Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-07
frown upon the fashion, it is said,
but do not consider the Knockers appro-
pirate classroom costumes.

frown upon the fashion, it is said.
but do not consider the Knockers appro-
pirate classroom costumes.
Citizens of Old Orchard condemn
the prank of the Halloween celebrants
who strung wire, from pole to pole,
under the trolley wire of the electric
road, at the Tabernacle Tuesday night.
doing damage to the cars, and trolley
wire and holding up traffic. The po-
lice are working on clues, and may be
able to locate the guilty parties. for
whose arrest the road has offered a
500 reward.
1t is curious how the conditions Of
the dairymen vary, says the Lewiston
Journal under the head of Snappy
Farm Items. The Abbott Farm in
Augusta goes south to get finely bred
Gucrnseys and now the southern
breeds are coming to Maine for the
same blood. A breeder from Vir-
Ginia has picked up two carloads of
registered Guernseys in Somerset
county. Well, a fair exchange is no
robbery.
Baths record for marriages of old
est and youngest couples was broken
in October, and probably in the. record
for Maine. The Oldest couple married
were Hiram Cornish and Helen Jack
son. each 76 years old, and Halloween
night the youngest couple were mar
red. William L. Fletcher and Cath
crime Bernice Burgess, each 16 years
old. They were married by City Clerk
John w. Gilmore in the aldcrmanic
chamber in the presence of relatives.
The lad works in local garage.
Assistant Purser Banks Of the Ca
roma says that all babies should be
born at sea. He says it is profitable
for the parents. There is no doctors
fee to pay and the nurses services
are free. In addition the passengers
collect fat purse for the infant. All
this happened on the Caronia last
trip to New York, the saloon passen-
gers taking up a large collection for
q happy mother in the third class
section.-Marine Notes. Bath Daily
Times.
Clarence c. Stetson of Bangor, who
is secretary to Herbert Hoover. sec
rotary of commerce in President
Harding's cabinet. has an interesting
NJ iolo in Tho Nnr1n'C Work
November, entitled Making an En-
pire to Order. 1t deals with the
Colorado river basin development,
which cost billions of dollars and
opens up a quarter of a million of
square miles of land to human habi-
tation. The article is profusely illus
trated with photographs Of the
section involved.
A Saco young man who dressed up
as a girl certainly had the young
Washers Of the city a-going. 1t was
a great makeup and how the heart
breakers fell for his cunning ways"
He had no trouble catching them.
One wise man almost threw a fit
when he discovered that he had been
making love to man. Large num-
bers on the street who were put wise
to the "blushing" damsel, enjoyed
the sport to their hearts content.
But those who got caught had to ad-
nit that they had no alibi to offer.
G. Walden Smith, who recently re-
signed from the office of State in
surance commissioner, is at his sum-
r4er home at Peaks Island resting
to engaging actively in
insurance work. On the very day
his resignation was announced. Mr.
Smith had three fine business prop
ositions for his future services. He
is now at work on certain matters of
legislation which he proposes to
present to the new Legislature, relat- !
ing to changes affecting the insur-
ance laws of the State.
An Orono man who pridcs himself |
on his fine garden and who had most |!
of it stolen this season, found in his |
hall one day this week an envelope |
which had evidently been placed there /
by other hands than the postman's. |
On opening it he found it to be con- |
science money as an anonymous note |
accompanied the money stating it was |
PNE En- !sy!INl'!!! H.. ,..,.
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