Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-24
4 Day Unanimously De.
! lied Grand Success.
EsyIedy and Then Some More
I,gset by the Solicitors.
laas WHI' Be Opened and Cash
esuated Tonight At Coliseum.

~ citizens Of this vicinity a de-
S.Anui,y new way Of raising money
4 Gardiner Board of Trade is better
A financially by several thousands o
arlars than it was before, How much
1hdy knows, although many esti
aas have been made. The reason fol
4. Il that it was believed best fol
n committee chairman to keep in hi.
rn nersonal custody the unopened
byes in which the funds were collected
The solicitors, and that these boxe.
! opened at a meeting at the Colise
this evening" Then the actua
INIT will be made. and the public will
I've an opportunity of knowing the
act result, announcement of which
mid not have been made under any
cumstances on Sunday. and Tag
" not closing until IL o'clock Satur
y night.
But IN spite of the fact that figures
absolutely lacking, there can be
question that Tag day in Gardi.
vas great success. One could see
In the Bfiliken smile which adorned
-, features of everyone along the
eets, in the stores and shops and in
homes of this vicinity. If a sad
led Individual was seen on the street
WAS because he was without tag
some energetic young lady in al
ut every instance made that person
boy by fastening a tag to him or her
taking therefor his donation to
Board Of Trade fund.
ood cheer prevailed everywhere. The
earance of things was almost
bristmassy." and needed only frosty
I and holly wreaths to complete the
sion.-
be tags, green ones and the white
which were issued when the green
began to give out. We're worn by
ng and old. and those who wore
tags wore also the Billiken smile,
things were "as they ought to be"
nd walking up and down the street,
'watchful eye upon each detail,
the presiding genius of the festi-
Gideon F.. Noyes, the happiest
Of all.
be tags We're on the horses, the dogs
even the cats. lnanimate things
~ such as cameras and satchels
tagged, Little tags were FREEDOM
t, but happy was the man who had
V&cient spondulicks to purchase one
he larger kind. nearly as big as a
1 fbalI and as round. which denoted
II he had paid a dollar or more into
Z Uiu.' rJt ,o4.' to -tt.-r.
6 O'Clock in the morning the COM
Eemcn, lady vice directors and
4 g lady and young gentlemen So
I DIS were aStir and the whole city
swept clean as early as ~ A. NJ
( came a luil, after which it was
< that Some had escaped in the rush,
/ there was much scurrying about to
ure and tag them. BY night every
f~as tired but serenely happy. Yes,
v day was certainly a success, and
/ ht We shall know to what an eX-
i nong those who gave SIS or over
/ the following:
enty dollars--R. IT. Gardiner, w
Vhitmore
dollars--F F.. f.. Boston, G. T.
f. $. Smith. Fred M. Moves
yer u Day Hardware Co, DR.. Fred
''Ntrout, DR.. r. T., Donnell, F.. L.
,.Kh, F. S. Gray. G. II. Douglass. j
Eafter. Mrs. Burnham. Charles
they c. Fl. Gray. Mrs. j. S. Brad
y y George w. Heselton, A. l.. Per
~ b. Clason. Snow Hazard Co.
Susan NJ. Patten. c. A. Knight
pc Gray. Henry Richards. N. c
sow''' F. w. Morrell. DIR. w. p
snss, H. A. Sivovlos.
y dollars T.. Cunningham, DR.
q Cobb, VIII C. Atkins, c. o. IA
art +; s. Thorne. c. II. Became. A
uhhihgham Co, q. Il. Morse. r.
iHs. a. c. Brown. c. w. Brown
A. Wheeler. A. A. Brann, Chas
irke, Cash Market Co.. f.. S. Lin.
z Manson's Market. II. d. Wise. II
Parker Co. DR.. S. o. Clason. Mrs
T. Richards, Henry S. Webster
bradstreet, J. W. Robinson, Les
N Perry. c. .. Wadsworth.
g unfortunate feature from tn,
y Ne from the standpoint of a per
9 !" record of the event was The
~ NV IhodeSty oi the lady vice al
~ 20 AS II would have required 4:
y ia' call upon about 40 person:
'ufe complete list of the solici
""n verify the names of all o
n y request was made that tn,
~ ,y rs sent In for publication. Thi
4 ovue N but worry few instances
II = ."hig SO fragmentary, as it ha
" f.ohsne! from time to time, tina
N poiiication now would he of lit
III eouht The following constitute,
."erai committee of the Board O
"ioer Whom the work of can
as the city was so succassfull,
"a forward: tA-'
Moves, chairman; +. l.. Russell
y N"-'' r. =. smith. II. T.. Strout
whas"' II. NJ. Lawton. A. Daven
hey w. &. Atkins. A. j. Burns. c. $
the y Y. }. Bragdon. +. NJ. Move.
haradcn. J, w. Rafter. Norri
y an = Weeks. II. b. Lawrence
} s'of"ok, +. l.. Weymouth, Georg
y ". +. N. Hamlin, c. Il
a " s'aAmes. f. L. Boston, II. I
James Church. Otto Dorr. Archi
m H. Il. Llewellyn. r. l.. Gogir
@eee; r ?, Hazard, A. w. Nc
m ., W. Robinson. Fred File.
tn nt', c. f. Clarke. f. A. Aye
n saoodspeed, George w. Cross. 4
= S"..soi. Howard, Corning. c. +
r ~ - Whitney, d. H. Dorr. F. !
- IN W. II. Frost, Frank Ma,
.hoIr Cunningham, Elmer Ste,