Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-30
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Miss Lucinda Towne. aged 101 years.
months and 3 days, died at the
Worcester Home for Aged Women.
She was born in Thompson, Ct, but
vent to Worcester when a young
woman and conducted dressmakins
business until seven years ago.
With two judges among its officsrs.
minister and the state commission
er of prisons among its privates, and
every nationality and every class rep.
resented on its roster, M company OF
the 10th regiment, Massachusetts
state guard, may we'll lay claim to
being cosmopolitan.
Walter Harris, cook with one Of the
Brockton companies Of the state guard
On strike duty in Boston, is veteran
in every sense of the word. He
served with the British army in the
Boer war, was taken prisoner and
escaped. He was also In the Spanish
American and world wars.
Laurie S. Mcdonald, superintendent
Of Thompson Bros. Inc. shoe factory
Of Brockton, who was found guilty
by a jury Oct. 80. 1918, of conspir-
acy to defraud the government in
connection with the manufacture OF
army marching shoes, was sentenced
to Is months in the Plymouth jail by
Judge Morton in the federal district
court.
Rhode Island boys who fought in the
world war have been promised bon
US voted by the next Legislature, but
the laws Of the state prevent them
from getting 1t for more than year
and two months. The question must
be voted on by the property-holding
voters Of the state. Therefore the
men will have to wait a year from
next November for an election.
The first public test Of telephone
telegraphic radio communication be-
tween an airplane and submerged
submarine took place at New London,
before $50 members of the Edison
Society of Electrical Engineers, who
held a convention at the Hotel Girls
void. The test was made with the
subma rim. Nc, down several fathoms,
and the airplane at an elevation Of
1000 feet.
Shortly after he arrested his own
wife on a charge Of larceny, Calvin Il.
WILDER Of Maiden, volunteer police
man attached to station 6, South
Boston, was relieved from duty by
Capt. Daniel G. Murphy. Not only
did WILDER lose his job, but the police
ignored his charges against his wife
and freed her. Mrs. Wilber claimed
that her arrest was due to domestic
difficulties.
The fast. thinning ranks Of the
Boys Of 81" is strongly evidenced
by the possibility A. B. Randall post,
G. A. R., No. Easton, disbanding and
surrendering its charter in the near
future. While no definite action has
been taken, 1t has been suggested,
and the matter will come up for final
action next month. The post has
lost heavily in membership of late
| through death.
Hermann C. Lythgoe, director Of the
Food and Drug Division Of the Mas
sachusetts State Department OF
Health, reports that during the month
of August there were examined by the
chemists of the division 1904 samples,
consisting of 1191 samples Of milk, 60
samples of drugs, 80 samples Of foods,
collected by the inspectors; 309 sam
Piles of liquors and five samples OF
alleged poisons. submitted by the po-
lice authorities.
Six oriental rugs valued at $4,000.
at the Maplewood Hotel, Pittsfleld,
Mass, have been ruined by a power
full acid or lye, scattered apparently
with malicious intent which has
eaten large holes through them. The
police have been working on the
theory the case is one Of spite. The
Maplewood is summer resort hotel
owned and conducted for 80 years by
Arthur w. Plumb.
During the visit Of Eamonn De
Valera to Providence he went to Gen.
trail Falls at the request Of Mrs. Ellen
Ryan Jolly, stat president Of the la
dies auxiliary, A. o. H., and paid
visit to James Wilson, 80, the only
surviving member Of the party of
Fenian prisoners who escaped from
the penal settlement at Van Dieman's
Land, Australia, in 1878.
| Figures compiled by Mass. State
Auditor Alonzo l. Cook indicate tho
expenses Of the constitutional con-
vention were $594, ,2S4.46, this being
the total of the payments made in
the three years during which the
convention sat. The larest expendi-
ture came In the first year of the
convention, when $345.505.29 was
spent. In 1913, the bills amounted
to $229. .056.34, and for this years
session Of two days the expenditures
amounted to $19, ,7z2.83.
Cranberries will be at a premium
his fall, according to Plymouth, Mass
Irowers, who declare they have been
Ionfronted by abnormal conditions
lamp weather. insect pests and now
l,bor troubles have made It impossible
10 secure anywhere near fair crop.
The panicky action Of growers bidding
against each other for the services Of
pickers, conceded to be sufficient TO
harvest the crop with ease. has
boosted the cost to the growers The
consumer win be forced to pay record
l-ices next fall.