Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-25

| Is it possible that Holland mas turned
Voliva to his Dowie and supplanted
Names self-styled Elijah?
| Bangor has set a pace for the Name
fairs which will make Waterville and
Lewiston hustle.
| Thieves who prefer dental instru-
ments to other forms of loot are busy
. in Maine.
| Mrs. Mary Ellen Morse of Livermore,
for some years a resident of Auburn,
will celebrate her 18th birthday on
Sept. 2.
Fryeburg has been the scene of sew
eral highway robberies lately. If the
miscreant follows the pasttime long
enough he will be roughly handled.
Go to the nearest fair this fall and
see what your neighbor has accom-
plished. 1t may be he has succeeded
where you have failed. If he has, you
| want to know why.
Three Lewiston boys who were
swimming without the consent of their
parents, saw an older boy drown, but
did not report it until many hours af-
| terWard.
Charles p. Cannon of Maine, who
| has been in China several years has
| returned and is lecturing on the
Orient During his absence he was
reported dead several times.
| A. Keith Spofford, professor of Eng
lish and augmentation at Bates, who
died Monday, was young man of I'M
usual gifts. Those who have watched
his career feel that the cause of Edu-
cation has suffered a great loss.
church of Brdgton will celebrate it's
125th anniversary tomorrow, when
there will be a pilgrimage to the old
Peabody house where the church was
organized and to the grave of Nathan
Church, the first pastor.
II see no reason at all why we should
course again next year." says a men,
Der of the New York Yacht Club. We
see no reason either and Maine stands
ready to entertain the yachtsmen just
as often as they wish to come.
Col. John V. White, commander of
the Portland Artillery district, has
the military court before whom Capt.
Thomas Franklin will be tried for al
legged irregularities in the conduct Of
the West Point subsistence depart
ment.
The picturesque old ruin at DAN
vile Junction which has served the
travelling public as the Grand Trunk
Railway station, is to be removed and
in its place will be built a structure
more in keeping with the other prop
erty of the road.
Sanford evidently believes that the
Sunday laws are on the Statute books
t2 be enforced. 1t is growing faster
than any other town in York county
and the lively interest taken in the
affairs of the town only indicates that
it's citizens do not intend to let the
town die of that sleeping sickness
which has obtained so firm a hold on
some towns.
Bangor News-Hereafter the stand
pipe at Thomas Hill will be illuminat-
ed at night by "a electric lights strung
around the balcony. The structure
shone forth for the first time in all its
splendor on Saturday night at O'Clock
and the exhibition was a most salts
factory one, being visible a considera-
BILE distance from the city. Those pres
ant al the initial "light-up" included
Mayor Woodman, City Electrician
Austin and the committee on street
| lights-Alderman Webster and Council
men Crowell and Fahey.
Henry L. Doyle, a native of Gardi-
ner real son of the American Revo-
luton, recently celebrated his Send
birthday at Lynn, Mass. Mr. Doyle
| is the son of Thomas Doyle who was
born a British subject, under George
II, revolted against the authority of
| George III, and was in middle life
when George Washington was Presi-
dent. Henry L. Doyle, his son, 81 years
after the father joined the Continental
Army, enlisted in the Civil War. where
he served in many battles. He was
| in the battle of the Wilderness, and
| was nearly three years in the Army of
the Potomac, and was honorably dis
charged in 1865. Mr.. Doyle and his
wife are passing their later years in
peace and happiness, surrounded by
kind and loving friends. His father
died when he was 13 years of age.
| The largest willow tree in the State
of Maine is the Old Willow at Nor
ridgewock, which is about 80 feet in
circumference. Thousands of SOU
venirs have been taken from this
| tree. A few years ago the top of tho
| tree was blown off and was cut up
| into small Y,iacac and cold IN x,;c;forc