Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-03

feet at Lynn, Mass. where a piano
and a woman to play it were today in
stalled in the stitching room of a shoe
factory.
Another big shipment Of Cuban
raw sugar arrived in Boston har5or
last week in the holds of a Danish
steamer from Caibarien and Sagua la
Grande. 1t consisted Of 1880 bags
containing 6,240,0 900 pounds.
James Purdy of S~outhbridge, Mass.
who has been a blacksmith for sixty
five years, is still, at the age OF
e1ghty-seven, engaged in the shop he
has had for three decades. He is q
native of Dgby County, N. S.
Springfield, Mass, April 17.-Threat-
ened with a ride on a rail and a duck
ing from a fire hose unless he sub
scribed for a Liberty bond an en-
ploye of a large manufacturing plant
in Springfield, Mass, busy with war
orders, capitulated. The man, a native
of Germany had hitherto refused to
help 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 286 against 255 the CORES
ponding week last year. Heart
disease claimed twenty-nine, tuber-
culosis twenty-seven, and measles
four. There were 326 cases OF
measles. The deaths in hospitals and
public institutions were 126.
twenty thousand four hundred and
eighty stitches have to be taken in
knitting one pair of thumbless mitts.
Mrs. Eliza Bodwell of Sanford, Me-,
who was 80 in February, since Sep
TENDER l has knitted 81 pairs of these
mitts, making a total Of 1863 $50
stitches. In addition she has knit
ted since the war began IT'S sponges
and several sweaters for tie boys at
the front.
bCCChIldh 81 EGHOUS
Island signed an act passed by the
general assembly requiring every man
between the ages Of 18 and SO to be
employed for at least thirty-six hours
a week. The act is similar to the
New Jersey "a~nti-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 l, according to
State Administrator Herbert J. Brown
was 81 1908, 900. This is an average
per capita of $1.54. Cumberland
leads with a total of $4,000 and
Penobscot is second with ST29. 600.
In per capita Portland is first with
S2.84 and Knox is second with S1.S3.
Sasadahoc made the largest gain the
the last month-118 per cent. There
has been a falling off in the average
sales of nearly one half since April /.
az hASH 'tlNl mai N az iCSdIuS liz
amount of fish handled vas reached
during the year 1917, according to
the testimony of William K. 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
against the fish interests, alleging q
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
the exchange.
Members of the Board OF Police and
License Commission of Fall River at
conference with city and naval auth
critics at Newport, r. |. gave assur-
ances that the sale Of liquor in that
neighboring city, beginning May 1.
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 a
radius of five miles. and fears were
entertained that when license goes
into effect in Fall River, l8 miles
away the spirit OF the Navy Depart
merits ruling would be defeated.
Details have been announced al
Springfield, Mass, of a plan backed
by the Chamber Of Commerce that
will be submitted to the War Depart
ment for 4 triangular training course
for student av~iators, with MineoIa. l..
l., Springfield and Boston as landing
The plan originated with M.
w. Rose, a vice president of the
Springfield Aircraft Corporation. and
would locate hangers on the field
that is being used for trial flights
here. The proximity of the aircraft
plant for repair work is considered an
advantage. 1t is also suggested that
a short course be laid out between
this city and the plains in West6eit,
where Camp Bartlett is located
The fuel shortage in Massachu-
sets last Winter will be triniDg in
comparison with the food scarcity and
deprivation which will be felt next
Winter unless the agricultural prob
w chic CNnsA -lr- raj