Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-07-20
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Items Of Interest From Al
Sections Of Yaakeefand
Sixty.four fire alarms In "a hours
two Of which were false, was Lynn't
fire record for the Fourth.
There are more than 500 chtropo
dists registered in Massachusetts,, oi
| whom about IL per cent are women.
Samuel w. George of Haverhill
Mass, has filed his papers for the Re
publican nomination for secretary OF
state.
The June review of business pub
lished by New England Federal re
serve bank, predicts further drop OF
clothing prices.
More rest for weary and spooney
couples; park-recreation department
awards the contract for 1000 feet OF
benches for Boston parks.
There is to be million-dollar ad.
dition made to the Hotel Bancroft in
Worcester, making it the largest In
the Bay State and having 500 rooms.
Miss Catherine Atwood, Spring.
field, Mass, woman, Is appointed pro-
visionally a $500 assistant bacteriol.
ogist In the Health Department OF
Boston.
After clinging all night long to a
half-submerged raft, supporting the
body of his drowned son, Lawrence,
Frank M. Chapman Of Providence was
rescued.
A telegraph pole saved the life o:
Mrs. Mary Canach, rs, Of Lowell.
Mass, when an automobile crashed in
to 1t. She was on the other side Of
the pole.
Temporarily unbalanced as result
of a nervous breakdown, Alfred E.
Torrey, 65-year-old farmer Of So. Wey'
mouth, Mass. hanged himself with :.
hitching rope in the barn.
Lawrence, Mass, has its first piece
of fire motor apparatus, made from a
donated chassis, the machine being
tba ,ro,l- ~ tho Rrornap tho tofo1 coSf
to the city being about $400.
Mrs. Mary A. Blodgett, SO years old
on March Coolest suffragist and prohi.
bition worker In the state, and old.
est resident Of Pittsfeld, Mass, died
last week at the home Of her daughter,
Massachusetts, has dropped from
first to ninth place in the educational
rating of states since 1900, according
to a tabulation compiled by Leonard
F. Ayres Of the Russell Sage founda.
tion.
Nels Otto Eiffel Anderson. II, Of
Melrose, Mass, was instantly killed
when he picked up broken high-ten-
sion electric light wire, which had
fallen to the street in front Of his
home.
The state convention of the Amer
lean Legion will be held in Portland
on July % and %. Franklin D'Olier
Of Philadelphia, the national comman
der, has accepted an invitation to be
present.
Two men arrested following an at
tempt to blow up the home Of Chief Of
Police Edward Beach, Waterbury, Ct,
were arraigned in the police court and
held in $4,000 each for the grand jury
by Judge Larkin.
Thomas Hunt of Brighton, Mass,
employed as a linesman had a mar.
row escape from death when 1900
volts of electricity passed through his
body while he was in tree. He is
expected to recover.
Six men entered the factory Of the
Watrous Manufacturing Company,
Wallingford, Ct, overpowered the
night watchman George Olfuske, and
took away silver in bars and forms
valued, the police state, at between
$4,000 and $4,000.
John Redski Of Worcester, Mass.
who lost $1,000 from his coat pocket re-
Gently, has recovered the money.
About $1,000 was found hidden in q
pile Of stock. The rest Of the money
was found hidden in the paint shop
where he is employed.
Alderman Jacob P. Shattuck Of Port.
land, Me-, was debarred from partict
pating in further proceedings of the
Board at a meeting, it being voted that
he cannot take part again until he has
apologized for alleged improper re-
marks made at special session.
Since the school savings system was
inaugurated in Attleboro, Mass, in
1908, the pupils have saved $55,295 In
pennies and nickels, Supt. Fales re
ported to Mayor Brady. During the
last year $9S72 was saved, which Is
the largest Of any individual year.
Charles H. Clark, a prominent whip
manufacturer Of Westfeld, Mass, com
mitted suicide by shooting at Atlantic
City. Despondent following chronic
ill-health caused by nervous disorders
he fred a bullet into his head in his
apartment In the Marlboro-B BlenheiD
hotel.
The defence Of Philip !. Rome Of
Worcester, charged with evasion oi
draft law and desertion, will be based
on the right Of jurisdiction Of the gen
eral court-martial board Of the North
eastern Department. Rome is charge,
with having gone to South America /.
June, 1917, after having been dui.
registered for the call to military ser
vice. He claims. to have secured =
regularly authenticated passport er
titiing him to be absent from tn
country for six mouths and to have Sc
cured an extension Of the time for sE |
months more
Early Basket Makers.