The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-02-23
PARAGRAPHS FOR
THE new ENGLANDER
News Of General Interest
from the Six States

al NorthdeId. lie claimed n he tVd
years old His vi died some TINE
ago at the Age Of ~.
John p. Austin OF Brewer Me-.
has been named "a succeed H. H. HOY
ey OF Milo ar field agent under Seth
May Of Auburn. prohibition director
OF Maine.
The first death since 1920 in the
llttt town OF Mon somery. Mass, &C.
CURED recently when Samuel " Coe
died at the aye 81 81. Montgomery
has population Of 200
The name OF the Massachusetts,
School for Feeble Minded will he
changed to the Massachusetts state
School" under a resolve reported by
the committee on public institutions.
The Boston Bar Association wants
/ to erect a buIldin costing AT least
81 600 go, according TO Atty. Thos
/ W. Proctor, who a''reared before The
mercantile Affairs ommittee seeking
authority.
John r. Nelson an attorney OF
Augusta, Me-. has zen nominated as
/ Republican candida TO succeed form
| or Congressman j. Inn A, Peters, at
special primaries in the third Maine
| district
A rent reduction Of % percent 10
an operatives liyin IN the company
tenements Is announced by the Cabot
Manufacturing Co. Brunswick, Me.
A reduction in WAGES Of 20 percent
was put in effect recently.
A chess game started in 1918 ana
played for six months by messenger
and through the mails will be finished
soon II A. Joseph Bradley Of Wor-
cester, Mass, succeeds in locating
his opponent, a man whom he has
never seen.
Louis +. Putnam. clerk OF the Mari
Ioro. Mass. common council. has
pair of rubber boots which he pur-
chased 81 years ago, and which he
has worn every winter since. the
boots DO not leak and have never
been repaired.
Construction of go 81 miles Of road
the coming season has been approved
by the Governor and council of Maine.
This action is in line with recommen-
dations of the state highway commits
sion and the total cost will be 81 1928,
$50 The work will be widely scat
tered over the state.
One-man cars mean better service
and lower fares. and are not more
dangerous than the two-man cars,
according to Homer l.. Loring, trustee
of the Eastern Massachusetts, system.
who appeared before the street rail
WAYS committee IN opposition to bills
prohibiting use Of the one-man types.
Chant. Persian cat, named after
the rich colored Italian wine, owned
by Miss Ressie Skinner, secretary of
the Winsted, Conn. Gas Co, was
buried in a satln-lned white casket
the other day. There were number
of mourners. also bearers, including
children who romped and played with
the aristocratic feline.
Women bootleggers are plying their
tride in Peabody, Mass. using moon
shine containers made TO wear under
their waists. CHIEF OF Police Nj. III.
Grady states. He had shown In court |
a copper tank constructed like base |
hall catchers cheste protector, in |
connection with his report Of a raid |
on the home Of Mrs Annie Shanaway. |
A verdict for So 500, said to lie he |
largest award ever returned by a
Massachusetts jury in suit for alien
alton Of affections was given to Mrs. /
Eugene f.. Dickernan OF Somerville /
in the superior court. Mrs. Dicker-
man had brought acton against her /
mother in-law asking 500 900 dam
ages for loss Of her husbands afTec-
tion.
Business Agent George White Of the
Mass. shoe cutters union
srnounces plans for the raising OF
de ence fund to he used TO fight the
II rumors that they
intend TO operate their plants as open
shops on expiration u present union
agreements next December prove true.
Il is expected that other affiliated
bodies win follow the example Of the
cutters.
Camp Devens. from early In June
until the last Of September. this year,
sill be the scene Of greater activity
han Il has been since the war, ac-
-ortiin- 60 announcement by Mai
Ter. Clarence r. Edwards More than
}Oo New England boys will attend
he citizens military camp. and re
,erve officers, 1900 national guards
men and several thousand from the I
R. q. r e units ~ various schools
nd universities vii also train there.
John r F1tzrerald. speaking a. q
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