The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-03
NEWS REDUCED
TO A MINIMUM
Recent Happenings Of interest
to New Englalders

in a surface car on q truck below
were endangered when the rear
trucks of the first car on the former
left the tracks near Dudley street
The village OF North Troy W., Is
without business section MS the re-
suit Of a FIRE which ragged In weather
which registered A degrees below
zero and which paralyzcd the water
system Several blocks were de-
stroyed
Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, held
its New Years eve celebration nj Eos-
ton with more than $500 present, 20
tentate Morrison received the unusual
compliment OF fourth term.
TO United States army shoes Brock,
ton, Mass. owes In a large measure
its Industrial success Of the past year.
More than 100000 pairs OF shoes
have been ordered by the United
States government from Brockton
manufacturers and work IL now speed.
ing up Oh those contracts
Henry Douglas, GO, freight
handler, was killed at birmingham,
Mass, when he was struck by loco
motive.
The candy factory and store of
Beckett 4 Co., the plant and equip
lnent Of the Calais Weekly Advertiser
and two halls at Calais, Me, were
burned. The loss Will approach
$4,000.
The public schools f Vermont will
extend the Christmas recess from Jan.
to Jan. II because Of the shortage
Of coal.
The garage Of the Skowhegan, Me,
Garage company, including thirty'four
automobiles, was burned with a loss
of $4,000
Charged with receiving stolen goods,
Margaret McElaney, 40, was given a
three-year sentence at Boston. The
goods consisted of food stolen by boys
from freight cars.
B0ston's total for the Greater Bcs-
ton Council, Boy Scouts of Anne 'lra,
fund has now reached S14,2Si.
The body of Alfred Leblanc, 80, wus
found IN the railroad tracks at Fitch.
burg. Mass. II is thought he cell
from freight train while rid ng
home from work.
As hose wagon left Its station at
South Natick, Mass, to respond to a
fire, a wheel became damned In the
car tracks and the truck t0ppled over.
Robert S Sproule, who for twenty
three years had driven the hose
wagon, was killed.
A large potato house at Mars Hill,
Me-. owned by NJ. ]. Mccarthy 4 Co
of Boston, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is $4,000.
r. X. Brown of Nahant, Mass, was
elected president Of the New England
Hotel Greeters Association.
Having abandoned all hope OF his
voluntary return, the family of Hugh
W. Cronin, postmaster of Torrlngton,
Conn, and the government have In.
stituted a search for him.
Poultry may be served hereafter In
hotels, restaurants, clubs and house
holds Tuesdays and Fridays as re.
suit of an announcement made at
Poston by State Food Administrator
Endicott.
I,oston's gift to the fatherless chill
dren of France was the sum Of $25,-
GiS.31, which will provide for VA
French orphans for whole year.
Mrs. Edwin NJ. Fairchild, GO, was
burned to death In her home at STAN.
ford, Conn. victim Of an oil heater.
william II. Motley, 40, manager Of
various hotels. dropped dead In a
Portland, Me-. hotel.
Nathan Perry Of Presque Isle, Me-,
was appointed member Of the Maine
state fuel advisory board. In place OF
/ Frank s. Wright Of Bangor. resigned.
Leonard r. Murphy. 8. drowned at
Pittsfeld, Mass, when he skated into
q hole In the Ice
Metropolitan Boston has conserved
| food af the rate Of more than 400 tons
| month since the national food ad-
ministratOr sent out his request.
II cost the United States govern
ment SS821 to move the Germans on
the seized ships In Boston harbor to
Deer Island and later to Gallups
island, to fit up quarters and to keep
them there until they went south.
Benjamin p. Cheney, Boston finan.
cier, whose wife IL julia Arthur, the
actress. was petitioned Into involun'
tary bankruptcy. this being an after
math OF Cheneys assignment.
Rev. william c. Poole, pastor OF
! the Parkman Street N. y. church,
Dorchester. Mass. and Rev. Clarence
r. Campbell. pastor Of the First Pres
! byterian church. Quincy. Mass. have
given up their pastorates to engage
| In Y. NJ c. A. work abroad.
The Providence police commission
asked all saloon proprietors to abol-
ish free lunch as food conservation
measure.
Albert w. Lewis. the Oldest school
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