The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-11-07
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of yankeeIand
BIC SHOE CONTRACT FOR NEW
ENGLAND.

ENGLAND.
Contracts for 1,l4510O pairs OF
metallic fastened shoes tor the army
90 cost ss.igs.o06 have been awarded
by tho shoe branch 81 The clothing
and eQuippage division, The price
per pair ~ s7l5 and deliveries On
these contracts will begin IN Novsm-
Der. with rnal deliveries on Jan, Is,
Following are the firms 10 which
these contracts were awarded and
the number OF pairs allotted 10 each I;
A. J Bates a. Co, Webster Mass.
30 900; Cass q Daley, Salem, Mass.
so 900, Il. A Corbin & Sons Co.
Webster, Mass, $4,000. II. A, Cor
bin a Sons Co. Webster Mass, 1900;
Pennington Shoe Manufacturing
Company, Dover, n. H., 10000; r. p,
Hazard Company, Gardiner. Me.
10000; Joseph NJ Herman a Co..
Mills. Mass, $4,000; f, NJ Hoyt
Shoe Company. Manchester. N H..
80 900 George Z. Keith Company.
Brockton. Mass, 10000; W H. McEl-
vain Company, Boston. 10000; c. s.
Marston. Jr.. Haverhill. Mass, 30,
900; ], d. Murphy Shoe Company
Natick, Mass. $4,000; C. J. O'Keefe
4 Co. Marlboro, Mass, 10000; Rice
Hutchins 4 Co, Inc, Boston, u.s.
600 George w Stow Company, Low
ell Mass. $4,000 f. r. Taylor Com
pany, Boston, $1,000; Il. w. Warren
& Co, Somersworth, N. H.. 10000.
Joseph Partridge aged 10, OF North
Abingdon is suffering from two broken
ribs, received when he grappled with
two burglars, who entered the home
of James Mahoney with whom he
lived
The final registration figures for
Smith College, Northampton, Mass,
are as follows: Class OF 1922, TIT:
class of 1921, 473 class OF 1920, AL;
Class of 1919. 1856; graduate students,
90; total 2l06 n "rt""
Leander f. Herrick, treasurer Of
the Worcester, Mass, Agricultural
Society. sent to Worcester Chapter OF
the Red Cross check for ll,671 SO.
as the profits of the New England
Fair held last month.
A a "a "
tinction of partridge the Massachusetts
Commissioners of Fisheries and Game
have asked sportsmen, after careful
investigation, to refrain from shoot
ing ruffed grouse during the open sea-
son in November.
Directors of the Victory boy and
girl campaign announce that approx
mately 10000 New England school
children have pledged themselves to
earn at least S. each as their dona.
ton 10 tn fund TO be collected from
November II to November IS
Miss Julia Stimson Of Worcester
Mass, chief nurse of the American
Red Cross ir France since last April
has been appointed chief nurse OF
the American EXpeditionary Forces
according TO cable adyces reaching
Red Cross headquarters here.
John Lee, l6 years of age, of Wake
field, Mass, accidentally shot off his
left hand while hunting in the woods
of Lynnfeld Genre The accident
happened when the hammer Of the
gun caught as the young man tried
to pull ii over the edge OF platform
to which lie had climbed
Edward Wigglesworth, chief Of the
sugar division OF Massachusetts state
food administration announced that
sugar pledge cards will be distrlbut-
ed which will enable housewives to |
buy enough for two weeks supply at
a time in accordance with the two
pounds person month regulation
Nicholas Boland. 81 years head
porter at the Adams House, Boston.
left an estate Of $4,000 OF which $40,
900 goes TO charitable. institutions.
Boland left tho Adams House IN 1911 |
In 1912 gangrene developed in both |
legs as result OF an accident and |
he limbs were amputated He died
Oct 10. 1877
The War Department has recon-
mended the award OF medal Of hon
or TO Priv first class) George Dilbsy
Of Boston who was killed in action
On July IS, and has asked permission
that the medal be presented TO An
tome Dilboy, father Of Priv Dilboy,
whose address Is the Massachusetts
General Hospital
John Fiske Washburn, CT, discover
ar Of the modern method OF photo
gravure process and for many years
maker Of all the photo engravings for
some Of the principal magazines in
he country. ia dead He was a ma
i've OF Worcester and retired from ac-
i've business Is years ago, when his
health became impaired
Modern efficiency Is rapidly taking
he glamour and romance out Of the
Maine numbering woods The steam
lauler, crosscut saw, telephone. have
zone long way toward accomplish
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