Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-06
NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Happenings In Various Parts Of
New England

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The Lsddy block at Epping, N. H.,
was destroyed by fire. The loss -
81, 200.
Mrs. o. B.. Quimby, II. died at
Brockton, Mass, after severe Mt
of coughing.
William K. Neal, one Of the oldest
practicing attorneys in Maine, died at
Portland, aged 70.
Patrick E. Curley, AZ, died at
Boston following an accident in which
he was struck by an automobile.
Mrs. Irma Otis, formerly Irma
Bartoleth, an actress, was granted q
divorce at Boston from her husband,
Falling from the top Of windmill
on his estate at Whicher's Mills, Me-. :,
Edward e. Whicher was instantly
killed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, IS, was
burned to death at Leominster.
Mass, when her clothing accident
ally caught fire.
Charles w. Simms, graduate with
many honors from Harvard, was sem
fenced to two years in prison at Bos-
ton for stealinw jewelry.
About 200 foremen at the Boston
navy yard were notified that their
pay had been substantially increased
by the authorities at Washington.
A three ton iron support blown
over by wind killed August Hill, %,
while he was standing on O shed in
the Fore River shipyards at Quincy.
Mass.
Mrs. Annie Mccartney was dashed
to death and three other persons were
injured when fast freight crashed
into a jitney bus at Pawtucket, r.
l., railroad crcssing.
The dead body Of Mrs. Catherine
A. Walsh, 80, was found upright
in a chair in her home at Cam
bridge, Mass. She had been strick-
en- with heart failure. .Dr
Orrin Libby was acquitted of the
charge OF having set the fire which
caused the destruction Of the build
ings Of his wife's father, Johnson
Varney OF Windham. Me.
Michael Lopio pleaded guilty at
Salem, Mass. to a charge Of man
slaughter in killing James Germono.
He was sentenced to term Of six to
eight years in state prison.
Resolutions asking for national leg
islation that will provide universal
military or naval training for able
bodied Americans were adopted at Q
mass meeting held at Boston.
C. B. Kingston, commercial agent
of the Eastern Steamship corporation,
was found dead In his stateroom on
the steamer North Star on the arrival
of the vessel at Eastport. Me.
On account of the increase In the
cost of living the Waltham (Mass.)
Watch company will on Feb. S make
q 10 percent increase in wages. About
$500 employees will be benefited.
More than sixteen tons Of old pa
pers and magazines were collected by
the school children Of Brattleboro,
VT. in a contest Of four weeks. They
were paid $24s. SO by Junk dealer.
Arthur Casey. aged 81, a farmer,
charged with the murder Of John
Tracey, railroad section foreman.
during a fight at Calais, Me-, was
held for the grand jury without bail.
Provision for the establishment OF
q drug store In Mid,llebor0, Mass,
where needy residents and visitors In
the town may obtain medicine free.
is made in the will of David g. Pratt.
That 5000 children between the ages
Of "A and 16 years are employed In
the Lawrence. Mass. mills was ad-
mdtted by samuel l.. Powers, repre-
senting the American Woolen COM
pany. -.
Justice King OF the Maine supreme
court denied the motion of Miss
Elizabeth Garmond for q new trial OF
her $3.50 ,0c0 breach OF promise suit
against John B. Henderson Of Wash-
ineton. e7iDa q.
Bound and gagged. after being
blackjacked. John L.. Grills. assistant
paymaster of the Bullard Machine
Tool company. bridgeport. Conn. !.
was robbed OF $1,000. The robbers
escaped es .Slt e ~
3, Patrick Deacon, q Fenian leader in
Ireland In the late SOS and early
v0c, Who Aed from Ireland when .
price was put on his head BY tho
BritAsh authorities because OF his
scttyitiea, Died ct Boston, s.
Practically every town Ia sMaesa-
-ehnsetts wsats to ha'n = visiting
husses' association sstahlished, 10.
eer6ing to report made q ~ anav-