Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
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Happenings ID. New England
Tod IN Brief Items
John Mclaughlin. q, and Clarence
storm. 90, were burned to death In q
fire at the Barrett Manufacturing COM
pany's plant at Everett, Mass,
caused by the explosion OF vat con-
tanning 5000 gallons of tar.
The lifeless body Of female child
was found in a suitcase by two boys
who were playing in q Rockiand,
Mass. patch Of woods.
Winifred A.. Dion, 5, was fatally
burned while sleeping in her bed.
Curtains blown by the wind against
a lighted gas jet started the fire.
A fortune, variously, estimated at
from $50 900 to $50, 900, was left by
Miss Sarah e. Manning, an eccentric
ecluse, we'll known to Bostonians for
more than half a century and long
believed to be in impoverished, almost
pitiable circumstances. She couio
read and speak seventeen languages.
The hotel men OF Massachusetts
voted to adopt standard loaf OF
wheatless bread. They also voted to
enforce" the acknowledgements
campaign in the hotels.
A willow tree immortalized by Poet
Longefellow was blown down at Cam.
bridge, Mass, the high wind break.
ing its six-foot trunk like match.
Robert s. Perry, q, and his wife,
Eva r., "a, were found dead in bed
in their room in a Boston lodging
house. A wide-opened gas cock
which had been used 10 establish
connections for gas heater, en-
planned their death, which Is thought
to have been accidental.
No afternoon tea, no refreshments
between meals, is the program OF
women's clubs in Providence.
Charles Curtin of Waltham, a
member of the 301st field artillery at
Camp Devens, who was injured In
an automobile accident, died at the
base hospital. Curtin's skull was
fractured.
Capt. Firth and the ship Mary F.
Curtis hung up new record at Bos.
ton for the mackerel season. Their
total catch reached the value oil
1872, 500. Each member Of the crew
received 81 $500.
Albert M. Towle, a Providence
druggist, was sentenced to two years
Imprisonment for embezzling $500
from his daughter.
Employees Of the Warren and Brook
field, Mass, Street Railway com
pany, who have been out on strike,
returned to work pending decision by
arbitration of their demand for an
increase in pay of 2h cents an hour
DR.. Archibald ven Sonnenberg
Boston physician, was given three to
i've years in state prison for perform
ing two illegal operations.
The Central Vermont railroad was
tied up by q freight wreck near
Sharon, VT. Much livestock was
killed in the crash.
Leo Cconey, Is, of Saco, Me-. died
OF injuries received in a hunting &C
cident when he was shot by com
panion who did not know the gun
was loaded.
Bomb and Internal machine max
ers will not find it so easy to obtain
materials for their instruments OF de-
straction if the druggists Of Boston
observe a request made by the police
department.
David A. Gilmore, "a, was burned
to death and his housekeeper. Mrs.
Ii. j. Sartest, 70, died from shock
as the result of fire in the Gilmore
home at Townsend, Mass.
The directors of the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company
elected Matt B. Jones a director and
vice president Of the company.
Joseph Friedman, wealthy Spring.
field junk dealer. paid fine of $500
in the district federal court at Bos-
ton for having received goods stolen
n interstate traffic.
John R. Oldfeld, So, manager OF
the Lawrence Opera House, and
widely known in New England the.
atrical circles, died suddenly on the
street at Lawrence, Mass. Of heart
trouble.
Joseph Giuseppe Of Boston was
struck and killed at Cambridge.
Mass, by an automobile.
j. G.. Hoyt of Stamford, Conn. {,
was killed when his automobile ran
into large moving truck.
More than half of the IS, 900 ,000
estate OF Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, wldt :
of Robert D. Evans of Boston was
beqaeathed to charitable. educational
and other institutions.
Another big freighter for govern.
.ler. service was launched wher the
Number 264 slid down the wa, at
Quincy, Mass.
William s. Foster, 8, was run
eve. and killed at Boston by an auto.
mobile.
While the parents looked o. terri
fed, 6-year-old Mary l.. Kemp was
instantly killed at Methuen, Mass. I.
by an automobile.
Aveard Johnson Of Hillsgrove, R.
l., was killed when his motorcycle
crashed head on into an automobile.
Gamers representing 80 percent o.
the Maine sardine canning industry
voluntarily agreed to reduce their
prices.
The executive board OF the Special
Aid society Of Wakefield, Mass, is
to ask for the appointment of local
policewom-n to deter erring girls
from becoming too intimate with men
in service who are training in and
near the town.
A. B. Telney Of Boston was TO
elected president Of the Bristol Plain
Vile, Conn. Tramway company.
Food Administrator Spaulding OF
New hampshire has sent notices to
the farmers o. the state. warning
them aaginst boarding potatoes.