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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

at Pennington for the purpose of deal
ing In merchandise, repairing steam
and gasoline engines, etc, with $40, 0OO
capital stock. of which $4,000 is paid
in Officers: President, John A. Rus
sell Of. Rangeley; treasurer, Edward
Greenwood of Pennington. Certificate
filed April "a, 1909.
Auto Rilla Co, organized at Kittery
for the purpose of manufacturing and
dealing i'll proprietary medicines, with
$5OO,OOO capital stock, of which moth
Ing is paid in. Officers: President, Hor-
ace Mitchell of kittery; treasurer, s.
J. Morrison of Portsmouth, N. H. Ger
tihcate filed April 90, 1909
Wireless Time Service Co., organ
lied at Augusta for the purpose OF
manufacturing and dealing in time de-
claring instruments so as to show
correct time by use of Hertzian waves,
with 100000 capital stock, of which
nothing is paid in. Officers: President,
r. S. Buzzell of Augusta: treasurer, E.
j. Pike of Augusta Certificate filed
April %. 1909.
Mechanical Rubber Goods Co., or
ganized at Portland for the purpose of
manufacturing and dealing in all kinds
of mechanical rubber goods, with $780,
600 capital stock, of which $500 is paid
in. Officers: President, Ardon w
Coombs of Portland; treasurer, Charles
Fl. Tolman OF Portland Certificate filed
April %, 1909.
Overland Oil Co, organized at Au-
gusta for the purpose of dealing in oil
and mineral lands and operating the
same, with s1.OOOOGO capital stock, OF
which nothing is paid in. Officers: Pres
ident, Henry T. Morse of Augusta
| treasurer, E. \. Jacobs of Augusta
| itificate filed April %. 1902
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Gates the friend to bookworm's fate,
disappoints afrosh the waiting lover,
and arranges for husband and wife to
live happily ever afterward Nov 1
think" wrote Mr.. CIRCUITS adviser,
there should be another chapter: The
Partnership Dissolved. Jack takes Hell
en- to Fiesole, or rather, starts in that
direction. The precious MS. is also
in the motor. An accident oc-
ours; Helen escapes unframed. Jack
is killed, the motor catches fire,
and all is consumed, including
Jack and the Ms. Nothing left
for IneZ to make a scene-subconscious
or otherwlse-oyer- Helen naturally
regrets the situation, but it is better
thus. The explosion was sure to come,
and better on the road to Fiesole than
in Boston, whittier she and Uncle Pea
body in due time Went their way. Phil
is there, of course, at the South station.
Patience III duo time rewarded-Wed-
ding hells-s,nd vista of little human
lists with Boston accent. Curtain.
Few women have had as much suf-
fering as the mysterious novelist
known as Allen Raine, whose death
was briefly recorded recently. Her
novels We're beginning to have big
sale in America and in England they
had reached figures that leave even
Marie Corelli for behind; yet the gen.
eral public knew nothing of her, not
even whether she was a man or Wo-
man-only that she was Welsh. No
authentic picture of her has been pub
lished and no interview With her ever
printed.
ALLEN Raine'' was Ann Ada Puddi-
combe. and was the daughter of a
Welsh lawyer named Evans. Shortly
after her marriage to Benyon Puddi-
combe Of Winchniore hall, MddlcseS.
she became i'll and was unable to leave
ner bed for ten years. She had scarce
~ recovered before her husband be-
came incurably i'll. This was - years
ago.
Poverty gradually crept close and
Mrs. PudGicombc decided that she
would try to help out the family OK
choquer by writing. Her first novel,
| like all others she has written since,
dealt with Welsh themes, and al
Though it made very little money, it
was awarded the fiction prize at the
national Eisteddford. Her next novel,
published ten years ago, was "A Welsh
Singer" It's success was immediate
AM, according 10 the lucky publishers
lcdgers, the total sales of the book in
Great Britain and the colonies to date
have been 3l6.000 copies. Since then
she has written Il novel nearly every
year and the average sales have been
! about q quarter Of million copies each.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Mrs. Puddicomne's books carried her
suddenly from poverty to wealth, but
fate evidently had a grudge againsts
her, for at the time success came her
health began to fail and following the
death Of her husband two years ago, it
was discovered that the novelist was
incUrably afflicted. Her last novel,
Neither Storehouse Nor Barn." pub
lished this spring. was written under
the shadow of death and in great suf-
fcring.
Forrest Halsey, author of the re-
markaJle society novel. Fate and the
Butterfly" just published by B.. w.
Dodge Il Company comes of old Amer
lean stock, his fathers family having
been for nearly two and a half centu-
ries prominent in the affairs of the
state of New Jersey and his mothers
closely related to many of the old Vir.
sinia families. The author is himself q
great grandson of John Luther Halsey
a captain on Wasnington's staff, one Of
the founders of the Society of the Gin
cinnati, and military aide and personal
friend of the Marquis de la Fayette
Forrest Halsey first studied art, par
ticularly etching. His drypoint of La
dy de Battle is considered by that much
pictured beauty to be one of her best
likenesses; among his other portraits
were one of Patti, which is now in her
castle of CraGe Y Nos. and one of Olga
Ncthersole as Sarpho which received
The favorable comment of Alma -Tade-,
ma. At about this period however,
unfortunate Investments in Wall street
deprived Mr.. Haiscy of his estate.
Turning to mis- art for support he dis
covered ii to be at best but drawing
room talentI His accumulated disap-
pOintments SO rreyed upon his mind
thut he became afflicted with melan-.
cholia: finally his nerves gave way en-
ireiy and he was forced to spend q
wear il Il sanatorium. Several essays
IN society written by him while stiTl
there We're accepted by the magazines
and their favorable reception turned.
his atto'tion to writing as profession.
Tie past year and a Ealf since he began
Writing-he is now a man of thirty
has seen him completely restored to
health ard the winner of an enviable
reputation as n novelist and play
wright Besides his novel Fate and
the Butterfly he has written two plays.
ore of which, "'Thc Higher Law" win
he acted Ly Fanny Ward in London in
June, the other THE ranic" will be
presented in New York on April sixth.
A new novel has lately been complet-
ed by Mr.. Fl. G. Wells. 1t is to be cali
ed Ann Veronica" and it will be pub
lishcd in the autumn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

There is good story told about the
lady whose pen name of Frank Dandy
is already well known to fiction lovers
i'll this country and whose new novel
the Macmillan company is to bring out
this spring. Frank Dandy breads the
interviewer. Recently an indefatigabIe
journalist pursued and pushed her into
Il corner of the room, demanding anX-
iDusly:
When do you do your writing?"
She answered at once:
When l can not get fourth for
ridge
Frank Danby's objection to being in
trvieWed dates from the time when
ne was described as possessing "'rhe
/ cart of a child, the brains of man,
md the face Of a boy" To those who
know her the description may not seem
altogether unhappy. -
Edward w. Townsend says in his
preface to The Climbing Couvatels, -
recently published by Frederick A.
;-tokes Company, that the story was
usgested to him in France. He, with
4 few other Americans went from Paris
Y way of the Seine to a "charmingly
hsurd little resort on the banks of the
iVer Marine, where they had lunch on
nc lawn, between the river and the old
irch inn" There came to them an
i,inerant sleight-of- hand performer
one member of the party who was
much more skilled in legerdemain than
the professional. turned the tables on
the man, and made him store wide
eyed at wonders that he could not APP
roach This brought forth tales about
Many who had followed the call
os, and about many who had
4, nee followed it, but were now adj
Che glimpsrs of the profession were
% fascinating to MIR Townsend
and the possibilities of the situation
created by a prestidigitateur entering
.ood society seemed 50 great. that he
|, rsolVed to write q novel on the theme
The Climbing Courvatels' is the re-
suit
Authors often receive letters suggest
ing how much better it would hav,
been if their stories had ended differ
'ntly. William Dana circuit has a par
ticplarly interesting communication OF
his sort on The Spell" his new Harpe,
novel which has already exhausted scV-
cral editions. 1.-The Spell describes g
young husband Jacll), a pretty wife
(Helen), Il clever friend GneZ), an ole
manuscript over which husband ant
friend, at work together, almost stray
into sentiment and an old lover of the
wife Mr. Ortutt brings his hero to his
senses after Il motor accident, dedi-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26
Who Wants to
Be a Baldhead?

Thousand of men are daily growing
bald and don't know it.
Those persistent germs of dandruff,
often called the destructive agents of
the devil, are in full possession Of the
future hair of thousands of Americans.
They have wonderful endurance,
stop work, they dig and dig and dig
and gnaw and gnaw and gnaw night
and day, day and night. with seeming
lY only one purpose in view. and that
purpose to destroy the vitality of the
hair and make us a race of baldheads
What are you doing to protect your
self from the ravishing inroads of these
almost unconquerable fiends?
There is only one way, kill the dan
druff germ or the dandruff germ will
kill your hair The quicker you start,
the quicker you can win the battle.
The only weapon you need is bot
tie of Partisan Sage, the only hair
that spells death to the
devilish dandruff germ.
Get bottle today, Bowditch, Web
ster & Co. sell it for so cents and guar
antee it to cure dandruff in two weeks
or money back. Direct, all charges
prepaid. for so cents, from Giroux Mfg.
Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Sold and guaranteed in Waterville
by The Dorr Drug Store and in Gardi-
ner by Jackson Bros. Apr24-26-Wl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

The management of the steam roads
entering Paris is considering a propo-
sition to clectrify all lines for SOME
distance into the suburbs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

1otdI '''T -,hho,ihh'o
The losses incurred by foreign fire
insurance companies in Maine during
1903 amounted to $2,372, 16S.03 and was
S72 per cent of the premiums collect
I'd by the same companies during the
same period.
Annexed to and forming part OF
the report arc the usual statistical Ia
bles and abstracts of annual state
ments from the various companies also
the detailed record of fires in Name
during the year 1908. This Is the first
report submitted by the present COM
Hon. Beecher Putnam, who
makes the following, acknowledgements
to his predecessor, Hon. S. w. Carr:
This report has been compiled from
returns of business done by the various
insurance companies for the year end
ing Dec. 81, 1908, n period practically
covered by the last year of the term of
nv predecessor. Hon. S. w. Carr
whom l wish to publicly thank for the
extended and assistance
rendered when / entered upon the du-
ties of this Office
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Lieutenant Shackleton's promised
book on his Antarctic experiences will
be brought out in the autumn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Another motor-car romance is COM
ing from the pens of Mr.. and Mrs c.
N. Williamson. 1t describes journey
through England, and is called set in
Silver"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

The following corporations have filed
their certificates of organization at
the office of the secretary of state:
r. w. Neal Co. organized at Bath
for the purpose of carrying on gem
eral construction and repair business,
with $4,000 capital stock. of which
$500 is paid in. Officers: President. Ev-
erett w Neal of Bath: treasurer,
Charles S. Brown of Bath. Certificate
fled April 81. 1908.
The Pettengilf Co. organized at Port
land for the purpose of manufacturing
ana dealing in vinegar, pickles, mus
tard, catsup. spices, jellies. preserves.
etc. with $4,000 capital stock. of
which $500 is paid in. Officers: Presi-
dent, Edward D. Pettengill of Port
land; treasurer, Fred D. S. Floyd OF
South Portland Certificate filed April
"a, 1908.
Greenwood & Russell Co, organizes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Notice has been issued from the Of
fee of the state commissioner of high
WAYS that public hearing will be
held in the Grange hail at West Mihot
at . o'clock Wednesday afternoon. May
S, on the petition of c. c. Washburn
and I6S others. legal voters of the town
of Minot. praying that the road leading
from West Mnot to Auburn ana
known as the Garfield road be deslg-
mated as the State road. instead of the
road designated by the county commits
soners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

The J. B. Lippincott company issued
their first spring novel. "Lanier of the
Cavalry this week. It is the latest
army romance of Gen. Charles King.
The same house also added to their list
q play, rThe Worlds Triumph" in five
acts, with a prolog and epilog. The
author. Louis James Block, is we'll
known poet and educator.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Miss Mary Johnston has quit Egypt
and is now in Italy. Her latest work
Lewis Rand" is still among the best
selling books.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

A new novel has lately been complet-
ed by Mr. II. @. Wells. 1t is to be cali
ed Ann Veronica" and it will be pub
lishcd in the autumn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Two posthumous papers by Ouida
have been secured by ]. 3. Lippincott
Company for publication in Lippin-
colts Magazine, and the first will APP
pear in the May number. Their titles
are: "Shall Women Vote?"-a study of
feminine unrest--its causes and RENE
dies; and Love VS. Averice"-a frank
analysis of the causes which make for
social evil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

"SuppynclG' has been chosen as the
title for Louise Morgan SilPs story for
children, which the Harpers will pub
lish The title signifies literally sunny
tields'' for the story-center is vacant
bit of ground at the rear Of a great
city house which the parents of two
children, boy and girl, rent for their
playground.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

William Allen White, best known as
the editor Of the Emporia Gazette and
now one of the editors of the American
Magazine, has ventured into field
new to him. His first novel is to be
published this month by The Macmillan
Company under the title, "A Certain
Rich Man"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

BY the death of Mr.. j. M. Synge,
which took place recently in private
hospital in Dublin, Ireland loses one of
:he most gifted OF her young writer's.
Mr. Synge, who shared with Lady
Gregory and Mr. w. b. Yeats the labor
his dramatic work portrayed Irish
peasant life with intimate and sympa-
thetic knowledge. Mr.. Synge spent
some wears in France and Germany af-
ter taking his degree at Trinity College.
A fluent Gaelic speaker, he spent much
time wandering in the west of Ireland
and acquired a complete knowledge of
peasant life
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

Mrs. Humphry Wards new novel, an
nounced for publication in the autumn.
is supposed to be sequel to the once
mucn read Robert Elsmere." 1t is
rumored that the title of Robert. Els
mere Twenty Years After has been
chosen for the book
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
Keep the Children OccuDied

HHIS may seem an anomaly-to keep
boys and girls that have passed
n months and will pass more months
in school busy during their short vaca-
tion time, but it is sense,
One of the highest authorities, a di-
rector of the Public School league,
advocates the planning of some sort of
simple work to be done by every child
during vacation time. Children are not
always fond of playing all the time;
there should be a change of occupa-
ton; then play becomes the more en-
joyable when playing comes.
For boys in a city it is hard to find
things for them to do, especially If
they live in an apartment or fiat, but
various things assigned and managed
for them will prove of great help to
them as we'll as to the mother. boy
can pound rugs, rub floors, wash steps,
climb the stepladder when necessary,
and be all the happier and better con-
tented for it. Girls can do so many
things to help that it would be easier
to enumerate what they cannot have
as regular occupations
They can help about the house in
so many ways-wipe the dishes or dust
the furniture, learn to sew, even If
they break half a dozen machine nee
dies in the trying; make simple des-
serts and so help the mother while
learning themselves,
But if this plan is adopted, mother
should see that duties are accom-
plished; even if friends are waiting,
the task should be done and properly.
The mischief and badness so common
among children and so deplored comes
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
TO CLEAR VINEGAR cRUETs

To keep a vinegar cruet shining and
clean is not easy, as many house
wife can testify The neck OF the cruet
being narrow, usual bottle cleaning
methods are futile.
After washing the bottle with hot
soapsuds and rinsing thoroughly a few
hard beans can be inserted IN the DOT
tIe which is then almost filled with
water, to which few drops of am
monia have been added. Shaking the
beans around will remove incrustation
from the sides.
A long-handled paint brush with a
full, thick but not broad brush, is ex-
cellent to clean out cruets. 1t can
be dipped in solution Of soda or
boraX.
one housekeeper saves and dries her
egg shells and put them in her cruets,
which are half filled with soapy water.
After shaking thoroughly, until the
bottles are clean, the cruets are washed
and rinsed with cold water, followed by
hot water.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
Housekeeping as q Profession

about how long it will wear, and then
he apportions a definite percentage Of
his yearly receipts for depreciation.
Suppose he merely laid aside his cigar
money, or the car fares he saved by
walking, or his 1876 quarters to meet
his future expense! Would it be very
long before the red flag would be waV-
ing over his door, and some enterpris-
ing retailer would be advertising a
bankrupt sale of shoes at cut rates?
How is it with the partners in the
domestic firm of home-makers? The
existence of their whole enterprise de-
pends on the efficient operation of just
one machine-a wonderfully well-ad-
justed mechanism, more delicate than
any machine of iron or steel. and at
the same time more durable, but alb
solutely certain to run down in time.
1t is impossible to determine the exact
number of years the human machine
will run, but the one fact we are sure
of is that no human machine is inde-
structible, however well cared for.
Hence the Importance of the depre-
alton account
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

A N editorial published in the Wom-
n ans Home Companion for June
under the caption Marriage as
a Business Proposition" met with gen.
erous response from subscribers in the
way OF letters to the editor discussing
the same, and on the editorial page
of the September number extracts
of the correspondence are printed
From these the following have been
selected for these columns. While not
exhaustive the following paragraphs
are useful as side lights.
A letter from a business man-yes,
a man, says:
1.-The sinking fund for emergency
expenses is the most important item
of the whole plan.
Let us compare the methods Of a
domestic firm using a haphaZard sys-
tenn with those employed by a man
ufacturing firm in real business. The
hard-headed, unsentimental shoe man
ufacturer, for example, carefully fig
ures his factory costs. He knows just
what his machinery is worth and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

largely from the having nothing at
all to do but amuse themselves.
OF course, country children have
many sources of amusement that are
almost like work, but the city child
has a hard time in the brick and NOR
tar Of the living place. There are al
ways "chOres" for the country-bred
child to see to, but rarely for the boy
and girl of the city, The doing of
small household duties brings a sense
of Importance that is very valuable in
character building; the child feels re-
sponsible, and so the first idea of re-
sponsibility is planted
Give the children something to do in
vacation times if you want them to be
refreshed and ready for school later.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

ness" Not overly tall, with a sweet
face and quiet manner, her serious dig
My occasionally varied by an arch
laugh that does one good to hear and
thoroughly feminine and womanly
~ithal, Bishop LAGRANGE is remark
ably unlike the traditional diocesan
head. But the steady gaze of the dark
brown eyes, the low. we'll modulated
voice and the authority of her manner
when speaking of matters pertaining
to her office of minister are convincing,
and one believes that to her the truths
of New Thought are vital and make
for salvation. Her work has grown
amazingly in Detroit, and Thursday
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24

evening at s o'clock she will hold an
informal meeting in her rooms in the
Blanchard building, at which time
cordial welcome will be extended to
all New Thoughters. 1t has been said
that there are more followers of New
Thought in Los Angeles and vicinity
to the square irch than in any other
section of the United States, and un-
der these circumstances Bishop La
Grange should receive a royal welcome
and have no difficulty in establishing
a church. She is making a special
study of prison conditions and re-
form, and is a close student of all
looking toward the better
ment of the race
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
Not Interested

'T have called" said the book agent,
Ito see if l can interest you in a little
work.
young man." snapped the woman
who answered the door, "just now
am interested in washing my dishes,
dusting, cleaning up after the paper
hanger, making six beds, polishing the
hardwood floors, ironing my husbands
shirts getting two more meals today,
darning nine pairs of stockings and
stringing my sweet peas, and I might
say that that's more work than you
men ever thought of doing. No; you
can't interest me- in any more."-De-
troit Free Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
SAY "PURITAS"
When You Order Bottled
Soda

1t will pay you for two reasons-f1rst
vou'u get soda more delicious than you
ever drank before-Second, you'll get a
pure beverage.
Puritas Sodas conform absolutely to
the Pure Food Laws. They are pure
flavorings, pure cane sugar and Puritas
Distilled Water
And, my! how good they are!
Don't be satisfied with ANY Soda.
You've q right to the best, to Puritas
Sodas.
Five Cents-sold wherever there are
good things to drink.
If you want them at home phone US
Home 10053, Sunset Main $751;
Los Angeles Ice and Cold Storage co.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-24
GETTING an Early Start

Father what do you wish me to
be when I grow up?'
"The same as I am, my soma law
yer"
'"rhen instead of wasting any more
time on arithmetic, geography and
such truck I'd better be getting at the
hypothetical question, hadn't I?"-
Judge.