Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-04

November $ climate all unDleSt
That threat doth soon fulfill.
And In December air severe
Our aches and pains we nurse;
And then we start another year
Which probably is worse.
Washington Star
Those Fall River girls who are COM
ing by scores to Rumford Falls cannot
do better than to stay in Maine.
Knox county was the kind which will
win him votes and public confidence.
Undoubtedly each sof those 81 new
lawyers admitted to the Maine bar,
this week, hopes to be chief justice,
some day.
| The word comes from Old Orchard
| that the veil fad is raging there with
| undated fury. All of the young
| women, and many of the matrons, of
! uncertain age, have a long veil flying
in the breeze. Many of titx wells are
brown in color and hang over the brim
| The bare. headed girl is still much in
evidence. and in the evening the hat
| less maid is most seen.
A Parkhurst correspondent relates
how two girls for lark dressed in
male attire and tried to get a job hay
| ing. They were doing nicely until they
ran into nest of field mice and then
the little game was all off.
The interest in our Trolley league is
increasing and as the series advances
and the teams get warmed up to the
work, the fans will get some of the best
sport in the local history of the game.
| Calais and eastern Maine in general
is looking forward to the great fire.
mems tournament and horse show,
September and g. There will be a
parade. reel races. hand tub contests,
etc. and four horse races with S1400 in
| purses.
| Some weeks ago it was stated that
| while the discovery by the American
Thread Co. of d process of waking
spools from wood pulp might affect the
birch industry i'm this State, there was
| no question asked but what some new
demand for birch would spring up
which would offset the decrease in the
demand from this reason. Now, while
| as yet the pulp spool has in no way
touched the birch business in Maine. a
new birch business is here. A carriage
| manufacturing concern in Grand
| Rapids, Mich, is erecting a mill near
Seboeis lake, on the line of the Bangor
| & Aroostook railroad, for the purpose
of getting out birch to be shipped to the
factory in Michigan for use in making
carriages. The plant will cost $4,000
| and give employment to about 100 men.
The Bath Times says that the resig-
nation of Walter S. Glidden as clerk of
courts Of Sagadahoc county, OH account
of his proposed removal to Hawaii,
means that Judge S. l.. FoGg will he
| the new clerk of courts and that Frank
| l.. Staples. Esq, will succeed him as
municipal judge.
| Here is list of the 81 young men
who have been taking the Maine bar
examinations in Portland, this week:
John w. Anderson. Portland; Harry F.
Allen. Portland: Ernest A. Anterior,
Brownville; Percy NJ. Andrews, West
Sumner: b. w. Blanchard, Bangor;
Harry l.. Cram. Portland; William A.
| Comedian. Portland; Aaron r. Cole,
South Eliot. Holman d. Foss Houlton;
&c. L. Foster, Lewiston; Edward r.
Fenley. Portland; Orren r. Fairfield.
Kennebunk: Earlon Kent Guild, Fort
Fairfield: J. Howard Haley, Bingham;
Clarence r. Hight, SkOwhegan; Charles
H. Johnston, Portland: Fred F. Law
renee. Skowhegan: George. LOugee,
Bangor: John 3. Merrill. Bangor: John
F. Murphy, Lewiston; Hoyt A. Moore,
| Ellsworth: John E. Nelson. Waterville:
Edgar 3. Putnam. Danforth: Harry 3.
Ross. Sanford: Edward G. Rice. Water
vile: Henry c. Sullivan, Portland;
Judson f. Sipprelle. Bangor; Donald
+. Snow. Bangor: George c. Wheeler.
Pennington; Alton c. Wheeler. South
Paris; Sumner P. Mills, Stonington.
When the City of Rockland was
floated and lowed to RockIand it was
given second christening and the
most extensive one ever accorded a
vessel in Maine waters. AS the steam
er approached Owls Head there was
heard the strange sound of breaking of
glass. From the lower deck forward
a crew of men with STERN countenances
and tears in their eyes. were seen lug
ging up baskets and boxes of bottled
wine ard heaving them overheard.
Down the vessels sides the costly
bottled goods crashed, emptying them
selves into the sea. AS champagne
bottles exploded and the effervescent
sparkling streams of wine bubbled into
the gaping mouth of old man Neptune
from the lighters and tugs went UP the
plaintive song of "Ain't Dat Shame"
But they we're orders and the crew
obeyed from first. although each brok-
en- bottle only agsSavated thirst. Mr..
Murphy of Llodys who represented the
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