Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-20
Maine News
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In Brief.

Il Rev. Thomas Burgess, rectoI u
Trinity parish, Saco, is to attend inc
National Convention of the brother-
hood of st. Andrew, to be held at frov-
idence, +. l., shortly. Mr.. Burgess Will
also attend the annual meeting Oh the
Anglican and Eastern Orthodox chur-
ches at Newark, N. ]. He will be away
from home week.
Prof. A. a. Knowlton, Bates, w, mas
resigned his position at Armour lnsu-
tute, Chicago, and has gone to SAT-
Lake City, where he takes the position
Of assistant professor in physics at the
University of Utah. Prof Knowlton
took graduate Work in Chicago UniVer-
sity.
DIR. and Mrs. J. Perley Sprague OF
Chicago have just closed successful
season at their camp for boys in Nor
thern Wisconsin. They took canoe
trip alone of $50 miles through the Will
derness. Both DR.. ond Mrs. Sprague
are Bates graduates and have relatives
in Lewiston. They were surprised to
meet a Bates man on their trip, Mr..
Moody, who is now in the Wisconsin
forestry service, stationed at Rhine
lander
Last Thursday at the Advent Chris
lian church, Portland, occurred the
wedding of Miss L. Alfredo Brewster
and Wilson ]. Wallace. Mr.. Wallace
is well-known throughout the State as
an ordained minister Of the gospel who
has for several years held pastOrates In
central and eastern Maine, and for
sometime past has been the State Or
lganizer OF the w. C. T. u.
l Warden N T Hanna hos certainly
been making it merry during the past
few days for the folks who catch short
Holsters in Casco bay. Since Tuesday
he has made trips to several of the
islands in his swift motor boat Car
melita and has seized 1915 of the crus-
taceans that were under the legal
length.
According to the plans of the Grand
Trunk officials all the sheds on the
three large piers in Portland will be
equipped with the sprinkler system in
addition to the hydrant system now in
use. This will double the fire fighting
efficiency of the fire brigade which did
| such gallant work at the big fire last
! winter and will make the docks about
the finest and best equipped along the
Atlantic coast.
The two masted schooner ]. v. We'll
linSton will be sold at public auction
by United States marshars sale on
Wednesday, Oct. 10, at . o'clock, at
Trussers wharf, Port Clyde. This YES
sci is one of the Gilbert Transportation
| CO.'S vessels, which was recently libeled
Tor salvage in floating the vessel from
a dangerous position near Port Clyde.
! Another schooner of this cOmpany's
| feet has been lihele6 for debt, the Mary
Curtis, three masted vessel.
Mrs. Jacob Taylor has returned to
| Sanford from Gloversvile n. Y, where
! with Mrs. Mary Hargraves she has
been attending the sessions of the
| Grand Lodge Independent order
! Daughters OF st. George, as delegates
| from the local lodge. Mrs. Taylor was
| unanimously elected Worthy President
and is receiving hearty congratulations
on the honor thus bestowed upon her.
| Mrs. DraNa Lord of Milton celcbrat tied
her Goth birthday recently. Mrs. Lord
| was born in Lebanon, Me-, in 1919, and
has been quite active until within a few
years. when she had fall which has
made her unable to walk She res
ceivcd many birthday tokens and had
best wishes from all who knew her.
| Tie annual meeting of the Lincoln
County Teachers Association. will be
held at Lincoln Academy, Newcastle
Friday October IS, beginning at 10 A.
NJ. Several spe akers have been assign
cd parts and they will be assisted by
two or more speakers from other parts
of the State. At the evening session
which viii bc held at the CONGREGATIONS
| al HI >,,I
son Smith, state SuDt o. Public
Schools, VII! address tie .ccole.
Ne.5s has cen received Of the death
II Mrs. W. r. Witt an at 81. ouis.
| Mrs. Whitman was Miss Anna Wing,
youngest daughter of the late b. f. and
Eliza (Perkins) Wing. She was born
in Winthrop and in November, 1872,
was married to William F. Whitman.
They lived there until the winter Of
| 1SS9-90, when they moved to Auburn,
where the Whitman Agricultural
Works were established. continuing
there until about eight years ago, when
they went to st. Louis. where they have
| since made their home.
| Charles A. Bradley of Portland had
been elected second vice-president of
the National Association of Life I'm
| derWriters at the election which was
held in Louisville. KY, Saturday after
noon Mr.. Bradley is manager of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. for his
city and is also president of the Maine
Life Underwriters association, and has
| a large number of friends in this city
who will be pleased to learn of the
honor.
Saturday evening fire which start
cd i'll the hay NOW and the cause of
which is unknown, destroyed the valu-
able set Of buildings at Hill Crest farm
owned and occupied by Joseph w
Knight and his son, Eugene Knight at