Putnam patriot., 1912-12-20
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sion as items OF news as heretofore.
PUTNAM PATRIOT.
"A. A. Houghton and wife have ar
rived safely in Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. j. J. Russell and Miss Eliza
beth Island spent Friday in Boston.
Rev. Wallace Stems was in West
boro over Sunday.
Mrs. Charlotte Champlin, Bradley
street, is visiting her daughter, Mrs
L. NJ Brunn, Brooklyn, \. Y.
Joseph Lucier is working in Tuck
,er's grocery store during the holiday
season.
The Salvation Army Christmas
kettle is still boiling and all are invi-
ted to add their mite.
City employees are making einder
walks on some of the streets in the
north end of the city.
The library quarters in the munic-
ipal building are fast being put in
readiness for opening in the near fu-
ture.
Allison E. Wilcox, "a, we'll known
10 this city, died at the home of his
grandfather, Chester Wilcox, Wood
stock, Tuesday morning.
Mayor Macdonald was in New
York last week and also visited his
daughter who is school teacher in
Morristown, N. J.
The Wheaton Building & Lumber
Company have purchased the old
Fisher shoe shop which they have oc-
capied since their plant was destroyed
BY fire.
The State board OF pardons grant
ed but one pardon from the long list OF
applications they listened to. The
man pardoned was sentenced to life
Imprisonment for a murder commit
ted in New Haven.
Mrs, j. w. Ashworth, "A, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. >. L.
Childs, Detroit, Michigan, last Friday.
Mrs. Ashworth was the widow of Rev.
J. W. Ashworth, former pastor of
the Baptist church in this city.
-Demena and Bell attracted consid-
cradle attention at the Bradley theatre
the first of the week las they have been
living on farm in Thompson. Their
act was we'll received. They were pre-
sented floral horse shoe by Landlord
Mcclellan of the Hotel Chickering.
Mrs. Justin S. Greene, who for the
past seven weeks has been a patient IN
Boston hospital, has returned TO her
nome IN this city. Mrs. Greene is on
Inc road to recovery, but at present IS
not in a sufficiently strong state OF
health TO receive her friends.
-Rev Thomas Dunno, pastor OF st.
'oseph's Catholic church, Whitman.
uci died suddenly Monday night from
heaft failure. He was native OF Der
oy and was SIS years old. He had been
IN Wiilimantic but seven weeks going
There from Portland
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GENTLEMEN
a. J, Rallend, Jos. Anyuini, Fred
LADIES
MS. Virginia Miller, Mrs. Julia
Lewis, Miss Lucy Kutlury.
Two members of the board OF wa
N' commissioners were in Whitman
VIC tuesday in conference with the city
.'efK OF that city relative to the water
apartment. They got ideas of how
su@ Willimantic water department
Aeeps It's books, and what the depart
ment does towards service to the pub
lie.
The real work of street improve
~ent has come to q halt and will not
" ienewed until next spring. super
A'ehosnt of Streets Dumas and ms
'sh nave accomplished great deal Oh
lux this year in road building. Their
"A between now and spring VIII
INSIST In keeping the streets and cross
"aiks clean and free from snow and
~ making temporary repairs and nu-
s'ous other small matters. There Is
nays plenty of work for the street
Epaftment to do.
ihere was good turnout OF men,
~ OF the Putnam Social and Athlet'
e'ao Inc. Tuesday evening, and they
ss'e provided with an excellent menu
y ooxing. The main go between
lhy shea of New Haven and Toni
flanagan of Boston was clean,
10y exhibition, Flanagan appar-
l's having shade the better of it,
D.. eantry of Quinebaug and John
suafeau of Southbridge were evenly
sasehed. Fortier of Grosvenordale
q. 0authier of Putnam and
a. exhibition was stopped in the sec