Putnam patriot., 1913-07-18
-L. E. Law and wife are at Quon.

Mrs. David Clark has been the guest of her sister in Willimantic.
 Miss Emma Vadnais of Worcester was the guest of relatives in the city last week.
 John and Lena Ryan have been guests of NJ. J. Lynch and wife of Web. ster lake.
 Miss Minnie Cannon is spending two weeks at Oakland Beach and Providence.
 Miss Marion Renshaw, Chapel street, has been enjoying an outing at Narragansett Pier.
 Mrs. Thomas Rawley and daugh- ter Lena are guests of the formers sis fer in Slatersville, K. l.
 Miss Florence Tourtellotte has re- turned from vacation spent at Old orchard, Me-, and Beverly, Mass.
 Mrs. Helen R. Coyne, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. w. E. Davison, has returned to Worcester. Miss Verna Fuller of Worcester, nurse at the City hospital, is to spend s vacation of three weeks at her home here.
 Miss Katherine Byrne of the Peo- ple's store is having two weeks va cation, which is to be spent at Provi- dence and in other cities.
 John G. Johnson, superintendent of the Hammond x Knowlton Co.,, silk mill is on a short business trip through New York state.
 Mrs. George E.. Shaw, who is spending the summer at Pleasant View, R. l., is at her home in Pleas ant avenue for brief stay.
 -C. c. Elweli of the public utilities commission was in Putnam last Fri day looking over the trolley line. He came here from Daaielson.
 -Mrs Lanphere of: East Hartford mas been the guest of T. H. DeCoudres and wife. MT. Lanphere is superinten- dent of the East Hartford schools.
 Miss Helen Bradley of this city, who for several years has been teach ing in Berlin, has been engaged as teacher in New Britain the coming year.
 Miss Essie Macdonald, daughter of Mayor Macdonald midwife, who has been teaching in New Jersey, has been engaged as assistant in the Williman- tic Normal school the coming year. Raymond J. Jodoin of Baltic, who travels on the road, has been in the city this week. It was his first trip slnce he was injured in a railroad wreck at Jewett city some weeks ago. Rev. and Mrs Twomey of Port land, Me, have sailed for Europe where they will spend the summer MT. Twomey was at one time pastor of the Baptist church in Danielson and well known here.
 MT. and Mrs. T. H. DeCoudres and children are spending the summer in Putnam. MT. DeCoudres was for sev- eral years superintendent of schools at East Hartford and now holds a simi- lar position in Grafton, Mass.
 Rev. c. J. Hartman returned Monday night from a weeks cruise on the boy scout ship Pioneer. He is en- tertaining his brother over Sunday The rest of the family arrived the hTst of the week and will be guests Of the Myers family, Senexet road.
 There was break in the water main at the corner Iof Woodstock ave- nue and Marshall streets at one o'clock last Friday morning. The water coursed down the avenue until Super intendent Sharpe was routed out of bed and shut it of. The break was repaired during the day but the dwell lers on the east side of the Qulneoaug were without water during the re- pairs
 -J. A. Gagne and wife, NJ. J. Lynch and wife, Richard German and wife, J. B. Tatem, Jr., and John Byrne, and Samuel Walsh and William Foran re- turned Tuesday from Rochester, N' r., where the men attended the Elk's convention. Four automobiles con yeyed the party to and from Roches ter and nothing happened to mar de lightiul trip.
 -Goal dealers were notified las Friday that coal was to be advanced two and half per cent. on the cost t' mine. The advance was brough
 about by law passed by the state O Pennsylvania imposing tax Of tw' and half per cent. on the cost at tn mine. This tax is to be collected D. the state from the operators, who vii collect 1t from the mine owners, VII VIII charge 1t to the commission mel
 "no get it out of the dealers and the.
 oleourse will charge the advance |
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 sae one that stands the burden.
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