Putnam patriot., 1913-08-01

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 Miss Edith Bowen returned Mon. day from vacation at Westfield, NJ.
 Ralph Boisoneau, P. H. s., 19l3,is to enter Bates college; Lewiston, Me-, this fall.
 Samuel Rich and wife leave Fri day for a month at Quonochontaug Beach.
 Mrs. Marguerite Boyce of Hartford is the guest of her mother on Laurel street.
 Miss Lottie Diamond returned on Saturday from two weeks vacation in Hartford.
 formerly of this city, is the guest ef relatives here.
 Thomas Cannon and wife have re. turned from a ten days stay at Oak land Beach.
 Mrs. Herbert Ladd and Miss Mae O'Brien are visiting in Providence and nearby places.
 A little German band, the first this summer, made "musich on street corners Tuesday.
 Carl Morse of East Hartford has been spending3 his vacation with friends in this city.
 John A. Morse, Jr., has fifty weeks engagement sas Violinist at the Family theatre in Worcester.
 w. l.. Kennedy is moving his liv- cry stable from Woodstock to his fine new quarters on South Main street.
 Letter carrier Henry N. Benoit and Cyril Remillard, Jr., are spend ing their vacations at Sound View.
 Friends of Landlord Hart and wife from Aver, Mass, were in the city this week to attend the opening of the Hotel Chickering.
 -F. NJ. Messenger, formerly agent of the Grosvenordale company, was a recent visitor with friends in Putnam and Grosvenordale.
 William c. Buell. and Johanna Shields, both of Eastford, were mar ried in this city Tuesday by Rev. C. F. Bedard at St. Mary's rectory.
 Charles Belair of the Battleship Connecticut, who has been spending furlough at the home of his parents in this city, returned to Philadelphia Monday to join his ship.
 City Engineer George w. Perry is to have the supervision of the con- struction of piece of state road near Groton, for the A. Vito company of Thompson, and will leave the city this week.
 Miss A. G. Sherry and J. T. Sher- " were recent guests of their father, John Sherry, the new agent of the Morse. Nightingale corporation. The family will remove from Fall River soon.
 Victor Chapdelaine and family re- turned Tuesday night from an auto- mobile trip to Niagara Falls. The trip was somewhat marred by Miss Chap delaine spraining her ankle while stepping from the car at Niagara. Old Killingly Pond at East Kill lingly has been selected for the camp ing site for % Putnam boy scouts who will leave Monday, August 11th, for two weeks stay. The boys will be in charge of Scoutmaster Rev. C. J. Har- riman.
 A man in the city Saturday was unsuccessful in trying to cash some checks on an Ohio bank. The matter came to the ears of the police and they are interested to know if the man IS one lof pair that operated in New Haven and of whom the New Haven police have sent out warning. The monthly collection at St. Ma l rvs church Sunday amounted to S22O. Fr. Bedard gave his parishioners talk on good citizenship and urged ev- cry man of the parish, who had not al- l ready done so, to be enrolled as vo- ter. He said it was duty each owed to his city, the state and nation. Norman B. Ream, the New York multi millionaire, who is at his sum- mer home in Thompson recovering from an operation, is gaining strength every day and will soon be entirely Well again. This is a statement his secretary made Wednesday morning, and sets at rest the rumors that his condition is precarious, and that two physicians had been called from New York in addition the regular physician who is attending him.
 Station Agent Baldwin received telegram Tuesday morning from the Conductor on the train from Boston reaching Putnam at l0.30, requesting hlm to have a policeman at the sta- ton to arrest a passenger. When the train pulled in the Captain of police was in readiness, but there was noth- Ing for him to do as the man had hoSn. It seems that the passenger boarded the train at Boston and paid his fare to Franklin. When the con- auctor went through the train after leaving that station his passenger was shil aboard, and when a further fare was demanded of him he refused to iay. He was told that if he did not pay that he would be turned over 10 aa officer when the train reached Put nam. At Thompson, the station pre- seding Putnam, as soon as Ithe train