Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-12

$50 more tourist cars had reported
to the customs officials at the Inter-
national bridge, going into Canada,
than had reported during the same
period last year.
Last weeks hot wave gave us
Jolt, considering what we had been
accustomed to having. Wednesday,
June 8, was the first day this year
that 1t wasn't necessary to have
little fire in the Democrat office. We
had a little fire that morning, but 1t
was simply a matter of habit, and
not a necessity.-Oxford Democrat,
South Paris.
Another fashion show was held at
Machias on Tuesday afternoon and
was quite up to the mark set by the
showing of styles Of last week at the
Opera House. This time 1t was not
to advertise a firms line Of wearing
apparel but the senior normal girls
chose this way of showing the
dresses they had made in Home
Economics class.
This is the day on which Machias
observes the 150th anniversary OF
the first naval engagement of the
Revolutionary War, fought in Ma
chias Bay June IL, 1775. The spirit
of Lexington was rife in that COM
munity and they erected a liberty
pole to express it. When Captain
Moore Of the armed British vessel,
Margaretta. that accompanied YES
sells loading with supplies for the
British in Boston, ordered it down
trouble came on hot-foot. The men
of Machias were equal to it and with
Capt. jeremiah O'Brien to lead them
fought gallant fight and captured
the Margaretta, MORALLY wounding
the captain.
A membership drive will be put on
by the Maine Historical Society, ac-
cording to plans discussed at the
annual meeting held Wednesday at
Portland. Reports of the various Of
ficers also were made at the meeting,
the treaSurer's report showing the
society to be in good financial stand
ing. There was also some discussion
regarding a revision of the bylaws
and list of members, which is to be
printed shortly, while it also was
decided to hold the field day this
year at Fort Edgecomb, Wiscasset.
The officers of the society. who were
again reelected are Judge Clarence
Hale, president; w. D. Patterson,
vice president; Walter G. Davis,
treasurer; w. d. Patterson, cores
ponding secretary; George c. Owen,
recording secretary, and Miss Evelyn
L. Gilmore, librarian. The standing
committee is composed of George A.
Emery, George E. Bird, Augustus F.
Moulton, Leslie c. Cornish, Frederick
r. Conant, Prentiss A. Manning.
Josiah 1. Maxey, Philip G.. Clifford
and Kenneth c. NJ. Stills.
Industrial Plants and all users of
electric power were Inconvenience
Wednesday morning because little
two masted schooner lumber laden
from Eastern river was being towed
to a lumber port, says The Bath
Times Since the boom in box board
shipments along Eastern river the
Central Maine Power Co.. has found
it necessary to remove its wires for
certain vessels with towering masts
and hookup with other stations
This has been done for several
weeks because of an accident when
lumber schooner's masts collided
with the high tension wires The
wires were taken down Wednesday
morning for the convenience of the
schooner and a hookup was made
for power with Sec. SO at Lewiston,
but this was unable to carry the
extra load and for a time the city
was without power. The A. & X.
Ry. Co., was also without power on
two occasions Wednesday morning,
once for half hour and the second
time for an hour. Troubles were
over by noon. If numbering opera
tions continue along East river it
may be necessary to extend the adj
ditions to the steel towers for the
high tension wires.
Calling attention to prices that
prevailed in the good old days, the
Bath Times says that a man named
Wilson used to have a stand in that
city where he could be found late in
the afternoon several days a week in
Summer. There he sold boiled
Holsters at 10 or Is cents each and
had big sale for them from people
living in the North end of the city
who were going home from work.
there being no street cars in those
days. Men used to go about with
wheelbarrow or wagon loads of
boiled Holsters which they sold as
low as 10 cents each and on circus
days great quantities of them sold at
this low figure. In the days of 35 or
40 years ago the Boston boat used to
bring great quantities of fruit to the
Bath market which was sold from
teams driven about town. One
morning a big invoice of strawber-
ries was received. The sale for
them started off at 10 cents box
but it was Saturday and hot day.
BY late afternoon they were going at
five cents and in the evening they
We're being sold at six boxes tof
quarter. OF course this was some
thing out of the ordinary. Berry
pickers went from door to door and
blueberries sold at five or six cents
quart and met with a ready sale.