the most oi it. He was human.
Bohadehoertthetwesiuilof
kindly thoughts for everyone and
todayheisroep thohervestot
his greet love or others—the
world stands silent and murmurs
ppreyericrhiin. Bodiedsshe
ind lived—posoeiully.
Perm boy, reporter, editor.
president l His was s life full of
hard work but his genial nature
made hard work easy. Ho attain-
ed the greatest honor America
could bestow on eny man end the
thought of- his life should make
better Americans of us ell.
To the memory of Warren
Herding Norwalk drops its flags
ethallmsstwithsheertiuliot
respect. ’l‘o Mrs. Herding, wits,
nurse, companion. it sends its
deepest sympathy.
Industrial Review
of Connecticut
Some idea 0: the industry in Con-
necticut is given in the following re-
port issued from Hertiord:
Hartford—New e lbition building
at Charter Oak no? nearing com-
pletion. “Courent” ncreeses capital
to 8450.000. to enlarge present facil-
ities to meet growth of business. Now
“0,000 service depot to be erected
at New England pln factory. Approx-
imately 200.000 gels. oil to be used on
etate roads during summer. Con-
necticut Bert Company to erect 865.-
000 warehouse on Hoadley piece.
Building continues active. permits
show 800 increases over last fiscal
year.
Meriden—Piens under way to pave
Camp etreet.
.‘ilddletown—Frissoll Fabric Com-
pany increases capital from $100..
000_ to 3200.000 and will erect. new
factory in Silver street.
Berlin—Sewer and water
improvements progressing.
Mormon—268 new telephones in-
stalled in this city since last Decem-
ber, making a total or 5212.
Glastonbury—City buys motor pump
tor water plant:
Pleinviile—Stendard_8teel & Beer.
ings Corporation secures site and
buildings for plant.
Waterbury—installation of 810.000
septic tank at Baldwin school is prog-
reosing.
Hampton—Congregational
age being improved.
Bristol—New 81.000 gasoline and
oil station to be constructed at en~
trance 0! Memorial boulevard.
Mlddletown-Piens being made to
widen Washington street.
Winstod—New 126 horsepower
boiler to be installed at New England
pin rectory.
Green Farms—Repairs being made
on Boston Post road on Windsor ave-
nue.
W’eot Hartford—New Masonic tem-
ple being built.
Norwich—Now addition planned tor
Norwich state hospital.
Windsor—2.661 linear toot oi Ide-
welks to be laid this season.
Now Haven—Trolley line mes
operations from this point to Guil-
lord.
New Britain—lioetric switch may
be installed at trolley tracks on Iain
street.
Laurel—Old brick yards again in
operation. Builders Brick Company
ct New Haven. plans to produce 80.-
000 daily.
liddlstown—Leos works he in-
crease capital to “5.000. name chang-
ed to American Beauty Dress Com-
pany. .
test Herttord—-Ground brehen for
30-inch sewer on Iain street.
New Haven—Farmers or New Hav-
en county to have wool clip woven
into cloth under toda-el supdyision.
Cloths or New Haven Railroad
granted iner'eeseo in wages of from
two to tour cents an hour.
Potato crop reported good through-
out state.
lintyhono electrical power plants.
with a total installed capacity of more
system
PCMD‘
tel cost will be $403,100,000. Capital
invested in central station at end of
1083 was 05.100.000.000.
General crop outlook is (air with
eyidenee or over-production. De-
producticn as eehsered whh
WWW. July IL—(Auo-
meted Pinch-There Is a very ps.
cellar story connected with the nest-
is ct Peculmr. timeout—which is
also a peculiar name tor a town.
The teed-oi government does not
name towns and hamtets when they
are born or feel the urge for e cog-
nomen. but the Post one. Depart-
ment does regulate them to the extent
or prohibiting duplicating oi names
within tin same state. So when a
newly termed community in Mi-ouri
suggested a certain name for its poet
edlce. the department informed the
inhabitants there was already one by
that some in thek state.
Several other names were chosen
by the residents and submitted. but
always with the same result. Finally
an exasperated ciiictel ot the depart~
ment. in refusing the latest choice.
wrote the city rethors among other
things "that it was mighty peculiar
they could not find a good name tor
their town.” Whereupon he received
the following reply: "Acting on your
suggestion we select the name Pe-
culiar.” And so Peculiar is on the
map of today.
There is only one rule in the naming
of new towns. end that is that there
shall be but one of the same name in
a state. Bui'ihst does not prohibit
other states from boasting towns or
the same name. For instance. there
are 45 names used more than 30 times
each to designate towns and cities.
Benjamin Franklin is remembered as
an inspiration more then any other
person. end Franklin as a town name
takes the prize. occurring 81 times in
The others in point of
31 states.
popularity run: Clinton, 30 times:
Chester. 2!; Arlington. 29: Washing-
ton. 2R: Troy. 27: Salem. :7; Madison.
27: Marion. :7: Manchester. .2?;
Clayton. :7: Glenwood. 26: Kingston.
26; Newport. 26: Ashlnnd, 25: Cen-
terville. 25: Cleveland. 25: Auburn.
14; Dover. :4: Hillsboro. 1'4; Lincoln,
24: Monroe. :4: Oxford. 24: Prince-
ton. ”: Springfield. 24: \Varren. 24:
Union. 14: Greenville. 23: Wilson. 21;
Belmont, 12; Buffalo. 22: Liberty. 22:
Burling-
Milford. 22: Plymouth. 22:
ton. 21: Lebanon. 21: Portland. 20:
Lexington. 20: Jamestown. 20; Hud-
son. 20. and Dnnville. 20.
Duplicated names are the hone of
the postal clerk. end the Yankee repu-
tation for originality rises staggering
when confionted by the apparent lack
of imagination used to name Amer-
ican communities. There are even
two Chicagos. six Phlladelphinr. seven
Detroits. end 14 Denvers.
Similarity in names also causes the
postal department considerable trou-
ble. lndlstinct penmenshlp might
easily confuse Eldoro. 1a.. with Eldor-
hdo. ls.‘ In Pennsylvania alone there
are 13 communities whose names be-
gin with the prcfix Green: Greene.
Greenbriar. Greenburr. Greencestie.
Green Land. Greenoch. Greenpark.
Greenboro. Greensburg. Green-tone.
Greenrtown. Greenviile. and Green-
weld. There is e pertiality for Bloom
as a prefix in New York state. as for
Bloomsburg. Bloomingdale.
example
Blooming Grove. Bloomington and
Bloomville.
Foreign cities have contributed
their names i'reely in this country.
There are it towns known as Paris
and a like number or Genevas. 17
Berlins despite the war. is Moscows.
ii Viennes. d Pehlns end 12 Bruesells.
NEW WORLD CONFLICTS 100M,
SAYS BRITISH “'m CITING
OLD mums AND 316
' smiths.
LONDON. Aug. 3.--"Where are
these militnrists leading the world?
The country with‘the biggest battle-
ship power is the United States.
France is the greatest military power.
with the strongest standing army in
the world. Germany. is supposed to
bounermed . . . . But that Germany in-
tends to strike at the first opportunity
there is no shadow of doubt. . . . . . .
Russia is an enigma A large
army congregated on its Eta-open end
Asiatic borders. What tor?"
These are questions raised by Sir
John refier Fraser. noted British
writer. who asks whether world peace
is not monacod more now then it was
ten years ego.
“All the world is talking about. the
necesdty icr peace." says Sir John
Fraser. “and none oi us hes any stom-
ach tor another war. But it patriotic
passion were again aroused. as it was
nine years ago. I suppose we should
all rush. hot-blooded. into the conflict.
"It is enough to make the angels
weep that atter the greetest tragedy
the world has ever known the ne-
tions should be showing their teeth
more in 1088 «than even they did in
1018.
“Yet we 'Brmsh. while hoping tor
the best. are not preparing for the
worst. We have reduced our army
ustiliteenelmcstborogerded asin-
signidcent. We have scrapped our
warships so that. our boast about our
nasal superloflty is an absurdity.
Therein a nutter oi alarm about our
donclono y in air detense.
“We tell ourselves. end hope that
other nations are listening. that we
have deliberately reduced our righting
strength because we hoped to set
other nations an example—although
the reel reason is that we really can-
not attord the money.
“At any rate
our pledge to the Washington On;
terenee. America has not done so
because. as she rightly points out.
France hes a greater pm today“
3
thenin prmwardays. andhes
to
the greatest standing nrmy.
her navy is not great. she is busy
building submarines. and her cnor-
mous increase in provision for aerial
“’hitehali to wonder what It all
thoughts in words.
"Whilst the United States dumped
its surplus ammunition in France into
the sea. end we have broken down
hundreds of tons of shells and return-
ed the metal to industrial purposes.
France has collected all her shells and
they are stored in arsenals today.
“Though Germany is “1131105“! to
be unarmed—her navy has certainly
gone—ell the evidence is that the
martial flame is burning strongly on
the banks of the Rhine, Speeches
by German leaders that ' the grooving
youth or the Fatherland must -hc
are greeted vociferously.
"Evidence oozes surreptitiously out
of Germany that preparations are in
progress for war. though when she
will be able to strike. or how. we know
little. . but that Germany intends to
strike on the iirst available oppor-
tunity we have no doubt whatever. -
“France knows this. Though from
an economic standpoint we may crit-
icise the stranglehold that France has
on the Ruhr. it we were Frenchmen
the French we doing.
“Dread and not militarism is the
motivo behind all the actions of
France at the present time. She is
holding the Ruhr ostensibly to com-
pel Germany to disgorge reparations.
but really because French control or
the coal fields will be e hamper on
Germany becoming powerful again.
and she is Just a little heedlees that
such a selsute will create another
Alsace-Lorraine situation. with veng-
eance steiking in the' rear.
"There are plenty or people. who.
in cold calculation. believe that a
clash between the United States and
Japan is inevitable. I hope they are
wrong. But it such a conflict came.
though America would have the su-
periority in strength. Japan would
hold most of the strategic cards.
“Anyhow the world does not seem
to have learned much widsom prom
the ghastly years of 1914-1918. Some
canker seems to be eating at the heart
of mankind. The conditions of peace
are more threatening today than they
have been since the conclusion 0: the
armistice nearly nve years ago."
011118-—
Derkey Preadicr Proves It
A Senegambian preacher here in
Houston is credited with proving to
the satisfaction of his congregation
thet there is a literal hell. basing his
conclusions on the presence. of oil in
the earth.
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stout
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They did not buy. in those olden days.
With a' mind to the latest style.
And they ’e'e'daot a bit rot-«he thing
called fit.
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GROWING UP TO .THIKGS
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And the
here.
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flow.
pants too wide around
“The boy will
And they'll fit in another year."
My boyhood days were free from
style.
And now my memory brings
A picture glad ot_an awkward lad
Who was growing up to things.
But times have changed and the boys
today
In the latest style are dremed.
And they'd make a tum were they
asked like us
To grow to a coat and vest.
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