The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-02

and uemaa 10 play !, werc today il !
stalled IN The stitching room o. shoe
factor
Another Bis shipment % ubah
f-N sugar arrived IN Boston hafbot
tAst weet IA Dc holds az Danish
steamer fro1 C&barisn and sagaa Ia
. Grsnde q, consisted Of 1880 bags
containing 100000 pounds
Iamrs Pgf1y Of souJhbridge. Mass
vha has been blacksmith for sixty
Owe scAF- IL lill at the age OF
eighty seven. engaged in the shop he
) has bad for three decades he Is a
native Of Ligby County \ 5
Springfield Mass. April II Threat
/ cnrd With ride on a rail and duck
ing from a IRE hose unless he sub
-cfibrd for a Liberty bond an EN-
poyr Of large manufacturing plant
in Springfield Mass. busy with war
orders. eapitulated The man. a native
OF Germany he'd hitherto refused TO
heln boost the factory's bonds quota,
though earning large pay
There were fifty seven deaths from
pneumonia in Boston the past week
The total number OF deaths for the
week was ESQ against 255 the cores
pondins week last year Heart
disease claimed twenty nine tuber
culoIs twenty-seyen. and measles
four There were 1926 cases OF
measles The deaths in hospitals and
public institutions were 12G
Twenty thousand four hundred and
eighty stitches have TO be taken in
knitting one pair of thumbless mitts.
Mrs Eliza Bodwel Of Sanford Me.
who was So in February, since Sep
TENDER has knitted 81 pairs of these
mitls. making total of 1861 $50
stitches. In addition she has knit
ted since the war began lis sponges
and scyeral sweaters for the boys at
the front
'N''iHo IpNNA VI iNhcNN
Island signed an act passed by the
general assembly requiring every man
between the ages of IS and so to be
employed for at least thirty six hours
a week The act is similar to the |
New Jersey "anti-loafing" law The
Governor also signed an act estab-
fishing a zone fare system for the |
street railways in the State control |
led by the Rhode Island company.
The total sale OF thrift stamps in |
Maine up to April |, according to
State Administrator Herbert ] Brown |
was sl,20S,000 This Is an average
per capita OF $154 Cumberland
leads with total of $4,000 and
Penobscot is second with $4,000
In per capita Portland is first with
s2,S4 and Knox is second with s1.S3.
Sagadahoc made the largest gain the
the last month-1lS per cent There
has been a falling off in the average
sales of nearly one half since April !
The high water mark as regards the
amount of fish handled was reached
during the year 1917 according to
the testimony of William X Boards
ley, manager OF the Boston Fish Pier
Company, at the ederal hearing be-
fore Examiner Matheson. The hearing
is on the suit by the government
Ii f,,tn oil n
violation of the Sherman act. The
witness also declared that during last
year prices also reached the highest
point in the 10 years experience OF
Inc exchange
Members of the Board of Police and
License Commission of Fall River at
with city and naval auth
orities at Newport r. l. gave assur-
ances that the sale of liquor in that
neighboring city, beginning May l,
would be conducted so that men in
Uniform could not obtain IT, Because
Of the thousands Of naval men here
The sale OF liquor is barred within
TduluS VI I'VE uilltS, anu lNdio WpiC
that when license goes
INTO effect in Fall River, Is miles
away the spirit OF the Navy Depart
merits ruling would be defeated,
Details have been announced az
Springfield. Mass, of a plan backed
~ the Chamber OF Commerce that
viii be submitted to the War Depart
-lent for triangular training course
or student aviators, with Mineola. l..
4. Springfield and Boston as landing
points The plan originated with NJ.
" Rose. vice president of the
Springfield Aircraft Corporation, and
you'd locate hangers on the field
hat is being used for trial fights
lere The proximity OF the aircraft
slant for repair work Is considered an
advantage II Is also suggested that
short course be laid out between
his city and the plains In Westfield,
where Camp Bartlett is located.
The fuel shortage in Massachu
etts last Winter will be trifing in
with the food scarcity and
deprivation which will be felt next
Winter unless the agricultural prob
a.,, la a.,