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DULY KENNEBEC JOURNAL
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ESTABLISHED 1825
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also the local news published herein.
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dispatches herein are also reserved.
Thursday. July 21, 1921.
“The Knocker belongs outside the
door.’’
A GRAND REUNION
The Jt>3 Regiment, made up of the ;
Second Infantry Regiment of Maine's
National Guard and men from the
First Vermont and the First New
Hampshire, having about 2000 Maine
men when it sailed out of New York
Harboi in the night of Sept. 25. 1917,
the larger part of whom were drilled
in Augusta, very fittingly held its
reunion her*-, if they were as glad
to see Augusta as Augusta was to
see them they certainly had a good
time.
Many of us recall what a fine lot of
fellows they were and how we felt
about it when they marched away, :
the best we had. There was about
them a noticeable manliness and
sense of what it all meant. No
bravet crusaders evei assembled
than the men ot the 103d. And they
carried it through to the end.
Reminding ourselves of our
thoughts when they went away may
be refreshing for our good resolves.
We could think of nothing too good
for those boys; we vowed that those
who might be spared to come back
should Vie enshrined in our affections,
and judging from the manifestations
of welcome, yesterdav. Some of the
ft.
pood people of Augusta have not
torgotten. How it warmed us to
hear ot the 103d as the first American
icgimem to be cited by the" French
army foi repelling a strong attack by
the Germans and to read w'ith appre
hension that Colonel Hume said:
“Our losses were unite heavy but we
5 for 1.” And it was pleasant to
hear later. “The morale is good and
so is out health."
Those were the days when the
headlines of the newspapers were
eagerly scanned and such as this
flared across the front pages: 'Great
Blow Expected in a Few Days.” Then
It was when the youth of our homes
mingled with "the great hordes of
soldier boys over there face to face
with eternity.” Those were the days
" hen even the fool was not saving in
lus heart, “There is no Go*!.”
Submarines infested the waters
" hen these boy s crossed to their
great adventure and Germany
thought site had terrified the world
And was sure of victory. Our Allies
were son pressed and knew the
Germans must win if help didn’t ar
rive quickly. Tommy's had hats for
the boys and the Frenchmen had
clothing and shoes and ammunition
for them, all the American ammuni
tion they got coming by way of Ger
man guns. Strenuous days, were
those, and the boys of the 103d
helped to make them so, did the work
assigned them, met lots of good
fellows and many of them found
themselves and we at home were
mighty proud of them. Two years,
though they be filled with events, is
a shoi t time in which to forget such
things. We haven't forgotten, we'll
never forget the boys of the 103d, the
living nor Hie dead. Augusta and the
old camp ground is just the place for
the annual get-together
PIRATES OR CONTRABAND
The mystery surrounding the
manoeiivers pf ships of uncertain
origin and destination on the seas off
the Jersey coast <>f late, has called
forth various explanations suggest
ing pirates and robbers bold. Ves
sels have been reported as missing
from timi to time during the past
weeks and as numerous reports have
come in telling of “phantom” ships,
traveling without lights and failing
to respond to proper signals
There is a thrill about the very
word 'piracy” that appeals to the
imagination seeking for explanation
of unusual behavior. In proba
bility. however, the elusive craft are
not pirate schooners, but merely
blockade runners, bearing liquor in
the attempt to smuggle it into a
'dry” land. Whether pirates or
smugglers with contraband, the un
known shifts constitute a menace to
law and order and every attempt
should be made to penetrate the
my stery.
In Manchuria the Chinese are suc
cessful in manufacturing fuel alcohol
England and France are endeavor
ing to encourage this in their colonial
possessions Good reasons exist, it
is said for believing this may be mad*
in competition with gasolene.
Swedish women are to vote, but
not until they are twenty-six year*
old. Once they get the ballot they'!
reduce that limit, to at least an age
which they will be willing to an
What a Price to Pay!
Thes4 are strong words, almost
ncredible, yet spoken by a well
cnown Russian physician at a meet- j
ng of a medical association in Mos- j
:ow:
“I am prepared to forgive the Bol
sheviki a great many things, aimost
sverything. • • • But one thing
;here is which I cannot and will not i
orgive them, namely, those expert- !
Tients. positively criminal and worthy j
ot the most savage tribes of the Afri- :
can jungle, which the Bolsheviki have
been making all this time with out
young generation, with our children,
rhis crime knows no parallel
throughout the history of the world, j
Thev have destroyed, morally as well
is physically, a whole Russian gen- j
eration; they have destroyed it ir- j
retrievably and, alas, beyond rem-!
edy!" 5
They do not seem so incredible, j
however, in the light of the following |
from the speech of the Bolshevik i
commissary of education at a recent j
conference, and reported in the of- J
ficial organ of the Commissariat of (
Public Education:
“We have to create out of the
\ oung generation a generation of.
Communists. We must make real I
good Communists of the children, for
they, like wax. are easily moulded. ,
We must remove the children from
the pernicious influence of the fam- i
ily. We must register the children
or. let us speak plainly, nationalize
them. Thus they will from the very
start remain under the beneficial in
fluence of Communist kindergartens
and school Here they will absorb
the alphabet of Communism. Here
they will grow up to be real Com
munists. To compel the mother lo
surrender her child to us, to the
Soviet state, that is the practical
task before us.”
What wonder that the children,
poorly cared for. poorly fed and
clothed, filthy and unnourished be
came the victims of disease; that the
statistics of the death rate shows
that while the mortality 1913 to 1919
varied from 81 to 100 it was in 1919
S73 and in 1930, 400.’ What an awful
price to pay to convince Renin and
the other radical leaders that com
munism, after all, isn't workable!
Guatemala, Honduras and Salvador
have signified their desire for a
Federation of the states of f'entral
America and have ratified the cove
nant drawn up six months ago.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica are still
holding out but are expected to come
in. The Federation has met with
Secretary Hughes’ approval, and
ought to prove of great advantage all
around and contribute to the much
needed stability of those regions.
There would be great economy, or at
least a chance for it, trade need not
be hampered by so many customs
barriers and credit would be easier to
*get. There would, however, he less
opportunity for venturous spirits to
exploit politics as in the past.
“The boats are being operated to
day in the following shocking man
ner: An operating company is al
located a number of boats. They ate
allowed a commission of $ive per cent
flat on gross revenue. The boat can
lose all kinds of money- -the t; xpav
ers pay the losses, but the operator
makes money just the same, because
he gets his five per cent commis
sion."
This condition revealed by Chair
man 1-asker of the Shipping Board is
a reminder of the revelations that
would have had to be made had the
Plumb plan been applied to our rail
roads. This looking to the tax
payer to make good deficits caused
by shiftlessness is an alluring one to
all but the tax-payer.
The claim that a gas has been in
vented which will put a mot) to flight
shedding tears but suffering no seri
ous after-effects has been success
fully demonstrated. Here is a way
to disperse the crowds buying “tod
dle tops,'' the crowds around the
cracker barrels, the treasury raiders
and the fellows who hold up Con
gress with speeches for Ihe Congres
sional Record.
Those who have been indulging in
criticism of conditions in this coun
try might improve their judgments
by considering England's drink sta
tistics of last year. The convictions
for drunkenness nearly doubled ovet
that of the previous year and more
than trebled those of 1918 when
drink restrictions were enforced in
England.
President Townley of the Non
Partisan League, which was to revo
lutionize the country, has been sen
tenced under the Minnesota laws tc
i
serve ninety days for conspiracy tc
obstruct enlistments during the war
He yet has an appeal to the United
ALL HIS AILMENTS
!
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When He Tried “Fruit-a-tives”
or Fruit Liver Tablets
Mount Belknap Hotel,
Lakeport, N. II
i “At 70 years of age, chronic Con
•tipation was causing ine to suffe
with distressing Headaches, Dizzines:
and Indigestion.
I believe 1 have taken more medi
cine than any half-dozen people it
town; but nothing did me good unti
I tried ’Fruit-a-tives.'
Right away 1 could See their gooc
effects. After taking them for tlire<
months, my bowels were regular
and the other ailments disappeared.’
FRANK A. HALE
50c a box, 8 for S2.50. trial size 25c.
At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES
. Limited, OGDENSBUKG, X. Y.—Adv
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LITTLE STORY OF
A STONE-COTTER
Frank Joy Tells About Something t
That Added to Joy of Living.
Frank H. Joy. stone cutter, of East • <
Franklin, Me., writes the Priest Drug t
Company, Bangor, Me.:— ;
About a year ago I was suffering a
with indigestion. Evepthing I ate n
distressed me. I used one large hot- >
tie of Priest’s Indigestion Powder, g
which helped me very much. I have r
kept it in tho house ever since, j
Would not be without it, but rarely t
have to use it as it made my stomach ,
all right and can cut more stone than r
ever before.
For sale by all druggists. Tf your !
dealer does not carry Priest’s Indi- i Y
gestion Pow-der, insist on him order- ; i
ing it from the' wholesaler or Priest f
Drug Co., Bangor, Me. Samples sent }
free. Mention paper in which you
read this advertisement.—Adv. : r
Jly21-23___‘ .
States Supreme Court, which, how- 1
ever, has upheld the Minnesota sedi- j
tion law. y
Germany says she can’t spare any
relief to the starving Russians. Oth
ers, too, are getting somewhat dis
couraged about helping the Russians
as the Muscovites seem to have no
care for the future. They give and
spend generously ■while the money
lasts and then ask for more. Ger
many is working for hers.
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Germany that whitewashed its ,
brutal war criminals lias sent three
of its enterprising citizens to jail for 1
selling substitutes in the name of an 1
American firm. Why? Well, you
see, America has a lot of things the |
Germans would like to get about this
time, and first they must have credit. ,
One might well hesitate to accept
Mar’m Bergdoll’s word for it that she
paid over $5000 to get her son free
without confirmation. Rut that is
what they appear to have.
Credit deals with Germany are now
in order, one for a million dollars
worth of cotton having been eon
eluded. And they are working on
night shifts in Germany.
The ratio of marriages among New
York’s rich is falling off. While mar
riage may be hail at reasonable rates
the divorces come high. So wonder
they hesitate.
-Vow it is in South America the
packers are denying they make big
profits. The suspicion that they do
seems to be ijuite wide-spread.
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Anyhow by refusing certain privi
leges to Vortheliffe Lloyd George se
cures opportunity to publicly express
an opinion of the man.
We’ve been hearing that the low
price of hides didn’t affect the price
of shoes. Why all this hullabaloo
■about duty on hides?
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Maine Gossip
I Accept
<My Harold Trowbridge J’ulsil'oi, in
the Outlook)
I shall go out as all men g(1.
Spent flickers in a mighty wind.
1 hen I shall know, as all must know, 1
What lies the great gray Mil behind. ■
, There may be nothing but a rbep
. And timeless void without a name
Where no sun hangs, n<> dead stars
sleep.
And there is neither night nor flame. !
j There may be meadows there and hills, 1
Mountains and plains and winds
that blow
And flowers bending over rills
Springing from an eternal snow
l :
There may he oceans white with foam
And great tall ships for hungry men
Wlto called our little salt seas home
i And burn to launch their keels
again.
There may be voices 1 have known
Cool fingers that have touched my
hair,
There nitty be hearts that were my '
own.
i Hove may abide forever there.
Who knows'.' Who needs to under
i stand
If there be shadows there, or more,
To live as tho' a pleasant band
. . Hay just bevond an open door?
Edmund H. McDonald, seeretarv of
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> the Portland Chamber of Commerce, in .
i a letter received from W. H. Schoff. I
i secretary-treasurer of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association, has.
been practically assured that the con- j
vention of that organization will be
held in Portland some time in Septem
ber. possibly around the 15th. Mr.
' Sell off wrote that he would visit Port
> land sometime soon to make the nee- 1
t essary arrangements for the coming :
convention. The convention was held
j last year at Atlantic City.
■ I A codfish weighing 87 pounds was
( caught by Ijdward Anderson, son of i
| ! Prof. J K. Anderson. Monday while!
fishing off Boone Island, off York
Harbor. It measured dive feet from
j tail tip to nose end.
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Isaac Parley of Presque Isle was
I recently in the woods cutting ties.
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He stepped onto a large pile of brush
, and then ensued a mixup that rivaled
the "movies” for action. A big brown
bear was there half asleep and natu- ;
; rally objected to being disturbed.
! Farley likewise had no desire to in
* truvle too far on the privacy of Bruin.
r The efforts of each and both to sever j
s all diplomatic and other relations;
established a record for speed and [
* also demolished the brush pile. Far- j
* icy is wondering which covered the
most ground during the flrst few mo
ments of the getawav.
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f Harold A. Andrews, who has just
been appointed assistant United States I
, attorney for the district of Rhode
I Island, is a son of Mr. and .Mrs. John
5 A- Andrews of Past Conway Street,
’. Pryeburg. He was born Aug. -6, 1889
n North Conway, N. H.. attended j
he public schools of that town and j
atei Fryeburg Academy and Bowdoln
,'ollege. graduating in 1912. Gradu
iting from Harvard Haw School, he
>ogan practice in Providence, R. I.
de served on the Mexican border
ind with the 103d Machine Gun Co.,
6th Division, in France, resuming •
he practice of law on his return to j
’rovidence.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Carleton
if Rockport left recently on a motor
rip which will take them through
iractically every state in the country
ind will occupy nearly a year's time,
rhey went first to Fittstnirg, Penn., j
.vhere they planned a two week's
itay. Continuing tvest they willi
nake visits in Denver, Colo., and i
Portland, Ore. They expect to spend |
.he winter in Los Angeles and will i
eturn in the spring by the southern
oute. j
Lester E. Robinson, who lives in
blast Sumner, has made a hobby dur- i
ng his life time, of manufacturing
scrap books. He has more than a
tundred of them. They are made:
'or the most part from old govern- (
nent reports. The. pasting and the
dipping are works of art, with ap- 1
iropriate headings and cuts clipped
from periodicals. When a book was
finished, the old cheese press was (
Drought into use, and it was com- !
pressed into the thickness of the!
iriginal volume. Each volume' is
nnado from scraps on a single sub
ect. There are volumes on airplanes, ;
electricity, murder trials, science, art
ind editorials. One contains a his
ory of all the elections during Mr.
Robinson’s manhood; another con
ains newspaper contributions of
noted humorists; and still an
other contains the letters
nf L. W. S. which was a noted fea
ture of the Argus for many years.
When a book was finished the covers
were pasted over with thick brown
paper and appropriate titles pasted
on the back of each volume.
This incident illustrates the help
ful attitude taken by the extension
department of the college of agri
culture, and is also one on the es
timable South Paris woman who
tells it on herself, says the Oxford
Democrat. The corn in her garden
was not doing well, and the county
agent, hearing of this, though he
had not made her acquaintance, cal
led at her door and said to her. “I
hear that you are having trouble
with your corn. <’an I help you with
it?” Whereupon the lady of the
house responded in a somewhat em
barrassed way. “Why—why—Dr.
Plank is treating it now.”
Editorial Comment
Answer to Internationalism
(Am< rican Economist.)
Tbs re arc differ, nt kinds of Interna
tionalists now afflicting the United
Stab s One kind may be labeled "al
truistic," The altruistic Internation
alist is one who forgets the, needs of
his neighbors and the duty which the
Government owes to its citizens, and
bestows all his sympathy on the peo
ple of other countries, and who
would have the Government of this
country sacrifice the interests of its
( itizc ns in order to be over-generous
lo th. citiz. ns of other nations. An
other kind of Internationalist is just
ill. reverse of the altruist. Many In
ternational Hankers belong to this
other class. They 'are urging the
claims of foreign nations, say
ing that it is the duty of
tb. t'nile.i States to rehabilitate
Europe, while they are actuated
sol !'. by their own selfish interests.
Ji foi ;he word "interests" we substi
tute the word "investments,” the
whole matter is made f plain. They
have inv. sted largely in foreign se
curities, purchased at a discount and
their aim is to cozen the United
States government into extending
such aid to foreign nations as will
bring their foreign investments up to
par.
Forward, Attack Optimistically
<New Yoik Fofnmorcial.)
R< adjustment of costs is proceeding
with surprising smoothness and bus
in. ss is daily nearing a stable founda
tion upon which may be erected a
new and strong business structure, is
an opinion expressed in the New York
Commercial by W. F. li. Koolsch, just
retired president of the National
Association of Credit Men. which body
is in close touch with, and accurately
informed upon business conditions
throughout the country. Mr. Koelsch
believes that the time is here to pre
pare for optimistic attack. He says;
"Every day business conditions
nr- drawing nearer stability. Though
business has weathered the greatest
TOO WEAK
TO WORK
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound Restored Mrs.Quinly’s
Health. Now She Does
Her Housework
Shelbyville, Mo. —“I was only able
to do light housework because for
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oas were exces
sive. I had seen
your medicine ex
tensively adver
tised and thought
I would give it a
fair trial. I took
about eight boxes
of Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable
Compound Tab
lets according to
directions and I
reel like a different woman. I have
not taken any medicine during the
past three months and I believe my
ailment is cured. I am now able to
do all my housework and attend to my
poultry and gard n. If you feel that
my testimonial will benefit anyone
you are welcome to use it in your ad
vertisements.’’—Mrs. L. D. Quinly.
R. F. D. No. 2. Shelbyville, Mo.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound makes women strong,
healthy and able to bear their bur
dens and overcome those ills to which
they are subject.
^ Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., (confidential), Lynn, Mass.,
about your health.
TWO IN FAMILY WERE
HELPED BY IT, SAYS
PARNELL
Wife and Son Each Had Bad Case of
Stomach Trouble, But Tanlac Re
lieved Them and He Had Right to
Praise It, He Declares.
“It just takes my wife to tell about
Tanlac," said Don D. Parnell, well
known farmer of Dow, N. H., 'and
she certainly.has a right to praise it;
and so have 1; but she is the one it
has helped, and she can say two nice
things about it to my one.
“Anyhow, I’ll say this much: I
don't believe she would be with me
now if it hadn't been for this medi
cine. When she began taking it she
had suffered for two years or more
from stomach trouble, and I’m sure
she couldn’t have stood it rtmch lon
ger. Why, 1 can't begin to describe
the way she suffered. At times she
bloated until her breath was so short
she would actually faint, and we've
had to work over her for half an
hour lots of times before we could
revive her, and we thought she had
heart trouble. She couldn’t eat,
couldn’t sleep for rheumatic pains all
over her body, and I don’t believe
anybody ever suffered more from
backache and headache than she did,
and. besides that, her kidneys were
badly disordered.
“My son had taken Tanlac with
good results, so one day he per
suaded her to try it. and it has helped
her just like it did him. lust to show
what it has done for her. she is now
doing all her housework, and I never
hear her complain with any of the
troubles she used to have. Her ap
petite is fine, and she never has a
bit of pain or distress after eating.
She has no more aches and pains to
keep her awake nights, and she sleeps
like a child. My son's case was
about as bad, if not worse, than my
wife’s, and knowing what Tanlac has
done for them both, T just can’t say
anything good enough for it."
Tanlac is sold in Augusta by John
Coughlin; in Weeks’ Mills by J A
Merrill; in West Washington by Wal
ter F. Burdick: in China by Bailey
Bros.; in Albion by T,. F. Gannon and
l,ibbv Bros.: in North Wayne by W.
T,. Morrill: in Palermo by H. W.
Worthing: in Monmouth by Boy A.
Do Fratus: and by the leading drug
gist in every city and town.—Adv.
price drop in the history of the coun
try, the business fatalities have been
surprisingly low. The liquidation in
many lines is now complete.
“The* prices of raw materials are
now comparatively stable arid munu
. factoring lines can now move for
ward with confidence in prices. The
liquidation of manufactured com
modities is over in many lines and is
rapidly being completed in others, and
stability of prices of manufactured
articles is increasingly in evidence,
j “The readjustment of costs is im
proving with surprising smoothness.
The problems that the present defin
ition has brought with it arc being
solv ed in a spirit of splendid co-oper
| ation. The clouds that have hung over
the business world arc being rapid
ly dissipated, and there is every rea
son to believe that we stand at the
threshold of a new era of good bus
iness
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"There still remain a few obstacles
to remove before we can open the
throttle wide, but the inherent
strength and soundness of American
business is a pledge for the future.
The fineness of the American char
acter has shown itself once more in
its ability to solve the tremendous
difficulties of a period of deflation and
d< pression.
“The co-operation among all classes
and the pervasive optimism that is
so characteristically American is
hastening the return of good times:
so fire up your engines and prepare
for them, for they arc rapidly ap
proaching.”
The Great Lakes Precedent
(The Toronto Globe.)
' President Harding, in proposing a
conference of the principal Allied and
'associated powers for the limitation
of armaments has the support of a
! precedent from which nothing but
1 good has followed.
At the close of the War of 1812—Tt
President Madison instructed his sec
• rotary of State, James Monroe, to
: write to John Quincy Adams, the
American Minister in Ixindon as fol
j lows:
“The information you give of orders
having been issued by the British
i government to increase its naval
force on the lakes is confirmed by in
| telligence from that quarter of meas
| ures having been actually adopted
for the purpose. It is evident, if each
party augments its force there with
ja view of obtaining the ascendancy
! over the other, that vast expense will
be incurred and the danger of col
lision augmented in like degree. The
j President is sincerely desirous to pre
j vent an evil which it is presumed is
'equally to be deprecated by both gov
! eminent*. He therefore authorizes
i you to propose to the British govern
ment such an arrangement respecting
; the naval force to be kept on the lakes
by both governments as will demon
I strate their pacific* policy and secure
their peace. He is willing to confine
it on each side to a certain moderate
number of armed vessels, and the
smaller the number the more agree
able to him, or to abstain altogether
from an armed force beyond that used
for revenue. You will bring this sub
| ject under the consideration of the
British government immediately after
j the receipt of this letter.”
The result was the Rush-Bagot
! Convention, signed in Washington on
j April 28, 1S17. by which the United
States and Great Britairt agreed to
limit their naval armaments on the
■ Great Lakes to a total of four vessels
| each, not exceeding 100 tons and
J equipped with one 18-pounder, each
: government to maintain one on Lake
I Ontario, two on the upper lakes and
:one on Lake Champlain. The conven
tion was revocable at six months'
notice, but the benefits to both coun
| tries were so manifest that it has
| never been revoked. It is quite possi
ble that the boundary disputes of 1842,
i 1846 and 1904 were settled peacefully
(because of the absence of navies front
,the Great Lakes. And yet concessions
j have been made resting on good faith
between the two countries. Thus,
during the rebellion of 1837—'38 the
British were allowed to increase their
fleet temporarily as a precaution
against raiders, while similar conces
•siors were made to the United States
during the Civil War.
Canada and the United States have
lived side by side in peace and amity
for more than a century without the 1
"vast expense” and “danger of col- ,
lision” which, as President Madison
wrote, would follow naval rivalry on
I the Great Lakes.
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| Light and Airy
Ifipped in the Bud
A buddy stopped drinking Budweiser.
His buddv said to him: "Bud. why,
sir?"
The first buddy said: •
; ."I've a much clearer head
And feel certain I'm a bud wiser."
—American Legion Weekly.
—
Baling Passion
A certain member of Congress re
cently became a parent. On announc- |
ing the news the doctor exclaimed
gleefully: "I congratulate you, sir,
! you are the father of triplets.”
! The congressman was astonished. I
"No, no. no," he replied, with more
than parliamentary emphasis, "there
must be some mistake in the returns.
I demand a recount;"—Rehoboth Sun
j day Herald.
Used to Self-Starter
A wealthy New Yorker invited a ■
party out to his summer home at'
Great Neck. Long Island, to see his
horses and go for a ride. One of !
them, a banker, though dressed for the j
part, knew nothing of horses, had ncv- |
er been on one.
j Having been properly mounted, with
the assistance of a groom, the banker :
took the reins as per direction and sat
motionless. He did not know bow to
start; still, he realized with embar
rassment that his inaction was at
tracting the attention of the other
riders.
i "Well,” he said to the horse, with
some irritation, "commence!"—Satur
day Evening Post.
Strange Sight
Bill—Well. Phil. I had a strange ex
perience yesterday.
Phil—And wh^t was that. Bill'’
Bill—Met a New Yorker on Broad
way.— New York Sun.
i -
Appetite vs. Art
The youngsters were having a class
in object drawing. The teacher went
down the room and stopped at each
table to see how the young artists
were getting along.
"Why. what's the matter. Paul? You
haven’t been drawing!"
Paul hung his head, a hit ashamed.
"1 know.” he confessed. "But. you
'gee, I lost my objects."
"Well. now. that's too bad." the
teacher sympathized. "Where did you
lose them'.'”
I Silence.
“Where did you lose them?"
More silence.
"What were your objects. Paul””
the teacher asked, trying a different
approach.
An apple and a banana." Paul in
formed her.
"And where are they?"
"i eat 'em," Paul reluctantly ad
admitted.—Kansas City .Star.
May Be So
"The fortune teller assured me that
I would marry and live happy ever
after."
. "Well, you may marry but she's just
guessing at the rest of it."—Detroit
Free Press.
Editor’s Letter Box
Responsibility for Tooting Law
Editor Kennebec Journal,
Augusta, Me.
Dear Sir,
I note that the law requiring loco
motives to whistle at all grade cross
ings is causing much discussion and
many protests. The act was intro
duced by me a* the request of the
Public t'tilities Commission, it being
(Hie of several which T was asked to
introduce as Chairman of the Public
Ctilities Committee of the last lcgis
, lature.
There were some uncertainties in
i the old law so that in many cases the
' Commission felt that public was not
receiving proper protection. The ob
ject of the law is to place the regu
lation of locomotive signalling en
tirely in the hands of the Commis
sion. There seemed to be no bettor
. way to effect the desired result than
to make the law imperative with a
proviso ttiat the Commission might
; consider the necessities of any par
ticular crossing where strict observ
ance of the law would cause annoy
ance and discomfort to people living
| in the vicinity of that crossing,
j It was realized that some tempor
ary inconvenience might be occa
sioned but it was thought that in the
end the public would be better pro
tected than formerly. Knowing well
the desire of the Commission to
have the public fully and adequately
protected with as little annoyance to
individuals as may be possible 1 am
sure that it is entirely proper to have
the matter left wholly to it.
It might he well to consider an act
from more than one angle before
designating it “FOOL LEGISLA
TION.”
Whisky—306 Quarts
Seized at Bangnr
Bangor. Me.. July 20—A proces
j sion of five men, each with a sack on
his back, filled with Canadian whis
i ky. was suddenly broken up when
Deputy Sheriffs J. K. Farrar, George
| Peterson’s Ointment
First Application Stops Itching of
Eczema, Salt Kheam and Piles
Yours truly.
L. P Folsom
The Club
A bank is really a club. It is a club com
posed of the thriftiest, shrewdest, most
reputable and successful people of the com
munity. When you become a patron of this
bank you become a member of a club, and
the kind of a club you are likely to need.
4% Interest Paid on Savings Deposits
State Trust Co.
252 Water St., Augusta
Railroads and Steamboats
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
Trains Leave Augusta foe
Bancor, 11.24 a. on., (1.38 a. m . *2.32 a. in.■
*!» 3S a. tn . 12.42 p.m.. J3.11 p m.. t6.40 p m.
B & A. Pts.,tl.24a.m.. t2.32 a.m..19.3S<i tn.
Bar Harbor *2.32 a. m.. 19.38 a.m.. t2.42p.m .
Blip nt . ..
Bath.13 10a m..+6.19am .t9.20a.tn..J10.1Sa.tn .
14.05 p. tn.. 16.13 p. m., *10.51 p. tn.
Belfast 49.38 am.. 12.42 p. m.
Boston *3.10a m . 16.19a m. 19.20a.m . 510 18
a m. *3.00p ro.. 14.05 pm . J5 39p m..*10.51 p.m.
Calais. t2 32 a m 19.38 a m.
Dover and Foxcrolt. 12 42 p.m.
Gardiner. *3 10a. m., 16.19 a. ro , 19.20 B. m ;
§ 10.18a. m *3.00 p.m.: 14 15p. m . Jo.39p.ni .
16.13 p. m . *10.51 p. m.
Hallowell, 46 19 a. tn . 19.20 a m . §10.18 a m..
J5.39 p.m..1 6.13 p. m..
13.00 p.m. 14.15P. m
*10.51 p tn.
Harmonv. 12.42 p m.
Lewiston. 46 19 a. m..
11.05 p tn.. J5.39 p. m
♦9.20 a. m (10 IS a. m..
*10.51 p. m.
10 13 p m.
a m .19.20a.m..J10.18
14.05p m (5.39p.m ,16.13 p.m..
New York. 15.39 p m
Portland,*.'! tOa m 46.19a tn
16.19a. ro.. *9.20a. m..
42.42 p. m
, 49 20 a m
§5.39 p. m.
46 40 p m.
510.18a.m.,
f6.13 p tn..
a ro. *3 TOp m
*10.51 p m.
Rockland, *3.10 a. m ,
14 05 p m.
Skowhegan. *9 38 a m
So. Gardiner. 16.19 a m
13.00 pm. 14.15 p. m
*10.51 p. m.
St Tobn. 11 24 a m . 19 38 a m
Watersillc. 41.24 a. m.. (1 3sa.-m„ *2.32 a m.
*9.58 a m . 11.00 p m.. 12.42 p. ra„ J3.ll p. ro.,
46. (0 p. m
• Daily. *Dai!y. except Sunday. {Sunday only.
D. C. DO! 'GLASS. M. L. HARRIS.
6-27-21 V. P. Gen 1 Mgr. Gen'l Passenger A*t.
Kennebec Navigation Co.
L>ire« t alt W ater Koute from Points in the
Kenn^bee Valley to Boston.
STKAM'HIl* CITY OF lUKKflND
leaves Gsrdin* r at 4.20. Cedar Grove
v Rii htnond) at 5.10, Bath at 7 every
Tuesday. Thursday ami Sunday n glit.
Leaves Boston Mondays, Wednesdaj'B
and Saturdays at *• P M tor all K*um- |
lit- Pomts anti on Fridays at t* I* M for ■
Path oniv. Spet ial day trip i r«*n* Bat ii ,
onlv, to Boston Saturdays ot •*.‘50 A. M
BOOTIIBAY DIVISION
Daily Boats to ami from Booth bay Har
bor a lid t be Islands art- operated by this .
< on»pany • oniieetiiiif with st .-ainer to and j
from Boston it B-.tb,
Al l. V\1I1N(»S ON DAYI.ICiHT TI.MK
Serul tor tune tables and other miorma- ,
tion to !
KKNNKBEC N WILATION CO.
Publicity Department, Bath, Maine
,in23dtf _,
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.
Boston and !
Portland Lina
CSFBS5S PASSENGER AND
FBEIOKT SERVICE
STEAM3HI1S EANSOU B. FULLER
AND CITY OF BANGOR
SUMMER SCHEDULE
FARE $2.92 (wav tax included);!
STATEROOMS $1.62.
STEAMSHIPS LEAVE BY BAY
LIGHT SAVING TIME
Leave Portland. Franklin Wharf. daily >
except Sundays at Y I'. M. Leave
.Sundays at !• 1’. M.
Heturn: - Leave Best' >n. Central
Wharf, daily including Sundays at 6 !
1-. M.
At Boston, connection is made with ,
the M« tropolitan Line, passenger and 1
Height steamers lor New Yolk via
< 'ape ('oil Canal.
Tel. 6600
H. A. CLAY, Superintendent.
Franklin Wharf, Portland.
jlVEdtf
CLARK'S 17th ORIENT CRUISE
by sumptuous S. s. Empress ,,f Scotland, J
115.000 cross tons. Is days m Egypt and i
Palest in. »t l , b. I. i#*2; 6:i tiny. *H0O
up. including S'iiere Excursions, Hotels, j
Guides, Prices, Fees, etc. FRANK ('. |
Cl.ARK. Times Htn!(l»iig. New York, YV. ■
II. EAYEV STKA.MMIIF I TOl HIST
AGENCY. 10 Congress Nt„ Itoston. Mass. I
jlyIO-2;_I
McGuire and James .T. Long raided
the premises of Louis Weinstein at
174 York street Tuesday.
The men were evidently unload- j
ing a car which had just arrived
from Canada and the route of the
procession led through a barn to an '
underground passage at the end of
which was a cellar w here part of the •
liquor had been deposited. The depu- !
ties seized .‘IfHj quarts of whisky and
the procession re-formed and march
ed to police headquarters.
The five were arraigned in the ’
Municipal Court. Weinstein was
held in $5000 bonds as a liquor nuis- j
ante and fined S.‘!00 and costs and 00
days in jail. Hyman Clapp of Kn- '
field was fined S'JOO and costs and 5)0
days in jail.
A he Wagman of Bangor was fined
?5!00 and costs and 5)0 days In jail,
and Joe Butera of Bangor $100 and !
costs and 00 days In jail.
Oeoi go Avery of Enfield, claimed
to be a casual caller at the place, and
his case was continued for sentence.
All entered appeals and gave bail.
JACKMAN
Miss Rose Mllliea of I'awtucket. It.
h, passed a few days in town last 1
week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Mills have been
passing a few days in Skowhegan. the i
guests of Mr. Mills' parents. Mr. and !
Mrs. M. Mills.
Mrs. TV J. Badour has gone to Glenn
Falls. X. Y., where she will reside in
the future.
Mrs. r. L. Colby was called to Wil
limansctt. Mass.. Saturday . morning
by the sudden death of her father,
which Occurred Friday evening.
Miss Helen Newton returned from \
Skowhegan Thursday.
Mrs. Guy P. Winslow returned to I
her home in Brewer Thudsday. She
was accompanied by Miss Norma Me- j
Donald, who will pass a week with i
her. i |
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Moore and son !
Fred returned from Bangor Sunday, i
Lightning Causes $8000 Fire
Lightning striking the barn of the
Norman L. Fogg faim. North River
road. Auburn, at Hi p. m. Friday
caused a fire that razed the line
•land of buildings. The loss is esti
Business Cards
Fisher & Tiffin
ATTORHEYB-AT-X.AW
william B. risher Arthur T. Tlj,
307 Water Street
Augusta, Maine
Telephone 306-B
_apflldtf |
McLEAN, FOGG & SOUTHARD
Counselorj at Law
Ernest L. McLean Sanford U Fon
Frank E. Southard
Successors to
Williamson. Burleigh * MeLea*
242 Water Street. Augusta, Male*
Telephone 240
BURLEIGH MARTIN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
i The First National Bank Buildini
223 Water Street, Augusta, 11*
Telephone &8tt
Residence to Sewall Street
Telephone 842-AI.
ROBERT A, CONY
ATTORNEY AND
COUNSELOR AT LAW
Notary Public Justice of the Peiti
General Law Practica
Opera House Block, Augusta, Maim
Telephone 490
H. S. Williams, 0, C,
i CHIROPRACTOR
Falmer Graduate, Lad; Attendant
206 Water St.. Augusta. Mam*
Tel. 18-J *■ *
New Island Park Inn
Now Open
Shore Dinner, Seven Courses,
Served at all Hour*, $1.25
J. H. VOYER. Prop
Tel. 324-2 for Reservat.on*
.i n 1 >1 rri.,
Augusta Lodge Directory
UOu jr ttkms iiaii
ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70, I. O. 0. F
Regular meeting Friday evening at j.
G. S. PEASLEE N. O.
EDWIN F. WESTON. Secy
JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. 1
fcvery bCwuht. j
Meetings at 8 ]', M.
and fjurtli Tuesday.
HOYT H. AUSTIN. C. P.
G. S. PEASLEE. scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9. P. M
Regular meeting every tnirJ Tuesiiaj
at s o clock.
K. M. SPEARIN, CapL
A. M. DKUMMuNU Clert
dtf
G. A. R„ THE REGULAR MEETING
ol belli Williams Post No. 13. br*(
luursuay of each month.
GUO. E. GAY, Commander.
WILLIAM MeDAVID, Adjutant
O- O. STETSON. Quartermaster.
1451
KENNEBEC LODGE. NO
Loyal order of Moose, meets in G. f,
K. hall. Water street, first and thir
Wednesday evening of each month »
GEORGE B GOLFER. Dictator
W. W. JACKSON, fete.. 1* PiKe ft.
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. 964, B.P.OI
Reguiar meetings in the EIks Homi
Winthrop street, the second an
fourth Thursdays of each month »t
o'clock.
J. F. BILODEAU, E. R.
W. G. THOMAS. Sec.
junel.m-w-th.tf
GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN CIRCCI
No. 5, Ladies of the G. A. It. Regain
meeting in U. A R. hail first and thi«
1 uesday ot each moiith at 2 Sh I’. I!
JENNIE M DAVIS. Pres
, , , ADA M. H-4WES, Sec.
feb3.tu-th-sat.lyr
QUEEN TEMPLE. N0.79.PYTHIAI
Sisters, meets in K. of P. hall the s*
ond and fourth Tuesdav eiendigs
each month, at 7.3o o clock.
MRS. BERTHA STEARNS, M K C
MRS WINIFRED BUSH. M. of
and C.
tuHn-sat.tr
COURT PINE TREE NO.207~p6l
esters of America, meets in Gold
L-ross hall, the hist and third Thui
days of each month at 8 o'clock
, .T. " monrn at s ooiook
LAWRENCE MOULTON. Chief Rang'
JOHN J WHITE. Fin. Sec.
may23.tu-th-sat.lyr
CAPITAL GRANGE, NO. 248. P. C
H Meetings 2d and 4th Saturday ev
mngs of each month at G A. R ni
ARTHUR B MASON. JR.. W. M.
ETHEL M. CROWELL. Sec.
tu-th-sat.tf
N. E. O. P. KENNEBEC LODCI
No. 251. meets in G. A. R. hall the fid
and third Tuesday evenings of ear
month at 7.30 o'clock.
LOREDA W. SMITH. Warden.
B. F. SMITH. Fin. Secy
MRS EMMA F. HOWE. Rec See.
tu-th-sat
! mated at 58,000. Air. Fogg, who oi
pies the place with his mother, I
i Ulora V. Fogg, was in the barn w
' the building w-as struck and fl
but was not harmed. He, aided
j neighbors, succeeded in saving
the livestock with the exception
I two coivs and a bull. Some of
I furniture was saved.
Priest’s Hot Drops
Cholera ICorbus or Diarrhira. #•*'
i ral8rta Headache, Cramps, Colds, ****’
strual Pains.
Sent to any address, 'price, 37c.
P&XEST DRUG CO., BAJTOOB, ***'
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