Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-12-16
Merry Christmas to all.
Keep the chimney clean.
beware of the mistletoe.

Beware OF the miStletoe.
Shop early and shop at home.
1t will help you If you read the 1
ads In this number.
"A metal roof is being put upon the /
Hammond hall building.
Miss Gladys Murfey spent Mon |
day in Boston.
Miss button returned on Sunday I
night from visit in Augusta, Me.
The water plug south of the rail- /
road station was knocked out of true !
this week and had 10 be repaired,
DIR. c. Il. Spalding of Boston was
the guest of Mrs. 5. X. Spalding over
sunday.
The icemen are already getting in t
their supply. The City Ice company |
began cutting ON Tuesday.
Keep in mind what early shopping |
means TO the store clerks. BY a little |
effort you can help make their Christ J
mas merry one.
A requiem high mass was held at /
st. Mary's church on Monday morn
ing, on the third anniversary of the !
death of Mrs. Amedee Maynard.
The sewer is now completed from
the outlet TO the section back of the /
Iabby block. The connection was !
made last Saturday.
George Pray continues TO slowly /
improve from his recent serious illness
and is able to do some work around
the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. n. Medbury wish
TO announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Gertrude Randall, to J.
Frederick Ash of Pomfret.l
Miss Mae V. Smith, pianist at the
Bijou theatre, Woonsocket, was at
home over Sunday. She was accom-.
panied by friend, Miss Howard,
-Mrs.John Davenport of West Med
ford, Mass, former resident of Put
nam, has been the guest OF local
friends.
u. Beausoleil has the foundation
laid for two and one-half story house
on Woodstock avenue, just west OF
Marshall street.
Work has begun on the addition
to the mill of the Putnam Silk compa-
nv. junction of Woodstock avenue and
Providence street.
The ladies of st. Philips Guild are
holding q cake and apron sale this
Thursday afternoon at the home OF
Miss A. +. Chollar, Grove and Center
streets.
Tho Woman's Board of the Day
Kimball hospital will hold its next
meeting on Wednesday, y December Il,
at Bpm. Executive meeting at 100.
Full Thanksgiving report will be pre-
septed. Secy.
List of letters remaining In the
Putnam post office for the week ending
December 13:
Gentlemeu-Joe Beaudrix, Brown
Bros, Louis Muskoyitz, Robert Tar
ring.
Ladies-M adame Joseph Marquis,
Miss Enver Reeves.
Standardized George A. Hammond
left Saturday morning for a'short stay
in Washington, d. c., with his nepn-
ew, Anerew II. Breckenridge. Mr..
Hammond will endeavor to secure
from the war department an old can
non to be used as a fitting ornament
upon the grounds where the proposed
il tn I've located. l
Fire Chief Wilson's annual report
shows that the firemen responded 10
81 alarms during the year ending pe-
cember st. The damage amounted 10
s259s, of which $500 was caused by
the fire at the y. Y. \. IL. Il H. X IL.
round house, January Sd. Ten alarms
were for defective chimneys, 1 brush
fires, and false alarms.
1t has Just become known that
there was a break at the summer nome
of DIR. J. f. shepard, south Nooa-
stock. some two or three weeks ago,
The house was closed for the summer
and no one left in charge. Inc Dur
glars took gun, hunting boots, sun
of clothes and few other things.
man will live in the house the resi- oil
the winter.
Edward Lucier, 2S, of the upper
part of the city, was committed 10 sne
Norwich State hospital last Friday oy
Judge +. G. Wright. The man haa
been acting queerly for some time. he
called upon a local attorney about
week ago, and said ne was being KEPT
from a fortune. He claimed 10 DC the
son of a wealthy man who died In Dan
ielson some years ago. He also claim
ed to be the brother OF the VIE Oh
prominent man in Thompson. he
was examined by physicians VINO de-
clared him mentally deranged.
Harry NJ. Morse 4 Co.. in "lneie
Seth and the Hoodoo," played ouhss-
town Ohio, last week. and received the
following complimentary prsss notice
.Harry NJ. Morse and company pre-
sent the hest sketch that has oeen seen
II the Princess this year. MI. MOTT
who has been seen.fn Youngstown ire
auenfiy in connection with the conan
4 Harris and Dockstadef minsl1s
ia.ves the blackface for the part OF Y n
he