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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
AMUSEM ENTS.
New Bill at Opera House.

There will be an entire change in
the program at the Opera house today
and a very fine performance is assured
BESIDES a new set OF pictures two big
vaudeville acts will ha offered.
Franklin and Williams a team of &C.
centric comedians and dancers com"
highly recommended. The single act
for the first u GO days is Ruth
Bermer novelty contOrtioniSt and wire
p,rformer. rs II special feature for
the entire week q moving picture
showing how the celebrated Walk
Over shoe is made will he run as an
added attraction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Travel to the seashore is falling OIL
but considering the lateness of TN" sea-
son the steamer Islander is still haV-
ing quite an amount of travel from Au-
custa. as we'll as from the other places
along her route. The steamer mas
proved popular since first going on the
run to Boothbay and has grown in pop
ularity as the season advanced, beng
both comfortable and speedy. and the
season now drawing to close will
show a marked increase n business
over that of other Years OF the Au-
eusta- Boothbay route. When she COM
pletes her seasons run next sunday
she will have travelled since May %,
when the season opened. tota. CT H.
500 miles. and it is estimated that she
has carried during the season more
than 10000 passengers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

The schooner Leora NJ. ThurloW
which had been loading lumber at the
mill of the Augusta Lumber Co, met
With a slight mishap Saturday morn
ing by going ashore on the edge of tue
channel. where she stuck fast during
the remainder of the day The schoon-
or was in tow of the tug Charlie Law
renee at the time and it was said tina:
the tug pulled her too far over Ill the
channel in starting her down river Tor
Bath. Late Saturday night the Thur
low was hauled back to the wharf and
Yesterday morning the Lawrence tow
ed her to Bath on her way to New
York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
RELIEF CORPS ORDERS.
Schools of Instruction to Be Held-the
Districts Announced.

Department President Mrs. Rose
Burnell Graham of Wcstbrook of the
Department of Maine. Woman's Relief
Corps. has issued Orders No. 3. Which
contains several. matters of import
anCe.
She calls attention to the fact that
arrangements have been completed foI
The holding of schools of instruction in
various sections Of the State and an
nounccs the districts to consist of the
following corps:
District 1--Corrs SO, 81 s., - Sc, a.
District corps 9. 5, IS, 50, %.
District 3-Corps Sc, 40, 70, 10, 81
81. %
District d-Corps, 40. "a, g. %.
District J-Corps IS, 50, 80, 81.
District G-Corps 6, IS, 6S, Il. -. SC.
District corps 46, 81, 80, 7f. 49,
District S--Corps AZ, IS, So, g. G5.
District 9--Corps /, 5, &c, n, % 80, 81
Il, 10
District 10--Corps -. Is, "a. %, 43, S.
The dates for the schools are as fol
lows:
District /. Oct. g., with Thatcher
Corps, No. 10. Portland: District 2. oct
y, with Custer Corps, No 5. Lewiston;
District ., oct 5. with A. \, Dwinal
Corps, NO 81, Mechanic Falls: District
I, oct. ). With Osgood Eaton Corps
Ne. %, Kuinford Falls; District 5, Oct
8. with j. b. Hubbard Corps, No. 90
Hu1oWell; District 6, oct. {, with Bill
in&s Corps. No. Sc, Clinton; District e.
oct. Is. John A. Logan Corps. No. 70
rcrwick; District s. S. Douty Corps
No 63, Dover; District 9, oct. IS, with
S. II. Bealc Corps, No. ], Bangor; Dls.
trict ~, oct. %, with W. Fl. II. Rice
Corps, No. 10, Ellsworth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

The Cony High football squad has
begun practice for the coming season
and the boys We're out on the Driving
park gridiron Friday for the first time
The squad is a big one this year and
the boys are showing up in way that
see,rs to Indicate that there Will be
plenty of material available for the
formation of a good team. Don Met
calf, formerly of the University of
Maine eleven, has been secured as
coach and will give the boys plenty of
good hard work to get them into con-
lition for the fall games.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
ST, AlBANS.

There vas a heavy frost on low lands
Tuesday morning.
Ms. T. +. Stany and two daughters OF
Wate,hurv, VI. ar guests at her sis
ter's, Mrs. C. p. Collidge.
g. w Ninne Of Seattle. Wash, is visit
ing here for q few months.
Special services will be held at the
Friends church, beginning. Sunday,
sis p. f Emery returned from Ban
gor Saturday.
Mrs. Ann Reynolds. an aged lady passed
away. Monday. Sept. II. The funeral was
Mrs. NJ i: Bigelow i in Brownyirc
helping care. for her sister. Mrs. Will
Marble who is dangerously sick.
TIE reluains Of Mrs. Pearl Turner Chase
of Bangor were brought Fore Wednesday
for burial. Sic was about 80 years old
an" live;i here during her carly child
hood
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Train l02. the afternoon express
which leaves Augusta for the West at
i.95, was about u half hour late Satur-
day afternoon on account of trouble
with the locomotive. The train was Il
heavy one ANA was 20 minutes late in
its arrival. and more time was lost on
account of the refusal OF the air brakes
OF on" of the parlor cars and the diner
to release. Both of the cars had to be
"hied" before the train could be start
pG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
Monday, September Fl, 1908.
Cards of thanks, obituary notices, re
TeIephone-135.

Cards of thanks, obituary notices, res
oiutions of respect, etc, will be
charged at the rate of ten cents per
line. No charge less than Is cents.
All advertising announcements of en-
tertainments whose object is the
raising of money, will be charged at
the rate of fifteen cents a line
Advertising notices., news form will be
excluded from our local columns,
except such as refer to advertisers
occupying space in our advertising
columns and will be run under a
separate head on one of the local
pages
Subscribers who fail to receive the
journal promptly will confer a favor
by notifying the office Immediately
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Ben Robinson and William Duane
were arraigncd before the municipal
court Saturday morning on a charge of
ilHoxlcation, the latter being fined S.
and costs While the former was given
Jail sentence which was however.
suspended.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
Deputy Sheriff Fletcher, Moore and

Deputy Sheriff Fletcher Moore and
Choate and Officer Ferran made Il trip
out into the Togus district Sunday af-
tCrnoon and made two seizures of
LIQUOR, finding a pint of whskey in
the house of Ernest Mari and pint
bottl" partly filled with whskey at
the house Of John Gardiner The two
men We're brought into the city and
will be arraigned before the municipal
court at . O'Clock this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

And what = Non
dcrful sale Partisan
Sage has made for it
self Ill -tE:cl'it-a in a
little over a year. And
what Il multitude OF
people have been
cured of falling nalr.
dandruff and itching
scalp by its use.
And how the AM
eriCan women praise
Partisan Sage for its
peculiar ability to
turn harsh, faded,
lustcrless hair into
fresh, beautiful. sill
Ky and lustrous hair
in n few DAYS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

j. w. Harlow was among the Augusta
people who went to the seashore on
the steamer Islander Saturday morn
ing. going to Ocean Point for the pur-
pose of getting his cottage into readl-
ness for the winter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

This Is the week you obtain free tick
cts to the Opera house, any evening eX-
ccpt Tuesday, providing you buy Il
pair Of walk Over shoes. Keep it
IN mind and don't procrastinate and
not buy until next week when there
are no free tickets
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Early morning cars on the lines OF
the Lewiston, Augusta e Watervillc
street Railway were delayed Saturday
on account of trouble at the power
plant at Winslow but which was rect1-
fled 50 that by o'clock everything was
running smoothly again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

The thre e-masted schooner Lizzie j.
Call, Capt. Garland, arrived at this
port Sunday morning in tow OF the tug
Charlie Lawrence, and will load lum-
Der at the Augusta Lumber Cos. mill
for the New York market.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Mrs. Henry Haskell of 50 Court
street, who was severely scaldcd Oh
one arm Labor day by the upsetting
OF n kettle of water. is reported to be
recovering nicely, which will be good
news to her many friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Green
street church will entertain the other
on carnations of the church in a social
way this evening in the vestry. All
members of the church and congrega-
tion are cordially invited
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Fast kennebec Pomona Will meet
with Branch Mills Grange next
"Wednesday. Sept. %. and the meeting
is expected to be large one A num-
Der of the members in this vicinity Will
be in attendance. An interesting pro-
gram has been prepared for the occa-
sion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

viii Enman, who underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis a few weeks
ago at his home on Court street, is re
ported to be doing well and steadily
improving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

DR.. L. l.. Dolliver is having extern
slVe improvements made in his suite
of rooms in Masonic Temple in the way
of painting and general Frightening up
of the apartments
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
Briefs

Col. William b. Shelton of Lewiston,
bank examiner for the State, Was il
the city Saturday on matters Of pusi-
less and was at the State House in the
afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
THE GIRL WITH THE
AUBURN HAIR

Is on the outside package of every bot
tie Of Partisan Sage. Should YOU for
get the name simply ask for the pack
age with the girl with the Auburn
hair upon it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21
RACING AT DEXTER.
Dick ReeIer. Sylvia Nelson and Maple
Hill Win Saturdays Events.

Dexter, Me. Sept. 2o.-The second in
the series of matinee races ut Maine Ger
trail park Saturday were well attended
and interesting. The summaries:
$50 CLASS. TROT'rING OR PACING.
Dick R"e!cr. b Il tRiclD. ........... | l l
lola Wilkes, h III (Morgan). .....;1 :
Prince. b c (Woodcock). ..........3 ) 8
Time--1.4O, 1.31, 135, 1856
FREE FOR-ALL.
Sylvia Nelson. b IN (Spcnccr)....1 l ? |
Marcia T.. G III DAVIS. |
Ralph Wilkes. b z CWhcelco.....3 ) )
WAGON RACE.
Maple Hin. oh :tMantei). l ] l
Miss Haley, blk m (TiDlady)...1 | 3
Roandee, ch 8 GRici,> ............4 1 4 i
Time-1.161@, lis, 1.16A, 117A, 1.15l2.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

BY special arrangement the business
meeting of the Free Baptist Y. p. S.
c. e that was announced for Tues
day evening. has been postponed until
further notice
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Miss Lila Penney has entered "'
school at KCnt's HILL .,s
The Central House has closed Tor, .n
season. Most of the cottages ana camp
are empty. .'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-21

Harold Packard underwent an oper
alton for appendicitis Saturday at the
Augusta City hospital.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04
Col. Roesr.sen,a csmm,n,.

Commentlng upon this remarkable
letter, Col Robertson says;
"You viii see when you read Il thar
the Indians knew a lot more than they
Eot ercdu for For ingenuity and
skin q beat nido Take soar map Of
FLORIDA and trace the line and Il you
know anything az All 81 the country
you Nill appreciate thc cumming az
thc plan and me skin With which Il
was carried out
The Indian chief who pllosed ~
0oNcrnog mgs hia AZ me agency near
Fort Kinw now ocala. and led him
town By the long swamp 81 no lower
end % which vas The lone Indian So,
temgut A tew miles further ap the
i0vn % Okahumpkee. rss very Car
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04

HIS name - bad cough. he
doesn't care FOR gola or silver but
10 Win steal your health away. n
~ appears Ia your house arrest him
az once with nailard'a HorahUund
Syrup, may mean consumption IL
you acat A cure for an coughs.
cplia aad chest routles. Price sse
Sac and 81 ssF bestle segA b. ". IT.
golrkon
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04
UNIVERSITY OF The
STATE OF FLORIDA
Gainesville, Florida

A high-grade institution for young
men, offering Literary. Scientific En-
g.-eering, Agricultural and Pedagogy
cal Courses.
trong Faculty; well equipped lab
oratories; thorough instruction. both
theoretical and practical; careful SUI
peryision and discipline; high moral
tone.
NO tuition charges to Florida stu
dents. Other expenses very low. For
catalogue and information. address
ANDREW sLEDD.
;. ant
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04
FlOrida's Higher Educational Institrf,
lHE STATE u COLLEGE FOR VI
(Fl0rida Female Colle,. y
Tallahassee, Florid,

A College for Women win.
aliel in the South, embracin. NV. !.
OF Liberal Arts; a Normal . S.'
School of Industrial AIRS. s'a y
OF Fine Arts, Offering MS
drawing painting, piano. min.
violin, voice-culture, elocn,,.
physical cultur,
Forty Florida EQUITIES A.,
Etates represented in the go
last session.
Fine new dormitory, with .
for one hundred and sixty T,,,'
completed. Plans for other avn
improvements are already msSs
For further information q,
logue, write TO
A A MTRPHREv
nreslda
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04

from the station now bearing the same
name. In following the route you will
follow pretty closely the line Of the
seaboard railway until you reach Ok
ford, where the line DIVORCES to tine
left. Ii must be born in mind that
the Governor, in speaking OF the mill
tary road. is always looking north
ward, hence be speaks Of being to the
right OF the military road.
From okahumpkee the Indian
turned still further toward the east
and struck the Palatlakaha just be-
low what was known as Cow House
Lake. where, on the west side Of the
creek, there is small skirt of toler-
ably fair hammock land There he
crossed the creek at somewhere about
the intersection of section line 20.
with the creek on the south side Of
the section. After crossing the Pa
latiakaha he went almost due south
east until he struck point CORE
spending with the middle of the town
ship south and kept that line for six
miles. This completed his eight or
nine miles over what are now known
as the Sand Mountains When he
completed this part Of his trip he
struck what have been called the
'slashes,' which extend well down
toward the big Withlacoochee river.
The Chief "showed" the Governor.
I'm addition to being a skilled guide
/ am inclined to think that Indian was
also some on geography The Gov
ernor speaks of Chicuchatty, or Red
Housed He is evidently referring to
Charcochatta or Red Council House,
a noted council house among the In
dams. The Indian made geography
for the Governor because that council
house was in what is now fernando
county.
The old council house stood at the
foot OF beautiful and high hill, one
and one-half miles south OF Brooks
vile, and on the margin of a beauti.
full, deep. clear lake, now called Irwin
Lake. The Charcochatta hammock Is
about twelve miles long by an average
Of Ave in width, Il is heavily tim
bered with oak m several varieties
and other hard woods. The trend OF
the hammock is to the southwest OF
Brooksvllle The Annuttaliga or
Black Dirt hammock stretches away
for little over IL miles. This ham
mock averages between six and seven
miles in width and is also heavily
timbered with a great variety of hard
wood trees
THE fact that the Governor men.
lions the Big and Little Wlfhlacoochee
"a close conjunction shows that he
never crossed the withlacoochee at
all but he evidently thought he was
making a careful examination OF the
Charcochatta and Annuttaliga ham.
mocks That was a willy Indian. For
thirteen days he steered the Governor
so skillfully that the old gentleman
never got In sight OF any good land
except the tract the Indian wanted
him to see"
~ -
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04

Dallas. TEX. Sept al y Pos.
ton. grand senior counsellor OF the
United Commercial Travellers % Tex.
a.. dropped dgsd while PLAYING a game
% whist 10 Danison Tuesday night
Ills remains win be shipped 70 Mem
phis tcy burial he vas an oxc0n.
fsdTale soldier. serving with Forrest
during rse clvl war.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04
FLORIDA AS SEEN IN 1925 BY
GOVERNOR WILLIAM P. DUVAL
COO sSsgss 20 SSS8SB 8Es@sSsEB&
CFrom the Pensacola Iournai.l

truth. have not seen three hundred
acres OF good land In my whole route.
After leaving the agency the lands
on the big and the little Withlaccoo-
chez are poor and the lands on the
Marlborough river within the Indian
boundary are OF SO little value that
there is not one Indian settlement on
any one OF them.
II did not visit the Peas Creek. |
had suffered so much from drinking
water alive with insects, from mos
quitoes, Intolerable hot weather, and
my horses were so reduced by the
journey and the swarms OF horse
flies that | determined TO leave that
point unexplored. having received sat
isfactory information that there is
but small tract OF good land In that
quarter
Wretehed Land Near chIcuehatty.
Il have never seen more wretched
tract Of country than that which | en-.
tered Ave or six miles south OF Chicu.
chatty. The sand hills rise very high
and the Indian trail winds on the ex.
tensiye sand ridge for eight or nine
miles. The whole Of the timber for
this distance as far as the eye can
survey has been killed by fire; the
burnt and blackened pines without
lear, added to the dreary poverty OF
the sand, presents the most miserable
and gloomy prospect ever beheld.
After descending the southern ex.
tremity OF this ridge entered a low,
wet piney country spotted with nu-
merous ponds. had much difficulty
10 pass through them; altogether the
season has been uncommonly dry.
Had much rain fallen never could
have reached Tampa Pay in that al.
rection. So low was the whole coun-
try as far as the indian boundary ex.
tended towards Tampa Bay, that after
riding all day and until II o'clock
at night IN hope that | would find
dry spot TO sleep upon, was com
PEELED TO take up my lodging ON a low.
wet place for the night
mo settlement can ever be made
In this region and there is no land In
sight worth cultivation, The best OF
the Indian lands are worth but little.
Nincteeu-twentieths Of the whole
country within the present boundary
IL by far the poorest and most mlser.
able region ever beheld
Il have. therefore, 20 advise as my
duty demands. and the honor and hu.
manIty OF my country requires, that
the big swamp be also given 70 the
Indians and that the northern side be
five miles north Of the big swamp, and
extend 10 the oklawaha river east
and 50 far west as 10 Include the big
hammock This line win take IN no
gocd land but the big swamp OF any
consequence, but by extending Il into
the Pine n0rren Ave miles Il viii keep
on settlers from the Indian boundary
who would otherwise crowd near the
line and sell whlskcy 20 the Indians.
The Pine Rarren between the south
end % Alaohua aud the bis swamp Is
poor and never can be cultivated.
The distance Is about twenty-five
miles. The hig swamp Is six miles
long and II about two miles wide and
IL healthy, high, rich land,
u have ths honor 10 remain,
Your ohcdleni. servant.
"wM r. DUvAI.-
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04

A. J. Nusbaum, Bateayllle. Indiana.
writes: Last year I suffered for
three months with summer cold so
distressing that II interfered with my
business, had many OF the symp-
toms OF hay fever, and a doctors pre-.
scription aid not reach my case. and
took several medicines which seem
cd TO only aggravate my case. For.
tunasely insisted upon having Foley's
Honey and Tar ia the yellow package.
and Il quickly cured me, My wife has
since used Foley's Honey and Tar
with the same success" J.. w. Nc.
colmm q Co.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-04
nIa Aammeek b psaerIhsd.

"rhe hlg hammock " situated near
this town. ! spent some days IN OK.
amining Il and was greatly disap
pointed IA lts fertility. extent aud suI,
posed advantages, The big hammock
~ much lower than the adjoining
land, which h poor pine sandy hills
wholly unnt for cultivation, There Is
a large pond ia she center 81 this
hammock with several drains. Ia the
wet seaaon the greater Part Is under
water; in the dry season there "a no
watrr oAcept Ia this large pond The
soil from its growth u timber would
induce = passing observer 20 believe
q very fertile, but found on examin.
ing the land IA many places that Il IA
llghl mould two or thrce inches
deep. hased ON white sand. aud would
AZ cultivated. m ihrcc years hecomc a
bed Of sand
The whole extent az this hammock
would not make more than town.
ship, There a bat enc small Indian
settlement m a. and iake h altogeihey
] ieol eonndent u has been oyerrated
! think that man who g tudgo VI
band vOuld no, slye more than one
dollar per acre Cor che oest a. h.
above hiEh water mark which woala
~ hut 9 smail part % me whole ham
mock
4 dld noi travel hu, a short distance
Ga the ulhiary nod sopth ZEN q
near okeehnmpy ard examined thr
country 70 ne rlsht 81 the road a.
faF a. rampa aay visited evert
spot where oar bands we're spoken %
a. heias rood, ana can say wl,h