Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-10
Maine Gossip

z Maine Gossip )
Maine women join in congratulating
| Mrs. Peary.
Who ever heard Of State Fair hav-
| ing four clear days before?
Too many deaths by violence are
being reported.
Maine prefers to believe Peary, but
awaits the proofs.
The demand for more stores is heard
| in all the cities served by the trolley
lines.
Castine's new normal school build
ing is to be one of the best of its kind
| in New England.
Have you marked Sept. 90 as the day
you are coming to Augusta to see the
best one day race meeting ever held in
Maine?
Miss Grace j.. Perkins of Saco is as
sistant cataloguer at the State library,
Hartford, CT.
Five thousand bottles of beer indi-
! Gates that someone down Portland way
had thirst.
The new convent at Portland is one
of the largest and finest equipped edu-
cational institutions in New England.
Bosworth Post, No. 2, G. A. r. of
Portland will celebrate the And ami
versary of its organization Saturday.
Portland has accepted resolutions IA
vorable to the acceptance of the fad
which has for it's object the gaining of
daylight in which to work.
Efforts to put a trunk on moving
train at Rumford resulted in the trunk
being dropped under the wheels and
smashed into bits. The contents were
collected, put into another trunk and
forwarded to the owner, who is in New
Bedford, Mass.
Franklin Simmons, the world ia
nous sculptor, is visiting his home in
Portland.
Knoxie B., 2.13A. a we'll known horse
on Maine tracks, though owned In
Massachusetts, is likely to be pur-
chased by George Booth of Madison
The horse is a consistent performer
and popular on the Maine circuit
Auburn is getting ready to adopt or
reject new city charter. The special
ballot will be had Monday.
Raymond w. Perry, who was form
erly principal of the manual training
school at Lewiston, has been appoint
eG instructor in mechanical and free
hand drawing at Mechanic Art High
school, Boston.
Melville Durham of Norway made
the snow SHOES used by the Peary par
ty, so that that oxford county town
must be reckoned into the polar eXpe-
dition.
A burglar who entered a Lewiston
pawn shop recently fitted himself out
according to the best hunting and
trapping authorities, taking several
pairs of boots and shoes, two rairs of
trousers, revolver, a razor, and some
knives.
Harry Thaws mother, who has been
visiting at Castine, has returned to
New York.
Kite flying in the winds that sweep
off Moosehead is getting to be a pas
time at Kineo. Mr.. j. K. Clarke of
Ardmore has large bird kite that has
attracted considerable attention, ana
looks like an airship as it floats over
the lake.
Last Thursday the breeders Of Jer-
sey cattle who live in Cumberland and
Oxford counties met at Waterford and
organized under the name of oxford
and Cumberland County Jersey Breed
| ers Association, with H. W. Evans of
North Bridgton as president and c. s.
Hamlin Of South Waterford as secre-
tary and treasurer
Portland EXpress.-Mrs. Mabel r.
Brown, who is temporarily to have
charge of the Portland schools, has
had long experience under the present
system and is well equipped to contin-
ue the work which has been done. The
schools will suffer no loss under her
charge. Advanced steps are needed