Putnam patriot., 1914-07-24
Happenings in Putnam

James Carroll of Hartford was il the city Friday
 -Br. M. J Ballard is having he vacation.
 Miss Be-sie ehemplla has return ed from Fisher Island
 Fred Norreu Of New York ha been spending 2 few days with his par ents. Df. and Mrs r. 4. MorrelL
 -siIas NJ. Wheelock and George x Bradley were at Pleasant View oye Sunday.
 -George F.. Broufseau and family are enjoying an outing at Block Is land.
 -Attorney Mahlon If. Geisser re- returned from an automobile trip to the White Mountains Sunday.
 Mi. and Mrs. George E. Dresser are at their summer home in West Berlin, VI.
 Henry N Bencit, letter carrier has resumed his duties after his annual va cation,
 Judge Harry Mann of the Put nam city court spent Sunday with his family at their summer cottage, Gales Ferry.
 Mrs. J NJ. Nichols and children of K ansasiCity, are spending the sum- mer al the George II Nichols farm in Thompson.
 Charles J. Bennett, state highway commissioner, was in the city Wed nesday in connection with matters pertaining to state road work.
 Francis l.. Tetreault, who has been visiting relatives and Friends in Dam ielson and Putnam, has returned to Washington, D. C.
 William Wright of Lakewood, N. J ., is the guest of his parents, Judge and Mrs. E G Wright. Before re- turning home he spent some days al Sea Gift.
 Attorney Robert C. Perry of New York, son Of f. W. Perry of Putnsm, is spending few days with his family at their summer cottage in South Woodstock.
 Miss Marjorie Bradford and Miss Marion Andem are attending the Northfled Summer Schools Of Sunday School Methods, July 1925, as dele- gates from the Congregational Sunday scsool.'
 --E. NJ. Barney, who has occupied his present tailoring rooms in Union block since iJanuary, 1895, is to close his establishment Saturday. He will take months rest and will locate somewhere outside of Putnam later. Frank D. Thayer and John Ryan of the Manhasset mill attended the flu neral of Walter Earnshaw at Fisher vile Tuesday, who was killed Satur. 1 day Tn a motorcycle accident. Miss Louise Murphy, who was with Earn. ! shaw at the time of the accident, and her sister Madeline, also intended.
 At meeting of the common coun- ell to be held Tuesday evening, Aug. l ith, property owners on Farrows street will be given an opportunity to be heard in relation to a proposed layout Of that street by the city.
 Employment is being given to a large number of persons al the Masha- paug Farms in Union where thousands of boxes of entrants are being picked and shipped away. Monday l45 crates were sent from this express agency to Boston, Providence and New ork. The pickers make good wages.
 -Engineer George w. Perry has been in Rock land, Maine, where some state road work is to be let to contrac' tors. MT. Perry went in the interests of the Vito Construction Company of | Thompson, concern that fhas built many miles Of state road In Conneeti- cut.
 Company A, Fifth U. S. Infantry, | which is marching by easy stages from the Mantle camp grounds to keene,N | H., arrived in Putnam Wednesday and went into camp on the Fred Will lis farm on the Putnam Heights road | The soldiers covered the distance from Wsuregan to Putnam, about 10 miles, Wednesdaysan leave this Thursday morning for North Webster, about an equal distance.
 The first real thunder storm of the season to pass directly over Putnam was that of Tuesday afternoon. Nc damage was reported aside from limb of tree that dropped in the yard of Dr. Lowe on Elm street bringing down a fire alarm wire which cut the circuit and caused the bell to ring, The Chau. | tauQua automobilists were caught in the downpouT aud hurriedly returned to the city. Plans for another demon stration under way.
 Equal Franchise League l A,meeting of the Putnam Equal | | |. n T