Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-19

NSW IlOO1l d. OsVS / HA' SAAAUJ ~A~Nss
changing In the southwest. q.
Partial eclipse of the sun on the same
day, but invisible here.
The sun is scheduled to rise this morn
ing augusta mean time) at 1882 A. M.
and set at AZ P. NJ
We have had some very good samples
! Of winter weather. but winter will &C
tually begin at II o'clock and 20 minutes
on the evening of Thursday, Dec. q. ac-
cording to the almanac.
Beginning yesterday. we will now enjoy
| an even week Of the shortest days of the
| year, the daylight allotted us during that
! time being eight hours and 81 minutes
| Christmas day will begin the good work
Of increasing the daylight period, adding
one minute.
With cars loaded with potatoes
standing for weeks on sidings IN New
York City freight yards and the dull
lest market for years at this season.
potatoes should be some cheaper than
diamonds at New Years.
DR.. James A. Spaulding OF Portland
in an address last week before the
Cumberland County Medical Society
expressed his opinion that the need
was important Of having a medical
adviser of public health upon the
Governors Executive Council and his
hope Of future compulsory physical
examination Of all school children.
Because he was reading a Hearst
publication in Canada yesterday. A.
]. Barker, local potato man was de-
tanned by . government official and
had it not been for the interference
Of q Canadian friend who is an official
the local man would undoubtedly have
been obliged to pay a fine of $4,000 or
possibly two years in Jail, says the
Houlton Pioneer of Dec H. 1t is
against the Canadian law to have in
your possession q Hearst publication
in Canada.
IL
and Mrs. David S. Thomas of Turner
gave them a delightful surprise the
other night when 3S dropped in on them
through mud and rain, bringing with
them several gallons Of ice cream and
plenty Of rich cake, spoons. dishes, etc,
for real lay out. The occasion was the
5Oth anniversary Of their wedding The
dates 1S66-1916 marked the wedding
cake.
1t Is announced that Edward w.
Mcintyre and Eugene NJ. ONeil who
were lessees Of the Thorndike hotel at
Rockland for 10 years. previous to the
lll-starred venture Of the D. & w. Ho-
tel Co.. have concluded negotiations
with the owner. Mrs. Charles H. Berry.
and will reopen the hotel about New
Years as proprietors. The purchase
price has not been officially stated, but
gossip. in well-informed circles as the
war writer's express it, fix the figures
at $45,00C.
TWO widely-though not so widely
as they should be circulated Maine
publications have just reached the
Journal, the Good Will Record and
Our Mission Work, the first from
Good Will Homes and the other from
the Augusta Office of the Maine Chill
dren's Home Society. Each tells of
recent accomplishments. each calls
attention to things that many Of us
might assist in lettering and each is
full from cover to cover Of interesting
matter.
1t Is reported that the Northern
Telegraph Co., which serves the Ban
gor & Aroostook railroad, will be ia
ken over by the Western Union Tele-
graph Co., on Jan. LIST. A large
Aroostook county business is carried
on by the Northern. connection hav-
ing been maintained with the Postal
Telegraph Co., for several years in
Bangor
That next summer will be another
comet summer" like that Of 1858, is
Ia prediction. 1t is said that a giant
comet of great brilliancy can be seen
81 ~AA0 AAOA 0StSIh ohJ HcAt
being the brightest in June
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
is to petition the city for the right to
lay underground conduits through
the business section Of Bangor. there
by making 1t possible to remove
many cumbersome and unsightly
poles and wires from the streets in
the business district.
"Court proceedings revealed the fact
that an inspector from detective agency
had been at work in Aroostook since Au-
gust trying to tie up liquor sellers" says
the Houlton Times. I'm the four months
no worked he secured evidence agains,
about IL people. This surely shows that
there is not such a wide open violation
of the liquor laws in Aroostook as some
people would have you think. Those
caught were old offenders who have many
times been before the court"
A newcomer to the ranks OF Maine
weekly newspapers has reached the
Journal Office in the shape of The Ka-
tahdin Herald, nice looking eight
page paper published at Patten. with
Ernest z. Morse editor and Rev. Il. n.
Joselyn local editor. Its publication