Putnam patriot., 1914-10-16
Happenings in Putnam

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 John A. Casey of Worcester was a visitor with relatives here Sunday. Q
 Lester Huntington of Providence has been visitor with friends here re- gently.
 Major A. D. Mcintyre left Monday evening for atweeks business trip in Vermont.
 Frank Ellis returned to bis home in Watertown, Mass, Friday after calling on friends in this city.
 Miss Florence Webb of New Bed ford was the guest of Miss Gertrude Hall over sunday.
 A new boiler is being installed in the municipal building to take the place of the two small boilers that have been used to heat the building
 D. Roy Smith is cutting 125,000 feet Of lumber on his property near Dover, IN. Il. lie formerly lived in Putnam.
 Tine registrars of voters have re- ceived q new applications to be made voters from persons who wish to cast ballotts at the state election.
 N. M. Parker is to remove from the Johnson house on Elm street to the tenement formerly occupied by l.. NJ. Barney on South Main street. 
 There will be meeting of the Woman's Board of the Day kimball hospital Wednesday, Oct q, in Odd Fellows hall at 3 D. m. Executive meeting at 2.30 D. I'll. Full attend. ance requested. Mrs. J. E. Kent, Cor responding Secretary.
 William Frasier has returned home from a two weeks hunting and fishing trip in New Brunswick. Small game was plenty and the party had plenty of moose and deer meat to sup ply the camp.
 The republicans are to hold a rally in Union hall on the evening of ThHrs- day, Oct 22nd, and will have as speakers, Senator Frank E. Brande- gee of New London and Richard r. Freeman, nominee for congress from the second congressional district.
 M. fl. Geissler and Byron D. Bug. bee, commissioners appointed by the probate court on the insolvent estate of the late A. C. Luke, held meeting at the Municipal building Saturday at which number of creditors appeared and certified to claims against the es. late.
 Charles Belair of the IT. :. Battle ship Connecticut has been nt Che home Of his parents on School street for a short fufloueh He left here to go to Washington where he will make ap plication for the tailor shop on the battleship Oklahoma, q position which he now holds on the Connecticut.
 -E. M, Barney, who for fifteen years conducted tailor shop in Putnam, sailed Tuesday from Providence for Jacksonville, Fla, from where he will go to Orlando. Mrs. Barney is with him. From Orlando MT. Barney will look over the field with the purpose of locating permanently somewhere in that section.
 The Manhassett Manufacturing Company has begun the addition of a wooden addition 56x99 feet, two stories high, 10 its plant, This company is one of the youngest manufacturing in- dustfies in Putnam. IL makes auto- mobile tire duck and has been success ful since II started and for nearly year past has been running night and day to tlll orders.
 Advertised letters, October 18th;
 GENTLEMEN
 Levy Pattenano, Tilnor Guisipp NJ ainer, Geo II. Doran, William Daw- son, Stanistaw Lacrak,,
 LADIES
 Miss Ruth Gordon, Mrs. Charles FTeening, Miss F. Van C Jay, Miss May k, Anderson, Miss Estella NJ Anderson, Miss (. \. smith.
 The farmers of this section arc up against a serious proposition in the water question. The usual sources of supply have gone dry and water for stock in many instances has to be hauled long distances. Drinking wa ter Is being sold from wagons in some of the rural communities. Pntnam's source of supply, Roseland Lake, has never failed the city, but people are cautioned mol to waste water unneces- saTily.
 "A girls combined High sehool.trade school course has been established so that Ipupils in the High school may have a practical education in dress. making and cooking while taking the regular course at the High school. The domestic science department was ta- ken over by the State Board of Educa. ton al the beginning of the year and the State assumes the tcost of this de paTtment. Another teacher will prob ably be engaged 10 assist in this de- partment.
 City Clerk F. w. Seward is telling some hunting story but he has the goods to back il up with. He was out
 The woods north of the eityt recently and WAS N itching squirrel in the top of high tree. While looking up-