Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-16
NORWAY.

The town officers annual report is in
the hands of the printer and will be is.
sued somewhat earlier this year than
usual
Frank w. Stiles has moved from Nor
way Lake to the village where he and
family will be employed in the shoe
factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton l.. Kimball en-.
tertained the Professional Whist Club at
their home on Bridge Street Thursday
evening.
Frank f. Williams, who has been sick
for a long time, but until recently able
to be upon the street, died at his home at
G. j. Browns on Danforth Street, We'd
nesday, Feb. 10th. Services were held
at his late home. Members of Norway
Lodge, No. 16, I. o. o. F., attended in a
body.
Clerk of Courts C. F. Whitman has
been confined TO his home several days
the past week with severe cold.
Fred ii. Cummings is at home from
Bemis for few days. He reports bust
ness at that place rushing.
Mrs. Mary Lowell of Augusta, after
a visit of ten days with Mrs. V. w. Hills,
returned to her hospital work Friday.
The Welch Dry Goods Company, Or
ganized at Sanford, has capital stock
of $4,000 with $500 paid in. Merritt
WEIGH, formerly of this town, is at its
head.
Rev. E. S. Cotton, while leaving the
post office door Tuesday forenoon, slip
ped and fell on the ice hitting his head
on the stone steps. He suffers from a
severe scalp wound but otherwise is all
right.
0. w. Edgecomb and l.. III. Cushman
will serve as traverse jurors at the March
term of the Supreme Judicial Court.
At the regular meeting of the Y. p. S.
c. E. at the Congregational church YES
try Friday evening, the attendance was
large and services very interesting in
deed. Following the meeting games
were enjoyed by the company.
Another 1.-THE Norway Register, 1904,
MITCHELL" has been delivered to the
three hundred subscribers in town. 1T
contains ll6 pages and costs 80 cents.
Pages enough and price low enough.
What more can one ask for?
The board of trade at an important
meeting Friday discussed the advisability
of having some firm occupy the Sanborn
shoe shop, which has been unoccupied
for long time. Some firm doing other
than a shoe business is wanted.
George II. Witt of Dorchester, Mass,
visited selectman +. +. Witt recently for
a few days.
1t has been suggested by the wise ones
that during another summer the road
commissioner, who has charge of the
sidewalks and village streets, put in
few loads of sand to be used on the side
walks The present winter is nearly
gone and the walks are all right in sum-
mer, but next winter sand sprinkled
upon the walks might make that officer
popular with the pedestrians.
The posters announce the coming of
the Canadian Jubilee Singers on Feb. "
at the Opera House, for the benefit OF
the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
Mark Pride went to Lewiston to the
Central Maine General Hospital Wednes-
day to be operated upon for hernia.
Mrs. Minnie L. Cove of Auburn will
read before the Norway Federation OF
Woman's Clubs at the Congregational
vestry on Thursday evening, Feb. 18th.
Mrs. George Ames' mother, Mrs. st.
John, is suffering from the effects of a
fall received some days ago.
Several places on the Norway Water
Co.'S line are frozen. The company find
some difficulty in thawing the pipes on
account of the extremely cold weather.
On Thursday evening, Feb. Is, Marc,
the magician, will give the last of the
four entertainments by the class OF '04,
Norway High School. Marc comes well
E. A. Cox of North Norway was be-
fore the Municipal Court Friday charged
with violation of the cruelty to animals
laws. He entered plea of guilty and
paid fine of SIS and costs taxed ut about
S1l and was discharged. The fine was
the lowest the court could impose.
Emma Swan was operated upon Fri
day for appendicitis by local physicians.
She has been very sick for long time
and has within few years submitted to
several surgical operations.
Sarah A. Marston, after long sick
ness, died at Benjamin Bacon's Saturday
morning. She was born in Norway
March Sd, A. D. 1926. She married
Benjamin MarSton and lived in Water
ford many years. They moved to Nor
way Lake some years ago where Mr..
Marston died. No children. She leaves
one sister, Mrs. Eben Marston of Port
land. Funeral services by Rev. c. 4.
Angel and Rev. b. F. Pickett, Monday
afternoon at her late home. lnterment
at Pine Grove Cemetery.
The members of Norway Grange had
an all day session at their hall in the
Grange building, Saturday. The attend
ance was large and programme most
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