Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-09
SKOWHECAN.

The biggest time that Skowhegan
ever had will occur Saturday night
when big Republican rally will be
held and a parade preceding 1t con-
| tanning 500 men. There will he four
bands, the t. Cecilia Boys Band of
Lewiston, the Lakewood Band of 80
pieces led by E. E. Towne, the Milford
Drum Corps, the celebrated Campbell
| Clan bag-pipes of Lewiston. The pa
rade will form at the corner of Leavitt
and North streets and march across
and Water street to the Opera house,
starting o'clock. Congressman Pat
rick H. Kelley of Michigan, the great
est Irish orator ever heard in Maine,
| will be the speaker at the Opera house
with Edward F. Merrill, Esq. of this
| town, who spoke with Congressman
Kelley at Pittsfield last year, the re-
/ suit of which has put him in demand
/ in every county in the State this cam
/ paign. Companies will be organized in
| Norridgewock, Madison, Canaan. Ath-
| ems and Skowhegan and will form In
! the parade. After the rally there will
! be the grandest display of fireworks
/ ever made in the town, which may be
seen from the various bridges or from
/ the banks of the river.
| The infant child of Mr.. apd Mrs.
Guy Kimball died Tuesday
A son was born Monday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Avore.
The village schools opened Monday,
under favorable conditions. although
the High school building is very much
! crowded. The three upper classes fill
the main rooms.
William Hodgdon of Freeport lies in
a critical condition at the home of o.
w. Bridges. His jaw is broken In two
places and his back is badly lacerated
as a result of going through a three
strand barbed wire fence in his auto
mobile. His wife was with him and
received slight injuries.
They were coming in their runabout
car to Skowhegan, where they buried
a small child a short time ago. When
near the Town farm Mr. Hodgdon
turned out to let a larger car go by.
The car struck the sand and skidded
across the ditch into a barbed wire
fence. The two lower strands were
broken, but the upper strand hit Mr.
Hodgdon in the face They were 60
ing at such a speed that two fence
posts were broken off.
Mr. Hodgdon will be removed to a
hospital in Portland Monday If pos
sible. He is suffering from great
loss of blood, as 1t was some time be-
fore the physician could get there.
Arson Academy is emerging from
the hands of the workmen almost as
good as new. With new hard wood
floors. new paper and paint. and new
doors with the upper part of glass
put in throughout the building, a
great change has taken place. The
sohoolroom upstairs has a pale green
tinted ceiling and the woodwork is
painted chocolate color. The wall pa
per is slightly grained, lighter
shade of paint prevails in all the low
err rooms. A great Improvement has
been made in the stairway by making
it wider and having a landing part
way down, rendering it less steep
Dark cherry railing and pillar finish
the stairway. The furnace has beer
placed in the lower north room and
the building has electric lights. The
new twelve-foot porch on the from,
adds much to the appearance and
convenience of the building. The en-
trance hall has been enlarged. The
belfry has been closed in with blinds
but one cannot but miss the pinnacles
which made such a stately and arts
tic finish to the tower. The fall term
of the academy will open Sept. IA
with three teachers: Principal r. e. G
Bailey. Miss Paulenah M. Simmons
and Miss Dorothy Wolstad. who Il
graduate of Boston University ant
of the Emerson School Of Oratory ant
: Expression. Much credit is due the
committee who solicited the funds
but more is due Mr.. Bailey, who ha:
been untiring In his efforts to brins
about the renovation of the old acad'
envy and has spent his entire vaca'
ton in working there.