Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-09-05
NUMBER SO

Mass. died from burns when her
dress caught In the flames Of . gas
stove.
The opening Of the Cambridge.
Mass. schools, set for Sept. Ii.
has been postponed to Sept. Is on
account Of the infantile paralysis cpl
demic.
Chief Of Police Tapin instructed lis
officers to arrest persons under the
influence of liquor who attempt to
bathe in the surf It Salisbury, Mass.
beach.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.. Boston.
treasurers for the American fund for
the French wounded, report the to.
tai of the fund to date as &llS,-
5S5.13
Fire swept Balcoms barn at Nash
ua, N. H., and spread to four ad-
Joining houses. The loss is various
" estimated at between $50 900 and
SIS, 900.
Humiliated by his arrest on .
charge OF breaking and entering
store, Frank Murray. 81. committed
suicide by hanging in Boston police
station.
Richard Goehring, 43, shot himself
in the head in Franklin park, Boston,
and died in short time. Heat had
aggravated nervous trouble from
which he suffered.
Following the, strike Of 300 employees
for shorter hours, officers OF the
Waltham, Mass. Bleachery and Dye
Works decided to close the plant for
an indefinite period.
The retail price Of soft coal has sd.
vanced in Boston rs cents to $3.50 q
ton, due to continued high freight
rates, It was stated. A year ASo
the price was S4.40 a ton.
Miss Sylvia Mathewson, 20,
nurse, was injured in an automobile
accident and died few hours later at
Worcester, Mass. from a fractured
skull and nervous shock.
A scarcity of cranberries with
consequent high prices when the pub
lie demand makes itself felt IN NO
vember, is predicted by cranberry
commission men in Boston.
John Robinson, 55. Of Chelsea.
Mass, was killed when the cart he
was driving collided with a loaded
furniture wagon and he was thrown
from his seat to the pavement.
While Edward L. Ames and bis
family were attending q fair. his
home at Marshfeld, Mass, was
broken into and jewelry valued at
$1,000 was taken, together with $l0O
in cash.
The will of Sarah E. Gillum OF
Newton, Mass, leaves $4,000 to the
New Haven branch Of the Womens
Board Of Missions and $4,000 to the
First Congregational church, Crom-
well, Conn.
John Brown Of Pawtucket, R. l.,
was shot by Patrolman Flanagan OF
the Attleboro, Mass, police force
when he sought to escape while the
police were raiding gamblers. Brown
may recover.
One hundred heel cutters employed
in the w. H. McElwain Shoe COM
pany plant at Manchester, N. H..
struck, claiming a reduction OF about
81 q week had been made In their
earning capacity.
William c. Clarke, onetime mayor
Of Manchester, N. H., has brought
$40, 900 suit against Edward Il.
Fletcher, alleging the alienation OF
the affections of his wife, who re-
Gently obtained a divorce.
A. certificate of a $500 deposit was
handed to Rev. and Mrs. George J.
Bloomfield at q farewell reception"
tender ID them in the Wilmington,
Mass, Congregational church. from
which Bloomfield has resigned.
President Ryder OF the Bangor
(Me.) Railway and Electric company
refused to sign a contract with the
local carmen's union which involved
recognition of the union and submis-
sion of disagreements between the
men and the company to board OF
arbitration.
Mrs. Annie Manger, who kept
house for him during the last years OF
his life, and her family, become the
beneticiaries of a trust fund COM
posed of the bulk Of his $2S 200 cs-
tate, under the will OF Professor
George A. Hill, formerly OF the Hsr-
ward university faculty and author OF
scientific works.