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Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
Phoenixville

Mrs. Carrie Dow of New London has been with relatives here last week.
 Rev. Walter Lanphear attended a ministers meeting in West Stafford last week.
 Senator Upshaw will be the speak CT at the Town Hall, Eastford, Tues day evening.
 Henry May of Boston and Richard Newton of Worcester spent the week end with relatives.
 Leonard Lawton and his house guest, John Landon, of Boston went to Habbardston Monday.
 Julia Gabreish of the Willimantic High School spent the weekend at her home here.
 Many local streams are being pat rolled by state officers, as the sea- sons fishing began April IS. There are some new officers in the ranks.
 Miss Mary Zhal of Ashford with friends was a caller here Sunday. She with other members of her class in Windham High School will go on a weeks trip to Washington soon.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
Union

H. J. Miles spent Sunday in Port land.
 Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Smith have moved into the North Ashford parson- age.
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis Baker of New York spent the weekend at the Baker home at Union Center.
 Visitors at Mrs. Eva A. Proulx's Sunday, were: Mrs. Ann Young, Mir. and Mrs. Fred Potter and two daugh- ters and Louise Keith of New Bri- tain; Mrs. Leonora Howard, Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Harman, Marion and Alice Spencer. Wayland Sheldon, Mir. and Mrs. Arthur A. Proulx and little daughter Shirley all of Putnam; Mir. and Mrs. A. W. Walker and Mir. and Mrs George Edgeley of Brookfeld, Mass.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18

Advertise in The Patriot
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18

A surprise shower was rendered Mrs. Annie Lathrop Reed in Willi- mantle Monday. She has been stop ping in Willimantie with Ella Latham Beckwith.
 Mrs. Cora Clemens attended a teachers meeting in North Grosve- nordale Tuesday conducted by Clar- ence E. Michels Superintendent of Schools in Thompson. English" was the subject discussed.
 A Mack truck owner by a firm in Hartford broke through McGovern's bridge Thursday and two men mar rowly escaped drowning. It took sev-
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18

You are cordially invited to visit our special display of the new Chevrolet six-arranged in conjunction with the great nationwide Spring Showing of General Motors cars.
 Here, in price class that has hitherto been occupied exclusively by four cylinder automobiles, you will see displayed a line of beautiful models that bring you every advantage of six cylinder performance. Yet. due to its
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18

Robbie Gin presence of visitorsl- Daddy, give me a dime?
 Daddy with forced smile) Ger tainly, Robbie, here you are.
 Bobbie-This time you won't make me give it back after the company gone. will you. daddy?-The Path finder
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18

Visitor-I hear you have ns' little sister.
 Jimmy-Yes, just two weeks old
 Visitor-Did you want it to De little girl?
 Jimmy-No, I wanted it to De boy but it came while l was at schod. The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
MASONIC MEETING

A regular communication of Quine- baug Lodge of Masens sill be held at Masonic Temple this evening with work in the NM Degree. A colla- ton will be served
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
W. C. T. U. MEETING

The W. c. T. |. will meet in the directors room of the Putnam Saw ings Bank on Friday. April 18th. al 2 o'clock ?. m.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE

The Well Child Conference in Put nam will be held in the high school audftorium on Tuesday afternoon, April 23. from 2 so | o'clock.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
AND MANY DO

The only thing a girl can do about an unattractive knee these days Is Co grin and bare lt.-~The Pathfinder
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
NEW CHEVROLET SIX
-a Six m tbe price range of fbe toar'

great array of mechanical advance menfs, the Chevrolet Six delivers better fban f.ee.ty ziiss fo fbe gallon of gasoline with extremely low oil consumption. And this amazing six-cylinder per formance is matched in impressive ness by the beautiful new Fisher bodies. Come in any time this week. See for yourself that no other car in the world can give you so much at prices within the reach of all.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18

eral days to remove the truck fr' the water course and now the IoE officers are busy repairing damag' sustained.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
WATCH RIVERS
AFTER RAINS.
Harris Damage From Tor
rental Fall Is 1,O0O,0 900;
Streams Swollen

HOUSTON, April 13.-(P-As
officials tonight checked the thou
sands Of dollars property damage
in Houston's ~torrential rainfall last
night and early today, fear was
expressed at the weather bureau
that additional precipitation tomor-
row may add to the damage.
An estimate of the loss, caused
over the widespread area was not
available but County Agent Ellison
said that the loss to crops in Har-
ris county alone would mount to-
wards 81, 900, 600.
First estimates set damage in the
vicinity of the turning basin at
100000.
Many small pleasure craft In
Brays Bayou and old Buffalo Bayou
channel were torn loose from their
1noorings and either drifted along
with the current or filled with wa
ter and sank.
All private docks and wharfs In
the area were submerged. A 49,
foot cabin cruiser sank in the swol-
len waters gust above Harrisburg
today when the craft was struck by
a barge. Several barges, two tug
boats and a number Of cruisers
were carried down stream into the
ship channel.
Heavy rains over the middle and
lower drainage areas will cause
sharp rises in the Brazos river
bringing the waters to a moder-
ately high stage between Waco and
Valley Junction within the next "a
and 36 hours.
Advisory warnings were sent out
as a sharp rise was expected in the
Trinity river from Riverside to Lib
erty within the next four days.
. A slight, moderate rise was ex-
Fpected for the lower Nachez and
Sabine rivers within 48 hours. Flood
warnings were issued from the
weather bureau at San Antonio for
the lower Colorado with a stage of
80 feet expected at Columbus Sun
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14

President Hoover's recent ap-
pointment Of former Gov. Arthur
M. Hyde Of Missouri as Secretary
of Agriculture, brings for the first
time a man from the automobile
industry to the cabinet of the ma
tons chief executive. Secretary
Hyde has long been a Buick deal
err at Trenton, Mo.
The appointee has established a
remarkable record both in political
circles and as a business man. Com
ing, as he does, from the very heart
Of the farm belt, Secretary Hyde,
through his long association with
problems confronting tiilers Of the
soil, is especially qualified to meet
the responsibilities connected with
this highly important cabinet post.
Being the owner Of three large
farms in Missouri, Mr.. Hyde has
a first hand knowledge Of the farm
problem. The work confronting the
new secretary will be largely Of an
administrative nature, and his auto
mobile business experience will be
Of inestimable value in dealing with
the ramifications Of the farm ques-
ticn, because it, too, is essentially
a business problem.
AS a lawyer he administered to
the farmers legal needs: as a mer-
chandiser Of Buick cars his dealings
with them brought him into even
closer touch with their financial
and domestic problems; as a COVER
nor of Missouri he became the
champion of their cauSe-and now
as a member of President Hoover's
cabinet he is to become instru-
mental in solving one of the most
difficult situations confronting the
American nation.
Secretary Hyde is an intensely
active man.. When he practiced
law he was eminently successful.
Law has always been his central
activity, but as time went by he
because increasingly interested in
the ,automotive world as a dealer in
Buick motor cars. He has made a
remarkable success of his automo-
bile business, which he retained
during his tenure Of office as gov
ernor and in which he still has
an interest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
Chairs Added
To SIS Barber Shop;
Extended to Rear

The SIS barber shop. operated bv
Lon Tumlinson. has been enlarged
from a four-chair to a chair
business. This makes it what Is
believed to be the largest shop in
the Valley.
The three new chairs and fix
lures are of the latest design, COM
ing from CHICAGO. The SIS is located
at Hos Elizabeth street and is one
of four operated in Brownsville by
Tumlinson.
IT have good BARRIERS at the new
chairs" Tumlinson states, land am
able to take care of patrons easily
during the rush hours"
The shop has been extended to-
ward the rear, taking in part of
what was formerly Harper's cafe.
A cigar stand will be installed at
The cashiers desk in the near fu-
ture, Tumlinson says.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
HOPkINSHEADS
ENGINEER BODY
Commons Addresses Valley
Group on Combating
Salt Lands
Especial to The Herald

MERCEDES, April 13.-J. r.
Hopkins of Mercedes was elected
president Of the lower Rio Grande
chapter of the American Associa-
ton Of Engineers at a regular
meeting conducted here Saturday
evening.
Other officers named by the en-
gineerS we're Floyd L. Smith,
Brownsville. first vice president; Q.
Z. Van Berg, Mercedes. second vice
president; and j. Z. McAnally, San
Benito, secretary. G.. G. Commons,
Mercedes, is the retiring president.
Commons addressed the II engi-
neers present on alkali, its pre-
vention and removal from the soil.
Commons cited tests conducted in
Utah which showed that from rs
to so per cent of the alkali rested
in the first two inches of soil.
Quick drainage was given as the
prevention to the settling of the
salts on lands. 1t also was stated
that in the Valley open drainage
bitches were better suited for this
purpose than tile drainage. Tile
drainage is effective only where a
drop of more than 4 feet to a mile
can be obtained. it was said.
Brownsville engineers attending
the meeting were w. 0. Washing
ton, Thomas G. Davis, r. B. Rush
and A. G.. Ruff.
The next meeting Of the Rio
Grande chapter will be held May
IL. The meeting place has not
been decided.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
City Briefs

InfertiIe Eggs, fresh, delivered
daily at your grocery store. Ask
your grocer. Joachim Poultry
Farm. back OF Country club.-adv If
Cameron Hotel Permanent Wave
SHOP; special rates OF S. Il styles
permanent waves, for one week.
For Sale-Mode-n 5--oona home.
screened sleeping porch, garage on
paved street. Terms reasonable.
Write boX-654, BrownGVillc.-Adv. %.
Leaves-M. c.. Cartwright, Ell
Jardin property owner, left Friday
evening by rail for Memphis, Tenn.
to attend to his holdings there.
Return-Several teachers in the
brownsville public school system,
including Supt. C. w. Gotke and
Dean S. A. Caldwell of the Junior
college, were to return here today
after attending the convention Of
the South Texas division Of the
state Teachers association, held
IN Corpus Christi April II and u.
For Sale-One thousand Marsh
seedleSS trees. P. 0. Box 7S3. Nc
Allen, Tex.-Adv. ID.
Miss Eugene Lightfoot
the opening of her School of Ex-
preston and Dramatic Art. Call
Cameron Hotel.-Adv. 16.
New Home.-The new home of joe
Llndaberry in Riverside park has
been completed anG ne expects to
move in within the next few DAYS.
Fishing Partie5.-Despite a some
what stiff breeze Saturday evening.
several fishing parties for tie
Point were being organized here for
Sunday.
Many See Frigida;re.-L arge
crowds have viewed the Frigidaires
on display at Batsell- Wells SPORT
ing goods house during the past
week. The demonstration was put
on by John Hunter, local agent. The
display was part of a national week
featuring a freezing control.
Install Switchboard.-Rapid prog
ress is being made on the fire alarm
system being installed over the city.
Workmen have been busy stringing
wires over the city and installing a
switchboard during the past week.
At first it will be composed Of 80
alarm boxes with a board in the
central fire station. Later more
boxes are to be added.
At Dental Parley.-Dr. Hugh d.
Ruthven is attending the Texas
Dental society convention in Beau
mont and will take a post graduate
course in Houston before returning
here. He expects to be away until
April %.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
WEST X EXPECTS
BANNER CROP YEAR

FORT WORTH, April 13.-(P-
The Star Telegram tomorrow will
print a business review showing
that West Texas Is spending this
year nearly S750,000,000 of 1928 in
come. There is every reason to be-
Iieye that the income of this rich
section from 1929 efforts will be
above $500, 900, 000-probably the
largest per capita buying power Of
anyASection in the country, the
papd uDTill say.
"R .ports to the Star Telegram
and Sunday Record from CORES
pondents in nearly 100 West Texas
counties show that business condi-
tons today are far above those of
any previous year with the pros
pect of continued Improvement
throughout 1929"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
NUDE WOMAN BROWNS SELF

NICE. France-Mrs. Clarice Bou-
land, an English woman. Gs-o5cd
and threw herself into the sea. Her
body was recovered.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
TESTIFIES IN
HEARING

DALLAS, Tex, April 13-(P)-
Compensation for losses sustained
by railroad men on homes when
they are forced to sell because of
removal of terminals now is a ma
tional question before br~otherhoods
Of railway trainmen, Fred Barr,
vice president of the Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen. told the
Hoover emergency mediation board
at today's session of the hearing in
which the board is attempting to
smooth out differences between the
Texas and Pacific and its employees
and avert a threatened walkout of
1000 men.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
LRATE CITIZEN
= j. =
PROTESTS SLOW
4 * *
CLOCK IN TOWER

"That clock nearly got me into
a fight once" F. E. Starck, Sec
rotary of the Brownsville indie
pendent school district, chuckled
Saturday, speaking of the old
tower clock in the grammar
school which will be junked when
the structure is remodeled.
1T kept good time for many
years but begn to falter several
years back.
"One morning I was surprised
when an irate citizen came into
my office Tuning. When he calm
ed down sufficiently to tell a CO.
herent story. it was learned that
he had missed the train because
the old school clock waS ten min
uteS slow.
He thought the school board
should do something about it."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
SECOND CANE

McALLEN, April 13.-The second
game OF the season for the local
American Legion nine will be play
ed here Sunday with Pharr, accord
ing to Harvey Hixson and Harley
Jackson, managers.
McAllen won the opening game
Inst Sunday. defeating the soldiers
team from Fort Ringgold 9 to 6.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
Ions CAFE
IS A ARE ODE

The capacity of the counter in
Ions cafe, formerly the Harper
cafe, has been enlarged from Il to
80 seats and provision for better
ventilation has been made. Seven
tables also are used to serve pa
tons.
Five ceiling fans and ~oscillating
fans keep the cafe cool.
The cafe is now operated by Lon
Tumlinson, who purchased the
Harper cafe.
A special chicken dinner will be
served Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
CONTEST
AWARDED TO BOY HERE

HonorS IN an oratorical contest
sponsored by the San Antonio were
awarded to Volney Taylor, Jr.,
Brownsville high school entrant,
when contestants from Weslaco and
Edinburg failed to appear Satur-
day morning.
Taylor has been decreed eligible
for competition in the state meet.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-31
Judge ChristiansOn
to Speak at Theater
Celebration at Fargo

Fargo. N. D., Jan. 3l.-Richard T.
Ely, veteran economist now connected
with Northwestern university, and A.
M. Christianson, Judge Of the North
Dakota Supreme court, will speak at
the North Dakota Agricultural COL
lege, Sunday, Feb. 10, as part of
three-day program celebrating the
fifteenth anniversary of the Little
Country Theater, founded by A. G..
Arvold. The event, which is held
every five years, will close with q
social session and Thespian supper
Tuesday, Feb. IL.
Former Arvold students will return
to present two plays given in former
years. They will be presented as far
as possible by original casts with 1.-THE
Servant in the House" on Feb. II, and
David Harum" on Feb. IL. The other
plays, Back to the Farm" by the
Bergen Township Farmers club, Of
Pekin, and Brand" by students Of the
college, complete the list Of plays to
be presented. Brand" is the third
Ibsen play to be given at the Little
Country Theater in as many years.
It is five-act drama, and will be
given Monday evening, Feb. IL.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-31

clicked. q staccato accompaniment ia
her JOY, as she turned in at the bank.
Reaching into the big inside pocket
OF her fur coat she retrieved her
spectacles, straddled her small nose
with them, so that the teller could
recognize her and make no difficulty
about cashing Borden's check.
In the street again, on her way
to the station to buy two tickets and
drawing-room for Harry Borden
and the woman he was to take to
Winter Haven with him, Ruth had
tive more precious minutes in which
to review her strange romance.
Pigeons! Involuntarily her blue
eyes. free of the spectacles again,
scanned the sky for q glimpse Of the
birds which had brought her happi-
ness. She saw none. Probably they
were budding against chimneys for
warmth. The poor darlings! She
hoped it would not be too severe q
winter, for their sakes.
She laughed softly as she remem-
bered how she must have looked. in
her disguise" leaning out of the
window opening upon the airshaft,
coaxing the black pigeon to her with
crumbs held invitingly in the hollow
Of her palm.
But Jack Hayward, who had been
watching, had not laughed. He had
smiled, that tender, whimsical smile
which was so dear a part Of him.
And she had smiled, forgetting for
the moment that the dimple must be
sternly repressed.
Two days later, when she was
feeding the whole greedy flock with
crumbs, sprinkled upon the window
ledge, Jack Hayward had tried to
lure them away from her, with
crumbs of his own. It had become q
game between them-between the
handsomest man in the Starbridge
Building and the dowdiest, frum-
piest, most timid-looking little Sec
rotary.
Then one day he had appeared at
the elevator-not the elevator in his
wing Of the building, but at the one
across the hall from Harry Borden's
office. She could hear him now, see
the dancing light in his bronze-brown
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-31

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perience to another. As Benny Smith
the office boy, had guessed, the
wives of the married men she had
tried to work for had been the worst.
-. But those scenes would not bear
thinking of now, when she was SO
1t was a motion picture, finally,
which pointed way out of her diff
ficulty. Out of work, she had gone
forlornly into movie theater in an
effort to forget her rather absurd
troubles. And she had seen, on the
screen, a timid, mousey, homely little
secretary with nned-back. hair, ill.,
fitting clothes and horn-rimmed
spectacles, suddenly transform her.
self into a beauty, so that she might
win the love of her employer. Ruth
Lester laughed SO Historically that
lovers of the silent drama turned in
their seats and glared at her.
The next day mouse-like, timid
little creature, with golden hair
pulled tightly into a hard, unbecom-
ing knot on her neck, eyebrows
jerked back into a scared-rabbit ex-
preston, blue eyes obscured and
drained of their color by enormous
yellow-lensed, horn-rimmed specta-
cles, longish, ill-fitting dark dress
libeling her lovely small figure, had
presented herself at the offices Of
Henry p. Borden, who had adver-
tised for secretary.
And for four months, although
Handsome Harry" Borden was no.
toriously fond of beautiful women,
Ruth had been permitted to work in
peace.
Sometimes it had been cruelty hard
to keep her pose and her deliberately
achieved LONELINESS, for Ruth found,
to her surprise and disgust, that she
missed the admiring glances of men
and women who passed her in the
street. And those months had been
the loneliest she had ever spent, for
in all that time no man had asked
her for a date" except Jack
Hayward.
Ruth drew deep breath of joy.
The pain of recalling the past had
been wiped out by the ecstacy Of ar
irving, inevitably, at Jack Hayward's
name. Her little highheeled pumps
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-31
Slope to Have Seed
Meetings Next Week

A full week Of better seed and Grain
meetings q scheduled for six towns IN
the south Missouri olope next week
by the Greater North Dakota .asso.
citation In cooperation with the state
agricultural college and the depart-
ment OF marketing ct Minneapolis.
Programs will b staged as follows:
Regent. Monday: Mott, Tuesday; New
Leipzig. Wednesday: Carson. Thurs
day: Flasher, Friday; and Mandan.
Saturday.
The Greater North Dakota associ.
alton has contracted z great amount
Of pure strain reed. samples Of which
will be on display during the meeting.
Grain brought to the meetings BY
the farmers In tho district viii Be
examined by the experts conducting
the meetings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-31
eyes, the whimsical quirk to his

eyes, the whimsical quirk to hid
mouth, as he had said:
Il wonder il you'll lot me lunch
with you, Miss Lester, so / can find
where you get such potent bread
crumbs. My greatest ambition in life
is to have that black rascal Of 4
pigeon eating out Of my hand, too"
She had wanted to turn back, then,
into her own office, for five. swift
minutes at the mirror-just long
enough to remove her spectacles,
scrub off that sickly yellowish pow
der, release the golden glory Of her
curls, but the elevator came, and her
opportunity to show him how Ruth
Lester really looked had been lost.
It was during that first luncheon
Of theirs that Ruth's resolve was
made. For Jack Hayward had talked
to her AZ no man since her fathers
death had talked-as If she had q
mind worthy Of his; as if she were
something more than q beautiful lit
tie scrap Of femininity made to be
gobbled up by q man.
Il won't show him the outside me
until he has q chance to learn and
love the inside me-" Ruth resolved,
and trembled lest the great expert
ment should fail. For she already
loved him-the outside and the in
side Of him. What il he should only
like and feel congenial with her
mind, and fail, because Of her dis
guise, to love her as q man must love
fha vynreo - hn ~ a v~snd9
But that would have to be her risk,
she resolved
"Oh!" Ruth came to herself with
a start, and smiled at the ticket
agent. She had not even realized that
she had arrived at the station. 1.-TWO
round-trip tickets and drawing
room for Winter Haven, please. The
2:15 train for this afternoon"
"What is the name?" the ticket
agent asked briskly, though his eyes
drank in her loneliness gratefully.
I'VE have to keep a record Of draw
ing-roon reservations"
ut is for Mr.. Borden-I mean Mr..
H. P. Benton" Ruth corrected her.
P. Benton"
The ticket agent raised his eye
brows at her slip, then gave her a
long, significant glance, in which
there was q little establishment.
Hope you have a nice weekend,
Mrs.-Benton."
Ruth flushed wildly. "Thank you,
but ! am not-Mrs. Benton"
AS she turned back toward the
Starbridge Building. her errands ac-