Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-21
MAINE NEWS
IN BRIEF FORM

Mrs William McLaire Of 4 street
South Portland. died SATURDAY as
result or being severely burned Sep;
~, when can Of Kerosene fsU from
shell onto the stove underneath
Inc Portland Water District trustee,
nave had Installed at Gorham an sle.,r,.
cal pump, which was used for m. Ars.
time on Wednesday II is Gould make
and has a capacity Of 500 gallons per mn.
ute, This gives the Gorham servie. ho,A
steam and electrical pumping eqwpm.r,
AS the pump that has been In use VIII hs
retained for emergency service Most n.
the village part Of Gorham 4. So hira
above the lake that the supply r. nscs,.
sariiy augmented by standripe ~ 10.
eral capa city As now provided for N.
town should he we'll safeguarded agains
water shortage even IN the event q
serious fire
Anxiety that had been entertained ~
the safety Of the schooner city ~ Angus
Ia has been relieved b. the announcement
Of her arrival AT a West Indies port fr'~
New York and Newport New. "a
Gains that prevailed for several dar'
heightened out her passage
o. r. Whittier last week sold 2 Sc
acre tract Of cumberland in vienna n
Fred Metcalf who will operate there
this winter. II was the property u
Angelina c. Morrill, OF Ions Beach
Cal. and consists OF mixed growth
of white birch. poplar, pine and
fpruce. Journal
Miss Jane NJ Cults lef, last week
for Birmingham. Penn whore she vii
become an instructor in The Rirmins
ham School of which Preston : Mou'.
ton Is headmaster.-Fa rminrtor Jour
nal
Miss Vivian Ellsworth who va. m
me teaching force of the Farminrton
High School last year. and who was
ENGAGED for the coming year has had
nattering offer from the National
Park Seminary At Forest Glen. M
which she has decided 20 accept
Pennington Journal.
The Maine Society. Sons ~ N.
American Revolution. witiNtha daurH.
1ers as special guests held its annual
Field day at Princes Point North
Yarmouth. with an attendance ~ near.
~ 50 members
Norman Burrill. Guy and Rov Pear.
son and Winfrod Young Of corinna
'eft SATURDAY afternoon for an exten--
ed automobile trip through Canada
ana returning via the White Mour.
tains. They expect n cover Dis
lance Of about 1000 miles in a week
Inc trip will he made IN the Burri'
stanley steamer.
A new case entered IN .he United
States District cour, AT Portland Tues.
cay was that Of Alice r Briggs al
m'nistratrix, against the town ~
scarooro. for damages because ~ N,
oeatn OF Mary Gallatly. late ~ Port
Fno' who was injured Nav ~. 1915
"hiie driving on the road crossing
Nonesuch river at the point where
the road had caved in and rubss-
quently died Of her injuries Charles
a LUDLOW. Max l. Pinansky and Ben
Janin thompson are her ATTORNEYS
Herbert ]. WEIGH ~ Portland on 'hs
recommendation Of T. s District A.
torney John r. a Merrill wa al
mitted to practice before the Federal
courts by Judge Hale ~ the Z
District court Mr.. welch was admit
TED to practice In the state courts
november. 1918. He is graduate
OF the Portland High school 1911, ana
University Of Maine. 1915,
Charles Bradbury OF Burlington hss
snout eighteen acres Of beans that No "
harvesting. On account Of the search.
o. labor he has enlisted the services ~
nine Old Town boys who are hsvinF
treir nrst experience In farm WORK
ana Undoubtedly will an tov ~