Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-21

attached, the float descended in a
spiral, following the set of the ~ 1der
and landed safely" From this &C
count it appears that the first navi-
eating the air with a steam propelled
machine was accomplished over 20
years ago.
A Bangor man has received a let
ter from friend in Galloway, Ne
braska, in which the following para
graph appears: 1--WE are having
beautiful fall out here. Farmers had
big crops Of corn and oats here but
they are hardly worth anything
Corn IL and is cents and oats 10
cents per bushel. Hay and apples
you cannot give away with freights
SO high we cannot ship, and so are
burning corn, as hard coal is 500 per
| ton and soft coal $13.
While in Limerick the other day
| G. D. Hall. business man with an
Office in Portland, found some fine
specimens of diatomaceous earth
which he has given to the Portland
Society of Natural History. This
kind of earth is Of light weight and
looks very much like chalk. 1t is
the fossil remains of certain one
celled plants that grow in marshy
places of where there is stagnent wa
ter. These plants or algae have a
siliceous skeleton which is the source
of this peculiar kind of earth. The
mems from several different places,
; but none purer than the specimens
brought in by Mr.. Hall.
|! They were swapping cunning sto-
ries around the big stove in the Win
negance Social Club the other night,
especially of the days when but few
laws bothered the gunners. One was
to the effect that years ago in one
days shooting Edgar and Harry
Williams Of that town shot 40 black
ducks. Edgar on another day
sculled up to flock of birds on an
ice cake and shot IL with one shot.
so closely were they packed together
The corner stone of the United
Baptist church at Lewiston will be
laid Saturday afternoon Nov. 10 with
appropriate exercises. The first con-
structive step in the erection of the
new edifice plans are being made to
make the event memorable one.
The stone will be laid in the corner
OF the lot nearest to Main and Bates
streets at 2.3O o'clock. The exercises
will be attended by DR.. George +.
Horr, President Of the Newton Theo-
logical Institution. Newton. Mass,
and DR.. A. w. Anthony of New York.
Boothbay Harbor is to lave a club
house and a golf course. Walter A.
Clapp Of Boston, a Capitol Island
summer resident, and party of Bos-
ton men have bought the former
William Kenniston homestead at
Boothbay Center, containing about
100 acres, of which half is cleared
land, and a fine large house that
can easily be remodelled into club
house. The golf course will be laid
out this fall and work on the house
will begin at once, planning to have
both ready for use by June.
The death Of Oliver Folsom Of
Kineo recalls the fact that his par
ents, the late Levi and Mary Packard
Folsom, were among the first settlers
in that section, moving there some Al
years ago from Monson and building
a log cabin. which stood until recent
ly.
West Gorham Is said to have a
goose that in way can beat the pro-
verbal layer of the golden eggs, for
it has been laying eggs in November,
Mrs. Eta Gotham is the owner and
in the past week the goose is said to
have laid five eggs. something UNI
known in the goose world to anyone
in that neighborhood.
The Hotel Louisburg at Bar Har-
Dor. sold at auction last summer.
has now been sold to q New York
hotel company and will be re
paired and opened next spring under a
new name.
Brownville hopes for revival of
its slate industry. Two Massachu-
setts firms are said to be negotiating
for the Norcross quarry for the man
ufacture Of roofing slate. The prop
erty has not been worked for several
years.