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Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
Sunday School Institute District, No.
Large Gathering Officers Elected

The SUNDAY School institute Of
District No. 3, Woodstock, Pomfret,
Putnam and Thompson held at
Woodstock Hill Sunday afternoon
was well attended and proved to be
one Of the most interesting and prof.
table gatherings of the KIDD held in
this vicinity for q nBmbefof years.
Twelve schools were represented BY
about 10 delegates, including pas
tors,g superintendent and 80 teachers.
The report Of the secretary, Miss Gun
ningham showed that considerable
gain had been made during the past
year in many departments. The
County Treasurer, e b. sharpe Of
Putnam spoke IN regard 10 the finances
Of the county 10 schools in this district
have pledged or paid.
As the County Association, pledged
last Fail to try and raise $4,000 for the
Connecticut Sunday school Associa-
ton during the year, "A contribution IS
expected from each school and some
I larger Contributions nom Ai4Hi AAA
The address by Mrs. +. NJ Warner
OF Putnam, Elementary Superinten-
dent, on The Grace OF Adaptability
was exceptionally fine Ii was full Of
practical suggestions and interesting
experiences.
With the address by y. A. Ballard
on the Organized Class, and one by
! w. /. Woodin, the state Secretary on
Encouragements and Problems, and
solos by the Misses Andem and Clifford
Of Putnam, the program was com
pleted.
The following officers were elected
President, Rev. +. b. Harrison,
Woodstock
Vice President, Winthrop b. Bal
lard, Thompson.
Secretary, Miss Alice l.. Cunning
ham, Putnam.
Elementary superintendent, Mrs.
T.. NJ Warner, Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
Empire Theatre

We have rung down the curtain on
last weeks big show and are about to
ring it up for another week OF big en-
tertainments. There are features in
abundance but a. is always the case
there are one or tw1 gems that look
lust a little better than the Others in
the pile This week the master gem is
The Life Of Our SAVIOR, 10 be shown,
Friday, May l4th. Those who have
seen this great masterpiece say that
the acting seems inspired. The set
tinRs are gorgeous and historically &C.
eurate ana com Oined W1ln wealth oil
flowing color makes marvellous MIN.
The subject i treated win dignity
and reverence that leaves nothing 10
be desired. it is most highly praised
BY the critics. The imperson alton Of
Jesus in figure, poise, facial expression
and dignity, iOined 10 sweetness, meets
the best Traditions Of Christian art.
On Tuesday night the Miliionaire's
Hundred Dollar Bi.i stands out pro
minently. Ii has to do with one
whose faith in human nature is un-
shaken and a cyulc. The btil Is puf'
posely ''iost" on wager as TO what
the finder will do with IL and the sc-
com panying situations are full OF in
terest- On Wednesday, 4 Wireless
Recue. 1t would seem from the title
that this is a sea story but Il IS not. Il
has To do with wireless apparatus
attached 10 railroad Trains and saves
the lives of hundreds Of passengers. 1t
is a romance of the rails handled in a
new way. On Thursday Poison, an
educational pietuTing featuring Tom
Moore, Marguerite tCourtot and Pro-
lessor Allyn, the great pure food ex-
pert. Besides having its educational
point OF view it unfolds dramatic
story. The Empires program for the
week is well chosen for all classes,
men, women and children, and we
hope TO see you all rs many times as
possible adv.
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
MOTHERS Of
DELICATE CHILDREN
Should Read the Following
Letter-Mrs. Stacks Story
About Her ChiId's Recovery
Is Entirely Reliable.

Palmyra, Pa" Three years ago my
little girl had black measles which left
her with a chronic cough and so awfully
thin you could count all her ribs, and she
coughed SO much she had no appetite
Nothing we gave her seemed to
help her at III until one day Mrs Neibert
told me how much good Yinol had done
her little girl. so | decided 70 try it for
my little one. and it has done her so much
good she IS hungry all the time, her
cough is gone, she is stouter and more
healthy In color and this is the first win
ter she has been able to play out in the
snow. eoasting and snow balhng without
any i'll effects. - Mrs. ALFRED SLACK,
Palmyra, Pa.
We know Vinol will build up your
little ones and make them healthy,
strong and robust, therefore we ask
parents of every frail and sickly child
in this vicinity to try bottle of Vinol,
our delicious cod liver and iron tonic
without oil.
If we can induce you to try a bottle
of Ninol as body-buider and strength
creator for your child, and you do not
find il is all we claim, we will return
your money on demand.
u. +. Donahue Druggist, Putnam
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
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PERTINENT TO PUTNAM
PEOPLE
PEOPLE


Albert +. Guild Of New London
WIS in town last week.
Mrs John c. bates entertained
her sister from Kiiiiugly Tuesday
Mrs }. \. Dady is visiting in VA
terbury.
MI and Mrs Lynn Dove are now
living on Sunnyside Heights.
Mrs. Delia Cutler has purchased
the Buebee property on Elm street.
Frank d. Thayer spent The week
end in Pawtucket
Justin $. Green has bought the
John Perry farm at Ballouville.
Walter Kinsman, owner of large
marble quarries in Rutland, VI, has
been a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Durfee.
Potatoes were never quoted cheap
er than at present. a farmer was try
ing to dispose of his spuds Wednes.
day at 40 cents a bushel retail,
Mrs. Lewis W. Sherman is attend.
ing as delegate of the local Relief corps
the State convention in Hartford The
president, Mrs. Wood, also attends.
Byron &, sherman, physical .di-
rector of the Morristown IN. j. Y. Nj.
G. ~, white attending conference at
Springfield, made a short visit with
his mother last week.
Judge +. G, Wright of Putnam,
and Judge c. II. child OF Woodstock,
attended meeting Of probate judges
In Hartford Wednesday and attended
tho session of the General Assembly.
Judge and Mrs. T.. G. Wright are
going TO California the latter part Of
this month, to visit their daughters at
Palo Alto, and will also attend the ex-
positions,
Miss Charlotte Hopkins latter a
month with her sister, Mrs. John
Sabin, left town Tuesday for The
West She will visit In Illinos and
Oregon and attend, both expeditions.
announcement has been made of
the marriage in North Attleboro of
clifford e. Hathaway of Peacedale, .R.
| !, and Miss Irene A, Williams, ,the
daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. q. G. VIII
lams of this city.
Ne wish to express cur thanks for
the kind deeds ana words of sympathy
expressed by friends and neighhors
during the illness Of our mother, Mrs.
Julia Murray, aud also for the beauti.
ful tloral tokens sent for the funeral.
THE FAMLY.
AT the,annual visitation wednes-
day evening, Jessamine chapter, @. Z.
$, entertained Mrs Fannie Y card
neFo Of Milford, grand matron Of The
state OF Connecticut. ESsveral past ms
irons were present and visitors from
other chapters. \ goodly number at.
tended. A luncheon OF lobster salad
sandwiches, cake and coffee, was served
by Mrs. Kate Mebster.and Miss En-.
ma Roberts.
"A. r. Scranton, Cyril Remillard
Jr., Alveris Miour and John Daigi,
motoFed to Hartford sunday wher
} they witnessed The working of tn,
third degree by X. of &. council on
class of ninety candidates. Next sun
( 1nv NJ ~ tina third aaoraa will n
worked by the local council on elias
of candidates In Owls hall.
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
aIanorance of the | W.

Take an innocent little ST. tute. One
lawyer maybe a country counselor)
gays it is dead Another lawyer says
II is alive. The poor little statute
does not know whether it is coming
or going. whether it is alive or dead,
afoot or horseback And yet no man
can plead ignorance Of the law" A
man may go to Jail II he does not
know the law-unless he is a lawyer.
Oh, you Exact Science kansas City
Times.
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14

PUTNAM NEWS
Observation-Disclosures.


Chester T.. Child attended a meet
ing Of lumber manufacturers at Hart
or Friday.
-Oarl 7 Kent Is in Waterbury for a
ew weeks in The interests OF the lele-
phone company
Judge aud Mrs. f. f. Russell en-
tertalned Bishop Brewster during his
stay In Putnam sunday.
The members of the WiIliamsYille
fire department viii hold banquet Ia
Putnam ia the near future.
~. O. Marion and wife and Remi
Delarge and wife moiored to Woon-
socket Sun cay y isit relatives.
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia
Murray were held in St.Mafy' S church
last Friday morning at O'Clock. Blu
rial was at Webster.
Mrs. Charles b. Price of " orcester
and Mrs. George Weatherhead OF
Southbndgt, have lbeen visiting Mrs.
NJ. f. Smith, South Main street
Mrs. G. H. Kelly of Harwlch,
Mass, is with her sister, Mrs. NJ. f.
Smith, for while on account of her
recent accident.
There was meeting OF the COM
mittee OF the High school Association
Tuesday night To discuss plans for the
annual banquet which is to be held
June Esd
"A meeting of the Chautauqua oti
Gals was held Tuesday evening in the
superior court room, and plans for this
season were discussed. The sessions
will be held July Ii to -.
"A public meeting in the Interests
CT education will be held in eo-opera-
ton with the local grange in grange
hall, Hampton on Friday evening Of
this week at ESQ.
Rev. h. +. Benoit preached ser
mon in English at Eastford WedneS-
day evening. sunday he will speak
in French at the Putnam Baptist
church at $50.
Thomas Holt, deputy dairy ana
feed commissioner, of Hartford, was
In Putnam Saturday on business con-
neeted with the department, going
from here to Danielson.
Advertised letters for week Of May
II.
GENTLEMEN
Andrezej Pawlikewska.
LADIES
Miss AIDE Stewart, Mrs. NJ, r. Tyler.
Lawyer Charles l.. Torfey MAS in
Danielson Saturday morning repre-
senting the defendant in a ease The
evidence for which was procured by
the state police connected with the
weights and measures department,
The accused was acquitted OF selling
coal short weight.
over the telephone Sunday Joe
Connolly told e. II. Cordier that he
would Try 10 come to Putnam with
some Of his team mates, Saturday eve
ring, May I'D. II the Braves q,
come there viii probably be = haaque
and dance in their honor.
Wildwood park is to be open 70
the first time this season on MemoFia
day, bur The regular season opens som
time in June. Who is TO have ehaTg
OF The privileges at the park held for
number of years by W. +. Labele o
Dayville, has not been announced, bn
III il understood that there is consider
able interest in the matter in this city
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
Japanese "6enikf."

In Formosa there is tree between
$500 and 1000 years old with cir
conference of S. feet. and the lowest
branch IS feet from the ground. The
tree is a species of cypress, the Jap
anese "benih.s
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
The hIbatross.

The albatrpss Is the largest of sea
1irds.
There were masses at and 5
O'Clock at st. Mary'sl church this
Thursday morning in observance of
Ascension day.
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14

y. f. Donahue Druggist, Putnam
Putnam patriot., 1915-05-14
Az
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
-oF TIN
First National Bank of Putnam

Il iNSl AdtsttsSt EEfitn vi n
az Putnam. in the state of Connecticut, at the
CLOSE of business, May -, 1915,
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ..-..++.......... s43,s54 ~
l.. :, Bonds 70 secure circulation,
U ). B Ei, to secure L. 5. Deposits.
tpar value ZOO 90 1000 %
Other bonds 10 secure postal savings,
Bonds. securities. etc. on hand. other
than stocks, Including pfemi-
ums on same 2i,654 %
Subscription 10 stock OF Federal Re
serve Rank, 1900 90
Less amount un. aid, s sa00e d. 800 90
All other stocks, including premium -
on same iS,62o 90 1920 20
Ranking house. ........... ...2n.000 % 2n.0o0 90
Due from Federal Re erye bank. 1880 81
Due from approved reserve agents
in central reserve cities, i9,7s4 1
'e i IN other reserve cities. eGsaS 46ise So
""s 't than aoove) 5,is4 Is
Outside checks aud other cash items,
a,s09 IS
utekl,s and cents 1888 d,lsf IS
Notes az other National banks. 1000 -
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANk
f iesaeieader notes io6 sss %
Redemption fund with Us Treasurer
not mofe than 5 per cent OF cir s.ooo,
culstionl 2'e.N 81
4. ;. Interual Revenue stamps a'e Sc
roral. saos5s -
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in... .s..t..... Sl90es@ ~
surplus fund eN,eVe -
Undivided Profits al,eAl to
ai ss sa' and t ss ssf paid 4sls n7a
Circulating Notes essse N
Less amount on baud
aad Ia Treasury Tor re7
demuti1n ei ju transit, &AfVN a.t@l t@
Dae Is banks aud bankers, 2@esa =
Demand deposits
Individual deposits subject 70
ter,iaesfes Il deposit due Ia less thsn
81 .tass fsHaT IS
Certified Checks @s
4 nited States Deposits l,esa ~ -
Postal savings Deposits 4lNiV NJ aV2ss1t p
Rediseoanss With Federal Reserve
bank eiAl as
Notes aad bids rcaiseounted isooo % 76.sai S
Total SOS. Sc So
State Of Connecticut, County Of Mtudhan, s.
4, q. Ii. Gilpatric. cashier 0f the above
named bank. dc solemnly swear that the above
statement Is true 10 the best Of my knowledge
apa belief. g.. II tiILrNTRIC, Cashier.
| Subscribed and sworn to before me this nth
| day of May, 1918
CHAKlEs ARNOLD.
Notary fuelic.
| Correet--Attest
4 A 4 a 1, saSmsi Directors.
StLAs N. NAkEIockt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18
75c CORSETS
SI.OO CORSETS

I'm new long models; hose
supporters. made of French
coutil. COMPARISON SALE AT
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18

falta ON land that they were sure
would never produce Dr.. The boys
ana that night school grew the al
falfa.
Al Worthington seven bows of the
seventh. eighth and high school
grades are managing sac acres of
corn ON their fathers farms this year
Others are roisinG poultry while still
others have planted tomatoes. The
teacher OF their school il giving his
attention 20 instructing them in the
field
About Trafalgar the boys have
planted several orchards for the
farmers and are restoring old ones.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18

cultivation go with the better seed.
These are hy no means Isolated
cases. but are taken at random from
This bulletin They illustrate the
general rule an over the state There
are $500 teachers in Indiana giving
their attention 10 this agricultural
teaching Ii is because this is so
large ard SO interesting a subject that
state Supt OF Public Instruction
Greenhouse has prepared am illus
trated pamphlet for general distrihu-
tion and has already sent out a few
thousand copies upon application and
TO MANY whom he judged would be
Interested.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18

Plans were made Wednesday ulghI
az the regular hi-weekIy meeting o.
the Court of honor for q straw berry
festival 20 boz held next Wednesday
evening az the hau ST the meeting
"Wednesday ulsht dve applications for
membership were approved Follow
ine the business session there was a
social hour with reIreshnelts ana
games
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18
BRYAN is STRONG MAN
Tears ON Bolt While Trying 10 open
Door.

WASHINGTON, June IS That
William J. Bryan is fin vigorous health
was shown 10y an incident THURSDAY
Upon returning from his early morn
inE horseback ride he opened the
door 90 enter his house AS the door
few open "a piece Of metal dropped 90
the floor. When Mr.. Bryan inNesti-
stated he found that the door had been
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18

They are looking after these as they
develop and are being paid Tor the
work. They are experts with the as
sistance OF the teachers The farm
crs i'm this same neighborhood 20 10
the school with questions about the
treatment OF their soils and the plant
ing of certain crops
Plant 800 Acres i'm Tested seed.
The instruction 90 pupils AT Pine
village is given almost exclusively on
the home farms or the pupils The
first year OF this work saw 1900 acres
planted with tested corn where not "a
grain had ever been tested before
improved methods OF planting and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18
LEnrmcr. Organizc Ill.

As q result OF the work IN the
schools about Valparaiso. for IN
stance. the farmers become SO much
Interested that ;hey organized an
evening class To meet every Friday
night and this class is instructed hy
Tie same man who has been teaching
thcir BOYS. This same thing Is hap
pculng all over the state. these VAL
.paraison farmers are now E4ising al
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-18

has been and is being done. and
while the general comments seem
most surprising they are really sur
passed IN the recital of speclnc ln-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-09
Rubber Armor Plate!

If the present al has proved any
thing it has proved the inadequacy OIL
the protection afforded by armor plate
covering the underwater vital parts
Of a ship. The does not extend
sufficiently far below the water line
to assure complete protection when
the vessel is rolling, and in this re.
spect a suggestion put forward by a
writer in Popular Science Siftings
might be worth serious consideration.
Describing an experiment made in
1860 on the recoiling strength Of rub.
Der, he says that a piece Of rubber
two inches thick and a foot square
vas placed under a steam hammer
and a six-inch round shot was placed
or it. The hammer fell with tremen-
dous force and broke the shot to
pieces, the rubber remaining elastic
and unimpaired. Results from great
explosive force on rubber flooring and
buffers have shown that beyond fusing
by heat the rubber remained unin-
jured, so apparently rubber would
make a ship more s%hot-proof than ar
mor plate.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-09
CATCHING UP WITH CHINA
Western World Has Adopted System
Long Popular in Great Empire
Of the Orient.

Gradually, very gradually, c~iviliza
ton is catching up with the Chinese.
The University of California has
established a new professionalism OF
keeping people well. Those who adopt
this calling will go into the world and
earn fat fees by not letting folks fall
i'll. Sickness will NEAR starvation to
the practitioners; a healthy ~populace
will make them rich.
In China the doctors have never
looked to the sick for business. Only
while their patients were well could
the physicians charge for services
rendered. When a patron fell i'll the
doctors income shrunk: when recov.
cred the convalescent resumed fleeing
his medical adviser.
1t is a good scheme, evidently. or
we o. the wiser world would not have
taken up with it after having SO many
thousands of years to investigate it's
workings. In time, perhaps, all the
wisdom OF the Celestials will become
ours by adoption.-St. Joseph Gazette.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-09
pAppOT&O
8% /6M \
HApOLD MACGpATH( Ga
Anhor@ The arpctfromBaSdad,l III
The Place 91oneymoons etc. ~
lOngyInOOnS,o etc.
I'LL nZNrI

in the safe. To this day | cannot tel
why. | owed nothing to those desplca
BILE thieves, Craig least Of ALL"
Craig. | met him over there. PUN
meled him.
Il didn't act like a man. Some day
a comfortable fortune would fall to tbs
lot of each Of us. But | took eight
thousand, lost it, and came whining tc
you. You don't belong to this petty
age. Paul. You ought to have been a
fellow OF the round table" Arthur
smiled wanly. ITO throw your life
away like that, for a brother who
wasn't fit to lace your shoes! If you
had written you would have learned
that everything was smoothed over.
h Andes people dropped the matter
entirely. You loved the mother far
better than l."
"And she must never know quietly.
DO you NEAR that?"
Il always mean everything say.
Arty. Can't you see the uselessness of
telling her now? She has gone all
bSoS SuAS I liz OCllCl lIdl i all a
thief. A thief, Arty. l. who never stole
anything save a farmers apples. They
would have called you a d~efaulter;
that's because you had access to the
safe, whereas / had none.' Arthur
WINGED. II don't propose to disillusion
the mother. ! am strong enough to go
away without seeing her; and God
knows how my heart yearns, and my
ears and eyes and arms"
Warrington reached mechanically
for the portrait in the silver frame,
but Arthur stayed his hand.
mo. Paul; that is mine"
Warrington dropped his hand, puz-
zled. Il was not going to destroy it."
ironically.
NO; but in a you have de-
stroyed me. Compensation. What
tri1ing thought most of us give that
word! The law of compensation. For
ten years Elsa has been the flower O.
the corn for me-. She almost loved me.
And one day she sees you; and in that
one day all that | had gained was lost,
and all that you had lost was gained.
The law OF compensation. Sometimes
we escape retribution. but never the
law of compensation. Some months
ago she wrote me a letter. She was
always direct. 1t was a just letter.
A pause. Arthur gazed steadily at
the portrait, while Warrington twist
ed his yellow beard.
The ways of mothers are mysteri-
GUS" said the latter, finally. He won
dered If Arthur would confess to the
blacker deed, or have it forced from
him. He would wait and see. 1.-The
father and the mother weren't happy.
Money. There's the wedge. It's in
every life somewhere. A marriage Of
convenience is an unwise thing. When
We were born the mother turned to US.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-09
CALLED FOR MUCH ATTENTION
Users CT Quill Pens Had to Be En-.
dowed With a Great Deal Of
Patience.

We have complained of our foun-
tain pens, but the constant mending
required by quill pens must have
proved a severe trial in the days when
no Others were available, says the
London Chronicle. Alexander | OF
Russia thought it necessary to employ
a man whose sole duty consisted in
cutting pens. He was required to
have a supply of not less than one
hundred quilts always ready.
This number was by no means ex.
cessive, for Alexander would never use
the same pen twice. Even the writ
ing OF a signature spoiled a pen, in
his opinion, for subsequent use. The
quill cutter, who received a salary of
$40 a year, accompanied the car in
all his journeys, including campaigns
against Napoleon.
Writing implements changed consid,
erably fer the better during Sir Wal.
ter Gilbey's long spell of life. Though
quill pens are still in USE he remarks
in his "Recollections of Seventy
Years" Il remember the time when
one seldom saw any other kind. Steel
pens in their early days We're ex-
p%ensiye and i'll made, and few people
used them. The paper we had 70
years ago may have been partly to
blame; it had neither the substance
nor the surface we take as a matter of
course nowadays.
Il remember when envelopes came
into use. and what a boon they were
considered after the old systems of
closing letters with waters or wax.
Before envelopes We're invented letters
were always written with an eve to
the position of the wafer or seal a
blank space being left to correspond
with the space where this would be
put on the outside, lest the written
portion should be torn in opening"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-07-09

| Up to the time we were six or seven
there was no distinction in her love for
us. But on the day the father set his
choice upon me, she set hers upon you.
You'll never know how / suffered as q
boy, when | saw the distance growing
wider and wider with the years. Per-
haps the father understood, for he was
always kind and gentle to me. | e
pect to return to China shortly. The
Andes has taken me back. Sounds
like a fairy tale; Ell? shall never re-
turn here. But did you know who Elsa
Chetwood WASP"
Not until that letter came"
Neither Of them heard the faint
gasp which came from behind the
portieres dividing the study and the
living room. The gasp had followed
the invisible kdife-thrusts Of these con-
fldences. The woman behind those
portieres swayed and caught blindly
at the jamb. With cruel vividness she
saw in this terrible moment all that to
which she had never given more than
Z passing thought. No reproaches;
only q simple declaration Of what had
burned In this boys heart. And she
had almost forgotten this IN. A
species Of paralysis laid hold OF her.
leaving her for the time incapable OF
movement.
She heard the deep voice or this
other s0n say: Lots Of kinks in life.
There II only a law that / shall lay
down for you. Arty. You must give