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VOL. XVI NO. 2 Established 1901 Entered as PORTLAND, MAINE, THURSDAY, JULY 1916 Second-Cass Mall Matter Aug. 18. 1902 13, and June 23, 1915, at the Postoffice at Portland. Mniru PRICE 5 CEMTS SOUTH HARPSWELL MERRICONEAG HOUSE ALL NEAR^ COTTAGES TAKEN OPENED EARLY AND HAS BEST AT THIS POINT. OF PROSPECTS. Yacht Club to Hold Annual Meeting Manager Dickey Has Made Many Soon. Friends For This Harpswell Hotel. Summer The Goods Boston Yacht REFRIGERATORS club, which is The Merriconeag House opened its scheduled to leave Boston on the doors to the public for the season of You find our store 15th of on its attractive and full July annual cruise, will 1916 on Saturday, June 2Gth and the "The Kind that Save Ice" arrive at South Harpswell between prospects for one of the best seasons of merchandise that will interest 2 and 3 o'clock 18th. in its you " Tuesday, July history are most encouraging. It is expected there 'Nuf Said" will number be- Arthur B. Dickey of Mass., tween 150 and Boston, 200 people who will who so successfully conducted the make the trip. have SOUVENIRS Arrangements business of the house laBt season is Goods been made Right by Manager A. B. Dickey atrain at the head of the management of the Merriconeag House to serve and is daily receiving enquiries and Metal Novelties Fir a dinner and Pillows Pr ices immediately on their arriv- making reservations, not only from Bags Right al. Hamilton hall has been engaged the former patrons, but to many who for the and an Fountain Pens evening orchestra will have never visited South Harpswell Terms furnish music for Right dancing. The fol- or the Merriconeag. He has been Kodaks and Fine lowing day, weather permitting, they fortunate in surounding himself with Supplies Stationery Remember we have Developing and Printing everything needed for Books of Every Kind the cottage and bunga- Magazines low. Leather Goods Tennis Outfits Golf Goods R. S. DAVIS CO. Brass Novelties The Complete Homefurnishers Cor. Exchange and Federal Streets Loring, Short & Harmon F. E. HASKELL, Treasurer Monument Sq. $ ? a k b Sfalauii Ijnuaf —so can Halpl) E. SUrnic. ittauager JJcaks 3lslaub : : : (Eanrn fflaiitr you RUGGED Day. SCENE ON COUNTRY ROAD IN EASTERN BAY. Hundreds of men and women are NOW OPEN will leave for an the home and Boothbay. Everyone efficient corps of help, many of touching up is a things looking forward to great event, whom were with him last season. when one of the fleets ever about the home with our largest r-v improvements have been paints seen in Harpswell will anchor in its made in the house since last Famous pleasant waters. year for years and varnishes. We have a varnish and this is especially noticeable in Capt. Fred Johnson and Abijah for the kitchen where a complete over- its liberal man- Stover speared a 700-pound horse adapted for tables hauling of the ranges and broilers especially chairs, mackerel a mile off Bailey's Thursday has been accomplished. The same agement, superb and morning after a hard three hours' fight. furniture which we call hieli standard of the quality and va- The day before five location and fine they fought riety of food that characterized this hours and a half with but the one, house last year will be continued this shore fish succeeded in dinners. Ev- getting away. It Is year and the Shore Din- and the first ever towed into Merriconeag Imperial Rubbing Harpswell ner will continue to attract the erything modern. Polishing within the some memory of of the lovers of sea food. which hard and no tack local men and the captains were kept Accommodates 500. drys quick, For out-door recreation, the tennis busy all day showing admiring visit- court is into a and the more use it the better ors the bouncing mackerei. being put shape, Rates, booklets and you croquet has been laid out and Eight motor two ground boats, sloops and clock floor on the a golf will be introduced. Ar- plans polish. 25c, 45c, 75c schooner, which made up the Port- ap- cans; easy rangements have been made for sev- land Yacht club made a fleet, call eral to on entertaining companies to give plication. open Harpswell Saturday evening on concerts the season their annual cruise. through and dancing will be enjoyed the One of the grandest of fire by displays younger set. works ever seen at Harpswell was M. The season will continue until af- F. shown at the Auburn the Bragdon Paint Co. colony night ter Labor and after the Fourth. All Day indications point of the colony ♦ o a were business to the capacity of the St.—47 present and a real good time house. I 47—Exchange was enjoyed by every one. On your way up town Miss Nellie Peterson is occupying her cottage for the rest of the sum- The store with the yellow front mer season. me Harpswell Laboratory is look- ing forward to one of the best sea- sons in its history. All but one or two rooms are filled by the doctors and research men representing many institutions. Among the gentlemen present are Dr. D. S. Johnson of Entrance to Wildwood Inn. Johns Hopkins, Dr. H. S. Neal of Shore and Chicken Dinners Tufts College and Dr. W. H. Lewis of Afternoon Tea Johns Sand Beach, Bath REMOVAL Hopkins, who are well known Houses, Bathing Suits to Let. 500 Foot landing for motor in their line of work. Dr. Ulric Dahl- boats at all tides. gren of Princeton University, who is now engaged in special research at WILDWOOD INN WILDWOOD Cleveland, O., is expected later in the PARK, CUMBERLAND FORESIDE Wildwood Inn is The summer. Dr. Kingsley, who was at the only place under personal of management Tea Institute the English Keeley head of the laboratory last year, Room, excepting 609 Congress Street, Portland, Maine. The oldest am! best is now in California with his known Institution in New England for the family treatment of and and Dr. Neal has taken his Liquor Drug Addictions, has moved from 151 place Congress here. be raced for tomorrow from Street, where it has been located Bar Har- for the past twenty years, to bor Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Little and fam- EASTERN YACHT CLUB to Marblehead to keep the fleet ily have arrived at Haskell's, where intact as possible. Fleet The they will stay for a good part of the Arrived In Portland Harbor' cruise ends at Bar Harbor to- 523 summer season. day, the annual dinner and distribu- CUMBERLAND AVE. Thursday. tion Mr. Herbert O. Cook of Portland of prizes taking place in the The first log of the cruise of room. Corner of visited the town for a day on busi- the reading Mellen St. ME. ness. Eastern Yacht club, of Marblehead, PORTLAND, manager was last Ash Point is also made happy by a. h. dickey. completed Thursday after- Organ Concerts. the arrival of noon when the yachts arrived in Telephone 5470 Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Last Monday, July 10th, at 3 p. m. Portland Harbor on I'.ieir to Hat- Thomas, who are here for a short The season at. tho way the first municipal organ concert was Merriconeag Harbor. The stay. House i« yachtsmen held a dance held in the hnll auditorium. rapidly advancing and pass- at Peaks city Many 'I he "Sunset on ers Island during the of the Cottage" Hurricane by will note the groups of yearly evening! summer people visiting Port- is now and proceeded on to Rooth- Ridge occupied by Mr. and patrons gathering on the broad piaz- Friday land and the Hay availed themselves Mrs. Everett G. zas bay. Saturday a race around Heron of the Sherwin of Worces- and recounting events of past opportunity of hearing Mr. Mr- who to Islands to White Head bell was Farlane ter, Mass., plan stay two years In which they have been par- buoy play on this one of the most BRING months. held, and Sunday the fleet YOUR TROUBLES TO ticipants. Manager Dickey. who celebrated. beautiful organs In the world. From US Visiting Day, in the afternoon assem- now on hails from the state that introduced dally concerts with the excep- bling again at Islesboro. tion Sea Gables. Old Home Week, says that it is a Monday of Saturdays and will a was to Sundays Prescription Work given racing to Fox Island be given Mr. Specialty The addition of several now boats, typical gathering as seen at such by MacFarlane from 3 thoroughfare, and rac- to 4 Bathing Caps, with the bath times. The advance are Tuesday they p. m. Drinking Cups, Flashlights, Films, Film Packs, Improvement of the gathering ed down to Saddleback has looking forward to another week Light, Jeri- Kodaks. and houses, added to the many at- cho and done when Hay and Burnt Coat harbor. Duck Dr. and Mrs. Developing Printing correctly promptly tractions of the Spa Gables, long not- they will be Joined by many Frederick A. Weene m^re Island in Frenchman's Hay was book- of ed for Its delicious shore dinners. and by the lfith it will be a re- Boston are ntopping at Old Or- ed to be reached union in yesterday, with the chard. Mrs. was The Simmons & Hammind Many guests are booked to come every sense of the word. Weene Miss Rose Store, final run to Har Hai'jor today. Many Plt.noff, who shortly and It will have, undoubted- A very forecast of a attained the distinction 633 Congress St., encouraging of the are to sail opp.