Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-03-02
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Items Of Interest From III
Sections Of YankeeIand
BY 81 votes Marblehead, Mass, went
wet for the first time since 1880. the
vote standing SAG to 44s.
Stoughton Bell placed on record as
against the bill the Boston and the
Massachusetts chambers Of commerce.
Two Boston men were held in the
sum of $1,000 in the Maiden, Mass,
district court on charge Of having
stolen 1O-cent pocketbook containing
one cent.
A Waterbury, Conn.,, man who was
arrested after seizure Of the largest
illicit still yet uncovered In New Eng
land, was fined 5000 and costs for
keeping liquor with intent to sell.
Gov. Milliken will call special ses-
sion Of the Maine Legislature. II nee
essary, to provide for enrolment OF
women voters; believes they will have
full suffrage before June primary.
S. Edward Ferry, 70 years old, q
retired farmer, Canton, Mass, commit
ted suicide by hanging himself in his
barn. Dependency due to Ill health
is thought to have been the cause.
The factory and contents Of the
]. W. Steers Organ Company, Spring
field, Mass, one Of the Oldest OF its
kind in the country, were destroyed
by fire with loss estimated at $780,
900.
Mrs. Mary B., widow Of Joseph G.
Robinson, recently observed her 1o1st
birthday at the family home, EOS
Washington street, Maiden, Mass. She
enjoys good health and reads the
daily papers.
Joseph w. Laurie, A, an account
ant at the Quinsigamond wire mill OF
the American Steel & Wire Com
pany, Worcester, Mass. was drowned
In a big tank containing thousands
of gallons Of oil.
Failing to get any heat In her apart
ment and being unable to rouse the
janitor, a woman occupant OF an
apartment house in Lynn, Mass,
called police headquarters. The police
found a poker game going on.
Mrs. Theodore Burnett, a French
stowaway, who was married at sea to
a member of the ships crew, and or
dered deported from Boston by the
immigration department, has been ad-
mitted to the U. S. on $4,000 bail.
Information that the Massachusetts,
quota Of the national guard Will num-
Der 1000 instead of 1000, as at first
ordered, has been received by high
authorities in the military service Of
the state, from Washington sources.
The British Avro biplane. which
made record trip from New York to
Boston in 2 hours eight minutes last
month and has since been reposing on
the ice-covered Charles river basin,
Boston, broke away from its mooring.
From articles found in the rooms
Of John Noccia and Anthony Forleson,
who were shot and killed in q pistol
duel in the cellar Of Scum Beach,
Conn. house, the police connect them
directly with at least eight burglartes.
News that his mother, i'll with blood
poisoning in Q Boston hospital, was
not expected to recover, led 15-year-
old Philip v. Abbott Of Franklin,
Mass, to commit suicide by fixing q
bullet into his mouth from a small
hunting rife.
The will Of Henry B. Endicott which
Is dated Dec. "a, 1919, has been filed In
Dedham, Mass, for probate. With the
exception of certain bequests to his
old servants and some personal
friends, the entire estate is Left to his
immediate family.
Through the watchfulness Of DR..
william H. Spear, the veterinary In
spector of the Portland, Me. ,. board
of health, Portland people were pre-
vented from eating pork from herd
of 200 hogs in the vicinity Of that city
afflicted with hog coolera.
George J. Fierro Of No. Adams,
Mass. has taken steps to annul his
marriage with Miss Margaret Ken
nedy of that city at Pownal, Vt, on
Feb. 1, claiming that he was drugged
at the time Of the ceremony and did
not know that he was married.
A carrier pigeon pursued by gulls
alighted on the steam trawler Sea
Bird, ITS miles east Of Cape Cod, its
leg band bearing the inscription, o F
B 292, 1915. On reaching T wharf,
the pigeon was liberated and. after
getting bearings, flew in a westerly
direction.
Representative E. Gerry Brown Of
BrocktoN, Mass, appealed to the House
to give the farmers a square deal and
to protect their interests by creating
a commission to investigate the agri-
cultural resources Of the state and to
report upon the causes that have con-
tributed to its decadence. The COM
mittee on agriculture had reported ad-
versely on his petition, and Mr.. Brown
asked the House to substitute the
bill.
Although the cost Of living In Mas
sachusetts has increased 80 per cent.
since 1914, there has been almost no
profiteering. declares the state com.
mission on the necessaries Of life In
it's report to the Legislature. The
great increase in prices, according to
the commission, has been due chiefly
to increased demand and decreased
supply, both of which it calls natural
outcomes Of the world war. The com
mission recommends no legislation de-
signed to control prices directly, de-
claring it believes such laws would be
worthless and likely to Go more harm
| than good.
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