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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

where those black coal hods hang.
Now if you want them at the ridicu-
lousy low price Of 15c each carry them
away today or Monday. He will not
require you TO use rthem for coal. lots
of ways they will come handy. Look
here for right prices on fine sleds,
skates and lots OF sensible Christmas
presents. Great stock thermometers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Wish you could see the fresh, deli
cious vanilla chocolate drops Frederick
Pulos has made for you today. only
l5c per lb. Those delicious inolasses
chips, homo made, not machine made
only zoe. Molasses cream new lie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

"One cent gallon" Who says it is n
dry city? Don't worry while Diamond
Spring water sells at this price, an
occasional Saturday, just to catch on
new customers. Truly the CITY il
fortunate in having such Il Temple,
these dry times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Buy your hot water bottle and buy it
today, of Bowditch & Webster? Why
YOU ask? Because, they generously
offer to give you n 25c fancy ilannelette
bag the marguerite" an Indispensable
cover that should always be used on Il
hot water bag to make the contact
more agreeable to the flesh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

You should call at the Augusta Fruit
Cos store and see the fancy Persian
oates, neatly done up lib. pacl1:lgas
only 1Oc. per Id. Fancy! Malaga grapes. >
lbs. 25c. The castena and new pecans
are surprisingly large and fine. New
grape fruit and oranges today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Dc you know that but few days re
main for you 10 take possession OF
any Or all of \. A. Soule's great stock
of furniture, carpets. fancy lamps, &c.
&c. at discount? When the fever Of
buying is on. prices will not be "spe-
cial." Remember this before Dec. 10,
passes by.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Ed. Perry and John Sawyer, claiming
to belong in Gardiner, came up TO Au-
gusta, Thursday evening. ugly drunk,
and rs u natural consequence. fell into
the hands Of the police. They were
both taken at the north end, where they
were playing one night stand. and
were trying to run things, to suit
themselves. Sawyer went into a house
on Bond street. but evidently was not
received with open arms, for a mes
sage was sent to the police to which
officer Ward responded, and though
MIR. Sawyer bucked strenuously. he was
harvested, and taken owe" the river.
Mr. Perry fell into the hands of officer
White. near the railroad bridge. and
Jared no better than his partner. When
searched at the station there was found
i'll his pocket a sling shot. made of a
shoe string and q section of lead pipe.
Both were given Il hearing. yesterday
morning. before Judge Andrews, ans!
sent up for 80 days. Sawyer ii will
be remembered. was before the court
4 short time ago. for striking wo-
man in the face, at the north end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

-arbor day at this schoolhouse, when a
large number Of trees will be planted
about its spacious grounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Buckley & Goodrich must have room
for their immense Christmas stock and
offer their entire line of ladies' suits,
capes and millinery at great reduc-
ton from former prices. If you need
anything in this line it will pay yol
to give the Peoples Store 4 call. Also
another case Of those Toe. outings a.
sc. a yard, and don't forget the great
embroidery outfit offer at this store.
soc. worth for csc. s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

At the East Side shoe store today and
Monday. YOU buy one Of the best quail
ity of slippers they even had. Mems
47c to 81, women 80 to s1.25 and Boys
and misses only 41c. Mia 'es' ? buckle
overshoas only 97c. Men,; leGgins 41c.
Must see goods to appreciate values.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05
Two stin alarms were caused. Friday

Two still alarms We're caused, Friday
by chilnneys burning out. The first
was at 1910 p. NJ, and was due to q
hot blaze in q chimney 1T 40 Gage
street in the hous2 occupied by Bert
Leighton. Chief Engineer Kicker ~
sronded. and killed ouc the fire with
a chemical. He was nons too soon. as
the wood work around the chimney
was igR:tcd when he arrived. At 9.05
+. NJ. the second call sent Cushnoc
hose to the Edwards block on Northern
avcuue. at the foot of Sand hill. where
the trouble was in chimney on the
tenement occupied by Simeon JOLT
occur. The fire was Il hot one. and
gave the liremen Il good hours work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

1t does seem as though every lady
would take advantage of the oppoi-
tunity for saving 10 cents at 7. ~.
Means. The "violet lo;ion.' really it
might be said tobc almost Indispensable
this season of the year, sells today alnl
Monday for 15c. per large bottle, 25c.
other days. "a:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Brooks Hardware Co. want the room
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-05

Where are the fortunate ones who
bought those fancy pound boxes OF
chocolates and bon bons Of Folsom, :
awhile ago. at only &c. per box? This is
your chance today and Monday Pre-
sumo he makes this great. offer to get
you into his parlor where the big toy
display is.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-27

.frock; and the new materials should
inspire even a home dressmaker to
artistic feats.
Lent is .favorite time for home
sewing,and many a girl is doing severe
penance by keeping a seamstress to
fashion summer gowns; while the girl
who scorns homemade costumes has
either filled her trunks with thin
frocks and fitted southwark or is o
ferring with her dressmaker and pre-
pairing for the summer campaign.
For the home dressmaker the gowns
shown in the illustrations are not
problems too appalling. though no
prettier models of a simple sort are
to be found in the dressmaking shops.
and all r designed from ideas fur
nished by expensive models.
With the rise of the blouse and the
loose effects has come the triumph
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any rate that happiness has come to
them during their stay with us.
When we met together at Easter
time to celebrate the resurrection
festival, many women who had left
asked leave to come back. In one
instance, a oma was to come with
her husband, another was to bring
ness with which they desired to be
with III showed that their residence
with us had been something more to
them than mere hospital treatment
1T had brought to them an under
standing of the happiness of being
cared for, and the realization of
home. Individual dealing with the
women, the influence of Individual
character, individual happiness, and
individual thought, must in the end
tell for nothing but good. I think
we even care in the colony what the
patients wear on Sundays; we notice
their new bonnets and their new
dresses, and all sorts of frivolous
things that go to make up our own
home life, and I do not think that
when we speak of these so-called lit
tie things it makes the prayers of
those who join together on Sunday
in our church any less devout.
Since Duxhurst wa open, COUNTY
council r~cformatories have been start
cd in various places where women
are committed under the amended
act. These L doing excellent work,
and we Hatter ourselves that much of
the experience gained at Duxhurst
has been very useful in their con-
struction and organization, but the
class that come to us a find no
home there. They are the wives of
artisans who earn small wages; wo-
e who perhaps have not been
taken before a magistrate, but whose
ome are desolate through drink;
servants who have lost their charac-
tiers and consequently their situa-
lions; young women who, on account
OF hard work and late hours in shops
and other places of business, have
begun to drink and are running their
lives at the very outset. All these
come to us voluntarily, stay a year,
and put themselves of their own free
will under restraint; and the letters
we get from husbands and brothers.
fathers, mothers and sisters are
heartrending. Their willingness to
pay all that they can towards the
maintenance of the inmate, and their
eagerness to cure those who are
bringing wretchedness and degrada-
ton into their lives, show us dailv
the necessity for such a home. In
one year we refused 5000 cases, and
since we opened we have been
obliged to deny e 10000 women
admittance for want of room. It is,
however, cheering to know: that our
medical man gives it as his expert
ence that IS per cent. of our cases
are standing well today.
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! Rescuing the Black!isted 5
WomeD Of England Il II {
. The Work That Is Being Done at The Farm Home For ?
q Inebria+es OF Lady Henry Somerset as Told by Herself :

cottages are simply furnished with
just such utensils as every self-re-
specting laborer ought to have at
home-clean, dainty and pretty
and the women take immense pride
in what they call our little hoincs.'
The occupation that is given to them
is almost entirely out of doors, for
we have realized that we are combat
ting an evil which is not only moral,
but which is physical also, and that
therefore it is absolutely necessary
to give them an antidote for the poi
O which has destroyed their lives.
Nothing better can be found than
the wholesome outdoor work on the
lawns, among the fower-beds, in. the
vegetable garden, and in the forcing
houses; and the way in which the
women who have come to us utter
wrecks are built up, the manne in
which they regain their youth, and
the brightness which once more be-
ome theirs, proves that our theory
is correct. Early tomatoes and Gu
cumbers r grown for the market
under the superintendent Of a lady
gardener from Swanley. All the
vegetables for the colony are grown
by the women themselves, and l
think that VIC shall be able to prove
that gardening is not only a health
full occupation, but a good opening
for the industries of women.
We have had most encouraging
cases, we have also had some bitter
disappointments; but I may safely
say that when the ONE leave us
it is sometimes impossible to be-
lieve that they are the same who
came to us ~ months before, and
parting with the patients is so sor-
rowful a scene that we realize at
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come into fashion-plain trained
skirts to fit hips perfectly, then grad
ually flow out round the feet, finished
with %vandyked trimmings in passe-
menterie, appliques, etc.-a pleasant
change from the founces, tucks, etc.
Stitched straps and fiat braids trim
many of the new woolfen goods and
the new short bolero sacks make the
smartest> of outdoor garments for
spring. They slip on easily over the
blouse, and reach to Or nearly to the
waist, giving a very trim appearance
to the figure.
For golf, cycling and other outdoor
sports, the latest creation is a knitted
or crochet bolero coat, doub1e-breast-
ed, fastened on the one side with large
buttons, the waistband pouched in
front, and with bishop or banded
sleeves. The neck opens a trife to
show a collar and tie, and very smart
these boleros. are, made in one or two
colors.
These knitted boleros are lined with
plain silk or satin, or with quilted
silk, as may be preferred.
Many of the new spring coats are
sack-shape, and made after the style
of the japanese coat, showing most
handsome embroidery.
Later on, when the warmer days are
with us, we may expect much variety
in the way of small but smart capes
and 6elerines. ELLEN OSMONDE.
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bitual inebriate act has been several
times amended, and this year we
have at last arrived at the point
where the drunkard is no longer free
to ruin his own life and the life of
those who belong to him, but his per-
sonal liberty is sacrificed for the
benefit of humanity at large. The
great question comes, however, what
are we to do with them? And this is
where the homes at Duxhurst have,
l believe, been a pioneer work.
Our Farm Home consists of a COL
only village, built on the slopes of the
hills of Surrey, a breezy, upland
farm, overlooking the beautiful
plains that stretch away for miles on
either side. The strong, bracing air
and lovely woods have all lent them
selves as the best possible surround
ings for our village settlement. Here
the little matched cottages, bright
and smiling, nestle as though they
had been built for many a year,
forming a triangle round the green;
while on one side stands the hospi-
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influence It is eXerting.

We will begin with a few figures and
then go on to considerations other
than statistical. There is an invest
ment in this country of over 81, 500, o00,-
600 in street railways, on which are
paid yearly interest and dividends of
$4,000, 900; 10000 car run on 10000
miles Of track and 300, 900 employees
are at work on these lines. Although
millions more passengers travel than
formerly, railroad statistics show the
number travelling by steam roads to be
IL, 000,0 900 less in the last seven
years. In one state last year
four times as many passengers were
carried by the electric car as by the
steam; and in another state a couple
of years ago 20 per cent. more passen-
gers made use of trolley transporter
ton than of steam railway. Passen-
gers pay but a fifth of the operating
expenses of steam railroads, but that
fifth is now needed; electric lines cut
ting into the business of the steam
roads alta great rate.
Swiftly and efficiently, the trolley
bears it's burden, and with it's constant
ly improving service, it's cheap fares
and transfer system, it is fact cover
ing a wide territory; taking posses
sion of the east and middle west. The
social, industrial and commercial re-
suits of the trolley invasion should re-
ceive attention. And also, we think,
the recreation side. Mr.. Albert Bige-
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We have changed all that. The thin
summer frock turned out; by an artist
is still, in a majority of cases, untub-
bable, but'that is because of it's sheer
ness, itsl faces and intricate handwork
and general elaboration, not because
of it's lining. The. unlined blouse and
skirt are much in evidence and all
severe lines are taboo.
To obtain the proper neglige effect
without crossing the line of slouchi-
ness, to compass the artful artlessness
of the correct summer frock requires
care and thought. In the first place,
the under garments must be adapted
to the frock.
Badly fitted corset covers, petit
coats, etc., can spoil the lines of any
thin frock. There should be no awk>
ward fitness around waist and hips.
The petticoat should reach to the floor
and have the correct fulness and flare
around the hips.
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MILK CARRIERS AT DUXHURST FARM.

tai, and opposite the church, and in
another meadow the long building
called the "Children's Nest" faces the
village. Far up the road in it's own
grounds is the Manor house, which
has been opened as a sanatorium for
ladies. The most important feature
of the scheme is the arrangement for
the recognition of the individual
among the patients. Each little cot
tage contains from seven to ten in
~habitants, and a nurse sister who
superintends the small family. We
long ago realized that to deal with
large bodies of people suffering from
one disease-a disease both mental
and moral-was to court failure. The
influence of thought would be far too
strong to be overcome, and it was
impossible to contemplate housing
so many people together who were
likely only to harm one another.
Part of the success of the scheme has
unquestionably been due to this sys-
tenn of dividing the colony into these
small sections, where normal home
life can be maintained, and where
each individual feels herself of i'm
portance in her own small circle. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-27

near by ones door the swift-going,
cheap means Of transportation to get
to town, is not so deadly mo]notonus
as once it was. 'Hitching up bad
roads, tired horses, all the old-time
hindrances have been done away with,
and boys and girls can get out often
and see something of city folk andcity
ways. .-yn \
Likewise the city dweller is not. inn
prisoned SO closely as before. A five
cent fare, and he and his chicks can
fly out into the blessed country, escape
from smoke and dust and crowding
neighbors to green fields and wide
spaces. The townsman begins to real
ize that the trolley is something more
than Transportation" He begins to
look upon it as a luxury, his own car
riage4or automobile-which will take
him. almost anywhere he may desire to
go. He goes through pleasant country
ways, and when he comes to a town he
does not find himself in a dirty, run
down, unsightly portion, as he would if
he Travelled by train, but he glides
along avenues bordered by fine trees,
sees among the trees comfortable and
beautiful homes. Indeed, trolleying is
refreshing. = 49, Eff..
For a long ride. the uncushioned
seats would get pretty tiresome, and
the upholstered trolley has already
come into use. In Michigan the line
running from Jackson to Detroit has
largo upholstered cars with many of
the toilet conveniences common to
steam cars. From Muncie, Ind, to In
dianapolis one a travel by trolley in
fine style, the run of SO miles being
madcin a couple of hours. Some Of the
Indiana lines make 60 miles an hour.
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low Paine, who undertook to make all
possible use of the trolley in the long
miles between New York and Chicago,
prefaces his account of this exploit
with these suggestive words: "Steam
for speed; trolley for a good time"
That is not a bad way to take a "a
cation. One gets a lot of fresh air, di-
versity Of scenery, freedom from CRIME
and smoke-and all for little outlay.
When one comes to a particularly in
viting spot, one can signal the con-
ductor and alight where fancy leads.
If a glimpse of a stream appeals to the
angler, a moments warning and down
from his car steps the fisherman to try
his luck where he pleases. If the fish
refuse to bite, when another a comes
along the sportsman boards it and is
sped along to a fresh field. The beauty
and character of the land is appreciat-
ed infinitely more by the traveller than
when banged and whizzed along in the
steam cars. The ability and little x
pense attendant on "stofping over'
make it possible for eve the most eco
nomical traveller desiring to inspect a
region to travel leisurely and make
unhurried observations.
The ride from New York to Boston
is undertaken now and then by the
recreation seeker. In the distance of
267 miles the trolley rider encounters
breaks amounting to about 40 miles.
Travelling only by day, it takes three
days to accomplish the trip, and 16
lines of cars. Rural New England has
been opened up to the lover of the
picturesque by it's myriad of trolley
lines, and "trolleying" in New England
is & pleasure one long remembers. The
location of the lines are determined by
the city fathers, who dearly love their
village trees and will allow no corpora
ton to despoil their beauty. Though
the city fathers are strict, they are
generous, and allow right of. way in
places selected for beauty of scenery
as well as for utilitarian reasons. The
cars travel under great boughs that
meet overhead, and really interfere
very little with the village charm=and
quiet.
The trolley, it is said, is doing what
paternal1persuasion could not-mak-
ing the farmers boy and girl content
ed with farm life. Rural life, with
aEEE%G
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and shirrings and founces and tuck
ings, the rose garlands and violet bun
ches-they belong to the slender girl
ish figure and. the youthful face. Stout
matrons will seize upon them. Faded
bellies will try to rouge and powder
themselves into harmony with them,
but the reigning modes are unques-
tionably youthful. The debutante has
come into her own.
Of course there is gorgeousness and
elaboration enough for the older
women; but the gold and silver, the
jeweled laces, the rich embroideries
SO much in vogue, do not express the
seasons spirit as does the simmer
ing daintiness of the Powered nous
.selines, with their laces and pretty rib
bons.
Plcturesqueness will be the keynote
of summer fashion, and though the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-27
UTILITY OF THE rRoLLEY-AN EARLY MORNING MILK GAR IN OHIO.

Between Buffalo and Lockport so miles
an hour is made, and plans are under
way for the attainment of IS miles an
hour. -
Detroit is the great trolley center;
am electric line runs from Detroit
(through Toledo) to Cleveland, a dis
lance of almost 200 miles. From
gainesville, east of Cleveland, a rum
can be made through Detroit clear to
Bay City, more than $50 miles. The
whole state of Michigan is alreadycob-
webbed, or about to be, with lines
which radiate from Detroit. In. the
east one can travel from Portland,
Me-, to Boston by electric car, and
journey almost the whole way from
Pittsburg to Cleveland. Buffalo and
indianapolis both are important trac-
ton 'centers, the former city handling
much freight on it's electric lines.
Ohio is the. trolley state par excel
1ence. Almost 5000 miles of traction
road either is in use or in process of
construction. there; and much use
other than for passenger traffic is made
of b lines, quantities of freight be-
ing sent inthe large express cars. Elec-
trio lines 60 miles and more in length
are the "main travelled roads, now in
certain parts of, Ohio, and certainly do
much:to quicken intercourse between
large town and outlying country.
Although not in common use, the
electric car is employed for many pur-
poses. Funeral cars, draped in black,
convey funeral parties to the teme-
teries at small cost. There are ex-
press, freight, postal, coal, repair and
parlor cars, and some roads talk of
putting on dining and sleeping cars.
By the electric cars many. farmers are
able to send their produce to market,
even live stock-and the pillow horse is
not now compelled to do double duty.
The electric lines handle milk, butter
and vegetables much more cheaply
than the railroads, and much more Z
peditiously for the farmer than when
he depends on his team The farm
ers themselves, instead of long, dusty,
lonely drives to town, board the cleo
trio car, carrying whatever small truck
they may Wishato dispose Of; and as.
their vehicle speeds on its wa enjoy
social converse with their neighbors.
KATHERINE RcYE
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cuffs, as well a. finished with strap
pings and ornaments, etc. Some of
the new cloth robes are trimmed with
appliques of velvet and silk, cut out
in both materials, and machined with
a contrasting silk.
With these French dress robes are
zouave pieces for the bodice, and so
handsome r the appliques as to re-
quire no other trimming, save a little
lace to soften the neck part. !.
The skirt with fitted hip-piece, and
arrow attached front breadth, is the
leading N for the present, and it is
a shape capable of being adapted to a
train, or the new trottoir length. The
side breadths and back are laid in wide
folds. >r>,
This shape skirt is an excellent one
for street wear, made just to escape
the ground.