Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-14

Portland, Ore, of Edmund 1. Davis,
son of the late Gov Daniel F. Davis
of Maine and Miss Florence GARNER of
Bangor.
Here is a brief history of parcel post
progress during the past Is months:
Jan. 1, 1918, parcel pest law goes into
effect; July /, the insurance rate on
parcel post packages is cut in half by
the. Postmaster General; July l, spec
ial parcel post stamp is abolished;
July /, c. o. d. feature is put into
effect, thus making possible farm to
city mail order business; Aug. Is, the
weight limit is increased from II to
20 pounds in the first two zones and
rates In these zones are lowered from
y to cents, per pound, thus widely
increasing the business, Jan. /, 1914,
the weight limit is increased from 20
to 50 pounds in the first two zones and
from Il to 20 pounds in all of the re-
naming zones. At the same time
rates are reduced between l and 3
cents per pound in all zones up to the
seventh, and. March TO- an order will
| go into effect admitting to these
| changes there have been about 20 mi
nor changes in classifcations, packing
requirements and other regulatory
amendments very greatly improving
| the service. lessening its cost and con-
sequently increasing both the business
and it's profits.
A lady from Waterford, Me, on
recently seeing the "articulated" street
cars of the Boston Elevated Company,
Immediately cried out "Ah, two rooms
and a BATH
The advice of the lecturer of Silver
Lake Grange, No. 327, China, to get
| into the game and get better acquaint-
ed with the business men of Augusta
was good and should bear fruit. II
came about through the Oranges
failure to send a delegate to the recent
banquet given by the Augusta Board
| of Trade, to which several Oranges
were invited. That is just what every
business man wants-a better &C
ouaintance with his friends of the
rural districts, both socially and in a
| business way.
| A curious and highly priced relic of
the Civil War is owned by Lyman
| Prescott of Auburn. 1t is section OF
a tree-a pine-cut ON the battlefield
of Chickamauga % years after the
| Civil War. measuring II lnches
through and about three feet long,
with a solid 5-inch shot imbedded IN
| it.
Thomaston, Me-, is rich in land
marks and relics of the early days OF
our State, but one of the most inter-
esting is the old Catholic church built
at a cost of $4,000 and dedicated oct.
2, 1927. The beautiful elm shaded lot
upon which the church is located was
the gift of Benjamin Buzzy OF Rox-
bury, Mass, the consideration, as eA-
pressed in the deed, being, My regard
for our holy religion, my interest IN
the support of moral institutions, and
my desire for the prosperity OF the
town of Thomaston.'
The Good Will Record for March has
this announcement on the inside OF
the first cover: 1.-THE editorial in this
issue reports progress; the fund that
should grow to $250,000 to mark the
twenty-fifth year of Good Wills His
tory is increasing" The inside of the
back cover has the following: The
editor of the Record expects to near
from benevolent people who are able
to give in sums of one thousand dol
lars or more to the fund now being
raised for Good Will. Shall the fund
| grow this month? It's short time
to June 1st."
Better late than never holds good in
the case of David o. Plummer of Scar
boro, who Tuesday placed on record
| in the register of deeds office at Port
| land a deed dated Feb. 10, 1877. The
| instrument runs from Moses Libby and
| John Jones to Richard Hunnewell
| for land known as the spruce swamp
near Oak Hill in Scarboro. 1t was re-
Gently found by the present owner OF
the property and placed on record TO
| establish a clear title to it.
| Kaijoepoeti, or wildwood oil. some
| times written cajuput, is greenish oil
found useful for rheumatism and sprains,