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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-08

Whats the Trouble s-Is it Sick Head
 ache-Is 1t Biliousness-Is it Sluggish Liver -Is your skin sallow-Do you feel more dead than alive Your system needs ton
 ing Your Liver isn't doing It's work-Don't resort to strong drugs-Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills, 10 cents for 40 doses, will work won ders for you. Sold by F. A. Gessner.A19.
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EVE kGREEN CEMETERY.

The annual meeting of the Evergreen Cemetery Association will be held in Room 307, First National Bank Building, Mo- Az Church street, on Monday evening Febru- ary 12, 1900, at s o'clock
 feS At BENJ. R. ENGLISH. Secretary.
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EVERGREEN CEMETERY.

The annual meeting of the subscribers to the, Evergreen Cemetery Trust Fund will he held in Room BOT, First National Bank Building, No. 42 Church street, on Monday evening, February. 12, 190O at clock
 CHAS. H. TROWBRIDGE feS 1t Secretary.
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OScm'S SaAce

 Ema de by Oscar, the world
 celebrated Maitre d'Hotel of
 the Waldorf Astoria, New York.
 X It is not exactly relish
 neither is it a catsup, nor a \ piccalilli, nor a chutney-it is simply " "Oscar'S Sance "- indescribable and original, calculated to stir up ones eat ing proclivities and heighten the relish of Meats, Fish and Oysters. The Waldorf Astoria Oyster Cocktail contains just three ingredients, Lemon juice, Catsup and Oscay's .Saace. H It comes in glass jars with glass stopper, and with q ladle' ready for service. Price s / x 7 r C z " 7 s Il EDW. 4. HILL 6 SON, \ 58r STA TE SITREET
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,,,,,~., WANTED, slLg LAYTON by competent girl to do sec. a ona work or waiting. Apply at
 feS ftp AZ WIRsrEp sr
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WANTED COMPETENT girl for general bopseworr
 leo U 53 LIVINGSTON ST.
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errr WANTED,
 SITUATION II iAIloN by. competent Swedish girl to do general housework. Inauire at foo ,4 So MECHANIC ST. --ASO 1tP side door
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THants.

WANTED, CAPABLE, trustworthy housekeeper. In
 small family; liberal wages
 Iee II MRS. BABE, 126 Court street.
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WANTED, CAPABLE girl for general housework.
 @ @leo 1tp 27 DWIGHT ST.
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MlNtAIbR M VIA NAE.
 
DEATHS.

Sun Rises, 6:56 Moon Sets, High Water, Sun Sets, 5I7 2:34 6:12
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-08

MRS. S.. A. GLADWIN'S Employment Agency,
 102 ORANGE STREET, Bowdifch RuId,r.
 room 4-5. Headquarters for the best situssss
 lions; 10 years experience. Coachmen, farm nanas, porters, girls for general houseworE.
 others needing situations should apply. as1
 Inose requiring superior help can be fnr-
 nisned .lisl1d at the above office. German and En-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-10

time to its management and the maya
zine, succeeding what began as a small
mail order plan, is now a medium of
advertising of unexcelled advantage.
The story of these early struggles
illustrate conclusively the character
istics of the man, his energy and per-
sistency accomplishing much more
than he had dared dream about at
: first. The first few copies pictured
comfort in a dozen different ways on
the cover and the oddly of the name
and design aroused public interest 1t
is made up of twenty-four pages Of in
teresting stories, sketches. miscel-
IapeouS informatt%n, household depart
menfs and womeISs columns. all clean
and carefully Sc ected material and
edited with literary exactness. When
the paper was young it's home was in
Waterstreet garnet and the Kennebec
Journal did the presswork, but larger
quarters became necessary and the
Cony female academy building, no
longer used for school, was taken.
More growth came quickly and he
moved to the former quarters Of the
Augusta Corset Company which was
burned in 1895. Previously, however,
he had taken possession Of a large,
new brick block his present location,
with sufficient room now and Oppor-
tunity for such additions as will be
necessary. There are six floors where
nearly all the work is done, two wood
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en- buildings close by being used also.
Every month 1,250,0 Comforts" are
mailed to subscribers all over the
world. The price is but fifty cents a
year and subscriptions are secured by
clubs and by reason of premiums as
inducements. The plant is fitted up
with modern machinery, two address,
ing machines, two Hoe perfecting press
es, and all the necessary appurte-
nances. There are between $50 and 175
employees in the establishment, nearly
all being girls. The papers Of the
corporation known as Lanes List"
five in number, are also issued from
this establishment, 100000 monthly, and
are edited by Mr.. Lane, the present
mayor of Augusta, formerly with E. c.
Allen. These are the Allen lists and
the business formerly carried on by
MIR. Allen. now deceased. The offices
or the Giant OXEN Company are also
here. This is a nerve food that is sold
wholly by mail orders and agents. 1t
has a firm hold on the foreign market
and clerks, familiar with foreign ton
cues, are employed and a special
American express clerk has an Office
here to send packages direct. Mr..
Gannett is a liberal advertiser and is
master of every detail of the business
His mail is enormous and frequently
aggregates 1000 letters a day. Many
stenographers are employed to attend
to it. He has a beautiful residence on
a hillside near the State camp ground
for the National Guard, and is in Eu-
rope on a pleasure and business trim
this summer.
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FIFIELD BROTHERS.

Manufacturers of the Fifield Auto
matte Drilling Attachment and job
bling Machinists, w. L. Fifield and l. d.
Fifield, 337 Water street. This device.
which these machinists make, is one
they patented six years ago and is the
only attachment Of its kind for its in
tended purpose. They have found it in
great demand both at home and
abroad and have made it their chief
business for a number Of years. Since
it's origin. by w. L. Fifield, they have
both concerned themselves with its
manufacture and have a large shon
and the basement below, in an excel
lent location. where they have a fine
equipment for the processes OF all
kinds that they are called upon to per.
form. Bicycle repairing is largely in
their line and they are fitted up for
any and all kinds Of repairing Of these
modern vehicles. Lathes, planners and
shapers and tools Of a great variety
enable them to do work Of every ma
ture OF steel. iron and brass. The drill
attachment Is a self-feeding chain that
keeps the bit constantly at the right
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~, and competent nm have q look at
them. DR.. Hathor91f dental rooms
are up onessfiiGht roo formerly
occupied by - y g AIRY: where
he can be coql - " for all
. ~ with the M 6raI or artificial
teeth. He has had sixteen years ex-
narience in some of the largest omces
in New England, and the past SIX
vaars in Augusta. He is a graduate
of Boston Dental College. now part
If Tufts College. While his work IS
not confined to any one particular
branch his speciality is plate work
and crown and bridge work. and his
laboratory is equipped with the
1ata.t and most approved appli-
ances. Although his prices for
this class of work are very
reasonable, he uses only the very best
material and his large and increasing
n,actice is the result of the quality Of
work he turns out.-pr. Hathorne is
native of Bangor and is a crayon and
nasteI artist of ability and has re-
ceived several premiums for this work
At the Maine State and Eastern Maine
fairs. He is a past chancellor in the
order of K. of p, and is captain of
King Co. No. 4, U. R.. and also be-
longs to many other benevolent and
fraternal organizations.
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January. It's growth has been extended
w the experience OF its owners VINO
nave Teen in tine laundry business
auout seven years eacn. Mr.. White
,.ouse IS young man and yet a thor
uusn master OF the details Of laundry
work as ne has been employed in New
York. Boston and Hartford where work
Is done as it should be. These cities
nave ueen excellent training places and
he has prOfited by the opportunities for
learning how to care for garments. sub
united to laundries. Mr.. Bowman
worked seven years here. They are
botn busted with the work and take
Del sonal pride in it's excellence which is
lar better for patrons than if the crew
is rushed with work when the quality
of work is not likely to be first-class.
Very few laundries are so well man.
aged that complaints are not being
made continually of lack of thorough
ness or of unnecessary roughness where
by garments are torn and ruineu. This is
a new place, where care is the first law
and the dangers and disasters fire.
uuent elsewhere are unheard of here
The specially is starched work and
one point alone is Of great Importance
Shirt neck bands are ironed erect in
stead of fiat with the bosom. They
employ six in their crew and deliver
work all over the city.
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BROWN & HOPKINS.

Marble and Granite Workers. P. W..
Brown and Albert Hopkins. So Cony
street. Both members of this firm are
experienced by reason Of many years
work in marble and granite yards, and
produce some excellent specimens Of
the handiwork that is developed by
men of this craft. They cut stone,
either marble or granite, for monu-
ments, tablets, headstones. or markers
in cemeteries and whatever other spec
ial work may be required. The chief
part Of their work is of the former
class and practically no stone work
is done here for construction. The
tendency now is fox ornamentation by
fancy bricklaying. Brown & Hopkins
marble work is of a high order al
though plain designs are the rule and
elegance rather than showiness and
ostentation prevail. This firm can ex-
ecute orders of any sort, particularly
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TROUANT & BATES
day of their lives. by courteous and
sympathetic mlen and sucn tact and
discretion as snalI betit such occasions.
lrOuant 4 Bates have these require
ments as is attested by the fact that
lney have been doing business as a
nrn, since 1888 Otherwise they would
navs. not remained here seven years.
Buzz 9TH haN1pnd prevtha---s-ss.esaence.-
being employed by c. NJ. Sturgis, Mr.
Bates for ten years. They have many
calls both in the city and from nearby
towns and carry a modern stock with
every assortment and variety Of the
necessary goods. This is the only firm
in Augusta that own their own hearse,
and they have all the emblems and ac-
couterments for both Catholic and
Protestant funerals. They have a store
also with an array of wall papers,
shades and fixtures that are the proper
thing in style. They also have the
only carpet beaten in the city. Each
member Of the firm has a telephone
and one at the Office which is kept
open all night. Mr.. Bates has been
here twenty years and Mr.. Trouant
twelve. They are members of many
fraternal organizations. Mr.. Trouant
being a 32d degree Mason.
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There are several different trades in
book bindery and it requires several
years for a man to learn each one.
They can bind any sort of book, maya
zine or paper volume in any desired
sort Of style or cover. Aside from the
publications that the State issues they
have perforating machines, check num-
bering machines, and are equipped to
do job work Of every description. Their
trade comes from all over Maine as
they have the best equipped plant in
the State. Hartford & Smith was the
firm which founded the business, one
member, Hartley Smith, being the
father Of H. Eugene Smith. In 1880 it
became the property Of the present
firm, A. J. Cameron having leased the
plant the year previous when Gov.
Plaisted was in office. They employ
twenty hands now and occupy the en-
tire floor, using electric motive power.
Mr.. Smith was a member of the firm
of Fowler, Hamlen & Smith, dry goods
dealers, and has several business en-
terprises. Mr.. Reid came here from st.
John many years ago and has been in
the business forty-six years. He
bought in here in 1874. He is a Mason,
knight Templar and an odd Fellow.
His son, Harry Reid, is foreman of the
bindery.
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J. H. CHANDLER.

Carriage and Sleigh Construction and
Repairing. 1912 Bangor street. Mr.
Chandler has been at work in this
same shop more than twenty-eight
years. He was born in Pownal, and
came here from winthrop. and entered
the shop as an employe Of ]. A. Mitch
ell. and remained with him until his
death, very suddenly. dozen years
when he purchased the business and
has conducted it since. He is prepared
to build or repair a carriage or sleigh
Of any kind. whether iron or wood.
work. He has two men in the black
smith shop and two in the wood.
working shop. Formerly they built
many carriages and sleighs but now
this work is done cheaper in factories
on a large scale. Now they make on,v
a few heavy wagons. They have ali
the repair work they can do. however.
He has a large shop, in two depart
ments and it Is known for miles
around as well as in the city itself. Mr.
Chandler il q Mason, Odd Fellow
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RIOS. MACHINE SHIP.
hing. E. B. and l.. E. Savage, IL Cony
street. This shop was purchased last
tall. by the present owners, OF Il. >.
Bradbury, VINO had conducted
similar business here for six years.
lhey had both been familiar with
wood working tools from boyhood, ana
Z. b. Savage had been a carriage
builder ana his brother a house car
penter a dozen years. Therefore, this
is no new business for them and they
40 not 50 regard 1t. They have con-
tinued in the same line that Mr.. Brad
bury was in and make many wooden
butter mOulds for sale in and around
Augusta. Their mantels are also very
handsome and skillfully built. and
these torn a very important part OF
interior house finish in these days. The
shop is a large one, formerly the fe-
male acauemy building, and is fitted up
with three circular saws, feed plan
er, buzz planer, lathes and other ma
chInery, and an electric motor furnish
es the power. They employ three men
ana the regular manufacturing and job
work keeps them busy. The owners
are natives OF Woolwich, but have
lved here a dozen years.
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in stock, ready for occupancy and use.
Mr.. Soule has built up this big bust
ness in six years and competitors have
gradually relinquished the field to him
until he has it very nearly alone. 1t is
due to his indomitable energy and en-
terprise that his store is of so great
magnitude and Importance in the city.
He also has an uphOlstering department
and WHOLESALERS and retails. One de-
partment Of special interest is that Of
sewing machines. He sells nine differ
ent kinds and buys direct from manu-
facturers. He is agent for the Quaker
ranges also. This big store is in the
building formerly occupied by the E.
c. Allen publishing house. Mr.. Soule
is a native Of Phillips and has been
here nearly twenty years. He was
treasurer Of Maine Wesleyan Seminary
at Kent's Hill nine years, three years
treasurer of the State Insane Asylum,
five years in the wholesale fruit bust
ness here, four years consul to Wau-
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Jeweler. Isl Water street. Mr.. Hill
ton has a very neat store in the busy
part Of the street above the bridge,
where he makes speciality of watch
repairing. These are days Of close
margins in this as we'll as many other
lines and Mr.. Hilton has an advantage
in that he carries but a small stock
and largely watches, clocks, chains,
charms, lockets, small wares and
optical goods. He combines the optical
work with his regular vocation, having
ample facilities for fitting glasses for
the simple. visionary defects. BY thus
curtailing the expenses attendant on a
big store and stock, Mr.. Hilton can sell
goods at very reasonable price, a fact
Of which Augusta people are becoming
cognizant of. He fills special orders, as
for wedding or holiday gifts. In the
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TROUANT & BATES.

Undertakes, Embalmers, Funeral
Directors and Dealers in Wall Papers,
Shades and Draperies, V. E. TrOuant
and H. E. Bates, 253 Water street. The
duties of the undertaken are not the
pleasantest in the world, but, when
needed, they are like the surgeon,
among the most useful of public bust
ness men. They are skilled in pro-
fession that is distinctively an art for
the embalmers of Egypt were so skilled
that bodies they treated defy decay
even now, several thousand years after
the process was used, now lost art.
The embalmers and funeral directors
of modern times properly aspire to
thoroughness and to respect the grief
that it is their lot to meet nearly every
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Publishers of Comfort" w. H. Can
nett, president and treasurer, Horace
Colburn, superintendent, 20 WHO"
street. Probably no American maya
zine of it's type is better known tnan
Comfort" short story publication
which Mr.. Gannett established less
than a dozen years ago and which mas
attained widespread and rapidly IN
creasing fame and circulation. he
was formerly a partner with w. W..
Morse, conducting a small store in Au-
gusta, and he hit upon the style OF
magazine which has since perfected as
a sort of side issue at first. The begin
ming was not very encouraging
and he had practically given up
and was in business in Show
hogan where he had numbering
interests just when the magazine be-
gan to thrive. It soon became so much
of business that he devoted all his
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F. NJ. HAYES & SON.

Domestic Bakers, S24 Water street.
This bakery is just what 1t Is adver-
tised to be, domestic bakery where
that good home made flavor Is impart-
ed by the skillful compromising OF in
gradients by experienced bakers. The
prejudice that once existed against
food baked in public bakeries has been
dispelled largely by the immense I'M
provement bakers have made in their
products. The best of materials are
used and the implements and shops are
clean and healthful. In summer es-
pecially are bakers very helpful to the
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H. H. LEE & co.

Groceries. Wholesale and Retail, II.
h. Lee and A. L. Fuller, lao Water
street. ms firm is successor to sew
erdl nrms that have done similar
business in TINS same store for the past
lnlrty years or more. Mr.. t'uiler has
Deen III the business that length OF
time and has been a member OF this
nrm tlve years, it previously being
Lee, WadIeigh 4 Co. He has large
Iarm IN which he takes great interest
also, and is very snrewd business
man, a native Of this city and engaged
III the numbering business to CONSIDER
able extent also. Mr.. Lee has been in
this business nine years and has a
strong liking for horses also. He and
II. r. Lishness are Joint lesseeS OF the
Augusta race track and are arrang-
ing to give four harness meetings, this
year, having had some fine races there
iast year. This firm carries heavy
groceries. flour, etc. There are five
special brands that they sell, Royal,
Gala Lily, Ceresota, Washburn's and
Pillsburys Their trade is in the city
and surrounding towns. They occupy
four floors Of large block, and a spur
avelk Of the Maine Central runs cl2op
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pressure as it saves the wearisome
pressure on breast drill or brace and
makes boring and drilling easier and
quicker. Their machinery Is run Dy
an electric motor and they employ SIX
or seven men usually. Both are ma
tives Of Augusta and have always
lived here. This firm MANUFACTURES
naphtha launches, also large NUMBER
Of Rangeley row-boats. w. L. F1neld
was foreman, employed by h. n:
Harvey several years and also worked
in the railroad shops in Waterviile.
His brother was formerly grocer but
with a mechanical tendency.
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F. M. HAYES.

F. M. HAYES.
housewife for she can buy equally as
good pastry as she can cook and avoid
a warm session in the kitchen. The
speciality here is cream bread which is
all it's name indicates and a staff Of
life" indeed. All kinds Of pastry.
equally as good, are produced. Beans
delivered on Saturdays and Sunday
mornings at the store, and every posi-
BILE baked delicacy for every day in the
week. In connection with the bakery
is lunch room where these fine ed
ibles may be tested. Mr.. Hayes,
senior, has been a baker fifteen years.
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THE CITY HOTEL.

F. NJ. Bowman, proprietor, 1857 Wa
ter street. Travelling men are good
Judges Of a town and their reports can
ha found reliable usually. They base
their statements on facts, either as
70 what sort of business they do
tbera or az 70 the quality Of the hotels.
When they say it is GOOD town II IS
safe to conclude tNat the business IS
brisk and constan and that the hos
te,ries are up-ta-date and inviting.
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Uniformly good reports are spread OF
Augusta, and the hotel service Is com
mended in full measure. Those who
make the City hotel their temporary
home find the proprietor very affable
and jealous to contribute everything
needful for his guests comfort. He
has a house Of thirty rooms for tran
sient business and finds his house none
too large. very freaueItly. 1t has all
the modern improvements and din
ing-room that accommodates forty.
Mr.. Bowman has been hotel man
thirty wears and knows the business OF
catering to the travelling public to per-
lection. At one time - had . hotel
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R. W. soULE.

House Furnishings, 2SS Water street.
Mr.. Soule has the six floors of this
block, 65x50, filled to capacity, also the
upper foors of the Hill, Wight & Ma
comber block, for storage purposes. 1t
is an established fact that he can fit
out house or a hotel complete from
the list Of household furniture he has
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Forester and United Workman. He
has sung bass in the quartets and
choirs Of nearly all the churches in the
city. fifteen years in the Universalist
church. He was engineer Of the fire
engine for five years until disused, as
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in Wichita. Kan, and ten years ago
he returned to Augusta and built the
City hotel. Mr.. Bowman Is a native
Of Sidney. Me-, and is a knight of
Pythias.
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SMITH & REID.

Book Bindery; H. Eugene Smith and
William H. Reid; Kennebec Journal
Block. Established in 1854 the bindery,
owned by this enterprising firm, has
been one of the important industries Of
this city for nearly half century. The
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wHITEHOUsE & BOWMAN.

!. White Cloud Laundry, w. S. White
house ana A. NJ. Bowman. 20 Bridge
street. Tnis Is a new establishment
occupying a large two-story building
ana basement. having been opened last
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DIR. G. E. HATHORNE.

Dentist; FOG Water street. The nee
essity of keeping the teeth in a good
condition is being daily more and more