Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-01-23
NUMBER 4.

At Auburn. Mo-. since 1865. died In
that city.
Thomas L. Hajer, 80. committee
suicide at Burlington, Vt. hotel BY
hanging. He appeared to b in or
eellent financial circumstances.
James Walker, night Waterman at
the E. & T. Fairbanks shops at st.
Johnsbury. w., was struck By .
shifter in the yards and instantly
killed.
James e. Hewey. clerk OF tho
United States district court for
Maine, died at Portland Of heart
trouble. He was born In Bath In
1857.
Despondent because she had lost
$50, 200 in the stock market after the
recent peace note leak" Miss julia
P. Snow, 80, committed suicide at
Boston.
The Whittier hotel at Hampton.
N. H., was destroyed by FIRE. The
building was unoccupied and the cause
of the fire is q mystery. The loss 10
$21 900.
That Boston enjoyed q prosperous
year in 1916 is indicated by the fact
that postal savings deposits In the
Boston postal district amounted TO
81, ,462 1896.
A bill was fled In the Vermont leg
islature to abolish capital punish
ment, making life imprisonment the
punishment for first and second de-
gree murder.
Dr.. George c. Hale dropped dead
at Providence. He was born At
Nashua, N. H.. in 1S42, a direct de-
scendant OF Nathan Hale of Revotu.
tionary fame.
The Pawtucket, R. l.. Master
BARRIERS association adopted q new
schedule Of prices and will charge 80
cents for a pompadour haircut and Is
cents for shaving.
Henry Sherwin, for twenty EIGHT
eight years chief examiner Of the
Massachusetts civil service commits
sion, died suddenly at his home At
Boston, aged 80.
Pearl Moon, 10, was shot and In
stantly killed in the doorway Of her
home at Wexford Junction. R. l..
by Frank Hendrick, Jr.. 20, her for
mer sweetheart.
Charles H. Hunnewell. 81. who
killed Alexander J. Bryan in q quar-
rel at Somerville. Mass, was SEN
fenced to from eight to twelve years
in state prison.
While sleeping on q couch in the
kitchen of his homo at Waltham.
Mass, Charles A. Hurley. 30. met
death by sunocation when q gas
stove overturned.
Boston may be q crowded city, but
the state homestead commission is
authority for the statement that there
are 1000 acres Of unimproved land
within the city limits.
Thomas P. Nichols. 81. believed to
have been the Oldest printer In active
service in the United States, died at
his home at Lynn. Mass. A shock
contributed IN HIS death.
Charles Z. Perkins. 81. former
president Of the Connecticut Bar as
ISOLATION, for many years head Of the
Hartford county bar, died at Hart
ford after six years illness.
Harold ]. Brady. 36. locomotive
fireman was instantly killed at North
Berwick, Me-. when he Was struck
by an overhead bridge and knocked
from the tender Of his engine.
Alfred MoQuin, IS, committed sui.
eide by hanging himself In the Man
chester, N. H., police station be-
cause he was humiliated at his ar
rest for stealing a can Of tomatoes.
A tobacco warehouse with $1,000
worth Of leaf in It, q barn and ten
head of stock. q garage and store
house Of Christopher Handel were
burned At Glastonbury. Conn. The
loss Is SIT 900.
A freight train struck and killed
Thomas Pasapol, Joseph Jines and
James Jines, who were walking to
work at East Deerneld. Mass. The
mon were laborsrs employed on .
construction Job.
The Harvard University Memorial
society is taking steps to place on lls
complete data concerning the actin-
ties OF all Harvard graduates or un.
dsrgradautes who have sosn service
on the front in Europe.
A. H. Buxton of Cumberland Csa-
tre, Me-, who thirty years ago de-
lighted thousands OF rural folk with
his sweet tenor voice when he trav-
eled all over the country, and who
was an ld-time singing master, died
at the age Of IS.
Miss Helen Holmes, teacher OF
thirty-fve children at Q Plymouth,
Mass. school, quieted her charges
as fire broke out. marched them to
safety outside the building-and then
tainted. The schoolhouse, q one.
story structure, was destroyed. An
overheatsd furnace was the cause.
A beautiful farm in Methuen,
Mass, consisting Of nearly 400 acres
Of land In q high state Of cultivation
and Q wealth OF farm implements and
machinery, has been given by Mrs.
David Nevins as rest and ooa.
valescent home for animals to be used
In connection with the Angel me-
mortal aui>r II hospital at Boston.
How Music Affected Boswell