Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-07

about o'clock each evening. coming
from the west and sailing at high altl-
tude. That i vas an a!rpiane none
OF those who saw it have the slightest
doubt. 1t showed q red light at one
end and a green one'at the other and
seemed TO be moving very rapidly. At
no time did il appear TO be stationary.
but after reaching a point apparently
a short distance beyond the Weber
hospital it turned sharply and went
off in the direction of Sanford. At times
the machine would descend to a consid-
cradle distance and then rise again.
There is a good deal OF curiosity
manifested among people up Elm street
way TO know what this plane is, where
il comes from night after night and
where it goes to-
Unable to buy, beg or borrow fuel
with which TO heat his home w w.
WEIGH, American express messenger at
Houlton, has telephoned 10 the Bangor
headquarters Of his company for q
leave OF absence so that he can so into
the woods and cut cord" to keep
his family from shivering to death, says
the Commercial Mr. Welch was
granted permission 10 lay off for a few
days. and lost no time in taking his axe
and starting for the tall timbers.
When he could not buy coal, he tried
to buy wood. and when he found that
wood was unobtainab BILE, he tried to hire
someone to cut it. Failing in this, he
is now in the wood lot getting out his
own fuel. VIII this be a general prac-
tice here in Maine before long?
The Sheepscot river. for the first
time in years, is frozen over and the
little mail steamer Winter Harbor was
on Friday unable to carry the mail
from BoCthbaY HarbOr to Wiscasset.
The steamer Virginia was unable to
make the passage from Popham 70
Bath on Friday morning. owing to the
ice in Fiddlers Reach, below Bath and
the management stated that no further
attempts would be made until the Ken
nebec was clear. i.
An Augusta fireman. while working
Darby block fire in the Capital city,
stubbed his toe on a line OF hose very
successfully concealed under about two
feet Of water on the sidewalk and
went down enough for a little water
and slush to go over the top Of one
hip-boot, beside Wettng one hand and
arm. 4 brother fireman, who delights
in getting one on his fiiencs, err
ioycd the lnishap amazingly and
laughed long ana loud. nntl-he him
self trippcd on the same line Of hose
and went headlong into the water. His
friend yelled ut hl.n heard above all
the noise Of the rearing flames ana
shouts oi tie crowd and workers
Say. Joe, shut the door, when You
come out. won't YOU
A serious accident was narrowly es-
capped on Friday when a freight train
was running through Springvale. A
tire Of one Of the locomotive wheels
cane Oft just as il was running oyer
the diamond at the station, smashed
into the lri'rul,4s which the crash set
and quickly stopped the t.ain without
further damage
There is absolutely 70 need for fur
thcr worrying about til" winter wcat tn
er, according to tho following King
field item in The Pennington Journal.
although we Will admit that in this
section ,ye haven't noticed a sign even
OF broken winter. to say nothing Of
spring: ...
"Ou account Of the snow and brol-
en- spring, the PASSENGER train only
went as far as Carabasset Monday and
did not get back ia kingtield in seas
on TO make connection With the after
noon passenger out of Pennington"
An epidemic cf measles caused the
closing ON Sunday of the Congregations
al church at Cumberland Center and it
Nill also be closed next sunday The
Greeley institute, grammar and Frin-
AIRY schools VIII also have vacation
for an Indefinite period for the same
reason.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Of Eumtord
have learned of the s5fo arrival If MIS-.
Hardy. brother and sister, Nh ana
Mrs. W. J.. Draper from Russia. Mr..
and Mrs. Draper left TINS country five
and Onc-Eaf years age u take up pX
pert mining for tie RUSSIAN govern
nlcnt. They hrOU"ht home with them
platinum worth >-,CH1HOl tor the L :.
government, 2l.W0 ounces, and delir-
cred it safely. one Of the largest ex-
press companies Of the world refused
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