Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-08

Daily 4fnatbte ap,ssssl
MONDAY. nAY 9. 1889.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.
To let-Farm.
For Sale House.
Wanted-TeBement.
Special Satellite bazaar
Lauieras-H. ID. Howell 4 Co,
Wanted-frfson for hoAsewort
Let MAXWELL beware.
"Stray heifers but, the Grand Old Ma,
Mild rnhiu,.h kuork 49,,
Hard gingerbread falls on his head
And folks sit ON his ha,,
To solve the reason Of all this
our brains We Nainly tan
Now can IL be because he Is
so handy with his aNe?"
Business has begun to pick up.
When will the May flowers appear.
The country roads are reported as all I'm,
impossible.
The recent rains have left plenty Of work
for the street commissioners.
Some of the young men and boy, ara
talking of organizing brass band.
Mrs. II. F. Tibbetts will make a ayin,
business trip to Boston, Monday, re,urpin,
Tuesday.
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Hiram Clark ships today one Of his droc
axle wagons to Rochester, n. H., and ,vo
to Belfast.
The freshet did not prove much =. an.
after all and Saturday the water dropued
off several feet.
Several cases Of measles are reported In.
on the whole. say the ply sicians, siekpss.
has considerably abated.
Rev. Elmer f. Newbert Of Augusta h.,
been appointed one of the grand chsplsin,
Of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Maine.
The fine weather which inaugurated SIT.
urday, caused the country trade to come
out in force and better business wa. done
than for several weeks.
The Cony High School boys are only
waiting for good weather to begin daily prac-
tice for the interscholastic field day in June.
The nearest approach to something for
nothing" that the world can show il the
benefit resulting from an advertisement in
a good paper. 1t costs but little for the
business returned.
Several of the Water street usiness men
are talking Of pettioning the city govern.
ment to widen the sidewalk on the north
side of Bridge street between the railroad
and Water street. This much travelled way
is one of the narrowest in Augusta.
John ID. Clifford, Of Bearce, Cliforl&
| Co., the Lewiston contractors and builders
| was in town Saturday. Mr. Clffords firm
has secured the contract for the new Ban
gor city bulldog and he came to Augusta to
look over the post office building
Unity Club will meet this evening with
Mrs. Milliken, Sesall street, at I 80 o'clock,
with the following programme;
/. The Kingdom of SaNony
I.eipsic and Dresden. Miss Andrews
.. Nnyelsts of Dung Germany.
Victor Won schchei and faui Iioyse 4
Ms Mason
The KENNEnEc Journal lob room i. at
work upon an order of 100, 900 pamphlets
and l0, 900 labels for Deyine & CoughIin.
to be used in advertising Devine's Hair
Grower, which is having great sale. The
business is increasing and the orders are
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Drs. Il. G. Briggs and Julian Wilder
have gone into partnership and are fitting
| up rooms over the Granite National Bark.
Both these dentists are well known and will
be assured of large patronage at their
new place of business which they will oc-
cupy the last of the month.
A telegram was received Saturday an
| nouncing the sudden death of George
Coombs, formerly of this CITY. at New
York. The young man was n sSn of Mr..
Abner Coombs of the Coombs mill and was
generally liked. His death comes "A A sud-
den blow to n large circle of friends.
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boyhood called .open and sbnt weather."
SAID a nrom;no,t ,rofo.s;oroI ,o.r cat,y.