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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-05-14
PUTNAM, CONN. FRIDAY, MAY Ia 1915
GRANGE NOTES
senexet Grange

We spelled Neighbors' Night with
large letters last Wednesday evening,
May 5, when thirty-one visiting pat
ronS representing the oranges Of Quin-
natisset, Putnam and Woodstock met
with our grange and treated as to n
literary program full Of food for
thought seasoned with spicy humor
and served with musical aeeompani-
ment. The program was as follows:
Reading Mrs. Barton, Quinnatisset
Paper, Our Native Wild Flowers,
Miss Bradford, Putnam
Duet Mrs. knight and Miss Ross,
Quinnatisset
Reading, Mrs. Bates, Quinnatisset
Paper, Woman Suffrage from a Moth
erls Viewpoint, Mrs. Bartlett, Put.
Piano solo Miss Ross, Quinnatisset
Recitation Ewart Healey, Woodstock
Paper, Higher Education as Factor
in Home making, Mrs. l.. IL. Hea-
ley, Woodstock
Song NoIney V Reed, Putnam
Several of the prominent visitors re.
sponded TO the calls for remarks after
which the evening was given over to
sociability in feasting and dancing.
The next regular meeting will be the
observance of the annual Ghildren's
Night, May 10, and will be open to the
public as usual. The committee in
charge have decided TO hold the meet
ing in the Grange hall as in former
years instead of trying to secae Acade-
my hall for the purpose rs had been
suggested. The school children will
give program and Supervisor Barber
will make short address. As an
nouneed last week, the rewards for the
collection of caterpillar egg-masses will
be given out at this meeting.
Tomorrow night Senexet grangers
will be guests of Dudley, Mass,
Grange and pleasant outing is ex-
pected.
All grangers will be interested in the
report which comes from the secretary
of the National Grange, showing that
during the last six months 32l new
oranges have been organized in this
country 226 of these since the begin
ming of the year.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-05-14

AT all masses Ut st. Mays church
next Sunday collections willsbe taken
for coal for the parish.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-05-14
Interesting Locals

ADNEhIISEMhNl
Suffrage Dance, Friday, May IA,
Odd Fellows hall. Tickets Zoe.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-05-14
Wolf Den Grange

Wolf Den Grange held very enjoy
able meeting Wednesday evening,
April IS. There %as large attend
anee. The subject was "Good Roads. +"
interesting talks were given by r. r..
Brown, Selectmen Hicks and Daniel
son; discussion led by T.. X. Haines
and John Peal, vocal duet given by
Mrs. Frank Hildreth and Miss Doro-
thea Wetherbee, very amusing paper
on '.How | followed the advice of Eli
zabeth Gordon Gufliss for one day in
housekeeping by Mrs. Willis Covell,
singing of grange melodies, Mrs.
Sharpe pianist. At the close of the
program came the Farmers Exchange.
+. e. Brown auctioneered of the fol.
lowing articles contributed by differ
ent members for the benefit of the
grange treasury realizing over $40 by
this unique and laughable method;
A pig, poultry, eggs, vegetables, seeds,
candy, fruit, preserves, bread, cake,
doughnuts, aprons, fancy work and
books.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
HOLD KAFIR CARNIVAL
Three Big Days Planned for Butler
County Next Month.

E1dorado, Kan, Sept. 2S.-Plans
are all laid for the Butler county
kafir corn carnival which will be held
here October 90, 81 and %. Special
features will be Estate house day" a
children's parade and a large agricul-
tural display. The big parade last
year was seen by more. than 10000
people.
The first day of the carnival will be
fraternal day. All Butler county
lodges will be in line to take part in
the exercises. Several of the most
prominent fraternal speakers of the
state will speak.
Farmers day is to be held October
81, the second day of the carnival.
The queens parade will be held on
this day with a long line of decorated
automobiles. Agricultural speakers of
countrywide prominence will speak.
The last day is school children's
day. All Butler county schools will be
dismissed and 5000 children will be
in the line of march for the parade
The child's parade is the most unique
exhibition ever given. Governor Cap
per, Senator Charles Curtis and many
other state officials will be in attend
ance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
THE CLAY COUNTY FAIR
Business Men Have Co-Operated With
Officials for Successful Event.

Clay Center, Kan, Sept. 2s-The
Clay County Fair association will hold
it's annual fair Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday of this week. 1t was
thought that the fair would have to
be discontinued, but the business men
came to the rescue and they with the
directors plan to give the people the
best fair in the history of the associa-
ton.
The business men will give a free
barbecue on the second day, and have
further shown their loyalty by offer
ing more special premiums than ever
before. The admission price has been
reduced to 25 cents.
Among the attractions will be horse
races, a baby show, an auto polo
game, motorcycle races and four races
by the local firemen, who are cham
pionS of the state. The people are
expected to attend and show that the
efforts of the association and the bust
ness men of the county are appre-
ci9t6d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
INDIAN MEET STARTS
Association Will Demand Larger
Responsibility for Red Men.

Lawrence, Kan, Sept 2S.-That
governmental paternaliSm does not
promote progress among the Indians
of the United States and does not
make for an efficient race develop
ment, apparently was the sentiment
of the leaders of the Society of Amer
lean Indians, members of which met
here today for the fiftieth annual
conference of the organization.
Mr.. Sherman Coolidge, of Wash
ington, the president of the society,
who called the meeting to order, as
serted that the conference would con-
slider demanding that a larger respon-
sibility be allowed every member of
the Indian race in the country. Other
questions upon which it is said the
attention of the conference will cen
ter are Indian education, obstacles in
the way of progress, the responsibility
of the government to the Indian, the
problem of the reservation, the liquor
problem, the United States Indian
bureau and the leasing of Indian
lands and the responsibility of the In
dams to the government.
Next saturday the delegates, among
whom are many of the leading In
dams of the country, will announce
their platform. Arthur c. Parker, of
Albany, n. Y, the secretary, has an
nounced that an attempt will be made
to include in it a comprehensive plan
for the improvement of the race. An
other suggestion, which probably will
be made to the conference, it is said
will be request to be made to con-
gress for a memorial in an American
Indian Day.
Today'S session was largely a bust
ness one, but it was planned that the
mayor of Lawrence and Frank Strong
chancellor of the University of Kan
SaS, should w slcome the delegates in
a public mass meeting tonight. The
conference will be in session until
next Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

rate for milk, and the Pure Water
company donates water and a water
cooler. The Philathea class of Low
man Hill Sunday school purchased
two bolts of cloth and made the goods
into baby clothes. The U and l club
has paid the salary of a nurse for
three months each of the last two
summers and furnished what supplies
she needed in caring for babies. All
the dry goods stores have allowed
space in their stores for the sale of
Red Cross stamps during holidays.
In addition to these helps there
have been many private contributions
Miss Edith Lacey, supervising nurse,
says more members are needed in the
association. Sustaining memberships
cost SIS. Active mem berShipS are 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING.
MIR. and Mrs. Saylor of Morrill, Hold
Anniversary Party.

Morrill,, Kan, Sept. 2S.-Mr. and
Mrs. E. NJ. Saylor of this place yes
terday celebrated their fiftieth ami
versary. They were married in Som
erset county, Pennsylvania, and came
to Kansas in 1877, settling on the
farm now occupied by c. w. Kimmel.
which they still own. They moved
into town about sixteen years ago
Two sons, J. H. and F. w. Saylor, and
a daughter, Mrs. c. w. Kimmel, re-
side in this locality, while another son,
Dr. William Saylor, lives at Loveland.
Col Mr.. and Mrs. Saylor are both in
good health. Relatives and friends
gathered at their home in the even
ing to help them celebrate the ami
VerSarV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
TOOK A SLOW POISON.
PhiIadeIphians Given Severe Dose of
Nerve Medicine by Demonstrators.

Philadelphia, Sept. 2S.-A score or
more persons are believed to have
partaken of a slow poison accidentally
mixed with nerve medicine distributed
by a demonstration in a department
store here.
The demonstration, who also tasted
the liquor, is in a hospital but none of
the other victims have reported at
any hospital or to the police. Investi-
cation of complaints that the mixture
tasted bitter led 20 the discovery that
a poisonous liquid used to clean
glasses had been added in the belief
that it was pure water
An analysis of the mixture will be
necessary before the seriousness of the
mistake can be determined, according
to physicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
School Bosses of State Come
Here November IL and Is.
Convene With Teachers in
Their Annual Convention.
REPRESENT 80, 900 MEMBERS
Delegates Handle Big School
"BusineSS" in Kansas.
Several Well known Speakers
Will Come Here for Meeting.

Hermann Retschlag of Emporia, the
secretary of the boards of education OF
Kansas, was in Topeka today going
over the preliminaries with D A
Ellsworth, the secretary of the Kan
sas State Tea association, for the
meeting of the school boards with the
teachers on Member IL. II and Is.
1t may seem suspicious for the school
boards to tag along when the teachers
come to Topeka for their three day
fest, but the truth is the teachers want
them to come and do everything pos
sible to make it pleasant for their
bosses.
AS long rs Henderson Martin was
in Kansas he was a. great supporter
of the school board conferences, and
used to draw up the whole program,
do all the speaking, pay for the PRINT
ing, and then adjourn sine ego. TO
meet the following year at one OF the
big educational centers.
And he made it go. The confer
ence now is one of the powers that be
and numbers several thousand mem
bers, and is growing fast. 1t is dele
gate meeting and SO the numbers do
not show the interest wholly in the
movement.
10000 Members.
There are sc, 1000 school board mem
bers in Kansas and they repre-
sent a big factor in educational
legislation More of them are rep
resented every year, and law passed
last year provided for paying the
members for attending the county
school board conventions. This has
done a lot to arouse interest IN the
state meeting and Mr.. Retschlag be-
lieves that the convention this year
will beat all records. G. w. Thompson
of Marion IS president of the confer
ence He was denied the BENEFITS OF
a complete education himself but
doesn't intend to let any other boy
or girl go without a chance to go to
college if he can help it. So Thomp-
son serves on the home school board,
goes to conventions. and is right on
the lob for better educational adVan-
tages for all the children. He is a
power in the central part of Kansas
and is using all of it to make the
school boards conference at Topeka a
success.
Good Speakers Coming.
The program for the conference this
year was to have had J. T. Joyner,
state superintendent of North Caro-
lina but he can't come. DR.. Stewart,
the greatest expert in the lighting
and acoustics of school houses, who
comes from the University of Iowa,
will be one of the speakers of the
school boards conference, and one
per will speak. Mrs. Mamie Ander-
son Hogue of Olathe will present the
work of the Parent-Teachers' associa-
ton, and Nennett Grove of Newton
will read a paper on The Superin-
tendent and the Teacher" Other
speakers will be announced later.
The conference will attend the gen.
eral assemblies of the teachers. They
will meet in the state house on Fri
day afternoon and Saturday.
L. NJ. enwell of Topeka is a promi-
neat member of this orga niZation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
ALL FOR BABIES
Topeka Firms Make Liberal
Contributions for Big Week.
Mothers of Infants Must Reg
lister at City Hall.

Mothers who wish to have their
babies scored during Better Babies"
week must register at the office of the
Public Health Nursing association in
the city hall. The purpose of register
ing is to fix the time when the babies
are to be looked over, as only limit
ed number can be scored each day
The babies of mothers who fail to
make these arrangements will not be
scored. The dates for Better Babies
week are October As, inclusive
All examinations of babies will be
private. The examinations will be in
the office of the Public Health Nurs-
ing association, or if mothers so desire
and other arrangemen are made, the
babies can be taken to the offices OF
physicians in the city, and the scoring
done there. For each baby scored a
score card, following a form approved
by the American Medical society, will
be issued. These cards will show both
projections and defects and will be a
guide for mothers to follow in watch
ing for undesirable developments.
Scoring Dates.
The scoring of babies under eighteen
months old will be done in the morn
ingS between the hours of 10 o'clock
and IL o'clock. Children from eigh-
teen months to five years of age will
be scored in the afternoons between
2 o'clock and ? o'clock.
The Public Health Nursing associa-
ton is receiving support from business
houses of the city. The Gem laundry,
the College Hill, the Mutual, the wv,
Topeka, White Star and City Hand
laundries have each donated their
services; and the Arnold drug store
has given SIS, as have also the Joslin
pharmacy, T. V. Campbell, Miller's
pharmacy, and George w. Stansfield.
Ice and Water, Too.
r. r. Shoaf, Campbell Drug COM
pany and Flad Brothers gave SO each
and Frank Hobart has donated all the
prescriptions the association wants.
The Topeka Ice company is supplying
ice free of charge. TIE Topeka Pure
Milk company is gra ng a wholesale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
African NJ. r. Conference Closed.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 2S.-The
Kansas conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal church. in ses-
sion at Kansas City, Kar., since last
Wednesday, closed Monday. The Rev.
A. c. Terrell of LeaVenworth was
granted superannuated relations to
the conference Resolutions were
passed thanking the people and the
press for their courtesies during the
stay of the. delegates here. Bishop H.
P. Parks assigned the ministers to
their charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28

tie affected by the cold. The big thing
is to gather enough seed not only for
next spring, but for the following sea-
son. We are going to have good
CROP
The date of the first killing frost in
Kansas, according to the records in
the Topeka office Ct the United States
weather bureau, ranges from Sept. z
in RawlfnS and Wallace counties %
October in Cherokee county. The
average date of the first killing frost
in the extreme northwestern portion of
the state is September 81, and in the
southeast. October %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
GET SEED CORN EARLY.
Professor Call Advises Farmers to Get
Enough for 1917 Too.


Manhattan, Kan, Sept Ell E.
Call, professor of agronomy in the
Kansas State Agricultural college, en-
phasizes the importance to Kansas far
merS of gathering seed corn for 1916
planting a an early date, and suggests
that while they are doing this they
procure a sufficient quantity to suffice
in 1917 should the 1916 crop be short
at is advisable to allow the corn to
mature on the stalks as thoroughly as
possible said Professor Call, but in
case of danger of damage through
heavy frost it may be gathered for
seed as soon as the husks are brown.
If it is in an immature condition it
should be carefully stored in a dry
place where there is good ventilation.
The corn should be hung by the husks
after the latter have been pulled back
to give access to the air.
cit is important to gather the corn
before the heavy freezes. When the
seed corn is first brought in, it is full
of moisture. When it is dry it is lit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
JAIL BREAKERS STILL FREE.
Rewards Are Posted by Atchison
Sheriff for Escaped Prisoners.

Atchison, Kan, Sept. 2S.-The
county Jail breakers have succeeded
in getting out of the brush and no.
tees of a reward for their arrest will
be posted by Sheriff Trimble. The I'LL
innate capture of at least some of the
men is expected. Search was aban-
doned yesterday by the officers The
jail breakers had every opportunity of
observing the officiels as they
went down the river. and it
is practically certain the prls-
oners left the river bank and
made for the railroad just below
Weston, where they had ample oppor-
tunity of catching freight trains and
putting many miles between them and
the pursuing officers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
STOPPED TRAIN FOR HOGS.
Anthony Northern Conductor Shows
He Is a Business Getter.


Pratt, Kan, Sept. 2&-What was a
fair example of the hustling spirit of
the Anthony & Northern road for
business was at a station on the road
Saturday. While the freight train
was running between HCpewe1 and
Byers Conductor 1. S. Pickett saw a
farmer with a Wagonload of hogs driv-
ing north. He stopped the train and
discovered that the hogs were being
hauled to Belpre to be loaded and
shipped to market Mr.. Pickett then
arranged with the farmer to ship over
the new road, backed his train into
HopeweIl and in an hour that carload
of hogs was loaded and on their way
to market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
Lay Emporia Y. Conversions.

Emporia, Kan. Sept 2S.-Elaborate
ceremonies marked the laying of the
cornerstone of Emporia'S new V M.
c. A. building today. Arthur Capper,
governor of Kansas, was a speaker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-28
Oldest Pittsburg Miner Killed.

Pittsburg. Kan, Sept 2S.-John X.
Kurtz, 81 years old, one of the old
est active miners in the Pittsburg dis
trict, was killed here Monday when a
mass of rock fell on him while at
work
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

Dancing, dining or attending the
opera demand llght-colored Eve
ming Gowns. The frock illustrated
fills the requirement for any of
these occasions. Fashioned OF
chiffon taffeta in soft rose pink.
it has the desired transparency
about the shoulders by the use
of pink and white tulle delicately
embroidered in silver. The high
draped girdle is pointed toward
the neck line and rounds simply
at the waist. The full skirt IS
finished at the hem by wide
bands of tulle. $18.75
Macy's-Third Floor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
Get EuN OrRble Laws.

after AN earnest campaign last win
ter the Legislatures Of Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut passed
certain laws which placed the company
in IL position legally to go before It's
stockholders and n. public with a plan
90 issue "A preferred stock or 10 issue
a mortgage bond. The company Is now
studying this object IN the hop" trat
in due time Il can lay before the public
and the stockholders some plan which
In the judgment of the directors Is best
suited to meet the situation.
For the year ended June 80. 1913.
the net available income uf The COM
pany, after meeting all of its ohl'rat!ons.
was s,922 237.72. For the year ended
June 80. 1914 il was s26S.6 $50 ~ and for
the year ended June 80. 1913. $2,3O7,-
ISL AZ.
This result for 1915 was accomplished
In spite of the decrease in revenue Of
ee,073.323.3 80. by a decrease in oper-
sting expenses Of <5,los,3 \
beginning with May. 1915, there was
a slight Increase. which has grown stead
lily. so that now the ompany Is do.ng g"
very handsome business. But every dol
lar OF its gross earnings that can lie
converted into net fJg some time to come
r. needed to pay of It's floating debt and
20 meet the cost of some Of the improve
ments that ] have tried 10 outline To you
briefly.
Working with the railroad are
steamer lines i"nterchaneing business 1t
Fall River, Newport. Providence, New
bedford. New London, SaybrOok, New
Haven and Bridgeport. one If tine great
unsettled problems before the company
Is what shall become Of these steamer
lines. and that subject Is now Ia the
hands OF the Interstate Commerce COM
mission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

Among the new are:
Zenana Cloth Robes, 1894
Richly trimmed with
swansdoWn at neck, sleeves
and down entire front, lined
throughout with white silk:
lavender. pink. light blue and
white. Full flare model fast
ening with two large buttons.
Albatross Negligees. $6.49
Dainty model, silk null
lined; Angora trimming down
front. at neck and sleeves:
corded girdle and pocket;
light blue. Copenhagen. Wis
taria. pink and lavender.
Floor, 3lth 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

%"Fifty-tive New England chambers Of
commerce, boards of tsade and other
civic organizations have adopted reso-
buttons suggesting that there be no sep
aration OF the steamships from the rail
lines and no further dissolution of the
New England transportation machine.
I'm my judgment The New Haven
road is absolutely solvent and can
nay the interest on all Of its debts and
can make some reduction OF those debts
by sale of properties from time TO time,
but the stakeholder is entitled to n re-
turn upon his or her holdings, and any
student Of the situation should always
consider that.
There are 26,5l7 stockholders. Of
whom 1906 hold shares from | to To-;
1854 from II to 80, and 2,i3l from IL
10 100. In other words. "a 1903 of the
26,b17 stockholders are what miGht he
termed mall stockholders. holding from
to 100 shares of stock. There are
1O.627 women stockholders and Ass
stockholders representing trusts, guard
1anships. insurance companies and CHAR
table and educational organizations.
MANY of these people need dividends
and 1t is the earnest hope of the man
agement that general conditions, the
attitude of the country, the result OF
the Federal valuation, the sale Of the
properties under the dissolution suit will
In time produce conditions that viii per
init the company to resume dividends.
"a question that affects directly the
work OF improving the TRANSFORMATION
machinery OF New England az well as al
the Industrial development Of the Coun-
try IN the question OF human labor,
'There IL "A limit To which wage and
short hours can GO If the wo'k of New
England and the United States Is to go
forward and II We are to prepare for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
Luxurious NegGgees
of Rich Fabrics

In charming pastel shades, with swansdoWn trim
ming, and lined with soft silks. these lovely Robes
appeal to critical women. Among the new are:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
Handmade
Aprons
Acceptable Gifts

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Medium. round shape OF very
fine lawn with hand-em-
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and hand-embroidered de-
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lovely patterns.
Two Styles at $l.S9
Fashioned Of the SheereSt
lawn. hand-scalloped all
round. and deliberately
~hand-embroidered in TWO
very artistic designs.
Macy. Third tloor. Rear.