Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-17

In that twilight hour. may be
Sure you'n go piece" with me.
for January.
Bath Times, Jan. 14-Oscar r.
Adams, the Center street tailor, re-
ceived a two-cent piece in change a
short time ago at Charles E. Boyd's
barber shop and was surprised in
looking it over to discover that it was
the same two-cent piece of the date
Of 1865, that was marked nearly As
years ago by "Chan" Weber Of Rich
mond with his name. Mr.. Adams was
at that time proprietor Of a restaurant
in Richmond and. was chum Of Mr..
Weber. Mr.. Adams sent word to
Richmond to Mr.. Weber that he had
received the coin and would send it to
him if he cared for it. This week Mr..
Adams received a postcard from Mr..
Weber, stating that it would give him
great pleasure to get it back, and
Thursday the coin was returned to it's
original owner. Mr.. Boyd, the barber,
did not recall where he got the coin.
Mr.. Adams. by the way, is one of the
oldest active business men in Bath,
having been engaged in the building
on the corner Of Center and Washing
ton street for AZ years.
Maine automobilists who have occa-
sion to visit Massachusetts with their
machines should remember that new
law in that state, which went into eff
feet on Jan. / last, requires that the
upper half of the headlight glasses
shall be frosted or the light dimmed.
to prevent the binding of those APP
preaching from the opposite direction.
City Clerk Victor Brett Of Bangor
on Jan. 20 next will have completed Al
years of service in that capacity, con-
| tinuous with the exception of the two
years when the Democrats elected the
late Judge Ralph Plaisted to the posi-
| ton. He has served under 20 mayors.
| The banquet to be given in February
! by the Twentieth Century Club at
Bangor will be held in the banquet
hall of the Masonic building, where
several hundred can be seated to lis
ten to Former President VIM. H. Taft,
who will be a guest on that occasion.
The name Bangor is given in re-
cent edition Of $4,000 Words Often
Mispronounced.' The author gives
the correct pronunciation Of Bangor,
Me, as Bangor, with the accent on
the first syllable, as in man and o
as in for. Bangor, Wales, is pro-
nounced as Bang-gor, or Bang-ger.
with the accent on Bang" as in
man in both instances, and as in odd
and as in verse.
PASSPORT nearly lost one of it's his
toric buildings by fire the other day,
the two-story wooden dwelling on the
Fort Sullivan property now owned and
occupied by Mrs. Daniel c. Murphy
and children. Though the nearest
building to the city's 60-foot stand
pipe, it is considerably farther from
the nearest hydrant and it was close
call. The building was erected over a
century ago, when United States SOL
diers were stationed at Fort Sullivan,
the frontier fertilization Of the State.
and used by American officers soon
after being built in 1908, also used
late in the War of 1912, by English
officers who captured Eastport two
years later. This conspicuous building
on high ground has always been one or
the historic places and often pointed
out to strangers as a relic of more
than a century ago. But it had been
remarkably we'll preserved and in later
years when bought from the govern
ment was improved by United States
Signal Observer Daniel c. Murphy
who died few months ago after being
stationed in the Eastern border post
Of Uncle Sam for more than a half
century.
Mrs. Lydia A. Rice, the York county
agent. says that feeble mindedness is
on the increase among the children in
that section so rapidly that prompt ac-
ton is necessary on the part of the au-
thorities to care for the unfortunates.
She believes they should be segregated,
leased a number of such children. for
whom proper care and treatment must
be provided.
The indications are said to be that
the clause in the lease of the Portland
city lot on which the big Exposition
building stands which provides for the
building becoming the property of the
city at the end Of rs years, if the rem
tai lapses, will have to be enforced,