Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-30
Maine Gossip

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Ny Old Straw.
My old straw hat is Drowned bit
The reason?
Dunno l took good care of it
The year before, a quarter twice
Made fifty
paid to keep it looking nice
But now my nat each passing day
Looks hummer.
I'll have to give the thing away
Next summer.
Kansas City journal
Mrs Sarah Rowe Hodgkins of Bath
celebrated her 101st birthday this week.
Hats off to Calais. It's her turn to
celebrate. -
Lyman Hooper of Springvale cele-
brated his 93rd birthday this week.
Basin Mills, Orono, is to have an
unique chimney of cement. 1t is the
hrSt or us KIND IN MAINE.
Augusta hasn't forgotten that a
change in Rines Hill crossing was pro-
vi led for by an act of the Legislature.
A Gouldshoro resident has warrant
for the collection of the taxes of that
town for 1909. The document Is in old
English characters and devoid of pune
tuatiOn.
Bangor is still hunting round for that
library site Bangor's library is some
what like Portland's city hall-Only
worse.
Bath is getting ready to give the
middies royal good time and the
middies are getting ready to show that
they appreciate it.
Turner, Auburn's hustling suburb, is
contemplating the purchase of fire APP
paratus. Argument should be unnec-
essary after the loss of the Faulkner
Woulen mill.
Belfast has a genuine Paul Revere
bell in it's Unitarian church belfry.
The bell was hung in 1919. a year after
Revere died. 1t weighs about 1900
pounds and is highly priced by the
church society.
The Westbrook young lady who, upon
being rescued from drowning first
thought of her back comb, should have
thanked her rescuer that she had any
need of back comb. If he'd given his
attention to the comb instead of to
her, she wouldn't have needed one.
The Biddeford Greeks are organizing
to repel the Turks in case the Turks
try to subjugate Crete. Greece is like
New England in one way, her sons are
scattered everywhere. If they all nap
pened at home at once they would
constitute a formidable army.
Saco has gone right after that shoe
factory with picked stick and gave
the advance agent the time of his life.
Saco lost an industry to Portland a
short time ago, but a prosperous shoe
factory will more than make up the
loss.
Cherryfield sawmills will be shut
down in the near future until the hay
ing season is over. The mills have
run without a break since April and
h nrl-n OF fnp p
product
John Ranger of Temple, who occu-
pies the place formerly owned by Rev.
James York, has found an oak tree
1917 feet in circumference. The first
four branches are very large and point
to the North, South, East and West,
respectively The branches measure
nearly 20 feet from tip to tip.
Herbert w. Goldsmith, for many
years engineer on the Sandy River &
Rangeley Lakes railroad. has resigned
his position and will work for the In
ternational Manufacturing Company of
Phillips. Mr.. Goldsmith has had but
one serious accident during his many
years on the road ard on that occasion
no one was hurt.
Portland Press: = Commodore Reuben
X. Dyer's fast sailing sloop yacht
Clique arrived w from Camden yes
terday with broom at her masthead.
she having pretty effectually disposed
of her competitors in the races which
have been given the past week under
the auspices OF the Boston Yacht Club.
With the exception of the first days
race the Clique came in first in her
class Qn actual time) on every days
run. Commodore Dyer brought back as
h,