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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
Stomach Gases
and Torpid Livers
Give Way Before the Peculiar Purify
ing Power of Stuarts
Charcoal LOzenges
A Trial Package Sent Free

The foul gases of the stomach and
the torpid action of the liver are easy
victims for charcoal to overcome.
This great natural cleaner and abb
sorbent will most certainly be relished
by a system afflicted with gaseous or
sluggish tendencies
Charcoal has long been known as d
great absorbent Of gas. A painful Of
charcoal will positively purify a room
filled with foul odors and decay. Its
absorbing ratio is one hundred times
greater than it's own volume.
The ancients gave charcoal for many
human ills successfully. The North
American Indians used it for snake
bite, poison from eating wild herbs
and cured what they called stomach
bad medicine" with it.
Willow charcoal seems to be the best
product for human use, and no doubt
the peculiar curative property of the
willow is represented in a chemical
quality in it's charcoal
.Stuarts Charcoal Lozenges are pure
willow and sweet honey blended by
tremendous power and compression
into very palatable lozenge. Two or
three lo2enges eaten after meals will
prevent the process of digestion from
producing noxious gases. They will
vivify a lazy liver and aid every organ
which is most likely to be overcome
through its contact with impurities.
They cleanse the stomach and intes-
tines, bring purity and sweetness out
of fermentation and decay and aid di-
gestion by allaying gas. They will aid
you and your stomach. The beneficial
effects are made evident after each
meal when you use charcoal as Stuart
prepares it, To allay gas at night they
are excellent and one arises in the
hnf
ing bad breath which destroys appe-
tite and renders one miserable.
All druggists sell Stuart's Charcoal
Lozenges, price twenty-five cents, or
send us your name and address and
we will send you a trial package by
mail free. Address F. A. Stuart Co.,
200 Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
STATE COLLEGE ALUMNAE
ARE AGAINST AMENDMENTS
California Branch Wages Campaign to
Prevent Changes in Laws Affect
ing Board of Education
and Schools

The California branch of the Asso-
citation of Collegiate Alumnae is maxi
ing a campaign for votes against the
proposed constitutional assembly
amendment No. "a, defining the mem
bership of the state board of educa-
ton. The branch also is working
against assembly amendment No. 8.
relating to the public school system.
The circulars are signed by Presi-
dent Helen Wooster Peckham of the
Collegiate alumnae; Mrs. James b.
Hume, president of the California Fed
Grafton OF Women's Clubs and Mrs.
Mary G. Barnum, chairman of the leg
islative committee.
1t is claimed the proposed amend
ment to section would give represen-
tation on the state board to polytech-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

mic schools, but not to high schools;
that the business representative of the
board would be given his place as po.
litical PATRONAGE; that the board woulo
change with every political change.
making it impossible to work out a
consistent educational policy; that 1t
would be impossible to have the print
ing of textbooks done by any one other
than the state printer; and that the
high school standard, now fixed by
the state board, would be taken from
that body and given to county boards,
and, eventually, broken down.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
ANoUNCE FOUR SPEAKERS
FOR SOUTH PASADENA

Monday night the South Pasadena
Bryan-Kern club will meet, a quartet
of eloquent speakers having agreed
to discuss the issues.
e. H. Allen, John L. Richardson,
Charles w. Sears and q fourth speak
err, whose name is not yet announced,
will furnish the oratory. Q
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
JUDGE STEPHENS INDoRsED
BY WELL KNOWN WEEKLY

Friends Of Judge Albert Lee Stephens
are circulating the following editorial
from the Los Angeles Graphic in CAM
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
JUDSON RUSH HAS BUSY
WEEK ON SCHEDULE
Nominee for Congress- to Succeed Me-
Lachlan VIII Mako Four Ad->
dresses, Closing at Venice
Next Saturday Night

Judson r. Rush, Democratic nomi-
nee for congress to succeed McLachlan.
has a busy week mapped out for him.
Mr.. Rush is making a great campaign,
in the opinion of politicians of every
faith.
The schedule for the week is: Mon
day night et FL Monte, Wednesday
night at the Southwestern Democratic
clubs headouarters, jefferson and
Normandie; Thursday night at the
Sixth Ward Democratic club, Twenty
ninth and San Pedro; Saturday night
at the pavilion at Venice.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
PRIZES FOR CHILDREN

Handsome prizes of cash and books
given away every week. For full par
ticulars see second page Herald Junior
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
BIG CREW WATCHING.
Worst of Blaze Over Between Old Or
chard and Saco.

Alfred, Me-, July 1.-THE arrival of a
special train bringing a large crew of
volunteers to fight the big forest fire on
the tract of land known as Alfred Gore
undoubtedly saved valuable property here
tonight The fire is still burning at a ter
rife rate but it was turned somewhat
from it's original course by the fire fight
ers It started near the portable saw mill
Of Fred S. Sherbourne of Sanford, de-
stroyed the mill and contents, valued at
5000, and sawed lumber worth $4,000.
1t is next to impossible to get near the
fire but there is a rumor here that the
mill of Lewis Trafton of Sanford has been
destroyed. If this proves true there has
been an additional loss of $4,000. The
greater part of the tract burned over was
covered with second growth pine timber
which was about ready to cut. 1t was
owned by B. c. Jordan and his loss will
be extremely heavy.
Volunteers arrived from ShapleiGh,
North Shapleigh, West Newfield and Al
fred during the afternoon and tonight an
other call for help was sent out, as tho
first crews are exhausted from their la
bors. The sky is Illuminated by the con-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
MORE FOREST FIRES.
Several Rage In PittsfieId and In Ad-
iaccnt Loo aIites.

Pittsfield, Ne. July -tSpeciaD.-
Word was received in this village about
noon Sunday that a fire had started in
the piece of land known as the Little
Joe" place located near Mosher's cor
ner in the west part of the town, about
two miles from this village, and owned
by r. G. & H. w. Lancey. After going
to the place d. NJ. Parks, captain of
the fire department, rang in an alarm
from Box 25, requesting that men go
at once to assist in fighting the fire,
which, by the aid of a strong breeze
then. was gaining Roadway into The
woods owned by J. II. Davis. Over 50
men did all possible, land was plough
ed and trench was made in the field.
Late Sunday afternoon the fire was
still in progress, although it was hoped
that it could be kept from spreading
The fire, which was supposed to have
been held under control Saturday night
at the Roger Narnum place In the
south part of the town, broke out again
Sunday and a large number fought the
flames during the day. Two more fires
were reported to be raging in other
localities near PittSfield Together
with the oppressive heat and the
smoke from the fires, the temperature
was something terrible throughout the
day. The cause of the fires is not
known but it is supposed that it was
due from carelessness of berry pickers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
HEAVY FIRE LOSS.
Thousands Of Dollars Damage In Cum
berIand and York Counties.

Portland. July 11.-Thousands of
dollars worth of timber land has been
burned over in Cumberland and York
counties. and the fires are still BLAZING
herceiy. Only heavy rain can ex-
tihsuish them, as the efforts Of the fire
hshters seem to be unavailing. The air
IS MED with smoke and the cloud ex-
tends several miles from the coast. OBJ
securing the landmarks and lighthouses
as would a think fog.
me drought in the counties of York
and Cumberland is causing great loss
70 the farmers. The dairymen com
pam OF shortage of milk and predict
that it VIII be much worse unless a
neaVS ram comes at once. This condi-
tlon IS not as seriously felt elsewhere
IN western Maine. because of the num-
erous showers which have occurred at
intervals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13

could do much damage. f. c. Eeering,
the mill man. sent crew to look after
a timber lot owned by him on the Old
Orchard side Of Goose Fare brook. and
they succeeded in keeping the flames
from his lot. The fire is not out yet and
will be watched until all danger is
passed.
On the cleared lots the grass is very
thick. consisting of what farmers call
''rowel." looking not unlike excelsior. The
fire got into vegetation of this kind and
ate down among the roots of the grass
so that the fire fighters had to dig holes
with their shovels till they came to cool
earth on which to stand for rest.
The fire burned over practically the
whole of a stripped lot belonging to Silas
Milliken, of some 30 acres extent, and
went through large part Of the territory
between the Old Orchard road and the
Ross road, just east of Ocean Park ave-
nue..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
The Situation
Is Desperate.

Portland, Me, July 12.-With a Sc
ries of dangerous forest fires scattered
all over the Maine coast from the YORK
river to the Penobscot, and also many
inland points, after week Of most
strenuous efforts to place them under
control the situation tonight was re-
garded as almost desperate.
The heat of the last two weeks has
caused the underground in the Maine
forest to become dry as tlnder ana
sparks from locomotives or from
matches carelessly dropped by camp
crs, have quickly started fires which in
many instances have taken on the
proportion of a confagration.
Thousands of acres of wood land
have been burned over. The loss of
lumber in the kineo region alone is
estimated at over 100000. The fires in
that district tonight were still uncon-
trollablc. Trains on the Somerset Rail
road have been held up by the flames.
The work of the fire fighters has been
most exhausting and with the high
temperatures today, with the added
heat of the great fires, there were
many cases of proStratiOn.
Bangor was fairly circled tonight
by fires in the woods of neighboring
towns. From the top of Saunders
mountain in Dcdham not far from
Bangor, no less than IS fires could be
counted in the vicinity of Mount Ka-
tahdin. 1t is estimated that a thousand
men are fighting forest fires within a
radius of 80 miles of Bangor.
Brunswick is another center Of for
est destruction, though in the region
about there the timber is for the most
part OF comparatively small growth.
Fires have burned for a week along
the Harrswell road and have burned
over several square miles of timber.
Though they were apparently under
control yesterday they broke out in
new places today. Along the New
Meadows river a blaze which was still
unsubdued tonight has put stop to
traffic over the Lewiston, Augusta &
Waterville Street Railway. burning
poles and damaging ties and rails. No
houses We're burned. but at late hour
this evening the flames seemed to be
pushing irresistibly toward a number
of valuable estates.
Along the YORK county shore in the
southwestern corner of the State
smoke from four forest fires in York.
Wells and Kennebunk clouded the at
mosphere of scores of summer resorts.
At Osunquit in Wells and at Parsons
Reach. an exclusive summer settle
ment Of wealthy New Workers. i'm Ken
nebunk, the flames came uncomforta-
bly, close. 50 that it was necessary to
protect the roofs of buildings from
sparks and to organize volunteer par
ties to assist the Boston & Maine Rail-
road workmen and others in holding
back the flames. More than 30 square
miles of land had been burned over in
York county during the past week.
The total damage thus far by the
various fires in the State is difficult to
estimate but probably $500 900 is not
700 high figure of the damage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
NEAR BRUNSWICK.
Bad Fire Near Cooks Corner-May
Have Been Incendiary.

Brunswick, Me, July IA large
forest fire started on what is called the
Board road, near Cooks corner, about
two and one-half miles from the VII
lage, this afternoon. The fire was dis
covered by Alexander Shannon, Jr. Just
as he discovered it young Shannon saw
two men in a carriage drive rapidly
away from the scene.
Shannon was unable to make any
fight against the flames and the nre
spread rapidly. There was strong
south wind blowing, which made the
fire burn rapidly toward Cooks corner
The land in this region is very thickly
covered with a young growth of spruce,
which gave the fire fine material TO
feed upon.
BY hard work, Chief Colby of the
Brunswick fire department, aided by
few men, soon had the worst OF the
fire under control, apparently. but as
soon as they supposed they had the
fire out they were confronted by new
and very grave danger from back fires
which had been set by one of the forest
wardens After great difficulty these
back fires were placed under control
and the danger nearly overcome.
The area covered this afternoon is
about 200 acres, all Of which is private
wood land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
AGAIN THREATENING.
Fires About Brunswick Again Assume
UgIy Appearances.

| Brunswick, Me. July 12-Ihe
| scorching heat of another rainlcss day
and a brisk southwest wind famed
into renewed life today the various
T, forest fires that have been burning Ill
this vicinity and for hours they ragged
| beyond the control of the nearly eX-
| hausted fire fighters. The thermometer
| was 102 in the shade. Many prostra-
| tons among the hundreds of mea
| fighting to save their homes and for
tunes invested in the timber lands were
reported.
Tonight the fires at Cooks. which
had worked down towards the New
Meadows river. was the most threat
ening and was the only blaze that was
not declared under control tonight.
1t put the Street railway out of COM
mission by burning its poles, damas-
ing the ties and rails and was Worklhs
its way through valuable timber lana
towards a number of houses with DIS
couraging prospects of checking us
course. The blaze jumped the Thomas
road and gained resistless headway IN
that vicinity in land that has been ie-
Gently cut over and which was thic%F
Uttered with dry debris. Fed with th's
fuel the flames jumped the tracks oi
the Street Railway, putting stop u
all service over that line, jumped the
tracks of the Maine Central at HaihhlS
mill and made for the building OF olida
Rciley. These buildings and those OF
Charles Grover on the Hainns Mii'
road were saved after hard work. do
were also those of George Walker Ill
the same nciGhborhood.
Two handtubS, the kennebec an"
Niagara, were sent this afternoon down
the Bath road to save property III t"e
vicinity of Mcrrymecting park. ABOUT
200 acres had been burned over by tl''S
b,aze, which was still reaching toWaro
the New Meadows river, where tls,o
are many dwellings, and much vaiuao'e
timber
A fire in the woods at Mere rom,
that had been thought under confirm
sprang into new life today and threa'
oned the farm buildings of Mrs 'la''
Dunning The organized fire hshtti'
We're at work in another section " '''o
town but the farmers in the neishpol
hood rallied quickly to the scene aiu
after several hours brought the hai'e'
under control.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
MILLS BURNED.
Heavy Damage At Alfred Gore and
Sanford-Volunteers Working.

Georgetown, Me. July 1.-THE fire
which started on this island last Thurs
day still continues to burn and the resi-
dents of the island have given up all
hopes of being able to extniguish the
flames until they have good rain. The
fire tonight is near the southwest side of
the island and also in the vicinity of Five
islands, but is confined wholly to the
wooded district, SO that no real danger
to property exists.
Hundreds Of men and boys are guard
ing the property however. and the crew
is working in relays to give every man
an opportunity to sleep. for after the
vigil of 4s hours they are suffering from
exhaustion. The more dangerous aspects
of the fire have passed, unless there
should be a sudden change of wind to
drive it toward the cottage property at
Five islands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
FIRE SPREADING.
Serious Condition Between Sanford
and Springvale-Heavy Loss.

Sanford, Me-, July 1.-THE forest
fire between this village and Spring.
vale is spreading in both directions
and the $50 men who are fighting it
seem to make no impression whatever.
The fire is within three quarters of a
mile of Springvale and within a mile
of this town. A long narrow strip COM
prising over 100 acres has been devas-
tated. All the men who would volun-
teer for duty have been pressed into
service.
The plant of the Sanford Light &
Power Co, has been in serious danger
throughout the afternoon and tonight
two dOuble-tenement houses nearby
had a narrow escape. The woods con-
tain much valuable timber, the great
er part of which is owned by Edward
Gowen and MoultOn Brothers of San
ford and the COnant heirs of Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
SETTLEMENT IS THREATENED.
CONTINUED from Page One)
though the fire, famed by quite

though the fire, famed by quite
heavy breeze, swept on so rapidly that
all hope of extinguishing it was soon
lost. 1t is estimated that the band OF
firemen numbers fully $50 persons and
others are arriving at frequent inter-
walls. The fire soon got to the Spauld-
ing cottage, sparks waited by the
wind setting the building on fire, and
# was in less than half an hour re-
duced from a handsome summer
home, arranged with a special view to
solid comfort, to heap of ashes ana
smouldering timbers. If the fire reach
es the settlement on the shores OF
Great pond the damage will be much
greater.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
AROUND BATH.
Several Fires Raging-Sawyer's Island
Also Has One.

saco. Me-, July 1.-THE forest fires in
Old Orchard and Saco. which started
sometime Friday, burned all night but
did little damage. as the fire WAS con-
fined mostly to lots that had been cut
over There was danger of the fire burn
ing up to barns and farm buildings how
ever, and it was deemed best to put
crew on to fight 1t, so a number Of men
were sent from Saco under Capt. Virgin
Of the fire department. Five of these men
remained on duty all night and kept the
fire from spreading to places where it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13

From Chases stream the fire has
spread to Misery and is there threat
ening 10000 acres So intense was The
heat and so strong the wind that the
fire leaped Indian pond dstace Of
half mile Trains on the Somerset
Railroad have been held up by the
flames.
In addition to :. w. Phllbrook, Of
Skowhegan. Hollinsworth & Whitney
will be heavy losers. Roy l.. Marston
of Skowhcgan formerly professor of
forestry at Yale, is helping direct the
fire fighters but in the present finder
like conditions of the woods the only
thing that can stop the fire is rain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
FLAMES STILL RAGING.
r're Near Indian Pond Has AIreadv
Done 100000 DAMAGE.

kine0 Me, July 12.-Leaping hey ond
me control Of the 200 skillfully directed
men engaged in fighting it, the forest
fire that has been raging for the past
re" days in the vicinity of Indian pond
today rapidly increased its area until
at shutdown it had covered a distance
OF 10 miles. Between 5000 and 5000
acres OF land have already been burned
over with a loss estimated at over
sloo,ooo and driven by strong wind
he.names threaten even more valuable
land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13

tinguished in a few hours by the work
Of large number of men.
Down at Sawyer's island. in Boothbay
harbor. big fire is under way tonight,
but by the well directed efforts Of the
farmers and others who are watching the
flames no immediate danger to real estate
is anticipated.
1t was learned tonight that the big fire
on the island of Georgetown which broke
out Thursday noon was caused by boys
smoking cigarettes. and not due to the
Morse portable MILL which was without
water and shut down at the time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
AT GORHAM.
Farmhouse and Barn Of Isaiah Cobb
Burned-Loss About $4,000.

Portland Me, July 1.-THE farh-
honse and barn of Isaiah w. Cobb at
West Gorham were burned this after
noon entailing loss of $4,000 The fire
caught from sparks from the chimney
Mrs. Cobb was alone in the house at
the time, but she summoned help by
telephone. These is no water service
in that part Of Gorham and the farm
ers formed a bucket brigade and
fought the fire. Three other houses
were endangered but were saved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
Six Hours Work Conquers This Fire.

West Cumberland, Me, July l.
Every available man in this section OF
the town of Cumberland and many
from that village joined in fighting a
forest fire of unknown origin which
ragged for six hours around the Metho-
dist church today. The volunteers
from Cumberland Center brought pony
chemicals and trenching tools and at
p. M. the fire was entirely out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
Another Big One In Progress.

Brunswick, Me, July 11.-d1.3o T.
M.).-Fire of alarming proportions has
lust been discovered on the Bailey road
50 called. between this town and
HarpswelI. Dense smoke is rolling up
and the sky is alight with the re-
Election A crew of men has left for
the scene.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
THOUSANDS FIGHTING FOREST FIRES ALL OVER THE STATE.

turn out and fight These balloons are
about three feet in diameter. This one
came down in dry woodland and set
fire that threatened several buildings
A large territory was burned over pc
fore the blaze was eXtinguished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
AT GEORGETOWN.
Nothing But a Heavy Rain Can Now
Extinguish the Fire.

Bath. Me. July 11-Many fires have
ragged all about here today, especially in
the thickly wooded districts At Cook S
Corner this afternoon big fire was burn
ing, but tonight is reported to be under
control In West Bath. near Blind cross
ing, fire started this noon, but was eX
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eG1n KS (: i:

Carmel, Me-, 1900.
1--WE have used Il. F." Atwooos
3itters in our family for twenty years
,r more, always with good results.
Yours truly, Mrs. Cyrus wilson
When good health reigns in the fa I,
~, happiness is supreme. The l.. f.
Atwood's Bitters are thc ideal fanny
emedy, because they are absolutely saie'
mre and reliable in their medicinal ="
ion. 35s. at druggists. III
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A DANGEROUS TOY.
Balloon Starts Fire Of Serious Proper.
tons In Biddeford.

Biddeford, Me, July 11.-Residents
of lower Bddeford are thinking Of
starting crusade against fire bal
looms. A few days ago one was sent
up from the summer resort at Fortunes
which threatened serious damage when
it came down, by setting a fire that
forced all the men in that locality to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13
Bar Harbor Volunteers Good Work.

bar Harbor. Me, July 11.-A forest
hre today which promised destruction
20 salisbury cove was checked by
volunteers from Bar Harbor Manv
acres of timber land were burned over
The flames were checked before II yot
ACROSS me low meadow land just out
side the town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13

Bio Fire At East TiIton, N. h.
Laconia. n. H.. July ia large for
est fire is raging near East Tiltoh eai,'
this morning. F'iremen have been c'",
ed from Tilton and surrounding towns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-13

flagration and there is much apprehension
on the farms in the vicinity.