The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03

lating the tpnd rrEuinttuss law N'fN
transmitted TO toe state food admis'
lstration.
The mayor, hrcmcn and policeman
Of Somervillc, Mass. win all receive
an Increase Of salary next year, a. .
result az the vote ~ The board ~
aldermen
Fuel Administrator Storrow ~cnt
word To the school committees " ~
cities and towns IN Massachusetts ash
ing that schools postpone their opc5
ing after the Christmas vacation frnfs
Jan 2 TO Jan. Z
william y. Carney, nanvcrs shoe
manufacturer against whom bank
ruptcy proceedings were started
owes Still
John Johnson OF Wohurn, Mass
was found dead in his bed with his
throat cut. His wife said he had bcrr
subject 20 melancholin,
A consignment OF 30 large troua
arrived al Worcester, Mass, for lib
Grafton in waters in the vicinity 81
the city. The trout are from tho
state FISH hatchery at Sandwich
-Four automobile bandits broke INTO
the Foxboro, Mass, postolllcc and bIcs
off the door OF the safe, but wrrw
frightened away before they could no
tain IFS contents.
The Boston and Maine RalrosN
company unfurled IN the concourse ~
the Nor,h station, Boston, n service
fiag In honor OF It's employees who
have Joined the colors. The flag car
ries the figures 1850,
Mayor-eIect Peters OF Boston, who
has served on the Boston Chnmbev
OF Commerce board OF directors since
last May, has resigned IN order inst
he may give all his time TO his worx
as chief executive of the city
Civil service examinations for st~w-
ographers and typewriters are being
held In Boston in an effort TO obtais
the number required by the UnitrS
States civil service commission.
Directors OF the Nahant and LynA
Mass, Street railway issued state
ment declaring the selectmen Of tbs
town must rescind the licenses grant
ed for ten jitney buses, or the street
car service will be discontinued nj
once.
Farmers OF Massachusetts are ad-
vised to raise sheep this year as never
before by Secretary Of Agriculture
Wheeler, who Is chairman OF a gov
eminent committee which Is uDder@
taking to encourage the sheep raising
industry In New England
On account Of the overcrOwded cOo-
ditions at the Portsmouth and Chariesr
town naval prisons the navy depart
ment Is thinking seriously Of taking
over Deer island. Boston barbor, anS
using II as a naval prison.
After he had sent his two daugfs-
ters to movie show, Thomas Flynn.
49, committed suicide ut Lynn Mass
by hanging.
The Massachusetts Institute ~
Technology Ia to admit new fresh
man class at the beginning OF tho
second term In February. This step
was taken TO meet the unusual com
d!.iOns In the field Of technical eds
toti0n created by the war
Through the beguest Of Mrs. A. Il
NJ. Currier the poor children OF Mes'
rose Mass, will be provided with
clothing during each year. lntere~
on the fund left by Mrs Curro
amounts to $500 this year.
While attempting TO cross the rniL
road tracks of Woburn, Mass. Mrs
Catherine @. Barker, G.. Of BilIcrica.
was struck and instantly killed by
train.
Walter II. Termed. Boston b1ftes
merchant, died at Cambridge, Mnss-
where he was born In 1870. He WIS
a direct descendant Of william In.
ned who settled 10 CharlestOwn UsOs-
toni In 1892.
Mrs. Susan WATSON. 40. committees
suicide at Dennysville, Me-. by jump"
Ing from bridge over Dennys rivef.
dropping forty feet to the Ice.
Eighteen persons were injured wheS
a crowded trolley car jumDed mo
track at Spencer. Mass, rolling over
on its side into an embankment.
Boston takes third place In tho
number OF government thrift starnuD
purchased. Hub people have bought
$4,000 stamps
Charles o. Flodin, 83, was fOnD1
dead In bed at Boston. Gns was ~
Gaping from partly lighted gas
heater.
A service fhg with the largr-a
number OF stars-1544-Of any In
New England was unfurled by The
United States Rubber company NJ
Boston.
George A. Kittredge, 81. n pioneer
operator OF street railways In Bofn-
bay, india. died NJ Brookllne. Mass.
He was native OF Boston. but lived
In India for fifty years, and on re-
turning 10 America made his home
In and around Boston.