Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
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SeGuUlN VI I0uG6010u
I b Stewart has ssigned his pA-
Haa a general manager Of the Ban
ger 3 Aroostook railroad, elective
Jan. /, TO accept position with the
Great Northern Paper Company.
sht,can Point Hotel, for ffty years
q summer place ON Long Island Sound
shore has been burned 1t had been
clssed since Labor Day. l. l. Bar
zashi Of New York City. vas the swa-
ex. and the loss Ia 81, o,oeo.
Tanxlble results Of the field arth-
leey training given this fall BY the
Yale Students Army Training Corps
we've seen when Major Samuel A
Welldea, commandant, gave second
lisptenants commissions tn tAs F1eAd
Artillery Reserve to eighteen 1em-
bsrs q the Corps.
The win Of the late Stephen
O'ADeara, police commossioner Of Bos-
ton, has been filed In the Sufoik
Registry of Probate. He leaves. his
entire estate, both real and personal.
to his widow. Isabella OMeara, and
appoints her executrix without being
Obliged to give bond.
According to a letter received ~
Major Harold e. Sweet from Capt
Charles +. Crossman. only IS men
are let Of the original company ], 5th
regiment, which went from Attieboro,
Mass. and later became a part OF the
1e1st Gait. Crossnan went overseas
ss 1st lieutenant Of the command and
later was transferred and promoted to
. caStatH
Thomas A. INLAND Of Boston has
prepared q bill to compel an cities
and towns Of over 5000 inhstttAnts to
have at least one drug store which
shah bs open all night and shall have
public Telephone. Local ohieials
are to DO required to see that the act
y carried out and Il It Is not thsn any
citizen who suffers damages frum
their Aatlure shall have the right of
actten IN court against them.
Returning for the second time BE-
Cause of IN accident to her steam
steering gear, the new steamer Co
haaset returned to her berth at Com
menwsalth Pier, Boston Tho steam
er lsft soaded with steel and supplies
for Bordeau1, France. The trouble
with tho steering gear developed only
after abe was many miles at sea- The'
captain put back. Word was received
that the steamer was crippled again
Seventy seven war workers who
expect to be assigned to duty with the
American army Of occupation, sailed
from Boston for Liverpool aboard the
White Star liner Canopdc. The party
included cne woman and Is men en-
rolled by the Knights 6 Columbus
and Al male Y. NJ. c. A. workers who
arrived from New York On its re-
turn to the United States the Canopic
expects to bring another load OF sol
dierS.
1t. A. John Gallishav, who saw ser
vice In both Canadian and American
expeditionary forces, being discharged
from active fighting each time on ac-
count Of wounds, has been appointed
an assistant dean OF Harvard College.
The lieutenant is aiding Dean Yeo-
mans, and the freshman dean, Mr.
Mayo in the work Of their department,
which promises soon to be extremely
heavy, with the return Of hundreds OF
soldier students.
Priv. Charles Edward Gagnier, "a,
son Of Mr.. and. Mrs. Mitchell Gagnier
Of WAliamstown, Mass has been
awarded distinguished service Cross
for extraordinary heroism near Ron
coy, France, Sept. 80. 1918. The cita-
ton says:-"Priv. Gagnier exhibited
exceptional bravery In voluntarily
leaving shelter, going forward under
heavy shell and machine gun fire and
bringing back to our lines several
wounded comrades.
First Class Private NJ. ]. Cassave-
tes, secretary and treasurer. OF the
Pan -Epirus society, was discharged
at Camp Devens on special order
from Washington. issued in "excep-
tional circumstances" to permit him
to attend the peace conference at
Versailles. He will sail soon for
Europe to represent his society, which
numbers $4,000 in an effort to obtain
independence for Epirus. He has
been on duty at the camp surgeons
Office.
The civil service commission viii
hold competitive examination on
Jan. FL to select a successor to the late
Postmaster William F. Murray I, OF
Boston, who died last September. It
will be the first. time that city Of
Boston's size will have postmaster
chosen under civil service regulations.
II is expected that there will be .
large number Of applicants. including
men who have been prominent In poll
teal. life. The position pays $Sooe q
year. q s2i'i@s'71
A 24-pound cod, caught by Boston
fishermen on Georges bank, OF Cape
Cod, il on its way to France, snusly
encased In q giistening new overcoat
OF artihcia ice, as gift to President
Wilson, 70 grace the presidential
table for the New Years dinner m
Paris. The cod, which Is four and
one-half feet in length. was caught
by the crew Of the steam trawier Fish
Hawk, the craft that took the place Of
the Kingfsher, sunk by U-boat on
NOVA Scotia last summer.
seeing, Hearing and fastinul
l. The residentiminister Of very small
Western town Is quite an enthusiastic