100 tBllng he will be arrested as s vagrant
‘ltopod tpr. , ,
- . 4. W . l
' Thoma who. is again at his home
srvis street. having been mustered 1
”fun ti. Cgmplseothe early part of last]
on the anti-lasting law. The train-
ing will take up one and one-half hours
a week.
Sayre Youngs, of Camp Devens. has
Seventy-sixth Divi- I
451 oilicers and 19.863 men, Generalt
guarch announced lodgy. The units'
I comprising these men will be made:
public later, 4
In the list appear its entire di,i
visions, the 9th, 76th and the ‘S't'lh.l
The other troops comprise artillery]
units and unity corps troops.
General March gave out amended
casualty reports from General Pet
shing giving the official total to No-l
H'iillir'i‘ 26 as £02.72. exclusive of
prisoners. 'l‘lit‘ figures on prisoners-t
u't-re unintelligible in the cablezram.
General March said the total under
this head probably would be virtually
the same l'h‘ announced lad Saturday ‘
General Pushing lepm'letl the fol
louiunr (lifil‘lal casualties In November;
26:
28.363 ‘
Killl‘il iii at'liun
Died oi wounds I2,l(ll
“it‘d oi disease 10,034 ‘
t Died of other causes 1.980
3 Missing in action H.29ll“
;l’risoners (unintelligible). .
\Voundetl,189.955.v ditided as fol-
.lows: Severely wounded. H.731; unv‘
ldeierntined. 43.108: slightly. 92,036.
I The Witt- Department expects to
lining beck home in l'let‘ember lie-I
l\\‘m‘il 2.30.000 and 175.000. (irnerulj
‘3 March said. To m-rompllsh this it will!
use in addition to army liallslitll‘lb:
and converted t-nrgo bouts, enough oltl .
i liitllleeliips and cruisers to furnish an
1 additional carrying capacity for 25,000 Q
men. Shipping experts export to;
liranhporl 300,000 monthly when the
itll'llll'llllllulltln is under full speed.
i
The total number of troops already;
designated for early discharge in the.-
; United States was gilt-n as 049,000.;
: These include depm and development '
.hultuiions. 20.000: divisional troops.‘
: 10.000; itillwuy troops, 28,000: United}
IStutes (inertia, 20.000; tank corps. 7.,
000: chemical warfare troops. 7.000: t
central oliit-ei‘s' training schools. 20;;
000 stutlt-nt ill'lli)’ training tol‘ps.‘
100.000.
I To date. 46.378 men have been lllllh'l
tered out of the camps in this countryfl
The schedule under which the depurh'
men! is working culls tor the rub-ast'l
oi” an average of one thousand men per]
day. and General March said every t~!-‘
iort would be mode to maintain the
average.
Revised army estimates Ior the corn-
lnx your resulted in cutting the H9,-
000.000.000 of army appropriations
too tutti titan s3.000.cco.000 Control
March announced.
General Pershing has been directed
by’ President Wilson th confer the Dis.
tlnuulslted Service Medal on General
Bliss. l.ieul.(lenerals liisgett and
liullard and Major-Generals Dll'ltilliill.
McAndrews and Hurboai'd.
General March corrected an eirone-
ous impression that the 37th and 0th
Divisions. reported and withdrawn
front the British lines had been tit:-
signaled for early return to the liiiilcd
.s
States. These mo (”Vital -r.; h» 0.x-
plnined, have been returned to Pcrslo
ing's comnutnd and have not been llH-l
signed for transportation home. i
Plnns for bringing soldiers home. It.
was announced. include the use tn“
hospital ships mi- «north as - Ill i. if
and especially titted ti'mL-t-o' s tor.
{the slightly wounded and (‘LlllYllli‘lll
cents. 0n the arrival the men will lll‘
met by hospital trains and the l'ullw
man company has been directed to
convert 0 number of sleepers into hos- l
pltnl cars to carry them to the army1
lreconstruction hospitals, buss howl!“
tats and other places already provided.
l COL. PARKER WOUNDED
Commander of 102m! In a Hospital at‘
F“ th Bordeaux '
g r er news concerning Colonel
’John R. Parker. formerly In com-l
mend oi the 102nd infantry, is con-3
,tained ‘in the current Issue or the Al":
my and Navy Journal. I
l The Journal states: ‘ I
"Colonel John H. Parker. awarded.
the Distinguished Service. Cross for.
acts of extraordinary! heroism. in :1
letter to Mrs. Parker. who resides in:
. mated that the number of registrants Washington. written in u liespitnl all
.Bordenux. says he ls making a :mod.
recovery from a shattered lcit elbow-,2
a shellm'ouud In the thigh and a deep
incision In the cult of the leg. .liisi
life was spared only by a trench mitm
:ror which deflected a bullet front his!
heart. He received his wounds in;
battle September 27. while in com-i
mum] of the 362ml Field Artillery. The .
decoration was awarded for valor;
while commanding the 102nd inlantt~y.1
. “ "rho story i got from France.‘ said 3
,Mrs. Parker. ‘is that after the colonel.
crawled into a shell hole from .whichl
' week. a. wbt into the service sever- returned to his home at 7 Livingston he WWW! the movements Of his reg-i
, .imonthlmetthofioltholiscoi-
‘, . 'lleze. Worcester. lessschusetts. He
hiss 'msnfly transferred from that
‘ plocetoOenip [.ee,whenee he was
place, having been mustered out on
Thursday afternoon. Nov. 28. He was
drafted in October. 1917. at which
time he was sent to Camp Devens.
'Jnustorol on last week no will so where he remained until he was must
m“. ‘ssume his ems. It Holy times counsel “
. .
cred out.
\ '. .
as Club
[traces-disable. Mrs. Cannon immediate '
intent. he was attondedhy a wounded ,
soldier. When he had gained his ob-‘
joctive. he consented to be'darrled toe
s‘ field hospital. He was carried:
through a time enemy 'fire but reacts.
ed the hospital ‘all right. ‘ He is an,
lhonorary Rough Rider and it W!!! a
‘hsppy coincidence that on entering.‘
jthe hospital the met Mrs. Allyn Kl
:Capron. whose husband. Captain Ca‘l \ -'
. run. was killed at San Juan hill?
tough the colonel was almost unl’
,iy identified him and acted as his!
uurse.’ "
k8 Will “thinned Defillath. l Onoolthe newlooothotives beinigde;
deposits may he made up.
.. ~ «toDec. _ ~ .
liver-ed to the New Haven Reed was
:soen here today. it carried. eight
”thousandasslw of wet-sin the task
MM
' : newusn's
" O
P-A,-n . i
: Now a sale of I
, knitting yarns!
re a 110de suit
[wet-coat right away.
the saute terms.
With al _‘ time available for knitting beautiful
’ and warm Christmas gifts, :1 sale of fine soft beautiful.
yarns!
He can save it later.
gifts. .
And in all these colors; bright and gay and fine.
I Reason is simple. One big dealer got scared be-
cause he thought he had too much stock—and We
bought at less than regular price. bought clothes when
l Naturally, we shall soil the same way-and liun- {folks 1101.1 off,
tlrcds of women may save!
Pure worsted yarns, plain and fancy, light and ..
staunch. dark and light. of hues-n11 at specml price
Germaniown. 4 fold, Shetland floss
regular 35c ball—- 21c regular 290— 190
~ Fuzz 'wool 'ind other funcv v'u'ns l _
. . ) . "‘I “'0‘, 29‘; ' ‘ ’ These fine suits
' “at-t“ “1 a "' in models for young men out] in
‘ Lois oi‘ handsome woolen yarns for sweaters and gate {bioilirti'ci‘liile‘il :53 01:53::
et-nri‘s and huts and slippers and all such. have been
Third floor.
ial prices.
at special prices to show
what we tum do.
342.50 84.5
and $50—
\ .
These good suits
I
. tn suit-s med fabrics that give equal
ls wee rhoioo to men or every taste and
’ tructiw worm fabric
‘ 'mldlnu place in it; worth
0 ‘ 4:32.50 833 337.00 and see $29
skirt mad €"‘$ 1150. These $25 and 330
um» and moments: a great his
line. lot at them, at least. one or
such for «wry titun's taste and
$22.50
a
J ust this week, a skirt made to measure and
‘ . guru-mused to be satisfactory, at special price of $1.51 . .
Rtigulur price for making such skirts hero lun‘md m
. been (and will again be) $2. But our tailors want'ttv‘x
kccp fully busy; hence the special price. .
To be made, of course, from woolcns bought hero.
‘.,"|mt a fine collection then: is to choose from :1: .
' scrges, poplins, panmnas, crepe weaves.
gnbardinos, trucotincs, fancy plaids mul ‘
checks, silk-and-wool poplins,—-
‘ at$l.75 to $4.50'
Every rich and scasonnblc color-and among tht
plaids and checks :1 large number of effective bcauii .
ful combinations.
Skirts in sew-ml styles. cut-h nicely iinisllcd, mu l
with Mo extra charges of any sort.
Through this week, tailoringr chut‘go— $1.5{
.30...
white
without: harm.
inside of white coney fur.
Sizes 1 i0 3—
1. Third ilmii‘.
"(llll'Stfi
Women’s shoes of ‘ ~ . 1% truth—$75010 $10.
" fine beauty---$8. '
'tilllltlSOllle pearl buttons.
iii-eat content comes to \vmuan who \vtjun's three collar, excellent“. sateen lining—$10
toe-for they look well. . . II
Great comfort is hers—«fro they fit. well. ' '
New handsome styles, made with art as well as
ill, fitting i'ooisicar for service with the handsome"
its and coats of this season”; " \ i
Gray fine kid with top of gray cloth
Dark tau kid with tan cloth top, wing tip .6. ;
Black calf, trim and military ‘
Black kid with high graceful arch
All finished with military heels
impressive air—-
. '—‘..Br..
. wise.
and of a special,
. wm'm interliuinv‘.
MM" "m" m" , Pink blue and white,
Hand-embroidelbd beauties .
.from Madeira. ' t
. ‘Dainty and excellent; examples of the fine needle:
work of the busy womcni‘olk of the .sunny/ Madeira.-
, islands. ‘ - ‘ ‘
. beauty and charm wherever they are called into Semahmnnum utonsrls. '
vice. . p . ,l ‘ . . ,
‘* Finetoxture, ekquisii-o inmaking, idsahgifts. 'vh‘w" 3““ been dehvered'
"inch, $5 to ssdoz.
Ccntéss~18~inch, $1.25
to $3.25. ; . . _
Lunch ‘ cloths-(idiom, $6
Surfs-45‘ -inch. 03
.§3.75 to $5; 1
1 r
to $8.75; 45-inch, taro la
in. ' - ., ,
i‘ea
Ton
$6; Moiuch. $2375 000720;;r ..
Home
and a Howland suit.
YOU are home now and can
YOUR BOY is going to be
home pretty soon—and then
he can have one or both 0
You can save money now.
- . For the best gathering of
i In the very colors that make such delightful,clothe,5 in this region is at
command of you both at Spec—
Wo were not St‘ill‘Cthlllltl
most A ' '
l Now we’ve got good trlollit's‘
to scll--aiitl we are selling ’cm
$37.50
Wool poplin and Surge and cashmere
rum-mo floor.
_ Make Baby’s "
~ bonnet warm.
(‘lcvsr little afiair to ‘convert usual lJOllilOl inio
one 0t special warmth and comfort for Winter sor—
Of silk with seco lining
Sturdy aluminum
‘ . of extra value. ,
Fitted to’m'ace table or dresser—end sure to itdtlg'7 JUSt hurrying into the Store—slime excellent r *
Bought attire pricedovel of last Winter,
to $1.75; 24-inch, $2.5m . restroomsweeping—$150, $1.75 and
, ‘ l - , ‘Rice boilers, 2 and Piping-$1.50 and $1.75.
Sauce pots with bail handle,.fi titer—$1.85..
. .Sauee pans withv~10ng ‘
ts, nice shape—$2, ..
less—4 «a no. .5 «tissue; 7 qt; 0325.
OWL] DTS :...g
i . Entrances on Main St, Fairfield Ave, Cannon St.
and
I
lllt‘ll
Cspyti‘ht 1918 liar! Sdniina I’ II -’
These splendid overcoats
in styles from the form-lilting
double-diameter! models to the quiet
and handsome- (‘lict-lcrtlcitls lull
big I""""" [me $37.50
bot-n $12.30 $15
and to $00——
A group of overcoats
with every gum] style nnd oit‘ry nt-
cvt-ry one; have. been
$32.50 $335 $87.50 $29
and Sio—
These special suits
in i\ gathering: in" by themselves.
snappy tasteful fabrics and models
to ill both figure. and lulu-y, unec-
lally tlurublc; have
been 820
and 822.50—
Miilll llUl‘l'. i'wtl'.
Sweet little
mats.
For Baby, coat of while corduroy that is tlniuly
and Will give much servmo~i0r it; may be laundered
lies a fancy yoke from \\'lll(.‘li pot-r tiny heads
There are two pockets and turnover collar and
cuffs that fit snugly and warmly.
l’léniy of other white coals for little folks, 'ol.‘
and whip-
\\’ltitc chinchilla with a with belt all around and
Good pockets, turnover
."
. ’
"I“ t
and t1 uiltcd, light fluffy
sizes 12 to 16~65e
0f Silk entirely With some warm illlel‘lllillig-85t‘.
’ Second floor.
r,
_. “+3.???“ .
han ‘24 gig—$1.35.
$2 5 and sons.
.et
$16.50
they,
, ._ ., -, And we shall sell them oh that i'iceilevol. Who: .
Round (1031168431011. $225 to 356-75 (103.; 1”. .evcr knows-how all metal prides beige advanced since i
’then, will appreciate the savingsl:
$2.751 ‘
rarer-3.. h; A.
a“;
"or. 71022:; new “WT-.3“
3*;
-ni' maté
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