Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-23

| Mrs. Eliza beth J. Earle of Canaan,
a former resident OF Otisfield and Nor
| way reached her S0th milestone re-
Gently. She received over 100 post
cards hot house flowers, birthday
| cakes, letters of congratulations and
| many other much appreciated tokens
| OF love.
The first changes in the customs
service in the Passamaauoddy district
under Collector Leavitt were made last
week. In place OF John S. Pearce, in
spector, resigned. Charles NJ Mitchell
has been appointed and in place of
IL. II. Wadsworth, Waterman, VIM. AL
Ian Balkan is appointed at PASSPORT.
while at Calais c. r. Whidden, editor
of the Times. takes the place of Sam
uel Rdeout. deputy collector and in
Spector.
Mrs. Sarah Knight is the oldest wo-
man in Portland She was given a
charming reception Wednesday at the
home OF her son. Alden Knight in the
Deerlng district on the occasion of her
9.th birthday. The reception was held
from TO 10 p. NJ. and during that
time nearly 40 people called to paw
their respects to the lady. Mrs. Staples
was thoughtfully remembered by al
most everyone present and among the
gifts were three handsome birthday
cakes.
officials Of the GameWcll Fire Alarm
Telegraph Co. brought to Portland
Thursday n number of the fire alarm
officials of other cities to look over the
station of the fire alarm system in the
state metropolis, which they seem tC
regard rs about the best thing they
have put in thus tar in this part of tie
country. The visiting officials in the
afternoon inspected the headquarters
OF the electrical department and then
after a ride about the city left on the
afternoon train for their homes.
TIE amount o. money expended by
the United States government uD to
the first of January for new buildings
in the Portland Artillery district was
approximately s220,00U and many of
these structures have been erected at
Fort Williams. the headquarters OF
the district. But few of the new build
inGs are completed fully but the 9TH
ers will be finished in few weeks and
Will soon be in use. Some of the new
buildings are the bakery. guard
house. quartermaster' storehouse. sey-
er9l sets of officers quarters and the
administration building, which is To-
Gated between the old and new bar
racks of the S9th Company. This fine
Office building was opened last Tues
DAY afternoon by the officers of the dis
tfict and it is in every respect a mod
el of modern architecture.
Inc members of the First Baptist
church of Portland have sent protest
to the mayor and city council against the
use Of the auditorium or any other public
building for the purpose of giving or al
lowing TO be given any so-called boxing
exhibitions
There is permitted in Pressure Isle al
together too much truancy,'' says the
Star-Herald. This exchange cites an in
stance in one family where a girl OF II
years attended school during a term of
60 days only 80 days and another only 90
only 10 days; a boy of eight only "a days.
ana girl of seven years 50 days. a little
more than half the term
Forty marriages were recorded during
the year in the town of Paris, IS of which
were in the town and five in other places,
one of each of the parties being resi-
dent. The number of births recorded was
81; the number of deaths 81 and 90 others
are recorded which occurred elsewhere.
John Stevens, who died April I aged 81,
and George Berry. who died July p at
the same age, were the two oldest persons
to pass away during the year
Good, hard. dry mountain wood was
selling last week on the street at Frye
burg at 81 per cord. Three weeks ago it
couldn't have been bought in the same
town for IS per cord.
Ralph B. McAllister of West Lowell
took his grandmother to ride in a. novel
way a few days ago. He harnessed one
the reins He also met his brother Web
ster on his way home from school and
gave him ride with his antique hitch.
The management of the Portland
Railroad Co. began last week the
proposition of running electrics ex-
press to Westbrook, six miles distant.
for the accommodation of residents OF
the suburban city. The cars start
from the head of Preble street and
are marked Express for Westbrook
in order that residents of Oakdale ana
Woodfords. who have heretofore
crowded the Westbrook cars so that
there was hardly standing room for
the through passengers, may make no
mistake in the matter.
The 70-foot scow Umbajejus. Capt.
J. NJ. Pottle, was in Portland harbor
last week. The little scow with the
peculiar name always attracts great
deal of attention along the Maine
coast and this time she had been Sc