Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-27
BY Albert T. Reid

| of the Unitarian church in Saco.
! Following his paStorate there he en-
| tered the newspaper field and while
| at work on Boston papers came to
! Maine several times on assignments.
| Over, a year ago he re-entered the
! ministry and was made pastor of
| the UnivcrsaliSt church in Marlboro,
! Mass.
| Nearly 100000 pounds of mixed
| fish in the holds of local vessels ly-
J ing at the Portland docks Monday
! added to as much more that had
| been brought in the two previous
! days naturally caused a slump in
| prices and some of the shippers re-
| fused to accept the prices offered,
! and iced their fish, hoping to get a
J better figure after Christmas says
the Portland Press Herald The
/ dealers Monday were paying the fish
ermen out of the boats 1-2 to 6
| cents. a pound for cod, cents for
| haddock, and L. to 8 cents for
, Cusk., hake and pollock. HOLSTERS
) are still very firm and apparently 60
/ ing higher, for while the local deal
, ers are paying the fishermen 50 cents
a pound live weight, some of the Rcs-
| ton buyers arc reported to have paid
: as high as 50 cents to the Orr's
+ Island lobster men.
While thin mantle of snow COW
| cred the green" lit did not exclude
the wet" on Christmas day in Lew
I iston- Auburn. according to reports,
says The Lewiston Sun. Many in
toXicated persons. or at least per-
! sons who walked with unsteady
| step, were seen staggering about the
! sidewalks and several of them were
| arrested Others We're sent home.
Others continued to stagser at large.
1t is reported there we're. several
street fights and one restaurant
, scrap in which several persons were
, more or less beaten up. One man is
/ said to have been Knocked down ana
| kicked in the head with the result
: that his nose was fractured and two
! teeth knocked out or in. 1t was n
! sort of free-for- all and became too
hot TO" the cook that he is said to
have attempted 100 yard dash luWn
the back alley.
FINAL examination for appointment
of second lieutenants in the Regular
Army will be held throughout the
! New England States during the week
beginning April II, 1924. according
to an official notice received in
military offices from First Corps
Area Headquarters. These eXamina-
lions will be conducted by boards
convened to meet as near as possible
to the residence of candidates so as
to save them time and expense as
| tar as practicable. Preceding the
final examination each candidate is
required to undergo a preliminary
examination, with a view to elimi-
| mating those manifestly unfit, educa-
tionally and physically. While the
| physical test in this case will be
strict the mental test will be along
broad lines such as to assure that
the applicant has the necessary edu-
catlonal training to justify. his TAX
ing the final examination. Full de-
tails as to scope of examination,
| procedure in submitting applications,
and all other information. including
blank forms, may be obtained by
writing the Adjutant. First Corps
Area, Army Base, Boston.
First cast-iron pillow of one piece
was patented in 1897 by Charles
| Newbold Of New Jersey, but was not
| successful