Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-10
TWO SONS ARRIVE.
Come from Springfield and Hartford to Find Joseph Gahan Buried.

Two sons of Joseph Gahan came here Monay. Gahan died of pneumo- mia at the Day Kimball hospital last week, and his relatives gave officials considerable effort in an endeavor to locate them. One is a resident of Springfield, the other of Hartford. The son from Springfield learned of his fathers death through a newspaper item telling of the difficulty being met with in locating relatives of the man.
 The Gahan boys arrived here to find that their father had been buried Sat urday afternoon. One of the sons had not seen his father for period of six months, and the other had seen him about a month ago. They indicated that the parent had not kept in close touch with the family.
 According to the sons, their father s | lfle fas Insured under two policies, one of the paid-up style, the other be- l ing in force at the time of his death. 1 Besides his sons, MT. Gahan is Surviv- | ed by a widow.
 In Big Newspaper Contest.
 Chauney c. Talbot, manager of a | Putnam news store, receives a write up, illustrated with his picture, in a Boston evening paper, in connection with his being a leader in big con- test being conducted by the journal.
 The item says: Down in the grand old state of Connecticut there is 8 town called Putnam, which is named for General Israel F-ltcam. or "OlC Put" as he was known in revolution ary days. He was a fighter.
 Tn this same town of Putnam lives Chauncy c. Talbot, who is fighter too. He was in the $35, 900 contest ant came out with $500 piano. He al. lows that what he did in that contes is not a circumstance to what he vii do in this one. It begins to look tha way, too"
 No Legislative Measures from Putnam
 At present there is no indication that many measures originating in thi town will be introduced at the comin, session of the legislature, though ther may be some. Two years ago two O three measures of considerable import ance came from this town, having t
 do with the amendment of the cit
 charter and with the right to issu bonds to meet the cost of sewer con
 struction.
 Nothing Done About Rebuilding.
 No move has been made as far a |. l outward indications are concerned to
 ward rebuilding on any Of the site
 destroyed by the big fire, and it
 probable that structures will not b commenced until spring. The junk me have carted away much of the meta that remained after the fire, there be ; ing a considerable quantity of salvag l for these dealers.
 Holiday Made Pleasant for 25 Patient
 Miss Psyche Webster, superintendent , of the Day Kimball hospital, has mad : acknowledgement of the generosity dis 5 l played toward the institution by pel 7 sons making gifts for ThanksgivinI l when there were 36 patients there. I'll 3 scope of the work of the hospital : constantly extending, a fact that seen
 to be appreciated by many friends (
 the institution throughout this part {
 the country.
 Will Reimburse Friendly Firemen. The fire departments of Webster ar :. Danielson are to be reimbursed ft any expense that they may have bee :, put to in coming here to fight the b. , fire on the night of November 22. Of :; cial action has been taken by the con mon council of Putnam in the ma ] tAr