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ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered so second-class matter It the post office at
So. Norwalk. Conn, under the Act of March I. 1879
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN... FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1.925.
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POLIOE P
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0600666“—
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Broker Called Home
By Urgent Business
'Alfred Goldschmidt Enjoying Vacation in Yel-
. iowstone Park, Gets Telegram to Return—
i , L Hangs Up Driving Record Despite Broken
Springs and Mud Holes Experienced
Two thousand five hundred muss]
”f. in a few hours over eight days.
That is the driving record set. by
' '. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Goldschmidt of
;' Norwaik.
Recalled from his vacation at
.week ago Tuesday by urgent liusi-l
ness reasons. while he was at Yel-
lowatone Park, Mr. Goldschmidt. ar-
rived in Norwalk at 5 o'clock yes-
tcrday morning. making a jump the
last day of 483 miles from Buffalo.
. Goes right to work.
He went right to work again in
the brokerage‘firm of Naples and
Goldschmidt. of which he is a part-
‘ her. and is working today as if he
had not. crossed the greater part of
1 the continent in so short a time.
’ The urgent businoSS telegiam call-
?- lug him home a. week ago Tuesday
‘ came while he was at the Lake
Hotel in Yellowstone Park. Quickly
packing his belongings he and Mrs.
Goidsehinidt Started their journey in
their sedan car.
Through the glories of Yellow-
stone. and up over the Shoshone"
mountain. they drove the first day.
The roa'ds there would certainly
never be accorded the dignity of that
title in the liasI. Ovcr bleak trails.
and cattle paths they drove. Through
Cody. the town named after the fam-
ous “Buffalo Bill." they continued.
Here the thermometer stood at 114
degrees, but in spite of this heat. and
,- the bad road conditions, Mr. Gold-
schmidt managed to make Thermop-
olis. Wyoming. that day, covering
250 miles.
~ Broken Spring.
The first day over. and with a
short night. of rest and the local
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Julius BUSY
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Gain Entrance to
A Home of Mrs. Julia
Kish —— Steal Watch
And Cash
Burglars entered the home of
Mrs. Julia Klsh. 7 Lexington ave-
nue. last night and took a gold
hunting case watch and five dollars
in cash.
Mrs. Kish and her family went to
the circus and locked sip of the
doors and windows on the first floor
of the building.
The thieves took two long planks
nd placed them from the ground
to a window on the second floor
of the building. By this method
they reached the window and en-
tered the house.
Mrs. Kish discovered the
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break
the police.
The Weather
- Fair tonight: Saturday fair fol.
‘ lowed by increasing cloudiness.
_ Conditions. The high pressure,
7 .,'of the eastern part of the country
. ‘i that is producing pleasant summer
‘ “v1 cather east of the Mississippi river
his central this morning over Ohio
grand lennsylvania Areas of low
pressure are central over Minnesota
Showers occurred in
nd Idaho.
ome of the southern districts dur-
ing the on 41161119. 11 has be-
come some but. warmer in the
._. states of the lake region. Eise-
where tempeiature changes Hive
bevn slight.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair followed by increasing cloudi-
mas and slowly rising temperature.
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-—l1()l\"l‘ HAVE WASH DAY.
in your home these warm summer
java—save all the fuss. must and
Sotlier b yletting Brophy's Laundry.
34 Water Street. «your family
It will be called
minimum
:horge for a (unity washing here is
76 cents. Just phone 8“ W. I!”
t.
Ifl' memo.
‘_upon her x-rtiirn home and notified
Car of C. F. Berg
Hits State Trooper
State Policeman Charles J.
Quigley sustained minor cuts and
bruises about one o'clock today.
when he was struck by an auto-
mobile.
The officer was riding his mo.
torcycle along Wall street. in the
direction of South Norwalk. as
C. F. Berg of the Berg Hat Com-
pany, drove his automobile out of
the driveway of the Royal James
Inn.
The automobile struck the mo-
torcyclc and knocked the officar
to the pavement. He was rushed
to the office of Dr. W. W. Tracey.
where his injuries were treated.
He was taken from there to
the Westport Police Barracks. No
arrest was made.
MAN, 61, HIT
BY AUTO ON
WAY FROM WORK
Frederick Raymond, of
17 Railroad Ave., in
Hospital in Serious
ConditiOn
LANDS ON HEAD
Car Driven By Mark
Hastings Out of Con-
trol, Knocks H i m
Over Near Tire Co.
Frederick Raymond. 61. of 17
Railroad avenue. was badly injured
last night when he was struck by an
automobile, owned and operated by
Mark Hastings of Silvcrmino avenue,
near the Norwalk Tire Co. He sus-
tained serious injuries to his head.
His condition was reported unchang-
ed in the Net-walk Hospital this
morning.
Raymond, employed in the Nor-
walk Tire Co., was returning home
at 11:10 o'clock from the 11 o'clock
shift. Hastings, also returning home
from work there, lost control of his
car momentarily when he struck an
unusually large hummock in the
road. Unable to steady the light
car. he struck Raymond with his
right fender. throwing the man to
the side of the road.
Raymond landed on his head. re-
ceiving painful cuts. Hastings took
him to the Norwalk Hospital. where
he was attended by Dr. William W.
Tracey.
At the Hospital this morning it
was said that there is no possibility
of a. fractured skull. but the head
wounds are of a treacherous nature.
TWO 15. ..‘. ARMY FLIERS
ABE KILLED IN HA‘VAII.
HONOLULU. July 24. -- (AR)
Three airplane accidents on Oahu
island yesterday resulted in the
deaths of two army officers and
serious injury of a third. A non-
commissioned officer and a private
also were seriously injured. Two
courts of inquiry had been ordered
to investigate the mishaps.
First Lieutenant Chas. L. Morse of
Lancaster. N. 11.. was killed when
his piano collided in mid-air with a
navy plane piloted by Chief Petty
Officer Frosio.
First Lieutenant John A. Wyatt
of Hampton. Va.. was killed within
an hour of the first crash when. en-
countering‘sngino trouble. he made
for A small field to land and his
pi a crashed into a high tension
of to wire killing him almost In-
stonily.’ Second Lieutenant John F.
lent-in. District of Columbia. w
W in the third mi. '
lNSANTTY WRIT —
SAVES SCOTT
FROM GALLOWS
Execution Halted Four
Hours Before Time
Set - Governor Re-
fused to Interfere
3RD RESPITE
Brother, Long Sought,
Said to Be on Way to
Chicago to Confess
He Killed Clerk
PORT HURON, Mich., July 24.—
(AP). Itobert Scott was at the home
of a Mrs. Manley here at midnight
last night and left two hours later
over the Grand Trunk Railway for
Chicago. police here were informed
by Mrs. Manley. Robert's confes-
sion is expected to clear his brother.
lussell, who is in a. death cell in
Chicago. of the murder of a Chicago
drug clerk.
CHICAGO. July, 24. -— Russell
Scott early today escaped the gal-
lows for the second time within a
week.
The former millionaire Canadian
financier. twice reprieved from pay»
ing the supreme penalty for the
murder of a Chicago drug clerk in
a holdup. dodged the noose for the
third. time less than four hours be-
fore he was to have been executed
when Circuit Judge Joseph B. David
granted a. stay of execution pending
a. hearing into his sanity.
A week age. six hours before he
was to hang, Governor Small grant-
ed a one week‘s reprieve because it
was said Scott's brother. Robert
would appear and admit he did the
shooting. Robert was never appre-
hended. The governor's reprieve
ended this morning. Judge David.
called out of bed a few hours be—
fore the time for the execution. con-
vened a special session of court and
granted the stay after Governor
Small and the state board of par-
dons and paroles last night at
Springfield refused further clem-
ency.
The sanity hearing will not come
off for several days. Judg’ David in-
dicating he cannot hear it before
Monday. August 3.
Scott‘s escape from death today,
like a week ago. came after he and
his relatives had virtually aban-
doned hope. Thomas Scott. his to-
ther. had called at the jail three
hours previously to bid him a last
farewell. the second such visit in a
week.
Mrs. Catherine Scott, his faithful.
wife who for weeks fought to o in
a commutation. played what she
lieved to be her final card in Spring-
field. where she appeared before the
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ON FAST TRAIN
WHEN IT lllTS
PASSENGER CAR
Charles H. Harris and ’
D. W. Griffith on the
Twentieth Centiiry—
Accident at Erie, Pa.
'lbe first section of the Twentieth
Century Express crashed into an
automobile near Erie last night. ac-
cording to_ word from Charles H.
who was on the train.
The cur. _bearing Ohio markers
619768. was demolished. It contain-
ed several women and one child.
who jumped clear a moment before
the crash. No one was injured. The
train was hot] up for some time.
Besides Mr. Harris. David Work
Griffith was on the train with the
"That Royal Girl." company. Grif-
fith was in Norwalk a few weeks
ago showing his new film. "Sally of
tho Sawdust" at the Rialto Theatre.
—MIGBTY FINE COAL.
is at Alfred Brown's Coal Yard
those days waiting for orders to be
placed in your costbin for use this
coming winter time. It looks like
real trouble in the anthracite coal
field soon. Be wile—put your cool
tn now.
"II-I.
Brown's Coll. Phone
ters
WATER FOR 1111
srcnon 1s AIM
01 OFFICIALS
To Remedy Conditions
In Sound View Ave-
nue — Reason f o r
Low Pressure
MAKING SURVEY
Several Plans in View--
Residents Are With-
out Water From 8 A.
M. to 4 P. M.
make every effort to give the resi-
dents in and around Sound. View
avenue water every hour of the day
and night.
Residents of the section are com-
plaining bitteidy about being unable
to draw water at their homes be-
tween the hours of eight in the
morning until four in the afternoon
from Monday to Friday inclusive.
Louis Kocsls of Sound View ave-
nue says he had lived there for two
years and had been unable to draw
water more than half of the time.
Others who complained are William
A. Gunther. Louis Vades. Joseph
Rnkay and JOSeph Lazar,
According to the statements of
these “living in the neighborhood,
some residents have become disgus-
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11103101111
1111510 BEACH
101 swn WEEK
Instruction f o r Chil-
dren Every After-
noon and for Adults
In the Evening
Two more days and Norwalk's
Swimming Week will commence.
All children between the ages of
eight and 16 who have registered at
the playgrounds as non-swimmers.
are urged to be at their respective
grounds at 1:80 o'clock every after-
noon next week.
At that time they will be taken to
Calf Pasture in automobiles through
the kindness of volunteers. who have
offered the use of their cars for this
purpose.
fled their intention of being piesent
at Harris playground with their
cars: Mrs. Charles Rogers. Mrs.
John Merrimun. Mrs. Frank Good-
year, Mrs. H. A. Chandler and Mr.
Charlcs Dimond, Mr. O'Connor of
the O'Connor Taxi company Will
place his automobiles at the servica
of the children of the State street
playground.
The children from the Manic
Playground will walk the short dis-
(ance to the beach.
Swimming instructions for the
children will start at 2:30 o'clock
every afternoon of learn to swim
week and will be of two hours dura-
tion. Instructions for adults will
commence at 7 o'clock every even-
ing and continue until dark.
Non-swimmers it is pointed out.
have _the opportunity during this
swimming week to master the art
and also the difficult and necessar)
business of life nving.
41m NOBWALK nun! W-
has the following grades of milk:
Grade B (which in pasteurized):
Gndo A row. mill: (bottled at unn-
whore produced): mun toot-
ed milk. from Guernsey oo'ws (our
special atop—A11 m that isn't
tuberculin m
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The following have already signi-'
Ostrich Tries to Eat
COp’s Whistle, COp Too
Charley Thorpe Has Thrilling Story to Tell To-
day to His Brother Officers. at Headquar-
Motorcyclo Policeman Charles
Thorpe come near losing his police
whistle yesterday.
The officer was at the South Nor-
wulk freight yards when the Christy
Brothers circus was unloadln‘g.
Two of the circus helpers came
out of a. our leading a. large ostrich.
As the bird approached the officer.
a dangling police whistle on a._chain
caught its eye. It made a grab for
it and caught the whistle in its
mouth. ‘
Titan Mr. Ostrich'started to swell-
low the whistle. but discovered that
it was attached to the officer's cloth-
ing. To swallow it it would have to
swallow the officer along with the
whistle. That was a. big job so the
bird gave up the idea.
With a wink in the direction of
the officer. it walked off with its
two keepers in the direction of the
circus grounds.
Second District Commissioners will ‘ “‘
Coles, Scarpeiio and
' Mace Convicted Be-
fore Judge Candee
On Liquor Charge
TO APPEAL
Mace Given 30 Days-—
Others 10 Days Each
—Said‘to ‘Be PropriI
etors
Thomas Cotes. Salvatore Scarpello
and Frank Mace. alleged proprietors
of the "Sawdust Inn" on Commerce
street, were declared guilty by
Judge Nehemiah Condos in the up-
town court this morning on the
charges of keeping or owning liqu-
or with intent to sell. Searpello
and Coles were fined $200 each and
10 days in jail. Mace was fined $200
with a 30 day Jail sentence.
The "Sawdust fun." a notorious
club house on Commerce street. was
entered by Sergeant Brynn Silk
February 1. He found the three
men there. and confiscated more
than 2000 bottles of beer. The bev-
erages under analysis were found to
contain more than 3 per cent. ai-
cohol by Dr. Henry Borg of Stam-
ford, chemist for the state.
In addition to the liquor which
was found already bottled Sergeant
Silk testified that he saw a tub of
“mash" boiling on a. stove. The
three men; he said. were very cor-
dial to him. even to the extént of of-
fering a drink. They said they. sold
beer to club members. but to“ it
to friends. The organization is in-
corporated and bears tie names of
these three men as the incorporat-
ors.
Attorney Paul Connery represent-
ing the defendants will take an op-
peel.
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RETURNED 10
its OWNERS
Judge Edwin Thomas in the Uni-
ted States District Court in this city
today upheld his previous order that
the liquor be returned to the own-
ers of the British bout E'Over The
Top ..
This boat was seized by 8 Coast
Guard cutter several months no and
when the case came up in the Uni-
ted States District Court Judie
Thomas ordered that iht'liquor be
returned to the owners of the bout.
u it had not been established that
the vessel was within one hour's
sailing distance of land when cap-
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DREDGE LIGHTER
NEARLY SINKS
lN HARBOR
Load of Iron Pipes for
* Seaview Ave. Park
Filling Goes Into the
Harbor
N 0 ON E, HURT
But Accident Will De-
lay Work—Blade on
Rotary Shovel
Breaks on Spiling
The lighi‘er alongside the dredge
Potomac at work on the Seaview
avenue park project partially sank
this morning and tipped to load of
iron pipes into the water.
The lighter, which was one of
two tied beside the giant dredge had
water in her hold. and with the
weight of the pipes on deck. the
craft. keeled over. allowing the pipes
to roll with u. loud crash into the
harbor.
The lighter took in so much water
both before tipping over. and after
being relieved of its load that it
was necessary to put an automatic
pump to work. immediately. , The
top of the barge is only a. few inches
above water.
Efforts to bring the load of over
thirty lengths of pipe to the sur-
face cannot be made until another
low tide. Whether it will be neces-
sary to use divers on the Job can-
not yet be determined.
This is the second accident that
has hampered the work of the
dredge in the last twu days. Yes-
terday one of the his. so on the
rotary shovel snappc ' if when it
struck some spillng.‘ Work on cut-
ting away the pile of oyster sheels
near the Washington Street bridge
stopped yesterday on account of the
accident.
it will take the greater part of
tndzly to pump the flooded lighter
dry. and several days at the least
_to bring the pipes to the surface
Thor.) was no one on the
it tipped over this
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again.
barge when
morning. Nobody was injured.
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Supt. Lund Gets Assur-
aura of Support for
Any Worthy Enter-
prise— Lunch Notes
1 John Lund. new superintendent
of schools. who spoke at the Kl-
wanis luncheon yesterday was in-
troduced to the members by Presi-
dent Edward J. Quinlan, who re-
quested that "John" be included as
one of the good fellows of the or-
ganization. Mr. Quinlan said that
Norwalk is behind the new super-
intendent in his efforts. and will
support any worthy enterprises that
he may deem fit to foster.
Mr. Lund's speech in full will be
found on page 20.
Mr. Quinlan announced that an
indefinite vote had been returned
on the questionnaires that were re-
cently distributed to ascertain
time and place or this year’s out-
ing.‘ R‘ev. Ernest F. McGregor sug-
gested that no action be taken until
35 names‘ can be secured to guara
antee the event It is felt that there
will be little difficulty in securing a
sufficient number. inasmuch as the
members are eager for a repetition
of past years' frolics. The question
of new quarters for the weekly lun-
cheons was tabled for further dis-
cussion.
The attendance prize was won by
George F. Betta. President Quin-
lanr npo‘lbgctically told Mr. "Betta
that he forgot to bring the reward.
but he assured him fit“ in: would
get it.
The meeting was not very largely
attended yesterday. Kiwanian "8am"
Greensteln expreued the view that
tho 'iblg boys" of the organization
were down looking at the cicrus
parade. In fact. he said he was
sorry he couldn't be there to view
in: animals, himself.
'-Fur storage. 3 per cent of
modeling. roaring. shuns u re-
duced rues. Croce For 00.. «I
posthumous». uni
the“.
Preceded the Blaze
Charles Sigsway Died in Stamford Hospital at
8: 45 Last Evening, Following Terrible
Burns SuStained 1n Blaze—Conscious Al-v
most to End—Pleaded for Death
Valuable Bird Dog
Is Killed By Auto
A valuable bird dog owned by
William bowler of North avenue
was killed yesterday afternoon
on the Westport avenue hill by
an automobile operated by John
McDermott of Hanover street.
Bridgeport.
Running across the. street. the
animal was directly in the path
of the McDermott car which
was going down the hill. Unable
to stop. the car struck the dog
head-on killing him’ instantly.
The driver is not held respon-
sible for the accident.
LMrs.
QUlNTARD AND
OTHER DEBS
OBJECT TO WILL
But Last—— Paper Signed
By Ex-Gov. Louns-
bury, IS Admitted to
Probate
10 DAYS TO APPEAL
Estate Amounts to $1,-
000,000— Local Man
And Other Kin Left
About $30,000
Frederick H. Quintard. of Nor-
walk, one of the heirs under the will
of the late former Governor Phineas
C. Lounsbury. which was filed for
probate yesterday before Judge
George C. Scott. of ltidgefleld. ad-
mitted today that no doubt the ma-
jority of the heirs Were dissatisfied
with the provisions made under the
will. He refused. however. to state
that action would. be taken by
them. "Anything else that can be
said will have to come through my
attorney. Homer Curinings. of
Stamford." he decslared. “and the
only thing for us to do is to mark
time £01 a while " At the hearing
yesterday Judge Scott decided to ad-
mit the will to probate and allow 10
days for the objectors to file an ap-
peaL
Heirs in Adirondacks.
When asked if he thought
the departure after hearing of the
will yesterday of William H. Griffith
of Bridgeport and his wife. Sarah E.
Lounsbury Griffith, the principal
heirs under the will. to Raquetto
Lake in the Adirondack mountains,
where Dr. Alice Rockwell is spend-
ing the summer, ‘might have any
significance. considering the fact
that Dr. Rockwell was the only re-
lativo not mentioned in the document
he said that he did not think so. In
explanation he said: ",On Raquette
(Continued on Page Twenty)
TRUCK KILLS CHILD
GREENWtCH. July 24. —— (AP).
Lawrence Potter. six. son 0 Mr. and
Stanley Potter. residents of
Sound Beach. died today from in-
Jurios' received yesterday when
struck by a truck driven by James
McAloon of Cos Cob. and owned by
George White. The child ran off
the veranda of the house of his
uncle. Stewart Potter. and started
across the street in front of the auto-
mobilo.. ‘McAloon was released in
$3,000 boil provided by his employer
until Coroner Phelan has made a
finding.
N0 DRIVER'S LICENSE
Edward Hill. 17 years old. of
Highland avenue. was arrested this
morning by Motorcycle blicoman
Charles Thorpe. on the charge of
driving on automobile without an
operator‘s license.
case will come up in the
downtown city court tomorrow
that'
DARllSN. Conn. July :34 (AP).-_A§
Working on the theory that u it“:
occurred in Circle Inn. on the Poly]
road. before it was stirs. the police ‘
continued today to make an inve ,
tlgation into the death of Cherie, . .
Sigsw ny. the owner of the placawiip '
died in Stamford Hospital last night‘
from burns received.
Sigsway is known to have been in.
the habit of wea1lng a diamond ring.
valued at about 51.200. This woo
not on his finger when he reached
the hospital.
Man Run Away.
Lawrence llaight of Bridgeport.»
who discovered Sigsway with hid
clothes aflrc as he stumbled out of
the inn. said that as ho was drivini
towards the inn he saw a man rill!
out of it and away. lie could give
only a. meagre description of at.
man. “‘
Chief of Police Hairy Smith ob‘:
mined a deathbed statement from.
.Sigsway in which he denied that he
had a still in the inn or that there, .
were any liquors there. ’
7 The police again looked over the,
ruins of the building and found In}:
the cellar some equipment which ,
looked Ra'though it had been used -
in a still.
Harry Dennison caretaker of the,
place who was held dullng the night
on a technical charge of breach of '
the peace. was released today. He
said he had seen Sigswuy before the.
file but knew nothing about the fire
or its cause. _
Coroner Phelan has not yet fixed
a date for the inquest.
-.-
Charles Sigsway, 44. of 44 West,
axenue. died in the Stamford hospit-
a] at 8:45 last night. .
The body has been brought to
Norwalk and is now at the funeral
parlor of D. W Raymond. where ‘s
medical examination was made this.
morning by Di. George Sherrlll.
Medical Examiner for the city of
Stamford. No death certificate has
been issued as yet. .
Know he was dying ..
Below his death last night. Sigs- ‘
way told the story of the fire. With , '
every part of his body seared, his
hands burned black with eyes clos-
ed. and misshapen lips barely mov-
ing. he retained consciousness
throug the drive to Stamford. and
was still conscious when his wile
arrived at the bedside. Suffering
terrible toxtuxes. he knew his time
was not long. .
“0h, 1 wish they would given.
some poison. and put me out. of thii
agony." he confided to his wife.
“I was out on the lawn. pottcrint
round in the tulip beds, "he said.«
"when I noticed a big column of
black smoke. I hadn’t heard any
noise, but I got scared, and ran right
over to the building. I pulled open
the door. and a big gus of flames -
came right up at me.
“it was so sudden I didn't know
what to do. All my clothes got '
on fire. and I couldn't get them out
again. My hands burned trying
to put. them out. and I got all dazed.
I knew I was getting terribly burr» .
ed.
“They brought me to the hospital
here. and I haven't been uncon- r
scious yet." ‘
Given Morphine.
Sigsway's clothes were all burned
from his body. and a few trinkets.
such so cuff-links and a. scarf pin
were burned black by the heat.
At 6: 00 o'clock last night Bigo-
way was given morphine. and
shortly afterwards lost conscious-
ness. and remained in this state un-
til 8: 46 when life become extinct.
Sigsw ay was born in Australia. and
came to this country while young.-
Ho achieved success in financial pf-
fairs. and leaves a large estate. with
much real estate. Besides his wife ‘
he is survived by three children.
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(Continued on Page Twelve.)
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—-OF [\TEREST T0 BATHERS
The play bails which “Kiddies"
and grown folks too. have so much
fun with at the seashore will hi
sold while they last at 15c. 15o dd
81.00. Bathing shot!- all u f0!I
men and women folks and of oi.”
cellent quality. are here at. 81. 00 pol
pair. The Clifford Pharmacy. Wig;
M. Paisley; Prop.
—0'OONNOB TAXI oo. '7
Every puengor protected I,
morning before Judge Nehemiah
m i, ,
“Olin: insurance. I: Railroad u!-
Ieh rum It. cm and uu.
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