Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-15

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'Mongst books that have assisted me.
| AS fondest hopes l nursed,
The dictionary seems to be
| Entitled to rank first.
The many words there placed on view
| Have been a help profound.
You only need select few
And change them round and round.
| Washington Star.
| The Maine anglers are making some
great catches.
The destruction of so much valuable
timber by the recent fires in the
northern part of the State is great
blow to Maine.
| The commercial travellers are 10
hold their annual field day on Long
island, June &c. Chambers Band Of
Portland has been engaged for the oc-
| casiOn.
The International Paper Co., is to
erect a new paper mill at ChisholmS
Mills. This company operates a num-
Der of mills at that place and the new
mill will be quite an addition to their
property there.
| The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Packard of North Auburn re-
Gently met with peculiar accident.
| He was playing about the new house
| which his father is erecting and fell
| in such a manner as to nearly cut his
tongue in two The lad was unable to
speak and portions OF his tongue were
held together merely by a thread of
skin.
| 1t nearly always happens that a
graduating class contains a larger
number of young ladies than young
men, but this order of things was re-
versed in New Gloucester. The class
| just graduated from the High school
| in that town had IA young men and
only four young ladies'.
The U. S. Quartermaster's steamer
Alfred w. Drew had a narrow escape
from destruction Saturday, while the
| lives Of large number OF men on
board We're endangered by a shot from
one of the guns from Fort Williams
|
| target practice The shot penetrated
the plate of the Drew's boiler, but did
not break any of the tubes, and this
| fact, alone, saved the steamer from a
serious explosion.
The playground committee OF the
| Woman's Literary Union Of Andres
coggin has practically completed ar
| rangements for the opening of public
Fairgrounds in Lewiston, July -.
| The new ocean going tug Charles w
| Parker Jr., now under construction by
the Kelley, Spear Co., at Bath for the
Commercial Towboat Co, Of Boston.
will be launched next Saturday. The
| boiler, engine and machinery will be
| installed by the Bath Iron Works
| Jeanne Jomeli, who sang at the
Maine Festival last year, and who has
been engaged by Director Chapman
for this year, has been secured for a
tour of IL concerts throughout New
England in January under the
| management OF Mr. Chapman.
The big hotel at kineo threw open
it's doors to the public last week and
the season of 1909 at this popular
resort has every promise of being a
| most successful one.
The plan adopted by the Bar Har-
Dor board Of trade for raising an adj
| vertising fund by assessing one mill
on the resident taxpayers has been
| abandoned, as only q few responded
| Last year the town spent $1,000 in adj
vertising the resort. Fred l.. Savage,
| secretary of the board Of trade. has
| written Senator Hale, asking him to
| use his influence with the navy de-
partment in getting some Of the ships
here in September.
Bridgton's two oldest male residents
have just passed their SSth milestone.
They are Farnsworth Kilborn and
Capt Richard T. Bailey. Mr.. Kilborn's
birthday was June Bird. Capt. Bailey's
| the Sth The former Is hale and
hearty, attending to his garden and
| doing other work; the latter until re-
Gently was well and strong, but is now
otherwise, his weak condition causing
him to be in bed the most of the time.
| Robert G. Foster has completed the
enlistment of 81 men for a new COM
pany which is being organized at
Portland. The meeting for the cleo
ton of officers will be held Tuesday,
June 15
| At the beautiful home of Mr.. ana
Mrs. c. +. Blanchard of North Wilton
there was a happy family reunion
when four sisters and brothers met,
two of whom had not seen each other
for so years. They were: Mrs. John
| Blanchard, the eldest, aged 70 years,
Mrs. Mary Dellerway, aged II years,
| David Colburn of California, aged "A
and his brother Martin of West Farm
| ington, who is ~. There is one sister
in the west that would have made the
| circle complete. She is aged IS years.
| Sixteen lots OF land on lower Howe