Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-08-15
NUMBER 33

Nelson B. Clarke. Progressive can
didate for governor Of Massachusetts
last year, has enrolled as member
Of q Hughes club.
twenty-five dollars for killing q cat
by hanging was the price John Han
son, fisherman on steam trswlef.
paid in q Boston court.
The employees Of the Lewiston. An
gusta and Waterville (Me.) street
railway went on record in favor Of the
organization Of q union.
Doris and Katherine Hickey, IL
and IA years of age, respectively.
were drowned in the SQuog river.
West Manchester. N. H.
The safe Of the Texas OIL company's
plant at Pittsfield. Mass. was blown
open by burglars and large sum OF
money and checks stolen.
One million quarts of blueberries.
the record crop in Hampden county.
will be produced by Tolland. Conn.
this season, 1t Is estimated.
The Maine naval militia boarded the
battleship Kearsarge at Portland,
joining divisions Of the Massachusetts,
battalion for a ten days cruise.
Three-year Harold A. Sunue-
man was killed when he fell beneath
the wheels Of wagon while playing
in front Of his home at Boston.
During a shooting affray in saloon
at Bristol, R. l., Frank Arana was
killed and Antonio P. Oliver was
wounded. Two arrests were made.
More than 200 Boston nurses have
volunteered for service in the three
military base hospital units which
have recently been organized In Boz
ton.
Charged with having counterfeiting
implements in his possession, Edward
c. Mcdonald, 26, q railway con-
ductor, was arrested at Attleboro.
Mass.
William Higgins Of Boston, IA. and
Geoge Hunt Of Derry. N. H., we're
drowned in Beaver lake, Derry,
when the canoe they were padding
tipped over.
While sailing a small boat In the
bay of Belfast, Me-, ROLAND Rob-
bins, 21, was knocked overheard by
the sudden shifting Of the boom and
was drowned.
A member of the summer colony
whose name Is withheld has given to
the Newport, R. l., hospital $1,000
toward the fund being raised for .
children's ward.
Norris Laramie, 8, Of Concord, N.
H., was killed by an automobile
driven by William E. Chandler OF
Concord, publisher Of The Evening
Monitor of that city.
Bangor, Me. employment agencies
say that they send from $4,000 to
80, 900 men to jobs every year in an
swer to calls from all over the United
States and Canada.
Alfred Nolan, IA. was shot and
killed accidentally at Waltham.
Mass. by his chum, George Beatty.
while the boys were testing revolver
which they had found.
Mrs. Emma Turnbull, So, mother
of eight children, was murdered at
Bar Rarbor, Me. Her body was
found lying In the underbrush. The
motive for the crime is not known.
Miss Sadie NJ. Strickland, 16, was
held at Waterville, Me-, for the
grand jury without bail on charge
of murder after pleading not guilty
to having drowned her 5-months sold
son.
Ralph E. Estes, %, proprietor OF
the Shawmut Press Of Haverhill,
Mass. died Of injuries he received
when an automobile in which he was
riding with a companion turned
turtle.
Following out the idea of Safety
First" and the prevention Of acci-
dents, the Boston Elevated railway
began the distribution Of 10, 900 tirst
aid kits among the employees Of the
company.
A voluntary increase Of 10 cents q
day In the pay Of trackmen was made
by the Lewiston, Augusta and Wa.
terville (Me.) electric railroad. Tho
increase gives the men $1.so instead
Of $1.75 a day.
Patrolman Patrick ]. Carr was
killed and Patrolmen Moriarty and
Nolan were injured as the result OF
being hurled from an automobile that
collided with the end Of the draw on
Boston bridge.
After receiving 1900 volts Of cleo.
tricity through his body while work
Ing on a telegraph pole forty feet In
the air. Paul Wilson OF Medford.
Mass, a Nneman, clung to wire
several minutes before death re-
leased his hold.
Queer Names Of Piowses.
The names Of some Of our prett1est
Aoxvers ara 40 queer that they seem