At. present the clerks that go on
duty at 6:30 a. m„ end their work at
4:30 p. m., the carriers that go on
duty at 7:45 a. m. ending their work
for the day at 5.35 p. m. Postmaster
Letters has made recommendations
to Washington relative to what is
needed in Putnam to keep the local
service up to its present standard of
efficiency and is awaiting the result
of the same. The matter has been
called to the attention of Senator
Brandegee and Congressman Higgins.
Postmaster Letters is very anxious
over the matter and unless satisfac
tory arrangements can be made with
out his going he will leave for Wash
ington the latter part of the week to
take the matter up with the postal
department officials.
Advertise in the Observer.
D. D. DWYER DIED
> AT PROVIDENCE
MONDAY AFTER FOUR DAYS ILL
NESS OF PNEUMONIA
Malady Resulted From Exposure
When Checkering Hotel Burned
Brother of M. M. Dwyer
D. D. Dwyer, a brother of M. M.
and W. W. Dwyer, and well known in
Putnam where he spent the greater
part of last summer, died at Provi
dence, R. I„ Tuesday at the home of
his aunt.
He was a guest at the Chickering
hotel when it was destroyed by fire
on the night of January 27. and
caught a severe cold from exposure
having to make his escape in his
night clothes. The cold did not yield
to treatment and four days prior to
his death it developed into pneumon
ia.
To his relatives and friends his
death came as an awful shock as he
was in the prime of life and of robust
health.
