Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-09
PUTNAM

cal board, resigned and returned on Tuesday to her home in Mfilbury, Mass. \ The influenza epidemic has held up the prompt filing of questionnaires by 8 number of registrants of this dis trict
 Former, Deputy Sheriff Michael H. Grimshaw, who died at his home in AttaWaugan, was native of Putnam, where he was a frequent visitor.
 Clark college students who are at their homes here have received mo- tice not to return to Worcester to- morrow, for the> college will remain closed until health conditions in the city are improved.
 The annual meeting of the board of management and committee of vis- itors of the Windham County Tenn porary Home for Children, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed. This action is a measure of pfecau- tion. The health of the children at the home is excellent and it is thought to the danger of an epidemic by having such a gathering as the an nual meeting would bring.
 Druggists report heavy demand for camphor, which is popularly sup posed to be a preventive against ill., ness, but physicians say there is no foundation for this belief.
 George Bageas. proprietor of To- cal lunch room. was reported Tuesday as so dangerously ill with pneumonia that his recovery seemed almost hope less.
 Eugene Bibeault, Willimantic, has been visiting at his home in Putnam. Using an old saying. he stated that the reports of his recent death in Willimantic were greatly exaggerated. | HA has been very i'll. but is now well again.
 The following figures show the latest posted total sales of thrift stamps by members of the pestoffice 1 fierce: H. L. Converse. S9239.69; H. E. Johnson. $2S95.94; G. D. Clark. s37,- 92S.20; A. Guertin. $S4126S; H. K Carpenter, $92.16: J. A. Potter. $2S4.- | 65; G. c. Williams, $75479; B. N. An drews, $45250; P. Lafantasie, $3331.- S5.
 Letter Carrier George D. Clark has made one of the best sales record of any carrier in Connecticut, and he is still going strong. piling up his grand total from week to week.
 Captain J. J. McGarry of the Put nam State Guard company, has had ( at the military rife range south of 1 Danielson for target practice, in which | the company men will engage from 1 tune to time, perfecting their marks manship.
 The name of Jousauf Mustafa,. of Grosvenordale, appeared in the cas-
 ualty list published Tuesday. At Gros- venordale Tuesday it was stated that | Mustafa was an Armenian mill hand who volunteered for service and who
 has been in France for several months.
 After a meeting of the Liberty loan 1 committee it was announced Tues l day that the stop of the Liberty loan | trophy train, scheduled for Thursday 1 in this city had been cancelled It | las been deemed best, in the interest 1 of public health not to bring together such a crowd as would congregate to view the war relics torn from the 1 Huns by victorious American troops. It is understood, however, that the 1 train will be at Pemfret Friday at l the appointed hour, but that no eele= bration will be held there at the time, as has been planned.
 | Another cancellation announced on Tuesday was the proposed Columbus day demonstration, to have been held in Putnam on Friday of this week.
 Six deaths within 24 hours were reported in Putnam Tuesday morning. ] Of these only one was of influenza, | tEe others being due to causes aside I from those bringing so many deaths to New England towns. and cities. Among the latest deaths reported here are those of Michael May Selig, aged Is; Henry N. Roy, ?, son of MT. and
 Mrs. Henry Roy; CordeEa F. St. Ma rie, 62. widow; Philemene Braccilla, 22.
 | It was stated Tuesday morning that | physicians had reported GA new pa l tients within the previous AS hours. i The majority of these cases were not of a serious nature. There were some 1 pneumonia cases and some that ap- peared to be influenza, but others
 were colds and grip cases and still | others of maladies not epidemic. After Nov. 1 Putnam will remain | the only license town in this part of | the county. This means thatthe Kill I lingly business that has been Put
 nam's in no-license years in the
 neighboring town will revert to the liquor dealers of this city.
 To handle the rush of work piling
 up at the office of the local board, | where there is a shortage of clerks,
  | school faculty have volunteered to
 work and some came on duty Tues day afternoon
 The extraordinary number of deaths | in New England has caused a, casket shortage, it was stated here Tuesday, and some undertakers are having diff f1culty in securing the filling of or ders.
 Putnam High school was closed on I Tuesday as an additional precaution
 against the spread of illness in Put nam, which so far has escaped the serious consequences of the epidemic that is sweeping over New England The night school which opened on Monday evening. also has been closed until further notice. Many pupils at the high school have been out on ac- count of illness the past few days Most of the cases of illness among the pupils have been mild, but, con- sidering that the theaters are closed and public gatherings are being dis couraged it has been considered best
 to close the high school. The Israel Putnam and Smith Street schools have been closed since last week.
 Members of the National Wonan's party in this city were quoted on
 Tuesday as being in sympathy with the party programme ol campaigning
 against the United States senators
 who defeated the suffrage amendment ill the United States senate a few
 days ago. The opposition of these
 women to this group of senators is said to be implacable.
 Miss Elizabeth Donovan, who re- signed some time ago as member of the Putnam High school faculty, | left Tuesday for Bridgeport, where she is to teach Miss Agnes Osborne,
 another member of the high school faculty, also left Tuesday for a visit 1 a4 1.A.. .ouno in Prid oannr4 tn ranna in