Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-16

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doesn't make for race suicide.
Brownville is celebrating the Tooth
anniversary of its incorporation as a
town this week. A pageant will depict
the history of the town with 400 char
acters participating. ~
Rockland put the curfcw law into
effect Monday night at s.45 standard
time. The signal for children under
Is to seek their homes is five blasts
Of the fire alarm.
An Auburn offender against the
speed laws is so tickled over the per-
Torrance of his tin Lizzie that he
doesn't mind paying the f1ve-dollar
fine.
Some workmen tearing down a
business block on Factory Island,
, Saco. Me, found a we'll preserved
poster advertising a dance to be
held in Red Mems Hall on a date in
the year 1872. Red Mems Hall still
stands by the Cataract Bridge in
Saco.
A few days ago a fishing schooner
went ashore on ledge off Birch
Point and was obliged to throw over
board a large quantity of herring
that had been taken on for bait.
Since that time the air has been full
of sea gulls. in that section of the
New Meadows.
A big snake eight feet long escaped
from the Elks circus tent in Rockland
the other day and policeman George
Kenney guarded the reptile on Broad
way, until the woman snake-charmer
was sent for. When she arrived, a
small young woman, she smilingly
took the snake by the nape of the neck
and let it coil itself around her neck
as she carried IL back to it's home in
the tent.
At Pemaquid Point last Sunday, the
IA year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.
Tilson dived from a boat into Is feet
of water, and was apparently unable
to swim. His chum, Frank Z. Wells,
16, jumped in after him, but made
three unsuccessful dives after him.
The fourth, however, was successful,
and after Is minutes first aid, young
Tilson was revived Frank says he
only did what any boy should do for
his chum.
The fishermen of York county
are to wage another fight in the next
Legislature to get a nine inch
lobster law for York County, headed
by Senator Stevens, OF the last
hA &c l2k
for reelection this year. At the
last session Of the Legislature the
York County delegation succeeded in
getting a nine-inch law passed, but
a joker in the bill made it apply to
the whole State rather than to York
county, as was their intention.
Nearly 40 years ago there was quite
a spelling match craze In Lincoln
county. Matches took place between
teams of different towns. On Tuesday
evening of this week there was a get
together of the remnants of the old
Newcastle team. which was the winner
in the old-time matches. Some of the
old lists kept intact through all these
years were brought out but none of
those present ventured to spell all the
words correctly, declaring they were
rusty.
! Mrs. Helen Bunker, returning to
her home at Matinicus the other day
after having her hair bobbed, was
locked out of the house by her in
I dignant husband, who told her to
stay away until she had again
grown a head of hair equal to its
former length. Judge Miller of the
Municipal Court, Rockland, when
appealed to, ordered the husband to
pay his wife $40 each week of her
absence for the support of her eight
months old child
Frank Dyer of Pemaquid was driv-
ing to Damariscotta from waidoboro
Monday night. when he was fred at
in the Waldobaro woods by parties