Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-13

oeen many dwellings, built thrours.
the city for several months ana 80
looks as If this boon would eo,,S
through the greater part Of the -
The teachers In the Biddeeora -
schools, who were notified w.s,.s
that their salaries he'd been asv.sN
SIS year. were not overjoyed a.,
news. They had expected TIA, 20
would be given a more sub.ta n,,,,
crease. One of the instructor, :.
Thursday that she could ear,
money by working /, the c,o,h
than by teaching schsol
The monthly report Of the Ro.L,.
city marshal showed but Ave -
for drunkenness in September. mi,
ing the minimum record for ,hs, W.
in that city The new motor n..-
is so little used in the departures, !.
which it was recently purchase ~
the other departments have no 80
Guilty in borrowing IL. Cnles. n. -
breaks over" IN the remaining ,h,..
months Of the year the record "a,
toxication arrests will be much .n.a-
than in any other year Rockls,s Al
ever known.
Boatswain John H Mseee xh,
been executive officer q the NJ
Naval Station in RockIand was "a,
Tuesday TO Boston. where he will -.
. receive his commission as ensign -.
be assigned 20 other duues
The steamer Sieur de Non,s NJ.
has been used for some wears .,
Penobscot Bay service. IN connA,,..
with the trains. has been aid nv ..
Maine Central Railroad 20 Nes Va.
corporation HIGH is having her -.h,s,
into freight steamer 20 rtn b.,v...
New York and Pavtucket a
George F. Merrill. formerlt ~ So,
/ hcro. who has sold meat frun a -
: in Scarboro. Old Orchard anS saoo !.
| so years. died Saturday nigh, a, n,
Orchard. aged So He was hor, |.
Scarboro AMI was known by hund,.s,
of people in that town. A daurb,,
survives.
The typhoid fever cases In Mi,o a.
all doing we'll al present Ar os,,,l
of the State Board Of Health tss hs,,
there and investigated the cs,ss A..
has decided that Il was CONTRACTED !.
using water from wells IN the vtl,,r
Chase & kimbali. Dove sr
are mourning the loss ~ a ,h.
able Oakland Six touring car vhiA
was recently DESTROYED by Are n.
car was used for a hunting trip 70 q.
bee lake and upon the return n a.
I httntarS ~
vas found destroyed ny the Gam.
There was no INSURANCE
Miss Gladys Sherman daugh;., +,
Mr.. and Mrs. William n. Sh.rma-, +.
Bar Harbor. is home fnnm Porto PEE
where she has been employed m "A.
office of the commissioner 81 edua.
ton for the past year she has a w.
cation Of several weeks ard will l..u
! in time to arrive in Porto Rico on Va,
10.
The Lubec schooner Spa-te which v-,
ashore and filled on the eastern end =
Grindstone Island has been ulosded an
II is probable that the schooner may AIN
he foated. In which case ne WILL \
toved TO Harvey and repairs mad. n,
spartel was loaded With plsster. ara ,
crew was put to work In renewing an
putting 1t on the beach az the island
The lease Of the Toll Bridge conr,-ur,
Eastport with the main land was soA q
public auction Sep,. . by Autioneer X
Fl. Wadsworts in front Of N. postoms
to the highest bidder The lease rasi
for the term OF one year esmmerrf
Nov. /. Robert Pike, the pre,en, lsss.,
ding for $50 and from this On the ~
were lively from three parties Ros.,
Pike. John Gillis and Clarence pow .,
$50 and s25 bids II went up I. sss the,
with raise ~ g and $40 at bid u wu
advanced to 1920 and CLOSED a, that No.
ure to John ellis This 10 the hirhes
sum ever paid for years lease ri
compared with the figures paid In fornr
years may be n good indication II ~
increased travel by land between Fast
port and the neisAboring towns
In the current i~se OF Sea-
Power" the official magazine ~ ~
Navy League. the principal pic,ws
is cut Of the torpedo boat dcsroy,'
Trippe. huil, at the Bath Iron wora
1t is one OF the finest pkturn, 4 I
war craft ever shown between cov,r
With the picture is the anouncencs;
United States torpedo boat DERRY
ers have been In the war zone scr'
time. After the voyage tcross tht
Atlantic they wern ready f.- duty u
soon as their supply NJ fud wl- n.
newed. This one. the T. = s rrir~
is a 742 ton vessel that car steam =
knots She carried three teir 'ubs'
for 1s-inch torpedoes and r,,urts tv'
3-inch guns. She was named for Liea.
tenant John Trippe who distnguisn.t
himself in 1904 during tho vs." VII
the Barbary pirates.
The movement for the indallatcr
of winter police patrol AZ old o.
about 800 more being Necessary y
provide for night patrol from ma unti
next April. There has not been
spring for years when rsurnini
householders did not dtscove. Tn
, two or more houses had been enters
and looted during the winter norti
when the town 10 without police pr
lection. The amount required 70 usss'f
patrolman 10. Of course. insigfinses'
compared with the losses that miys'
be so prevented. While popuAi -
sctiption is necessary 70 cover ths,N
pense this winter. II is anticipa,etit -
at the next town meeting the nbsf
! sary amount would he added =, ~
regular police appropriation