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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27

PUTNAM NEWS


Henry Church Of Hartford vas in
Putnam Monday on business
Mrs. George F Pray is visiting vii
liam Pray and family in Hartford.
Mrs Joseph Carroll. New Bedford.
is visiting relatives on Mil street.
Miss Minnie Diamond was in Bos-
ton Tuesday on business for the Dla-
mond store
Miss Edna Mann returned to Bos-
ton on Sunday to resume her duties
at the Massachusetts, General Hos
pital
Mr. and Mrs c. Dwight Sharpe.
School street, returned the first of the
week from weeks stay at Pleasant
View, R /
The old Peoples store on South
Main street is being fitted up for 4
tenement in the rear and smaller
store in front.
Attorney Howard C. Bradford and
family have moved into the house
Atty. Bradford recently bought on
South Main street.
Byron Wilcox. Kenneth Ballard and
Malcolm Wiley, all studens at Clark
College. spent Sunday at Their
homes in Putnam.
Miss Florence Sargent returned to
Byrn Nawr the first of this week.
where she is one of the faculty in a
young ladies' preparatory school.
Sergeant James Charron was home
from Camp Devens for the week
end He has made application for the
officers training school that he may
get lieutenant's commission.
Fire again broke out in the coal
pile at the Waterman Worsted Com
pany.s mill Saturday morning, and
the department was called out All
over the country such fires are being
reported, and it may be due to the
quality of the coal
A son was born in Hartford Septem-
Der % to Mr.. and Mrs Avelino Bonnie
VILE Mr. Bonneville's parents, Tax
Collector Alfred Bonneville and Mrs,
Bonneville, were in Hartford, Sunday,
where they acted as godparents at the
child's christening.
Warren L Mcintyre of Waukesha,
Wis. was picked up in Putnam last
week for having no registration card,
He claimed that he registered and
had complied with all requirements.
He Was locked up and his local board
communicated with. Word came back
tina, he had registered and he was set
free.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
REPORT MEN NEEDED FOR THE
COAST ARTILLERY

L IS reported from Coast Defenses
IN this vicinity that men for TINS most
important branch Of the service are
not being supplied fast enough by
local boards.
Besides keeping Hun submarines
at respectable distance from our
shores. the Coast Artillery Is sending
over regiment after regiment of
heavy guns and howitzers, supplying
all the armament of over six inch cal
ibre for our forces in France The
excellent work which our heavy ar
tillery is doing in the present cam
paign is well known.
The time necessarily involved in
classifying registrants of Sept 18th
1918, has threatened to delay the for
nation of heavy artillery regiments
which was planned in the Coast De
lenses along the Atlantic Coast, and
in order to avoid such a delay, the
chief of the Coast Artillery has OBJ
tanned from Provost Marshal General
Cfowder permission to secure men by
voluntary induction.
This branch of service should prove
attractive to recent registrants, not
only on account of IT'S nature, but also
on account of the opportunity for
I'D promotion which is afforded.
Aay registrant interested IN heaq.
artillery and DESTROYS u being yolua-
tarily indicted into TINS branch ma
obtain information en- procedure,
C.. by communicat with the Aa-
jutant. Coast Defenses Of Long Islam
$ uad. Fort II G Wright, New York.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
7AREWELL SOCIAL AFFAIR TO
BOYS OF c. A. c.

4 farewell reception was given 10
the boys Of the Canadian Athletic
club who VIII shortly enter the ser
vice. in ST Johns hall. Monday night.
There was large attendance and an
enjoyable evening was spent.
The hall and stage were tastefullv
decorated by members of the commit
tee. The color scheme was patriotic.
red, white and blue, and bunting and
crepe paper wers used in profusion.
Streamers to the center of the hall
formed a canopy with pretty effect.
The American and French flags odorn-
ed either side of the hall and the
clubs service flag with eleven stars
was displayed. Already the club is
entitled TO have four additional stars.
and more are coming when the boys
leave on the next draft quota.
At the foot of the stage were the
letters c. A. C. in purple and white
The c. A. c. orchestra of five pieces
furnished excellent music and there
were round and square dances with
Elmer Shippee as prompter. Fruit
punch vas served.
The committee of arrangements
consisted of the president, David
Breault, Lionel Charron, Adolph Ber-
nier, Oscar Bouthilette and Ernest
Lorrion.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
DISPUTE OVER
FURNITURE
John Chudak Seeks Possession
of Household Effects.-De-
PENDANT Claims He Gave
Them to Her.
Superior Court Adjourned Tuesdsy
Without Day

After hearing the case of John
Chudak VS.. Annie Koss, Tuesday
morning, Judge Kellogg ordered the
September term Of the Superior
court adjourned without day. There
has been very little business for the
court this term
In the above case Judge Kellogg re
served his decision. The case came
up on appeal from justice court held
in Putnam in June, 1917.
The plaintiff replevied some fur
niture, which he claimed. from the
defendant. and in the lower court the
justice found for the woman.
According to the story told by the
plaintiff he was living in Planfeld.
and for five years the defendant
boarded with hin His wife died an4
:se defendant Il aaafia md ate
wards they an thfee sea vel TO Pa
nam. He said he lef he. have the flu
niture to use aHH ~He= he wanted Il
leave she refuse Is =, him have the
goods.
Mrs Koss elaiael t'r shortly af
ter plaintiffs vife te5 he told her
that if she woul - married right
away he would rs aer the furniture
because she had been good to his
wife Then they removed to Putnam
and plaintiff came with them and she
kept him for more than six months
without charging him cent of
board Prices advanced and she told
him he would have 10 pay 81 a week
for board Then the trouble started
Plaintiff wanted to leave and take his
goods, SO she rendered him a bill for
board and other expenses amounting
to Sit, which he paid She then
bought back from him bed. mirror.
bureau and other articles and paid
for them This was denied by the
plaintiff
A writ Of replevin was served on
the defendant, but she was allowed TO
retain the goods as long AS she re
manned in Putnam. When she and
her husband left Putnam the goods
were taken from her by the sheriff
and for considerable period she and
her husband were obliged to sleep on
the floor because they had no bed.
Besides the return Of the furniture
the defendant asked for damages for
being deprived Of its use
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
JOE WON'T FORGET
WOODSTOCK FAIR
Demonstrating His Dexterity In
Handling Coin Nearly Got
Him In Wrong
Finally Convinced Vigilant Officer.
That There Was Nothing Grim
inal In His Act.

A good little story comes out of
Southbridge relative TO a well known
night clerk in cafe in that place. 1t
also demonstrates that officials at
Woodstock fair we're on the lob and
that the people were well protected.
Here is how a Southbridge CORES
pendent to a Worcester paper tells
the story:
Joseph Proulx, night clerk at the
Wesson cafe. IS not likely TO soon for
get his recent outing at the Wood
stock fair. for, but for the timely in
tervention of his side partner. Frank
R. Hall, Joe would have fallen int
the clutches of State Detective Ed
ward ]. Mccarthy. and would not
have greeted his habitual customers
with the CHEEKY smile 10 which they
have grown accustomed.
ION the night in question. or rather
on the night before, the two pals de
cided TO give the annual Woodstock
fair the once=over. and. bright an
early the following morning, they set
out for the land of the wooden nut
meg, determined 10 make the best Of
a holiday Arriving at the grounds
they made the rounds of the takers
Joe, by his dexterity in accomplishing
several feats of skill. exciting the an
ger of the vendors of chances. several
of whom refused to allow him to par
tieipate in the innocent pastimes they
were conducting. which took much Of
the JOY out of life for genial Joe.
AT length. grown weary of the fax
ers, and. like Alexander the Great
signing for new worlds TO conquer.
Joe decided TO give little free exhi-
bition on MS own account, choosing
to demonstrate his marvellous dexter
ity in handling coin. one gained by
long years of farthful service render
ed the after-theatre lunchers at the
cafe. He selected Hall as his victim,
and proceeded to extract several ar
tieles from the apparel of his unsus-
peeting victim.
State Detective McCarthy's vigilant
eye was upon him and the hand Of the
law was soon laid upon his shoulder
Al this juncture, Hall came calamity
70 the rescue, informing the officer
that he and Proulx were pals, which
only served to eomplicate matters, as
the detective concluded that he was
dealing with two crooks instead of
one. Several minutes of protestation
were necessary before the two fun
makers were able TO make their iden-
tity clear TO the state officer, and t.
convince him that they were not
crooks, but just cut for a good time
As a result Of the escapade. Hall is
being congratulated for his timely in
tervenuon. while Proulx is receiving
considerable good-natured chatting.
though all efforts TO induce him TO de-
monstrate his ability as an Oliver
Twist, have thus far proved futile.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
mEN OF THE DRAFT BOARD

These men Of the draft boards hold
in sense the most unique position Of
history They have become literally
the father confessors of millions of
their fellows The very threads Of
fate have been intrusted to their keep
ing Momentous power is theirs and
terrible responsibilities SIT upon
them
Their eyes have beheld, as from the
wings of a huge stage. that glorious
metamorphosis Of dormant people
aroused at last to exultation To them
has fallen the lot of intimate assist
ance at the rebirth Of nation. They
have become the high priests of that
great event, scared in the very flare
and heat of the quickening FIRE that
goes surging through the veins of
America today.
They were the hrst to be drafted.
these men of the draft boards. They
themselves constituted the first quota
of the National Army. They awaited
no call of numbers. no lottery Of fate.
They were sent 10 no training camps.
From the first day Of their call they
saw action-a kind of action which
as surely tries mems metal. as surely
tries mems souls. sometimes think.
=
felds-Atlantie Monthly.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
PRIVATE ALFERIE TETREAUI T
SENDS CARDS

Timothe Tetreault. Woodstock ave
nue., recently received a number of
post cards from his son. Private AL
terle Tetreault, now in France. Priv
ate Tetreault was on a seven DAYS
pass and was visiting points of inter
est. He says he never saw anythiae
so beautiful as the country. He stop
ped al chateau where General Joffre
vas qaartered and hoped to see the
great General He is feeling fine and
was enjoying his trip.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
ANNUAL MEETING WINDHAM
COUNTY TEMPORARY HOME
OCTOBER 10

County Commissioners John A
Dady. f H Corttis and Urgele La
France have sent out invitations for
the annual meeting Of the Windham
County Temporary Home, to be held
at the home in Putnam. Thursday,
October 10th. az II o'clock q. m. Car
riages wiz meet the 1880 trains al
Putnam.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27

pound ever since and give you my per
mission to publish this letter - Miss
Flo KELLY Arc So. 14th St, Newark,
N. j.
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia T. Pinkhazl's Vc.re.1 'e
Compound, was SO successful IN Miss
Kelly's case was because il went % III
root of her trouble. restored her &c a
normal healthy condition and IS arssCit
her nervousness disappeared
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
<. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark. N. j." For about three
wears | suffered from nervous break
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27

down and got so
weak | could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. |
tried everything |
could think of and
was under a ply
stefan 8 care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia f
Pink h ans Nege-
table Compound and
she told me about
IL From the first
day | took i'll began
TO feel better yd
now | am we'll and
able to DO most ary
k in d of work. I
have been recon
nenefing the Com
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27

Mis- Inez Bowler, formerly a teach
er in the Putnam High school, now a
yeowomal in the navy, stationed at
the Charlestown navy yard. spent the
week with Miss Abbie Keith, teacher
in the high school
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-09-27
Conditions Demand That You Make Early Selections

will be greatly advantage make selections
Present stocks contracted long that
than wholesale addition absolute
Of nearly of desirable material
Under these circumstances feel duty to tell that
later purchases wholesale Will have for inferior quail
tiles and YOU viii be asked higher than asking today
superior goods.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07
RAILROAD FARES UP MONDAY
Every Class Of Traveller VIII Be Affec.
ted by Increase.

Tourists and commuters, as well as
regular railroad passengers, will con-
tribute to the income of the railroads
under the order issued yesterday by
William G. McAdoo, director-general
of railroads, authorizing an increase
of % per cent in freight rates, and
making the passenger rate cents a
mile. The commuter must pay 10 per
cent more for his monthly communal
ton ticket, although the war tax will
not prevail in his case if he lives at a
distance of thirty miles or less from
the city.
The excurisiOnist and the con-
ventiOn delegate, among others,
will no longer get special rates. They
will have to pay their fares at the rate
of cents mile, plus 8 per cent war
tax
Some indication of the increase, as
it figures in dollars and cents. will be
found in the fact that the fare between
st. Louis and New York, at present,
including tax, $2673, will go up to
$37.55 on Monday, June 10. The mile
age is 1159.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07
NUMBER, PLEASE?" READ
THIS BEFORE COMPLAINING

, especially hard" said Miss Potter
"One is the University, which not only
greatly increases the number of calls,
but makes larger night force neces-
sary, too. The longest conversation of
which we have recorded was two and
quarter hours between a sorority
and fraternity.
THE other factor is that nowhere,
not even in the cities, do people move
so much as in Columbia. There were
59S changes from the former directory
to the latest, and there have been
changes or additions on practically
every page of the directory which was
published only a month ago We pub
lish four directories a year. Bat we
couldn't keep them up to date if we
published one every month. EighC
Smiths have moved in the last month
l know the numbers of all the people
who have made changes in any way
and a good many others besides, so
that when called on for information
| can give it without looking it up
mo one need fear to telephone dur
ing an electric Storm she continued.
with the metallic lines and the new
equipment there is no danger. 1t is
not safe for the rural subscribers to
talk during a storm because their lines
are grounded"
No Bracelets or Wrist Watches.
You notice." she remarked, that
the girls all wear white shirt waists
and they are not allowed to wear
bracelets or wrist watches, which
would scratch the switchboard We
employ only girls who have had at
least one year in high school and we
inquire into their general health and
home surroundings. We test their
eyes and ears and teach their voices
certain infections. They study from
textbook to learn the phrases which
have been adopted by the company
The first thing they must learn is
courtesy, then accuracy and then
speed. 1t takes about four weeks
training before girl can operate a
switchboard alone. When she proves
herself capable and in earnest she is
soon promoted Some of them make
as much as $14 a week"
Miss Potter is one who has made a
profession of an occupation, has made
dignified that which was usually re-
garded as commonplace. The picture
hanging behind her desk is illustrative !
of her ideal. 1t is called "Weavers Of |
Speech" a picture of telephone oper-
ator with the lines of communication
of the world running through her
hands.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07
STREET SIGNS

Columbia is deservedly winning a
reputation for herself as a convention
city. The stranger within her gates
is royalty treated. But she has over
looked one thing that would material
ly aid not only the transient but the
residents. She is careless about
labelling her streets.
In some sections of the city there
are no signs at all; in some neigh
borhoods they are so faded as to be
little better than nothing, and per-
haps the most puzzling of all are the
streets that every three or four blocks
change their names. The last have signs
in good repair, by some strange for
tune, but it is very disconcerting to
have become accustomed to the name
of one street and suddenly find it isn't
the street you thought it NASHVILLE
all the time it is. One shining example
of this sort of a street has three names
in the course of about seven blocks.
Such a street sign system is very
trying to persons trying to find their
way about. Columbia's streets are
comparatively well laid out and
properly labeled they might easily be
found.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07
THE LEADER

Woodrow Wilson, the idealist, the
dreamer, the seer, is Americas gift
to the world.
He is playing a lone hand in the
war, for on him has been cast the
leadership of the nations Joined to-
gether in a cause that is a cherished
ideal of man. He is the soul of the
Allies, and from him flows the steady
moral strength that sustains and up
holds the soldier at the front, the
farmer and the artisan at home.
He had marvellous mind and exec
utive capacity. His foresight and abil-
ity as a leader stand out against the
lurid glow from the battle front as
does a stanch forest oak against the
western sky Redeemed by the dying
sun.
But these are less. 1t is Woodrow
Wilson the dreamer, Woodrow Wilson
the prophet, that the peoples of the
earth have cause to thank God for.
Woodrow Wilson stands on the step
of the White House at Washington and
points the way to the salvation Of all
mankind, recognized in him the clear
thinking, practical idealist, drawn
from him a mastering surge of exalta-
ton, of patriotism, of faith and loyalty
to the teaching of a man who was
crucified nineteen centuries ago. From
him comes the power to carry on"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07
NO RUSH TO GERMAN COLORS
Newspaper Laments Passing of Spirit
of Voluntary Service.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June German
youth no longer rush to the colors with
the enthusiasm that marked the
mobilization of 1914, according to an
article in the Berlin Vossische lei
tung, telling of the wartime impair
ment of the German educational sys-
tem
The spirit of voluntary service
which at the beginning of the war re-
vealed itself of its fairest aspect has
now disappeared" says the article.
Everywhere we hear lamentations
over the increasing distaste shown
for military service"
Scholastic standards in the public
school have fallen so low, it is said, that
promotions no longer represent any
definite standard of accomplishment" {"
Scholastic efficiency has suffered con-
siderably because pupils subsisting on
war diets for long periods are found
to be generally undernourished.
Juvenile delinquency has spread to
an alarming extent, and it is an
nounced that already the number of
violent crimes committed by youths
in the city of Berlin is more than three
times the number reported in 1914"
Thus" concludes the article, dark
shadows are falling over the brilliant
picture of 1914. Every disciplinary
influence, every effort of the still
fundamentally sound German nation
must be exerted to oppose this ten
dency, and to lead the children back to
the path of rectitude."
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07
st. LOuis Sleeping Car Taken OF.

After Saturday night the Columbia
st. Louis sleeping car will be discon-
tinued by the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad. The order is in line
with the Government policy of cur
failing non-essential railroad services.
The midnight train will be run as
usual
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07

Instead of spreading "seditious ut
terances" in the most conspicuous part
of the daily newspaper why not have
What the Pro-Germans Are Saying"
column?
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-06-07
Student to Go on Long Sailing Trip.

Fred Hunt, a student in the School
of Journalism, left this afternoon for
Pensacola, Fla, where he will take a
sailing vessel for cruise on the At
lantic and Pacific Oceans. He expects
to sail to Rio de Janeiro, around Cape
Horn to San Francisco and from there
to Shanghai, China. He expects to be
gone seven months.