Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-02
Maine GOSSIP
The Little Store
The Little store
There's a dear little shop in dear lit

There's dear little shop in dear lit
Ills a place that love to explore;
You may buy what you will. say
gimlet or gown,
In that dear little. wonderful store:
There are revenue stamps, picked
onions and camps,
There are novels, your ennui to
drown,
Aye. and gingerbread, candy and para
fin lamps
In that shop in the dear little town.
You may buy ginger pop in that Won
Or a sponge, or a clothes-horse or
studs.
Or a watering-can, or a cake (marzi-
PAM
Or a raincoat or bushel of spuds.
How l love to explore that agglom-
And to chat with it's owner, Miss
Brown.
Over oatmeal and ham, garden trellis
and jam.
In that shop in the dear little town.
Mrs. Katherine +. kavanaugh, S.,
owner and manager of the CONNER
cial House at Bangor for more than
rs years, died Tuesday. She took
! over the hotel at the death Of her
luSodIus al i'm nav WIN
built it 80 years ago.
The 1924 BURBERRY pack was COM
pleted at Machias some days ago and
Is now all labelled. This years pack
of the Machias Valley Cooperative
canning Association was 5000 cases,
that for 1923 was $4,000 cases and
1922 was 10000. So it can be seen
1T L. ~ vat
a third of last years.
Miss Lorna Moulton, a member Of
the Junior class at the Normal
School, met with a peculiar accident
Monday evening. While in her room
at the home of Mrs. John L. Dixie on
State Street she stepped on thread
ed needle, pressing it into her foot
so far 1t was necessary to call a
physician to extract 1t. The needle
thread which was Embedded in the
flesh.
Suit Of the Central Maine General
Hospital Of Lewiston against the
estate of the late Col. Charles II.
Osgood Of that city for $4,000, al
legged to have been promised by him
for the erection of a new wing to
the hospital. was opened in Supreme
Court Tuesday. The defense objected
to most of the plaintiff testimony Oil
the ground that officers Of the hos
pital were plaintiffs In the case and
thus barred from testifying. Finally
the hospitals counsel succeeded in
putting in testimony from several
persons that they heard Col. Osgood's
promise. The record Of a meeting of
directors accepting the gift also was
introduced. The case was continued.
While the exact age Of the Kane
residence on Washington street,
Bath, which Is being torn down to
make more room for the CONNER
cial Trading Co, is not known it is
no doubt considerably more than 100
years old. This is borne out by the
lumber and style of workmanship
used in its construction but 1t is also
known that DR.. Josiah Prescott lived
in the house and he came to Bath to
reside in 1925. How long it was
standing prior to that history does
not relate. It was while DR.. Prescott
was living there. in 1895. that DR..
Israel Putnam, seven times mayor Of
When Dwight Cushman Of Hebron
finds time hanging particular heavy
on his hands he drops out behind the
barn and raises a few stalks of
broom corn, cuts of the tops and
makes whisk brooms and brushes for
his family and neighbors. According
to his folks. these home made brooms
out wear any that they can buy. In
appearance they are certainly the
equal Of the store variety. As side
line, Dwight raises a little tobacco,
now and then and makes his own
cigars. But there have been no cas-
ualties to date is the report from the !
Hebron hills. Il
A band of 80 warriors ana /,
squaws Of the Passama quoddy Tribe |
of Indians. under the leadership of |
former Governor William Neptune,
have left for Brockton fair to form |
one of the major attractions. They 1
vii put on the tribal costume in :