Putnam patriot., 1908-07-03
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT July 1908
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'. r. hempton was chosen district committee. A S. Bruce. secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. J. R. Clapp, col. ieetoT, al the school meeting held June -sah for the ensuing school year.
 1.ArthaFeongdon had his dog killed " lightning last week. A few year, ago iie lo>t one in the same way.ehain- ea h nearly the same place.
 Recent visitors of Mrs. A. S. Rfuee. Her brother, >. L.. Ballard of Putnam. Mrs. Della Brown of Rochester. and three generations af nieceS from Pm. nam: First, Mrs. j. S. Willis. Nrs. G. =. Brewn; second. Mrs. |. W. Sher- man, Miss II. H. Brown. third. Eliza beth and Willis sherman. Guests for several days, Mrs. J. F.. F. Brown and son Vt M sstie. F. S. Bruce, wife and soh, ~lth two others from Putnam. liaae short call, coming and going safely in their auto.
 Mrs. J. Nhaples and Miss Lydia Hswkes have returned from several weeks stay in Brooklyn.
 Mrs. Coolidge and son of New Jersey are visiting her mother, Mrs. Whaples.
 Ms. J. D. Johnson and daughter. and Mrs. ]. B. Glapp. as representa- tives of the Sunday school here. attend. ed the Baptist Sunday school eanyen- ton at Spring Hill last week, and ably report good time.
 The abutments at Cotton's bridge have been repaired and now are in good condition for the steel bridge.
 The change here from two to one mali day renders il inconvenient to many.
 F. Jackson of Brockton visited al NJ. Congdon's recently.
 Much grass has been eut here The last few days and well cured.
 fostmasterGeneral Myer thinks he can get from the next Congress an ap- propriation Of Slo,0oo for an experi. mental test of parcels post rural deliv- cry. Why experimental? They have proved successful in other civilized countries.
 The city of Hartford owns It's water works, and the water commissioners this week turned over to the city trea- surer s20,oo0 of this years profits with which to pay off that amount of water bonds.
 What is essentially State life and annuity insurance system has been put into practical operation during the past week.
 During Secretary Taftis visit to New London, ta witness the race, the news. paper men learned one fact when they offered him cigar. lie tioesn | smoke. That k one of the habits never ac- quiFed, he said.
 The eclipse sunday was witnessed all over the country by those who pre- ferred to witness it than go to church. which occurred at church time. X large dish of pure water is better than a smaked-glass to witness the pheno- menon. Ne missed seeing it.
 Count Zeppelin has won the greatest triumph yet attained with airships. At Friedrichshafen, Germany, on Tues day, he sailed the air for 6:45 hours al an Average speed of 54 l-2 miles an hour. For short-time it's speed was 3s l-2 miles. The airship carried fourteen per sons.
 The delegates to the Democratic Ma tionai Convention al Denver will start from Springfield, tomorrow Friday at .06 D. m, and are due to arrive at their destination Monday afternoon at 4:45.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. $ for estry department has just finished its annual spring tree.planting with to- tai of ti.215, ,o00 trees set out. This makes some ,, ,425, ,oo0 trees planted for its own needs in the way of ties and lumber.
 The new building planned by the New York Equitnble Life Society IS te be nearly one-fifth of mile high-ex. ceeding everything yet built with the probable exception of the Tower ol Babel.
 The employment of conyicts in tho canal zone, in building highways, Is proving highly successful after a tria of three months. IL will develop the isthmus and make Panama as garden like as Hawaii and by the same means
 Harry Orchard, the confessed slayer
 t.. gallews, as he was 10 be hung on Fri. day this week-the Board of Pardons having commuted his sentence to life imprisonment.
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