Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-02-15
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Recent Happenings Of Interest
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church of Lynn.
Tony Synus and BOleslaw Latuz,
9-year- old boys, were drowned at
Central Falls. r. L.. when they
stepped into an airhole In the Paw
tucket river.
Joseph F. McKinnon, 6, died at
Newton, Mass, from fractured
skull sustained when he coasted I'M
der a motor truck.
Frank Gallagher, Leominster. Mass.
was killed when he fell between the
rars of a train on which he was rid
Ing. He leaves family.
James A. Hearn, member of the
staff of the Lowell Sun, and regard
ed as an authority on sporting and
Mass, aged AZ.
Hoseman w. w. Coull, a call fire.
man, died at Gloucester, Mass,
while carrying a line of hose into a
house fire.
William G. Barker, So, manufac-
turer of hair tOnics, was burned to
death in his home at Riverside,
Conn. The house, valued with con-
tents at SIS 900, was entirely con-
Sumed.
1t is the aim of the Massachusetts
Agricultural college to encourage and
help 200, 900 boys and girls during
the coming season in garden work.
Rev. Frederick w. Buis. former
pastor of the First Baptist church,
Salem, Mass, is the plaintiff in a
S25 200 suit for alleged SANDER
against Leroy B. Philbrick, a parish
ioner of the church and one of Sa-
LENS merchants.
Building Inspector Charles F. Har-
grave of Winthrop committed suicide
Mt the Winthrop Town Hall, after
handing in his resignation as a mem
Der of the coal committee, by shoot
lrg.
The Strand theatre building at
Torrington, Conn. was destroyed by
a $50, 600 fire.
Food Administrator Endicott urged
before the Massachusetts legislative
committee on agriculture his bill for
an appropriation of $1,000 to en-
courage agriculture this year.
Margaret Stuart, s, was burned to
death at Boston when lighted can
die set fire to her dress.
DR.. Homer A Bushnell, arraigned
at North Adams, Mass, on two
charges Of illegal surgery, was held
in $4,000 bail.
The plant of the International Pa
per company. Rumford, Me-. en-
ploying 500 men, is unable to oper-
ate because of failure to receive a
supply of crude oil used as fuel.
While Fastening for a train, John
J. Desmond, 81, OF Waltham, Mass,
dropped dead He was widely
known as a Democratic politician and
former candidate for congress.
Dr. Allen J. Mclaughlin Massa-
chuSetts commissioner Of public
health, sent his resignation to Gov.
Mccall. He is to become assistant
surgeon general of the United States
public health service.
Massa chuSetts will supply full
quota of skilled mechanics and ar
tisans for the great shipbuilding pro-
gram of the Federal Emergency Fleet
corporation.
The girls who have been delivering
kilograms in the offices of Greater
Boston must give up the work to the
oldtime messenger boy. The state
board of labor and industries ruled
that no female minor will be en-
ployed in messenger service in the
state.
Franklin Buchanan, known as Dos.
tons original bareheaded man." died
at Arlington. Mass, aged So. He
believed consistently in going without
hat summer or winter.
Numbers of guests at the Brooks
House. Brattleboro. Vt, were driv-
en- into the cold by FIRE. All made
their escape safely. The loss is
SIS. 900
The general office building OF the
| OSgood Bradley Car company.
| Green1ale, Mass, which is enga ged
in war work, was swept by fire,
entailing financial loss Of $40 900
and the loss of many valuable records,
John p, Nash was reappointed ma
val officer of customs at Boston.
More than 10000 people in Mas
| sachusetts are idle, a legislative agent
of the state branch. Federation Of
Labor, told the committee on admin
| tstration.
An exploding oil stove caused
| $65,000 damage TO an onion storage
plant at South Deerfield, Mass The
oil stove was used to prevent the
| onions from freezing.
The United States naval training
| camp at Bumkin island, Boston har-
nor. is to be equipped with com
pete. modern salt water fire pro-
lection system.
| Several sets Of finger prints have