Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-14

in the Portland district but few
months have been ordered to the army
medical school at Washington, Sept.
20.
The steamboats, are cutting out the
Sunday night trips, a sure sign of Fall.
The Longfellow House at Portland
16.
The call is out for the annual con-
vention of the Maine Woman's Suf-
frage Association, to be held at Old
Orchard, Oct ST.
Old Rigby park got it's name in the
papers again Saturday, when someone
discovered a murder at Germania park,
a resort that declined to die with Rig
by.
A man who rode from Portland by
Westbrook by trolley Sunday counted
20 automobiles and five horse drawn
vehicles during the round trip, indicat-
ing the proportion of motor vehicles to
carriages for pleasure driving.
Neill McCurdy of Lubec, who is sc
years of age, has recently completed a
contract involving enough hard work
to make far younger man weary.
The third and fourth class poStmas-
tiers of this State will meet in Portland
Sept. 21-22-23 in annual convention.
Generous summer visitors contribut-
ed literally toward the fund which
made possible the erection of Camden's
new Catholic house of worship.
Bangor has an organization of rail-
way station employers. e
Waterville is all ready to makes the
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
feel at home.
Bangor is preparing to convince
the White Rihboners that the Queen
City is not as black as she is some.
times painted.
Belfast's prospect Of getting that
electric line are brighter. She will
soon be hob-nobling with Camden.
Maine has but one regiment of in
fantry again.
Workmen in Gardiner gravel pit
had visions of Capt. Kids treasure,
foul murder and other things when
they discovered an iron bound box. It
proved to be the last resting place of a
pst dog.
|. John w. Emery of Bridgton recently
discovered an old beaver dam in a bog
near his home. Such a dam is rare in
that part of Cumberland county.
To aid destitute persons who are
blind, w. ]. Ryan of Portland is or
ganizing Maine Fraternal Associa-
ton for the Blind.
The annual reunion of the Second
Maine Cavalry Association will be
held at Custer Post hall, Lewiston,
Wednesday afternoon and evening,
Sept. Is.
Lewiston Sun-A young deer
furnished considerable amusement for
the cottagers at Lake .Sabattus
Yesterday, and was finally lassooed and
landed on Martins Point, where after
being admired by large number Of
spectators, the doe was allowed its
freedom and made quick tracks toward
the woods and was soon lost to sight
Frank w. Sanford has returned to
Shiloh in time to help harvest the
crops.
Two Bddeford men drank too freely
Sunday and when one asserted that
he had visited the pole before either
Cook or Peary, he had to fight to prove
it. The court charge was ''intoxica-
ton and disturbance"
Two York county deputy sheriffs had
anything but a pleasant Sunday out
ing at Limington where they were
obliged to fight for their lives in ar
resting two alleged liquor dealers.
Capt. William P. Newman of the
Bowdoin football team has taken UP
the work of licking the squad into d
winning team.
Moses Hoskins of Milo, who is over
ga years of age is exceptionally well
preserved for a man of his years. He
was a carpenter by trade but is now
living in we'll earned retirement.
Portland Press Prof. Henry Crosby
Emery of Yale university, who has
been selected by President Taft as a
member of the tariff commission, is the
SOB of Chief Justice L. A. Emery OF
the Supreme court of Maine, and was
born in Ellsworth, Dec. q, 1872. He
received his education in the local
schools and Bcwdoin college, from