Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-13

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The doctors Of Unity come out
bravely and announce to the public that
owing to the enormous increase in the
cost Of drugs and supplies they will be
Obliged hereafter to add 25 cents to
each once and outside call
The numbered ducks in Merrymeet-
ing bay this spring is illustrated by
the remark Of a Bath man. Capt.
Crooker Of the lighter Hattie B.. who
said: TIN going after cargo Of sand
at Merrymeeting and I'll get it II the
ducks will give me a chance to get to
It,"
Stockton. Springs Is hoping to have a,
sardine factory erected at an early
date. 1t was voted at special town
meeting on April to raise $4,000 to
extend the water works service to the
site Of the proposed factory, to extend
the town road to the same place, to
assist in securing the lot and to build
a wharf, which will also be used as a
town landing.
The Bath Daily Times has the fol-
lowing:
"On his recent voyage on the tow
Of the Kelley-Spear transfer boats to
New York, Charles Kingsbury, who
had charge. Of one Of the boats,
nj fo~ ok
chair which he brought home. 1t
probably was from some submerged
summer house piazza along the coast
or may have been from a wreck"
And now no doubt some fair mer-
maid berates Charles for denying her
the pleasure Of being rocked in the
cradle Of the Deep"
The large reel oven at the sardine
factory Of L. D. Clark & Son at EAST
port has recently been removed for
more modern system Of drying and
baking herring. This oven was the
largest on the coast, containing $1,000
bricks, was 26 feet high, 10 feet deep
and would hold over two hogsheads of
herring on la iron flakes with every
revolution, turning out enough baked
fish in q full day to pack nearly 5000
eases Of sardines Of 100 cans each.
Very few Of the Maine coast sardfne
plants now have reel ovens.
Governor Stanislaus Dana of the
Passamaquoddy tribe of Pleasant Point
Indians says that at the annual re-
ligious festival Of Corpus Christi to be
held at their village late in June a
visit would be had from the Penobscot
Indian brass band in full war costume,
also the Old Town Indian baseball
team 50 that there would be plenty of
excitement during the afternoon, after
the religious part Of the day was held.
The brass band of Pleasant Point will
also take part in the festival, and the
Indians are planning on having con-
siderably more sports for the day than
for number Of years past.
be added to the manual training de.
partment Of the local Normal School
manual training class has arrived and
will be set up in a day or two. A
supply of printing material, including
type and other things necessary for the
work, has been ordered and as soon as
these supplies arrive instruction in
the art preventative of all arts will
be begun. The teaching of the young
people in this latest addition will
probably be done by some local print
er. The press and supplies were pur-
chased with funds raised by the Model
School pupils.
The new Calais city government on
Monday ordered that the city solicitor
take such action as may be necessary
to have tested. by proper proceedings,
the right Of the st. Stephen Electric
Company to use the streets of the
city in the distribution of electric SER
vice and to GUST said company from
the user Of any and all rights now
being wrongfully exercised. Ordered,
That the City Of Calais do withdraw