Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-04


But he soon found his fingers were
swelling and growing numb, and he
couldn't wait. Exerting his strength. he
wrenched the bracket off, and his fin
gers slipped easily out.
December 2, 1S64-The resignation OF
Brigadier General Neal Dow had been
rendered and accepted to take effect
| Dec. The designations
of Maj. Gen. John A. McClernard and
Brig. Gen. E. A. Payne had been &C
cepted by the President.
The death of Private James NJ. Donald,
| Co. a, 18th Me-. Nov. 27 was reported
Private Samuel Cannon,
18th Me-, was killed by the caving in
of the earth where he was digging a
rifle pit.
Relatives and friends Of the late
Horace S. Oxnard of Norway were sur
prised when the will was presented
for probate to learn that the estate,
which had been estimated at from
$4,000 to $4,000, amounted to $72.s75.
The following paragraph from an
Otis letter in the Bangor News is re-
spectfully referred to the stove wood
dealers association of the world: Geo.
Johnson has a gold mine in his
wood pile of 80 cords of seasoned hard
wood for the stove, the result Of two
hours saving Saturday from ten cords
of four foot wood, Frank Watts doing
the stunt with his gasoline engine.
A unique celebration Of Christmas
will be made by Bangor this year
in the form of a municipal Christmas
tree The tree will be located in West
Market square. 1t will be 10 feet high
and covered with hundreds OF vari-
colored electric lights. Another feature
of the affair will be the singing of
Christmas carols and old familiar
songs Of the Yuletide season. 1t is
hoped to have a number of members
of the festival chorus lead in the sing
ing and that everybody who is present
will Join in. Also the school children
will be asked to take part. The first
carolling will take place on Christmas
eve and wiIfbe held each night during
the Holidays. If the affair proves as
successful as in other New England
cities it will doubtless be made per-
manent feature of Christmas celebra-
tons in Bangor.
A weil-known Bangor man tells a
story illustrating the nonchalance OF
some of the unfortunates who are con-
stantly drifting around Bangor one
evening a tramp called at his house
and asked for something to eat, giving
the usual hard luck story. AS the fam
lily had just finished supper the man
was paced at table and his "ants
attended to. After eating enough for
three ordinary men, in complete 81
lence, the visitor heaved a mighty
sigh, pushed back his chair and ex-
claimed: There, I have nothing to
complain Of"
Portland High School is soon to in
augurate a system which is practically
unique in school annals. Pupils of the
public speaking class of the school are
to give a series Of lectures upon topics
of particular interest to them, and a
proportion Of ths-student body at a
time is to be allowed to hear these
lectures. This method of familiarizing
the public speaking pupils with the
practice of addressing large audiences
promises to be a very efficacious one.
The lectures are to take place on Fri
day mornings. and the subjects chosen
will be those in which, as individuals,
the pupils are most interested. For IN
stance a boy whose fad is wireless
telegraphy will speak upon that sub
ject, another will explain hobby of his
own, and so on. The boys or girls, as
the case may be-are to prepare their
lectures with practical Independence
and both they and their classmates
should gain, much from this new sys-
TEN.
The mystery surrounding the two
airships which North Turner people
claim they saw flying over Tory Hill
toward Streaked Mountain, recently
has not yet been explained, says the
Lewiston Sun, and their only solution
is that these airships were trying to
locate the much talked about German
wireless station, said to be located
somewhere in the Maine woods. Mr..
and Mrs William Washburn, Mellen
Dorr and Arthur Keene are among the
residents of North Turner who claim
to have seen the airships According to
their stories there were two aeroplanes
of different sizes. The larger one car
ried a small searchlight. When the n.y.
ing machine first appeared in sight, the
observers thought they were comets or
shooting stars, but soon the airships
came directly over their heads, and
the people on the ground could distinct
ly hear the buzz of the motors, and
distinguish the shadowy outlines OF
the big mechanical birds. Mr.. wash
burn says he saw an aeroplane headed
in the same direction several nights
previous. 1t was about 8: 30 o'clock IN
the evening when the airships were
seen flying over Tory Hill. They were
headed in the direction of Streaked
Mountain.