Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-04

And charge 1t with stealing and lies.
But the trust goes along Just the sam
Cares little about what we say,
The president motors at night,
And sits in his office by day,
He knows he deserves what he gets
But he laughs-and keeps making us
pay.
about robins in January seem too
busy. these days, shoveling out the
second story windows.
The kenduskeag Trust Co. OF Ban
gor announced Friday that all bank
bills issued over its counters would
first have been subjected TO n power
full disinfection process, being the
first bank i'll the city TO adopt this
plan for the protection of the depos-
itors Banking houses in Boston
New York and the larger cities have
adopted the process with great sue
cess and it marks the beginning of 4
new era in handling bank money.
Mrs. Frank W. Haley of Winterport
has a valuable collection of almanaes
the oldest of which was printed by
Isaac Bickerstaff. Boston. in 1858.
The following quaint wording of an
advertisement written nearly 145 years
ago. appears on one of the pages:
Boston Nov 19, 1867. Proposals for
printing a New Weekly Paper, called
The Boston Chronicle. Conditions:
II. 1t will be printed ON the very best
denny paper and on new type, OF
both which the large proposals are
specimen. 2. 1t will consist of eight
pages in quarto: each page to be the
same size of the large proposals. ).
Although of an extraordinary size the
price win be no more than six shill-
ings and eight pence lawful or fifty
shilings old tenor. t. The paper will
be printed regularly every Monday.
The first paper will be published some
time in December next, or sooner If
a sufficient number are subscribed
for. 5. subscriptions from the coun-
try will be carefully attended to and
the papers sent with the utmost regu-
larity." Many of the almanacs con-
tain journal kept by an ancestor or
Mrs. Haley and the almanac. printed
in 1776. has many interesting refer
ences To historic events of that period.
BY the consolidation of interests rep
resenting many thousands of dollars,
Portland is shortly to become the
distributing point for dairy products
of northern New England. The plans
as announced Friday are for the or
ganization OF a corporation to control
the products of creameries in Vermont
and Maine
The number of arrests in Portland
during 1911 was $685. against 1888 in
1910, and of these arrests Ass were
for intoxication. That is. by this test
there was a "a per cent increase In
offences against the laws, and out or
the total number more than Is pc,
cent was for intoXication What is
the explanation of this remarkable in
crease?
The Portland w c, T. L.. in COM
mon with other unions throughout the
world observed Friday the birthday of
the national president, Mrs Lillian NJ
w. Stevens, of Portland. The meet
ing wasrIarsely attended and it was
with regret Tina. the members learned
that Mrs. Stevens Was BILE 10 be
with them, as it was eXpecte that
she would but an engagement in NeN
York compelled her to leave Thursday
instead of Friday.
1t is an enterprising firm to be sure
and no less enterprising are the men
who conduct this particular branch of
the advertising. Buy your Passover
Wines, BrandieS and Cognacs at -
- and then appears the name OF the
| Boston firm on the placard. One-haH
of this placard is in English and the
| advertising sign is to be seen. or at
! least was seen, on Car No, 249 of the
| Cane Division of the Portland railroad
on Thursday night. There may be
| similar signs in other street cars
where advertising placards are usual
~ to be found. The letters from Bos-
| ton booze concerns cannot be pre-
! vented from circulating and entering
the homes Of Maine. but this sort OF
| advertising can be stopped by law.
Tuesday, Feb. 20. was Dutch day ii
the Buek6eld Literary Club, and the
home of Mrs. Ada M Shaw. where the
meeting was held. presented a veri'
table bit of Holland, the decorations