Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-26
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.


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Mr. and Mrs Gedeon Eon of Bid
deford had Il narrow escape from
aeath Sunday night. by being moved
down BY Il fast moving big. black an-
temobile which demolished the We
hicle in which they were riding and
threw them into the gutter While they
escaped serious injury they were bad
" shaken mp aud the carriage VAS
utterly demolished
The death of Calvin H. Sturtevant,
a well-knoWn- and highly respected i
citizen Of Bangor. occurred 1T his
home. 29S Ohio street. Monday. at the
age OF 81 years. A widow and two
sens, Walter c. and Justus H., both of
Bangor, survive Mr.. Sturtevant was
brick mason and will be remembered
rs having built the Columbia building
ON Columbia street and several other
buildings in this city.
Charles Fl Cornell, aged 81, one of
the best known engineers Of The f. K
NJ. Railroad. was found dead IN bed at
York Beach. SUNDAY morning, having
died during The night of heart trouble.
He had been IN the employ IF the Fast
for many Years running between Bos
ton ard Portland in The freight SER
vice Since spring he had run on the
York flarbor K Reach Railroad.
Ernest l.. Jones. deputy sheriff, ar
rested Bud fittleleld at Kennebunk.
SATURDAY night, for alleged illegal pos
session Of Intoxicating liquor lie had
eight quarts in small bottles in I.
bundle and WAS aHt in a field with
The goods stacked up around him and
several young men apparently wait
ing for q share when arrested. He has
hearine Monday. hefoi@ Herbert l..
Eoufne trial jnstiee.
John +. = Ieffries, about %, prl-
vatc in the a4ih Company 9, A. G.,
at Fort Mckinley. Portland harbor
committed suicide shortly after T.
Nj. sunday, hy blowing off the top
ot his head with bullet fired from a
regulation army rife. The men at the
post can give no reason for Jeifries'
act as he had been in excellent health
and seemed in rather a happy frame
Of mind during the early evening.
Rey. William j Day, who will
close 10-year pastorate al Rock
lend Sept /. SUNDAY. announced his
acceptance of unanimous call IT,
the First Baptist church in Winthrop
Mass. He viii enter upon his neH
charge. oct. !. after a months vaca
ton nj his wife's home in Alps, n,
Y Mr.. Day vas pastor of the Win
ter Hin Baptist church in Somerville.
Mass. I years prior to coming here.
He has ranked as one of the leading
preachers Of the Baptist denomination
in Maine and has twice been elected
moderator Of the Lincoln Baptist AS
sociaiion. beside having served two
wears as It's representative on the eX-
ecutive board of the state convention.
He will be rendered n farewell recep-
ton, Wednesday night,
Charles B. Chandler, for more than
60 years a respected citizen of Lewis
ton and Well-known as an expert car
penter. died, Sunday forenoon Two
years ago, Mr.. Chandler suffered
shock Of paralysis. which left him an in
valid. Mr. Chandler came of a long-lived
family. His mother died at the age
of Sc and his grandmother lived to be
Sc wears old A year previous to this,
she fflduP the Journey rum MAINE "
the Far West, journey which in
those days meant travel by stage, and
after reaching her destination, she
wiped the supper dishes. With one
exception, n sister. Mrs. Ann Richard
son. who lives in Tennessee. Mr..
Chandler Was the only one left of
family of 10 children, He was the son
of Seth and Lydia Banks-Chandler
and was born in Parkman June 9,
1881. In 1919, the family moved to-
Lewiston and for some time lived at
The corner of Lowell and High streets
As n young man, Mr. Chandler learn
ed the carpenters trade and this was
his life work and he had charge of the
work on many of the public buildings
and on many of the finest houses in
tae city Mr.. Chandler married Mary
Penney Of Auburn, N 1861, and they
had two children, both of whom are
living, Mrs. Lo9ntha Fields of Port
land. His first wife died, in 1881. and
eight years later he married Mary
Merrill of Liyermore Falls They had
one child, Miss Hazel B. Chandler, who
lives at the home on College street.
Mining in the United states is a gigan-
tic Industry. second only to agriculture.
employing directly more than l,50oeo0
men and having yearly output OF
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