Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-21
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Happenings In Various Parts
Of New England

Miss Annie Pouliot, 16, Of Mar
chester, N. H., was drowned while
bathing.
Fred H. Parsons, 40, killed himself
at Gloucester, Mass. by taking car
bolic acid.
The body Of William Connolly, 45,
was found in the North canal, Law
renee, Mass.
Mrs. Martha P. Sargent, 10, OF
Somerville, Mass, died from burns
received when her dress caught fire.
James Shuman, a German, who
had been living at Erving, Mass. I,
several months. was killed by train.
Adm Berry, IA, was drowned at
Machias, Me-, In swimming race
with q fellow member of the Boy
Scouts.
The Maine commissioners of fisheries
and game are in favor of buck law,
limiting the killing Of deer to deer
with horns.
While attempting to light kitchen
fire with kerosene Mrs. Anna Lyons,
81, OF West Springfield, Mass. was
fatally burned.
Albert Baird 40, of Worcester,
Mass, was killed by train while
crossing railroad tracks. His body
was cut In two.
Albert Lafond Of Manchester, N.
H., died from injuries received when
he was thrown from the rear saddle
of motor cycle.
Frederick w. Lathrop, g., real
estate dealer of Springfield, Mass. :,
committed suicide by hanging. He
had been in i'll health.
Union members in two Of the jew
elry factories at Attleboro, Mass. ;,
went on strike, demanding recogni-
ton of their organization.
Hurled from a platform by fall
Ing block of granite and crushed un-
der It, Martin Murphy, 46, mason,
was killed at Haverhill, Mass.
The Brockton, Mass. Milk Pro-
ducers' association raised the price OF
milk from 10 to IA cents, which made
a Accent increase within two weeks.
The East Coast Ship company has
been organized at Boothbay Harbor.
Me. 1t plans to carry on a general
business of shipbuilding and ship
ping.
Michele Scarelli, 26, was arrested
at Leominster, Mass, charged with
the murder of Mariana Muccianti,
who was shot through the heart in a
brawl.
James E. Keown of Lynn, Mass. :,
filed suit for $4,000 against two
women and three men, charging them
with the alienation Of his wife's al
fections.
Weavers who had been on strike,
forcing 300 operatives into idleness,
returned to work at the mills of the
Cocheco Wooden company, Roches-
ter, N. H.
Eleven New England shoe manu-
facturers were awarded contracts call
ing for $50, 900 pairs of marching
shoes by the quartermaster' depart
ment at Washington.
Carl o. Wallin was arraigned at
Dedham, Mass, charged with the
murder Of his wife, Alma, in a quar-
rel about money. He pleaded not
guilty and was held without bail.
The annual collection at the con-
vention of the Christian Missionary
alliance at Old Orchard, Me-. I,
amounted to $66, 400, as compared
with last years high mark Of $50 900.
An immense quantity of burlap,
cloth bags and rope. filling the three
floors of a building occupied by Cutler
& Brickman company, Chelsea,
Mass. and valued at nearly 500, 900,
was destroyed by fire.
Helen and Edith Taft, daughters
Of Rev. Clinton j. Taft of Boston.
were instantly killed when an auto
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by an express train. Taft and
his wife were seriously hurt.
School teachers to the number OF
200 attending the summer session or
the state normal school at Danbury,
Conn. placed themselves under in
struction in handling military rifle
and in craftsmanship.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Lewis of Quincy,
Mass. was sentenced to one month
In the house of correction on the
charge of assaulting her 3syear
ION with stick. Sentence was sus-
pended and she was placed on proba-
hon.
The sum Of $500 was found in the
deserted Tucker cottage at Maiden,
Mass. The money was hidden under
false bottom in clothes basket.
Mrs. Charles Tucker died in 1907 and
the cottage had been closed ever
since.
A suit alleging alienation of affec-
tons and seeking damages of 81 OOO,-
200 was filed at Boston by Frank p.
Blair, who names Edmund D. Bar
bour and Edward H. Ross as the de-
Fendants. He declares they alienated
the affections of his wife.
With fifteen hundred passengers
on board, the Mayfower, an excur-
sion steamboat, was damaged in col
lision with a submarine of the United
States navy in heavy fog in Boston
harbor. All the passengers were
transferred without much difficulty to
sister steamboat.
Cecil Foley, 8, was drowned when
ne fell into a pond at Boston.
Salvatore Cetrino, IA, was struck
and killed by train at Fitchburg,
Mass.
Russell Nix, %, was killed when an
automobile struck a tree at Milton,
Mass.
Two trolley cars met head ON on
curve at Bridgeport, Conn. Eighteen
no coonporc uora IN iurod