Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-26

A petition has been received at the
office of Paul D. Sargent, State COM
missioner of highways, from Nathan
Hobbs and $50 others, being majority
of the legal voters of the town of North
Berwick. who state that in their judg-
ment the State road as now designated
by the county commissioners is not
the main Travelled thoroughfare in said
town and that public convenience
would be better served by the designa-
ton of the following named road as
State road, to wit; the road begin
ming at the Old Corner in North Ber-
wick village and running in the di-
rection of South Berwick to the town
line between North Berwick and South
Berwick. SO that the completed State
road will be described as follows: Be
ginning at the division line between
the towns of South Berwick and North
Berwick and running northeasterly to
the Old Corner, so-called, thence over
the bridge above North Berwick WOOL
en- mills to Weymouth Corner, So
called, thence from Weymouth Corner
along Main street, past Commercial
block and over the Boston & Maine
Railroad, known as Main street cross
ing, thence along the road known as the
road to Tatnic to the South Berwick
line.
Upon the above petition public
hearing will be held at the Office of
the selectmen in North Berwick at 1
P. NJ, Tuesday, Aug. 81, at which
will be heard
That Uncle Sam looks after his
fighters pretty well is shown by Cen
eral orders No. 172, issued by the War
Dept, and which has just been re-
ceived at the office of the adiutant
general. The order contains a list of
subsistence stores authorized to be
kept for sale to officers and enlisted
men, which is in part as follows:
Fresh beef, fresh mutton, bacon
pork, fresh and corned beef, corned
beef hash, dried cod, picked mackerel
canned salmon, flour, hard bread, white
and yellow corn meal, baking powder
dried and compressed yeast, beans
baked beans, rice, hOminy, fresh and
canned potatoes, onions, tomatoes
prunes, evaporated apples and peaches
blackberry jam, coffee. tea of various
kinds. graduated sugar, cvaporated
milk, vinegar, cucumber pickles. spices
of all kinds. lard, butter, oleomargarine
syrup, fiavoring extracts, emergency
ratiOns, soap, candles and lantern can
dies, safety matches, toilet paper, rock
salt. towels. almonds, ammonia. apple
butter, apricOts, asparagus, basins,
beef extract. blanco, bluing, borax,
whisll brooms, brushes of various
kinds, buttons and button sticks, cab
baSe, chocolate, candy, lemon drop
candy, stick candy, can openers, play
ing cards, chamois skins, cheese, cher
ries, homeless chicken and plain, Gig
arctic paper and cigars, citron, clam
juice, clotheslnes and pins. combs,
devlled crabs. crackers. currants, des-
sicated eggs, electro-silicon. envelopes
and letter paper, farina, buckwheat,
family and graham flour, gelatine, dew
lied ham, sugar cured and dry
cured ham, handkerchiefs, hops
horseradish, housewife. ink. jams and
jellies. pocket knives, listerine, lobster,
lye, macaroni. and about 1875 other arti-
Giles in which are included about every
thing that one could think of.
The following corporations have
filed their certificates of organization
at the office of the secretary of State:
Commercial Development Co, organ
lied at Portland, for the purpose of
promoting and assisting in the organ
iZation of corporations, and for other
purposes, with $50 900 capital stock. of
which $500 is paid in. Officers: Presi-
dent John M. WEIGH of Providence, r.
I.;Treasurer. Charles H. Meader of
Providence, r. 1. Certificate filed Aug.
"a, 1909.
General Light and Power Co. organ-
lied at Portland, for the purpose of
constructing and operating light and
power plants, and for other purposes.
with 100000 capital stock, of which
$500 is paid in Officers: President, A.
q. Mcpherson of Portland; treasurer.
James r. Parsons of Portland Certiff-
cate filed August 25, 1909