Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-11
Who wouldn't play the punch board

Who wouldn't play the punch board
if opportunity afforded? Some
were seized Thursday in Springvale
and WATERFORD and the officers. after
the cases were disposed of in count
decided to see what they would draw
when paying their cash for the priv
ilege. They punched out every num-
Der and every number was a blank.
one board was guaranteed to give the
PLAYERS 5000 worth of prizes. Two
cuff buttons and a stick pin had been
drawn. A local jeweler appraised the
value of the rest at about SO Next.
A horse mackerel weighing over 700
pounds was taken into Portland Fri
day by Capt. Jacob Horn of Long Is
land. Dog fish are reported along the
coast and giving the fishermen the
usual trouble.
Miss Pauline Powers, daughter of
former Gov. Powers of Maine and
Mrs. Llewellyn Powers of PSI Kent
street, Brookline, was married at
noon Wednesday to Walter Emmons
Young, a widely known social settle
ment worker, formerly connected
with the juvenile court of Boston and
now with Girard college at Philadel
pha. The ceremony at which only
members of the families We're pres
ent. was performed by the Rev.
William l.. Clark. Miss Powers was
given in marriage by her brother
Ralph A. Powers, and was unattcnd-
ed. Arthur Merriam OF Skowhegan,
Me. was best man. The ceremony
was followed by wedding breakfast
at the home OF the brides. mother
served in the attractive garden CON
necteJ with the estate. Mr.. and Mrs
Young will make their home in Phil
adclphia.
a Lewiston clerk was much
mystified the other morning when
every one who looked towards her
desk began to laugh An explanation
was discovered. however. when pass
ing in front of her desk she noticed
this sign in large red letter: Il am
going to be married soon" She adj
mitted the truth of the assertion. hut
woe bctide the practical joker if she
finds him,
In the large trees in Joseph Their
rien's ward III Mexico are a pair Of
squirrels also a family Of birds which
attract much attention as the two
families do not live very harmonious
VI. The bird parents are often seen
chasing the squirrels from tree to
tree and calling them all the names
in the bird dictionary, and the SOUR
Tels can he seen jumping from tree
TO tree to keep out of the way.
Government statistics show that
Aroostook has 25i0 farms Of from
100 TO ia acres. S79 of from l75 to
$50 acres. 40l of from go to 499
acres and 40 of from 800 to 999 acres,
also FIVE farms of 1000 acres or more
The troubles III the telephone
trouble" man are many The Booth
bay Register. telling of a trip of Les
ton Hemorc, the local trouble" man,
says:
This is the seventh year since Mr..
Hemore took charge here that he has
had to go u Davis Island jus. across
the bridge from Wiscasset to remove
the homes of iish-hawks from the
poles and wires Worse still they
come back again III Il short time every
summer and build nests. They Irvine
the net work of their nests about the
wires. hook II onto the poles and
croSs-arms and in fact raise hell-os
with the service. The usual time for
starting trouble is the billing and COO
ing time of early spring, and this is
their second VISIT and Mr. Hcmorc's
second trip tins year.
! Chancellor Commander Leslie Mari
of Foot hhav .odye NJ, 20 KNIGHTS Of