Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-25

the mothers are sisters.
Mary Young Whiting, age 101 years.
8 months and n days, died at Worces-
ter, Mass.
Edwin Clark. 10. was instantly
killed at Auburn, Me-, when he fell
from a pung directly in the path Of
an electric car.
Solomon w. Lowe, 70. Of Haver.
hill. Mass. placed shotgun to his
head and pulled the trigger. The top
Of his head was blown OF.
ony 11.2 percent Of Massachusetts
physicians have offered their services
to Uncle Sam In the present war. ac-
cording to Maj. Lund Of Boston.
James o. Ellis, infant son Of Mrs.
Mabelle B. Ellis Of West Newbury.
Mass, was found dead In his crib, !
having been smothered by bedclothes.
Ninety years old and still working
at his trade, that Of warp twister.
Is the extraordinary record Of George
Ainsworth Of Amesbury, Mass, who
has been q textile worker for eighty
years.
The Methodist church at Winooski,
Vt, which was one Of the largest in
that section at the time Of its erection,
sixty years ago, was totally destroyed
by fte. with loss Of $4,000.
A wage increase Of 81 week for
the female employees of the paper bag
mill at Woodland, Me-, was announced.
The increase brings the pay up to $40
q week.
The legality Of the adoption by the
late Jeremiah J. Mccarthy, for many
years in public life In Boston, Of Grace
Mccarthy, to whom he willed his en-.
tire 100000 estate, is the issue be.
fore the probate court at Boston. This
proceeding is preliminary to con-
test over McCarthy's will by five
nephews and nieces.
D. w. O'Brien of Wayland, Mass.
has been appointed farm labor agent
by the United States department Of
agriculture and will have his head.
quarters at the state board Of agri.
culture. Boston.
Hone- was paid to the American
sailors who went down with the U. 8.
destroyer Jacob Jones, when me.
mortal service was held on Boston
Common, more than 1000 men and
<o1 ell No,,k
The old two-masted schooner Omaha
was wrecked in Rockland, Me-, har-
Dor during storm when her lines
parted and she drifted onto the rocks
The crew escaped.
Because she could not continue to
live in the style to which she hal
been accustomed and because circum-
stances were compelling her to earn
her own living. were reasons that
caused Miss Nathalie King Of Allston,
Mass, to take her own life on the
eve Of her 21st birthday, 1t is be-
neved.
A section OF the new Dorchester
tunnel and the tunnel station located
az Dorchester avenue and Broadway,
South Boston, named the Bro 1dway
station, is open to the public for the
first time.
Paul Ditlen, 68, was found dead at
Boston with a rope around his neck.
hanging from gas pipe.
David u. Lovemoney, a Springfield,
Mass, optometrist, was accidentally
burned to death in his garage while
working around his auto.
DR.. e. A. Cranston, 81, city physi.
clan of Calais, Me-, died at his home
after an illness Of three weeks.
In the suit OF Frances q. Deverell
against Frederick j. Stark of Boston
for a balance Of $3.50 for tuition aud
board for his daughter, Natalie, at the
peverell privat, French school, jury
at Boston returned q verdict for IL
defendant
Boston University's budget for this
year is $432, 4O1. For the first time
since the "pay-as-you-go" policy was
adopted five years ago, there will be
deficit amounting to $46,728, in
spite of careful cutting down of ex.
penditures.
A motor ambulance, the gift of re-
tail merchants of Boston and their
employees. was presented to the state
by the retail trade board Of the Bos-
ton Chamber Of Commerce.
The New Age, published at Augusta,
Me-, for over half century as a
Democratic weekly newspaper was
SOLO to the Waterville Sentinel Pub
listing company Of Waterville, Me-,
who will continue its publication.
Robert R. Clark committed suicide
at Boston. He was Harvard gradu-
ate with an A. M. degree.
William Glaucett, 60, and his
brother. John. So, crippled by rheu-
matism. died Of exposure after their
one-room shack at bingham, Mass,
Was burned to the ground as the re-
suit of lamp explosion.
Frank I. Nichols. IS. senior partner
of the Nichols & Frost Dry Goods
company, Nashua. N. a., committed
suicide by strangling himself. 1t Is
said he feared going blind.
Fire and water caused $4,000 dam.
age to the stock of Ryan & White,
shoe manufacturers, Peabody, Mass.
Damage to the building will not ex.
coed $1,000.
Brown university has decided to
shorten Its college year In order to
meet the need for workers next sum-
mer in various branches Of the ma.
tional service.
Grand Master Leon M. Abbott will
head the grand lodge Of Masons in |
Massachusetts, another year. He was
reelected at the annual meeting Of
the grand lodge.
Harvard bridge, recently reported
unsafe, Is to have an entirely new
plankip- at an estimated cost Of
$4,000. The cost will be shared |
equally by Boston and Cambridge.