Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-01-11
GATHERED FROM
MANY SECTIONS
Happenings In New England
Told In Brief Items

tinction of being the first Democratic
speaker of the Maine state house of
representatives and who was the
Democratic candidate for governor in
1896, died at Portland.
After more than three score and
ten years Of service, Bernard Corr,
aged 90. reporter, has resigned. The
Boston Chamber of Commerce, for
which he has been official stock mar
ket reporter, accepted his resignation.
Captain Charles r. Dickson, United
State coast artillery corps, stationed
at Fort Mckinley, Portland harbor,
has been sued for divorce. His wife,
Mrs. Dickson, names woman as CO.
respondent and also alleges non-sup-
port and other contributory causes
A cargo of Egyptian cotton valued
at more than S7,000,000 reached Bos-
ton on board ship that on its way
from Alexandria traversed two sub
marine zores.
An explosion of gasoline resulted
in a fire that destroyed forty-twO
motor cars in the Packard service
station at Providence. The loss is
$4,000.
Mrs. Katherine A. O'Mahoney, Cath
Ollie writer dropped dead at her home
at Lawrence. Mass.
Under the will of the late Zenas
Crane of Dalton. Mass, So, 127 900 in
specific requests of private and pub
lie nature are made
The Farmers Union store, the rail-
road station and carload of grain
were burned at Hinckley, Me.
Twenty-one families lost all their
belongings when they were driven to
the street by flames which swept
through two tenement buildings at
Fitchburg, Mass, causing loss of
$4,000.
Arthur Sheidow, 80, was killed while
working at the Victory shipbuilding
plant at Squantum, Mass, when a
huge piece of timber hit him on the
head.
Fire in the leather factory owned
by the Potter estate, in the heart Of
the leather and shoe district of
Haverhill, Mass, resulted in loss
of $4,000.
Edwin o. Fletcher, former post
master of Camden, Me-, died at the
age of 50. He was president Of the
Knox Wooden company, and had rep
resented the town in the legislature.
Everett c. Dodge, 81, was found
Gead in bed at Worcester, Mass from
gas asphyxiation.
John Peterson is dead, Mike Fox
fatally hurt, and John Guimka is seri-
ously injured as the result Of the eX-
ploSion of cylinder head in the
Merrimack paper mills at Lawrence,
Mass.
Miss Annie E. Pierce was appointed
acting register of probate at Portland
Me-, in place Of Henry A. Peabody
who was called to the colOrs. Miss
Pierce, who was clerk in his office
will turn over to him the salary of
$4,000.
A $4,000 fire destroyed the Ded-
ham, Mass, Country and Polo club
building.
Massachusetts is tagging in the pur-
chase of war savings and thrift
stamps, the amount purchased to date
being only about $750000 worth, while
the state is asked to take S7S,000,000
worth.
The building Of the Belmont
Springs Country club on the outskirts
of Belmont, Mass, was destroyed by
fire with a loss of $4,000.
Roy c. Haines of Ellsworth, grand
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
Of Maine, left for France to do Y. NJ
C. A. work.
Because of extreme cold weather
and shortage of coal, Lenox, Mass,
cottagers closed their cottages.
Rev. George Mcguire and Rev. Will
liam Trainor, pastor and assistant
pdStoT, respectively, VI Tic llHlIhCu~
late Conception church, Taunton,
Mass, had a narrow escape from FIRE
which destroyed the parish house.
The appointment of William D. Full
Ter as professor Of education at the
University Of Maine was announced
by President Alley.
The liberty loan committee Of New
England declares that the practice of
accepting liberty bonds in exchange
for merchandise, which is being fol-
lowed by some merchants, tends to
defeat the primary object of the sale
Of liberty bonds.
Earth tremors caused by gases and
the extreme cold weather, shook
houses, broke dishes and caused the
people of Maynard, Mass, and neigh
boring towns to fear an explosion.
An explosion in a steam vat at the
Estes mill, Fall liver, Mass, demol-
ished part of the bleach house and
braid room with loss of $4,000
Mayor Curley Of Boston, on the eve
Of his retirement from Office. an
nounced that he would be n candidate