Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16
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Trapped by flames, Mrs. JOSIAH
Coombs, So, was burned to death u
q fire that destroyed her home a
Hampstead, N. H.
Patrick Crowley, Is, was struck b!
an automobile at Springfield, Mass.
and killed.
A United States government checl
for 1854, oil SO in payment for clptf
to the American Woolen company, los
on q Boston street, was returned tt
the company and reward OF $2'
each was given to two boys who fount
It.
James H. Frizzell, Is, q machin'
list, was crushed to death by an ele-
vator in a Boston building where he
was employed.
The Massachusetts Institute ol
Technology is establishing military
course OF its own to take the place
of the one that they have been wait
ing for the war department to ap-
prove.
Mrs. Laura Smiley was found dead
in her room in a Worcester. Mass.
hotel and under the bedclothes was
&bottle that had contained poison
Mrs. Angeline Bouley Of New Bed,
ford, Mass, committed suicide by
inhaling illuminating gas.
Three boilers, all Of them in good
condition and said to be worth at
least SAC, 200, have been removed
from the sanken United States cruis-
er Yankee in Buzzards Bay. Mass.
Miss Margaret Mozee Of Gerrfsh
N. H., observed her 103d birthday.
She was once a slave In Virginia.
The Episcopal Theological school oi
Cambridge, Mass, finds its registra-
ton cut so percent on account Of the
war.
John +. Fitzgerald is a. candidate
for mayor of Boston II he can get the
support Of the anti-Curley forces.
An increase in wages to AFFECT all
departments was announced by the
Amoskeag Manufacturing company Of
Manchester, N. H., which employs
1s 900 textile operatives.
The Windham Manufacturing com
pany of South Windham, Me-, wool
en- manufacturers, announced a IL
percent increase in wages.
William B. Gordon, 2S. shot and
killed himself at Boston while dem
onstrating to a companion that the
revolver was not loaded.
John R. Falsey, employed aboard
the steamship Harvey H. Brown,
which is moored at Boston, was
killed by falling from the second deck
of the vessel into the hold.
DR.. Lemuel F. Noble OF Boston.
who was found guilty Of illegally pre-
scribing drugs to habitual users. was
sentenced to eighteen months in pris-
on. A stay Of sentence was grant
ed until the full supreme court pass
es uSen his exceptions.
Following two heavy explosions OF
naphtha, which blew out the walls
and shattered the entire building
fire destroyed the plant Of the Pan
ther Rubber company at Stoughton,
Mass. The loss Is $126. 900.
The report Of Treasurer Clark re-
veals that the Harvard Union showed
deficit during the last academic
year of SO, 1851. 40.
Philip Orlick, so, senior member
of a Boston wholesale boot and shoe
firm, was cranking his automobile
when he collapsed. He died in a
few minutes.
His foot caught in a frog, no aid
at hand, his shrieks unheard, VIII
liam Beruse. 16, was killed by a
train at Fall River, Mass.
A school of military aeronautics at
Yale university has been planned
and sanction now rests with the war
department.
Judge Morton. in the federal dis
trict court at Boston, permitted Re-
ceiver Hustis Of the Boston 'and
Maine to pay $50, 900 interest on 81, :
900 900 of Connecticut River rail-
road notes. due Aug. 81.
Sixty percent Of Cape Gods cram
berry crop was ruined by frost, 1t
is estimated. The money loss may
exceed 81 900, 900.
A pile of old newspapers three
quarters Of a mile (3s60 feet) high is
the task that the high school stu
dents of Melrose, Mass, have set
themselves to gather. The papers
will be sold for the benefit Of the
school athletic association.
Dominic Larvolli, 1, was run over
and killed by a grocery automobile
truck In front Of his home at Bos-
ton.
Fred Gibbons and J. L. Chisholm.
in the disabled motorboat Gretchen,
which was blown to sea, were picked
up forty miles southeast OF Boston
Light by a United States destroyer
and towed in to Nahant nearly ex-
hausted for lack of food.
The largest cargo of molasses ever
brought to Boston arrived In spe-
cially constructed tanker. She had
1 900, 900 gallons Of the cane prod
uct in her holds.
The number of inmates In the Mas
sachusetts state prison Is 626, the
smallest It has ever been.
Isaac B. Choate, "a. writer of sew
eral books of verse. died at West
brook, Me. He was known widely
as a language student.
Viola Cerone. Z, was struck and
killed at Attleboro. Mass. by an
automobile.
Over 100000 worth Of locally
grown vegetables and fruits were sold
In the Boston farmers market the
past week.
William ]. Power, a. lives to tel
the tale of how he fell from the to
Of a sixty tave foot building at Bos
ton.
Thomas Harrington was killed and
bis companion, Edward Larkin, sus-
.ained a fractured skull. when they
we're struck by an automobile at Fall
River. Mass.
In the largest raid conducted by