Putnam patriot., 1917-08-17
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PUTNAM NEWS
Observation-Disclosures.

week purchasing fall goods.
a new building IS being erected al
The Dean Pin factory.
Miss Fila Farrows returned Thurs
day afternoon from &iagara Falls y Y
Lucius + Merriam Of the First Na-
uonal Bank IS having his vacation.
Arthur } Loomis spent Tie weekend
! with hi, mother in East Greenwich
R L.
Attorney Ernest Morse and son
Chandler are enjoying an outing 10
Maine.
Adler Towne and wife left Thursday
with Mrs Towne's brother for a motor
trip to Maine
Mr. and Mrs Joseph MeKachnie
have returned from visit with friends
in Rhode Island.
Mrs Charles l.. Torrey has returned
from q visit with her sister in law In
Hafdwick, Mass.
f l.. Wright of Pomfret, his son and
grandson have gone TO Madison, Me-,
for a weeks fishing.
Martin l.. Arnold Of, Mesa Arizona
is being entertained by his nephew, G.
d. Arnold, south Main street.
Mr.. and drs William Warren, Oak
Hill, have returned from p two weeks
vacation spent at TouisseI, X !.
Merrill r Paine of Northampton,
Mass, has been the guest of mis- mother
on Center street. lie has been drafted
Tuesday the vigil of the Feast OF the
Assumption was fasting day obliga.
ton for members of the Catholic
church.
Miss Alice Hammond of Rockville
has returned home after months
visit with John Gahan and family,
Elm street.
The hole in the street at the corner
Of Elm land Bridge streets has been
fixed but 1t still remains bad corner
unless drivers of vehicles are extra
careful.
The current number of the Delinea
tor magazine devotes a page To pic
lures taken here during the Seventh
Baby Campaign.
DR. r. G. Paine Of Thompson oper
nted on four cases of tonsil3 and ade
noids at The Day-Kimball hospital on
Wednesday.
It's said that new industry will
soon locate in Putnam. The business
is not large one but will add to the
manufacturing interests of the city.
The interior of st Mary's church is
a net work of staging. The decorating
is being pushed ms rapidly as possible
and is expected to be completed about
October LIST.
Andrew Y Frost severed his connec.
tion with joys garage Wednesday
night. lie will enter the employ Of
the Elmer Automobile Company on
School street.
Wednesday night tail light fell off
an automobile opposite the court
house block and burst into flame. A
large crowd gathered thinking the
machine was on lire
A motorcycle ridden by Lucien
Holmes Of Pomfret collided with an
automobile near the Gary schoolhouse
Sunday. The mud guard of the auto
was torn of but no one was hurt.
William Foran, for many years
resident of Putnam while he was engi-
neer on the o'clock morning train to
Hartford, left Putnam Monday even
ing He will run on the Colchester line
Mt and Mrs. G. II. BiXby, with two
teachers Of Underwater Normal school
motered to Putnam sunday aud cal
led at tho home of Dr. and Mrs + f
Perry Mrs. Perry returned with them
Pierre + Bonin, insurance agent
and one time manager Of the Putnam
base bal team, is entieing fish, large
and small, ont Of Walium Lake, II. l.,
where he is staying week with his
family.
The Rhode Island trolley express
car split the switch on South Main
street near the RAILROAD station, Thurs.
day noon and the forward truck left
the iron, Traffic was blocked for
half hour.
There is bad spot on Elm street
opposite the Congregational church. A
deep rut has been worn beside the car
track and 1t Is a dangerous place for
vehicles. A truck lost wheel there
one day this week by having il catch
against the rail.
From the appearance OF work being
done ON the new building at the cor.
ner of Bridge and Water streets, when
the structure will be one OF
the largest in the city. IL looks as II il
would hold all OF the automobiles In
Putnam, and few from outside the city
limits
William Il. Whittemore Of Webster,
veteran Of the Civil war, for number
Of years known as "Deadwood Dick"
driver of the Putnam EnStford stage
route, has recovered sufficiently from