Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-22

tlOn or any Other stomach disturb
ance
Young, reported to the board that there
had been for some time past only one
outbreak of smallpox in the State.
That occurred some time ago in an
Aroostook town. A single case was
brought from New Brunswick and
three cases resulted from that. All
through the summer there has been a
small prevalence of other infectious
diseases but in the fall there We're quite
q number of outbreaks of scarlet fever
and diphtheria of a somewhat serious
nature
The secretary of the board Wa, a,
thorizrd to issue a series of school and
home health leaflets, to be numbered l,
2 and 3, for use for teachers in the
schools and school officers and for elis-
tribution to the pupils for them to
take home to their parents. The leaf
lets will be brief, probably none of
them over two rather small pages.
This line of work will probably be car.
ried on in connection with the State
Educational department as State Supt
of Schools PaysOn Smith is said to
highly approve Of the idea.
1t was reported to the board that the
new antitcXin law is working very
smoothly and the returns to the office
indicate that the towns are availing
themselves freely Of the privilege they
have under the new law of obtaining
antitoxin at the reduced rates provided
for in the agreement which has been
made between the State Board of
Health and the producers of antitoXin.
The secretary was authorized and re-
4uested to have printed a special blank
for the use of physicians and the
Board of Health in ordering antitoXin,
whether for the use of the physicians
or for the use of the town for the bene.
fit Of an INDECENT patient Dr. Charles
ID. Smith of Portland, the president of
the Board of Health, who has for
many years been the committee of one
of the board on the subject of anti
toxin and other curative and PREVENT
tive serums was instructed to visit the
manufactures and inspect the condi-
tons under which antitoxin is produced
i'm the laboratories from which the
main supply IS obtained and by some
other firms. which are also producing
antitoXin.
Governor Fernaid Tuesday appointed
Hon. Kendall NJ Dunbar of Damaris-
Gotta, for many years secretary Of the
Senate rs his private secretary to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of the
late Hon. William s. Cotton of Lisbon
Falls There We're a dozen aSprants
for the position. including three from
the Governors own county Of Andros>
coggin. The appointment came to Mr..
Dunbar unsolicited. The office pays a
salary of $1,000 per annum.
Mr.. Dunbar was born at NObleboro
in Lincoln county in 1857 but his par
erts moved to Damariscotta when he
was five years of age He attended the
public schools of Damariscotta and
Lincoln Academy at Newcastle. He
read law in the office of Libby. Robin
son & Turner at Portland and was adj :
united TO the Cumberland county bar.
MI Dunbar and his brother estab-
lished the Damariscotta Herald which
they conducted for II years. He was
instrumental in the organization of the
Twin Village Water Company which
supplies the towns of Newcastle and
Damariscotta with water and he is at
present the clerk and one of the direc-
tors of the corporation.
Mr.. Dunbar was elected assistant
clerk OF the Senate in 1885. a position
which he held fer three terms or six
years. In 1891 he was chosen secretary
of the Senate, an office which he held
until his retirement in 1907. He has
long been prominent in the affairs of
the town of Damariscotta being SIS
wears member of the board of select
men and for four years was the chair
man of the board
In 1907 Mr.. Dunbar was candidate
for the office of State treasurer against
the Hon. Pascal p. Gilmore of Bucks
port.
Brigadicr General James L. Norisrty
of Lewiston, inspector general Oh the
staff of the comrnander-in-chief, has
made a report to the office of the ac-
jutant general on a special inspection
of Co. F. Second Infantry, of Dover.
When Captain Charles H. Norton
was commissioned as captain of the
company last July conditions in the
company We're not altogether satisfac-
tory and the board of examination rec.
commended that Capt. Nortor's comis.
sion be issued, but that after he had