Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-03-09
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Tue entire family Of John Aaloney
| Of Hyde Park, VT. u IN number, are
Ill with the fu.
Tyler Paine, while cutting wood In
Wludham, VT, found . tree wnlcn
contained ebout Is pounds OF honey.
Arthur P. Russell is to have charge
of the Boston district when n. Y, n.
H. and H., railroad goes BACK 10
owners.
Macmillan Fischer, 60, former pro-
| prietor of Clark's Hotel, Boston shot
himself through the heart on his w1fes
grave in Forest Hills cemetery.
The first day Of the Irish bond drive
| In Massachusetts, resulted IN raising
5000 900. OF this amount 500, 900 was
raised in Boston and It's suburbs. The
balance came from other parts OF the
| state.
Failure to provide the necessary heat
would be punishable, in the first TWO
offences, by fines and q third offence
would be punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment.
The state deputy fire marshal, af-
ter investigating the public buildings
of Rutland, VT, announced that he
found the conditions there worse than
| In any other city in the state, 20 Lar
az the fire risk was concerned.
Representative Blanton OF Texas
told the house that the business men
of Massachusetts were going to in
sist that Bay State representatives
hereafter represent all the people ana
not the labor or any other minority.
Marion E. Sproul, who has been
identified with radical activities IN
Massachusetts appeared before Judge
| AIKEN in the superior criminal court
| and pleaded guilty to two complaints
charging her with the promotion Oh
anarchy.
The Fall River Milk Dealers. Assn,
has announced cent advance IN milk
prices on both quart and pint lots,
in effect Sunday. Retail prices are now
| II cents a quart and nine cents pint,
and wholesale rates Is cents q quart
and $1.15 can.
Baled hay jumped to $40 q ton In
Bangor, Me-, and dealers are limiting
sales to one or two bales customer
stocks being nearly exhausted. Ine
blockade of the country roads and lack
| of freight trains makes It Impossible
| to replenish the supply.
Snow records for n years were
broken In Maine, when the total ior
the present month reached At In
ches. including eight inches IN the
latest storm. There is more than 1our
feet of snow now on the ground and
| &c inches. which has fallen since Jan.
/.
Hundreds of cars loaded with mer-
chandise of every description are
! snowbound on sidings In the freight
| wards of the Boston & Maine railroad
in Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard,
Me. and II Is not expected that II
will be possible to move these cars
until spring.
The Carlisle Tire Corporation. man
ufacturing pneumatic rubber tires In
Andoyer. Mass, has contracted with
the Wells Construction Company, OF
New York city, to build factory at
Stamford. Ct, which Will permit the
company to increase Its production by
1000 tires q day.
The war department authorized the
revival of the Massachusetts, national
guard as part Of what will probably
he a new 26th division, to be COM
nosed of the reorganized troops IN all
the New England states, and Adp.
Gen. Jesse F. Stevens announce tnal
recruiting will begin soon.
Orlando w. Norcross, millionaire
builder. who constructed the State
House, South Terminal and scores OF
other large buildings In Boston, Wor-
cester and other cities Of the country
dropped dead in his automobile on the
way to his Office in Worcester. he
was 81 and q civil war veteran.
Two bills drawn by the federal fair
nrice commissioner for Rhode lslano
and designed to prevent prohteer1ng
rents were introduced in the state
LEGISLATURE. Under the terms OF the
mea sures rents would be limited to a
maximum Of 12k per cent. on the as
sessed valuation Of the property In
volved.
The City Council of Biddeford. Me-.
has authorized Special Health of'cer
John w. Mahoney to use al reasonable
efforts to secure supply OF intoxlcat
ing LIQUORS for the use Of the inhabi
tants of Biddeford who In good faith
require such liquors for medical use
during the prevailing influenza cpl
demic.
The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
association has decided to hold meet
ings at three fairs with an exhibit
and sneakers, at st. Johnsbury, Rut-
land and White River Junction.. the
latter the State fair, and an exhibit
and sale at Springfield, Mass. during
the Eastern States exhibit. The ON
GERS recommend that the sugar
makers should ask $3.50 per gallon
for syrup and 80 cents pound Tor
sugar wholesale, and more according
to quality and package at retail.
The time has come for the govern
j ment to relinquish control of indus
try, United States Senator Harding
of Ohio declared in an address at the
annual dinner Of the Providence
Chamber Of Commerce, I'VE shackled,
regulated, restrained, reproved and
advised during the war, and 1t was ac-
cepted as a war necessity, but now
we are at peace, actula II not formal
peace, and it is time to unshackle," ne
said. I'VE need vastly more freedom
than we do regulation and we need
he restored freedom Of business aud
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