Putnam patriot., 1913-08-15

in Boston.
 Miss Helen Adams has returned from New London.
 Philip Benoit of Pawtucket spent sunday in the city. F. w. Seward and wife were at Watch Hill Sunday.
 Miss Isabelle Byrne returned to New York on Monday.
 Mrs. C. l.. Torrey returned Tues day from Crescent Beach.
 II. P. Merriam and w. E. Hines left Tuesday for Block Island
 w. E. Dsvison and George Lewis were in Worcester Saturday.
 Mrs. Arthur Magnan has gone to Sound Beach for stay of week.
 Misses Alice Joy and Sarah Welch Are spending their vacations at New port.
 Rev. and Mrs. George D. Stanley and sons are at the Willimautic camp grounds.
 Judge F. F. Russell and wife en- tertained MT. and Mrs. Howard Roby of Medford over Sunday.
 Miss Laura Landry has returned to her home in Woonsocket accompa nied by Miss Irene Gilman.
 There was large gathering of Owls at a clam bake held in Phillips grove, Alexander's lake, Sunday.
 -S. NJ. Wheelock and wife will leave Saturday to visit Mrs. G. Harold Gilpatric at Juniper Point, Me.
 Ira Cutler of Denver, former principal of the Fifth District school, is the guest of relatives in Putnam. Harold $. Corbin of Philadelphia, with the Curtis Publishing Company. has been calling on friends in the city. Mrs. A. E. Colcord of Portland, Me-, is making two months visit with lher parents, MT. and Mrs. I. w. Trowbridge.
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., after visiting his family at the home of Mrs. Charlotte fhamplin.
 Euclid Fredette has resigned at the Bugbee store and will work for Mrs. George Farley in the grocery de- partment.
  A. A. Brodeur, state trustee of the Foresters of America, went to Derby Saturday to attend meeting of the state officers.
 Mrs. Jerry Labby, Miss Ada Lab- by and Mrs. Fred Massicotte and lit- tie son left Saturday for a two weeks stay al Sound View. Alexander Gilman, wife and daughter, and Miss Louise Rivard, left Saturday morning for weeks outing at Sound View. Armand Magnan, Ulric St. Marie and 0rigene Touchette, of this city, at- lended meeting of insurance agents at Norwich last Thursday. Mrs. Beard and family have re- arned from a months stay at Pleasure Beach. Dorothy Beard, who was op- erated upon at New London hospi tai, has so far recovered as to be able !a return with them. Two detectives were in the city Friday evening to find out whether marriage license had been issued to a young girl. As no license had been issued they did not state who the girl was, or where she or they were from. John Sabin has had number of men replacing the old pipe that takes the overflow from the fountain in the square. The old pipe had become cogged and the ground around the fantain was continually wet and muddy.
 The following from Willimantic paper will apply as well in Putnam and other places: "It has been suggest ed that automobile owners of the city might bring little sunshine into the lives of the men and women who are Inmates at the almshouse by taking them out some afternoon and giving lhem ride around the country. Some lime ago the Willimantic Automobile Club members did this and 1t was most pleasing to the old men and women.n
 A deal is pending whereby the old Fair grounds on the southern border of lhe city is to be sold and converted Into houselots. No fair has been held In Putnam in several years and recent Y the gTandstand was torn downCity water is 10 be installed in this section d the city where there are several resi- aenees. There is at present dearth Of medium priced rents in Putnam and With the prospect of additional fami- hes coming to the .city, indications point that Putnam is on the eve Of ouilding boom.
 The conductor of the Putnam local hain complained to the police at Man. saester Friday noon that someDooy asd entered the eaboose while the train vas shunting cars into the Manchester neght yard and had stolen the tram uew's dinners. The train had gone sst before the theft was discovered aad word was sent back by wire to be 0a the watch for the thieves. Orhcers sd busy on the case and searched the soods in the vicinity of the "tin 9hdge,n hangout for tramps and To-