Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-07-03
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Happenings In Various Parts
Of New England

Albertine Croteau, 10, fell from .
boat at Franklin, N. H.. and was
drowned.
Ellen Nagho, Is. Of Bradford,
Mass. was drowned while bathing In
q mill pond.
Despondent because of ill-health'
Arthur Roy, 26, committed suicide al
Lowell, Mass. by hanging.
George E. Walker, town treasurer
of Wakefield, Mass. resigned to &C
cept position at Pittsburg.
Five cases of infantile paralysis
have been found at Rochester, N.
H. Five more are suspected.
John Murphy of Millinocket, Me-
was held for the federal court on q
charge of not having registered.
John Bradley, grocery clerk OF
Portland, Me-, was drowned in the
Presumpscot river when his canoe
capsized.
A motor truck company, recruited
for the quartermasters reserve corps,
was mustered into the federal service
at Augusta, Me.
A resolve providing for the abo-
litfon of the death chair In Massa-
chusetts was filed with the constitu-
tional convention.
DIR. Ferdinand A. Stillings, one OF
the leading physicians and surgeons OF
New Hampshire for more than forty
years, died at Concord.
Miss Alice Coleman. 10, daughter
of Rev. F. w. Coleman Of Brookline,
Mass. died from injuries received in
an automobile collision.
Professor William N. Rice, for fifty
years member Of the Wesleyan uni
versity faculty, Middletown, Conn.
announced his retirement.
The Boston Elevated Railway COM
pany's books showed deficit Of $685.
62S after 1t had paid dividends amount
ing to 81, 1873, 1910 last year.
William H. Dodge was killed by a
train on the Nantucket railroad at
Nantucket, Mass. in the first acct
| dent on the road in thirty five years.
| Associate Justice Leslie c. Cor
nish of Augusta was nominated for
chief justice of the supreme judicial
court of Maine by Governor MILL
ken.
In accordance with its policy OF
furthering national preparedness,
Dartmouth college will inauguate on
July 6 a training camp Of six weeks
duration.
John Dow, 10, was killed while at
work in machine shop at Newbury-
port, Mass. In some manner he got
his head into the moving parts Of
machine.
An anonymous gift Of 500, 900 to
Middlebury college on condition that
$500, 200 additional be raised prior to
June /, 1918, was announced by
President Thomas.
Members of the Danbury, Conn. I,
Hat Finishers' union reaffirmed their
decision to remain on strike until
their demands are granted. Fifteen
factories are closed.
Laurence Curtis, Harvard athlete
and son of one of the leading Boston
families, who was injured by fall
In q hydroplane, had leg amputated
at Boston as the result Of the acct
dent.
With the egg market in Boston
glutted and every storage plant in the
city choked with supplies, the house
wives of the city are being forced to
pay from 40 to 43 cents a dozen for
eggs.
Charles T. Pulsifer, u, long
identified with the wholesale paper
industry in Boston, died at Newton,
Mass. He was for twenty years
president Of the Newton Savings
bank.
Arrests of merchants throughout
the country may take place following
raid on an Italian newspaper. said
to be an anarchistic organ, in q
printing Office at Lynn, Mass. by
secret service officials.
Walter F. Russell, 81, prominent
labor unionist. died at Brockton.
Mass. He was member Of the leg
islature from 1913 to 1915 and was
elected delegate to the constitution
al convention at Boston.
With depleted ranks only partially
filled by uniformed mates who were
able to secure brief furloughs from
the army, navy, naval reserve and
federal training camps, Harvard,
1917, held its class day exercises
On the ground that disloyalty to the
United States had been shown, the
Peabody, Mass. city council ordered
the immediate revocation Of the IL
censes of two Turkish and one Greek
poolroom and coffee house in that
lity.
Joseph, Wakelin and his wife, Sarah
NJ. accused OF the murder Of their
7-year- odd daughter, Loretta w., at
Melrose, Mass. were arraigned on
first degree murder indictments.
Wakelin was held without bail and
his wife was held in $4,000.
The war schedules Of the Boston
and Albany, New Haven and Boston
and Maine railroads, designed to in
sure the maximum movement OF
troops, fuel and food, and in which
approximately 500 passenger trains
are discontinued, are now In opera
ton.
William Heath, "a. retired lumber
merchant, died at Melrose, Mass.
% a result of fall.
While crossing street at Boston
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