The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-11-01
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calihre rife by playmate.
Capt. firtn warped his schooner.
the Mary + Curtis, into the Boston
FISH pier With ~ 600 pounds of fresh
mackercl aboard. catch Of less than
twenty hours The cargo sold Tor
$1,000
An saloons within hal, mite OF
army and navy stations az New Lon
don. Conn will be closed by the
government II liquor Is conveyed 10
soldiers and sailors,
Harry wells. n, was shot and
Killed al FnosburR Falls VI while
playing soldier with another hoy.
who accidentally DISCHARGED rcvol
yer
lac Boston freight handlers strike,
which has held up the movement Of
freight destined for shipment abroad.
was settled as a result OF tho
activities of labor representatives
OF the Massachusetts, committee on
public safety
Not more than two pounds OF STU
gar 10 the customer. Ia the rule in
retail stores throughout Greater los
ton
Mrs. Alice Foley, 81, OF Fitch
burg. Mass fell from Boston
wharf and was drowned,
Richard Currah, TO. while running
across street AT Boston was struck
and killed by an Elevated railway
car.
The body of Mrs, Grace Drake. so.
wife OF a lumber dealer. was found
near her home at Bingham, n. H..
with a bullet wound in the head. in
tlicted by her own hand
Mrs. Caroline Milstein was perhaps
fatally shot at Boston by Carmelo
Velona a jealous sutton
Twenty-Five cases OF archaeological
specimens from central America ar
rived at Boston, consigned to the
Peabody museum al Harvard They
were taken from Indian ruins
Special Master l}rownson decided
that the pickeiing of the Bausch ma
chine tool companys factory at
Springfield, Mass. by striking mem.
bers OF the machInsts union was IL.
legal
Violations of the blue law" arc
reported TO the f'itchburg, Mass,
police. Merchants complain that
competitors are doing wide-open
business on Sundays, selling gro
ceries and provisions
Boston society women, at a meet
ing of the womens volunteer motor
detachment Of the Red Cross pledged
themselves to operate motor ambu-
lances in Boston, should the neces.
sity arise.
Walter Turner, 10, charged with
attacking an AGED woman. keeper OK
a Providence lodging house, was sem
fenced to three years in state prison.
An order Of notice has been made
returnable on Oct. 20 on the confirm
alton Of the composition offer OF
33 1-3 percent cash to the unsecured
creditors of the w. & A.. Bacon
company Of Boston, whose claims
have been allowed.
Massachusetts boys and girls won
two frsts and two second prizes In
food conservation work in eight
states at the Springfield, Mass.
fair.
Fourteen students from Japan form
an important factor In the foreign
groups at the Massachusetts Institute
OF Technology. Five are sent by the
Japanese government.
Dr. William 20. Stillman was re-
elected president Of the American
Humane association at the annual
meeting at Providence.
Mayor ckwood gets $4,000 for his
service as head OF the Cambridge
city government In 1916, according
to a decision Of the Massachusetts su-
preme court. The Cambridge auditor
had refused to approve this salary, do
claring that under the old charter the
mayor was to receive $500.
number OF citizens Of Methuen.
Mass. filed petition In the superior
court asking an investigation OF the
alleged corrupt and improper hand
ling Of the towns finances.
Andrew j. Peters announced his
for mayor ~ Boston. II
Is expected that the anti -Curley fore
60 will concentrate on tif candidacy.
Boston's great army OF smokers 10
paying war taxes Practically every
in the city las advanced
he price OF cigarettes cigars and
tobacco.
Marine underwriters ~ Boston were
badly hit by the tofpedolng OF the
Lewis Luckenbach or the
french coast The ship carried
II 500 900 cargo.
Yale university finances this year
will show a net deficit IF about $685.
S66 as a result OF war conditions.
Mrs. Maria A. Evans. ". philan-
hropist, and widely known for her
jenefactions, died Of Boston. She
vas the widow OF ROoo,t u. Evans.
The safe In the Ceth Israel syna-
rogue at Maiden. Mass was hown
open, but before tho robbers could
rather up the cash spd silyerware