Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-18

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and on further investigation found
| 500 in bills of small denominations.
| Harry c. Woodward of Ellsworth has
recently been admitted to the Luther
G. Straw Shoe Co, of Salem, Mass
and is receiving the congratulations of
| friends on his advancement. lie learn
| ed the business in Ellsworth and work
| ed in Manchester, n. H. before going
| to Salem.
| An old safe which was in the
Hooker building at Bath when it
| burned. was recently opened with the
| aid of q crOwbar. The contents were
| badly scOrched but legible. Some of
| the papers We're valuable documents,
| bearing on the settlement of the Rob-
| inson estate.
| Last Sunday a Rockland gentleman
| tried to bring the summer season near
or by eating strawberries at dollar
a box, ripe tomatoes at A. cents
pound and cucumbors at % cents each.
- - NANN,-N''
| of the death in Ridley Park. Pa, Of
William r. Merrill. formerly of Port
land at the age Of 81 years. He was
one of the school children who shook
hands with Lafayette when he visited
Portland in 1925, and served through
out the war in the 18th Maine regi-
ment. He was mayor Of Clinton, Iowa.
! fer several terms
\ Rockland jeWeler has nauguratcd
a system of weather bulletins on
large clock in front Of his store. In
order to do this it was necessary to
supply 100 slides which cover almost
every known weather phenomena, with
the possible exception Of earth
quakes. The signs are electrically il
Illuminated at night until IL p. NJ. the
current then being turned off auto
matically by an alarm clock. This
service is being given the public at
large expense, and is destined to be
very much appreciated.
| Miss Della Varrell, who recently
passed the Massachusetts Bar exami-
| nations. is but % years of age and
wrote extensively for the Old York
Transcript when but Is years Of age.
She was graduated from Berwick
Academy at l. years of age and at IS
wrote peter Laudsay's Will" COM
oGy which was later produced.
The new bridge across the New
West Bath is III Use, though the Bruins
wick approach has not been graded.
This ends a controversy of several
years duration as it takes the place of
the old Bull Rock bridge which rotted
down.
Path In1ependrnt.-Th who are
posted on the summer resort condi-
tons along the New Meadows are pre-
| dieting that there will BE at least half
a dozen now summer cottages this
| spring built to add to the taxable real
| estate in West Bath This summer re-
sort property is quite an aid to this
| town when it comes to raising taxes
and ihe occupants of the summer
| homes are good patrons of our farm
erS.
Andrew Jackson Small. an 80 years
old Rockland resident has read the 81
| BILE IL times. The story goes. says the
| Courier-Gazettc. that a travelling
preacher stopped at his home one day
and Incidentally made the remark that
! he had read the Bible 10 times. rs
| that 50" said Mr. Small. II always
declared that when I found anybody
| who had read it as many times as /
| had that | would go through it once
more Which he promptly proceeded
| to do.
! Lewiston Journal.--The Pitt PulSifcr
| farm out near Mt Appetite is still civ
| ing up it's wealth OF rich gems and is
| proving Il bonanza for DR. Moulton of
| Portland. who has leased all the min
eral rights of the place. Within a very
| few weeks green tourmalinc has been
| taken out to the amount of 24 carats
the worth Of which is $1,000. f.. L.
! Harvey is in charge of the mining OPP
| eratio1s.
The Ellsworth Americans East
| Surry correspondent writes: II often
see reports of what smart old ladies
do in the way of fancy work l want
to say word for an old man-Capt
| Charles Wood of Srrry. who is past
eighty and very lame from rheumatism
one hand being badly crippled. Yet
! he has made a fine three-Inasted
schooner, mostly with his pocket knife.
rugged her with all the proper sails.
which he can raise and lower at WILL
| There are men or deck and at the
wheel. Now he is at work on a four
| master AS he cannot get out, he oc-
cupies his time in that way.