Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1914-03-13
Items of Local Interest

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George NJ. Fine spent Sunday
with relatives in Worcester.
Misses Anna andMafgaefiteLyn
are The guests Of Boston relatives.
The Tuesday club met with Mrs.
II. G. meinken, Fremont street, this
week.
-City Engineer George ". Perry
and Antonio Vito hive returned from
business trip 10 White Plains, \. y.
John c. Bernard Of Woonsocket
WIS visltof with friends in Putnam
over sunday.
There viii be an entertainment by
pupils of Istaelltntnnm school, Friday,
Mafch 20lh. The program Will be a
literary aud musical one. The public
IS invited.
The window display at the Peo-
pies Store IS attracting unusual atten-
ton this week for its artistic arrange.
ment. The. display was arranged by
Cynl Remlard, Jr.
Mrs f. J. Daniels, ex-regent OF
the Elizabeth Porter Putnam chapter,
! u A. r., has been entertaining Mrs.
William Holmes, regent of Elizabeth
/ Clarke Hull chapter of Ansouia.
The local order OF Hibernians are
making elaborate arrangements for The
ooserv vince Of II. Pntriek S day. There
will be a fine program with patriotic
songs and addresses.
-Rederiek Miller, whose leg WIS
broken when he VAS Whifed over a
shifting Al The Dem pin factory last
week, remains at the hospital. His
injury is a serious one.
George e. Shaw IS showing some
ph otogfaphs showing the damage
caused by the storm at Pleasant View,
" here Putnam residents have cottages,
on sunday, March /.
Attorney Robert G. Perry OF New
York, son Of e. ". Perry of this city,
has been retained rs counsel in d.
vorce proceeding that,ts creating unu.
sual interest The parties are among
the millionaire class and are promi-
nent in society.
AT n meeting OF Protector Hose
Company Monday night the following
officers were elected;
Fred NJ. Bruce, foreman.
William Hughes, assistant foreman.
Warren ;. Ames, secretary and
treasurer,
-Cargill Council X. of c. has APP
pointed the following committee TO
have charge of arrangements for their
twenty. nth annual concert and ball 10
be held Easter Monday; John b.
Daigle, chair man; Arthur l.. Divert,
secretary; John q. Byine, Henry n.
Benoit, NJ. NJ. Dwyer Frank Ii.
Cordier.
some of the testing machinery for
the state Textile school, rs Putnam 5
trade school Is to tie known, has ar
rived. The school will have n testing
laboratory with q complete SET of in.
stfumeuts for making yarn and cloth
tests commonly known 10 manufactu.
rers.
A man employed in the kitchen Of
local hotel lett town during Monday
night. Three other employees lind that
they have lost sums OF money, one -,
another -, and the third u 50. The
money was in their rooms. The man
had only worked here few days. The
police are looking for him,
--on one trip Out of Putnam Il morn.
ing last week 80 twenty-quart jugs OF
milk were put ON IA ear at the local
station for shipment TO the Boston
market Some of this milk from the
surrounding dairy districts WAS delay
ed day in goink by failure to arriv,
here in Time. The usual daily snip
ment Is about $50 Jugs.
The family Of John Rice OF Della
: qua, Colorado, arrived ia Putnam
/, Monday With taeie household effects
: Mr.. Rice bought the Covell piece O,
!, the River road last summer, lie is
!, mine boss in Colorado bat viii follow
his family here In The near future an,
viii engage in fsrming His tamil,
: consists Of wife, three sons and
: daughter.
1 Mrs. Vanderbilt, wIdew Of the lat
! George ". Vanderbilt, is well know
!, 10 the people Of romfret and Arlington
where she has often visited Mrs. Van
= derbilt is the daughter Of the late Car
!, tain George Warrea Dresser, formerl
= Of Abingdon. The family lived In IA
!, house next to the osgood place. MI
Dresser married into the Nanrenselea
family. Mrs. Vanderbilt spent he
summers during her girlhood an
young womanhood with her grandfs
father at the old homestead.