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...senior. She married someone else. To visitors at his office he exhibits a baby's shoe which he keeps on the top shelf of a book case. It belonged to the California girl's firstborn. Some 25 years ago (he does not remember exactly when) he married Mary Elliott Putnam. They have no children. His wife does not share his enthusiasm for them. Also, he says, having children of his own might destroy, by "paternal poisoning," his interest in all children...
...Millersburg, Ohio (pop. 2,203), Jesse Wynn, 51, and his brother William, 48, stole an old-fashioned ice box, sold it for $3. Brought before Common Pleas Judge Robert B. Putnam in the Holmes County court, they were given their choice of 30 days in jail or a public whipping of 20 lashes. They took the whipping...
...Brothers Wynn, heads bent but not painfully hurt, walked away through a crowd of gaping country folk who had gone to Millersburg to witness Ohio's first public whipping in more than half a century. Questioned as to his legal authority to impose such a sentence. Judge Putnam exclaimed: "This court is determined to eradicate crime and is prepared to emulate the principles and policies of Thomas Jefferson and stretch all laws until they crack...
Towering several inches above him, Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam danced with Edward of Wales at the Derby Ball in Grosvenor House, London. After playing "Home" and "Day by Day," the orchestra burst into "Tiger Rag," a fast foxtrot, then stopped. Leaving the floor H. R. H. was heard to grumble: "We need more like that." Obediently the orchestra struck up again "Tiger Rag" and H. R. H. speedily led Mrs. Putnam back to the floor for another dance. When finally an announcer asked that the guests leave the ballroom for supper, H. R. H. remarked to his partner: "That...
WIFE TO CAESAR-Berthe K. Mellett- Brewer, Warren & Putnam...