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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-05
POSITION AS BooKKEEPER By

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-05
For SaIe...Summer COTTAGES

LARGE ROOMY COTTAGE At
Pleasant pond. Good view Located on
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COTTAGE LOTS ON PLEASANT
pond ditchfield side) these are very
pleasantly located. Cheap for cash. Ap-
ply to II. B. Sawyer. Gardiner. Maine
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18

BOSTON, Oct 1.-THE financial and
industrial world is just awakening to
the Importance Of little announcement
that was put out early this month. The
telephone has aptly been termed the
most indispensable Of modern utilities
"A change in the conditions under which
the best known type of apparatus Tor
long distance talking may be disposed
OF i certain to affect the telephone sit
uation in every part Of the country. by
offering for the first time In its history
to sell telephone instruments and ap-
paratus in the open markets the Amesi-
can Telephone & Telegraph Company the
parent company Of the Bell system, takes
a step that is said to have been con
sidered for long time, but which has
heretofore been deemed impracticable on
account Of the very rapid growth of the
Bell companies which have absorbed Bell
instruments as fast as they could be
produced.
Henceforth, it appears that the man
agement Of the Bell system is going to
make q sharp distinction between two
departments Of its activities. On the
one side 1t is going to sell telephone APP
paratus to all comers; on the other side
1t win deal in telephone service, includ-
ing where that is desired, the rental
and maintenance Of instruments. Any
body, who has the price, can get Bell
telephones now, and in any number. #
d householder wants to secure two tele-
phones and the appropriate apparatus
with which to connect house and stable
he VIII be supplied with what has be-
come recognized as a great Improvement
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18

on the speaking tube. If an independent
organization wants to purchase million
telephones with all the allied apparatus
they can secure just the same plant as
the companies Of the Bell system possess.
Whether these telephones will or will
not be connected with the Bell companies
makes no difference so far as sale Of
appliances goes. Already tine Western
Electric Co, the manufacturing as
sociate of the Bell companies Of the
United States, has for some years sup
piled telephones to other countries and
some forms Of telephone apparatus, out
side of transmitter and receiver. to priv
ate interests in this country.
The difficulty up to this time with
making this broad policy general has
been that the Western Electric Company
has needed more plant. Its full energies
have been required to supply, the de-
mands Of the Bell companies alone. The
record of growth in the number of in
struments in the hands Of licensees and
subs licenses suggests the great efforts
that have had to be made to keep up
with the ever increasing demand for
Bell service. At the end OF 1896 there
were 772,627 instruments, transmitters
and receivers being counted separately,
in the hands Of licensees. The number
at the end Of 1900 had grown to 1852
4l2. On December 81, 1908. it stood at
3,779,5l7. By the end Of 1905 it had
reached 5,69s,25s, while the latest report
Of the American Telephone 4 Telegraph
Company shows that at the beginning Of
the current year 7l07,S36 instruments
were interconnected in the Bell system,
each one subject to maintenance and to
replacement when worn ont.
10 prepare for future demands and to
execute the new policy certain very large
additions to the Chicago factory of the
Western Electric Company have been
made, SO that it is now in position TO-
attend To the normal increase Of the
needs Of the Bell companies and at the
same time to take care Of outside orders.
President Theodore N. Vail Of the Amer
lean Telephone & Telegraph Company
has said that no considerable direct in
crease Of income Is expected from this
project, but that a great indirect ad.
vantage is foreseen from improved rela,
tions between the public and all the as
sociated Bell companies, since there has
been prevalent an erroneous idea that.
the charges Of these companies for their
services have been based on a monopoly
of telephone instruments, whereas in
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18
STANDARD PHONES
Bell Company Inaugurates New
Business Methods.
SELuTELEPHONES HEREAFTER

Intend to do Business on Two Lines, One
to Sell the Apparatus and the Other
to Continue to Sell the Service West
ern Electric One Largest in Sthe World
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18

CONTINUED on Page 50
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18


another We this or three First from old and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

cnler corfHtiOns' or long life that are
not involuntary are constant Occupa-
ton in an honorable calling. regular
hours, bodily exercise, plenty of sleep.
temperate qualification of all the nat
ural appetites, sunny disposition and
u clear conscience. The deadliest foes
to longevity are excitement, hurry and
worry.
Strictly speaking, it is not OverwOrk
that is. in the aggregate-that kills.
1t is too much work done in too little
time that causes SO many breakdOwns
today. Work pure and simple, however
hard or constant. seldom impairs the
health, if only ordinary hygienic pre-
cautions are observed. Mental and
bodily labor within reasonable limits
tend rather to prolong life than to fray
its thread. Even overwork may do
less injury than underworld that rare
and obscure calamity from which no
body is supposed to suffer. success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
CAME HERE TO
MEET THE LORD
Aledo Man Claimed He Had an Ap-
pointment-PIanned Triumphal
Return Home.

An aged man who says his name is
Isaac Artz. and claims his home is
at Aledo came to Rock Island today as
he says to keep an appointment with
the Lord. He is an old man, and his
is one of the saddest cases of mental
arrangement that has developed here
in some time. Apparently Mr.. ArtZ es-
capped after preparations had been made
to have him taken care of. According
to his story, he left the home of his
son late last night, and came to Rey-
nolds, coming from there TO this city by
rail This morning he declared that the
Son of God had agreed TO meet him
at $50 this afternoon at the Rock Is
land house and would go back to Aledo
with him at the head of procession of
big. white automobiles The old man
was still patiently waiting at the Rock
Island house at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
REVOLUTlONiZE THE
BUTTON INDUSTRY
Muscatne Inventor Makes Machine
That Saves Material and
Labor

The invention at Muscatine of
new machine for cutting blanks out of
clam shells. which will plane the shell
before cutting the blanks, and this
makes available for use a much larger
area, will. it is claimed. revolutionize
the pearl button industry.
The Muscatine Journal claims that
60 per cent of the worlds weekly out
put of 500, 900 gross of blanks for these
buttons is turned out at Muscatine,
where J. F. BOepple started the indus
try for the United States.
The new device invented at Musca-
tine has been adopted by the National
Association of Pearl Button Manufac-
turers, and in a few months, it is said,
every plant in the association will be
equipped with the new machines. They
will cut 10 blanks at once. and will not
only make it possible TO use much OF
the shell that has heretofore been
thrown away, but will enable one man
to turn out as many blanks as several
men have been able TO in the past.
A royalty will be paid the inventor ami
he will realize a fortune from his ma
chine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

building and is now giving his store
fresh coat of paint.
Arthur O'Neal of Davenport visited
relatives in Milan one day this week.
Verde Miller returned to his home
in Reynolds Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery of Shady
Grove visited old friends in Milan We'd
nesday.
Mrs. David Matthews and Miss Maye
Rathbun left Thursday to attend the
w. C. T. T. convention in Cordova.
Lawrence Fitzpatrick left Wednes-
day for st. Louis, where he has accept
ed position.
Mrs. Charles Brandenbery is very i'll
at the home of her mother, Mrs. John
Ranberger.
The G. G. T. club surprised Mrs. Hur-
ley White Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. j. c. Johnston and pre-
sented Mrs. White with a little re-
membrance before she left for her new
home.
William O'Neal has rented the new
ly remodeled feed barn of Mrs. Sophia
Fitzpatrick, on the corner of Water and
Second streets, and took possession
Monday.
Margaret McQuaid is i'll at her home
with scarlet fever.
Mrs. Hurley White and daughter
Miss Margaret. left Thursday for their
new home in Mediapolis
DR.. Sayer and family moved into the
rooms over Mr.. Nichols barber shop
on Dickson street this week.
Mrs. Fred Davis and baby and Mrs
Tom Kennedy of Rock Island spent
Ian.
Mrs William H. DOOnan Of Reynolds
visited at the Olmstead home a few
days this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
NO VERDICT IN
ARP SPONGE CASE
Jurors in $4,000 Damage Suit in Day.
export Ask Oischarge-One
Holds Out.

No agreement had been reached in
the Johannes Arp $4,000 damage case
this afternoon. The case went to the
jury yesterday afternoon about 5
O'Clock, and this morning the jurors
asked to be discharged, stating that
they were hung II to 1 against the
three physicians who are defendants
and who it is alleged left a sponge in
Arp, causing his death. The amount
of the damages the II favored was not
stated. Judge Jackson sent the jury
back for further consideration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
The Best Dressed Man.

OF course the best dressed man in
the world is the English gentleman. If
you enter the royal Enclosure at New
market or visit the lawn at GOodwood
on the day of q classic race; If you at
tend a fashionable orchid or horse show
when some great parsonage presides,
you will hardly see any one dressed
otherwise than perfectly. But take the
hurrying passengers in the city. on the
street cars, trains or buses, so freely
among the men in the street. and you
will share the conviction have arrived
at-namely, that the American is in
general dressed more stylishly and in
better fitting and better cut Clothes
G. NJ. S. in Derricks Trade Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Caught Cold While Hunting a Burglar

William Thomas Lanorgan, provin.
cial constable at Chapleau, Ontario
says: 81 caught a severe cold while
hunting a burglar in the forest swamp
last fall. Hearing of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, l tried it, and after
using two small bottles, was com
pletely cured" This remedy is intend
ed especially for coughs and colds. I,
will loosen and relieve a severe cold
in less time than by any other treat
ment and is favorite wherever its
superior excellence has become known
For sale by all leading druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Nine. de StaeI's Reply.

Nine. de Stael is responsible for a
contribution to the woman suffrage
question which may interest those who
have done and suffered for the cause.
Il have no taste" said Napoleon in
talking to her. for women who NEEDLE
with politics" You may perhaps be
right" replied Nine. de Stael. but
since people have taken the freedom to
cut off their heads on account of poll
ties they ought at least to he allowed
TO understand why. "-Westminster Ga
Zette
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
MIRTH AT MEALS.
Flip In Jokes Like These Between Each
Kouthful.

EHp III OONGS LING nCSC oCS"SCh 6dSt
Nouthful.
A doctor says, Don't allow meal
to pass without joke between each
mouthful" This will enhance the val
ue of humor to great degree. Dinner
will move along something like this:
MOuthful of soup-screamS of mirth,
flakes of laughter and breadcrumbs
pervading the air. Mouthful of roast
duck reminds domestic humOrist Of
something.
DO you know why duck goes
into the wateri" Long silence and
more extensive eating. Domestic hu-
morist answers 1t himself as follows:
For divers reasons" More bread.
vegetables and general good feeling.
why does he come OUT No answer
and no sound but that of an old joke
under the table cracking its knuckles.
For Sun-dry purposes" explains the
ready and brainy man, looking casual
ly at memorandum on his cuff. More
dinner and then, "Why does he go in
again."
Nothing can be heard but the low
LuulteI VI lulllhel, peiHdpS, 40 be
| grapples with the great problem. TO
| liquidate his bill" Yells of laughter.
screams of delight and astonishing
| feats of digestion promoted by mirth.
And why does he again come OutT'
More thought and mastication: then
| the gastric jester says, ITO make q
| little run on the bank" and amid q
great shower of vest buttons and mirth
the genial, all round tonic humorist
and JOY promoter goes on.-Pearson
| Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
The Blue Jay.

There is a belief current among the
negroes in the south that the blue jay
visits the Internal regions every Fri
day. This belief varies somewhat in
different parts of the south. For in
stance, i'll South Carolina it Is sup
posed to be carrying sticks for the
devils fires, while in Mississippi and
Louisiana the bird is supposed to re-
port to his satanic majesty the status
of his affairs on earth.-New York
Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
MILAN.

Miss Anna McQuaid cuosed her
school in East Moline Tuesday
DR.. Sadie l.. Olmstead of Clinton,
Iowa, visited at the home of her par
ents Saturday.
Silas Strickland, who has been EN-.
ployed at Rock Island arsenal for some
time, left this week for Kansas City
Mo, where he has accepted a position
]. H. Gilmore moved his stock of gro
ceries into the east half of his store
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

en- structure, III a dense forest of oak
trees on his farm. He has prepared q
burial excavation place that will allow
his body to rest one inch under ground
with his face showing. The sepulcher
cost $1,000 and Is lined with silver.
Lyman alleges that earth is hell"
hence he does not want TO be covered
with earth when buried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Bitten by a Spider.

Through blood poisoning caused by
a spider bite, John Washington of
Bosqueville, Texas, would have lost his
leg, which became a mass of running
sores, had he not been persuaded to
try Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He writes:
"The first application relieved, and
four boxes healed all the sores" 25
cents; guaranteed at w. T. Hartz's,
druggist, 301 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
New Work.

Quick shoe repairing. Shoes finished
by machinery. Half soles, nailed on, 55
cents; half soles, sewed ON, rs cents.
Open from $50 a. m. till p. m.
GEORGE SIDOT,
304 Twentieth Street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
LONGEVITY.
Its Deadliest Foes Are Excitement,
Hurry and Worry.

Hurry and Worry.
What is the secret of longevity? We
answer: The surest guarantee is u
genius for it, bodily and mental pre-
disposition to long life. There are
persons who are "'prefigured unto a
long duration" Those who have this
gift. which is inherited from long lived
ancestors. will generally reach old age
even though they trample on the laws
OF health, because, although they draw
more largely on their vitality than
careful livers, they begin life with a
vast capital.
For the man of ordinary stamina the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Prepares For His Reinearnation.

Heralding the Fact that he will be
reincarnated 800 years hence. Herman
Lyman, sixty-five years old. wealthy
retired farmer and Biblical wiseacre of
Muskegon. Mich. has built solid ce-
ment sepulcher. surrounded by n wood
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

cures ulduc ny LII.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century /;
discovered after years
of scientific research
by DIR. kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Doinu Business AGAIN.

when my friends thought I was
about to take leave of this world. on
account of Indigestion, nervousness
and general debility" writes A. A.
Chisholm, Treadwell, N. Y, land when
it looked as if there was no hope left
was persuaded to try Electric Bit
ters, and l rejoice to say that they are
curing me. l am now doing business
again as of old, and am still gaining
daily" Best of all tonic medicines
Guaranteed by w. T. Hartz, druggist
301 Twentieth street; so cents.
Sick headache results from a de
rangement of the stomach and is cured
by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Sold by all -sading druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
DR.. A. W. chase's
kidney.liVer Pills

the worlds greatest kidney and Ivef
regulator, and the only medicine hav.
Ing combined action on kidneys and
liver. One pill q dose as cents a box.
Write for free sample to The DR.. A. w.
Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY. .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
BACK.ACHE

and all other symptoms Of kidney dis.
ease are speedily removed when the
kidneys are made healthy, active and
vigorous by the use of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful i'll promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-ROot is not rec
commended for everything but if You have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found lust the remedy you need. II has
been tested in so many ways, IN hospital
work and i'll private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if YOU have kidney or bladder trou-
BILE. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
; + r. :; + s 4 e: = ::::;::
ffty-cent and one l94
dollar size bottles are Home of swampRoOt.
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, n. ", on
every bottle:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

EIks May Send OeIesation.-An eff
fort is TO be made by the Moline lodge
of Elks to send a representative dele
CATION to the grand lodge convention
in Philadelphia next July. The propO-
sition came up for lengthy discussion
at the regular meeting Thursday even
ing and all present were favorably i'm
pressed with the idea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Officers Home observation-disclosures

Officers Home NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
thy. the 31a-mOnths-old daughter of Of
ficer Anderson and wife of East Moline,
is confined at home with scarlet fever.
The house was Quarantined yesterday,
and Ted will not be permitted TO visit
his home for some time. Mrs. Ander-
sons mother is with her and will assist
in taking care of the little one. Mr..
Anderson's other three children are
also quarantined in the house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

address to DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton,
n. Y. The regular
ffty-cent and one
dollar size hotties are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
NJ e II

Thirteen years ago, when we es-
tablished our institute here, we told
you through the columns of this pa.
per that we were going to be a per-
manent institution. We also told you
that we fully understood that in or
der to be successful, we had to live
up to the Golden Rule, and give ev-
cry one square deal. We fully un-
derstood that if we could not do what
we advertised that we could not do
at all, as in towns of this size fail
ures spread fast. This announce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
BEFORE BODY OF STUDENTS.
Mr.. Bryan Delivers Address a
Local University.

THE government would not be perfect
even If the democracy were in power, and
l could prove it by the republicans And
when the republicans are in power no
proof Is necessary"
William Jennings Bryan was speaking
before the student body of George WASH
ington University last evening". and he
had as his general topic the word
Faith" The reference to the imparfec-
tons incident to party control was made
only in facetious vein, but 1t awakened
a storm of laughter and applause Mr..
Bryan's speech at the university was I'M
der the auspices of the Social Science
Club of the newly established College of
Political Sciences. and it was the last
of the series of addresses before his de-
parture for Wilmington, Del, where he is
to speak today.
The auditorium of the university build
ing at 18th and H streets was crowde ]
to it's capacity, and the ''rah rah" bows
infused the necessary amount of college
spirit to make 1t apparent that the as
semb,age was really under their patron
age. Some of the time honored George
Washington yells were in evidence, but
some original spirits manufactured a
brand-new one which they thought appro-
ardor Of foot ball victory and also OF
the appearance of the silver tongued one
and was:
"Ope, two three aud so on TO an es
peciaily vociferous SIXTEEN Flowed by
tremendous Bryant
Mr. Bryan was introduced by c. w. A
Veditz, the acting dean Of the faculty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
Funeral of Mrs. Jessie McDermott

The funeral services over Mrs. Jessie B.
McDermott, who died Wednesday at the
age of eighty years, were held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of
her son, F. P. McDermott, As U street
northwest, the Rev. Edward NJ Mott con-
Quoting the services.
Mrs McDermott was born in Boston in
1927. Her parents, Jacob and Eunice
Bender, died when she was child, and
at the age of eleven she came to Wash
ington to live with her uncle, Maj George
Bender, who served in the Mexican war
At the age of eighteen she married Will
liam McDermott a clerk in the ordnance
bureau, and the young couple lived ut
what is now 1920 l street. Six cvildren
were born, of whom but one survives-F
P. McDermott. The husband died in 1861,
after twenty-nfne years service in the
War Department. In 1891 Mrs. McDer-
mott went to Boston and Concord, Mass
to live with her daughter, Mrs Charles
H. Walcott, who died last August Mrs.
McDermott then returned to Washington
and made her home with her SON. 1t is
thought that grief at her daughters death
hastened her own end, the immediate
cause or which was heart trouble.
At Mrs. McDermott's funeral were read
some verses written by her daughter to
comfort bereayed friend, and these same
verses had also been read at the daugh-
ter's funeral.