Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-09
PUTNAM

Shortly after nine o'clock Sunday morning there was fire alarm that called out the department to fight blaze in a coal dump of the Manhas- set company. near what is known as the old blacksmith shop. Aside from the damage done to some of the coal, the loss vii! not be heavy.
 Chief Beursier said Sunday after noon that he expects the big auto chemical truck back here from Bos- ton today. This machine has been at Boston for good part of the sum-
 mer, that q pump might be attached. l Delivery of the truck with the. new and valuable attachment has been
 promised several times, but it is con 1 fidently expected that the truck sure l 1 " will be hack today, Chief BourSier !
 understands that the new pump was given work out in Boston Saturday i and reports are that it proved satis- ! factory.
 1 The truck will be welcomed back by l the members Of the department, who 1 have felt the need of having it. and | it's value, on several occasions since
 it has been out of the city, for there 1 have heen three fires of a dangerous.
 nature dm ing its absence, ;! i Captain Joseph A. Ryan of the no- 1 lice denartment has received letter l from his son, Charles. who is in
 France with an infantrX. regiment. telling him of his son being gassed. The incident occurred while Private i Ryan was asleep in his dugout. with group of other men Of the command 1 l. appears hat the Germans had beer drenchilg that sector with gas for
 some ime and that some of this gas
 which had cleared away in the open
 spaces above ground had seeped down ! i,af,N ha GT7cr oil 1 asleep and 50 were witheut warning of it's deadly presence. Private Ryan
 escaped any severe effects of ttk gas, however, and from what he says in his letter it is probable that he has finally recovered by this time.
 One member if D Battery. 56th ar tilIery. in which there are number of Putnam boys, has written home that the organization is now up
 within sound of the guns. but we
 can't get a wiack at the d. Huns
 because they are beating it so fast
 for Beriin" So far as is known here.
 this command has not been in action
 yet but it is getting up close to the tiChting line and may be heard from
 at any time q fighting.
 Judge NJ. Fl. GeissleF has called a meeting of the registrars who are to ii work Thursday to be at his office this 1 evening at o'clock. Judge Geissler
 will explain in detail the duties that
 will fall upon the registrars and will
 answer any question as to these duties
 aver which, the registrars may be in , doubt. Judge Geissler said that he
 trars not only of Putnam. but of eth
 CT towns.
 | The order that brewing shall cease
 on December i was received with very
 special interest in this city. Inter
 views with Putnam men on Saturday } produce a variety of opinion as to what effect. if any, that the order will
 have on the license vote in Putnam. The majority of those talked to feel, f of course, that the order will dise1 IT. 7 age the liquer men in greater or less CT degree, but the license men are a , unit in declaring that Putnam will re- , main in the wet" column through an- , other year, or such part of a year as
 the sale of liquor is legally permit ted
 s Drivers that were out with cars on Sunday were held up regularly in and ' about Putnam and given the oppor- I tunity to demonstrate that they were eAt upon urgent and necessary busi-
 ness. Not near the number of cars that r were out on the previous ne-jeyridiItg g [ f The number of cars in service through : out this city on Sunday was almost : negligible.
 Men who must register and who are l in Putnam at present from other f towns may register today or any da3 3 before Thursday at the office of the q local board Bradley building. on Elm e street. The registration cards ot Il such men will be delivered over te e them and they will mail them diree e to the local board under whose juris- s Giction that they are to come. : Captain J A. Ryan of the police . force is on his annual vacation thi: t week and will have tntal of eigh
 days with the day month now allow - ed members of the department. While e Captain Ryan is off duty Sergeant Ju k jus Cordier will do day duty in th' l. business section.
 l. Acres of Diamonds in Our County = Tails was the subject of an address b, # Judge F. N. Warner at the Congrega s tional church in Mantle. Sunday. n Chief Doursier and Frederick Du q mas of the Putnam fire departmen is were guests of the Danielson Fire
 mems association at an outing at Al e exander's Lake. Sunday
 1T Attorney Charles L. Torrey was il y Eastford conducting a case on Sat 70 urdaY.
 1t If your name is of other than ordin n ary spelling. you will help the regis 10 trars on Thursday if you will com y with it written out in full on a sli is of paper.
 se Miss Elizabeth Child will have tn n members of the Kings Daughters a y her home for a meeting Wednesday te Trolley conductors said the ridin 'e on the street ears was practicatl er doubled on Sunday. this due to the ba
 on the use of automobiles. Ae The canning campaign is st{h un at derway in this city. but the totals c
 cans preserved is already 3 long wa ID from this city's quota of 50.06o. T. -