Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-11-08
NORWAY.
Presidential election Tuesday.

NORWAY.
Presidential election Tuesday.
The November session of the Munich
pal Court was held by Judge Davis on
Tuesday. Some new business and few
of the old cases settled.
Mrs. Joseph N. Odiorne of Richmond
visited her sister, Mrs. E. F. Smith, dur
ing the week.
R. D. Gould has moved his fixtures
from the Bennett store on the corner Of
Main and Bridge Streets. Owing to his
health he will not continue the meat
business formerly conducted by Walter
| Cullinan.
1t is understood that George A. Kener-
son, who occupies store on Bridge
Street, has leased the meat market on
the corner of Main and Bridge Streets
and will move his stock of goods into 1t
as soon as the necessary repairs can be
made.
Miss Addie Shattuck is visiting with
her people in Canton, Mass, for few
DAYS.
Rev. S. G. Davis of Deering has accept
ed the call from the Norway Universalist
church and will move here at once. He
has occupied the pulpit here several
weeks and has made most favorable
impression as being an earnest and able
man. At Shelburne Falls, Mass,
Cooperstown, N. j., Norwich, Conn.,,
Waterville and Deering he has been very
successful. He was born at Columbus,
Ohio, attended Wesleyan University,
Wesleyan, Ohio, and graduated from
Tufts College in 1875 with honors.
The purchase of the Oxford Light
Company by the Norway and Paris
Street Railway COMPANY, and the cleo
ton of Mrs. E. H. Merrill treasurer in
the place of H. L. Shepherd, makes new
and radical change in the business enter
prise.
Mrs. Joseph A. Woods has broken up
housekeeping and with her children
gone with her father to Kennebunk. Mr..
Woods is serving time in Paris Jail.
Upon the return of Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.
Cummings and Mr.. and Mrs. Z. S. Cum.
mings from the st. Louis fair, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. B. Cummings and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. II. Cullinan left home Sunday night
for st. Louis. They will be gone
about ten days or two weeks.
During Cashier II. D. Smiths absence
with his wife in Boston with his son and
Long Plains, Mass, with his daughter,
Anna L. Milliken of Pittsfield will act as
assistant to Miss Pike at the National
Bank.
Mrs. Walter E. Barker, who has been
in charge of the Cummings boarding
house in the rearof the BeaPs House,
and who sold her goods at auction Satur-
day, will spend the winter in California
for her health.
Mrs. Hannah Noble, widow of Aaron
C. Noble, died at her home on lower
Main Street Sunday forenoon, at the age
of II. The last twenty-one years she has
passed in total blindness. Her husband
died some years since, and her daughter,
Mrs. Jennie c. Cook, has given her the
best of care since. With the exception
of about two years spent in Florida she
has always lived in Norway, where she
has been highly respected by all. Her
sister, Mrs. David L. Brett of Otisfield,
and brother, David A. Gorham of Bethel,
survive her. The funeral services were
held by Rev. B. S. Rideout, of whose |
church Mrs. Noble was member, on
Tuesday afternoon. i
We. Dunn went to the Maine Eye and
Ear Infirmary the first of the week for
treatment. His eyesight is very poor
and does not improve.
Mr., and Mrs. John Walker have re- |
turned to their Norway home with their
daughter, Mrs. F. d. Hosmer, Paris
Street, for the winter. During the hotel
season they have been employed at the
Poland Spring House during the past
thirteen years.
A brick walk is being built on Marston
Street by Arthur Hebbard along the side
of his lot.
John NJ. Cummings has sold his Elm
House stable and the stable property IN
the rear of J. o. Crooker'S store to MIR.
Croker, who will use the same for stor-
age of goods and in connection with his
store.
Sophia Tufts went to the Central Maine
General Hospital, Lewiston, on Tuesday.
Nina Jewett accompanied her.
Capt. John w. Nash is on a business
trip to Toronto and Muskoka region and
other places.
The new boilers arrived for the electric
light plant the first of the week. A new
boiler house will be constructed with
steel roof.
The Rice Stock Company at the Opera
House this week have had good houses
all the week. The several entertain
ments have been unusually good.
Irving Frost has returned from six
months job at Poland Spring for Hiram
Kicker & Sons at the Poland Spring
House.
Saturday forenoon, at c. 81. Adams
shop is the time and place for the hear
ing on the petition for new street from
Main Street east of Stones studio, past
Adams shop and mill, thence to Lynn
Street. The street would open up some
very good building lots.
The class of 1905 in the Norway High
School have arranged for series of four
entertainments for the present season.
Tickets are being sold by members OF
the class, and the sale of seats opens at
Stones drug store, this Monday evening
at I o'clock. The entertainments and
dates are as follows:
Nov. l2-John Thomas Concert Co.
Dec. l-Royal Entertainers-Smith and Gorton.
Dec. 3l-Italan Bows.
Jan. l4-Maro, the Magician.
sOur Folks" will be presented in Con-
cert Hall Thursday evening of this
week under the auspices of the Good
Cheer of South Paris. 1t is good clean
play, we'll played, and deserves the
patronage of large audience.