Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-27
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
Portland Gunners Out.

Fortland runners Out.
The Portland Gun Clubs handicap
shoot, a 100-bird event Thursday was
largely attended. w. barton was high
man with 80, no handicap. G. Darton
was second with IS and Demick third
with So. The attendance at the shoot
of the Nonesuch Gun Club of South
Portland was the largest in the his
tory of that organization. z. Thurston
with "a out of 20 was high gun and
other bird winners were w. G. Hill,
O. Hannaford, H. Bracket and w. J.
Pepper.
Indians Entertain U. of p. Party.
Chief Babe Paul of the Penobscot
Indian tribe of Old Town had as
Christmas guests members of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania party, who
had come to obtain chronological data.
DR.. Frank c. Speck, assistant profess
sor of anthropology, and DR.. Harley
Stamp of the biological department of
the university are making a special
study of the Indian tribes and will
compare records of the Penobscots.
who are a branch of the Algonquins,
with some which they expect to have
later from the Iroquois in Canada.
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Frederick A. Townsend died at his
home in Calais Thursday afternoon
after an Illness of several weeks. He
was for II years member of the Cal
ais police force and also held Office as
game warden and as fishery warden.
He was 65 years of age and was a
Civil War veteran and member of
the Grand Army Post, also a member
of Fellowship Lodge, |. o. o. F. OF
Calais. Two sons, William and Frank,
who reside in Calais and a daughter,
Mrs. Roy n. Stuart of Middleboro,
Mass, survive.
Sues for Care of Parents.
One of the interesting cases to come
up for trial at the January term or
the supreme court at Eastport will be
the suit to recover for pauper sup
plies against the town of Lubec
brought by r. e. Allen for food, cloth
ing and medicine furnished his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Allen. Mr..
Allen is a poor man and the extra
burden of his fathers illness and des
titution is too much for him, he says.
The town officials refused to render
any assistance, he claims, and suit
furnished.
Bankruptcy Petitions.
Bertell s. Damren, farmer, of Bel
grade; liabilities, $3o57.20; assets S2061,
of which $685. is claimed exempt; attor-
ney Frank E. Brown of Waterville;
Robert Dickinson, farmer, of Orient;
liabilities S1490; assets 1919, of which
$699 is claimed exempt; attorneys,
Shaw, Burleigh & Shaw. Houlton;
Steven S. Thebeau, laborer, of Bangor;
liabilities, $2413; assets, $3.50, of which.
5000 is claimed exempt; attorney,
James A. Calmers of Bangor; Els
worth G. Lowell farmer, of Ripley;
liabilities, $2691.20; assets, 1851; attor-
neys. Brown & Hasty of Dexter; Heron
& Wilson and John Heron and Owen
L. Wilson of Waterville; liabilities of
firm, $932.75; assets of firm, $500. of
which 500 is claimed exempt liabili-
ties of John Heron, $37; liabilities of
Owen L. Wilson, $3.50; assets 800, all
claimed exempt; attorney, F. w. Clair
of Waterville.
A Bangor Man WEEDS.
Loren Joseph Keyes, physical director
of the Bangor Me-, Y. M. c. A., was
married Thursday afternoon at Clare
mont, N. H., to Miss Beatrice May
Courier. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Currier Of Claremont. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. F. M. Swaffield.
They will reside in Bangor, at 40 FIRE.
mont street.
Town OF rayeIre.