Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-11-12

0OO; j. II. Murphy ShOe Company
Natick, Mass. $4,000; C. ]. OKeefe
& Co.. Marlboro, Mass. 10000; Rice
& Hutchins & Co, Inc, Boston, 75,-
600; George W. Stow Company, Low
ell. Mass. $4,000; e. F.. Taylor Com
pany. Boston, $4,000; e. w. Warren
& Co., somersworth, N. H.. 10000.
Joseph Partridge aged IL, of North
Arlington 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. III;
class Of 1921. 473; class Of 1920. AL;
Class of 1919, 1856: graduate students.
30; total 2106.
Leander F. Herrick, treasurer Of
the Worcester, Mass. Agricultural
Society, sent to Worcester Chapter Of
the Red Cross a check for $11.671.93,
as the profits Of the New England
Fair held last month.
AS a preventative against the ex-
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 IS each as their dona-
ton to tn fund to be collected from
November II to November Is.
Miss Julia Stimson Of Worcester
Mass, chief nurse Of the American
Red Cross in France since last April
has been appointed chief nurse OF
the American Expeditionary Forces
according to cable advices reaching
Red Cross headquarters here.
John Lee. 16 years Of age, Of Wake
field, Mass, accidentally shot OF his
left hand while hunting in the woods
OF Lynnfield Centre. The accident
happened when the hammer Of the
gun caught as the young man tried
to pull. 1t over the edge Of q platform
to which he had climbed.
Edward Wigglesworth. chief Of the
sugar division of Massachusetts state
food administration announced that
sugar pledge cards will be distribut-
ed which will enable housewives to
buy enough for two weeks supply at
q time in accordance with the two
pounds a -person- a-month regulation.
Nicholas Boland. IS years head
porter at the Adams House, Boston,
left an estate Of $50, 900 Of which $1O.-
600 goes to charitable institutions.
Boland left the Adams House In 1911.
In 1912 gangrene developed IN both
legs az, a result OF an accident, and
the limbs were amputatsd. He died
Oct. -. 1917.
The War Department has recon-
mended the award Of a medal Of hon
or to Priv. (first CLASSY George Dilboy
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. Dnboy.
whose address is the Massachusetts
General Hospital
John Fiske Washburn. 81, discover
er 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
the country, is dead. He was ma
tive of Worcester and retired from &C
tive business Is years ago. when his
health became impaired. s.a.
Modern efficiency ia rapidly taking
the glamour and romance out of the
Maine numbering woods. The steam
hauler, crosscut saw, telephone. have
gone long way toward accomplish
ing this and now the end of the log
cabin appears to be in, sight. This
fall . well known numbering concern.
opening up q new operation In the
Penobscot region, instead Of sending
men in early to build log cabins for
use this winter. has constructed
camps here in the city and shipped
them In "knocked-down" shape to
the scene, where they are assembled
and put together much more quickly
than houses of logs could be erected.