Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-17

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When PRACTICES under way.
I hear the fellers yelling,
It's like an awful dream,
To be tied down thro' practice
Me! Quarter on the team! ,,,no,
Edwin Markham. poet, famous Tor
his MAN With the Hoe" will lecture
at Portland this Tuesday evening.
Father and Son Sunday was OBJ
served Nov. Is in 10 different churches
in Lewiston and Auburn, when appro-
pirate services were held and SERMONS
in keeping with the spirit OF the oay'
were delivered.
The Bangor degre team will exem-
plify the third and fourth degrees at
the regular session Of the State
Grange in Bangor on Tuesday evening,
Dec. s. The following afternoon at
4 o'clock the fifth degree Will De
worked by the Penobscot Pomona and
in the evening the sixth degree will be
worked.
The first city hall in Portland was
built on the corner Of Congress and
Myrtle streets in 1S5S-59 at cost OF
s64s,000. This was burned in the fire
Of July, 1866. The work Of rebuilding
was at once begun, and the restored
building was opened to the public Oct.
Is, 1867, on the occasion of reception
rendered by the city to MaJor-General
Philip H. Sheridan. The second city
hall was destroyed by fire Jan. "a,
1908. The cornerstone Of the present
city hall was laid Oct. 6. 1909. and the
finished structure. was dedicated In
1912, having cost the taxpayers just
S932,24475.
Country dealers in farm truck were
here Saturday IN auto trucks and plen-
ty of potatoes were offered at SIS cents
a peck although the majority of fam
lilies had stocked up few weeks ago
when prices were just one-half below
present quotations and 1t is stated
that there is no particular need for po-
tatoes being so high in price this
month in nearby Washington county
places. Spectators had reached this
section last month and bought up car
loads at s5.25 a barrel which may ac-
count for present prices, but those who
CdIo 10 pay tie pIISo Sdh hoNo al
abundance of potatoes.-Eastport cor
respondence in The Bangor News.
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land. incorporated by act Of the Legis-
lature in 1868, aided by State, county
and the contributions of private citi-
zens, was dedicated in October of 1874
although at that time only the central
building and eastern pavilion were fin
ished and brought into use OF the
nine physicians constituting the first
staff, only one, DR.. Augustus S.
Thayer of Portland, is now living. He
was born at Paris, oxford county,
March IS, 1885. He received his degree
Of NJ. D. at the University of Pennsyl-
vania in 1854. He went to Portland at
once and has been in practice there
ever since. He Is hale and hearty at
the age of 80.
Mount Desert Island deer, many of
them safe in sanctuary of Lafayette
National Park, are each day becoming
more and more unafraid. Going to his
yard the other evening, Ralph c. Doug
las found that a handsome deer was
examining the premises of his street.
in the vicinity of the Keno home,
which is situated on an outlying VAL
ley Golf Club. The deer come out to-
ward the motor road over the noun
tains and they are often found in
groups. The park rangers are keeping
watch and ward over the deer to free
them from being horried by dogs and
the state department wardens are
working with them to keep the park
lands free of dogs and to protect the
deer whenever possible all over the
island. -.
A special train will convey the
Maine party the entire route on the
pilgrimage to Florida, according to the
itinerary just announced. The start
Will be made from Portland February
1 and the trip will occupy 10 days,
with stops at Washington, Savannah.
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Ormond,
Palm Beach, Miami. Sebring. st. Pc
tersburg, Orlando, New Orleans, At
lanta. Pinehurst, Southern Pines and
Richmond. The trip is advocated by
Governor Brewster and comparatively
sponsored by the State Chamber of
Commerce, Maine Publicity Bureau,
Maine Development Association, AS
ISOLATED Industries Of Maine and the
Governor and Council. A baggage car
laden with sample Maine products and
with pictures and folders descriptive
of Names ! natural attractions, Its
industrial and agricultural activities
and opportunities. will be included in
the make up of the train. The number
Of passengers will be limited to 154.
Full information regarding the trip
will be furnished by application to A.
l.. T. Cummings. Portland, secretary of
the general committee, or to the Red
man Travel Bureau of Portland.
When the State department Of edu-
cation next contributes a speaker be-
fore the local Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion, 1t would be profitable If the sub
ject of his address were why Astron-
omy Has Been dropped from the Cur.
riculum," suggests the Stockton
Springs correspondent of the Bangor
News. The other day in New York a
tablet was placed on the house in Ora
mercy Park once lived in by Col. Rob-
ert G. Ingersoli, and memorial exer-
cises were held to his honor. Forty
years ago the name Of Ingersoll was
anathema in religious circles. With a
temerity of those who rush in where
angels tread fearsomely, 1t Is sug-
gested that the educational oligarchy
of the present day is in need of an In
gersoll quite as much as the appalling
theology of a half century ago. Says
Charles r. Lanman of Harvard Col
lege on Nov. 4th. IT know of nothing
in three score years and 10 which has
so deeply affected the attitude Of my
mind towards God and His world as
the little that 1 have picked up here
and there of the now fast growing sci
ence of astronomy" If not to he had