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Putnam patriot., 1926-01-08

shock. High school closed as precau. ton against outbreak of scarlet fever. Putnam people attend inauguration High school boy suspected in case of bill altering. Ralph Smiths barber shop closes. State Policeman Keith catches more rumrunners on Provi- dence pike. City court hrings in nearly $500 al matinee session. Tour tellotte High beats Putnam in game here. Assawaga elinches mill bowling league title. Water department to install new pump at Harrisville. Eight citizens attend city meeting which appropriates S5l.370.
 l3-Putnam Manufacturing Com pany plant offered for sale. Wilfred Breault sent to states prison for one to three years on burglary counts. Rotary club hears interesting indus trial talk. Miss Byrne tells local Coo lidge club of inauguration exercises at Washington. Merrill Keith collects some more booze. Headquarters com pany to have ladies' night Town tax rate to be twenty-three mills. James Murray elected exalted ruler of Put nam lodge of Elks.
 20-Directors of the First National Bank may be sued for negligence on account of alleged unsecured loans authorized by them. Citizens National Bank buys First National property. Putnam police with drawn guns hunt burglars as savings bank alarm rings at midnight; short circuit believed re- sponsible American Legion post can't get quorum for meetings; has not met in over year. Daniel ]. Byrne and E. B. Kent slightly injured in auto mobile accident. G. A. Hawkins badly hurt in accident at pumping station.
 27-Stanley Duslak. North Gros- venordale. dies at Day Kimball hos pital after motorcycle is struck by train at Grosvenordale grade cross ing. Officer Keith accidentally wound ed in cleaning his gun; injury not serious. Weavers' walkout at Water man plant lasts but half a day. Post master Archibald Macdonald slowly improving after operation at Wor- cester hospital High school starts baseball practice. Second Congrega- tional church extends call to Rev. J. F. English of Elmwood. Death of James E. Perry of Grove street. Ma sons stage second annual ball
Putnam patriot., 1926-01-08
IUIY

3-New bridge on Pomfret street will be memorial to World War Xeter. ans. town must appropriate Sl ,boo toward cost of building. Day Kim boil hospital gets large bequest from will of Irving Wood. Boston. Hun dred chickens burned to death as brooder catches fire. Rev. Donahue says city needs Americanism and q library. Booth competes in Massa- ehusetts open tournament. School budget for year S73, ,500. Marriage of R. G. Van Name and Miss Jose phne Porter at Pomfret.
 Charles NJ. Letters alleged to have been eriminally negligent in causing death of Anna McCauley; held for court hearing. Mary NJ. Wood memorial fund for Day kimball hos pital created; exact amount not yet known. Police Captain Jarvis marries Miss Anna Chilkott. Special meeting votes necessary Sll 300 for bridge Hospital officers reelected. Arrival of Kitty" for hospital benefit. New buildings at Camp Woodstock dedi- eated. s2, ,000 South Main street fire.
 I7-Death of States Attorney Charles F.. Searls after long illness local lawyers pay tributes to him Lambert Demeter, North Grosvenoc- dale. drowned at West Thompson. Charles Dansereah. auto thief. held for superior court Maurice w. Les Der. Putnam salesman, killed by train at Moosup. Ellsworth Amidon, l3, drowns before 300 people at Camp Woodstock. Chautauqua opening here August i. Fresh air children soon to arrive.
 24-Howard c. Bradford to net as states attorney Leo Reaves. IT, hit by automobile, unconscious for long period. Henry Bugbee temporarily blinded in gas explosion at country club. Miss Ester Gustafson of Pom fret will head new dance school Camp Woodstock welcomes Governor Trumbull. Death of Joseph Allard of Pomfret. Many state officials at c. F.. Searls' funeral. Headquarters com pany back from camp. Mrs. Annie (. Child elected a corporator of Saw ings Bank.
 31-Expeet to have new memorial bridge ready for dedication Armistice Day. Springfield woman drowned at Union pond. Alfred Plante, Willi- mantle, recovers car stolen here. Ebbs-Hunt wedding at Thompson. Leo Reaves improved Tax collectors te get after dodgers. Philip Bruno dies while at St. Mary's church. Wait ress at Putnam Inn pleads guilty to numerous thefts. Final appearance of "The Arrival of Kitty"
Putnam patriot., 1926-01-08

by storekeepers. Young burglar ar rested here confesses many breaks in .iearby towns. Samuel Rich misses one vote. Severe storm does con. siderable damage. August Deslaurier North Grosvenordale, commits suicide at Webster police station. Willis Carroll elected an alderman, (. NJ Elliott water commissioner. Boat train will stay in operation. Putnam nearly beats Woonsocket at checkers Polish woman losses jugs of 'quoi out the window as officers raid. j Vey Merrill to be new principal oi Israel Putnam school.
 l2-rBody of James Wood of Put. nam found floating in keaeh's pond. Richard Medbury. run over by ice truck. recovering. Inter-city Rotary meeting held here. Charles Brzueh fails of getting pardon. Rector ; School to use Harrison property m Pomfret. Zito become champion golf CT among taximen. Plans for school graduation underway.
 i9-Twenty-one North Grosvenor- dale youngsters rounded up by rail fOAu ibA Attht&tsN
 road property. Plans for new bridge over the Quinebaug on Pomfret street. r. ]. Townsend, shot whea trying to escape from Camp DeSens formerly of Woodstock. Edward Authier gets prizes for essays on lighting. Eleven people brought to hospital following auto crash at Day vile. Mrs. Rose Levine and Mrs. Viola Wheeler get divorces. Waite. Lindeman buys Rosoff garage.
 26-High school commencement fortv-two seniors get diplomas; Ellis Pritchard and Ryeburn Lynch winners of special prizes; fifteen get cum laude seal. Open meeting of Cham Der of Commerce with Rev. George r Donahue the speaker. County de tectives to be state policemen. fresi- dent passes through Putnam on way to summer home. Joy riders iinesi in city court. Death of Miss Eliza beth Clarke. Three youths held for superior court following break at gasoline station.
Putnam patriot., 1926-01-08
EDITORS NOTE

Herewith is presented record of the various and more important happenings in and Putnam during 1925 compiled from the files of The Patriot Punams big cele braton Armistice Day appears to have been the big event of the year. Several prominent citizens of them residents here for many died during the of the year the great loss of the city Building in Put has been lighter than years least in far the construction of business and industrial buildings considered In the manufacturing world big change the better the of the Bloom Company into the local field.
Putnam patriot., 1926-01-08
FEBRUARY

6-Dr. s. B. Overlook alleges fltss National Bank liable for bonds worth s72.OOO. Sabin s. Carpenter dies ai Woodstock. Valentine Tea scheduled for February Ia. Five hundred divl- dend cheeks still at bank. Five peo- nle given divorces by Judge Hinman ih superior court. Death of Thomas U. Elliott Civil War veteran and former Iegislator. Putnam High beats Wind ham by big rally Chief Thurston connlains of conditions in fire depart ment Death of Dr. Joseph Clark Hoppin-burial in Pomfret. II, W Rowen writes to governor about Rose land lake. Busses bust, railroad goes back to steam.
 I3-pomfret Wold Den becomes mart of Connecticut park system by sale. Four youthful burglars enter pomfret station, S25 recovered. Iosaire Rivard admits fraud in obtain inc two saxaphones. Wheels strip nod from parked car on Mechanics street. Miss Ruth Bartlett mentioned for beauty prize in Boston newspaper contest. Burglars cut way into fus. nam News Company, get only small surn of money. City council recon mends continuance of eleven mill tax rate-cuts budget sl,400. Wood stock Academy stops Tourtellotte streak of basket ball victories. Death in Providence of Mrs. C. Fred Water man. formerly of Putnam.
 Putnam citizens will vote on matter of paying mayor and alder men. Wilfred Breault at Brooklyn eompIicity in thefts alleged. Monsoh' Mass. Worsted Company, oankrupt' owes First National Bank. Two raii- road men freed from jail after serv- inc one month of years sentence. George W Gilpatric awarded contest ed stock in Whipple X Gilpatric Cor poration. Valentine Tea nets over s70O for Day Kimball hospital Boy s skull fractured by fall on rock. ITO of Pandazzas from Providence pay s1.40O. lose booze. High school play goes over big. Y. NJ. C. A. s5,Ooo campaign successful. 4.
 27-Louis NJ Ream sued Tor di- vorce by his second wife, Mary yea yer Ream; alimony and custody ot children also asked. Board of reiiei makes cut of $90.000 in grand ists John Ash of Pomfret, former sena- tor. dies. Suits against bank receiver transferred to federal court. Town school committee of Thompson uphes ! in accepting pay. Bremen pati draws capacity crowd. V. (. Town send gives checker exhibition at North Grosvenordale. sl0,000 fire damage at Webster Times plant. r. II. juniors have annual promenade.
Putnam patriot., 1926-01-08
MAY

Mrs. Sarah Bosworth Bradway observes l07th birthday; may be old est real daughter of Revolution; sight gone and hearing impaired but still alert mentally. Death of J. Harry Mann. R. C. Jenkins elected Rotary president. Several thousand dollars damage at Stoumbelis block fire Boys week program offers varied en- tertaiHment for city's youths. Death at Davville of Dr. O. C. Sharpe
 s-E. C, Rogers is again landlord of Putnam Inn. City decides it needs 1 500 more feet of fire hose. Death of Hector Duvert, prominent citizen. Y. NJ. C. A. drive for funds progressing we'll. Mrs. Bridget C. Dolan dies. Mir. and Mrs. Henry T. Child of Wood stock married fifty years. Golf season opens with tournament. American Legion will not disband. Postmaster Macdonald able to be around again after serious illness. Months fines net city S2, ,i40.
 l5-Shoplifters get five suits from Putnam stores. Thompson officers on the watch for Matt Kroll, Worcester murderer, formerly East Thompson farmer. Death Of Lewis Morse at East Woodstock, and of Oliver Marcy, s5. at West Woodstock. Annual Chamber of Commerce meeting elects T. H. deCoudres president. Decides on membership drive. Night fire at Thompson causes s12,000 loss. Y. N. C. A. budget has S2,000 to go.
 22-Edward Bloom Co.,, silk work CTS. buys plant and tenements of Put nam Manufacturing Company; pros pect of employing 800 hands when ca paeity is reached Mir. and Mrs. C. NJ. Durand fifty years married. Clayton Whitaker. formerly of Woodstock, kills self. Elks' Ladies Night brings out 400. Dubious outlook for Metnor- ial Day observance. Putnam loses chance for ice cream plant. Alleged shoplifters forfeit sl 900 bonds to To- cal court. Putnam beats Willimantic at golf Death of Mrs. Abbie A. Gov eI. Legislators congratulate East ford's real daughter of Revolution.
 2g-Two young burglars arrested bv alert officers. Chamber of Con merce after more new industries Tor Putnam. Death of John A. Dady. Veterans graves will be decorated. Rev. C. F Bedard on pilgrimage 10 Rome. Country club has full pro gram planned for year. Putnam High air from Pomfret school at basabatf 10 New Klondike railroai tower E. 1Derati0n. Changers eis 3 hazaa- Arcanum club re-elee lame Trty president. Adrla Moair s st4,50 from NazHia 1 Peio ate.
Putnam patriot., 1926-01-08

big time Armistice Day. High school
 football team gets third straight win.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13
Alaska Notes GlssRings From Territorial
 Exehsnges.

James Swartzel,, pioneer of Nome. where he had resided almost continu- ousg since l9O0,, passed away re- cently. At the time of his demise he. owued and. operated the Golden Gate Hotel, one of the popular landmarks If the Bering Sea city. In the early lays MT. Swartzel was the water man" of Nome, selling the aqua. pura1 at SC, much per bucket or barrel. as, the tssermight be. He made good money at this tough winter, joh, and in the course of time sought less ard4' uous occupation ny-buying the Golden Gate property Mir. Swartzel was highly regarded at4Nome, and his passing will be mourned by hosts of friends@
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13
Michael Gilman. weiia known

tpeaa. parts and for. a number of 3eats4 nas, resident of the Ruby BooNnan section, had his life crushed out a, few days ago when a bob-sfed of wood overturned 3on him at -,a point near the Hub, roadhouse,. ..on the road between Ruby and Poorman, aicording to word received here a few days ago. MT. Gilman, an oldtimer in the North, had many friends thru out tlsis section, all of whom will be saddeneri5 to learn of his death.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

<. "Baldy" Cairns, an oldtixner of the Fairbanks district, died a fews days agoaat St .Joseph's hospital in that city, death, heinz due to hc;norrhagcs. Several weeks ago MT. Cairns fell against n stove and severely burned his face The funeral was held under the auspices of the Pioneers.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Anthony Sweeney. and Mike Thomp- son. driving two spanAof horses, ar rived Tuesday from Candle, and on Wednesday commenced hauling the 5500-pound tumblert which icame in last summer, to the Joaquin dredge. on Canes creek.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

From the,clouds thousandsSof dol lars of gold dust fiuttered down to the First National Bank of Fairbanks turing -ae past summer for, accord ing te Noel Wien, interior aviator he carried dust during the past season from thes renaoses oxeeks to theFair- banks institution. On his last flight from- MeGeath; NleiF flew to Fair banks with 201 pounds of gold, which waS valued at approximately SAT 900. ln addition. on this trip, he had aboard shree men and their baggage. amounting to. almost 300 pounds. From, the .Livengood region he took out, t,about $50,000 in poles during the season 'sAtlight x
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Martin George, a66 years of age; d pioneer resident of. Juneau, and chief cadastral engineer, U. s. General Land Office, for Alaska, passed away at she family residence at Juneau re- gently. DestFfzSas caused by asthma, from whicashe suffered interrnittently forza number of years.
 Mr.-George was born in England. came to Alaska in 1897 after resi- denee of a considerable. number of years in the States, and had made his home in Juneau since that time, ex- ceptsfor period of. about five years. wnfch were&spent In. Sitka- He was widely kHown and many friends thr6a 1hout the Territory
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Charlie Ross,, with the incoming mail. arrived Tuesday and left We'd nesday, headed for Flat. On his trip to Flat he had as passenger little Marian Mcdonald, who has attended school here for almost two years, and who is returning to her fathers home, near Napamute.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13
THEY fausKo iq1ahs. lsArUH0A4. 7rGBKCAKY ia tess

Jack. Mutchler and Bob Shively, after a visit of several days at Flat, returned here yesterday. Incidental ly, Jack Mutchler's string of dogs made the run going, over from Ophir to Itiitasod, a distance of 76 miles, in B hours. and 30 minutes.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

George Mutchler, aytTuesday ar- rival, returned to McGrath on We'd nesday Also going down WAS Mn1o ". H. Jones, fer a visit of 8 few tdayx5' with Mrs.. Mutchler.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

W. J. Widman; wholarrived Mon~ day, went to Canes on Wednesday, returned here Thursday, and depart ed yesterday for his. McGrath head
 quarters.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13
MILD WEATHER AT MANY '
 PLACES IN TERRITORY

SeIsard.-Grass, crops and straw- berries are growing here.. and the weather is that of mild spring, with rain and practically TO snow on, the ralroad .excepts in the high mountain passes. The contractors have been unable toA fill orders of the railroad, ordering thousands of ties to be shippel. on. thesBoxer.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Tom Shallow was among. today's departures for Ophir, having as a passenger. Mrs. Myers; whoa is return- ing to her former home.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Coal bunkers having a4capxcity of 250 tons have just been completed in the railroad: wards at Anchorage. It aas cheapened the price of coal $l ,er ton. FSlrtherci provemerts are
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Mike Blanusha, with Mrs. w arbur- ton as passenger, arrived yesterday, and left this morning for Ophir, head ed for Flat.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Because he made $. .caEeless display of. a -45-gun while under. the influence of liquor, Ed Corey is4a prisoner in the federal jail at Anahaxage, with a. six months jail sentenceehanging over him. The charge preferred was in toxication, hut his indiscreet! handling of. the gunshad much to doiwith the severity of the sentence.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Henry Martella, after a trip last ing several days. up Nixon way, re- turned here Monday, Ikey Hayes also coming with him from McGrath.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Alex Egner.and Teddy Conrad were hound over to the grand jury at An~ chorages few days ago on a. charge of grand laxceny.,
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

4 Henry Martella and Freighter'
 Billy Jones returned here yesterday from a trip. to Ophir.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Paul aReedy, pioneer resident Of Nasilla, was found dead near that olaqe alfew. days ago. The4deceased,
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

who was well known, had been trap- ping down on the flats below Wasilla, near the lake. The last time he was seen alive wus on New Years day., A searching party was collected some days alater, and afteE sn ]. extended search the body was found. lying face downward} on the ice of the lake. His death apparentlx resulted from hear t. disease
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

being planned by the railroad, and it is, highly probable that bunloers will be, moved to Seward when completed.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Pat Whalsn, pioneer off the Alas kan Interior, was found dead in his bed at the,F'airbanks hotel. Fairbanks, recently.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

ProbablySoppresBed by the ' loneIi- ness at Cape St., Elias light, on Kyak island, Ulysses Magee, assistant light keeper there,swas brought to Gordova recently on the verge of q nervous breakdown.
 r. Magee had twice disappeared from the 4Gghthouse, the last time wander ing around three days in the cold and returning just before Deputy Marshal Cloes arrived there. It is not believed he will suffer any serious egects from his experience, it was announced after q medical examination was made.
 The marshal, who was accompanied by Conn Riggs, Charles Bates and Andy Anderson, had difficult trip, spending. eight days out, in stormy weather. It was necessary to wait a long time before attempting land ing on the rocky shore of the. island. A dory was broken in the eGorb. The boat, with mail, was unable to land.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Fred Nichols prnprietor'o of the Gul- kama >roadbouse, dropped dead on Christmas eve, according to word re ceived at Cerdovs. recently. His body was taken to Chitna,- where his four childrenare attending. school MT. NSehols, who was a widnwsr,. was an oldtimer, having lived in Alaska for probably, thirty years-,l At 4nne time he. owned the roadhouse at Paxton. but it. was destroyed. by fFe..4.:.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13
Cassius NJ. Frazier, former Cordoxa

Cassius At4 Frazier, former Cordeya attorney, and father of Mrs. F. H. Porter of Copper City, died a.,few days ago. at his home in Glendale, Calf. He had been ill with rheuma=- tism for some. years. ..and lalso had lrieved. much over, the. death. of his wife, last September, Mir. Frazier. came to Alaska in the early days and after praeticing law for some time in Fairbanks he moved ta. CordoUa.- He was 74.years. of, age,
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Wrangell.-Steamer passengers are visiting the yard of Eddie Kalkins, here,. to view white roses which he. has in bloom. One woman sent some 0. fthe blossoms to relatives in Can sda. The mean maximum tempcra- ture this week is 51 degrees.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Cordova.-The train was .ahle to leave here yesterday unaccompanied by the rotary. the first time this has ever occurred in January. The warm weather has proved injurious to fur, and for farmers have delayed killing fox peltS. Mosquitoes are. reported, and alders and cattails are coming up.
The Kusko times., 1926-02-13

Alaska posts of the American :. Ee gion will have contributed, about s. GOO to the endowment fund, when the campaign in the, Territory is com pieted, according to information re- ceixed lay Legionnaires. Cordova raised $25O, Anchorage $800,s Fair. banks $650, and Ketchikan, Juneau. and Seward made fair shbwing.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
LOCAL RESIDENTS VISIT
IN CALIFORNIA

Winslow is Santa Fe town, al
ways has been, and always will be-
but now and again news of the ac-
tivities of other steam systems fit
ers in, this time in the shape OF
a report from Frank Christensen
who with Mrs. Christensen, has
just returned from trip to Yermo
California, where they visited Mrs
Christensen's father, ]. D. Van Alta
who is employed as machine and
engine Inspector for the Union Pa
cific at Yermo.
The occasion for the trip was to
attend the formal opening of the
Yermo Athletic and Amusement
Club, which is composed entirely
of Union Pacific employees, and
which is supported by officials OF
the railroad. According to Chris
tensen's report, the club offers ia
cilities for comfort, entertainment
and amusement usually found only
in much larger cities.
A number of Union Pacific Off
cials attended the formal opening.
including the superintendent of the
division and heads of the various
departments, and with other guests
were taken on a tour of inspection
by Mr.. Van Alta, who is one of the
club officials.
While in Yermo the Christensens
were also entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Delgardo. Mr.. Delgardo
is manager of the Union Pacifc's
station restaurant and employee s
club house.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
WOman's Club Program
This Afternoon Promises
To Be An Interesting One

The program for the rgular meet
ing of the Winslow Woman's Club
to be held this afternoon in the
Guild Hall, promises to be very
interesting one, from many stand
points. For a lover of literary
work and especially that of the
south, the afternoon will be of ex-
ceptional interest as we'll as decid-
edly instructive.
Mrs. F. H. Murphy, literary
chairman has arranged for several
speakers, who have chosen south
ern writer's, and will discuss thier
works and lives. In addition to
this Mrs. Murphy has arranged to
have a short talk on southern melo-
dies.
Following is the program as it
will be presented at the club meet
ing this afternoon.
characteristics of Southern Lit
erature, Miss Nell Bloodgood-G
w Gable; Life and Works, Mrs.
Garver-Alive Hogan Rice; Life
and Works, Mrs. F. H. Murphy;
Southern Melodies, Mrs. Walter
Martin.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
Prizes To Be Awarded
w. B. A. Members For
Attendance Records

At the last regular meeting of
the w. B. A. held in the Old Elk s
building it was decided to give a
prize to the member attending all
meetings for six successive months
1t was also decided to have the
bean drawing once a month, as was
the rule several years ago.
Officers of the local Review, are
urging a full attendance by mem
bers at all meetings.
The next regular meeting will be
held Friday afternoon, at 2:30 in
stead of having an evening session
as is usually the case. This change
was made due to the Junior play
which will be given the same even
ing, a number of the members wish
ing to attend both events.
The first meeting in May will be
Family Night, and all members are
urged to bring their families. Plen-
ty of entertainment and refresh
ments have been arranged for the
evening.