Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-09
PUTNAM

l William Maertens, who went from | this city recently to Fortress Nun roe, Va, is reported i'll with inf1uen- ga at that station.
 Private Alfred Bernier., oF Bullock 1 street. this city, is reported a prison CT at Ratstatt, Baden, Germany His capture was reported some time ago. Frank Thayer has returned from an automobile trip in New York state, visiting, for one thing, the great As hokan reservoir, which. supplies water for New York city
 l Harry Wells. who was inducted into service and sent to the University of Maine, later being transferred to an arsenal in Pennsylvania, has been as- signed to a. trench mortar company and is believed to be on his way over seas.
 Arthur Basto, who is a wireless op- orator and who was sent to Fort Leav- enworth, Kansas, when inducted, is reported as recovering iron, an attack of influenza. He is the son of William Basto of South Woodstock
 Fifty-three Glass IA ner have been obtained in this district from among the British and Canadians who have followed themselves to come under the selective service law rather than answ- CT the call Of the British government
 They will be- examined next W/dnes- day and those who arc accepted for general service will be liable to intluc- ton in accordance with the position of
 their order numbers.
 Everett Burgess. for the past 20
 years clerk at the Putna!c post of fee. and Miss Edna Lewin were mar
 ried Wednesday evening at the home of the brides uncle at Tattersville, l f,.. l,0s. l5
 will make their home on Grand View
 this city.
 Heavy traffic has worn South Main street up to tie McGarry building, and Grove street full of holes. The street
 department has given some attention
 to part of South Maia street this week. Perhaps after the war, it is
 said. these much traveled streets will . be paved. the state probably paying part of the cost, for Grove street is } part of trunk line highway, and some consider that a part of South Main street also is.
 Mayor A. W. Marcy, in a1 announce . i ment made Friday, has forbidden the : furthe" use Ot fire apparatus in victory : celebrations and also has warned against the dangerous practice of :, ringing in false alarms mon the oc- | | casion of such celebrations. Fire alarms for file were pulled in during Thudsday night from different boxes Four of thnse were false. The other . alarm was fer fire at the station oi ! Hose Company No. ?, this blaze being l extinguished before much damage was 5 done. Mayor Marcy is as enthusiastic l for celebrating the downfall of Ger 3 many as is Gnr true American. but he
 points out that Putnam has lives and 1 TNVN art, +, use Of apparat tuS or signal systems might be Inc means ot imposing a heavy penalty on the city in losses
 sustained
 Putnam, di4n't express a solitary re.
 Sret Friday over it's big victory l celebration. Though the affair was pre- s mature it afforded many who havt f been living under a tremendous strair Q to let cut some pentup enthusiasm ? and not even confirmation that tht = reports Of an ArTlistice agreement wert untrue could stop them once they 20
 going The would not oe denied. al ,, vas discovered by one learned ant T distinguished gentleman Of a nearo, A town who ordered some of them ava. '. from tho institution where he is il l1 charge. When he ordered the happ, 1 CclehratorS to GisperSe several in tn
 crowd very promptly told him wher, n he could 90 whereupon he telephones V for q sheriff. who told him to stop tn = celebration if he could; he officer wa
 net engaging in any such hopeless
 task.
 Alex Lundstrum, North GrosVener
 dale, who is a mighty clever wrestle
 as well as a first class locomotive fire
 man, struggled in the Grand Oper;
 house at Boston to a. draw Thursda, . evening. with Pinkie Gardner Thei 7 match lasted 30 minutes. 1.undstrun ? and Gardner furnished one of the bes matches on the bill for the night, anC B their work was praised i'll Boston pa pers of Friday. when Lu1dstrum hal , returned to this city.
 A Visiting Nurse association is beint
 formed in the Grosvenordales, ant 1. arrangements have been made to fl
 nance the work of a nurse for thos . communities. Much interest and en
 thusiasm has already been developed - and some of the well known resident
 of the villages have joined the or
 ganiZation, into which it is hoped t
 bring the majority of the people O
 those two thriving nanlfacturini
 towns. ....-
 Ernest Lerrain is to go to NorwioI
 next Monday as a mechanical drafts