Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-16


now as then the bulk of business is
done. Where the knights of Pyth-
las building now stands was then
the home of the Tiger and Torrent
hand engines, both famous winners
at firemen's musters. On the OPP
posite corner was a barber shop,
then Tuck's bacon and ham store,
whose products were cured and
smoked in little shack on the lot
where City hall now is. Webb Pack
ard. who was lame, had a candy
store next door. and he would ask
from the back of the store what was
wanted before he would come out to
wait on customer. A vacant lot
came next, whose beauty CD was
concealed from view by a high bill
board. Deacon Tobey and son. Lon,
groceries. then came a fruit store.
The Wilson hall block. with Jones
meat market, hall entrance and VIII
sons restaurant. was next III line.
Crossing the lane we find DaNen-
ports sewing machine store on the
ground floor and machine shop up
stairs; another meat market. Water
street entrance to Beeman's hall;
Crowell's lunch. confectionery and
rear room, where ale was freely dis
pensed; then comes the old curios-
ity shop. a good rival OF the one
made famous by the book of Dick
ems day, for what Mr.. Beeman
didn't have in stock could not be
found anywhere.
Crossing Central street we find
Dole. the jeweler; Brock, candy and
fruit: Whipple. furniture. now
Woods; Denny Clarity. sporting
place; Minard Roberts, dry goods;
the Savings Bank where Judge
knight was the head; entrance to
DR.. Chase's dental parlors, and Ma
sonic hall; Warner, dry goods. bust
ness still carried on BY the Warner
boys; Johnson's grocery store and
Boyd. boots and shoes. which brings
US to Union street.
On the opposite corner was Frank
Carr, jeweler; Morse, store and
photograph gallery; Lafiin's narbcr
shop; millinery shop: Burns
quencher emporium; Lowell, grocer
les and provisions: Pinliham, meat
market. barber shop. another
quencher station. and on the corner
was A. X. F. Grover. groceries and
provisions Owing to his initials, Mr..
Grover was nicknamed Androscog-
gin, Kennebec and Penobscot Grov-
er The cotton mill opposite com
pleteS this side of the street. There
were few scattering stores Just
below in the Joppa district.
Starting back on the other side we
find the big grain warehouse OF
Leigh & Wingate, with coal wharVes
and sheds just below This was the
first store on the river where teams
drove into store to load OF unload.
Frank Wingate, son of one of for
mer owners, now carries on the busl-
ness Then came a row Of tene-
ments, the next store being Howe
Bros, whose spruce beer and con-
fectionery, especially horehound
drops, all homemade, could not be
excelIed Harrington. grocery; a
harness store; tailor shop, then a
few more tenements. and We arrive
at Charley Hobbs store, whose
"sarsferilly sody'' and ice cream was
best ever. Probably more penny
goods were sold here than any other
store on the river, as Charles was
great favorite with the Riddles. To
hear Charles give an imitation of the
old dummy train whistle would al
most start one on the hot-foot for
the depot for fear Of missing the
train.
Horace Trundys bakery came
next. and. oh boy! how / would like
to put my teeth in one of his cream
cakes or a slice of his brown bread,
but those happy days will never
come again. John Clark, tailor; Mrs.
Decker, milliner; up stairs John
Lords billiard room, Ding" Doug
lass boxing school, and Hallowell
band headquarters; James Leigh,
dry goods. where the writer clerked
for the massive salary of $50 per
year and two weeks vacation;
Halves & Warren, druggists, now
conducted by Walter Spaulding;
post Office, Judge Rowell. postmaster;
HalloWell Savings bank; Cooks va
riety store; Thomas shoe store, with
Charles Watson in the basement.
Crossing Beeman's lane we step
into Colonel Livermore's telegraph
Office on the corner. the same en-
trance taking us into the large
printing establishment of Marsters 6:
Livermore, the next door leading up
to the book bindery and paper-rul-
ing departments; Alden Heath,
druggist; James Atkins, hardware;
Ed. Bacon, hairdresser;, forget who
was here; then the old book and
periodical store of Charles Spauld-
ing Next we enter the large gro
Gerry store of Day & Coles where the