Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-31
Maine Gossip
Dr.. Cook.
He cooked up such pretty tale
About the trip he took,
IT'S precious little wonder that
They call him FDoctor" Cook.
ID. D. Garcelon in Lewiston Sun.


They call him Doctor Cook.
ID. D. Garcelon in Lewiston Sun.
Portland's new sky-scraper, if an
eleven stories building can be called
such, has reached the sixth floor and is
rising rapidly.
Elton Martin of Somerville, Mass,
recently visited a brother in Brewer,
whom he had not seen before in 30
years. "a
The dwellings occupied by the keep
ers of lighthouses along the Maine
coast are no longer heated by stoves,
as up-to-date hot water heating plants
have been installed.
George Allan England, socialist and
author, has gone to England for the
purpose of studying economic condi-
tions. Mr.. England has summer
home at Peaks Island, near Portland.
Eeeport's fire loss is offset, in a
n1afetlre, by the announcement that
Re granite quarrying and cutting
fSin is to remove it's plant from
Quincy, Mass, to Freeport.
= Searsport managed to make the I'M
Usually high tides serve one good pur-
pose, by killing many of the rats that
were driven out from under the
.wharves.
A Portland forester claims to have
predicted the unusually high tides of
Sunday and now predicts that before
April 1, there will be another season
of high water WHICH will inhict even
greater damage. He isn't quite up to
the usual prognosticator, who is wise
enough not to limit himself bydates.
The town of Durham in Afldroscoggin
county, which has no manufactures, no
large village. no railroad and few tele-
phones, is going after electric lights
with a stick. There is an especially
dark and dangerous piece of road
which extends from the end of the
bridge, between Gorham and Lisbon
Falls, along through Keazerville to
Merrill Hill.
Portland Argus-The big bronze bad
ger and State seal of Wisconsin which
formerly decorated the bridge of the
battleship of that name and which was
moved to this yard, row adorns the
hallway of the Peace Conference build
ing at the Portsmouth Navy Yard
which is in Kittery.
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There is a monster search ligk rim
storage in the shed on the wharf @occu-
pied by the quartermaster's depart
ment at Portland. Next spring it will
pc erected at one of the forts in the
Portland district. but at present it has
not been determined which fort will
receive the equipment.
Portland has>not yet gotten used to
the new court house. Monday after
noon someone saw steam rising from
the caves Of the big building and i'm
mediately notified the central fire sta
ton that there was a fire. What he
thought was smoke was vapor rising
from the steam pipes which run around
under the cutters to keep the ice from
forming.
Portland Press-lt was a sight to
gladden. the hearts of old sea-faring
men who have little use for towing in
md of hn, ,bnr hot n1
Monday forenoon. The schooner. l.. c.
Palmer, three master which had been
lying at one of the upper wharves,
hoisted her fore, main and mizzen sails
and headed down. the stream. She easi-
ly turned the breakwater and headed
out the harbor to her destination Usu-
ally in these days when big craft like
the Palmer sails, she employs the ser
vices of towboat, but her skipper
took things into his own hands.
An exciting contractors race ended
| last week on the Squa Pan cutoff OF
| the Bangor g. Aroostook railroad, when
! 500 men strained every nerve laying
! ties and rails in an endeavor to get
| their construction trains to the Aroos-
| took river first A bonus of $1,000 was
| the prize. The Mullen brothers OF Ban
gor were building north and the Nc
Gregor contracting concern building
south. ne Mullen forces won out. by
malfmargin and the most OF the
bonus was divided among the crew,
which celebrated in a big banquet. The
cutoff will be in operation early next
| summer.
Some of the Boston papers, in report
ing the Freeport fire, spoke Of that
town being in the Eastern part of the
state. 1t is a pretty good town and
doubtless would be a welcome addi-
j ton to Hancock, Washington or PEN
4 obscet, hut unforttmately its powers OF
.llocou0fl6n are Iinitsd Is going uQ in