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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

| The teachers assigned to the severa,
schools are as follows. Blanche Nelson
Western Rdgs Ghrist ssloa Finley At
F'oye district: Jennie Chadwick at the
Center; Ethel Nelson at the Branch
Louise Carr at Creeley's Corner and
Stella Lemon at East Palermo.
Jennie Chadwick returned from Cas-
tine Saturday where she has been at
tending, Normal school.
". A. Nelson has been to V:,ssalboro
the past week to work at his trade
Almatia Nelson went to Freedom Mon
, day tc teach the school in the Aver dis
trict.
Grace Elack. WHO has been very sick
with an attack of appendicitis, is gain
ing slowly.
Mrs. John Black went to Washington
Friday to see her sister, Miss Lila SvI-
vester, who is very i'll.
Mrs. Willard Pulen is very sick Her
two daughters. Mrs. Nelson Dung OF
Camden and Mrs. Frank Norton are
caring for her
l.. A. Bowler recently purchased pair
of horses of Frank Norton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Wood had Mr.
and Mrs Preble as guests over Sunday
The body of William Wheeler whose
death occurred in Massachusetts at the
home of mis- son John. about tive weeks
ago. was brought here and buried beside
his wife in the Smith cemetery.
Miss Emma Nelson returned to her
school in China April u.
Miss Edith Nielsen continues in poor
health. Her many friends regret that she
will be unable to graduate from Freedom
Academy. where she was student in the
class of 1908
Miss Lila Black from Branch Mills and
Rilla Elack from Albion passed the Sab
bath at their home.
All are glad to hear that Mrs. Samuel
Marden. who has been very sick with the
grip is better.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

to the memorysf an American of whom
few of us ever heard. He was David
Murray who was the adviser of the
Japanese government on educational
matters from 1873 to 1877 and who laid
the foundation of the present modern
educational system in that land. Later
he returned to America and died here.
His memory is kept very green in
Japan and is one of MANY ties be-
tween that land and this which made
a war most unlikely.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

The high price of meat is not hard
ship. but blessing at this season, ac-
cording to DR.. Bosley. health commits
sioner of Baltimore. DR.. Bosley is of
the opinion that in the spring and
summer, when the body does not re-
quire so much heat. meat can be dis
pensed with the greater part of the
time. The doctor thinks that with
meat at it's present prices people will
eat more vegetables and be the better
for the change
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
COUNTY NEWS.
ANDRoscoeelN.
WALES,

A fire which is supposed to have
caught by spark from the engine
used on the new electric road. des-
troyed the farm buildings Of Irving
Libby Thursday. consisting of house.
stable, barn and blacksmith shop. The
fire famed by strong wind spread
rapidly to adjoining farms. and but
for the timely assistance of the road
crew and neighbors several other farm
buildings would have burned. 1t was
nearly midnight before the fire was
entirely subdued.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Maxwell have
returned from a visit to their daugh-
ter Mrs. Delbert Stewart.
,.~ Mr.. and Mrs George Wilson were
the Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Maxwell of Webster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Antonio Nuzzo were in
Monmouth Sunday. IL
Frank Chase has his early peas
planted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Plainly this is the young mans era
In Great Britain. The five new MEM
bers of the cabinet average only ~
years of age. succeeding five men
whose average age was IS. The
average age of the As men forming
what is known as the Government" is
less than So years. The new British
premier. Mr.. Asquith. is IS. Our own
smaller cabinet in Washington aver
ages "a years of age. Secretary Will
son at " is tire only veteran. Mr. Root
at 63; with his alert mind and slender
figure, seems of middle age. Mr.. Taft
is SO. Mr.. Cortelyou As, Mr. Garfield
~. Mr.. Mctcalf s.. Mr.. Bonaparte Sc.
Mr.. Meyer 40, Mr.. Straus 81. Mr..
Roosevelt himself became President at
43 and is now 40 If, after the English
custom. number of minor officials
were included i'm the Government"
such promising lads as Herbert Knox
Smith. 80. and Beekman Winthrop. SO.
would lower the average to about the
same as that which in the Asquith
ministry has caused so much comment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
In Stock.

There is proprietor of shop in
New Haven, a man of most excitable
temperament, who is forever scolding
his clerks for their indifference in the
matter of possible sales.
One day. hearing a clerk say to a
customer mo, we have not had any
for long time" the proprietor unable
to countenance such an admission, be-
gan to work himself into the usual
rage. Fixing CLASSY eye on his clerk,
he said to the customer:
I'VE have plenty in reserve. ma'am,
plenty downstairs"
Whereupon the customer looked
dazed; and then, to the Amusement of
the proprietor. burst into hystcrical
laughter and quit the shop
What did she say to you?" de-
manded the proprietor of the clerk.
1--WE haven't had any rain lately"
-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
To Temper the Wind.

A mot of DR.. Weir Mitchell, the IA
nous poet and novelist, is going the
rounds of the Franklin Inn, d literary
club of Philadelphia.
On a particularly blustery March
morning, the story goes, DR.. Mitchell
walked round City Hall Square with a
young editor.
AS the two men held on their hats
and leaned against the blast, DR.. Nit
chell said:
"I think a shorn lamb should be
kept tethered here don't you? Provi-
dence, then. might be induced to tenn
Per the wind''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
observance

A goodly number of State conven-
lions are scheduled for this week to
elect delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention at Chicago. Among
them are Maine. Vermont. Maryland,
Pennsylvania and the District of Co.
lumbia in the East, West Virginia, the
Carolinas, Mississippi. Alabama and
Arkansas in the South, and Colorado in
the West.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Exclusive of warships. transports
and vessels under fifty tons. the ship
tonnage entering and leaving the port
Of Singapore, Straits Settlements, in
1907 was 100000 TONS Singapore is
the trade clearing house of the East,
with free labor. military protection,
superior banking facilities, and a
magnificent harbor. soon to be i'm
proved at q cost of $4,000, 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
Diet for Every Man.

Jam-For car conductors.
CerealS-F'or nOvelists.
Mince Meat-For autoists.
Beets-For policemen.
Saratoga Chips-For gamblers.
Pi-For printers.
Corn-For chiropodists.
Starch-For henpecked husbands.
Gumdrops-For dentists.
Taffy-For after dinner speakers.
Dough-For insurance presidents! :
From the Bohemian.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
Not Fit for Publication.

A Spokane school girl was required
to write an essay Of $50 words about
an automobile. She submitted the
following: my uncle bought an
automobile. He was riding out in the
country when it busted going up a
long hill I guess this is about fifty
words. The other 200 are what my
uncle said while he was walking back
to town. but they are not fit for publ
cation"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
A kindly Offer,

Johnny" Golf, who was Roosevelt's
guide during his Colorado hunt, is now
living near Cody, Wyo. One of COTS
neighbors, when contemplating a trip
to Washington last winter, mentioned
the fact to GOff
"Say, if You CO." said the guide gem
erously, femme know. I'll drop the
President line and have him look
you up.'-Caroline Lockhart.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Governor Cobb names Friday, May
Il, as Arbor Day and it is not too
early to be making plans for it's proper
observance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
A REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL AUGUSTA
TUESDAY JUNE 18th, 1908
At $50 O'clock A.

For the purpose Of nominating tIfes
candidates for senators. one candidate
for sheriff, one candidate for clerk
OF courts. one candidate for Judge
of probate one candidate for regis
ter OF probate. one candidate for county
attorney, one candidate for county
treasurer. one candidate for county com
TENDER election, ard transacting any tusi-
ness that may properly come before IT,
The basis CT representation will be az
follows: each city, town and plantation
vii! he entitled to one delegate. and for
each fifty votes cast for Republican can,
didatt' for Governor in 1905 an additional
delegate, and for a fraction of twenty
five. votes in excess OF fifty votes. g
further additional delegate. Representa-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Much of the tobacco grown in east
ern Bengal is marketed in Calcutta,
whence it is shipped to Burma, where
it is manufactured into cheroots.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Two important State gatherings next
week are the Masonic Grand bodies at
Portland and the Congregationalists
at Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29
at Bangor.

The amateur burglars of the Deering
section of Portland are holding a grand
spring carnival.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Last week the leading educators of
Japan gathered at Toxic to do aonor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

According to those who keep the
official records last Sunday was the
warmest April day Maine has ever
known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Tuesdays rain was the kind that
really brings forth the mayflowers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

The first bathers of the season VEN
Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

The Third District Republicans meet
today at WateTville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Mr.. Swasey maintains a very COM
Portable lead in the tabulations of the
Second District delegates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

There is material for Holman Day
poem in the death of those foolhardy
drivers who tried to run the rapids
of the Piscataquis at Milo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-29

Wednesday, April 20. 1908.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

time when the Republican party was
boasting of its enforcement of the law.
He added that although the Repub-
lican platform says that the law can
be strengthened by amendments
which will give the federal govern
ment greater supervision and control
over, and greater publicity as to, the
management of those interstate COM
merce corporations which have the
power and opportunity to affect mo-
nopolies, that platform points out no
remedies.
Then he quoted the Democratic
platform and said: Here is a plain,
candid statement of the paTtys posi-
hon. There is no quibbling, no eva
sion, no ambiguity. A private monOp-
ply is indefensible and intolerable. 1t
is bad-bad in principle and bad in
practice. No apology can be offered
for it and no people should endure it.
Our party's position is entirely in har.
mony with the position of Jefferson 81
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

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Laxative cough syrup 1t is especially
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

Dublin, Aug. 25.-Richard Croker
has become an honorary burgess OF
Dublin. He signed the roll and re-
ceived from the lord mayor a certifi.
cate granting him the freedom of the
city.
The role is limited to distinguished
persons who have rendered service tC
Ireland or to the cause of liberty at
home and abroad and the names OF
three Americans precede that of Mr.
Croker-GeneraI Grant, Edward Pot
ter, captain of the ship Constitution
which brought relief to Ireland in
1880, and the late Patrick A. Collins
who was at one time mayor of Boston
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

whom President Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary of State Adee and Clifford
Pinchot, chief forester of the United
States, were three. They were to-
gether much Of the time Some of
them were interested enthusiastically
in athletic sports. Baron Won Stern
berg formed an intimate relationship
with Mr.. Roosevelt. They had much
in common Both were fine students
and eminent scholars. Baron Won
Sternberg, although small of stature
and seemingly delicate of physique,
was an accomplished horseman and he
and Mr.. Roosevelt rode great deal
together In the long rides and walks
which they took about Washington
the friendship which in later years
was TO be so valuable both TO America
and Germany was cemented.
Baron Won Sternberg always was a
welcome guest at the White House.
He sustained with the president prob
ably more intimate personal and Off
cial relations than any other diplomat
accredited to Washington. During
Ambassador Sternberg's official so.
journ in Washington he became &C.
quainted with Miss Lillian May Lang
ham of Louisville, KY, whom he aft
erward married.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25
Minnesota Wins Tax Fiuht.

st. Paul, Aug. 25.-Judge Oscar Hal
lam has filed his decision in the case
of the state of Minnesota against the
Western Union Telegraph company
and finds that the state is entitled to
collect S40,564.07 back taxes. This
amount covers a period of five years
from 1901 to 1905, in which the tele.
graph company failed to pay the full
amounts it was assessed, claiming
that the valuation of s1,000,000 the
state had placed on its property was
excessive
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

Heat prostrates the nerves. In sum
mer one needs tonic to offset the Gus.
tomary hot weather Nerve and strength
depression. You will feel better in As
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remedy as DIR. Shoop Restorative. Its
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

diseased part on the left side of Baron
Won Sternberg's head Professor Ger
ny affirmed that the trouble was not
concer, but a lupus, and that he could
cure 1t. Both the ambassador and his
wife were immensely cheered at this
opinion.
Baron Won Sternberg is described
as having felt that his long agony
was nearly over and that soon he
would be well man again. His wife
also shared that hope.
1t had been arranged that Baron
Won Sternberg should go to Berlin the
middle of September to be received in
audience by Emperor William previ-
Gus to his return to Washington. 1t
was thought desirable that the ambas-
sador be at his post during the con-
cluding weeks of the presidential cam.
paign. Baron Won Sternberg left New
York for Germany on May 16 last.
Very Popular in Washington.
Washington, Aug. 25.-News of the
death of Ambassador Won Sternbere
came not as a surprise but as a great
shock to his personal and official
friends in Washington. BY officials
| Of the state departme ut and by those
| who were so fortunate as to enjoy his
| confidence and friendship the death oI
Baron Sternberg is regarded as dis
tinct personal loss.
When he left Washington May IL
| for his home In Germany the ambas
| sador himself seemed to those close
to him to have a premonition that he
never would return.
II is no detraction from any man tC
say that the German ambassador per
sonally and officially was one of the
most popular and highly esteemed
| members OF the diplomatic corps In
| Washington While resident of the
| American capital he became intimate
ly associated With coterie of prom
'inent men IN civil and official life. o.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25
Bryan Talks on Trusts.

Mr.. Bryan's prepared address on
TRUSTS" concluded the days pro-
gramme. He began by saying that
nowhere does the Republican party
show its indifference to real reform
more than in it's treatment of the
trust question" He then quoted the
Republican plank on the trusts and
said of the Sherman antitrust law
that, instead of being a wholesome
instrument for good,9 1t has been al
most useless, so far as the protection
of the public is concerned, for the
trusts have grown In number, in
strength and In arrogance at the very
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

Torpedo Boats in Tow of Vessels of
Pacific Fleet


San Francisco, Aug. 25.-Headed by
ihe West Virginia, flying the flag OF
the commander-in-chief. Rear Admiral
w. t. Swinborn, with the torpedo de-
stroyer Preble off the port bow, seven
cruisers of the Pacific feet and seven
destroyers sailed out of the Golden
Gate on a cruise to Hawaii and Sa-
moa, the black lines of the small rak-
ish torpedo craft forming a sharp con-
trast to the big buff and wkte cruis-
ers that loomed up above them in the
blue waters and dazzling sunlight.
Following the West Virginia came the
Maryland with the Stewart, the Penn.
sylvania with the Perry, the Tennes-
see, flying the flag of Rear Admiral
Sebree, with the Hopkins the Wash
ington with the Hull, the California
with the Truxton and the South Da
kota with the Whipple.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25
EmhnzzIer Ends His Life.

Frankfort, Germany, Aug. 25.-Herr
Gelterman, cashier of the coupon de-
partment of the Mitteldeutsche Credit
bank, shot himself dead in this city.
He had embezzled $125,000 from the
bank He left letter of confession
addressed to the management Gel.
terman had speculated on the London
exchange
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25
VERY POPULAR
IN WASHINGTON
Death Of Baron Sternberg
Causes Great Regret.
COMPANION OF ROOSEVELT

Late German Ambassador Was on In
innate Terms With the President
and This Had Much to Do With Ce-
menting the Friendship Between
the Two countries-Widow of De-
ceased Diplomat an American Girl.
Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 25.-
Baron Speck Won Sternberg, the Ger
man ambassador to the United States,
died in the Hotel Victoria in this city.
The baroness, who was Miss Lillian
May Langham of Louisville, KY, was
with her husband at the end.
The immediate cause of Baron Won
Sternberg's death was inflammation
of the lungs. He was fifty-six years of
age and fought through the Franco
German war.
The baron and the baroness came
here from Hamburg the end of last
month to consult with Professor
Czerny, a skin specialist, concerning
a malady from which the ambassador
has been suffering for some time
After a prolonged examination of the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25
Politics Cause of Shooting.

Tronton, o., Aug. 25.-Factional poll.
tics are claimed to be directly respon-
sible for the killing Of Henry Frecka
by Robert Frowine, his opponent for
Republican central committeeman.
The two men met on the street and
Frowine. it is alleged, was seen to
draw his gun and commence shooting.
He was arrested ct bis home.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25

Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis, says Il
have only taken four doses of your kid
ney and bladder pills and they have done
for me more than auy other medicine
has ever done. / am still taking the
pills as | want a perfect cure" Mr.
Barber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. Sold by Holiday & Por-
fer
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-08-25
War Against Consumption.

All nations are endesvoring to check
the ravages of consumption. the white
plague that claims so many victims each
year. Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs and colds perfectly and you are
in no danger of consumption. DO not
risk your health by taking some un-
known preparation when Foley's> Honey
and Tar is safe and certain in results
j. Ii. Anderson.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-02-26
Sailors Superstitions.

1t is common belief among sailors
that ship which has been sunk and
raised again is haunted by the ghosts
of those who were drowned in her.
Some years ago a large emigrant
steamer was sunk in the Mediterra-
mean, and over 500 lives were lost.
Thousands were spent in raising the
vessel. She was brought home and
reftted. but has never since been used.
1t is impossible to keep crew. The
men declare that every night the great
hull rings with the screams and groans
of the multitude who sank, like rats
In a trap. to the bottom Of sixty feet
of stormy sea.-Strand Magazine.