Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-20

The old and middle Irish Ian
guages are to be compiled into die
tionary. according to the plans Of
DR.. Hopkins, assistant professor in
English at U. of NJ. aud others.
The youngest man, with the excep-
ton of one, to be a Rockland bank
president is Homer E. Robinson. aged
40, who was recently elected presi-
dent Of the Rockland National bank.
The mournful midnight cries Of a
lynx near City Point in Belfast is
keeping the folks in nights The beast
has been heard on several occasions
and Its tracks have been discerned
near chicken coops. {.
The Jail at Machias Is fast reach
ing its capacity with already 40 in
mates One is the only woman boot
logger convicted, who is serving a
two months sentence. There Is room
for ten more occupants.
Stadium facts are being aired down
Portland way. because they are an
ticipating building a huge one. some
where on the outskirts Of the city,
in the near future. Such a structure
will fill long felt want.
From the icy rock bound coast Of
Maine to sunny Florida in a 5O.foot
power cruiser is the trip that Char
les w Clifford, Jr., Of Bath and a
party of friends are planning to
make. They are starting this month.
Even If he was q seventh son"
that had no charm upon the life Of
Joseph Hewlett Of Lewiston. who
was sentenced to three months in
Jail at Lawrence. Mass, for illegal
practice Of medicine.
The dog in the home Of Leo Vio-
lette. five miles out Of Caribou. is a
hero. because only recently he
awakened the family when the home
was in flames They had only time to
escape from the burning home in
their night clothes.
lie affairs, Mrs. Rachel House Gid
den Of Damariscotta, aged 90 years.
refuses to vote. Mrs. Glidden IS n
very remarkable woman. She does
all her own housework, reads without
glasses and takes a keen interest in
public affairs.
Bates college is soon to lose its
debating team coach as 1t has been
announced that Prof. A. C. Baird, for
IL years in charge Of the debating
teams there, is to leave next Sep
TENDER for Iowa State University
where he will have charge of the
public speaking department.
Telephone calls for the students at
Bath High schoo. have become so
numerous that Supt. Wilson has
ruled that only messages Of import
ance will be received and then those
will be delivered, rather than call
the boy or girl to the telephone.
Much time has been used in answer
ing such calls.
A most commendable work is be-
ing done by Jacques Cartier. the old
est and the largest French organiza-
ton in Lewiston. which recently
reached its 53rd anniversary. 1t has
over a thousand members and has
paid over 100000 in death benefits.
The society endeavors to assist it's
members in becoming American citi-
zens.
Husbandly affection found express
ion in the will of the late Frederick
w. knowlton, an Oldtown attorney,
when he left his entire estate of
$4,000 to his wife. He said in his
will that he was not unmindful that
he had other relatives but that his
wife has aided him so materially in
acquiring his money that the above
was his last will and testament.
A pretty romance in the Salvation
Army and the United States Army
has come to light in the approaching
marriage Of Captain Doris e Gorham
OF New York Of the S. A., who is to
become the bride Of Captain George
Kenneth Noel of Portland. During
the summer Of 1923, Capt. Doris, then