Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-16
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work, were obliged to close down be-
tied up the plant.
Miss NJ. A. Kuppel of Boston
brought suit against DR.. James f.
Brady of Boston, alleging breach of
promise and asking $4,000 damages.
The schooner Herman F. Kimball
of Rockland Me-, which arrived at a
Boston wharf with a cargo of lime
on fire, sank at her berth from leaks
caused by the burning lime.
Gov. Mccall sent to the executive
council the nomination of Charles e.
Shattuck of Boston to be a judge Of
the superior court, vice Hardy, de.
ceased.
Nine candidates are in the field for
mayor of Lynn, Mass, as a result of
the decision of the voters at the
state election that seven years of the
commission form of government had
been enough for them and that a new
form was desirable.
A suit was entered at Cambridge,
Mass, by Christine d. Ross of Nal
den, who is suing Lucy NJ. Cox of
Maiden, Mass, for $4,000, alleging
she alienated the affections of her
husband.
Following the death of Miss Mar
garet T. Shortall, a school teacher,
the Cambridge, Mass, police arrest
ed Mrs. Gertrude f. Walker, charged
with Illegal surgery, which caused
Miss Shortall's death. Mrs. Walker
was held in $4,000 for hearing.
Peter f. Tague announced that he
would be candidate for mayor of Bos-
ton. The other candidates are Mayor
Curley, james A. Gallivan, Andrew j.
Peters and James Oneal.
= contest owe: the allowance of the
will of Mrs Augusta e. Corbin, who
left public requests totalling $1,375,-
900, was begun at Boston by three
first cousins
While trlking 10 the mothers of the
school children at a mothers meet
Ing at the Heath grammar school,
Iroollina, Mass. ]. S. Richardson, 80,
the principal of the school, collapsed
and died soon after of heart disease.
Judge Morton, in the United States
district court at Boston, confirmed
the composition offer of the w. & A.
Bacon company of SO 1-3 percent to
unsecured creditors.
Florence Haskell, Z, was struck and
killed at Lynn, Mass, by an auto
mobile.
Joshua Stanley, so, one of the lead
ers Of the Stanley tribe of gypsies,
died at Boston. He was one of the
few surviving leaders of the old Stan
ley band, which brokl off from the
ROmany tribe in Europe and came to
America many years ago.
The will of Richard B. Sewall of
Boston makes public requests amount
irg to $3S0000. The residuary leg
atees are Harvard university and
Yale university.
George Woodbury., Sc, a carpenter,
was instantly killed at Boston while
fixing the door to an elevator shaft
on the seventh floor of a new build
ing.
Miss Ruth Patterson of Brookline,
Mass, field suit against James A.
Fohack Of Brockline, asking $4,000
for alleged breach of promise.
Joseph McAulcy was killed at Chi
copee, Mass, when his automobile
struck a tree.
Long island, in Boston harbOr, will
probably be taken by the federal gov
eminent for hospital purposes. Mayor
Curley will use the 81 100000 realized
By the sale to build 500 cottages for
the poor and sick now on the island.
The old Dean homestead Mansfield,
Mass, one of the oldest dwelling
houses in the United States, was de-
stroyed by fire with a loss of about
$4,000. The building was erected in
1877.
Mary Donnelly, 6, was struck and
killed at Chelsea, Mass, by an auto
mobile.
Melvin u. Deal. SO, of Newburyport,
Mass, was instantly killed when his
automobile was struck by an engine at
u railroad crossing.
One fish hook is the subject for
Mitigation involving $4,000, according
to suit filed against a baker by
MISS Ada M. Hines of Quincy, Mass,
who declares that the hook was i'm
bedded in roll which she purchased.
The hook lodged In her throat, she
says, and caused her much suffering
and pain.
Frank H. Bradbury of Newburyport,
Mass, was held at Boston without
bail on the charge Of numbering his
fiancee, Jennie Lane, and in $1,000 for
intent to kill her chum, Mrs. Bertha
Paris, who is recovering
Thieves broke into the garage of
George e. Fogg, Braintree, Mass, and
carried off automobile fittings valued
at S1100.
Charles Whipple, 60, retired farm
or, committed suicide at West Burke,
VT, by shooting. He recently sold
his farm and inactive life made him
respondent.