The Republican journal., 1917-07-05

Misses Harriet Bates and Clara Liver
more of West Medford, friends of Miss
Susan Burd, a summer resident in Bel
fast, have opened a cottage tea house at
Little River.
At special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of The Republican Journal Publishing
Company, held at their office at 10 a. m.
last Thursday, Mr.. Clarence 0. Poor was
elected a director to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr.. Charles A.
Pilsbury Messrs. Charles E. Knowlton
and Charles H. Twombly were reelected
directors. Mr.. Poor was elected presi-
dent and Mr. Twombly reelected secre-
tary and treasurer One hundred and
eighteen of the 100 shares of stock were
represented in person or by proxy.
The neighbors and friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rafe X. Blood of Morrill, gave them
reception in Riverside Grange hall, at
Poors Mills, last Saturday evening in
honor of their silver wedding anniver-
sary The hall was attractively decorated
with evergreens and cut flowers and
there was a large attendance. Eleven of
the thirteen children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blood were present. Those absent were
Leo Irving who has enlisted and is at the
U. s. Marine Barracks at Norfolk, Va,
and Donald is student nurse in the Med
field, Mass. hospital. At 8. 80 p. M, a line
of march was formed, with Mrs Maurice
Wood at the piano, led by Mr.. and Mrs.
Blood and followed by their family. A
pleasant evening followed. They were the
recipients of purse of silver, gifts of
linen etc. Mrs. Blood was formerly
Miss Lucy A. Webb of Oceanville. Their
large family are bright, attractive child
rem and great credit to them.
FIRE. An alarm was sounded Friday at
7.45 p. IN. from box IA, corner of North
port avenue and Allyn street, and few
minutes later from box II, corner of Con-
gress and Franklin streets. The engine
was taken down Northport'avenue as the |
fire was reported in the Percy Bradford
place. Later it was found to be in the |
stables at the trotting park and the latter
alarm was rung. The stables were own !
ed by Mr.. George L. Slipp. The chief
engineer S. S. L. Shute was injured while
returning home in an auto. He struck his
head against the frame and inflicted a
flesh wound in the forehead that required |
the attention of a surgeon and he was
taken to the Tapley hospital. Francis X.
Pendleton, one of the assistants, was in
jured at the same time, receiving slight |
flesh wound on the top of his head. /
In the evening Sheriff Frank A. Cushman
Deputy j. A. G. Beach and Constable |
Fred E. Ellis went out to the trotting
park to investigate in regard to the cause
of the fire and interviewed Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. P. Moore, who were living in what
was formerly blacksmith shop near the
west side of the ground. Later in the
evening Mr. H. c. Buzzell called Sheriff
Cushman to his office for a conference
and they again went to the Moore house.
AS result of this interview they pro-
cured a warrant and brought Mrs. Moore
to the Jail, where she was kept for trial at
a. m. Saturday before Judge Lord of the
Municipal Court, charged with setting
the fire. She testified that she had lapses
of memory and that if she was guilty of
the charge she did not remember any of
the circumstances connected with it.
She said that she had been in the city
Friday working for N. S. Lord and that
she rode to the Toothaker home with
stout man who wore full red beard and
drove dark red horse and she declared
his name was B. L. Davis. This was to
mislead the officers as she rode with Ell
mer Fowles, who wears no beard and
drives white horse He met her COM
ing from the stables and asked her what
the smoke was over at the stables. She
replied that she had just come from them
and they were not on fire. Messrs Cush-
man, Beach, H. C. Buzzell, Fred E. Ellis
and Roscoe Rollerson were also called as
witnesses by the State. She was tried
My on CHI arge of setting this recent fire,
although it is said she is suspected of
being concerned in the others that have
destroyed all the buildings on the grounds.
She was ordered to recognize in the
the sum of $1,000 bonds for her appear
ance before the grand jury at the Septem-
Der term of the Supreme Judicial Court
and was committed. Mrs. Moore is IA
miliarly known as Picnic Moore and
gave her age as Sc years. She has served
a term in the State prison at Thomaston
for setting fire to the Jas. P. Wight build
ings, then the city poor farm, where she
was living at the time. It was also
thought she burned the Emery school
house, not far from the Wight place.
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