Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-08-03
NORWAY.

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Mrs. R. j. Condor and daughter Of
Helena, Mon, were the guests of Col.
and Mrs. E. r. Smith during the week.
Prof. r. j. Condor ia the superintendent
of schools of the city of Helena. Mrs.
Condor and daughter are spending the
summer vacation with Mr.. Condor at
Richmond with Mrs. Candou's parents,
and at Friendship, Prof. Condon's by
hood home.
Beverly Truman has had water put into
his Water Street home.
Capt. Noses P. stiles and Sergt. Alton
Whitehead left with Co. D, I'd Regt., N.
G. s. NJ, rifle team for Wakefield Sun
day morning.
Jesse s. Allard and Howard e. Moul-
ton closed their place of business Satur-
day for two weeks vacation. Part of
the time they will spend at their Pike
Hill home and the remainder In Free.
dom, N. h.
W. W. Walker, after an absence Of
nearly two months at the McIntires' In
Waterford, has returned to his Norway
home. He worked during the time
painting and carpentering for the Nc
Intires.
The Linn Dog Show, at the corner of
Summer and Whitman Streets in this
village, has attracted much attention
during the week. The children we're
especially interested In the trained dogs.
L. P. Bartlett. Jr., of the shoe firm of
B. F. Spinney & Co. and the Radcliffe
Shoe Co., of Lynn, Mass, was In town
during the week on business connected
with the shoe industry. About two
hundred dozen cases Of shoes are being
manufactured now daily and there Is
great prospect of an increased business
from now forward.
George 4. Robinson and family are en-
joying their summer vacation. Mr..
Robinson is superintendent and man
ager of the telephone exchange. BE will
be away some two weeks or more.
Frank q. Beck has one of the best and
most up-to.date garages In the state. He
has a rush of business all the time for
himself ard help.
Rev. Bates s. Rideout Is enjoying his
summer vacation. The Congregational
church will welcome him again the first
VI OcptOuiuCE. III Iho moobVhS sASAS
will be preaching occasionally.
DR.. Bal F. Bradbury has had his
large shade trees about his residence
carefully trimmed. All the old and
dead branches have been removed and
the trees greatly improved.
The town authorities should at once
have the various shade trees in the viii
lage trimmed and all dead branches re-
moved. Some of the elms injured
by the big fire are absolutely danger
Gus to the public. The most prominent
one il the elm in front of the town
treasurer's office on Main Street, at the
corner of Main and Cottage Streets.
The work which is very inexpensive
should be done at once before some one
is injured. DR.. Bal F. Bradbury has
commenced, let others follow his lead at
once.
1t is reported that the shoe factory
machinist, Arthur Littlefeld, has re-
signed his position at the factory and
will 90 away from Norway.
Guy, the little seven-year-old son of
Frank Murdoch, while at play upon a
lot of boards Saturday fell and broke bis
arm at the elbow joint. The injury was
at once attended to by DR.. Frank N.
Barker and DR.. Bal F. Bradbury, and
the little fellow Is rapidly improving.
The new superintendent of schools,
L. M. Felch, and wife, of Houlton, have
arrived in town and taken rooms at DR..
Bartlett's until suitable tenement can
be secured. The most favorable i'm
preston is made by the new official
upon those interested in schools and
the best wishes extended to him for his
success.
The Epworth League of. the N. E.
church will hold lawn party at the
parsonage Wednesday evening.
The stockholders of the Norway
Water Company held meeting at the
company's Office in Hathaway Block
Friday to consider the matter of transfer
of the plants property in the town OF
Paris.
Charles F. Ridlon has leased his cot
tage, Grand View, on the westerly shore
of the lake to parties from Elizabeth,
N. j., for the season.
Fl. Leland Hitler of South Paris was
sentenced to the state school for boys
BY Judge Jones Monday, for larceny.
Mrs. Jennie Danforth and daughter
Pauline of Boston are the guests of NJ.
w. Sampson.
]. N. Favor was operated upon for
gall stones at st. Barnabas Hospital,
Portland, Tuesday, and he is rapidly
recovering.
The remains of Mrs. Betsey Quincy
Perham Rowe, the widow of Merrill
Jordan Rowe, were brought here. Mrs.
Rowe died at her residence in Jamaica,
N. Y, July %. She was born in Wood
stock March IS, 1921, and for many
years resided in the town of Norway. A
son, E. NJ. Rowe, survives her. The
funeral services were at the Universalist
church Wednesday afternoon. Inter-
merfs at Pine Grove Cemetery.
F. B. Fogg took Geo. l. Cummings
and family. F. H. Cummings and wife
and b. L. Drew to West Baldwin in his
auto Thursday.
Benz. F. Faunce and family of Pitts
burg, Pa. and Hugh Pendexter and
family of Rochester, N. Y, are visiting at
at the home of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. W. Faunce, on Pleasant Street.
They will enjoy several weeks in town,
part of the vacation will be spent at the
Lake cottage.
Ralph I. Trask of Worcester, Mass,
made his Norway friends visit this
week. Mr.. Trask holds a position as
reporter on the Telegram.
Carl Z. Stone and Ralph Hartman
will attend as members of the junior
class in pharmacy the Medco- Chirugical
College at Philadelphia this fall.
Lee W. Templeton and friend OF
Mechanic Falls were in town this week.
| Annie Gibson is with relatives in Cole
brook, N. a., for few weeks.
The Co. D rifle team took second place
with 80 points at the Wakefield shoot
In slow fire at 500 yards Capt. NJ. p,
Stiles made score of so, ten bullseyes
The burdy-gurdy man made the chill
dren q visit this week. The buckskir
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