Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-29
PUTNAM

reopened last week for work after lrlearly two weeks idleness due to the I strike. At a meeting of the. strikers on Wednesday afternoon it was de-
 cided to accept the company's terms
 of 4S-hour week and per cent. in
 crease in wages. Their original de-
 inand was a 4S-hour week and Is per
 cent. increase.
 The boxing exhibition advertised for Saturday evening was cancelled be- : cause of the demands of the principals :, for extra money. This marred the . day for the sport fans of Putnam and
 vicinity, but all upheld Promoter Cor , dier in standing firm upon his original l. agreement. The next bout is set for , April, when it is hoped Danny Doyle 5 and Kid McKenna will settle the dis l Iiuted point of supremacy.
 ei An appeal has been made by the District Nurse association for clothing ? for children between the ages of and ) 10. Anyone wishing to donate the re- : euired articles may leave them at the : Chamber of Commerce rooms. ? The monthly bulletin of the state g board of health shows an annual g death rate per 900 for Putnam to be 18.5 for January. Foureten deaths - occurred, three of which were infants under a year old: one a child under : years, and the others over 5 and under 65 years of age.
 Q Twelve marriages were performed z during the month ab1 16 births oc- 2 cured.
 Y George E. Shaw has been attending . T Jewellers convention in Providence
 the past week.
 Miss Elizabeth Barnes left Saturday
 Tor a short visit to Washington. D. C.
 Col. N. NJ. Parker has sufficiently recovered from long illness to be
 able to come downtown.
 n P. J. Hogan of Grosvenordsle le, &C., k. companied by friends from this city. r, went to Boston last week on business. n The return trip was. made by automo- Is bile
 d The Girls club of Putnam held an le ] Easter bazaar in the club rooms on
 Front street Saturday from to 9.so te l o'clock. Fancy work. flowers. baskets. ,e lprons and candies were for sale. Hot ,e 'hocolate and cake were served. The s. 'hairmen of the various committees l. we're: Basketry. Mrs. Minnie Sharpe; es flowers. Elizabeth O'Brien: cakes. can er les and chocolates, Fannie Keller; ,n fancy work. Mrs. Buella Harris;
 aprons. J. Marguerite O'Brien. A
 large crowd attended. making the af-
 Fair a success.
 Donald Holres of this city left Fri H 'av for brief stay in Hartford
 Mrs. John Rulger and daughter re- l. urned home Saturday evening after 2 a. veell's stay in North Hampton. re James Woodson, a member of tn, fe senior class at Putnam High. vii ng srend the week at the home of hi. ,d | 7arents at Aver.
 Stanton Ballard leaves today (Mon = 'svl for brief stay at Boston.
 The Putnam Mideets went to Bal
 'c Friday night with Mana ger Geore T, 'hild. playing the Baltic Rantams il :. return game to decide the cham
 Nionshin for hantamweights of easter, ,z ~onnecticut. Because of the small sig ,if I 'f the foor the Putnam team was de
 ented 2S-14. As Baltic won the frs g -ame at Putnam. this gave Baltic tn rs | hampionship. The Putnam player
 'eel that they did not have a s1uar ch 'eal, because the team they met F-i rs nv nirht was not. as snecified, 'h ,r- cam which played at Putnam. Put
 am was outweirhed over 10 pou,d tn man. nevertheless gave the RaI
 'icS hard go. One of the factors ina st. 7nntrihuteds to Prtnam's reverse wa ev 'n accident to Durand. who was piay Tn 'ng stellar ranne for the pntnan, ffv. en 4e was knocked unconscious but hi In- ''csent condition i1dicates that pror Try My no serious effect will result. Tn nc -ar1e vas fast for teams cf this kin ls- Trd was the last game Of the seaso
 'n- any Prtnam team Ellison fo, - -"erlv If WinShnr1 Hieh. sta--ad f.
 '"o vir+o-s wli1o rhase and Wi,,ian- 20 Ncne for the Midgets.
 'hn Captain Buiger and man fro, Or Woodstock, whose wife ran away wit l0s colored man, went to Newburgh. ! at r.. last week and returned with II V. >wo children, aged 13 and years. IT fC nG N cred when the woman sent one child UT. handbook to Putnam to withdraw err teposit. Captain Bulger conferrt
 with the chief of police of Newbur 2I ] and discovered that the couple live o- n a suburb near the shipyards. callt 75f New Windsor. Here they discovere 20 the woman and her companion in DOC 1ilapidated shack living in the lowe
 conditions of squalor and filth Al ers other colored man and wife lived vii
 them The husband was given fl ,20 cls' ody of the children and the re in of the crowd were arrested and the
 cases will come up for trial early tn
 week.
 27. Miss Ruth Child a student at Mou, ars. HoIvolxe collere bas rat,,rras ~ rch for the Easter vacation.
 E. H. Snow spent Saturday in Wo
 cester
 ooo The Ouinehaug river has risen abo, '-'' it's banks in several places. but Il Q. Manha sset section of the city 1t is Q .srs pecially high. Many cellars are fill Sth with water and portions near t,
 baseball diamond are completely su Test | merged.
 'on, Miss Maud Carpenter, a student In Connecticut College. for Women
 New London. is home for the week wn Fire was discovered about 10
 Saturday night at the coal shute ne fifth Whipple and Gilpatric's lumber Va The news of the fire was telephon me in and the alarm was, not rung uu o- after the chemical trnck had arriy 7-c; at the yard. Both trucks respond
 quickly and soon had the blaze U tier. der control although the yard is d 'eet, tant from the nearest hydrant. { 1t 2 cording to several of the firemen O.
 one thousand feet of hose was T, SEQ. essary to reach the place The da red age was not serious, an old frei; II car used as sand-house and a numl
 of tools being the principal loss arch Part of the trestle works sunfe lged damage also. The fire is said to h;
 started from the sand heater, in . interior of the sand shaft. After v
 ter was obtained little difficulty V - encountered in putting out the fan
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