davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-02-15
$1,000 Life Insurance Promptly Paid.

r. u. Kemp was unfortunate in
losing fine boy in the death of his
l6-year-old son Patrick, bat he had
the keen foresight, which every man
should use, and had insured his life
in the Equitable Life Insurance GO.
and the agent, Geo. VI. Madden, was
here Tuesday and paid the policy in
full.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-02-15

Continued on Stb page.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
1t Would Be Fatal to Maine.

tEaEeor NpNS.)
Before the Democratic SpcllbhderS oil
Maine can accuse the Maine Republicans
OF lodging local issues. these sam" Maine
Democrats should explain why the r"clp-
rocity with Canada clause was inserted
IL the Democratic platform of Maine this
year. In fact whenever the Maine Demo
Gratis attempt to do anything they seem u
have thr fatal habit OF OVERRIDING 1t. This
mater OF Canadian reciprocity means
Tree trade, and it means nothing else
Again and again has this country StrlVcn
10 secure some reciprocity arrangement
with Canada which should be fair OK
change of commodities hut every tim"
the Canadians have met our overtIr"S
Nlth Il 1at demand for the tree entry OF
canadian lumber and Canadian iiSh ana
Canadian farm products INTO our ports.
Having enployed a protective tiflft Tor
the building up of tn" lnlted states I'M
til nov. when our population and wealth
are more than fifteen to ctnad.tS one,
the advocates Of Canadian reciprOcit y
would have this country lor"Go every
advantage it has gained and proceed t.
build up Canada at our expense. Moth
ing could be more fatal to the prosperity
of Maine than Il Canadian reciprocity
such as Canada will grant. The man or
plan is an enemy to the industrial, social
and financial interests of Maine.
rh" democratic leaders of Maine real
;ze this fact n"w. and are frantic t. con
tine the debate to local issues. But they
are too late. In demanding Canadian
reciprocity they have taken the discus
sion out OF the local ncld ana made Ii
national. for all the local Main" issues
condensed and magniiicd and piled on ton
of one another. are as nothing when COM
pared with Canadian reciprocity such
as the Maine Democratic platform ad-
vocatcs. And perhaps it is as well. A.
much as the Maine Republicans would
like to discuss local issues. as ready as
Governor Cobb has been to defend his
administration. the facts in the case ar
that the Republican party Of Maine is
the one and only party in Maine which
haS stood behind President Roosevelt in
his fight against corruption ard graft.
The election of Governor Cobb next
month means victory for Roosevelt and
the Roosevelt ideas and the Roosevelt
party. To be sure, Maine has a few local
disputes in which both parties may be-
rarity right. ard partly wrong. But the
chief thing is TO uphold the hands of tn
President. and to send him assurance
that Maine is behind him in his winning
battle for purity and d"ccnCE and justice.
let nobody forget that vote for c"h5
on September ~ is also Il vote for ROOSc-
veit and deccncy and idtT anG order.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Coming Events in Maine.

Aug. O-2O-Kennebec Valley Camp
Meeting, Richmond.
Aug 12-26-Annual Campmeeting.
Verona Park.
Aug. 1627-Empire Grove Camp
meeting at East Poland
Aug. 17-27-East Livermore Camp
meeting.
Aug. 1927 - National Holiness
Campmeeting. Old Orchard.
Aug. 21-Summer meeting of the
Maine Pathological Society. Orono.
Aug. 21-Annual Field Day of the
Odd Ladies of Maine. Nonesuch Park,
Scarboro.
Aug. 22-Montvilles Centennial Gel
ebration.
Aug. 23-Fifth Maine Battery As
ISOLATION. Island Park. Lake Cobbos-
seecentee.
Aug 23-Sept. 2d-Advent Camp
meeting at Lakeside Ne.
Aug. 24.-Drinkwater family reunion.
Northport.
Aug. 2S-31-Eastcrn Maine Fair,
Bangor.
Sept i-6-Maine Christian Endeav-
or Convention. Pennington.
Sept. 4-6-Waldo County fair. Bel
fast.
Sept 6-Reunion Of the 18th Maine
Regiment. Lewiston.
Sept. 10-State election
Sept. 11-14-Central Maine Fair at
Waterville.
Sept. 12-13-Annual reunion Fiji
tcenth Maine Regimental Association
at Bangor.
Sept. 1LTwenty-Sixth Maine regiment
al reunion. Rockport
Sept. 1S-20-State Convention of the
Congregational church, Lewiston.
Sept. 26-29 Free Baptist State Associa-
ton at Bangor
Oct. 2-4-Maine baptist Anniversa-
ries. Dover and Foxcroft
Oct. 34-Annual meeting of the
Maine Undertakers' Association. Port
land
Oct. 4-6-Maine Musical Festival.
Bangor
Oct. s-10-Maine Musical Festival
Portland
Oct. 17-19-Annual meeting OF ne
Maine Federation of Womcns 'iuoS'
Bangor.
Oct. 16-1S-State Sunday Schooi
Convention. Camden.
Oct. 25, &c, 27-Maine Teachers AS
ISOLATION Lewiston.
Nov. 13-15-Annual Meeting u
State Pathological Society, Harrison,
Dec. 49, 0-Annual Meeting OF STATE
Grange, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

that in America the wages. the oppor-
tunities and the environments of the Ia
boring classes are tn. best in the realm
Of civilization. 1t Is filled with walls Of
ers that we are on the verge of ruin.
But can any honest citizen of the United
states be fooled by such prctcnsions in
the presence of overwhelming evidences
of the thrift that distinguishes every
HONORABLE" occupation and Is daily upIift-
ing our workmcn in factories. fields and
mines? What Misrepresentation. A frost
in June that would Kill all vegetation
would please those gentlemen. They
would also like to strike down the pro-
tective tariff; ard FIJI the streets Of the
cities with idle men and women Let it
lie RENE mb"fcd that R"publca aism
stands for pr0spcrity and plenty OF work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

K Aloostook tax rebate. Mr.. Osgocd is
now candidate for the Legislature on
| tie Lewiston Democratic ticket He is
also a stakeholder and influential director
OF tn. News Publishing Co. If the &. *
a. transaction WAS dishonest, as his pa
per says, it seems to follow that he was
It is strange that his paper
should accuse him of that by indircction.
This railroad issue is Il boomerang in .tna
hands Of unSkillcd throwcrS and it comes
back and whackS them on the head.
Is it fair and honest to the people of
the State To impose upon them the cx-
prnst, burden and disgrace of maintain
ing a special commission to enforce Il
particular statute which the shcriffS of
the several counties are charged with tn"
sam, and are commanded by heavy pen
allies to perform this duty?
The re may be grounds for difference of
opinion as I" the pol y Of 1T, but 1t was
certainly "fi'ir and honest 1T was don"
10y III. representatives of the people,
after fair. full and open discussion: and
ii would never have be, n done had it not
been for such nullfication sher'ffS as
CUMMINGS III AndroScoggin and Pencil
III Cumht rland.
Is it honest to the people Of the STATE
To refuS" them the privilege ana OppOr-
tunity of expressing themselves upon tn :
fifth amendment to the conStitut iOn.
which was adopted a generation ago and
l,l,on which a large minority at least of
the voters of today Eavc never yet had Il
chinct to express themselves at the bal
lot box. and ii large minority too. if not
II majority. If Tho voters desire to have
submitted To the people for their ap-
prevail or diSapprovai?
This is an assumption in tbs first place
that the p,opl" of the Stat" are d.
handing rrsubmission. som" Of them
are; it may even be conceded that a lIrgr
mine rity are: hut there is no evidence ~
yet that a majority want it. When such
evidence is Forthcoming. when there is
psliIsXp al
the people Of this State d"sir" resJbIniS
SION the amendment will be rcsubmitted
matter of course.
''Shlll The State of Maine lac honest r.
The great bulk of the pcDpl. Of Main"
are honest and well meaning and they
are CITING sick of having the good nam"
of their State dragged in tn" nlirc and
hearing the charges rung on that uE-
worthy and Dishonest imnmtAtinn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

into Aroostook and tell the more than
there upon their own soil that 1.-The
potato lands of that county 'are
owned by a few wealthy men,? If he
should he would be greeted by a shout
of derisive laughter that would be
heard even in the office of the Water
vile Sentinel
Two years ago the Democrats sent
few of their spellbinders into Aroostopk
to assure the farmers there that
the IS cents bushel protection which
the Dingley tariff afforded them on
their potatoes didn't amount to
shucks, and that the protection which
it afforded them on their livestock,
their oats, their hay, their butter, their
apples. their eggs and various other
farm products was really burden to
them if they could only bring them
selves to look at the matter from
Democratic standpoint. And did the
VI ATOpStbOk answer lHtSc
specious arguments? They did, most
emphaticaliy on election day when
they came to the Penobscot line with
Republican ma jority of 1882.
That was the answer of the farmers
of Aroostook and in a similar degree.
the answer of the farmers of Maine to
the Democratic attempt to convince
them that they We're receiving no
benefits under the Dingley tariff law.
The Democratic newspapers and SPELL
binders presented the sOphistries they
| employed in their most plausible way;
but they learned to their sorrow. on
election day. that they had grievously
underestimate the intelligence of
| the men to whom they We're addressed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Davis and His Whiskey Exh bit.

brunswick RoCnrd)
The Hon. Cyrus w. Davis. Democratic
candidate for Governor OF Maine. illus
trated his address at RUmford Falls with
TASKS Of liquor which he E0Id had been
purchased IN that GIN under his direc-
tjnn. his purpose berg to show tnat the
liquor laE is not strictly enforced ill
Rumford Falls. So far as that particular
point * concerned it micht be considered
beneath the dignity Of an aSpirant for
lie Governors chair to do the Sleuth act
in spying out rumshops The people IF
Rumford Falls and of other cities and
towns in the State know as well as Mr..
Davis that tn" complete suppression OF
tn" liquor traffic is well nigh impossible.
They ais" know that the enforcement in
augurated by Governor Cobb through
the StureiS law has been tn" means Of
shutting M hundreds of saloons all over
the state. besides cutting ont tn" poiiti-
cal graft that has been associated with
the liquor business. Now if Mr.. Davis is
prepared to say that h" can and will Civ
the State, If elected Governor. q Strlct"r
enforcement of the Lam than Cobb has
Gi'en. h" would h" making tn" proper
sort Of talk. on til" other hand if il"
wishes to diScred.t thr SturEiS law. let
him say how ~ proposes to secure better
enforcement Of tn" liquor LAW. hut thus
far Mr.. Davis has mad" no attempt tn
show how much better h" could ~ than
Cobb has done.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Speaker Cannon in Augusta Sept.

1t is good news for all people of Au-
gusta and vicinity. irrespective of
party affiliations. that the Republican
committee has arranged for a speech
by Speaker Cannon in the Augusta City
hail. Monday evening, September 3.
Speaker Cannon, or "Uncle joe" as he
is affectionately known, not only in his
home state of Illinois and among his
throughout the country, is one of the
leading men in American public life
today. and no man, except President
Roosevelt himself. is more highly es-
tnemed or has a larger place in the
hearts of the masses. AS a public
sneaker he is known from one end of
the country to the other az an agrees
sive and picturesque orator, with the
rare gift Of native eloquence and with
convincing way which wins him friends
and makes votes for his party wherever
he goes.
Only last week he was nominated for
his 18th term in Congress and Of the
Is nominations II have been by &C
clamation and without any shadow OF
opposition. Although his own ambi-
tions and wishes in the matter are not
known he has been much discussed as
a possibility for the Republican presi-
DENTAL nomination in 1905 and he has
thousands of friends in all parts of the
country waiting to give his boom their
support when it is formally launched.
! CITY hall is sure to be packed to the
limit when he speaks here on the even
ing of Labor Day, for he is by far the
most distinguished speaker who will be
heard in this section of the State dur
| ing the campaign. Don't forget the date
and plan to bring your friends along.
| especially if they are Democrats.
| So popular is Mr.. Cannon with all
| classes Of people in Illinois that the
Democrats in hiA district have named
rs candidate in opposition. His cleo
ton will he as unanimous as was his
nomination. He Is one Of the great
est of living Americans. and Augusta
l.. honored that ne is to visit it. 1t
| will be great privilege to see and hear
a man of whom we have all read 50
much. and whose exceptional ability
and absolute integrity have made him
50 universally honorcd and 50 powerful
a figure in our national affairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Figures That Are True and Eloquent


Here are some pertinent facts for the
consideration Of voters who think that
h"cauS" the Democrats ar" in favor of
easy access To plenty Of stimulating
drinks. that therefor" they should BE-
given control of the Stat. The rum is
sue is a financial issue to he sure but
this statement of fact will appeal tn
some who do not see the financial i'm
rUrtInc" of keeping tn" saloon out of
Maine. Within a few weeks the bonded
debt of Maine has been rut down ST. Gln.
making the totnl reduction of the present
Year $3.50. and Yet there is idle money
in the state treasury which will I'M
dOuht"dly be turned TO the payment of
further Stat" debt. reducing the States
Indebtedness for the year 1906 by about
$4,000. By next January the debt Of
the State of Maine Will have been cat to
million dollars in 1900. Meantime. the
State tax is lower with one exception.
than it has been for Il wears ana on"
Of thos" years was Democratic. When
people were taxed nearly twice rs many
state tax than they are TODAY. In 1SS-
towns Of Maine to the amount Of Sl.ol5.-
3N2s2; in 1896 after q wears of uninter-
ruptcd Republican rule the amount Of
State tax has been reduced to $1Sl7i1l.
The bonded debt of the Stote as given ir
TIL STAT. tr" iS1lrer'S reports was Sl.1i4 9Hl
in ISL and $l.3S".o'H at the h"Ei"l''ac Of
this year. since which time it has been
reduced $3.50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Helping Democrats Obey the Law.

cortland E.XDrcSSl
Th" Republican County Committee Of
-AUdrOScnECin County has turned tn" ia
hes clcvcrlv upon tl;o Democratic com
mittce. Whatever may have been the
r'lrorse ami impellnE motive Of thu
Democrats in their proposition that the
Two committees sign an agreement not
to use either liquor or money in brihinr
voters in the coming campaign, readers
may best he left to themselves to judge.
Chairman John II. Maxwell Of the Re
publican committee has replied that h"
would Ike to help the Democrats to keep
the law. ami that he would like to haV'
the agreement redrawn in such a way as
to cover al the law relating To bribery.
but declaring that If the Democrats ar,
rot willing to chang" their first propose
ton he is ready to sign that IL it will helm
them to he LAW. abiding. Mr.. Maxwell
declares that il has never been his pur-
pose to violate the law. This Democrat
dodge did not count for much, and the
democrats should have known it would
not. since they had to deal with chair
man Maxwell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Maine Farmers and the DngIey Tariff

The potato lands of Aroostook are
owned by a few wealthy men. and they
rent or sell only at prices that give
them all the profit over and above
what labor and capital can earn in the
market in other industries Neither
labor nor capital get more than that
in potato raising in Aroostook.-
Waterville Sentinel
TIL" last census gave the number of
farms in Maine as 62.013 of which num-
Der 5S.643 were operated by the own
ers. In other words 946 per cent. of
the farms of this state are operated by
the men who own them. The census
of 1900 shows that AroOStOok had in
that year 693S farms. 1t was then
and is now the largest agricultural
county in Maine. In 1900 it had So
more farms than Penobscot county
the next largest agricultural county in
our State. With the great growth of
Aroostook county in the past few years
it is entirely safe to say that the num-
bcT of farms in that county today will
exceed 1000. 1t is safe to say that fully
rs per cent Of these farms are owned
and operated by the men who live
upon them. as it is an admitted fact
that most of the exceedingly few ten
ant farmers to be found in Maine are
located in the older sottled counties of
the state. All of these 1000 farms
have potato lands. and all of their
owners are engaged to a greater or less
extent In the raising of potatoes. The
Sentinel SAYS that they are wealthy
men, and it is undoubtedly true that
they, as well as other farmers of
Maine. have prospcred greatly under
the Dinglcy tariff law. which has made
1t possible for them to hold their own
great markets against Canadian COM
petition with its whitening effects upon
prices.
Nelson DinEloy was a broad and far
seeing man. He was devotedly loyal to
his native State. and, in framing the
great tariff Law which bears his name
he saw to it. the principal interest of
its people the great agricultural inter-
est, was fully and carefully safeguard
ed. Let us look at the schedule and
note the duties the Canadian farmer is
forced to pay before he can cross the
line with his products.
LIVESTOCK.
Cattle. from $500 to 1915 per head;
horses. $50 per head; swine s1.50 per
head; sheep s1.5S per head.
BREADSTUFFS
Oats. Is cents a bushel; buckwheat.
u cents a bushel; corn, Is cents bush
ell; wheat, % cents a bushel.
DAIRY FARM AND FIELD PROD
: Butter s cents a pound; cheese. s
cents a pound: beans, As cents a BUSH
ell; eggs, cents a dozen; hay. $500
ton; potatoes, % cents a bushel; straw.
$3.50 per ton; apples, 25 cents buHh-
ell: poultry cents a pound.
The above are only the more impor-
tant items upon which the farmers of
Maine are protected from foreign COM
petition by the Dingley tariff law
There are a number of others. That
the farmers of this State fully appre-
ciate the Importance of this protection
afforded them by the Dingley tariff as
a very vital element in their prosper
itv they have repeatedly shown by the
splendid Republican vote they have
rolled up on election day.
Would Cyrus W. Davis dare to go
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Maine Gossip
The Wav 10 Look at il,

Let Inc whisper in your ear,
DO not fret;
FIJI the earth with light and cheer,
DO not fret:
Nothing gained looking glum,
Brooding deep and feeling bum;
Worry makes the wrinkles come
Do not fret:
If misfortune is your fate,
Do not fret:
If Dame Fortune bids you wait,
DO not fret;
Smile, whatever luck YOU meet:
Laugh and keep your temper sweet;
Be a hero in defeat,
Do not fret;
All have ills that must be borne.
Do not fret;
Little troubles night and morn,
DO not fret
In your intercourse with men
You'll be jolted now and then;
Smile and pass it up. Amen.
Do not fret.
Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Candidate VS.. Business Man.

The wink which Candidate CYRUS w.
Davis gives Business Man Cyrus w. Da-
Wis whenever they chance to meet must
he We'll worth seeing. for the latter knows
that most of the statements made by the
former regarding conditions in the State
Of Maine are manufactured for the ex-
press purpos| of dcceiving the ignorant
cr with the idea that there are an un-
certain number of voters who are So
careless and indifferent that they will
take somebody's unsupported word on a
natter rather than attempt to exercise
that vestige of common serse with which
II ost human beings are endowed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.
Assignment Of Speakers as Made By the
State Committee.
HON. VIM. r. COBB.

FO>,. VIM. T COBB.
Eustis. (afternoon) Aug. 2oth.
Kingfeld, (evening) Aug. 10Th.
Phillips. tafternoon) Aug. 2lst.
Wilton. (evening) Aug list.
Milo. August %.
Fort Fairfield. Angus -.
Van Buren,, August u.
Monticello. (afternoonl August ..
Houlton. (evening) Aug. p.
HON. CHAS. E. LITTLEFIELD.
Eustis. (afternoon) Aug. Goth.
Kirgfield. (evening) Aug. 18th.
Phillips, iafternOon) Aug. 2lst
Wilton. (evening) Aug. list
North Jay, Aug. end.
Buckield. tafternoon) Aug. 2:'rd.
Rumfcrd Falls. (cveninc) Aug. ."ri.
I.ivermnrc Falls. August 9th.
Wiscasset, August 18th.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Kora Temple of Lewiston is making
elaborate plans for the entertainment
Of Palestine Temple of Providence. r.
l.. on August "a and % Julius Calm
of New York. prominent Shriner. has
placed the Empire theater at the dis
posal Of the committee on the night NJ
the "Itl. The plans ar" not Yet com
pleted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Arrangements have been completed
for the Maine odd Ladies field day to
be held at Odd Fellows Park on the
Nonesuch river. Tuesday, August u.
Lewiston and Auburn will be well
represented at the meeting and Sylvia
A. Hall Of Auburn will give the history
of the order in Maine. 1t is expected
that fully 300 ladies of the order will
be present from the eight lodges Of the
state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

\ peculiar circumstance in connection
with the publication Of THE Incu-
bator Baby" Ellis Parker Buffers new
book, to be published in September by
Funk e. Wagnalls Company. il tia
neither the author nor the illustrator "
the book had ever seen. an incubator
nor an incubator baby until after n.
story had been written and illustrated.
The rather clever way in which the
incubator baby makes her entrance into
the tale. the fidelity Of the dra awnings.
ard descriptions of inCuhators and in
cubator babies when compared with
the real thing in the incubator baby
show at Coney Island are therefore the
more remarkab BILE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

The New York Times says: "Advices
from producing sources indicate that
the apple crop throughout the United
States this year is very large. probably
as great as that of 1896, which has
hitherto held the record. Seventy-siN
million barrels of apples were
gathered that year. The trees are
quite as heavily fruited this year as in
1896. There is a large acreage of new
orchards to be reckoned with. Allow
ance must also be made for the growth
of the older trees This will increase
the yield considerably From all the
reports we have seen the crop in
Maine will be below the average and in
Kennebec county il will be very light.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Now Peddling Gold Bricks.

belfast Journa)
The Democratic candidate for governor
is said to have made mis- fortune by min
ing. Now he is endeavoring to make his
political fortune by undermining
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Few knew Rebecca Clark Of Nor
ridgewock, but for 40 years the young
people of the land have loved "Sohpie
May
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
The Party Of snarIs, Kicks and Lies.
(Snmerset Rfnnrtnr

A strange document is that which has
Just been issued by the Democratic Con
gressonal committee. There isn't a
ra:riotc expression in il. Instead OF
concentrating working men upon III"
country's prosperity, and upon the fact
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Bingham has its new electric lights
at last and they are used in many
residences and places of business
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20

Eight years ago this week the boys
came back from their three months at
Chickamauga.