Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-01

The usual strangers.
lie Baron Cooke in THE New
Yorker"
Harry Jones, the popular aviator
who has been summering at Old Or
chard asserts that his plane has car
ried more passengers than any other
in the country, having carried more
than 10000 in it's five years existence
in his hands.
Fred Griffin, Portland fisherman,
came in Tuesday with a halibut
weighing $50 pounds which he found
in his net and had considerable diff
Guilty in capturing, being entangled
in the net in a manner that made 1t
almost impossible to get it clear.
There will be a special conclave OF
the Grand Commandery of Maine,
X. T., at Sanford, Oct. 9, for the pur-
pose of constituting Bethany Com
mandery. U. D., which was voted
charter at the last Annual Conclave,
of the Grand Commandery.
o. D. Getchell of East Dixmont
seems to be running with hard luck
as his farm buildings were burned
last Saturday afternoon while the
Tuesday before his bakery, equip
ment and considerable stock were
also destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Sarah B. Donahue of Port
land, the mother of 10 children, has
been convicted of possession of al
cohol and sentence will be imposed
later. 1t is alleged that she used her
IA year old son, Harold, in the liquor
traffic to make deliveries. Here is
problem for someone.
One of the victims trapped in the
sunken submarine Ssh was married
to Miss Mildred Woodward of Kit
terry but two months ago and was to
leave the navy in short time, at the
expiration of his third enlistment,
and settle down on his farm in Penn
sylvania.
The Maine Music Festivals take
no steps backward and it is perfectly
safe to say that the event this year
will be even better than those of the
past. These musical events are a
wonderful agent in advancing the
cause of music in Maine and each
fall they have gained wonderfully in
the public esteem.
Because hen thieves have become
so numerous and daring in the town
of Warren an organization akin to
the old time anti-horse thief as
ISOLATION has been formed to deal
with the situation. A reward of S25
| has been offered for information
| leading to the arrest and conviction
| of anybody who loots local roosts.
Several Maine banks are being
represented at the 50th anniversary
of the American Bankers Associa-
ton being held at Atlantic City, N.
Among the banks being repre-
scented are the Maine Savings Bank
of Portland. First National Bank of
Lewiston, Bath Trust Co. of Bath,
Pittsfield Trust Co. of Pittsfield, and
The Eastern Trust e Banking Co.
of Bangor.
In last Tuesdays paper we told of
the pumpkin raised on the summer
place of Charles Gibson at Isles
boro, weighing 66 pounds and asked
If some Maine farmer could beat the
story. We have received a call from
Fred Charles Fletcher, River Road,
Augusta, saying that he raised a
pumpkin this summer which weighs
6S pounds. Now, can anyone beat
Mr.. Fletcher's pumpkin?
One of the selections played by
Sousa's band Tuesday evening in
Portland was a composition written
by Hiram T. Stevens of Bath, enti-
tied Harding Memorial March.
This was presented at the request
of Governor Brewster and by Mr..
Sousa's direction. Another of Mr..
Stevens compositions which has
been included in the Sousa programs.
is sleep" which Is deserving of
much praise.
Registration this year at Bridgton
Academy is about twenty-five more
than last year. More equipment and
furnishings have been ordered to fit
out the extra rooms taken over in
the dormitories and new seats and
school furniture are on the way for
the fitting out Of additional class
room seating capacity. This is the
largest attendance at the school in
the past twenty years, if not in the
history of the school