Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-27
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happenings IN various Pans
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Happenings ID 5dIluss Fs's
/, Of New England
Ieslis NJ. Akees, IS. Of Nslrose,
Mass. /, committed suicide BY snoot-
inG. Ga
Mu. Margaret Kane. rs. died q
Boston a. the result Of falling down
stairs.
. After two Year, Of dry spell Lee.
MASS, returned to license BY vo'e
Of AL to 322.
Nearly 600 rats and mice lost their
lives by trap and club on Boston's o.
fetal Rat Day. ~
Joseph Mileno. 2M, died at Boston
A q result Of falling into . tub OF
scalding water.
Rev. John F. Murphy, "a, died at
Hartford. He had been . priest for
thirty-eight years.
The body OF Nathan L. Adams, So,
was found hanging in the Kitchen OF
his home at Boston.
Frank Overtick, rs, q Civil war
veteran, was burned to death IN ms
home at Belfast. Me.
s. A. Cornell, liquor dealer st
Springfield, Mass. filed petition IN
bankruptcy. He owes $62, 900.
Marcellus w. Farman, 40, the
blind chaplain of the Vermont SEN
ate since 1902, died at Montpelier.
Fire damaged the factory Of the
Sanborn Carriage company. Man
chester, N. H., causing q loss OF
s25, 900.
Caleb F. Fitch, jeweler at Attle-
boro, Mass D filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. His liabilities amount TO
$50, 1924.
Forrest E. Colby Of Bingham, Me. I,
was appointed state land agent and
forest commissioner by Governor
Milliken.
Judge Robert J. Peaslee Of the New
Hampshire supreme court and Miss
Sarah C. Hazard were married at
Manchester.
The will Of Sarah ]. Farmer,
founder Of Green Acre, at Eliot,
Me. showed valuation Of $500 on
real estate.
Thirty dodgers in their night clothes
were driven out by fire from the Toll
OF house, Manchester, N. H. The
loss is $4,000.
Norman e. Reed, IA, was killed at
Boston when sled on which he was
sliding down q hill shdded and
struck tree.
Captain Brackley Durham, who sold
slaves on the public block at Charles
ton before the Civil war, died at
Arlington, Mass.
The machine tool plant Of the Hard
ing Manufacturing company at Mans
field, Mass. was destroyed by fire.
The loss is more than $50, 900.
Albert L. Murch, 80, paymaster Of
tha Hill Manufacturing company
Lewiston, Me-, and q member Of the
school board, died at Lewiston.
George Armour, 35, a Waterman on
a bridge of the Boston and Maine rail-
road at Saco, Me-, was struck by an
express and killed few hours after
accepting the position.
Ira P. Woodbury., one Of the oldest
race track drivers in the east, and
who probably has driven more horses
to records than any man in Maine
died at Portland, aged 81.
After being unconscious a week
Mrs. Mary Cullen, So, Of Chelsea,
Mass. died from gas poisoning. Hell
husband died a week previous. A
leaky gas stove caused the trouble.
Mrs. Charlotte Therek. who was
charged with aiding and abetting her
husband. Edward Therek, in embez-
zling $50, 900 from the National Shaw
NUT bank, Boston, was acquitted by
q jury. 2
Orders have been issued by Mayor
Curley to Fire Commissioner Grady
and his deputies that they must not
try to prevent members Of the Boston
fire department from Joining the new
labor union.
The will Of the late Josiah H. Dem
ton. lawyer and for years a public H.
brary trustee, bequeaths the residue
OF his large estate after the death OF
his widow to the Boston public h.
brary trustees.
Harlan P. Tiffany. 65, the oldest
employee at the American Optical
company plant, Southbridge, Mass. {,
died suddenly CT heart trouble. Tif-
fanny was at the optical works for
forty -eight consecutive years.
Joseph Treticione, II, was killed
and his father, mother and sister
were severely injured when their
home at Waterbury, Conn, was
blown to pieces. The cause Of the
explosion has not been satisfactorily
determined.
Four buildings, in which were
stored 10000 barrels Of potatoes
valued at upwards Of $50, 900, were
destroyed by fire near Presque Isle,
Me. Eighteen thousand barrels Of
potatoes were lost in similar fire
near there day previously.
General J. A. Greene, Civil war
veteran and famed the world over as
the manufacturer Of patent medi-
cines and widely known for various
enterprises In which which he was
Interested, died at Laconia, N. II.
He was rated millionaire.
Foster W.. Stearns of Boston was
named state librarian by Gov. Mccall.