Putnam patriot., 1914-03-20
Items of Local Interest


 -There was no school for the High school pupils Monday it being teach ers' visiting day.
 Miss Abbie Keith spent the week end with friends In Boston and vicin. fly.
 -Mr and Mrs George l.. Prentice, Mechanic street, are both critically Ill. Mrs. Prentice recently sustained q shock.
 Ralph Durfee is the guest of his mother on School street. He has just returned from q two years tour of the west wilh theatrical company.
 Austin Lincoln, as the result Of an lnjury received when he was caught in a machine al the plant of the Put nam Woolen Company, had the right index finger amputated at the first joint at the Day Klmbal hospital.
 Rev. r. D. Sargent will deliver a lecture on English Cathedrals before the Pomfret Neighborhood Associa. tion, Friday evening at s o'clock. All are invited whether members of the association of not
 Miss Marion Warren has returned from few days visit in Boston. While there she wss entertained at a tn ealre party given by some of the peo- pie she met on the excursion trip talk en last summer to the White Mount. aims.
 The members of the A. M E. Zion mission will hold musical and litera- " entertainment and turkey supper in their bail on Front street, Thursday evening, March 26th. Admission free, supper 35 cents, served from 6 to 10 O clock. Adv
 A list containing l,0il signatures of those protesting against the build ing Of the post office on the proposed site at the corner of South Main and Grove street, has been sent to Con. gressman Mahan at Washington. All the signers are residents of the city.
 There were large congregations al St. Mafy's church Sunday at the be- ginning of the four weeks mission for the French speaking people, The mis- sion Is ia charge of missionary fathers from Quebec The speakers told the married women Of the parish that they ought 10 forego and stay away from places of amusement during the mts. sion.
 -If New Haven trains that are no longer in service cannot be regained through the efforts of local business men, the trolley company will proba bly, be requested to furnish more ire quent express service between Putnam and Central Village. The trolleys of. fer n satisfactory service in many ways, but the running time is altogeth- CT too slow for those who might wish to use them for long trips, from Put nam to Jewett City and points south.
 -C. s. iAndem Is planning to con. struct an addition 10 his greenhouses on FarIows street to take care of his increasing business. The addition will be 200 feet long. People who have not been in that vicinity of the city recent ly will be surprised at the size and i'm portance of this industry Boston and New York markets are supplied with fresh flowers daily.
 Two accident eases were brought to the Day kimball hospital Tuesday afternoon, both of serious although not of a critical nature, Thomas Moore was caught in a heavy gear at the plant of the Elmville Weaving com. pAnysand had his back injured, his body badly lacerated ana Ihis right arm broken. Alfred Tracy of Canter. bury caught his right hand in saw run by a gasoline engine and severed all the fingers of his right hand except the index finger which it is ihoped E, save.