Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-22


Which had been bitter and chill
Grew intensely soft and still.
Quietly
From some invincible poisoning tree
Millions of petals cool and white
Drifted and blew.
Lifted and flew,
Fell with the falling night.
Melville Cane in The Dial.
The students of Ellsworth high
school are making plans for an in
terclass competition in winter car
nival events to be held Jan. 20 and
30. If the athletes make good time
in the events, few will be chosen
| to compete in the State of Maine
carnival at Augusta, February 4,
and 6.
January is not unusually abnorm-
al says DR.. F. d. Tubbs of the Bates
faculty, a student of meteorological
conditions. January usually includes
a warm spell, with rain, he says
DR.. Tubbs is convinced that long
range forecasting is a fallacy. He
sees no indication that the coming
summer, as has been predicted, will
be unusually cold.
! Lewiston-Auburn artists will broad
cast the first community booster
program of home talent at O'Clock
this Friday evening from station
WCSH at Portland. Judge Harry
Manser is to speak, Miss Mildred
Litchfield, Alphonse Cote, the Dewitt
Trio of Bates College, and Nelson
Record, the boy violinist, will have
selections.
will be observed by the Biddeford
Rotary Club at the meeting at Hote
Thacher Friday noon. The landlord
has made arrangements to serve g
dinner of Maine products. State
Auditor Ebert D. Hayford will give
a talk on Maine Products. AL
members of the club making Maine
products are to bring samples Of Their
work, undertakers being excepted
says The Biddeford Journal.
In a letter to friends in Norway.
Mrs. Nellie Durham wrote Of the
beautiful bouquet of flowers pre-
scented her at the Hippodrome, in
! New York, and when she went to
the front of the stage to receive 1t
and bow her thanks, the applause
was deafening and she was scared
most to DEATH" The management
had told them that the applause
would not reach them as 1t did In
the Boston theatre owing to the con-
struction of the building and they
were not prepared for the great ova-
ton they received and it nearly took
them off their feet.
Fifteen new American citizens
were made by Justice John A. Morrill,
in the supreme court at Auburn
Wednesday. OF class of rs ap-
plicants for naturalization, eleven
We're unable to pass the examinations
which were held under the direction
of Miles B. Dodge. Federal examiner
of Boston. Various reasons caused
their rejection. AS each candidate was
accepted into full citizenship. he or
she was presented with an American
Flag, and a small book of useful In
formation regarding the United
States by representatives of Mary
SbdPlCht 1s "a Aet VA
Androscoggin County. as has been
their custom on naturalization day
for a number of years.
In the Bath Times several days
ago, appeared an item telling how an
ambitious foreman" had himself
listed in the City Directory as Gen
eral Manager" and the consequences
thereof, which were unforeseen by
him when he had the listing made.
Directory producers have learned to
be on guard, as they are apt to get
misleading information from those
who wish to be thought holding posi-
tons of greater Importance and re-
sponsibility than they really occupy,
says The Times. For instance. a
mans wife will often say of her hus-
band who holds some minor posi-
ton, 'he is superintendent" or
otherwise magnify him: so that the
directory people accept only what
tallies with the replies made by the