Putnam patriot., 1917-08-10
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PUTNAM NEWS
!. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

having his vacation.
DR.. and Mrs l.. o. MoFasse have
been at Narrsgsnsett Pier.
The Red Cross sent ten comfort bags
to Putnam boys in camp Wednesday.
Otis Fox and wife are enjoying a
motor trip through northern New
England.
irving Fl Miron, clerk in the office
Of Torrey d Geissler, is having his va
cation.
Miss Helen Bradley Of West Spring
field is at the home Of her father, Geo
;. Bradley.
Miss clara r. Dapuis Of Broekton is
the guest Of V. Chapdelaine and fami-
ly, Church street.
John Daigle land wife left Putnam
Thursday morning for a weeks vaca-
ton in New Bedford.
Miss Mae Bradley Is spending her
vacation with her sister, Mrs. Walter
Carrie in Dorchester
Clerk Herbert A. johnson at the
post office is having bis vacation, Will
fred Chapdelaine having returned.
Miss Elizabeth Donovan, domestic
science teacher at the High school, is
at her home in Eagleville for the rest
Of the summer.
Af;sa a ,,...s - lar,a taaobar oF sa,.y
ing at the trade school, is at her home
in Bridgeport until the opening of the
school.
Edward w. Mulan has greatly i'm.
proved the front Of his store by putting
in n new cement entrance and large
plate glass windows.
Henry NJ. Morse left Wednesday
night for New York where he will
make arrangements for putting on
new vaudeville sketch.
George p Miner has so far recovered
from his recent accident as to be about
but is not able to work yet as he gets
around with efutch.
While the showers Thursday put a
dampner on the clerks having a half
holiday the rain did a world Of good
and the farmers were pleased.
Dr. Il. {. Paine of Thompso held a
clinic at the Day Kimball hospital
Wednesday and removed tonsils from
six children.
Mrs. w j. Bartlett WIS up from the
beach Wednesday night and Mr..
Bartlett returned with her Thursday
afternoon.
Richard NJ Holmes, who has been
spending several weeks with his
grandmother, Mrs. A. w. Macdonald,
Oak Hill, returned to his home in
Mount Vernon, N. Y, Thursday.
A man with two large strings of
Thursday afternoons shower. He was
peddling them and If he sold them by
the pound was making money while
the rain fell.
The lordly lobster, apparently is due
for drop in price. News comes :from
the office of the fish and game COM
mission that the supply of this delica
cy is coming in better now than it has
for some time Earlier in the year,
HOLSTERS were scarce.
County farm agent Ellis and A. j
Brundage, state club leader from the
Connecticut Agricultural college, were
in Canterbury Thursday, attending a
meeting of the boys and girls clubs of
that town. On Friday Mr.. Ellis was
in Durham City on business.
The new ruling relative to iexemp-
ton from service in the draft army
tears aside woman's skirt las the EN-.
blem of immunity. The exemption
boards have got 10 be shown some
thing more than skirt before immu-
nifty will be extended.
Popular brands of 10 cent cigars,
three for a quarter, are now 10 cent
cigars, three for 80 cents, An &C vance |
of 20 percent A few brands may still |
be had at the old price but the dealers |
generally have been forced TO jump the |
price To the trade MS the wholesalers |
are asking more,
Major Adams of Bridgeport, in adj |
dress 10 the coast artillerymen at Fort |
Wright, stated that the coast artillery |
will probably remain at the fort until !
snow flies, and most likely longer |
The Is companies have been mus.
tered into the regular army. Several |
young men from Putnam are members
Of the 18th company.
Private Mark f. Klebart, son of +
Mrs. Ida klebart, South Main street,
has been at his home on a IS hour fur
Tough. Private klebsrt is stationed nj
Camp Upton, ON Long Island, where
he is doing duty in a sanitary corps
that is eNterminating mosquitoes.
Camp Upton is now in the process of
and is one of the coneen.
tration camps being prepared for the
men who are soon 10 enter the army
through the recent draft. PnvateK le.
bart returned TO New York Thursday
night.
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