Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
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Happenings In Various Parts Of
New England

New England
Receipts in the Boston postal saw
ings repositories have passed the $3,-
600, 900 mark.
William Canavan, 70, Of Brockton,
Mass, died two hours after he had
been run over by an automobile.
Miss Annie F. McKissock, r., OF
Lowell, Mass. was accidentally as
phyxiated by fumes from gas stove.
The body of Mrs. Hjalmar We're,
81, suicide, was found hanging from
the limb of a tree at Worcester,
Mass.
Billy Sunday promised Providence
men and women that he would con-
duct a campaign In the Rhode Island
capital in 1918.
Governor Mccall appointed five men
as members of the commission to in
vestigate the high cost of living in
Massachusetts,.
Receipt of $1S, 1851 and expendi-
lures of $18, 1876. SO are shown by the
campaign returns of~the Hughes ali-
ance of Massachusetts.
Cotton mill operatives in virtually
all the mills in Maine viii! receive an
increase of 10 percent in wages, to
become effective Jan. /.
The desire to kill a fox cost Thomas
Lloyd, %, of Melrose, Mass. his life.
He accidentally shot himself while
walking through woods.
Phenomenal growth Of large indus
trial centres in Connecticut is indi-
Gated in the annual report Of the state
public utilities commission.
Mayor Chapman of Portland, Me-,
Republican, was reelected by vote
of 5727 to APO for James E. McDon-
aid, the Democratic candidate.
John H. Bowman of Pittstield,
Mass. died Of injuries received when
Tn automobile In which he was rid
ing crashed down an embankment.
Charles E. Donnell, 81, an employe
of the Portsmouth, N. H., public
works department, placed q shotgun
in his mouth and blew his head on.
Mrs. Martha Wtgglesworth, 76, OF
New Britain, Conn. was married to
her longtime sweetheart, Stephen
Hubbard, also 76, of Hartland, Conn.
Work at the munitions factory OF
the International Paper Box Ma
chinery company, Nashua, N. H., is
temporarily suspended as result OF
fire.
John Gilland, 60, was found dead
sitting in a chair in the kitchen OF
his home at Maiden, Mass, where
he lived alone. He had been dead
several days.
Mrs. Agnes G. Blake, for twenty
three years connected with the state
board of education, assumed the
duties of dean Of the state normal art
school of Boston.
The launching of the torpedo de-
stroyer Allen from the Bath, Me-,
Iron Works added another valuable
craft to Uncle Sans navy. The boat
had two sponsors.
Bernard Farley, q cotton mill
operative, after hearing at Nashua,
N. H., was held for the superior
court without bail on charge Of hav-
ing murdered his wife.
|. Alexander Lowe, soccer football
player, was electrocuted at the Lud-
low Manufacturing Associates mill,
Ludlow, Mass, when he came In
contact with a transformer.
Charles E. Stone, 80, the veteran
public carriage driver at Brunswick,
Me-, retired from active business,
thereby removing what was consid-
cred almost an institution in Bruns-
wick.
While at work on a train of milk
cars being backed onto the siding at
the milk station at Somervlle,
Mass. Richard F. McVey, 20, fell
beneath the cars and was run over
and killed.
The William, P. Coffin house on
Scotland road, Newbury, Mass. built
In 1870 and known far and wide as
one of the finest examples Of Colonial
architecture in New England, was
destroyed by fire.
Michael j. Claughsey was KILLED
and his two daughters and a niece
we're seriously hurt at New Britain,
Conn. when an express train ran
down a carriage in which they were
riding at funeral.
Wrecking contractors with divers
and apparatus arrived at New Bed
ford, Mass. to begin operations for
the raising of the cruiser Yankee,
that has lain at the bottom Of Buz-
yards bay since 1909.
+ Police and medical authorities
agreed that Miss Maria Paradis, ~,
whose body was found in mill
chute at Greenland, N. H., took her
own life because OF dependency
brought on by illness.
The Haverhiii, Mass, municipal
council chose the name Charles K.
Fox, for the new 10000 school
house under construction on Fo1
playground, donated to the city BY
the slipper manufacturer.
Mayor Gerard Of Biddeford, Me-,
was. asked to resign in q formal re-
quest sent him Sy the Democratic city
committee. Differences over school
administration questions are under
stood to have been responsible for the
request.
Earl Tilton, 81, accidentally shot
and killed himself while hunting at
Milton, N. II.
Mrs. Julia L. Watkins, 80, was
run down and killed at Gloucester,
Mass. by q motor truck.
Fumes from gas stove In his bed
room, caused the death Of Charles
Crrm3rvs Ak at Belmont. Mass,