Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Happenings In Various Parts
Of New England

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Of New England
The Maine coast sardine shortage
this season is estimated to be about
500, 900 cases.
Miss Ada Shufian, IS, fell into an
open elevator well at Boston and died
az result of the injuries sustained.
Harry NJ. Trafton, 81, Of Revere,
Mass. was found dead In his home 40
the result of inhaling illuminating
gas.
Miss Jane Saltonstall, a descend
ant of Governor Saltonstall, died at
New London, Conn. in her 9Sth
year.
Farm labor will be furnished in New
Hampshire through the state food
committee Of the committee on pub
lie safety.
Rev. Henry q. Dunnack, librarian
Of the Maine state library, was elect
ed president of the Maine Library as
sociation.
John Casey Of Providence, 20, for
several seasons manager Of the o.
NEVILLE ball team, was killed as the
result of an auto accident.
Calvin R. Page was reelected
president Of the Massachusetts and
Lawrence railroad. one Of the Bos-
| ton and Maine leased lines.
A call for the formation Of an addi-
tional Vermont regiment for service
within the state of Vermont was is
sued by Governor Graham.
The purchase of 81 200. 900 Of lib
erty loan bonds by the Amoskeae
Manufacturing company, Manches
ter, N. H., was announced.
The schooner Nancy Hanks, a four
master, was launched at Thomaston
Me-, the first schooner to be
launched there in thirteen years.
Razing of Pleasant View, for many
years the home at Concord, N. H.
Of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, founder o.
the Christian Science church, has be-
gun.
A sub committee on handling trans
portation problems of the public safe
ty committee Of Maine will give spe'
cial attention to the supplying o.
coal.
Mason A. Walton, author and lee
turer, who had lived in the Glouces
ter, Mass. woods as hermit fol
thirty three years, tied at the age
OF 70.
Alderman Hamlin of. Everett
Mass. was fined 500 for assaultins
Mayor Mullen in the anteroom Of the
Everett board Of aldermen chamber
He appealed.
| Authorization to organize immedi
ately and equip an ambulance com
pany to consist of ninety-one mel
was received by the Portland, Me.
Red Cross chapter.
Victor Richter, 80, vas killed, ant
damage estimated at between SIS, OO(
and 500 900 was done by fire IN the
building of the Auto Metal compan!
at Springfield, Mass.
| Rev. Edward Murphy was killed
and Rev. N. Pankarsas was danger
ously injured when the automobile II
which they were riding overturned al
Thompsonville. Conn.
Maurice Epstein, New Bedford
Mass, shoe dealer, died as a result
Of suffocation following fall down
fight of stairs at his store. His face
was buried in debris.
| A 10 percent increase in wages was
announced by the Elizabeth Thread
4 Mills at Hillsgrove and East Green.
wich, R. I. This is 40'percent in.
crease in sixteen months.
| Asher Ravens, superintendent on {
Greenwich, Conn.,, estate, was In
stantly killed, and his son, Winstee
Ravens, 10, was probably mortal!
injured by . dynamite explosion.
| Ira c. Calef, retired fnancier ant
a philanthropist. died at his home a
Washington, Vt, aged SO. Recent
ly he had given 5000, 900 to hospitals
in Vermont. Massachusetts and Rhode
Island.
i Francis Ducharme, q, was sen
fenced to die the week of Sept. 3
for the murder of Ellen Kaczor o
Chicopee, Mass, 81, who died al
the result of injuries inflicted by Du'
charme.
| Joseph Smith and Edward Watson
on guard at railroad bridge at New.
market, N. H., were instantly killed
by a train. Both men belonged to 6
Boston negro company Of the Nation
al Guard.
| Paul Youngerbough, q German who
has been In this country eighteen
years, was sentenced to year in iai
and fined $50 for destroying French
flag at South Merrimack, N. H. The
jail sentence later was suspended.
There Is a strike on at the plan
of the Ostby & Barton company
Providence, one Of the largest manu-.
featuring jewelers. in the country
Eight hundred employees there ART
out because Of the discharge of {
union employee.
Fines aggregating $500 were I'm
posed by Judge Norton In the UniteC
States district court at Boston upol
five members Of the Aroostook Po'
tato Shippers association for con
spiracy to restrain interstate trade II
potatoes in violation Of the Sherman
4 anti -+-"et net.
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