Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-12
Meath the foliage. golden tinted.

Gods most trusted unerring seer.
To mankind is now proclaiming:
His JoyS; are thine, for Autumn's
w. s. MCKEE.
William Brooks of Ashland was
held up at the point of a gun down
by the Aroostook bridge on Friday
night last and relieved of SIS. The
robbers were kind enough to hand
back what change he had. says the
Aroostook Daily News
The kittery fire alarm was sound
ed Sunday morning to raise posse
to search for a missing Potter boy.
Many people responded including the
Potter lad, who had fallen asleep in
a hammock on piazza while calling
and did not know that the alarm was
for his benefit. He soon learned
The two Halifax to- Vancouver voy-
ayers, whose open 16-foot boat was
picked up last week in Narragansett
bay. are safe, having been picked up
by the tug Prudence and landed at
Norfolk Va.
! Regis Peter. aged 10, Of Rumford,
accidentally upset a kettle of boiling
water on his brother Stanley, aged Z,
the other morning as they were dress
ing by the kitchen stove Stanley's
legs and Regis arms were terribly
burned. Stanley was put to bed.
Regis, afraid of punishment for the
accident. ran away without telling his
mother of his own burns. His agony
was noticed by the teacher and when
the boy pushed back his sweater to
show the burns, the skin went with
it. He was taken TO doctor and the
burns dressed. Another teacher went
to the home and a doctor was called
to dress Stanley's burns The moth
er said she had not called doctor
because her husband was out of work
and they had no money for the doc
tor.
| Patten has an idea that it was about
as closely connected with that bright
! light and falling body on the evening
of Tuesday, Oct. l. as any of the
thousands who apparently saw the I'M
usual display z. A. Ambrose of that
town writes the Commercial that plen-
ty Of, people in Patten. Mt. Chase.
Sherman and elsewhere in that vicini-
ty saw the light and falling body at
1915 precisely and says:
In very few seconds after they saw
this they felt shock followed by a
long rumble and as for the rumble
this was heard by practically every
citizen of this town at exactly that
time of day and was heavy enourh
that it ratified the windows in most Of
the houses Some people from Sher-
man, town 10 miles south of here.
also reported this same noise at the
same hour 7 think there is no doubt
but that this was a falling meteor and
that it struck the earth not many
miles from here
Between 1900 and 1900 persons ap-
piled for admission Monday night It
the opening of the Portland evening
schools. 10 nationalities being repre-
scented. Between 40 and so teachers
are on duty, largely from the public
school force. The countries represen-
sented are: America. italy, Canada.
England, Poland Norway. Sweden,
Roumania. Ireland Austria, Russia.
Lithuania, Greece, Armenia, Assyria.
France, Finland, Turkey and Belgium.
Alton L. Curtis Of Norway, has
received a tronze memorial plaque
from England with a message Of
coincidence signed by King George at
Buckingham Castle. This plaque
bore the name of his son, the late
John Eugene Curtis. who fought in
the World War with the 43rd battal-
ion of the Australian Army. He
was reported missing after a terrific
engagement, and it was decided by a
court of inquiry, that he among
many others, died in the battlefield
The last personal message received
from him was letter to his mother,
Mrs. Hosea Mckay in May, 1918. A
silver medal Of honor for bravery