Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-12-30
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Mrs. James Mccarthy Of Boston vas
drowned In Lake Pearl, Wrentham.
when she broke through the Ice while
trying to rescue her dog.
Egyptian cotton valued at approx.
mately 100000. 900 should reach Bos.
ton shortly. much of the staple com.
ing from Liverpool where 1t was trans
shipped.
The public fund for the faAily of
Patrofman Guyette Of Brocktan, who
was killed while making an arrest
about two weeks ago, nov totals more
than $1,000.
Engineers Union No. 664, Boston, at
q meeting went on record In favor OF
the manufacture Of 2.75 per can't beer
and petitioned that the United States
supreme court grant this.
W. H. H. Worcester, president of
the Seymour Manufacturing Company
and one Of the best known manufac-
turers In Connecticut died in St Ra'
phael's Hospital in New Haven.
L. 8. Gurewitz, q Lewiston, Ne,
clothing dealer. discovered nearly
$4,000 in cash and bank books In an
old shirt box In stock Of bankrupt
goods recently purchased BY him.
A quantity Of Russian soviet posters
IN English, urging all Russian work.
ingmen to advocate free soviet Rus.
sia, was discovered on billboards and
strewn In the streets of New London.
A. P. Dow will get out 100000
feet Of white birch this year for the
American Thread Companys mill at
Milo. Ne. The smallest years cut
was 1117y000 and the largest 3,4o0, 900
feet.
Edgar W. Dunbar Of Lynn vas ar.
rested on q charge Of manufacturing
IN Illicit still and Morrel Veinot was
taken into custody for operating il
By agents of the Internal Revenue De-
partment.
Miss Eleanor Gibson, Of Salem,
Mass, frightened a masked burglar
away from her home, when, refusing
to obey his orders even with . revolver
pointing at her. she opened window
and called for help.
The strike Of the 200 weavers who
left work at the plant Of the Royal
Weaving Company, Pawtneket has
been settled. The request was 70 r12h
percent, and this was granted, with
no change in the working hours.
The Mass. Senate passed to be en-
crossed the bill authorizing cities and
towns served by the Eastern Massa
chusetts Street railway to contribute
to the cost Of such service to the
amount Of 81 on each $1,000 Of valua
ton.
Open defiance of the police BY own
ers Of 10 Lynn jitneys, whose license:
were suspended by Mayor Creamer
after City Treasurer Turnbull had
Withdrawn his approval Of their surety
bonds, resulted in the arrest Of II
chauffeurs.
During a fire in q Salem-st Boston
pawn.shop, an occupant Of meat mar
ket next door got q scare when hi
found there was fire 80 close to hi
place, and he grabbed q small, red hoi
stove he had in the store and carried
It into the street.
Dependency over poor health Is as
signed as the reason which prompted
Mrs. Edna Winship. q, to kill her
months-old daughter and herself BY
turning on all five burners on the ga,
stove in the kitchen Of her home, 13!
Clifton avenue, Brockton.
Horado william Parker, head Of thu
Yale musical school and widely known
as a composer who has achieved fame
abroad as we'll as in this country
died at the home of his daughter. Mrs
Ralph B. Semler, at Cedarhurst, L.
Death resulted from pneumonia
Inauguration within week or twt
Of the bi-monthly steamship service
between Portland and Antwerp by thu
Lowrance Company, corporation or
ganized for that purpose Is announced
The vessels for the new lines will b,
supplied by the United States Ship
ping Board
Stephen Carey Luce. Jr., installed
as master Of Martha's Vineyard Lodg'
Of Masons, is the youngest Masonic
lodge master in the state. He Is alst
said to be the youngest bank head II
the county. Although not yet 80 year.
old, he directs the business Of th'
Martha's Vineyard National Bank.
The fact has been established tina
Joseph e. Coughlin, 36, who was ar
rested In Toledo, o., and held in SIS,
900 bail after trying to dispose o.
Liberty bonds and other securities
that were stolen from the Randolph
Savings bank Nov. II. Is not one o.
the bandits who robbed the institu
ton.
The destroyer Ausburn, latest fight
ing product Of the Squantum yard O.
the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora
ton, slipped down the ways into ,
space broken into the solid Ice sur
face Of Dorchester bay by neet o
tugs. The boat. the 34th Of its typ
built by the yard, Is named In honor
of C. L. Ausburn. wireless operator
aboard the transport Antilles wher
she was torpedoed By q German U
boat. He stuck to his key flashing
calls for help until all chance to saw,
his life was gone.