Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-16
PUTNAM

PUTNAM
 Malcolm M. Wiley and Kenneth | Ballard will return to Worcester to- i day to resume their studies at Clark | college.
 Captain Joseph A, Ryan will return | to duty today. after a vacation of one 1 week.
 Sergeant Beausoliel of Camp Dev- ems spent Sunday at his home in Put nam.
 William Martin, now stationed at Newport as an enlisted man of the naval service. visited friends here at tho week end.
 Private Nelson Mansfield will return to Camp Devens after spending leave of absence at his home here.
 Automobile drivers will do well to show discretion in the handling of their machines on the Woodstock fair route this week-and word to the wise is sufficient.
 The best observance yet of the no Sunday joy riding request was noted yesterday in and about this city.
 A large number from this city went to Wildwood park Saturday evening for a dance at which the Goodyear or chestra played.
 E of this city are members of a party that left here Saturday for a hunting trip in New Brunswick, where MT. Rogers has spent some time every fall for the past few years.
 Putnam baseball fans followed the team to Jewett City Sunday to wit ness the game between the locals and the Ashland team. with which Putnam has been playing a series.
 John B. Byrne of this city has been appointed chairman of the board Of instruction for this district Other members are Captain J. J. McGarry of the State guard. Rev. George G S. MacKay, Rev. A. A. Routhier, all of this city, and Captain A. P. Wood ward of Danielson.
 Rev. H. N. Brown of Danielson preached at the service at the Advent church in this city Sunday. T
 Following a yearly custom, Putnam stores will close as for a half holiday Wednesday, for the fair.
 There are many new voters to be made in Putnam this fall and appli- cations have been coming in rapidly from these men, many of whom have been naturalized within the past few months.
 William B. Cummings, formerly of
 
 lieutenant of infantry. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs George H. Cummings.
 Hebrews of this city are now reg ularly holding services in their new synagogue, which formerly was the Pentecostal church, Elm street. The Hebrew congregation has made a number of improvements in it's newly acquired property.
 Heavy riding again was the rule on the trolley line through this city on Sunday the increase over normal Sunday riding being chiefly attributed to the fact that the gasoline wagons were having a day off.
 Some observant citizens has noted that the penholdeds used here last Thursday in registering this towns men for military service were mark ed Made in Gernany"-where. some of the registrants will show them " hat kind of soldiers are made in the United States
 Investigation will show that many | workers in this city already are pre- pared to place their subscriptions for the Fourth Liberty loan. having ar ranged their finances so as to leave q regular apportionment for that pur- pose.
 The official total of the number Of | 1 Thursday last was given cut Satur- day at the office Of the Local board as 2s2S. Of this number 2792 were white, 27 negroes, 5 Orienta1s ana 5 Indians. The native born numbered ] 1726! 266 were naturalized citizens, 36 citizens through their fathers r1atur- alization. The declarant aliens xItlm- bered 253, non- -declarant aliens 547, a total of 800 aliens registered.
 In this district 5s only remain who l have been examined and found quail | flied for general military service. This information was furnished to war de- partment officials at Hartford Satur- day from the Local board here. The | bulk of these men will go out to meet the October call, so men who regis tered last Thursday and who draw high order numbers will begin to go 1 out not later than November, it is now indicated.
 Hynaen Cohen, 8 baker resident on Lamont street in this city, was struck by an automobile early Saturday eve ming and 50 badly injured that he died at 10 o'clock at the Day Kimball hos pital, where he was taken after the accident, which occurred near what is known as the Little River bridge, or the road to the hospital. Mir. Cohen'S DoQy was Iaken 10 NorWlcn sunday for burial
 Up to Sunday afternoon all effort t
 identify the car that struck Coher had been without satisfactory result The driver of the machine. which i,
 said to have had a New York regis tration number, rushed it away afte i hitting Cohen.
 Sergeant Julius Cordier, who wa on duty Sunday, said that he had beel unable to get much information abou
 the case that would help at all il fixing the identity of the driver of tn car He said, however, that he un derstood that Cohen's cousin was wit Cohen at the time the accident oc
 cured and that the cousin had rush i ed after the car following it's strik ing Cohen and had called out repeat 7 ediy that the car be stopped and tha the persons in it offer help. The 7 paid no attention, though. speedin , away.
 Cohen was a young man and leave ; a wife and child, it was said at polio
 headquarters Sunday afternoon. Fl
 registered here last Thursday and
 the first of the more than ,9SGo regis : trants of the district to meet hi death