Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-10-13

\ known 10 De MAINE 10Y, auO WIN 10
entitled to a citation and Croix dc
Guerre for exceptional bravery while
with the Foreign Legion Of France. He
! is reported to have been wounded and
| buried alive by bursting shells in April
| 1911 while carrying dispatches. He re-
| covered consciousness and tried to
| reach his destination and while on the
! way saw a wounded French soldier
and carried him to safety in the face
Of a terrific barrase.
The Parker S.eol 4 Bobbin Co. OF
Lewiston has secured a big order to
| so to Shanghai. China, where the COM
pany will fit out three cotton mills. the
order being for 100000 bobbins. These
bobbins will be shipped in especially
made boxes, the contents being pro-
tected from dust and moisture.
Portland High School has an Auto
mobile Department in wSich all parts
OF auto repair work is taught and it
is said that there is hardly a garage.
| automobile supply shop or firm in any
way connected with the business that
has not had one or more boys from
this department. Instruction is given
at both the day and night schools and
last week when the latter opened ITO
applicants were ready to begin work.
Only IS could be accommodated. much
to the regret of the others.
The Ioncfellow house at Portland
has closed after one of It's most sue.
cessful seasons. 1t was open to the
public for 16 weeks and four days,
during which 49, 400 visitors entered, or
2i00 more than in the season Of 1919.
This completes the Goth season it has
been opened to the public.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Keen of oxford. during the past sum-
n,er earned s25 In the blueberry patch
on her fathers farm. beside picking
many more berries which were used in
the household cooking
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Patten Of St.
Adams have been married g years
this month, during which time they
have resided in West Pittsfeld Pitts
field, Palmyra and st. Adams. They
are both hale and hearty. enjoying re-
markedly good health.
The addition being built to the Saco-
Lowell Cos. plant at Bideford will
cost about 10000 when completed.
which will be in December next. Work
was begun on March last.
Portlands evening school was estab-
lished u years ago and has had but
one principal. John A. Milliken. who
resigned last week. w. Z. Chaplin Of
the High school faculty is now in
charge Almost 1000 applications were
received for admission at the fall term.
Just opened and nearly 500 appeared on
the first night. Two women 70 years
Of age, were among the number. Cases
Of foreign-born parents being brought
to the school by children who attend
the day schools. are not uncommon.
Portlands police patrolmen are to
have a day off in every Is days. A re-
vision Of the city ordinance to pro-
vide for this was vetoed by Mayor
Clarke and then the city fathers pass
cd the measure over the veto.
Mason Institute students have q
walking contest, lasting six weeks. II
100 miles are covered during that time,
the walker is given the school letter
and if he or she adds 70 miles to that
100, he or she gets the numerals.
Members of the Bath City Council
are to entertain some of the prominent
citizens of that city at a joint social
and dinner-the city fathers to pay all
the bills and out of their own wallets.
The Lewiston school teachers have
decided that they will not attend the
State Convention on Oct 2S-0 at Ban
gor, giving as the principal reason
that Lewiston has been persistently
ignored and sighted in the constant
selection of either Bangor or Portland
for this convention, every invitation
from Lewiston to meet there being
turned down.
Bangor has been receiving some coal
by water, something that has been
of the program for several years.
A Bath man, bothered by someone
who insisted on helping himself to
the apples in his yard, placed several
fine looking apples so that they APP
peared to have fallen from the trees. |
but were actually connected with
electric wires and buzzer. He was