Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-26

So she CROPPED through Shlok! cIoS1ts
for q dress:
| She found one but, alack.
| That it buttoned down the PACK;
| So she blushing said: I'll stay and
Philadelphia Ledger.
There are q number Of packets on the
| Maine coast which have gasoline aux
iliary power and new Capt. F. w. Rid
ley of Sebasco is going TO try
straight power boat The new craft is
AZ feet over all, II feet brow and six
feet deep. He will install an engine of
from 16 to 20 horsepower.
The L. D. M Sweat memorial home
for the Portland Society of Art on
High street in Portland is completed so
far as the exterior is concerned. When
finished it will be one of the finest
pieces of architectural work in New
England.
Washburn now feels itself connected
with the rest of the business world di-
rectly. The first freight by rail out of
the village went from the station in
the form of four car loads of starch on
Tuesday of last week from the factory
of 7. H. Phair in the village. That at
the factory at Pernam will also be
shipped the same way Immediately.
The citizens of BoOthbay HarbOr
are enthusiastic for the proposed cleo
trio road that is to run to South New
castle. 1t is estimated that the road
will cost $125,000 and the citizens are
expected to subscribe to $4,000 worth
of bonds. 1t looks as if the road might
be built the coming summer.
An exhibition of Charles H. Wood
bury's marine paintings at the Copley
Gallery, 1913 Newbury street, is to con-
has a summer home and studio on the
Maine coast at Ogunquit, most of his
pictures are scenes sketched there.
A petition has been in circulation
for the past few days for the estab-
lishment of a fog bell alarm at the
light house on Goat Island near Cape
Porpoise, Me. The petition is headed
by Captain Frank Nunan, master of
the fishing schooner Elizabeth w. Nj
nan, and is being generally signed by
the various masters along the coast
Cape Porpoise Harbor entrance is very
narrow and crooked at the mouth and
during foggy weather, navigators eX-
perience much trouble in guiding their
vessels into the harbor, and it is shown
fN. lo1I ;,l,t
would be of great assistance, when
running into the harbor.
The 47th annual meeting of the
Maine Press association will be held
in the state of Maine room at the Fail
mouth hotel, Portland on Thursday
and Friday, Jan. 81 and %, commence
ing at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
Word has been received that Lieut..
Colonel Newcomb the commander of
the Artillery District of Pensacola,
Florida, will leave his headquarters,
Fort Barancas, about the 25th and will
arrive at Fort Williams to take COM
mand of the Portland Artillery Dis
Col Newcomb is well known by sever
al of the officers in the Portland Artl-
lery District and is said to be a very
popular officer.
Mrs. Mandanna Miller, who recently
finished working at the Waltham
watch factory, after completing DC
years of service is a native of Water
ford, Oxford county. She was the old
est woman employee of the company
having re3ched the age of rs years
During the 46 years she has worked
in the plate department Mrs. Miller
has been employed in drilling holes
The largest sized drill she has used is
.224 centimeterS or about 800 of an
inch. The smallest hole she has ever
drilled is .045 centmeters or roughly
2-100 of an inch. The latter is consid-
cred remarkable work for a woman of
the age of Mrs. Miller. Allowing four
holes to a single plate Mrs Miller
could average 400 plates per hour. That
| means that she could bore 1900 holes
of minute diameter every hour.
the coming year is very bright. 1t now
looks as though at least four brick
blocks will be erected, three on Lisbon
street and one on Lincoln street The
Dominican fathers are planning to put
up four story brick school building
on Pine street. The Women's Chris
tan association is to build a three
story building on Pine street In addi-
| ton tc all these there will be an unu-
sually large number of houses built
Labor and material are both high, but
those who intend to build see no pros
peet that either will be lower and so
will not postpone work which has been