Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-24

She is a raised deck cruiser finished
in mahogany and is 80 feet in length
One of Names famous prima dom
mas, Nine. Lillian Nordica, took the
stump in aid of votes for women at
meeting held at the county seat OF
Mrs. Chas. j. Gould in Mckeel avenue,
Tarrytown. on the Hudson, the other
afternoon. Nine. Nordica said that
she thought the reason men attained
so much authority was because in the
beginning physical strength ruled and
men were stronger than women.
| They got the upper hand at that time
and they kept it ever since. she
argued that this time was not an age
of physical strength, but moral and
thinking age. and she SAID women
We're now mems equals. That ought
| to settle the matter
Saturday the New Meadows steam
boats begin making summer trips and
more of them than last season.
An Augusta historian is of the Opin-
| ion that the cause Of Augusta be-
| ing located upon such steep hillsides
was that Fort Western was located
| on the opposite bank of the river and
to it the original population fled for
protection when the Indians came
around.
A son of Aaron Garner of Lewiston
| is superintendent of one of the de-
partments of the lO1 Ranch Wild West
Show
AS result of the protest of ship
builders against the designation of
the trial of the torpedo boat destroy
ers now being constructed, the Navy
Department has designated the course
off Lewes, Del. for these trials, which
is nearer to all the yards.
Automobile owners of South Port
land to improve the road between
Vaughn's Bridge and Thornton Heights
have subscribed $4,000 With the $4,000
appropriated for this work by the
state Commissioner Sargent who will
| oversee the work hopes to make very
good roadway.
A small boy on the North River
road Auburn. mistook porcupine for
monkey t'other day. The mon
key was killed by H. S. Hammond
with a pole. 1t weighed 25 pounds.
New Sweden is planning on great
celebration on Saturday. June %. it
being the 4Oth anniversary of the COM
ing of the first settlers. Hon. w. w.
Thomas, eXminiSter to Sweden, who
brought over the first inhabitants OF
the little town, will be the particular
guest of honor. Ex-Gov. Joseph
Chamberlain will also be a guest at the
celebration.
]. B. Withee, Boys Secetary of the
Bangor Y. NJ. c. A. is organizing
grcup of Scouts, which will shortly
be affiliated with the Boys Scouts of
America, society which is popular
among youths in England and United
STATES. The first scout" will be made
on June % and 90. when Mr.. Withee
will accompany the members for
tramp to Levant. The boys will camp
in tents and will remain away day.
One of the requirements is that the
applicant must be a member of the
association.
A Lewiston physician preparing I"
respond to a midnight call cranked
his machine, and standing on the
stables steer. runway was horritied
to see it moving upon him. Unable to
dodge the car forced him upon slippery
runway. He fell and the car passed
over him fortunately however without
injury to the physician and only a bent
axle result from The prank of the buzz
cart. To be run over by ones own
car is a modern instance of being
hoist by cne's OWE petard''
Monday June y in Bath, Mrs.
Thomas w. Hyde ent ertains Bath So
ciety at Elmhurst. the occasion being
reception to Bishop Goldman of the
f.piscopalian church.
w NJ ming HOW vi yIpahVi NihE'
Oregon, but formerly a clerk in
Calais hardware store and Chief En-
gineer of the Calais Fire Department.
tells an interesting story of his own
and his wife's mining experiences in
Eastern Oregon in the Sunday Ore
CONAN. 1t seems that previous to
making a success of the Rainbow mine
Mr.. King had been interested in other
mining propositions in Oregon and had
named one of his mines the Hattie B.
IN honor of Mrs. King. who partly for
her health and partly because de-
sirous of helping her husband had
pluckily dared the discomforts and
dangers of mountain mining to be
with Mr.. King in his work. Indeed
it was largely owing to the persist
ence of Mrs. King that the final sue
cess with the Rainbow mine is due.
In this experience Mrs. King pitched
right into camp life upon the noun
tain and served as cook for her hus-
bands mining crew On the Rain
bow at present 50 men are employed
but the cooking for them is no long