Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-31
PUTNAM

western ranch, but as matter of fact i it is the new brand of JaEey that has
 made it's appearance in this city, accord 1 ing to the police. A few pecks of the
 enpties may be found about the city's l streets on a Sunday morning. Possibly l the number was reduced somewhat Sun ! day morning, for many full bottles that
 might have been empty had it not been for the police were held at the station
 across the river as evidence in two cases. i Captain Buiger; Sergeant Laird with Pa
 trolmen Chandler, Gibney and Sponcey made two successful raids Friday night. 1 They first went to 8 little store owned 1 by John Scl1zric on South Meadow street 1 They found the shop in apple, pie order, with nothing in sight that looked in the
 least contraband. Suspicious against the place were strong and the store was | given a close inspection Raising a, little 1 trap behind the counter, the officers 1 found a cache in which was stored 127 | bottles of Jakey, which was seized, as was the proprietor
 From the south end to the extreme
 north end of the city the raiding party | went. They visited the pool room of | George Briccault on Providence street
 and then went to Briccault's home. At
 the latter place on Mill street, they found 120 bottles of Jakey and a quart
 and a half of whiskey. Briccault and
 Schzric were in the city court Saturday morning. Both were represented by At
 torney J. F. Carpenter. who asked for 8
 continuance. The date. for trial was fixed for Nov. 7th, and both defendants
 furnished bonds of S250 for appearance.
 According to the police, the places con-
 ducted by the two defendants have been under surveillance for some time.
 As the sun was moving westward
 toward the hills of old Woodstock Friday
 afternoon Simon W Kittreu of Sioux
 Falls S. D.. shouldered his pack and set out over the highway toward the Bay
 State. The young man, who was a mem Der of the Rainbow division, stopped in
 Putnam long enough to explain that he
 was hiking from his western home to Toronto, Canada, by the way of New
 England, on a wager of $3,000 that he would cover the distance in 1 3 months. l kittrell said that he was fl days ahead of his schedule While serving in France with Company A of the 215th infantry,
 KittreH was bayonetted twice was gassed. also receiving injuries from an ) exploding hand grenade. Upon his dis 1 charge from the army he weighed 96 pounds and doctors said that he had con l sumption and gave him 30 days to live. } Friends of the ex-soldier boy thought l that outdoor life and walking might bring him back to health; so they made J
 was hung up for him in the event that f he covered the distance from his home to the Canadian city in a year and a half.
 Conditions of the offer were that he
 should leave home without money and l should not ride any of the distance nor f ask food or lodging, but that if offered ! voluntarily he might accept. Kittrell said I he had lived up to the conditions i'm ! posed. He gets an affidavit from the
 chief of police of each city he passes
 through.
 7 Funeral services for Mrs. CIarissa 4
 Pierce widow of oJseDh w Pierce. were : held at the home of her son. C. Clark - Pierce, in Thompson, Sunday afternoon
 Rev. J. c. Stoddard. pastor of the First
 Baptist church of Putnam, officiating Q Mrs. Pierce would have been 96 years old f had she lived until Dec. Sd Born ir 2 Sterling, she had lived in Putnam nearly f all her life, and was the oldest member s of the Baptist church in this city Be. a sides the brother in Thompson, she leaves - a brother, Clarence Pierce, first select | man of Putnam, a sister, Mrs Julia f Place, of Putnam, two sons and foul t grandsons.
 T Father and Son week will be observeG V i in Putnam with banquet in the evenins f Nov. 11th. This event will be held 1T :. the Baptist church at 63O o'clock. Rev = John Stoddard, pastor of the church e will be toastmaster, and it is anticipated
 that not less than hundred will partici n pate. The committee in charge is Lero, Q Ames, William Penny Rev. John Stod s dard, Rev. s. J. A. Rock, Warren S C Ames and E. c. Morse
 n MT and Mrs. C. c. Spratt of Woon n socket spent Saturday with friends il 6 Putnam. MT. Spratt was formerly prin | ctpal of Putnam High school and is nov principal of Woonsocket High school 5 Mrs A. W. Macdonald of Oak Hill i 't spending a few days with her daughter L Mrs. c. B. Wiley. Mrs. Wiley is mana III ger of the Uxbridge, Mass, inn.
 ~ Deputy Sheriff L. H. HeaIey of Nortl - Woodstock came to Putnam Saturda, |, morning with 8 prisoner wanted il IT Winthrop, Mass, for non-support Al '" officer from the Massa chusetts city me ,e the deputy here and received the ma, 'L wanted.
 s- The response to the drive for the Da
 KimbalI hospital deficiency fund is meet l. ing with generous response. The toua s subscribed to date is over $4000
 1t At recent meeting Of attorneys an
 clients the matter of adjusting all differ 9- ences between landlord and lessee of tn Tt Victory theatre was accomplished. Tn 'r agreement whereby Nazaire PeIouui 1T takes over tho theatre from Messrs. Alber I'd and NaYgrod will be carried out and tn
 new management will take possession e week from today. By the agreemen er Manager Alpert is given a week in whic r. to close up his business. What Mir Al
 pert's plans for the future are is nc f known, but since he came here he hs fc become a factor in the business enter 7 prise of the city and by his fair dea1 H. ings. his progressiveness and publi F. spirit has made many friends who hon d that he may find some way to continue ,g citizen of Putnam.