Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-10

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The first swordfish to be brought
direct to Portland arrived Thursday.
The Fannie Bell arrived with II
fish which were discharged at the
Portland Fish Company and aver
aged more than 200 pounds each.
William J. Ryan, who lives at the
home for the Blind in Portland. is
at Houlton in the interests of op
ponents of the Maher bill. He will
address the oranges In the country
throughout the State of Maine.
For a small town Caribou has its
share of railroad offices. there being
FIVE at the present time. These are
the Bangor and Aroostook, the Can
adam Pacific, the Boston and Maine,
the Boston and Albany, and the
Aroostook Valley road. which Is a
trolley line.
A tent has been set up in Union
Square, Lewiston, by the National
Guardsmen and a concert was given
in the Square Friday evening by the
103d Regimental band. This is in
connection with a publicity cam
paign which is being run to secure
members to attend the camp at Au-
gusta, beginning the week of July "a.
A party of 100 Boston business
men, headed by John l.. Parker,
formerly of Bangor, will be in Port
land for three hours this afternoon
on their way to the Lucerne-in-
Maine development. Arrangements
are being made for the entertainment
of the visitors during their stay with
trolley ride and sightseeing trip
around Portland. The party is
made up of those who are interested
in or have already become members
of the vacation-home colony at
Lucerne-in Maine. which is located
on the Lafayette Highway, II miles
from Bangor.
A student of Tufts university in
Boston passed through Biddeford
and Saco Wednesday en- route from
Bar Harbor to Boston. walking, al
though no one noticed him refusing
rides. He related that he bad start
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Tuesday and with several rides, in
Guiding one long one which took
him from Waterville to Augusta, he
arrived in Brunswick at about s
O'Clock and spent the night there.
He passed through Biddcford and
Saco about 100 o'clock Wednesday.
He mentioned particularly the
tendency of men around Bangor and
that section to pick up walker
sooner than those around Boston.
More than 1900 people visited
Slcur de Monts Spring. the Bar
Harbor entrance to Lafayette Ma
tional Park. last Sunday and Mon
day. On Sunday the number of cars
parked under the direction of
grounds superintendent Hass broke
the records with probably 900 Wis
itors present. On Monday the num-
Der came very nearly to that NUM-
Der and more than 500 visitors visit
ed or picniclked at the beautiful
spring, walking the woodland paths,
climbing Flying Squadron or en-
ioying the various pleasant spots in
the locality. Work has begun this
week on the spring road. leading
from both sides of approach, and a
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and grading will be made.
Among those in attendance at the
18th annual reunion of the Libby
Family held July at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Libby at
DoverFoxcroft were four members
whose grandfathers were soldiers in
the Revolutionary War, a few whose
grandfathers served In the 1872 war,
and one soldier wh8 served in the
war of 1861, and one who went to
France and served three years. going
over the top many times. The story
Of the Libbys was given from the
first John Libby who came to this
country from Scotland and was the
father of eleven sons. All but one
present were descendants of the 10th
son, and that one. the president, was
a descendant of the 18th son. From
the early history they were an hon
est, industrious. God-fearing people.
The great grandfather. Rheuben
Libby, married Rebecca Weston, who
with her daughter. Hannah Weston.
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