Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-01-16
NUMBER 3.

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Grinnell. who
secured a divorce from Dr.. Francis
B. Grinnell, instructor at the Har-
vard medical school, wins the custody
Of their three children and is awarded
81. 900 a year as alimony.
Rev. J. w. Williams, 81, pastor
Of the Free Baptist church at Ply
mouth, N. H., and his son, Carl,
II, were killed when the sleigh in
which they were driving was hit on
a grade crossing by q train.
Because her husband refused to get
up and 60 to work In the morning
was one of the reasons given by Mrs.
Isabel v. Hoffman Of Portland, Me-,
for asking for divorce from Elwood
Hoffman. A decree was granted to
her.
The authorities OF Boston univers-
ity appointed Josephine ]. Eschen-
brenner as a lecturer in the depart
ment of secretarial studies of tho
college of business administration.
She is the first woman so to be ap-
pointed.
Don't kill my big puppy. I will
die in his place." This pathetic lit
tie note, found beside the body OF
14-year -old Charles l.. r. J. Ward.
gave the reason for his committing
suicide at Lawrence, Mass. by TAX
Ing poison.
Alfred s. Roe, past department
commander of the Massachusetts, q.
A. R. and ex-state senator, died
suddenly at his home at Worcester.
He was supervisor OF evening schools
and literary editor Of the Worcester
Gazette.
The diphtheria scare at the Boston
immigration station is dead.
A burglar, on being frightened from
q building In Exeter, N. H., fed.
leaving an automobile behind him.
Captain Peter War; of the schooner
Lizzie Lane Of Eastport, Me-, was
struck by the mainboom and killed.
Chester Ledeu, 81, was asphyxiat-
ed at Pittsfeld, Mass. by gas from
a range he was using to heat water.
Frank S. Morton, Sc, assistant
business manager Of The Evening
Express Advertiser, died at Port
land. Me.
While fishing through the ice Jo-
seph Knowles Of Laconia. N. H..
fell through an ice rift and was
drowned.
The death rate Of Boston last year.
1912 per 1000, was the lowest in the
history Of the city, save that Of 1915.
which was 1906.
Potatoes have reached $4.16 bar
rel at Houlton, Me. A shortage or
cars is feared and buyers expect to
see still higher price.
Mrs. Bridget Mccarthy, rs,
widow, was burned to death in q fre
at her home at Boston. The cause
Of the fire is unknown.
Within three days of observing the
72d anniversary Of his birth Henry r.
Bowtell committed suicide at Bellows
Falls, VT. by hanging.
Dr.. Ozias NJ. George, Is, known
throughout New England as The
marrying justice Of Bellows Falls"
died at Bellows Falls, vt.
Robert H. Park, %, brakeman
on the Boston and Albany railroad,
was run over and killed in the Wor-
cester, Mass. train yard.
Winfield l.. Chase, engineer on the
Grand Trunk railway, who was in
jured in collision on Dec. "a, died
at hospital at Berlin, N. H.
While her mother stood helpless
and Mortified, 5-year-old Margaret
Gangemi was crushed to death be-
meath Boston Elevated railway car.
Alfred Jette, IA, page employed
at the Harvard club, Boston, was
caught in an elevator on the second
floor of the club and crushed to death.
George A. Gardner, who gave the
city OF Boston a large sum OF money
for improvements, and who died on
Aug. s, left an estate valued at $3,-
270, ,857.
The state of Names income for
the fiscal year just closed exceeded
expenditures by $3l4,17 The re-
ceipts from all sources amounted to
Sc, 1865. S55.
A six-day campaign to raise $StO,.
900 for Y. M. C. A. building for
enlisted men of the United States
army and navy will be launched in
Boston Feb. s.
Ralph H. White. IS, president and
owner of the r. H. White COM
pany, Boston, died suddenly of heart
disease. He was born Jan. II, 1S4l,
at Hinsdale, Mass.
One person in every 257 in Massa-
chusetts is suffering from some form
of mental disease and Is under obser-
vation, declares the state commission
on mental diseases.
DR.. Orrin G.. Cilley, who. rs physi-
clan at Suffolk county jail at Boston.
has been several times under fire OF
the city council, has resigned "on &C.
count OF i'll health and age."
The new automatic signal system.
which will control everything along
the New Haven railroad property be-
tween Riverside and Stamford,
Conn. was put into operation.
President O'Neil Of the New Eng
land Belgium relief fund reported re-
ceipts of 1925. .S11.47. this amount not
Including $242. .527 .6s spent for sup
plies previous to Nov. Is. 1915.
Doris McCleary, 8. was instantly
killed and six of her playmates we're
seriously hurt when ice and snow
slid from the roof Of .the Parker
school at West Manchester. N. H.
Joseph Cosmos. who was shot
through the throat by two men who
entered his store at New Bedford,