Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-09

There is practically no frost in
the ground, say those who have been
testing it out. The snow came early
! before the ground froze and remain
ed on the ground all winter.
a Bath man visited the State pier
in Portland the other day and no.
ticed among the freight. five carloads
of Japanse beans which had been
brought from the Orient. i'll a Jap
anese ship, to the Pacific coast and
then trans shipped to Portland.
The will of the late John G.. Dun
ming, head OF the well known concern
OF r. B. Dunning &; Co, Bangor, was
filed for probate on Wednesday. The
will is dated Oct. 30, 1919 and there
are no codicils. There is but one
public bequest, that of $1,000 to Grace
Methodist church for current eXpens-
eS.
To Oliver V. Webster of Bath, Ne,
belongs the distinction of having
been the youngest commander of an
American Legion post in the United
sOltlltS. IlC W to AZ W iiSii AlC S!iiiotNU
in the Navy. He was DISCHARGED in
1927 and was elected commander OF
the Bradford -Sortwell- Wright Post
OF Wiscasset the same year, when he
was 81.
The old tide mill at Winnegance,
which continues saving logs into
lumber every season, has been ore
of the landmarks on the river longer
than many realize but just how long
nc one knows, says the Bath Times.
SO far as records show the mill was
operating before 1901 for in that
year Richard Morse of Small Point
moved to Winnegarce and bought
an interest in that mill. While for
q part of the period intervening the
mill has been out of the Morse fam
! lily it has been for years and is to-
, day operated by grandsons of the
man who bought an interest there
! IT, years ago.
With a vision towards the future,
Chief of Police Irving S. Watts of
Portland has sent a letter to Mayor
| Carroll s. Chaplin, Portland, recon-
! mending the construction of trolley
I subway from Preble street to Monu-
! ment Square as a means of relieving
! traffic congestion on Congress street,
! which is SO pronounced during the
! summer. The chief. who believes
| that the cost of such an enterprise
. would not he prohibtive, suggests
that the matter be placed before Il
committee of five. including two
! members of the City Council. two
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| representative.
Cupids bargain of free wedding
ceremony and all the blessings Offer
| ed by the Rev. DR.. Brooks, the mar
| rying parson of the Dudley street,
Baptist church, Boston. Wednesday
night resulted in the wedding of
Harold c. Stafford and Miss Lena r.
. Roberts, both of WATERFORD, Me, who
| travelled all the way from the Pine
! Tree State in raging SnOWstOrm
and the first three miles of the jour-
ney on an OK sled. The ceremony
was performed in the home of Dea-
! con Clarence Starratt. SO Walnut
street. Roxbury, and by the Rev. DR..
! Brooks himself. The bride is one of
! many children, in the Roberts family.
Miss Suzanne Dabney, who for
| many years has spent her summers
with her family, members Of the
Boston colony at Bar Harbor, gave A
successful concert at Jordan Hall,
Boston, Tuesday evening. before a
large and fashionable audience. Miss
! Dabney is the daughter of Mrs. Wal
| ter Dabney and made her debut as
professional singer at Bar Harbor a
little over year ago, and later that
season gave concert at Nahant for
which the members of the North
Shore colony turned out with much