Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-01
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The Carnegie hero commission. at
18th annual meeting in Pittsburgh
Pa, awarded three monze medais
for acts of heroism in which New
England residents figured.
Citizens of Swampscott, Mass, at
an enthusiastic meeting in the Town
Hall, pledged l250O to preserve the
historic house at 80 Paradise road
which is said to be the oldest dwell
ling in New England.
Doctors at the Lynn, Mass hos
pital removed a piece Of lead pencil
3 1-2 inches long, from the upper
left side of the jaw Of Theodore, the
2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Boisseau Of 43 Waverly street
Lynn
William Crozier of Hartford, Conn.,
has bought Peter L., the champion
four-year old trotting stallion Of 1920,
at Memphis, Tenn. The price is un-
derstood to have been about $4,000
Last year in II races his best mark
was 2.06 IA.
The Hardware City Loan Corp,
New Britain, Ct, controlling 80 tene-
ment houses accommodating more than
III families, announces that due to
the industrial depression a fat cut
of SIS per month in rents will be ef-
fective Feb. l.
The Hartford, Conn, Central Labor
Union has adopted resolutions calling
upon the United States to recognize
the Russian soviet government, and
asking the Department Of Labor to
refuse to deport Lord Mayor OCal-
laghan of Cork.
A reduction of 1915 motor accidents
in the last four months, as compared
with the corresponding period the
previous year, when there were $4,000
fewer cars on the highways, has been
announced by the Safe Roads Fedora
ton of Massachusetts.
The Connecticut League Of Women
Voters was organized at meeting In
New Haven attended by women prom
inent in various organizations In the
state. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, chair
man Of the National League Of Women
Voters, spoke at the meeting.
The Sheppard Envelope Company
Worcester, Mass, has been organized
with an authorized capital Of 500, 10000
President J. Warren Sheppard, Vice
President E. A. Cahill of New York
Secretary James E. Sheppard. The
company will start business at once.
A soup kitchen to provide one meal
O day for unemployed persons has
been opened by the Bridgeport Conn
Metal Trades Union. The Manufac-
turer estimates that there has beer
q 10 p. C. increase in total working
hours in local plants In the last two
weeks.
At the annual banquet and business
meeting Of the New England States
Veteran Firemens League held in Bos
ton, Leroy R. Whitman was elected
president, and the East Somerville
the North Kingston and the Oah
Beach, R. l., companies were admit
ted to membership.
Workman at work tearing down the
buildings along the water front, Ply
mouth, Mass, preparatory to the Ter
centenary improvements. were greatly
surprised while at work on what wa.
known as the old Turner house, t.
find a quart bottle Of whiskey Sc
creted in the chimney.
Prohibition has changed Wdndhan
County Jail from a seK-supportine
institution to a $1,000 yearly liza
bility, the commissioners reported Il
the general assembly. In years gon'
by Jail inmates were Hired out" Il
farmers. The past year the average
population has been 16.
What Is claimed to be a world
record for civilian wireless transmits
sion was made when a message from
the Hartford Courant to the Loa An
geles times was relayed across th'
continent by the station Of Hiram
Percy Maxim, and the reply came
in one hour and eight minutes.
Results of the army mental test
recently taken by 207 members out o
of 425 Of the senior class at Smitl
College, Northampton, Mass, show &C
tual numerical scores ranging from
C plus to A. Eighty-two per cent o
the group made A and SO per cen
either A or B. The seniors made
medium score Of 165.
An advance summary Of the annua
report now being prepared by Prohibi
ton Supervisor William ]. McCarth,
shows a seizure during 1920 Of NOR
than $10,000,000 worth of liquor, val
ued at an average Of $50 per gallon
800 automobiles Of all descriptions
5000 stills of various sizes and man
ufacture, and several thousand bottle
Of colored spirits bearing forged labels
The grand jury sitting in Pittsfelt
Mass, returned one Indictment Of tw
counts against Philip E. Schwar'
proprietor o fthe Schwarz Jewel ShoI
charging larceny Of diamonds, number
ing 6sS and valued at $137 500, froI
Charles Marx OF New York on Nov.
1920. Schwarz pleaded not guilt!
He Is out ON $4,000 bail. The dia
monds had been lef In the Schwar
shop tor safe-keeping Oct. % All
were missing from the safe the follow
tns day. They weee fOund IN the ce
lar.