Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-19
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 strike was lifted in some nseAsures
 Monday morning and shipments were being accepted for points on the New Haven and Central New England systems. Freight also began to move through here from points on the 5 and M. It seemed to be the opinion in railroad circles here on Monday that freight will move freely within a i few days.
 No orders for foodstuffs were beina accepted at the. Putnam postoffIca 1 Monday, following the receipt Of a notice from the postofI1ce department that the plan announced last week 1as fbeen abandoned ard that fooastuffs ffsm army stores made. avai:aE.e Tor l the people of Come. .tirias wois.d be turned over to the goeernor of the
 state for distribution through the 1 Mayor A. ". Marcy said during Monday forenoon that lie f.sa been m conference last week with Postmaster alexander Gilman and A. D. Lown agent here for the Manaasset corn pany. the employees of V nich concern UsIt going to take quansities ef nc soocs onerec by the govern nent. IT e :nayor leafped at that time that nf,ss l. of the goods originally allotted for Connecticut would not be available. and that condition is believed to be
 unaitered at the present time.
 This means, in effect. that tie pro- lposal to distribute army fos1 stcres l to the people of Putnam ani viciaify 1 IS practically a. a standstIn for the present. Miss Senia Shefforts Of sprinofieId. Mass, and Manager ayd.s smith of the Bradley theatre in this city will be married today at the hon,. of the brides pjarents in Springfield. After the wedding ceremonies they vii, leave for motor tour through north ern New England, yis;Iin:s in the White Mountain region MT. Snlt, and his bride both formerly of Wor- cester, will live in Putnam where the Lettera home. on Grand View has been fitted up for their occupancy The bride has been an unusually sac | cessfuI teacher 1T schools in Worces- ter and Springfield. Mr.. Smi,h is former studens aI Brown university and is a gradu ate [ f the Massa acnuac.ts Horticultural s'shool at Amherst.
 The writer of the Whsrliry Hub column in Boston daily had the fol- lowing item of local interest:
 l Few men leave the textile n1anufac- turing business to enter the world of banking. and w. Irving Bul1ard man ager of the industrial service depart ment of the Merchants National Bank l is one of the few. He still maintains his connection with the Wauregan cotton mills of Danielson, Ct. as sec retary, and is also treasu Of the
 
 facturers, but his life-work. in its real sense, is banking. He has recently returned from. trip to England and Paris, as secretary to the European commission of the world cotton con- ference. So you see. Irving" is what might ~be termed ''here-there- and everywhere" man. with banking upper
 most in his thoughts. He has no hob the work he. is now doing in behalf
 of the Day Kimpail Hospital at Put nam. Ct. a hobby. He's spending every spare moment he has raising a fund of s50.00O to erect an addition to the present building. The state has promised him $25,e0o if he secures the remainder through private subserip tion. Already he has $1SG00 of the latter tucked away in his inside poe ket, with balance weH-nigh assured. Business and charity are a good com bination to find in any man..
 Judge M. Fl. Gcissier heia a session of the city court Monday morning to hear a couple of cases that developed as the result Of indulgence in Oid l Demon rum. who seems to walk She | earth afters being officially declared dead.
 Mrs. Ellen Perry. who is no stranger 1 in the city court, was charged with. having been intoxicated and win | breach of the peace. Her husband, | John, had been to Pascoag. over the | border in unregeneFate Rhode Island, and had procured some firewater. This | started trouble when it's effects began | to work in the Perry home. and ti1e l policy eventually got a call to come | and see Mrs. Perry. who was threaten ing to use an axe on a horse. Judge Geissler sentenced the woman to serve | 50 days. but suspended execution of | the sentence. The other victim of J, | Barleycorn was an overseas man of | good reputation, but who happened l to slip on a week end party. He, too, f escaped going over to Brooklyn, where |