Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-11-03
Maine News Notes.

Max Klein, a four-y ear-old boy, fell
into the water while playing on rafs 10
the docks at Portland, and was drowned.
Mrs. Edward Flynt, aged so years,
was burned to death at Gardner Mop-
day morning when she turned cupful
OF kerosene on q low coal fire.
Frank Goddard, cook on q towboat,
reported missing on the 18th OF OCTOBER,
was found in the water at Rockland near
tho wharves on the oath. Death was
doubtless accidental.
President Robert j. Alley Of the Uni,
versity Of Maine was elected president OF
the Maine Teachers Association at the
largely attended session of the associa-
ton in Portland last week.
Monmouth's new big four-story blank
ct factory is 200 feet long and 20 feet
wide and over / zoo, 900 bricks were used
in the construction. The factory will be
ready for dedication this fall.
DR.. Edward W. Gehring Of Portland
has been nominated . member of the
State Board of health by Gov. Haines in
place of DIR. Charles D. Smith Of Port
land, who resigned. The term is for
seven years.
Total receipts of the Topsham faiI
this year were SS673 The fair was f.
yored with good weather, and the net
proceeds will do much toward wipine
ont the Indebtedness occasiOued by bad
weather in previous years.
One man, an Italian by the name OF
Carmine Sposito, was almost instantly
killed, and three others were badly In
jured, one suffering the amputation OF
leg, when light engine ran into work
train In the yard OF the Portland Termi-
nal Company Monday.
Lowell Simmons. 10 years Of age, was
accidentally shot while hunting at Bris-
toll Thursday He was climbing fence
with his gun In his hand when the fence
broke down and he fell With il. The gun
was discharged, the contents passing
through the lungs and heart.
sherman Houghtop, . farmer, aged
SO. and an Italian, known as Jim, No
4S, were killed near Madison Wednes-
day, while driving over Old Point cross
ing by train on the Somerset division
of the Maine Central. They were en-
ployed on the construction OF section OF
the state road.
Governor Haines on Friday nominated
n the members Of the new public utilities
commission the following: Benjamin f.
Cieaves OF Biddeford chairman, for
term of seven years; William B. Shelton
of Lewiston, for the term Of five years;
Samuel W. Gould Of Skowhegan, for the
term of three years.
Writes the Hope correspondent Of th,
Rockland Courier-Gazette: Benjamin
Calderwood of Rhode Island, former
Hope boy, has invented cotton picking
machine. He had II on exhibition in
Texas and they gave him big banquet
He picked $50 pounds OF cotton in 10
minutes. Mr.. Calderwood 10 superin-
tsndent Of Q shop that builds the ma
chine, where he gets good salary. he
has also gotten out several inventions IN
weaving machinery for which he gets q
good royalty. Mr.. Calderwood has 3
hne house and steam yacht.
Maine people have been greatly in
terested In the farming districts of Sas
katchewau, but John Mogul didn't like
,he big drought In the great Canadian
northwest and so partly for this reason
at least came to Maine and purchased 3
800 acre farm. He brought with him
carload Of live stock, cattle and horses
and With his wife and two children Is
now located on tract OF land which be
purchased in Bingham Of Mrs. Rose
Smith. The home of the family had
been ut Swift Current, Q Saskatchewan
town of about 1850 inhabitants.
Wstervills has felt the throb Of the
great European war through its indus
tries in the order recently given by a
New York commission house to the Wy
andotts Worsted Co., for ~ many army
blankets - the mill could turn out be-
fore Nov. Is. The blankets are to be
used BY ono OF the European armies, bu,
tho mill officials do not know by which
one. In order to preserve neutrality the
strictest secrecy 10 maintained about the
destination Of the blankets, which are
Of the regulation army size, gray In col
or. Running . full day and into the
night the mills are able 70 turn out be-
tween $500 and 1000 blankets . week,
and by the time the blankets are called
for Is 1000 will probably be ready. The
Oakland mills are also working overtime
TO get out ~ many ~ possible, but their
capacity il about 1000 week.