Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-11

! That centuries applaud;
But with grace exquisite,
| Your life cathedraled God.
Had the Gift of Raphael
| Or Michael Angelo.
Oh, what rare Madonna
My mothers life would show
IT. w. Fessenden.
The boys Of Battery Fl, 240th Coast
Artillery (Bath) are making arrange
ments for a three nights fair and
carnival to be held Dec. 81, 20 and
20.
| Gene Tunney, worlds heavyweight
| boxing champion, will arrive in
Maine just prior to the visit of Santa
Claus. Tunney and friend will
pass two weeks at the Mansion
| House at Poland Spring, beginning
Dec. 20.
Representative elect Charles w.
Clifford SENS to have the proper
recipe for keeping youthful despite
he is one of the veteran business
men Of the city, says The Bath
| Times. Perhaps horseback riding
| xidS SOInCIlillS W w Win ~ Us nv -
an ardent horseman and even though
this morning was winterish Mr.. Cliff
ford was out before breakfast for
his early morning ride.
| The price Of soft coal dropped one
dollar Thursday in Portland, with
the announcement from the wholesale
dealers that the price would be still
| further redttced in few weeks. Coal
which previously sold for $12 ton
was quoted as S11. Settlement of the
British coal strike, together with the
| expected decrease in exports, was
declared to be the reason for this
reduction in price.
Ice conditions in the upper Kenne-
| bee are bad according to Capt. Perry
, Colby who accompanied Capt. Haley
on a tour of inspection on the Seguin
! Wednesday to inspect conditions
| towards Swan island. Il have sell
dom seen more ice in January said
| Capt. Colby Thursday. SHOULD any
| of the bigs fields come out of the
! bays and inlets. they could cause a
lot Of trouble when they damned In
a. narrow spot concluded the cap
! tain.-Bath Times.
| The fact that blankets made from
Massachusetts wool are sold direct to
consumers is featured by one Boston
paper Maine does a like thing, also
sells cloth made from Maine grown
wool to the consumers and if Maine
people bought more Maine grown
! wooden cloth there would be more
sheep raised in Maine and the state
would benefit thereby. The wooden
| industry in this state should be suffi-
| GENTLY large so that the number of
! sheep pastured on our hillsides should
| be several times the number found
there now.-Bath Times.
! That the time for removal of snow
from sidewalks along side private
property in Portland IS too short &C
cording to the present ordnance is the
, opinion of city Manager Brinkerhoff,
expressed to the Portland City Coun-
| Gil Wednesday evening. 1t now reads
| that three hours only may elapse If
| the storm is in daytime and snow
must be shoveled off by 10 the fol-
| lowing morning otherwise. He
! thought the time ought to be extend
, ed or some discretion exercised in
! it's enforcement. Corporation Coun-
sci Wilbur referred to the case now
! pending in the Law Court whereby
an opinion will emanate which will
/ determine the legality Of any
ordnance which requires property
owners and tenants to remove snow
from City sidewalks. He advised
! against any change until such decis-
! ion is received.
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Among interesting old bills recently
on exhibition in Biddeford We're a
series OF bills on a Sanford bank
drawn by Walter Emery as cashier
and 8. B. Emery as president. The
bills are printed on one side only
and the lithographing Is very inter
esting. The bills portray the ac-
| tivities of 1860 and 1861 when they
were issued, showing cattle traders,
weavers and spinners, harvesters,
| woodsmen, and other traders. The
bills are we'll preserved. Allen III.
Miller of Lincolnville has genuine
and very valuable curiosity, a 81 bill
in excellent condition. The paper is
whole, the quill signatures and print
| ers' ink bright. 1t is Continental
currency of the date 1875 and bears
| the words Seven Spanish dollars or
| value in gold or silver" On the re-
verse side are the names Of the
| printers, Hall g. Sellers. Philadel-
phia." The bill was the property of
| Mr.. Miller's great-grandfather Paul
| Stevens Of Lincolnville.
| Central Maine is to have a school
music festival, to be given at Lew
iston on May 6, Of National Music
week. This was decided at meeting
of school officials and supervisors
of music at Auburn in which
about Is towns were represented.
Superintendent Bickford, acted as
chairman Of the meeting and Miss
Rose Manter Of South Paris, as
secretary. On the business COM
mittee were Mr.. Bickferd, John
Butler, principal of Lewiston high
school, l.. e. Moulton; principal of
Edward Little high school, Fred
| Burrill Of Augusta and Mr.. Hayward
of Bath. A program committee in
| cluded e. S. Pitcher. George w.
Horne, George Schneider Of Hebron
academy, Charles Warren Of. Bruins
wick, and Miss Aver OF Bath. Sew
| eral more towns are expected to
| join in. All towns which have
! been heard from, except Rumford,