Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-17

State Librarian, l.. d. Carver, has re-
Gently secured copies of some old time
Maine newspapers which he values
very highly They are all of dates in
the early part Of the last century and
contain much that is curious and odd,
bearing but little semblance to the
newspaper Of the present day. They
are. of course, al weeklies, but they are
SO much different from the Weeklies
which this State now supports that it
scarcely seems possible that people
ever We're willing to pay the annual
substitution rate. All of them are four
pages in size, though the sizes of the
pages vary, and of four and five COL
umns to the page.
First among the bundle is n copy of
the Eastern Argus, of Portland. of the
date of Tuesday. April 13, 1919. and fol-
lowing it is one Of the date Of July 20.
In" same year. The greater part of the
space devoted to reading matter in
tncsc two papers is devoted To a dis
custom Of tho question Of separation
from Massachusetts and becoming an
independent state. To judge from the
amount Of prominence given the ques-
tion 10y the Argus ana the expressions
one finds there i'm ii would seem that
there was no small amount of interest
therein Icy the people of Maine and that
tho Argus WAS opposed to the move.
This volume Of the Argus was the 10th,
and the whole number Of tie July 20
paper was S2j. In size the Argus Of
that time was four pages. five columns
Ia 4 page. There was Il liberal adver-
Using patronage.
After these numbers Of the Argus
there are two copies of the American
Advocate and Kennebcc Advertiser of
Hallowell. dated in September 1919.
These are in volume ten ana have four
pages. four columns to Il page. The
publisher of the paper. who WAS. pre-
sumably. the editor announces that the
price of the paper is 81 per annum, one
half of which must be paid in advance.
This publisher, by the way, was S. X.
Gilman AMI he had Il very readable pa
per and one which carried Il good adj
|yeTtisng patronage. These advertising
announcements are not much like those
of today. AMI this applies to those in all
of the old papers there being no large
display announcements such as the ad-
vcrtisers of these times use. Announces
ments Of recent rum importationS ana
of Ponce" molaSScS are frequent in al
Of them. In the HalloWell paper n
master adVrrtiscS 4 reward of one cent
per head for the return of runaway
apprentices.
There is Il copy of No I, volume /, #
the Watcrvillr Intcligenccr. of Water
VILE. Of date of May %, 1923.
y copy of the Weekly Visitor Of Ken
n"bIulk has the next PLACE In the pile.
This is the date of May /. 1919. ard
is numhcr IL of volume 10, the whole
number being 513. Each of its four
pages has four columns and there is 4
large amount of advertising. Follow
ing this comes five numbers Of tho
ing weeks.
Next in the pile is No. Is of Vol /, If
In" Commercial Advertiser. Of Ports
mouth. n. H., dated September 30. 1875
and while not n Maine paper it is 81
near Ia the State line that it deserves
mention here. Lest is tho Portland
Gazette, being No. - of Volume 81 and
No. loss of The total number of papers
| issued. Like al the others it has -four
pages. There are five columns TO the
paE" ana there is 4 fair amount of ad-
NrrtiSing. This paper is, if anyth hing
the best printed Of all those in the lot
| Monday mornings session of thu
governor and executive council was not
| an exciting one, neither was it 50
prolific Of news matter as was the pre-.
! cccding one. The only matter of conse-
| qucncc which came up was the confirm.
| alton Of the governors nomination OF
Judge Albert Il. Savage, of Auburn. tc
he a Justice Of the supreme court, which
was done. Justice Savage was sworr
| by Gov. Hill
| Judge f.. r. Chase, councillor from
| the fifth district. presented the opinion
of the attorney general on the question
of who was liable for the support q
| certain white raupers upon Indiar
| Island in the Penobscot river, which
was referred to Mr.. Seiders. The opin
ion was accepted and placed on file.
set forth that the State was not re-
sponSible for the care of these paupers
hut that the oldest incorporated plac,
next adjoining the reservation. which
in this case is the town of Milford, Ia.
to care for them.
The council adjourned to Monday
May 81, at 10 o'clock
Warden George W. Ross, of Wash
ington county. has reported to the fisl
and game department the prosecution
before the Calais municipal court, o
Charles +. Craig, of Midtown, for TIL
having deer meat in his possession il
September. last. He was adjudge(
guilty and sentenced to pay fine o
$40 and costs, which he did.
| Commissioner Carleton reports tina
on Saturday the record trout was takel
from Lake Maranacook by Elmer Hay
wood. Of Winthrop. 1t weighed
pounds and IL ounces. The fish wa
taken in the morning but was no
weighed until night, and as it is a wei
known fact that the weight of fish dc
creases from the time 1t is landed it i
probable that had it been weighe
when first caught 1t would have tippe
the scales some ounces more than it III
when placed on the scales.
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