Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09
NEWS REDUCED
To A MINIMUM
Recent Happenings of Interest
to New Englanders

VI u tAlOlOl DOdl Ill d ldhS
at North Wayne, Me. They were Leo
Emmons, 20. Frank Bradford. 80.
and James Stetson, IS.
Edward Daley, machinist In the
employ OF the Boston and Albany rail.
road, was instantly killed at Warren,
Mass, when be stepped in front OF a
train.
Neil Brown, Sc. was instantly killed
at Boston when dozen heavy limb
toppled onto him.
Despondent because OF ill-health,
William Gleitsman, %, clerk in the
ordnance department bureau, Wash.
tngton, committed suicide at Maiden,
Mass. while home on Through.
Mrs. Frances E. Spencer, SO, and
| Miss Martha F.. L.Oomis, Il sister, rs,
were burned to death at Hartford
is The result Of a fire IN their home.
Four.year old Helen Merchs was
run over and killed at Lowell, Mass.
Dy an automobile.
William IIavelle, AZ, was killed al
Fitchburg. Mass, when struck by an
automobile.
| Rev. lanes Lee, for twenty.eight
years pastor ~ the Immaculate Con.
ceptiOn church at Revere, Mass,
died at the age Of Is, He was one OF
the best-known priests In the arcbdlo
| cese.
The p0stoffice at South Yarmouth,
Mass, was broken and entered by
burglars and the safe was blown open
and contents stolen.
The TODD administration announced
appointment Ut George w. Milton OF
Boston as state merchant representa-.
tive stOr Massachusetts.
The strike OF clerks in Fitchburg,
Mass, markets and provision stores
was avoided by the decision Of the
prOprietTrs to grant the demands tor
Wednesday half-hoidays.
John Mclaughlin, u, and Clarence
Storm, %, we're burned to death in d
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 a female child
was found in suitcase by two boys
who were playing in a Rockland,
Mass, patch OF woods.
A fortune, variously estimated at
from $50 900 to $3.50 900, was left by
Miss Sarah r. Manning, an eccentric
eclnse, we'll known to Bostonlans for
more than half century and long
believed to be in impoverished, almost
pitiable circumstances She could
read and speak seventeen languages.
The hotel men Of Massachusetts
wheatless bread. They also voted to
enforce the two-tsh-days-a-week
campaign In the hotels.
A willow tree 1mmortalized by Poet
L0ngetellow was blown down at Cam.
bridge, Mass, the high wind break.
Ing its siX.toot trunk like match.
Robert s. Perry, 27 and his wife,
Eva r., "a, were found dead in bed
in their room in Boston lodging
house. A wide-opened gas cock,
which had been used to establish
connections for a gas heater, eX-
piuihCu oCulh, "ulNh 10 ILOuS
TO have been accidental.
No afternoon tea, no refreshments
between meals, is the program OF
womens clubs in Providence.
Charles Curtin Of Waltham, a
member of the 30lst field artillery at
Camp Devens. who was injured In
an automobile accident, died at the
base hospital. Curtins 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 Of
| $50, 500, Each member OF the crew
received 81 1898 "a,
Albert M. Towle, a Providence
! druggist. was sentenced TO two years
Imprisonment for embez2ling $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 2la cents an hour.
DR.. Archibald Won Sonnenberg,
Boston physician. was given three to
five years in state prison for perform.
| ing two illegal operations
The Central Vermont railroad was
tied up by freight wreck near
Sharon, w. Much livestock Was
| killed in the crash.
Leo Cooney, l6, OF Saco, Me. died
OF injuries received In a hunting &C.
oident when he was shot by com.
panion who did not know the gun
was loaded.
Bomb and internal machine max
ers will not find 1t so easy to obtain
materials for their instruments OF de-
struction II the druggists Of Boston
observe request made by the police
department.
David A. Gilmore, "a, was burned
to death and his housekeeper, Mrs.
Il. j. Sartest, 70, died from shock
as the result Of fire in the Gilmore
home at Townsend. Mass.
Joseph Fried ian. wealthy Spring.
| field Junk dealer. paid a fine of $500