Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-18
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Items Of Interest From III
Sections Of yaIkeeIand
Arthur Lord Of Plymouth, Mass.
was elected president and Senator
Lodge one of the vice7prestdeuts at
the annual meeting Of the Pilgrim
Society.
Greater Boston's oldest resident Is
dead. Harry Brezansky, 106 years,
for many years q well known tailor OF
Roxbury, died at a home for aged Jew
ish men in Dorchester.
Fees for dental services viii be
advanced fully rs per cent. under .
schedule adopted by the Portland.
Me-, Dental Society. The fee for ex-
tracing tooth will be Increased
from 81 20 s..
e. w. Frisbie. a reaf mute, and Cora
Crocker, deaf and blind. are spending
their honeymoon ct Pittsdeh, Mass,
following their maGriage by Rev. A.
z. Conrad In Park st. Congregational
Church, Boston.
Gov. and Mrs. Milliken Of Maine,
upon their retirement from official
life, have been presented remembran-
ces by the occupants Of the State
House. The Governor received gold
wrist watch and Mrs. MiIliken plat
inum wrist watch.
The academic exploits of the hoy
wonders" at Harvard and Columbia
find no parallel at Wellesley College.
Girl prodigies are barred. Sixteen.
the authorities have decided, Is about
as young as a girl should be before
seeking a higher education.
Damage estimated at $150.000 was
caused by q fire which originated on
the wharf of the Consumers Fuel
company, Belfast, Me-, and spread to
the adjoining wharf, on which Is To-
Gated the pulpwood discharging plant
OF the Pejesscot Paper company.
John Sullivan of Cambridge, Mass.
was fined SIS in the Cambridge Dis
trict Court for cutting three inches
from the end of his dogs tail with Q
jackknife. He paid. The case was
prosecuted for the Society for tho
Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals.
A vote by the church society and
members of the parish Of the High
Street Congregational Church, Port
band, Maine. to unite with the State
Street Society is the essential step
which will terminate the career Of
this society, which was organized In
1880.
William f. Wall Of Somerville,
Mass, past International president Of
the Society Of Master House Painters
and Decorators. urged women to take
up paperhanging "and other lighter
forms of decorative work. at the ses-
sion of the Massachusetts societyS
convention.
n. P. Mnckley Of the Han1pden
County Improvement League was
chosen president of the Massachusetts
Farm Bureau Federation, after that
organization had been created by rep
resentattves Of 80 county farm bu-
feaus In conference at the State
House, Boston.
The House committee on approp-
fiations. dn refusing 30 include In the
sundry civil appropriation bM an aD.
preparation Of $50, ,000, 900, recommeud-
ed by the war department dor addi-
tional housing for the army, blocked
plans to spend $3,S44,000 on Camp,
Devens, Mass.
Howard Terry, 10, Of Grand Isle, Vt
accidentally shot and killed himself
while playing with his fathers shotgun:
IN the absence Of other members Of
the family. His 14-year-old brother
heard the shot and found the younger
boy dead on the floor, the shot enter
ing his breast below the neck.
The Lenox Club Of Lenox, Masa,
fr years q famous institution and the
center for sportsmen and others Of
the millionaire colony, has been closed.
Willis Root, secretary Of the club for
16 years, rendered his resignation 70
the directors. Prohibition is declared
TO be the cause Of the closing.
Under chairmanhip Of former Mayor
Frank b. Foss Of Fitchburg, Mass. Re-
pubhcans Of the State Committee are
preparing for the work of reorgantza-
ton for coming State campaigns In
Massachusetts. Foss was elected chair
man of the Republican State Commit
tee over Frank B. Hall Of Worcester,
BY a vote Of % to IL.
During 1920 the number Of vessels
arriving in Boston from foreign ports
was 1866, according 70 statistics COM
piled by the marine department Of
the Boston Chamber Of Commerce.
The arrivals consisted Of S3s steamers.
217 schooners, one ship and one bark.
During the preceding year q total Of
.899 vessels arrived In Boston from
foreign ports. Last theee arrived In
Boston q total of 81, ,746 immigrants.
and in the proceeding year the total
was 39,389.
Superintendent g.. Harry Dunder-
dale Of the public employment ofice.
Boston, reporting on the business
transacted at his Office last month.
stated that Tor no month Of any year
since 1914 was there such Q decline
Tie number Of orders received from
employers for December. 1870 shows
q decrease Of 50 per cant, hom De-
oember, 1919, and q deorsnse q -
per cent from Novemhef, 1880. The
attendance, Of applicants Cor employ
ment, taken one day each week,
showy that It was the heaviest Of any
December since 1874. and averaged
2o61.
Z Primitive Pottery.
Many primitive races seem to have
furnished their pottery before Il was