Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-08-25
CONNECTICUT
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at Bridgeport
President Frederick H. Sykes Of the
Connecticut College Tor Women, an
nounced a gift OF $4,000.
The Hartford fire department has
been motorized to large extent and
its supervision and efficiency are
highly commended
The New Haven police refused to
listen TO Jgger McCarfhy's plea 10
run boxing show at Sayin Rock.
Mccarthy is considered one OF the
best promoters in the state.
The hlue6sh which are being caught
in the Housatonic thus far are small
although one catch 81 a hlueash
weighing fiye pounds has been report
ed
John IL. Tyson eli Riverside, is de-
fendaBt in a suit started by tie ID.
Mahsr Sons C. coal and ice dealers
az Greenwich. 10 recover en- a bill
fer goods amounting 10 SI6S2S2.
4 new fashion m street naming was
set hv the city fathers Of New Britain,
wBa voted to nsme streets after max
ers OF automobiles They ehristeaed
them Ford Overland. Dodge and REQ
streets
Al strauord vas thrown in state
OF frenzy when the news spread about
town that shark had been caught in
the rive Hundreds visited the dock
during the day to get a lock at the
man eater"
Tomato plants IN the garden Of
William c. Be5be. Ia Waterford have
reached the height Of seven aud one
half feet and they still are growing.
He uses a stepladder in picking the
tomatoes.
The opening of the schools in
Windsor has been postponed linden
nitely The town school committee
and superintendent Daniel Howard
conferred and decided 10 take no
chances with the paralysis epidemic
and therefore set ne date for the
opening of the schools The date VIII
depend on the outcome oil the cpl
demic.
Although the anglers had expected
that about this time the small blue
fish in the Housatonie would be fol
lowed by a run of large ones. they
have been disappointed. It is a bit
early for the run of large ones, but
whether they will appear this year or
not is problematical The big blues
generally appear every three years.
Last year was the third but they did
not come out.
Charles Zimmerman, a discharged
employe of the Morris chicken farm,
of Nichols, who deals in nothing but
show birds and pedigree laying fowls.
was placed under arrest charged with
having distributed paris green among
the one thousand birds in the pen.
Eighty-seven of the birds valued at
more than 81, 500 by their owner, Rob
ert Morris, are dead.
An attempt to bring about general
strike for the eighthour day of more
than 1000 union maehinists In the
plant of the Winchester Repeating
Arm Company at New Haven, appar-
emily has failed. after months of cam
paigning by labor organizers among
the $4,000 employes.
Hartford. the home Of insurance
despite recent improvements, still
presents h'gh potential confagra
ten hazard. according to report OF
a survey filed by tie engineers of the
engineers Of the National Board Of
Ere Underwriters The hazard, &C
! cordsne to the report is somewhat
| minim zed by the width of the prin
ciual street in tie congested value
district
Miss Margaret Fowler. seventeen
| years old. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank G. Fowler Of New York, fel
from the pier at Belle Island, near
South NorwaIk. and was in danger Of
| drowning when Percy Money. Of
| Brooklyn, plunged in the water i
was only after struggle that he wa.
able to hiring the girl TO the surface
| Miss Fowler was revived.
Edward Clark Of Springfield, Mass.
won the championship in the thirty
! fifth annual tournament at Norwich
OF the National Rodue Association
| He defeated all hts sixteen opponents
| in the FIRST division. His brother
Harold Clark. last years champion
| finished second.
! Captain Theodore Witerwax. one o
| the most widely known steamboat
| CAPTAINS in New England. died at his
| home in Bridgeport after a long Ill
! ness. He was lfty-seven years old
| He was connected with the Bridge
| port Towing Company for thirty-fivt
| years and formerly was captain of tbs
Sound steamboats, Richard Peck ant
| Naugatuck
Mr.. Arthur Lincoln Briggs, fifty-twC
years old. president and genera
manager Of the Briggs Manufacturing
Company. operators OF three large
cotton cloth mills IS dead at volun
town from acute Indigestion. He alsc
was a director Of The Eddy Manufac
turing Company. of Windsor
It viii be great relief to the par
ents Of school children OF Windsor
to know that the opening Of the
schools has been postponed As MANY
OF the school children work in to
ba5e9 and She harvest is later thar
usual It affords them an opportunity
! 10 work in fields until later than had
tire schol opened az the scheduled
time
One Of Bridgeport's best known
jewelry firms has learned By expert
ence that a considerable portion Of
/ Bridge ports population Is the float
ing" variety. OF 5000 circulars sent
out to people whose names were fur
nished by the directory makers. 500