Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-12-22


But better than all presents.
He'll bring to US again
| The heartfelt Christmas wishes
OF uood will unto men"
Martha Coleman Sherman.
Mrs. Sadie K. Hall of Portland who
was on Dec. Is taken to hospital, suf-
fering with what was supposed to be
bichloride poisoning, has recovered and
states that the report Of suicidal in
tent was untrue. She states that, hav-
ing a nervous headache, she took II
aspirin tablets and while under their
influence, took some bichloride tablets
to put away so that if anything hap
pened to her, it would not be thought
she had taken the mercury. but before
she could do so, she was overcome by
! the aspirin and was taken to hospital.
The bichloride tablets being found in
her apron, the report of attempted
suicide was naturally started.
| The Tampa, Fla, Board of Trade
maintains a tourist information bureau,
great convenience to the people Wis
iting that city. Among the Maine
people registering there during the
week ending Dec. Is were the follow
irg: Mr. and Mrs. r. E. Goodrich and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Adams
ard Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Gerald, all of
Clinton and Mrs. Maud Hoxie of Pitts
| field.
! Two more changes Of pastors are
| of
3. Tuthill of the Woodfords Congre-
eational Church and the acceptance
of the call to the Woodfords Univers-
alist and All Souls Churches by Rev
c. A. Boone of the Rutland. VT, Uni
versalist Church. Rev. Mr.. Tuthill
wishes his resignation to take effect
Jan. 81, having received a call to the
South birmingham. Mass. church and
Rev. Mr.. Boone will begin his new
duties on Jan. /.
The State Liberty Chorus was in
corporated Tuesday at Portland under
the laws of Maine which provides for
the incorporation of musical, patriotic
and benevolent societies. The Liberty
ShOA oS ID W OC d OldtS Vluc SHOTuS
with one or more units in every town,
township and plantation throughout
the state of Maine. The principal Of
f1cers elected are as follows: Presi-
dent, George Thornton Edwards: vice
president Ralph D. Littlefield; treas
urer, Rev. Frank E. Baldwin; director
general Of music. George Thornton Ed
wards.
A service flag with Is stars has
been given to the Lewiston Council,
Knights of Columbus, by Russell
Gilpin, assistant agent of the Lew
iston Bleachery and Dye Works
The flag will be put up at an early
date. Members of local council in
the military service: Capt. Martin j.
OBrlen, Lieut.. Dennis Spruce,
Lieut.. James Walsh, Lieut. Frank
Kyt. Sergt. Leonard Mallit, Serg,.
Thomas Curran, First Glass Priv.
William Maillet, Priv. John j. Cough
lin. Priv. Thomas E. Madden. Priv.
John 7. Crowley. Priv. Frank Nc
Mannus. Priv William J. Donovan,
Priv. William Walsh, Priv. Law
renee Murphy and Lieut.. John A..
Curran.
The century old wooden one story
house on the Eastport end of the an
cient toll bridge, was sold at public
auction Tuesday morning at the East
port city rooms by Auctioneer George
w. Norton to William f. Tooze, one of
the local real estate owners who has
the Imperial block and theatre on Wa
ter street. the price paid being s44 A
deposit Of $40 was required with the
understanding that the small house be
removed from the lot before April 1st
and the land put in satisfactory con-
dition for the city. The old building
has been somewhat in the way of pass
ing teams and autos in that narrow
section of the city road passing to and
from the 1900 foot long wooden bridge
which connects Eastport with the
mainland at Perry and since the bridge
was thrown open to the public more
than two years ago and no tolls now
required this old time building was Of
no use to the city so will now be dis
posed Of at small profit.
Antonio Faino, an Italian who lives
on Arch street, Bath, was the first man
of draft age to return his questionnaire
to the Sagadahoc Board. He is an
alien and in the old regulations claimed
exemption on that ground, but this
time he does not claim exemption and
consequently is the first reported in
class l.
1T Is ridiculous to think that the
farmers or the people in the country
districts Of Maine need fear a fuel fam
ine," remarked a Portland man recent
ly to the Express Stroller. The man
who spoke is a graduate of forestry
course at the University of Maine, and
he is also q practical woodsman and
timberland surveyor.
One of the big assets in Names fuel
resources is the gray birch, continued
the expert. Now here is a tree that
has life Of only 10 to IS years at
the most. Its principal use is for fuel;
in fact, it isn't much good for any
thing else. There are hundreds OF
acres Of these trees on Maine farm
wood lots. Grey birch, too, is a wood
that will burn with less seasoning than
any other tree. The reason for this is,
that in the winter all of the sap OF
the birch runs back into the roots
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