Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-01
this new directory has HOO additional

names.
The town of Eliot has shipped oNf
barrels of apples to Western agents.
Everybody busy-not a street cor.
nor loafer." is Houlton's encoura gins.
report
BY order of the mayor ali fruit and
confectionery stands in Calais must
IN, closed sundays.
Miss Jane Anderson of Buxton, is
tho posscssor of n marriage license
that was issued in the year 1900 or
one hundred years ago.
One of Rockland's good cooks has
received and filed orders for cake
as far West as San Francisco and as
far South as New Orleans.
The enterprising business men of
Westbrook are taking steps to organ
ize an association along the lines Of
the board of trade. for the general
,anetit of their community.
The Boston Globe announces the en-
oarement of Mr.. Winfield Martin
thompson of Boston TO Miss Inez
{ ceneye Bearce. formely of Lewiston,
hut now resident of Ipswich. Mass.
Among the wedding presents of DIR. and
Mrs John Pulitzer of brunswick. is set
~ china dishes said TO be over $50 years
aid IL was presented by Mrs. Plutzer's
grandmother
The gross receipts at Ellsworth postof-
,;ee for the year ending June 30. 1900.
n.era S;.5iS. an increase of $ll1.O1 over
tho preyious year-another pretty good
Indication that Ellsworth is not losing
much in business or in populatio
A Foxcroft lady reports Il great combi-
,ation in a dozen of eggs bought by her
I'm the lot We're seven good ones, three
that were rotten. one that had been
boicd and one that contained n chicken.
Dat of IS farms on the centre road in
Madrid that used to have buildings and
occupants there are now only seven fam
ilies. Some of the buildings have been
burned some taken down, and altogether
il is a asserted road.
Eastport has been noticcably free from
fires curing the last few years. but this
fall the order seems to be reversing. some
six or seven alarms having been given
within the last three months for blazes
more IT less disastrous.
On the pay roll of one of F,astport's
largest sardine factories is Il woman
employe who has worked for the same
proprietor for sixteen consecutive
years. nearly as long as the sardine in
lustry has been in existence.
Four cars We're loaded with Christ
mas trees for the New York market
at CherrytieId, last week. and four
more viii be shipped this week. Each
ear carries GOO trees. thus making the
number shipped from Cherryfield
about 5000. The party who cuts them
gets cents each. In New York these
trees bring from Sl.00 to sl.50 apiece
according TO size.
DR.. George A. Clark of Portland. has
recently come into possession OF a can"
which has with himD been in turn the
property of four Portland physicians.
The cane is Il handsome gold headed one.
Of Maluca wood. and bears the names OF
its successive owners. 1t originally ne
onged 10 John Merrill, NJ. D., and by him
was left at his death. June = 1913. 10
James NJ. Cummings. NJ. D, who be
qlcathed it to the late DR.. John Merrill.
son Of the first mentioned physician OF
that name, and he willcd 1T to DR.. clark.
Rarely has II happened that an arucie
has for so many years been kept by leg
aeE in one profession.
A year ago the family of Forrest
Delano. consisting of self. wife and
three children. left Mars Hill for New
port News. Va The mother. previous
formerly a well-known teacher in the
Mars Hill schools and the only daugh-
ter Of tn" late. Goodell Silsby. an old
and highly respected citizen OF that
town. Reports recently announce the
death Of both parents and children
the victims of malarial fever.
Parker Gordon OF West Garland, 10
Years of age has distinguished hlmseii
durin. the vast season by raisInS
Bushels Of cranbcrricS on the tIoIuo'r
farm and by picking half oushei ul
biucberrics on Poverty mountain III W.
limantic Is quarts of raspberries. three.
quarts Of blackbcrries. three quarts oos.
field strawberries; He docs ine tio ~
in family of three and walks TO tne
nostoilic, daily. about half a mlie ne
keeps himself well informed on current
news and is Il very interesting ana III
tell;gcnt convcrsational1st-
1t srams strange that while the Dover
board of health has been struggling Win
the scarlatina epidemic during the ran
not i single case has been rcporteu ~
FpXcr"ft. The two towns are really e'iie
community and the absence from diScaSt
is just luck The Dover board have uSeo
every means to prevent the spread OF the
disease yet in spite. of their ef1orts nem
eases are appearing ana no one can w,
their orr gin. All of the patients nave iiiil
the disease in Il mild form. In addltlof
TO the precautions already taken by the
families afflicted the board has suEseSt1u
the closing of the Thompson free library
There is no suspicion that any case couiu
have originated from the library, but this
course is taken to guard against any pos
sible trouble and also to aVolu the inJdi !
to III" library in the way of suspicion Oh
Infected books.
Never for years has there been such :
ravas" form disease as has. visited Sodti
Deer isle the past five weeks. Diphtherl;.
began in Il mild form. and was ho'
thought to b" more than an ordinary SORE
throat till two of the victims were TOO
III to he successfully treated and sew
cral others had taken the disease MIS-
Nclli" Stinson. Master Gardner Pert ano
little Maud Steele died from ii. There are
now TWO cascs-Melvin {. Pert and Al
lie Stanley. both doing as well as couia
I've expected. The board of health nay,
taken every precaution to stop INT
spread Of the disease. and 1t is hopeu nt
new cases may appear. school doom
nave been burned. and the school Duiiu
mgs thoroughly fumigated.
Out of four candidates examined by
the Board of L. S. Surgeons for pen
Sions at MachiaS recently, three o'
them belonged to organizations IN
service in the Spanish American wal
and We're found in u condition to en-
title them TO liberal consideration Dy
the government Following are thei'
names: VIM. II. Niles. Wesley: Meivh
II. Albee. Whitneyville; Georss
Hoyt East Machias. A Mr.. Whlte'
knack of Calais was examined Tor III
crease for disabilities incurred IN TN