Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-28
Maine GOSSIP
The Auction

The Auction
I read the sign with eager fre
For Sale-at auction--"Hearts Desire"
A bidder was 1 soon myself
And bought anon the band of wealth.
But from all Of that grand array
With Wealth I bought of fame a
throne,
And even Love became my own.
Tho yet my heart was not content,
There was no crown to my success, -.
No price could purchase "Happiness.'
Alice E. Modes.
What would we do without our hos
pitfalls? Last week three members of
one family by singular coincidence
were being cared for at the same time
in Knox hospital, two for surgical
operations and the baby with disIo-
Gated arm.
A surplus of $22,550 for June and
of $107,SS5 for the first half of the
year as against deficit of $4S7 900
for like period last year made an in
teresting feature of a statement of
the Maine Central Railroad just Is
sued. While revenues in passenger
and freight departments decreased,
Pres. Mcdonald made a still greater
decrease in expenses, enough to show
a net gain Of almost 100000 in six
months.
Mrs. Letitia n. Fogg Of Freeport,
sister of explorer Donald 3. MaeMil-
Ian, now IN tie Scrth, fssls 1itlis cnsf-
Germ over his silence. She has learned
by experience that some slight mishap
is generally the cause, and in this case
attributes failure to hear from him to
a disabled radio sending outfit. Mac
MILAN Is expected back late in Sep
TENDER. The Portland Rotary Club
has asked him to give his first lecture
in that place on Nov. 3, when he is to
start on tour
A watch that's dead set against
daylight saving time is owned by
Alexander Comeau Of Portland, Me-
Last spring Mr.. Comeau set his
timepiece an hour ahead. A few days
later he was surprised to find that
the hour hand on the watch had
dropped back just one hour to
Standard Time. Again he set it
ahead one hour. The faithful time
piece ran along this way for another
few days and then went back to
Standard Time. He made no fur
Their effort to tinker with the watch.
Two passengers of the steamer Bos-
ton who lost their lives through the
collision of the Eastern Steamship Co.,
liner with the tanker Swift-Arrow off
Point Judith Monday night, had rela-
tives in Brunswick. They were Rob-
ert P. Schlemm. Boston, and John p.
Schlemm of New York, brothers. These
two men were brothers of Mrs. Donald
E. Lauderbrun of Brunswick. Mr.. Lau-
derbrun being connected with the Pc
jepScot Paper Co. Their mother has
been visiting her daughter for several
weeks but left Wednesday for Massa
chusetts.
The cultivated or English black cur
rant and the gooseberry is said to be
responsible for the rufnation Of num-
berless pine trees by being the means
Of spreading the blister rust, and for
this reason the Department of Agricul-
ture has taken the policy of advocat-
ing the extinction of these plants. The
first invasion Of this rust in this coun-
try was apparently started by the in
PRODUCTION Of these cuttings into Maine
In all parts of the country the blister
rust is said to flourish when once it
gets a hold, and it is very disastrous
to the white pine which is ir great de-
mand at all times for building pur-
poses, and also to the sugar maple.
]. c. Fairburn, Of New York City
president Of the Diamond Match
Company, will build a summer home,
estimated to cost $4,000. on the
shores Of Kezar lake. There are
numerous summer camps on the
shores of that lake, considered by
many one of the most beautiful
scenic spots in Maine. Mr.. Fairburn
who has visited the lake frequently.
was so impressed with the inland
summer nook that he recently de-
cided to erect summer home on
one of the most picturesque spots
on the shores of the lake. Lumber is
being hauled here from the plant of
the Diamond Match Company in
Biddeford, and the summer residence,
to be one of the finest in all this
section, will be completed for occu-
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