Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-27

to clubs in Lewiston, but they felt that
they should have an organization Of
| their own. In fact, Auburn has be-
| come toe much of a city to depend up
Oh Lewiston for clubs. During the
past year the city has made Won
derful advance in business way and
il is believed that the present year will
show fully as great an Improvement.
The merchants are now competing for
some of the trade which was former
~ monopolized by Lewiston. It is be-
lieved that this city is to become one
OF the great shoe manufacturing cities
of New England The citizens are
public spirited and are willing to give
every advantage to new enterprises
| Westbrook people have been much
| pleased to learn Of the honor that has
come 10 Westrook boy, Dr. Winford
Henry Smith. DIR. Smith has been ap-
pointed to the office of general medi-
cal superintendent of the Bellevue and
Allied Hospitals Of New York. This
pest is the biggest one of it's kind In
New York and is so important anu
large that it constitutes department
| "
the board OF charities and board
of health, etc. 1t includes the charge
of Bellevue Hospital with 1920
beds and Gourveneur, Harlem and
| Fordham hospitals of about 100 beds
each. DR.. Smith was graduated from
the Westbrook High School in 1895.
from Bowdoin in 1899. He received his
M. D. from Johns Hopkins in 1908.
| Immediately he was engaged as mousse
surgeon and gynecologist at Cleveland,
Ohio, remaining there until March,
1905, at which time he entered the SER
vice of the New York City health de-
partment and was stationed at the
| Kingston Avenue Hospital in Brook
| lyn This post he resigned In Febru-
ary. 1906, and went to Hartford az the
Superintendent of the Hartford Hos
pital This record for so young man.
as DR.. Smith is only SO years old, IS
| indeed one Of which to be proud. ana
his many friends wish him the same
success as in his former undertakings.
A Boston paper of recent date, In
| the course of a look-alike twin con-
test, published the pictures of two New
| Hampshire men, Edgar Brown OF
LYME, N. H., and Edwin Brown of
Nashua, twins remarkable for their
very close resemblance. There would
he nothing particularly interesting
about this We're it not for the fact that
Bangor is the native city of two men,
twins. by the name of Brown; and as
| the name Brown is not uncommon
even this might pass without comment
were it not that the Bangor Brown
twins are also named Edgar and Ed
win. For this reason they and their
friends consider it rather curious
coincidence The local Brown twins
are Edgar l.. Brown and Rev. Edwin
C. Brown. The latter has not lived
here for several years. He went
through the Bangor public schools,
was graduated from the Bangor SEMI
nary and has since been pastor OF Con-
gregational churches in Dexter, Free
mort, Veazie and Jonesport, and in the
last named place he has a pastorate at
this time. Edgar L. is well known IN
Bangor where he is employed with
WOOD & Bishop For IL years he has
been with this concern, and previous
to that was employed by the Bangor
Foundry and Machine Co. for II years.
Their strong resemblance one to the
other is marked and they have often
been mistaken for each other. These
twins have correspondent with their
respective twin namesakes IN ne"
Hampshire, who also think the GOMEZ
denca remarkable. The New Hamp-
shire men are older than the Bangor
Browns. and the birth months are at
variance; but although the month IS
different yet the day of the month is
the same, the birthday of the former
coming on Jan. q, and tho latter on
Nov. 81 This must have the credit or
being an interesting case.