The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-12-13
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\ months. was burned 10 death IN her
| home al Needham. Mass. when she
fell over large lamp which ignited
her clothing.
Thomas q. Thompson, 40, retired
| paper manufacturer OF Westiield,
Mass. died NJ Berlin. Conn. He be-
came blind while on an automobile
trip to New Haven and was taken TO
nearby house, where death oc-
Cured.
Oscar o. X. Robinson, Dem, was
reelected mayor - Westbrook, Me,
over william Is. Bragdon, Rep. The
city council will be Republican 10 4.
Ninety Of the 200 employees of the
Forest Paper company OF Yarmouth.
Me. were given notice that their ser
vices would not be required after Jan,
| ! because Of inability to obtain wood
for paper pulp.
Rev. Abraham Music. pastor OF Cen
tral Congregational church OF New.
tonville. Mass, whose paciflst ser.
mons have aroused the ire OF some
| Of his congregation. placed his resie-
nation In the hands Of the vestry.
DR.. OrriD q. Cilley. surgeon general
| OF Massachusetts under Gov Butler,
died at Boston. He was In his 18th
year.
Harvard students who help pay
their own college expenses earned
ST7,356 during the past college year,
according to the report OF Morris
Gray, Jr. director of the Harvard en-
ployment office.
Worcester, Mass, will do its share
in the treatment of soldiers and sail
ors sent to this country from the war
zones with tuberculosis. A santO-
rum is being built and will be one OF
the most thoroughly equipped In the
country.
More than 10000 persons witnessed
the dedication of the new synagogue
Congregation Beth Midrash Hago-
dal, at Boston. Elaborate ceremonies
appropriate to the occasion were car
ried out
NJ Miklatarian. 10, and his cousin,
Setrak Pazain, q, were accidentally
asphyxiated by gas at Chelsea. Mass.
Fire in the Rem building, Pittsfeld,
Mass, caused damage estimated at
more than 100000 The structure
was Of brick, three stories high.
Charles A. Saywood. an Ipswich,
Mass. attorney, was disbarred by
Judge Shattuck OF the Essex county
superior court Sayw0~1 was charged
with violating his oath and of conduct
unbecoming an attorney
Fort Hill, the summer residence
near Pittsfeld, Mass, OF William
Bryce of New York, was burned, The
loss is $125,000 The building was
one Of the finest country houses in the
Berkshires.
Roswell G. Mackenzie and Milo l..
Conger Of New Haven were drowned
Off Brmford, Conn. Their boat cap
sized as the men were seeking to get
ashore from rocks where they had
been hunting ducks.
George M. Fellows, sub-master OF
the Edward Everett school, Boston,
for more than thirty years, died al
his home In that city. He was ma
tive Of Bristol. N. H.
Rita Clark, az, burned to death at
Boston. The child's hair caught fire
from gas jet.
Wesleyan college undergraduates
voted at Middletown, Conn. to discon-
tinue intercollegiate relations In
track. lawn tennis and swimming dur
ing the war.
Edwin p. Seaver, who for twenty
four years was superintendent Of Bos-
toms public schools, died at his home
at New Bedford, Mass. He was In
his 80th year.
Michael Mabar, AZ, an employe Of
HOLMAN Bros, brewers, was shaken
of one OF the firms trucks at Law
renee, Mass. and killed.
Arthur Lord Of Plymouth was elect
ed president OF the Massachusetts Bar
association.
There are 116.S08 male voters reg
istered and 21,51S registered women
eligible to vote for school committee
in Boston. Tn 1916 there were 11S,lOO
men and 10.518 women voters.
Mrs. Herbert Il. wilkins Of Salem, !
Mass, was elected TO an important
national office, that Of president Of the
Woman's National Missionary assO-
citation Of Universalist Churches.
John II. Field Of Randolph, Mass, |
Just retired from the position OF sec |
rotary OF Norfolk Union lodge. A. r. |
and A. NJ. after forty-seven years. |
was probably the oldest lodge secre-
tary In point Of service In Massachu-
satts. II not In New England.
Archibald Mcneil q Sons company
Of Bridgeport, Conn, filed a petition at
Boston asking for the appointment OF
receiver for the Bay State Street
Railway company.
J dye Stone OF Providence ruled
that n father. even though appointed |