Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-05-02
NUMBER I8

Postmaster Everett H. Moore Of
Holden, Mass. was arrested on .
charge of converting postal funds to
his own use.
Fire practically destroyed the ga
rage in the annex of the Hotel Hays,
Rochester. N. H. Twenty-four ma
chimes were in the garage at the time
Of the fire. The loss is S36, ZOO.
Six-year- John Sykes was
drowned in q mill stream at Sharon.
Mass.
The oldest dependent in Maine is
probably Joseph Dupary Of Ashland.
who is 1OS years of age. Dupary is
only partially dependent upon the as
sistance of the town, being aided at
his home.
The largest shipment Of paper that
ever left Rumford. VT, was $50 tons
in twenty seven carloads, sent from
the Oxford mill. The value Of the
shipment is estimated at $65, 900.
Cyrus Locke, for more than fifty
years caretaker Of the estate OF
Senator Lodge at Nahant, Mass. is
dead. He was 88 years old.
President Shanklin Of Wesleyan uni
versity was elected president Of the
Connecticut branch Of the League to
Enforce Peace.
Rice waters able 70 keep one alive
many months without the use OF
meat, made by a Chinese woman OF
Lawrence who believes in prepared
ness" are on exhibition at q Chinese
fair at Boston.
Fire, starting In q Chinese laundry
at Brockton, Mass, destroyed more
than 300 washes.
Mrs. Oppoline Pheault died at
Pittsfield, Mass. In her 103d year.
Up to two months ago she had knit
ted socks for soldiers, and was able
to read newspapers.
The directors of the New England
Watch and Ward society issued
statement defending the employment
of young men in their crusade against
cafes and commercialized vice.
Hicks Griffin of Bridgeport. Conn.,.
applied to the building commission
ers for permission to erect big tent
on his property, to be used and rent
ed out as furnished rooms.
Notification Of an advance in wages
to the 20, 900 operatives Of the Amos
keag Manufacturing company's cot
ton and wooden plants, and the Stark
mills, makers of sheetings, was post
ed at Manchester, N. H.
At the twenty seventh annual meet
ing Of the Sons Of the American Revo-.
luton at Boston Frank e. Woodward,
Wellesley Hills, Mass. was elected
president.
Moses Berlaut, a Mattapan, Mass,
druggist, was robbed Of $50 by a man
who threatened him with revolver.
Captain Nathaniel B. Church of
Tiverton, R. l., famous along the
seaport towns from Eastport to Cape
Hatteras as the pioneer of the deep
sea fishermen In steam vessels. is
dead. He was born in Tiverton In
1845.
While eating piece Of steak. pur-
chased with the first money that he
had earned In weeks, Alexander +.
Watts, 81, choked to death at Bos-
ton.
The campaign for the Boom New
England movement was definitely out
lined at the annual meeting and din
ner OF the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit
association at Boston.
A bankruptcy petition was fled by
the Norton Electric Light and Power
company Of Norton, Mass. The COM
pany deals in electricity in that town.
George w. Hall, SO. was sentenced
to two years in jail for assault ana
battery on a young girl in Boston
park.
BY q vote Of the Hillsboro IN. H.
County Medical association the ply
sicians' fees for visits to the homes OF
patients will be increased from 81. SO
to 81, beginning July /.
The Eastern Cooperative Amuse-
ment company Of Kittery. Me-. has
been organized with $500. 900 capital
for the purpose OF manufacturing.
operating and dealing in amusement
enterprises and coin machines. also
to own and operate theatres.
Carmen Ducco, 80, was almost in
stantly killed at Haverhill. Mass. by
o train.
Henry T. Harris. builder, OF
Winthrop, Mass, owes $s2. 142 and
has no assets.
John Moran, 10, was killed and j.
H. Churchill was probably fatally in
jured as the result of an automobile
turtle on the Newburyport,
Mass, turnpike.
FL. Barker, travelling salesman,
was eating raw oysters in the cafe OF
q Boston hotel when out popped ten
two Of them quite large.
Joseph A. R. Chouinard, 8, fell
from the fourth-story window Of his
home at Lewiston, Me-, and was
killed.