Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-22
pITTSF|ELD
Ice Supply Of Town beins
Shipped to watervme; Mer'
chants and Householders
Alarmed-PerSOnalS

Alarmed-PerS0naD
lea conditions In Pittsfeid are IN
r..hsr a chaotic state Just 1t present
and Il Il hard to predict Just what VIII
be the outcome Of the rather unusual
situation. For several days pas sew
eral cars of the ice that was harvested
"a care for the needs Of Pittsaeld pa.
irons has been hauled TO the local
freight yard and loaded onto the cars
ana shipped to waterville. William Col
BY of waterville IL said to be the own.
er Of the ice business IN this town. No
delivery Of Ice was made here Monday.
it being stated that an order had been
given out to deliver no more ice to
local patrons and that the balance OF
the ice left In the houses would be
shipped to Waterville. A meeting o!
parties interested in the purchasing OF
the ice from Mr.. Colby for local use
was held at the Lancey House last
week but the owner and the would.oe
purchasers could not agree on price,
the asked price being considerably more
than what appraisers who looked over
the property thought It was worth
II 10 now understood that the persons
who want to buy the ice are willing &c
take what 10 left at the price that Il
loaded on the cars b waterville. =
10 . pretty serious situation for the
merchants and ice cream and soda deal
ers to md themselves right in the mid
die OF the season with their supply 81
ice cut of. and 10 equally bad for The
householders who need it to keep thei,
foo6 from spelling. Ore or two deal.
srs put up their own ice last white,
but practically the entire town Ii de.
pendent on this one source Of supply oi
ice. II Ii hoped that a trade can b
made at once before any more ice il
shipped.
Mr.. and Mrs n. L. spaulding and
children and Mr.. and Mrs W. s
Spaulding ami Mrs. Charles Bradbur,
ware =: Unity lake fof the day Sunday
Many Pittsheld people were at Oak
wood Park in attendance at the Spirit
ualist meetings Sunday.
c. c. Hanson Of ST. Albans was
business caller In town Monday.
Lemuel Norton Of Newport. q forme,
resident here. was IN town for few
hours Monday.
Lewis c. Nutter and Frederick z
Mayo left Monday for Lily Bay and
Wilson pond for . feek's camping and
fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. L Provencher are
receiving congratulations on the birth
Of an 11i-pound son. which occurred OF
Sunday, July %.
Fred Hack.tt left Monday for a bus.
mess trip to Portland.
z. p. Dyer Of Hartland was In tow
Monday on his way to Bangor to at.
tend to matters Of business.
Miss Minnie Porter. librarian at the
Pittsheld public library. was a passen-
ger on the morning train for Ocean
Park Monday to pass a~week's vaca.
ton.
Harry L Goodrich Of Palmyra was
In town on business Monday.
Miss Mira L DolIey Of Raymond has
been secured to teach French at Maine
Central Institute for the coming year
Miss Doiiey was graduated at Deerinl
hith school Portland. and from Cobb,
college in 1913 with the degree Of A
B. At Cobb she wen second prize il
the freshman prize speaking and frs
prize in the Junior exhibition. She wa
an editor Of Colbiana. on the 7. W. c
A. cabinet. and made her class bas
ketball team.