Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-02
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Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson and Miss
Ruth Dana Draper of New York. who
are staying at present at Dark Harbor,
Islesboro, have offered their services
for the benefit Of the American Red
Cross, at an entertainment to be held
in the ball room of the Samoset no.
tel on Monday afternoon, August 2. at
$50 P. NJ. Mrs. Gibson will sing and
Miss Draper will give some Of her or
iginal monologues in which she has
won national reputation. The tickets
are 81 and 81. and it Is hoped large
number will be present to Join Mrs.
Gibson and Miss Draper in their
praiseworthy undertaking.
Rendered frantic by inability to get
law went into effect so 1t is believed,
a drug crazed man broke into the
Cochran pharmacy at Houlton Thurs
day night. All the morphine in sight
was taken but the cash register was
undisturbed and nothing else in the
establishment was touched. There is
no clew to the identity of the thief.
John W. Cummings Of the George
town Feldspar Co. is about discour-
aged with the long continued spell Of
rainy weather as it is greatly inter-
ferring with the shipment Of feldspar
from the quarries in Cathance. For
the past month there has not been a
load of spar hauled from the quarry
to the train, on account of the condi-
ton Of the roads, it being impossible
for heavy teams to. go over the road.
A large quantity Of spar has accumu-
lated at the quarry.
Arthur Shorey of Bath who has been
enjoying a vacation at home Of several
months, received a telegram Wednes-
day asking him to report to the Inter-
national Banking Corporations Office
at Panama as soon as possible to re-
lieve a man who is sick. Arthur was
at Bridgton on a visit when the tele-
gram was received, but he hurried
home on the midnight train. He left
Bath Thursday night on the New York
express and sailed for Colon on Sat-
urday. He probably will be gone
about a year. He was formerly at
Hong Kong, then Manila from whence
he came home last winter.
Mrs. Mabel B. Southland. who, with
her daughter, Miss Frances Southland
Of Bath, is passing the summer in
Spokane, Wash, writes home that Mrs.
Southard's cousins father, Joseph B.
P. Day, was a resident of Bath Sc
years ago and still retains interest
in the old city. The Bath lady was
interested in the big wheat fields of
the West and says that the harvesting
with the great harvesting machines
seems more like play than work. Mrs
Southland and Frances soon start on
long ride into Montana to see real
western ranch. They have been in the
Castle Mountains around Lake Chelan
The many friends of Captain Pierce
H. Lewis will be interested to hear
that he has been elected harbor master
of Portland by the board of harbor
in the prime of life, holding first class
papers as master and pilot, and is
exceptionally we'll qualified to perform
the duties Of the position to which he
has been elected. He was for years
a pilot and later master Of steamers
sailing in and out Of Portland and as
such knows the troubles that steam
ship men are liable to by reason of the
carelessness or ignorance of shippers
Of coasters and other vessels that drop
their anchors when it pleases them
regardless of the rights of others
This choice settles what promised to
be serious fight, as about every man
who has any connection with the har-
Dor in any way, was a candidate, or
at least was willing to take the job
if it was offered him.
Like a fish market locked the bag
gage room at the NJ. c. r. R. Wednes-
day Afternoon, just previous to the
departure of the four o'clock for Bos-
filled with live cells. left there for
shipment to New York City, the bot
tom Of the barrel tumbled out and
the mass Of squirming cells went
founderine over the baggage room
floor. tells the Bath Times. All hands
went fishing while the train waited
for results. Half of the cells were
gathered into the remains of the bar
rel when the time was up and the con-
ductor allowed he must leave with his
train. The half barrel was carefully
placed on the baggage car and sent on
it's way to Gotham where they eat
cells. sturgeon and horse mackerel.
Then the railroad people telephoned
for a purchaser Of the rest of the
squirming lot, but no purchaser in
Bath was discovered. The half bar
rel left over were packed and sent to
Boston on the next train, so that the
cells will not prove, after all, total
loss.
Extensive construction work is now
being carried on at the Bates Manu-
featuring Co. at Lewiston. where the
H. P. Cummings Construction Co. of
Ware, Mass, is erecting several build
ings. Among these are a filtration
plant, bleachery. and drug storehouse.
When these are completed new
bridge over the cross canal will be in
stalled. A roof for the shipping plat
form of the new weave shed was re-
Gently completed.
Milo Wing of Mexico suffered painful
accident Monday evening. After supper he
started out to get the cows. and thinking
that perhaps he might have the good
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