Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-08-26
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The exhibition trip along the coast
from Portland to Galveston OF the
NC-4, the first plane to make the
flight across the Atlantic, has been
postponed one month. The plane is
now expected to arrive IN Portland
on Oct 1.
A dog left alone in an auto On
Chandler street, Worcester, bit the
tip OF Ralph Avikern's nose when the
10-year-old boy attempted to peek In
to the car. The boys nose ts now
about half an inch shorter and the
wound is most painful.
A meeting of the Massachusetts
Republican State Committee was held
at the committee headquarters, Chair
man Hall presiding, and it was de-
cided to hold the Republican State
convention on Saturday, Oct. 4. st
1890 o'clock in fremont Temple.
Twenty three men appeared in Gem
trail Court, Worcester, on the charge
of drunkenness. These were arrested
within "a hours. The men claimed
that Worcester County is anything but
dry and that they have not had any
trouble in Quenching their thirsts.
The title of champion blueberry
picker of Middlesex county, Mass, Is
claimed by James B. Tutte, so years,
Acton Centre. He is out against all
comers of any age, and claims that
his feat Of picking % quarts Of berries
in four and onehalf hours cannot be
beaten in this country.
Brown University, Providence, an
pounces that the bonus Of 20 per cent.
on salaries of members Of the faculty
will be continued another year through
the generous gifts of alumni to the
War Emergency Fund. 1t will apply
to those teachers who have been at
Brown for two or more years.
Harry o. Johnson, aged Q, only
son OF John o. Johnson. Portland. was
killed by Gilbert Hansen. six months
younger. while they were playing
Indians" in the Hensen home on Cum
beriand ave. with a revolver which
one OF them had taken from the room
of a former machinist's mate OF the
coast guard cutter Ossipee. The Han
sen boy demonstrated to the police
how the accident happened.
President Wilson sent to the Senate
the nomination OF Leon o. Tebbetts
OF Waterville, Me-. to be collector OF
internal revenue for the district OF
Maine, a new Office Mr.. Tebbetts Is
chairman OF the Democratic state
committee. He served 10 years as
register Of deeds of Kennebec county
and is said to have been the only
Democrat ever elected to that office
He was born at Mount Vernon, Al
years ago.
No action the 500 striking employ
es of the Columbia Graphophone Com
pany of Bridgeport, Ct, now take will
cause the concern to alter its de-
cision to close its three local plants
and move to another city, T. 0. Rob-
erts, an official Of the company says
Action of the graphophone company
in closing its local plants means
loss to the city of an annual pay roll
of more than $4,000, 600, according
to Mr.. Roberts.
Agents of the department Of justice
have unearthed in storage at Provi'
dence nearly half million pounds o.
beef, mutton and pork, over million
and a half eggs and large quantities
of other food stuffs. All OF this has
been boarded, according to Thomas
J. Callaghan, special agent OF the bu'
reau of investigation, and in contra
diction of the statement made by To-
cal agents of packing concerns thai
there were no sucn reserve supplies
stored in Rhode Island.
About $10,000,000 Is involved IN the
group insurance taken out by the Ma
tional Lamp Works, Hartford. Ct,
branch of the General Electric Com
pany, for its 11,0O0 employees. The
policy is with the Travellers lnsur
ance Company, and it insures for $500
each employee who has been with the
company three months. Those who
have been with the company one year
will be insured for $500, and thereaf-
ter 500 is added each year u1tl a
maximum Of $1,000 is reached.
Vigorous opposition to quarantin-
ing vegetables raised In Massachu'
setts developed at the corn borer In
vestigation at the State House. The
Investigation was held by the national
commission appointed for the pw'
pose. e. C. Potter, Rhode Island
man, said that the people OF Provi'
dence are vitality interested IN the
matter, because Of the supply OF mar
ket garden produce for that city tha'
comes from Massachusetts,, and thai
these people would be hurt seriously
Il a quarantine were eetabsneo
against Bay State products. hepre.
sentatives from other states appeared
IN opposition.
lDespite his 81 years Abner B. Haa<
Of Fitchburg, Mass, braved tho uncer
tainties Of present day t1Ta saf
journeyed alone to Rutland, w. a
take part in the annual resntou q
the Seventh Vermont Veterans a.
sociatton. He looks many year
younger than he really Is. hears ane
sees perfectly and gets about oaa q
we'll as men many years his JUNIOR
He marched at the head OF his pos
at the last national encampmeuf o
the Grand Army Of the Republic, neat
in Washington, D. c. He enjoys notn
ing 80 much as recalling the days O
the Civil war.
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