Putnam patriot., 1914-02-20
Notes About the City

At q meeting Of Putnam chapter, No l8, K A. NJ, Thursday evening the r. M and M F. M degree was conferred.
 --Geofge fl Ryder olieisted as or Eauisl ai lae Bapli.i church sunday, Mrs samuel Rich being absent on ae- count ol Ihe Illness ol her mother.
 -Mrs. Clara Bassell has been en- gagged as afeHnist at the Methodist church. succeeding Miss Mildred NWAtman
 "A meeting aE Council Ia eaneaf1e Si John BaRaste society was he'd Sunday and E was voted to hold pubuc initiation of a class Of ls esndI- dates, March i5.
 Waiter taia, who had his hands badis maaslea IT an accident at the Maahassef mil. MI have ;he Use af both hands when he has fully recover. ed, as he Nill lu short ume.
 Attorney D Roy smith of Boston Was guest ef hls mother, Mrs NJ. F. smith, Fremont stfeet, last week. Sunday Mrs saith will entertain her granddaughter, Marguerite, and a friend, ffon seathbudge.
 Local relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Luis Tetreauit were in New Bedforu Saturday to he present at the eeiehra. ton of their 60sh wedding anniversary. Mf TetFeauIl k N and his wife - and both are enjoying good health and oe. casionsils visit in this city. -Thete aIe fourteen prisoners n Brooklyn IAii awaiting tfisl al the MaeA tesn ai the superior eaafl. There ate slsa several out under bonds. 1 Toe criminal session will De one ot the largest In ssue lime,
 In q 55esbt issue of well known magazine taeae Is au afgicie o5 aa eIaa- crate nature on s0fi3age conditions in Colorado the authors being Lew4. El- win fhelss and Mary Baroi fhetss, wl8 have relatives ia Putnam and who have often been visitors here. -0n account of the lecture 10 te gwen here oa date early in Nafch by ! William haros, tne famous detective, Qunebaug lodge ot Masons has chang l cd the date ol an important meeting 1 for eonlerTing degrees on class of candidates lo Feb. l9.
 Putnam is now much safer city 1 for linemeu Io work in as the result ol the changes made In me interes. of safety Tor them, such as putting many wires underground, taking down so- called "dead wires from poles and re. moving live wires lo q safe distance on the poles from the telephone wires.
 There was large attendance at lhe benefit performance for the Catho- lie BAnd at the Empire theatre Tues day night The band marched 10 the theatre and furnished music inside Philip SalVas sang several solos, aud . base bal picture, including Frank Chance oi the New York Nationals, was the feature picture.
 There Ssss traaole with the boiler sl.the Rasoee store on Saturday, and as the result the store was cold until noon and ihe young women clerks were notl6ed aeg Ia come to work The return pipe lo the heater trots up and burst and let the water into The boiler. The Ire had to oa palled out and il wAs some time before the damage W is remedied.
 Tony Nigo, ol the Vito ConStfue lion Company, and George W, Perry, civil engineer, have returned from UIica, \. \. where they went 10 he present at the opening of bids for the construction of state road work. Out oi eight bidders Vito was thind Ills company was recently awarded the contract fer building mile and hall ot state road in Ellington.
 IT, II. ne0oudres of Grafton, sal,er. intendent ot the schools in Upton and i Grafton, was elected vice president ot the Worcester County Sons of Brown University, who met in annual session aud banquet recently in the Baaerofl Hotel ia Worcester, There WAS an al- tendance of forty at the function, which was he l2th annual session. MT. nsgeudreS was gradaated l5sa Brown diversity ia lS9a PfeSlaen, Faanee et gas Uniser>iss was aae aI the sneakefs
 -Ias es3s q Fsaeels q. Tgsss. =, was bruaSas to Pasnsm trom Malta psn Moaoay and placed ln tbe lasnb al the Grove ssEeet cemetery. II 03N lsteF be taken to PalnAm Heights eeaa- eieFy for hufsal. Mr Tgask waS naFn in Miliimaatic and has sahses3 aenG4y lived h Caatan, nedham, Resdxllle and Msttapsn. lie was scAooln sic in Canton q Attorney NJ. II. 6eisSles of Putnam. lie Is survived by his mother. Mrs. susan TrSsk, and two brothers, Albert and Edward.