Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-29
Maine Gossip
Nothing So Sordid.
Young love it's quarrels has,
It's passing grief
But not upon such subjects as
The price of beef.
Kansas City Journal.

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kansas City Journal.
| John Terrill, the Phippsburg boy who
| has become an expert in wireless teleg-
| raphy. recently made trip to Saw
annah in the interests of one OF the
| large wireless telegraph companies
The young man tested parts OF the reg
ular equipment, hut found that lnstru-
nents he had made were the more Ell
| ticient
| Boothbay Register.-Hurrah! Hur-
rah. Neptune Packing Company has
purchased the wharf and buildings
thereon of w. G. McClintOck and will
| enlarge the big ware house, build
| concrete storehouse and establish one
| of the finest sardine packing plants on
| the coast Cf Maine. Mr.. Arnold, the
| manager, has been with us several sea-
sons and Ly ability and gentlcmanly
| bearing won large place in the esteem
and confidence Of the people and we
| are glad to have him locate among US
| for business.
Bath Timcs.-We are pleased to learn
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Irwin Daley has been promoted to the
| position of first assistant engineer of
| the large 10000 ton steamship CristObal
| owned by the Panama Steamship Com
pany and which phys between New
| York and the Panama Canal. Leslie
Oliver. Howard Wyman and Herbert
| Malcolm have good positions on the
| same ship in the engineering depart
| ment and all of them hail from Phipps-
I burg.
Hose of the Bangor Fire depart
ment has fine new quarters, when
were begun in August and will be fin
ished within few days. 1t is not
ONLY a record breaking piece of work.
but it is exceptionally well done.
The town of kennebunk wants to
get rid of it's brown tail moths just
ST 900 worth If all towns felt as
deeply in the matter. the pests would
soon be eXterminated.
The exterior of the new male wing
at the Eastern Maine Insane hospital
| in Bangor is about completed. The
| roof is in place and workmen are rap
idly finishing the stating. Carpenters
are putting in the windows and the
steamfittcrs are at work installing the
heating plant. 1t is expected that
steam will be ready in about a week
ard then the active work of finishing
| the interior will be begun.
Baths Merchants Association is go
ing after business for Bath with club
Business is what they are looking for
| and business will be found. If it can't
| be gathered in any other way--use the
| club.
A Portland woman left her dress
| suit case in the vestibule of an cleo
| trio car until she reached the street
| where she wished to alight. Then she
| picked up the grip she supposed was
| her property and continued to her
home. She was somewhat surprised to
| find that "her" grip contained a COM
| plete outfit of mems wear.
| What may be the first step in the
establishment of another high school
in Portland solely for the commercial
and technical courses was taken Mon
| day when George l.. Gerrish presented
a report recommending the four years
course in the Commercial branches
which was signed by the committees
of both Portland and Deerng schools.
While the recommendations were not
finally adopted at the meeting they will
| be taken up at a subsequent meeting
and discussed more fully.
The Bangor Salvation Army are
| planning TO build a working mems
home in that city and already funds
| to the amount of nearly $4,000 have
| been subscribed. 1t is purposed to
run an employment agency in connec-
| ton with it.
| "A PORTLAND photographer makes a
specially of restoring and copying da-
guerreotypes
Lewiston is to have another indus
try. The old dry plate factory which
| has been idle several years. has been
leased by Massachusetts company
and will be operated to its capacity
within a few weeks The product will
| be dry plates and other Photographic
supplies.
| The Bridgton News tells of two
| Providence men who came to Maine
to enjoy an ''old fashioned winter and
| met the January thaw. They We're
| very much disgusted as warm weather
] can be had anytime.