Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-02-26
NEW ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yankeeland

OGOuUlIS vi 1QIln00Ioilu
The New England division Of the
American Red Cross has enrolled
lS9, 538 in junior auxiliaries to date,
which is Is percent Of the pupil
population in the six states.
George F. Haley. 81. associate JUS
tice of the supreme court of Maine,
died at Saco, Me-. from an illness or
iginating in trouble with tooth.
Lewis Willard Moulton, 66, for
merly sheriff, deputy sheriff, chief
railway mail postoffice clerk for New
England and prominent Democrat,
died ut Standish, Me.
The government may take over 2O3
houses, now under construction at
Watertown, Mass. for the housing
of WATERFOWL arsenal workmen and
their families.
Newburyport, Mass, high school
girls will become earmerettes this
summer in an effort to do their bit
toward the backyard garden" scheme
and food conservation movement
Boston and eastern Massachusetts
is flooded with bogus olive oil, &C
cording to the Boston board Of health.
The Old South Meeting House, his
toric Boston landmark visited by
tourists from far and wide, has
closed it's doors on account Of the
fuel shortage.
The educational conference at
Worcester, Mass, of noted MethO-
dists from all over New England re-
suited in the announcement Of a
Emission drive" In which SIS, 900, 600
is to be raised within the next five
years.
For ffty-seven years the best
known grocer on the North Shore,
Horace P. Woodbury. died at Bev-
erly Cove, Mass. at the age Of 70.
Five hundred tons of bitiminous
coal sank at a Boston wharf when
the lighter Pocomoke, cut through by
ice, foundered.
Levi W. Moore, II, for many years
general manager of the Grafton and
Upton Railway company, died at
Milford. Mass
Philip W. Thorpe pleaded guilty at
Taunton, Mass, to murder in the
second degree, and was sentenced to
life Imprisonment in the state prison
for having murdered Manuel Almeda.
|. Matthew T. Cady, veteran Of the
Crimean war, died at Rutland, Me-,
aged 90. He was native of Ireland.
Arthur Longwell, 2. and his sis
ter. Hazel Longwell, 4, left at home
locked in by their mother, who had
gone to visit neighbor, were burned
to death at Millbury, Mass, after
the little ones had been playing with
matches.
A four-foot fall caused the death
of Samuel Veazie while at work In
q Rockland, Me-. shipyard. He was
20 years old.
Western Names own regiment,
the 9Th artillery, sale good bye at
Portland and 10000 persons saw the
farewell parade of the 1900 kha'
ki-clad sons Of the Pine Tree state,
soon to leave for "over there"
Negro women of Greater Boston
are organizing into units to raise
funds for the necessary comforts fol
negro soldiers In the service OF the
United States.
Stephen G. Wheeler, 50, superin.
tendent of the Winsted, Conn, police
department for ten years, died OF
Bright's disease.
Jonathan Y. Stanton, professor
emeritus of Greek at Bates college,
and one of the best known educators
in New England, died at his home
at Lewiston. Me-, in his S4th year.
Mrs. Viola Veo, 43, chamhermaid
was held for the grand jury in bonds
of $4,000 at Springfield, Mass, after
pleading guilty to charge Of arson.
She admitted having set nine fires.
For the first time in sixteen years
cargo of European coal reached
Boston. 1t came aboard q British
steamship-50O0 tons of it-from
Wales.
Despondent over family troubles,
Frank D. Hight. SO, prominent
and wealthy Bangor, Me-, man, shot
himself in that city, dying instant
ly.'
More than 100 persons were driven
into Q storm at Boston by fire Of
mysterious origin which started in
big four story wooden structure
occupied by manufacturers Of gun
carriages for the United States war
department, and makers of electrical
goods.
By a ninth inning" rally Of the
labor unions OF Boston the drive to
secure 5000 mechanics to build ships
for Uncle Sam was made success.
Frank B. Shea, IT, who recently
lost a son and daughter by death,
and who disappeared from Braintree,
Mass, after saying that his bereave-
ment was more than he could bear,
was found dead in a stretch of wood
land.
Two hundred feet Of the Cape Cod
Cold Storage company wharf, Prov
incetown, Mass, was destroyed by
Ice driven into the harbor by a south
east storm. The loss is nearly $4,000.
Only seventy-three of Boston's pub
lie school buildings will be open this
week. The authorities had hoped to
open ia of the 266 buildings, but
there is fuel for only seventy-three.
In one weeks campaign the Rhode
Island public service reserve en-
rolled $500 men for shipbuilding, or
500 in excess Of the state quota.