The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-28
NEW england NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yanheelaad

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England residents figured
Citizens of Swampscott, Mass, at
an enthusiastic meeting in the Town
Hall. pledged 1880 to preserve the
historic house at SO 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
10 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 40 Waverly street,
Lynn
William Crozier of Hartford, Conn,
has bought Peter L., the champion
four year old trotting stallion OF l9zO,
at Memphis, Tenn. The price is un-
derstood to have been about Sl5,OOO
Last year in IL 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 fiat cut
of IS per month in rents. will be eff
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 10000
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 a 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 $200,0000.
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
a day for unemployed persons has
been opened by the Bridgeport Conn
Metal Trades Union. The Manufac-
turer estimates that there has been
a 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 Firemen's League held in BOs
ton. Leroy r. Whitman was elected
president, and the East Somerville,
the North Kingston and the Oak
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 was
known as the old Turner house, to
find a quart bottle of whiskey Sc
GREETED in the chimney.
Prohibition has changed Windham
County Jail from a self-supporting
institution to a $1,000 yearly liza
bility, the commissioners reported to
the general assembly. In years gone
by Jail inmates were Hired out" to
farmers. The past year the average
population has been is.
What is claimed to be a worlds
record for civilian wireless transmits
sion was made when a message from
the Hartford Courant to the Los An
geles times was relayed across the
continent by the station of Hiram
Percy Maxim, and the reply came
in one hour and eight minutes.
Results of the army mental tests
recently taken by 2O7 members out of
of 425 of the senior class at Smith
College. Northampton, Mass. show &C
tual numerical scores ranging from
c plus to A. Eighty-two per cent Of
the group made A and 80 per cent
either A or B. The seniors made
medium score OF 1856.
An advance summary of the annual
report now being prepared by Prohibit
ton Supervisor William J. Mccarthy
shows a seizure during 1920 OF more
than s1O.0OOOO0 worth of liquor. val
ued at an average Of $50 per gallon;
500 automobiles Of all descriptions.
I 5000 stills OF various sizes. and man
ufacture. and several thousand bottles
of colored spirits bearing forged labels.
Z The grand jury sitting in Pittsaeld,
Mass. returned one Indictment Of two
corr's against Philip E. Schwarz,
proprietor o fthe Schwarz Jewel Shop.
charging larceny OF diamonds. number