Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-04
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Missionary Alliance started in earnest
Monday at Old Orchard with is meet
ii1ss. The first service was in charge
of DR.. ]. David Fraser of Montreal.
and the Bible study was conducted by
Rev. J. E. Jaderquist. Rev. r. D.
Walker and Rev. Charles A. Blanch-
ard. The forenoon address was by
Mrs. E. M. Whittemore. The mission
airy meeting in the afternoon was adj
dressed by Rev. Martin Ekvall and
Miss Ella Rudy, while the sermon
which followed was delivered by Rev.
Charles Inglis. The sermon in the
evening was by Rev. Paul RAIDER of
! Chicago.
/ The Saco Improvement Company,
organized to build a shoe factory for
a wholesale Chicago concern, was in
corporated Monday at Saco and the
work of building the big shop to cost
! $4,000 will be connected Immediately.
The new company is capitalized at
$4,000. of which a small amount IS
paid in. The officers Of the company
are: Samuel NJ. Hall, president: Frank
c. Deering. vice president; Philip S.
! Towle, reasurer; Philip c. Tapley, Sec
/ rotary: Samuel NJ. Hall, Charles H.
! Prescott, .. Frank Littlefield, Frank
c. Deering, Harry F. Garland, Frank
! o. Furber and DR.. Harry A. Wey-
mouth, directors.
| E. w. Sawyer, an insurance agent
living at APO Deering avenue Port
land. turned the tables on a yeggman
| who called at his house Monday night
and after receiving blow in the face
from the hobo came back and drove a
hard right to his opponents jaw. After
! the exchange of blows the two men
| came to clinch and Sawyer was get
ting the better of the bout. when the
yegg broke ground and fed into the
darkness.
The Portland Argus of Aug. says:
Balney Abbott and Harold Hoyt, two
Pittsfield boys about II years of age,
came to Old Orchard on an excursion
/ Sunday and before returning to their
native heath decided to see the sights
of the great city. After doing Port
land they found they had missed their
| train for home. The excursion tick
cts were refused on the regular train
and the boys were "alone in a strange
city"
Sunday night the two youngsters
slept in barn in the suburbs. Yes
! terday afternoon they picked up with
local hobo we'll known to the police
when they were spotted on Middle
street by Officer Owen Flaherty, who
surmised that they were not in fit
company. He walked after the trio
and the bum skipped. The officer took
\ 70 ~ e-So -
found that their combined funds
amounted to Is cents.
! Capt. McDonough proved good
Samaritan and gave them good feed
and then their parents were commu-
nicated with and the lads were sent
home on the late train last night
| II crooks get away from any Of the
Portland policemen hereafter, it will
not be the fault of the handouts
which they will use. for the old style
bracelets have given place to a newer
and a much more convenient kind
Chief Bowen received several of these
new handouts Monday and many
members Of the police force will be
presented with them. The cuff Is an
! Invention about one month old, and
only one up to Monday was used in
Portland The cuffs are made out of
black battleship steel and the ar
rangement is such that they can not
be locked except when upon a pris-
oner's wrist. To put them on a wrist a
swinging bar has simply to be pressed
against the skin and the wrist Sins
inside. There is absolutely no escane
until the key unlocks the cuff. as little
dogs upon the bar hold it from slim
ping, back.
The collapse Of Guy H. Pierce's fish
wharf at Bernard. Bass Harbor, Me.
which occurred last week entailed a
much greater loss than at first re-
ported. The wharf was $50 feet long
and 10 feet wide, and caved in on &C,
count Of the excessive weight on II
With it, collapse there went into the
sea three long sheds, a smoke house.
two salt houses. drying house. IL OF
Is bait houses, 800 hogsheads Of salt.
600 hossheads Of fish, two large tanks
OF salted fish and $50 quintals of dry
Salteo nsh, the total loss being esti-
mated at over $4,000. Four persons
were injured. The schooner from
Portland which had just discharged
me SAT- was pulling away from the
wharf when the accident occurred.
jane. A o'Brien. MANAGES Of the
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