Putnam patriot., 1914-04-24
Items of Local Interest

! III ne ". Is l. ts VIII NNek "iti Mrs. Geo. F. Holbfook, Tuesday aitef- noon al 3 o'clock.
 -Mr and Mrs. Deloss Conant of WHlimantic have been visitors Of MT. and Mrs r. D. Dunham
 Hugh Carlson, wife and child of Worcester were over Sunday guests Of Frank Potter, Woodstock avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Washburn, who have been in this city about six months, have returned to Willlmantic.
 -The Samuel Hopkins place on Woodstock avenue is now occupied by Mr. Brewer and family Of Bridge street
 Miss Elsie l.. Rouse of Providence was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rouse of School street, over Sunday.
 Miss Florence Sargent returned to Bryn Mawr, Penn, Monday after spending week with her parents, Rev and Mrs. r. b Sargent.
 Martin Shadd Of Danielson, who has been test man at the telephone exchange is to be transferred to Nor ~ich and James Caldwell, filing the same position at Danielson is to sue ceed him.
 Miss Gertrude Hall, who under went a serious operation in hospilaI at Nashua, N. H., has 50 far recovered as to be able 10 come to Putnam and Is LOW at the home of Rev Mr Sar gent, where she makes her home.
 The city has purchased pair Of black draught horses Of Henry App pley, Putnam Heights. The pair weighs about 8l00 pounds harnessed. An appropriation was voted for the purpose at a recent city meeting.
 Distributions of lines for telephone service in the UnionI block is to be from an underground cable run into the cellar Of one of the stores, this be- ing according to the modern method, and will do away with unsightly wires on the exterior of the structure.
 -lsaac Jntras, formerly manager of theatre here, left Putnam Monday afternoon, after a visit with local friends, for northern New York, where a stock company with which he is connected is rehearsing for summer engagements.
 What was either the acts of van dals or an attempt to break into the tobacco stores of Mark Wilson and C. C. Talbot was discovered Sunday morning when q sash was found cut from the door of the former and pan el from the door of the latter store.
 "A brush fire burned over a con siderable area Of spfout land on the west side Of the Little River Tuesday afternoon. Member of the fire com. pnny were called together by still alarm and worked some hours before the fire was put out.
 ~O. w. Greeley, formerly of Spring field, is now in charge of the Putnam Inn, under the direction of Landlord Rogers. r. C. Jacobs, formerly clerk, has returned to his home at Milford, Mnss., and has been succeeded by J. Philips of Blookline, Mass.
 Advertised Letters, April 2l; LADIES
 Mrs. Mary Gundon, Miss Grace Williams, Mrs. Annette S. Baker. GENTLEMEN c. V. Calkins, Richard Thomas, Herbert w. Rich, Rev. II. N Brown, Luigi Barono, Stanistaw Hojoiechow- ski, Marya Lottys, J C. Brody.
 Charles A. Fine, state superintend- ent of weights and measures, and w. F. Stiles, state inspector, both of Hart ford have been here on an inspection trip. They spent part of last Tuesday afternoon in North Grosvenoruale with Charles Johnson. sealer of weights and measures for Windham County, who Is proving to be very capable official in that capacity.
 At the regular meeting of Israel Putnam lodge, No. 3S, 1. 0. 0. F., five applications were received, mak- ing total of eight. Fred D. Card, William T. Darou. C. E.. Richardson, Charles Nj. Nichols, l.. Il. Fuller, Georse H. Baldwin, past grands, were elected as delegates to attend the Grand lodge to be held at New Haven on Wednesday, May 20.
 All plans to give Putnam base ball team this season have gone by the board. There was little interest mani fest in the project and those who made a slight endeavor to give the city team have become discouraged at u lack of support in sight. There has never tn years been such lack of in- terest In local team as at present.
 Ill Ri, Morse and wife, also Miss Olive Alberta, are stopping at the Put nam Inn for couple of days and visit Ing friends in the city prior to opening at Polls theatre where they play Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. They have just played successful engagement of six weeks in New York city with their sketch, un- cle Seth and the Hoodoo.
 --EN.senator George A. Hammond and his guest John Phinney of Hay