Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09
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Gen. Ames, commander Of the Mas
sachusetts state guard, an informa
commission to recruit and train ;
company of girls in Lowell, as the
A company of the first regiment o.
women.
Shipping is warned that the wreck
Of the six-masted schooner Alice NJ
Lawrence on Tuckernuck shoal, OF
Nantucket, Mass, is dangerous.
Narcotic drugs. the retail value ol
which is said to be between $50 0Ot
and $40, coo, were stolen from Gil
man Bros. Inc. Boston. wholesale
dealers in drugs.
Superintendent Hobbs of the Bos-
ton division of the New Haven roao
has been transferred to New Haven
to solve traffic problems.
A marriage license was issued al
Cambridge, Mass on behalf of Rev.
Edward NJ. Gushee. 81, who is Sc
riously Ill, and Miss Ida o. Davis
81, his housekeeper since the death
of his wife two years ago.
Thomas Cosgrove, a stableman
was tossed by an angry bull at the
Brockton, Mass, fair grounds and
died of his injuries.
The first fatal football accident ol
the season in Greater Boston oc-
Cured at Cambridge, when Francis
Burns died as the result Of a broken
neck, which was caused by running
into another player.
DR.. Moses G.. Parker, Is, one OF
the largest owners Of stock In the
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph company, of which he was a
director and member Of its executive
committee, died at Lowell, Mass
The sum Of SO, 900 is sought by
Mrs. Margaret A. Merriam Of Quin-
cy, Mass, from the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company
for alleged injuries by shock while
using her telephone.
Mrs. Frank T. Lewis and Mrs.
Herman A. Smith, sisters, were
killed when a passenger train struck
their carriage on a railroad crossing
at Nashua, N. H.
The open season for hunting deer
in eight Maine counties has begun,
and will continue to Dec. 10. Deer
may be killed In the other eight
counties Of the state only In No
vember.
The Bowdoin unit of the reserve
ofacers' training corps began its
course Of instruction at Bowdoin col
lege with more than 100 students en-
rolled.
Francis ]. Frazer, Is. of Airing
ton, Mass, died from injuries re-
ceived when his bicycle skidded, I,
throwing him under an automobile
truck.
George w. Raymond, 70. station
agent at Dedham, Mass. was struck
and killed by a train.
Thomas G. Jeffers. postmaster at
Gay Head, Mass, was indicted by
. federal grand jury on the charge OF
embezzlement Of government funds.
Holyoke House, and part Of Dana
Hall, have been turned over to the
government by Harvard University.
Six more prisoners from the Mas
sachusetts state prison went to work
on the state road at Rutland. There
are twenty-five now from the prison
at work On the road.
A terrific explosion, the cause OF
which has not been ascertained. tore
from its foundations shanty at
Lowell, Mass. use by the Boston
and Maine railroad as checkers Of
flee, and hurled 1t across lots into
q canal.
Boston is one Of ten cities to show
"a gain in postal savings Of more than
$50, 900 during the month Of August,
with deposits Of 50, ,005. .7S4.
John B. Bisbee of Quincy was elect
ed president of the Massachusetts,
Young Peoples Christian Union at the
annual meeting.
New Hampshire celebrated GOOD
Roads day. the newest addition to
the semi official holidays Of the Gran
lite state.
Liquor has been smuggled into the
cantonment at Aver, Mass, In water
melons and small TASKS have been
concealed in loaves Of bread.
F., Plans are under way for the con-
struction of ship building plant at
Boston on the Mystic river on the site
Of the famous old ways, where the
first Mystic launching took place In
1881.
Naval officials at Boston announced
that hundreds Of men between the
ages of 1S and 45 are wanted for gen.
eral service in the navy.
Ninety people, most Of them women,
are seriously Ill with typhoid fever at
the state infrmary at Tewksbury!
Mass.
George Farrah, Salem, N. H..
farmer, was killed in runaway when
his horse shied at an automobile.
While walking with her husband at
Dedham, Mass. Mrs. Minnie Haas
was struck and killed by an automo-
bile.
Search for q band Of robbers, be-
lieved by the authorities to be head
ed by a woman, whose daring thefts
have terror,zed the entire country
side during the past month. Is being
made by New Hampshire police.
William q. Callhassey, Is. died at
Hartford by bursting blood vessel
during a coughing spell.
Discovering that she had lost o
bag containing jewels worth SO 900,
Mrs. William Littauer, wife Of Cap
tain Eittauer Of Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass. offered $500 reward for the
return Of the valuables.
Miss Melinda Dubois, az, OF Paw
tucket, R. l., was instantly killed
when an automobile in which she was
riding crashed into tree and tipped
over.
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