Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

denee Friday.
 Mrs. $. H. Cole has returned from . ,wo weeks visit in Providence.
 Carl Kent of Groton, Mass, has been the guest of his parents on Grove street.
 Editor Carl B. Johnson was in the city Fridsy to attend the teachers convention.
 Miss Josie Rusheneck of NewYork spent Sunday with her mother in Me' ehanicsville.
 Mrs. k. l.. Simpson and daughter Miss Maude, spent Friday and Satur- day in Providence:
 Jerome Mann of New York spent sunday with his parents, Alderman J. Harry Mann and wife.
 Miss isabelle Byrne of the Roose- welt hospital, New York, has been vis- fling her mother on Woodstock ave- hue.
 Rev. B. F Benoit will preach in French in the Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3.30
 The Methodist male quartette as- sisted by L. F. Battey, reader, is to give an entertainment in East Put. nam Saturday evening.
 Only three deaths have thinned the ranks of A. c. Warner Post, G. A. R. the past year as compared to 14 deaths the previous year.
 Mrs. A. B. Williams and daughter Bernice of Willimantic, formerly of Putnam, are at their summer cottage at Crescent Beach, to put it in readi- ness for the summer
 Rev. l.. T. Chamberlain, D. D., died at Pasadena, California, last Fri day He was at one time pastor of the Broadway Congregational church, Nor A. A. Brodeur and Theodore Bou- lay were delegates from Court City of Putnam, F. of A. at the iState conven- ten at Waterbury this week. Frank Dumas went as delegate from Court Jacques Cartier.
 Brooklyn village, one of the most beautiful in the state, is to have the benefits of an electric lighting service extended to it by the Danielson and Plainfield Gas and Electric company, which has charter rights allowing it to do hueipacc in Rraoklvn
 Geo. NJ. Fine has sold the Park theatre in South Manchester to a Mall den man. MT. Fine will give his whole attention to the Bradley theatre here for the present, although he has not given up his plan to develop chain of theatres in the future.
 George Law, Bolles street, suffered shock of paralysis while attending the meeting of Quinnatisset grange in Thompson, Saturday afternoon. His condition was noticed at the close of a poem read by his wife, and he was brought to his home in an automobile. He will be 70 years old in August.
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 H. Anthony Cook, H. A. Cook Hen " Oatley Dalbert Mckenzie, Louis Corret.
 Miss Mary G. McNamer, Miss E. Bunting, Mrs. A. Gunner.
 A representative of the State high way department was in the city Sat uTday looking over the proposed Elm street improvement. The abutters who have not connected with the sew CT should do so at the earliest possible moment, as it will perhaps be factor in getting the work started sooner.
 The giving out of the power at the station below Danielson tied up all the trolley service from Norwich to West Thompson for about two hours Mon- day night. Cars were stalled at Gen. tral Village, Danielson, Dayville, Elm. vile and West Thompson, and no cars were running on the Norwich-Central Village line. The cars were running on schedule at 10 o'clock.
 About 500 condensers have been placed at stations in various parts of the Putnam division of the Southern New England Telephone company, this being in preparation for the cut ting over from the magneto to the common battery system, which will be about August l, it is now expected. The local division includes the towns of Pomfret, Thompson, Woodstock, and Eastford. A number of men have been engaged in the work of putting on condensers, work that it is ex- pected will be completed in about a week. The electricians who are to in- stall the switchboard in the new tele- phone building are expected here the latter part of this month.
 The recent death at Hebron of Mrs. Arsina J. Robinson, widow Of the late James Robinson, 1brings to light the curious fact that, although she was four times 8 soldiers widow, she had never been able to secure pension owing to the impossibiiity of obtaining the necessary evidence oi her last husbands former marriage. Mrs. Robinson was S3 years old and was member of a prominent family in Plainfield. Her husbands, all CIVIL war veterans, were H. M. Barber of the