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

| the old barber shop at the corner OF
Main and Park strcets in Lewiston.
After an acquaintance Of but three
weeks Itastman and Miss Reyes were
| married. In about two years East
man suddenly disappeared and, 1t was
supposed went west. His wife, with
an infant daughter, came to Waterville,
where she secured employment in the
Lockwood cotton mill. After a resi-
dence here of a few years she received
from western lawyer letter stat
ing that Eastman desired to marry
again and asking If she would not get
y divorce or allow him to do so. The
divorce was secured and Eastman
married again, his new choice being
Miss Annie Payne of Portland.
In the meantime Eastman's father
had died and his mother had married
Lewiston plumber named Mcclure.
After a short life with his second wife,
Eastman secured a divorce. then his
mother Gied and Mcclure came to Wa
terville Soon after the divorce or
Eastman and his second wife Annie,
she came here and married Mcclure.
who subsequently died, his widow re-
turning to her relatives. In the mean
time also the first wife had married
a respectable Watcrville citizen and Is
living with him. today, having borne
him several children.
Three wekks ago the daughter by the
first wife, who has been married ana
divorced and who has a small daught-
or, secured apartments i'll this city and
took care Of, in a motherly way. the
| II years old son of Eastman by his
present wife.
Last fall Dr. Eastman came here and
| tarricd a few days with his daughter.
| the one mentioned above. When he de-
parted he visited Pittsfield, accompa-
MED by the daughter who was to act
| assistant. The doctor was on pros
pecting tour as indicated earlier in this
article seeking for the sick that he
might cure them. His advertising
matter proclaimed him to be the real
| limit Of the me 1ical profession, and
nothing ever discovered or determined
upon By the profession Or ever ex-
pectcd to he discovered or determined
| upon would faze the doctor After an
| absence Of few days the daughter re-
| turned to Waterville.
From up in Penobscot and Piscata-
1uis counties comes a siZable and rea-
sonabe wall from editors and medical
men. 1t appears that in the Dexter
| Gazette and Piscataquis Observer, the
| former published in Dexter and the lat
| ter in Dover, DIR. Eastman occupied
| half page space for three weeks. Like
| all other travelling phenomenon he de-
| clared his ability to cure and prevent
| disease, and in fact to do everything
| except prevent a bone breaking.
To the village bill-poster of Dover,
were sent 1000 half sheet posters which
| the doctor desired to have posted in
shop and store windows and on bill
| boards in the village proper, and on
the rocks, trees and fences of the
farming section. TO do this the bill
poster was obliged to hire team. III
this instance the bill-poster paid the |
freight.
Instead Of visiting Dexter and Dover |
and Foxcroft. and attending to the ills |
and physical complaints of several |
hundred residents of that section of |
the State who called at the hotel nam
ed on the posters and on the date
spe Cited Dr. Eastman went to Old
town In that city he succeeded in
convincing the management of the Old
town City Hospital that he should be
HltCtu III 'lIdl VI tiidl IlSlltutipIi-
He remained in charge for eight |
weeks. ard when he got ready to
leave the most convenient train was
the night Pullman. Since then DIR.
Eastman has petitioned himself into
bankruptcy through the medium of |
the United States court.
The next and perhaps final chapter |
in this strange life story is yet to
come. and will probably be the most |
sensational of all.