Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25

Why this rich beauty wandering 'e
M thew 90 lost and aimless to the
Edwin Markham.
Caribou residents have been as
sured by Ira G. Hersey, representa-
tive to Congress from the Fourth
district. that the appropriation for
nav nostoffice for Caribou will pass
at the next session of Congress. The
government purchased a lot on
Sweden street some years ago.
All preparations for the Big Field
Dav of the Canadian Club Of Bangor
to be held at Owls Rest, Hampden
Highlands, on Labor Day, are now
completed and great rivalry exists
between the tug of-war teams rep
resenting former residents OF the
Provinces.
Secretary S. o. Foss, Jr., of the
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
stated Sunday that the Turner road
is now opened from Turner to the
Power house, the only detour being
from the railroad crossing to the
power house. The entire road VIII
be opened in three weeks, 1T is ex-
pected.
A bear is reported to be lurking
around the woods in the vicinity OF
the Flag Pond road, Saco. for the
past two weeks. No report has been
made that the bear has done any
damage to crops in the vicinity
though some of the women residents
have been frightened at the idea of
the bear roaming around the woods
of the vicinity.
A large fat rock in Damariscotta
marks the site of one of the worst
Indian Massacres ever known In
Maine, when on April -. 1747.
thirteen persons were slain by the
redskins The following day in
Newcastle across the river, fifteen
were killed, including widow
named Dorcas Gray and her six chill
dren, all of tender age.
Members of the Boy Scout troops
of Bangor and Brewer will assist in
police work at the Bangor Fair this
week. The boys will aid in handling
traffic, assisting by giving informa-
ton and also first aid If necessary
The youngsters will assist the police
department in general policing of the
grounds and will prove valuable aids
to the Fair management.
Speaking of the scarcity of work
in Florida, Frank w. Fleming of
Scarboro, a contractor who has just
returned from Miami, asserts that
garage man might get a job in that
state at any time, but carpenters
and bricklayers would find it hard to
do so. Workingmen who are now
employed, receive good wages. but
the work practically will be done by
December.
The tearing down of the ancient
Hobbs carding mill in North Ber-
wick marks the passing of one of
the oldest mills in York county. 1t
was built in 1858. In 1896 it was
bought by the North Berwick Wool
en- Co. The timbers, many of which
are II by u, are remarkably sound
and are practically all being used in
North Berwick Wooden company's
mill at the present time.
The Spanish prison fake letters
continue to pour into Bangor. The
handwriting and attempt at irregu-
lar English composition are about
the same s usual, but the amount
of fortune possessed by the alleged
prisoner in a Spanish prison varies
somewhat The letters received
there last week gave the amount as
$360,000, and the writer very gener-
ously offers $4,000 to anyone who
comes to his aid.
On the third day of the Houlton
Fair this week, comes the great free
for-all race with two starters, Jack
son Grafton and John r. Braden.
This should prove thriller and
track fans will want to be present to
see the finish. There will be a big
baseball tournament with four fast
teams for cash prize and a silver
cup. One of the new features of this
years program will be the horse
shoe pitching tournament conducted
under national rules with a silver
loving cup and cash prizes to the
winners.
Miss Olive Lucille Jones of Water
vile, has been secured to teach
physical education and hygiene at
the Gorham normal school during
the coming year, according to an
nouncement} made by Prin. w. Z.
Russell. She takes the position
made vacant by the resignation of
Miss Beatrice c. Willis, who leaves
here after three years to teach in
the public schools of Newark, n. J.
Miss Jones, the new teacher, is
graduate of the Gorham normal
school. After a few years of general
teaching she studied at the Boston
school of physical education from
which she was graduated in 1923.
Her most recent teaching has been
IN South Portland, and in Andover.
Mass. Miss Jones is already known
to many members of the present
normal school faculty and to many
OF the younger teachers in Maine as
she taught physical educa ton during
the summer session here in 1924.