Putnam patriot., 1915-06-25
 ,. PERTINENT TO PUTNAM ]. PEOPLE
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 -stauley 1VheeI9eE of NHansvil'e was the guest of biz cousin, sitas at- Wbeeloek. -aaday
 Miss Gertrude Jones has been the guest of SiIss addie Watson in Wal lIngf0rd.
 Rev C. II. Barber of Danietsou eN- changed palpits sith Rev. r. D. 5ar gent of the Congregational church Sunday morning
 Tine W. CT. r. will observe flow CT mission day on Friday at o'clock, With Mrs. George f Holbrook, Elm street. Please bring flowers.
 -The Talbot farm near the Sawyer district was sold at public auction iast Friday The purchaser WAS Justin L. Green of this ely.
 Merrill P Paine, who recently graduated from Clark University, Worcester, Is at the home Of hi5 moth CT in this eity.
 -Df. s. E Overlook returned 10 his Pomfret home last tHeay and has re stunned bis dnlies on the surgical side al the Day KimbaIl hospital.
 -Htnfy A. Wheelack has been iu New Haven attending tae Ysie com meneement exercises and the l9th re. union Of his class.
 "A jliney service Chat was main. 1ained between this city aud Daniel. son Saturday attracted considerable patronage
 -Charles Wilcox, Jf., who has been at sanitarium in Stamford for the last six weeks has returned to his home on Putnam Heights improved an health.
 -asteeple Tom" Fitzpatrick, who has been doing high work in and around the town for the past two weeks, left Monday afternoon for Wes- teriy.
 -J udge M. II. Geisslef, Lawyer Il G Bradford Deputy Sheriff Holbrook and Wallace smith motofed To Cres- cent Beneh Saturday returning Sun day.
 Putnam hud one of the low death rates of the @tate during May Thete were nlne deaths, representing an an- nanl dealh fate per thousand of ll.5. There were l6 births here during that period.
 New fire insurance rates will go Into effect m Putnam thc rfst Of July. The cities and towns are listed under schedules from 4 to t and Putnam falls auder the head of b che same as Nuimanue while Banielsou comes under lhe better head If clnss z.
 Advertised letlefs lor week June 10th.
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 Mrs. A. E. Rosene.
 According 10 statements of the lo- cal lodge of Moose, which participated in the big parade at Hartford Satur' day protest has been entered over the awarding of . silver cup To the Bridge port lodge as prize for being the lodge that came the longest distance ito par tieipate in the procession. Putnam claims that the Bridgeport lodge lrav- eied but d3 miles while Putnam trav- eled a7 and should therefore have been awarded the puze.
 The public playground plans that were launched lew weeks ago have been slow lo develop. There are few who have expressed their willingness to subscribe to fund but the number and amount has mol been sufficient 10 warrant the promoters going ahead with the plans rhere are some who advance the idea that the matter should be taken up by the city and not by individuals.
 Funeral services for John turfan were held .in St Mary's church last Friday morning, Rev. C. +. Bedard celebrating the high mass o' requiem. There was singing by members of the Nine o'clock choir, and John Sullivan sang a solo. The bearers were the Messfs. Smith, representing the A. 0, H. of Pascoag Edward Cooney and Mir Cunningham, also of Pascoag, and Frank McGorty and William Camp bell of killingly.
 Mayor Archibald Macdonald is advocating a sale and sane Fourth for Putnam this year. It is a eontinua. tion of the policy that he has main tained since he has been in office, and during his administration no accidents of moment have resulted from the oo- eervanee Of Independence Day in this city. Notices have been posted calling attention to the law as regards The Use of explosives on the Fourth and the days preceding and succeeding that day with a warning that the law will be strictly enforced,
 -liHbert X. Tracy, resident in the southern part of Putnam, has ,caused t0 be erected in Nestaeld cemetery, Dtlieison. a heaulifu memorial to Mgs Elizabeth Akers Allen, authoress Is0ck Me to Sleep, sung wherever the English language is known, and has also been translated in various foreign anguages and sung the world over