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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

Raspberries-s6@S per chest
Granberries-S .5OG10 per barrel.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES per ID 1900
AppleS-$1@1.5O per box for fancy, ioGSOe
Tor choice and 40665c for common.
Pears-Winter Nellis s1@1.25 per bo1i other
varieties, 50e@$1 per box.
Quinces-65 @S5c per box.
Plums-Late red, 50975c per box
Figs-50c@$1 per box. =
Melons-Nutmeg melons. 5OGS5cs per box for
choice; watermelons. 75cG$1. 80 per dozen
Pomegranates-50@60c for small and S1--oW
l. 20 for large boxes.
PerSimmons-$1@ al. p per box.
Grapes-SmaH boxes and crates. 40G61e: luz I9s
boxes. 50c6$1; Zinfandel wine grapes, SIOg1'
per ton; do mission, S7Gs per ton g.
Citrus Fruits tper box'-Naieneia oranges =
03-J0; grapefruit, s.. 90 fer seedless; lem,
ons. 81. 50eIj for fancy So. 3.JOsf4 for choice ana
$2@3 for standard; lines, $646.5O.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. T5cGISl.75 per ouncn
for Hawaiian and $2.50@3.50 for Central Amer
lean; pineaDples. S2M3 ner dozen.
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Meat Market

Prices have shown change for several days.
SunnIies about balance the demand.
DRESSED MEATS
slaughterers' rates to dealers and butchers are
BeefW6Is a7ae per Ib for steers, 51s@eEc
for cows and heifers.
veal-719 acc for large and 9@1o15c for small.
Mutton-Wethers, SG9c; ewes, ~ 1Sc per Id,
Iamt-91b @101Ae per lb.
Dressed Pork (per lb)-11@11hc for light and
96915c for heavy.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good sound
livestock, delivered in San Francisco, gross
weight:
axe: under 600 lbs, 4c; second quality 3%c:
thin and undesirable steers, 3@3Hc.
No. / cows and heifers, 3as 031Sc; second
quality, &c; common thin, undesirable cows,
Fat bulls and stays. 1a1 @2c; half fat or thin
caives-Light weight, per lb. SIC; medium.
&c; heavy, 414hc.
Sheep iper lb}-wethers, No. /, 4kQ4Xc;
ewes, 3%c.
Hogs (per lb)-Hard grain fed. weighing 100
to 140 lbs, 6%c; 40 to 25O lbs, 7Ac; 250 to $50
lbs, CSC; common, undesirable hogs, AZ @5c.
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Egg Market i'm Nearby Count,e.

SANTA CRUZ Oct. 16.-Merchants and COM
mission men continue to pay 46 cents for all
classes OF eggs. Supply very limited. Largest
output coming from around Sequel and Capifola.
Shipments light.
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Northern Wheat Market

PORTLAND, Oct. wheat-Track prices;
Club 92c; bluestem, 81 red Russian. 90e; Tur-
key red Ole; forty fold, 94c; fife, ole.
TACOMA Oct. 16.-Wheat-Bluestem ad-
yanced l cent and is quoted at $1.O3; club, 93c
red Russian. Ole.
SEATTLE, Oct 16.-No milling quotations
Export wheat: Bluestem. 9Sc; club, S9c; Rus
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Portland Butter ,J,rke,

PORTLAND. Oct. 16.-Butter-City and coun-
try creamery extras, 36c; fancy, 32635c: store
19I21e.
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IncnI RanL CIearinrr

Local bank clearings last week were S43 I'll
SS3. against S4I.3T3. 467 for the same week last
year. increase of s.. 2.33S.366. SO per cent
There were only hve business days last year.
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Mining stocks

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday:
1,OMSTOCKS
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Northern Bmxinesx

SEATTLE, Oct. 1e.-Clearings. s2,27s $50;
balances. $3.50. .6jS.
SPOKANE. Oct. 16.-Clearings 81 222 959:
balances. $73. $50.
PORTLAND. Oct. 1e.-clearings. 1893, ,s25;
balances. $l32,376
balances. Sl37. .S23.
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LOOK TO LONDON
FOR MORE RELIEF
Wall Street Spectators Expect
Accommodation for Amerl=
can Borrowers
New York stock List

< F. button Co., 4so California street
members Of the New York stock exchange tur
uish the following list Of bond ana stock sales
yesterday:
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LONDON ClOsing StocIka

Money! per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market fo-
short bills is 39s per cent and for three months
bills 35s per cent
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SALES
lrninR Session

Board
10 Alaska Packers Assn. ......... 1850
20 Associated Oil Co.............. &c. p
100 Associated Oil Co............ 80 81 u
100 Associated Oil Co............ SO so
Z Bank of California ........... 400 90
$50 Hutchinson $ Z Co .......... 16 90
30 Onomea Sugar Co ..-..... 80 90
20 Spring Valley Water Co. ....... 36 %
5000 Market st Ry 1st Con IS. cash. 1O3. 25
$1,000 Pacific Light e. Power Js...... % 90
s.. 900 Peoples Water rs .......... IS 90
$1,000 S +. Oak & $ Jose Ry 5s. 1O7 81 u
Street
30 Fireman's Fund Ins .......... 1a9 90
$4,000 Los Angeles Gas El Corp is. 100 30
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

receipts for Monday: Wheat so cars: corn, 100
cars; oats, 21S cars; hogs. IS, 900 head
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE
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Hides, TaIIovv, Wool and Hops


A further advance in some descriptions OF
hides is noted. The market is strong.
HideS-Culls ard brands sell about 1ed1e
under quotations Heavy salted steers. 13l3c:
medium. t3c; light. I2c; cOwhides l2tsc for
heavy. 121ac for light; stays. 9lac; salted Kip.
1Se: salted veal I71ae; salted calf. 1Sc: dry
hides, 21c: dry kip. zoe; dry calf. 26c.
dried veal. 23c sheepSkins. shearlings, 200 40c
each: short wool. 5Od7Jc each; medium.
TJcdS1 each. long wool. 81 .25G1. 70: lambs.
2j1 Toe: hOrsehides. salt, S2.2JM2J0 for large
and 81 .50G2 for medium 75cQSl for small and
2505Oc for colts: hOrsenides, dry. S202.25 for
large and 81 .2JM2 for medium, 5OcdS1 FOR small
and 25d5Oe for colts; goatskins. prime angors.
I0c0 81. large hair goats. 2JN Zoe medium
20430c: small, 5Mf5c; Mexican deerskius
BIZ @3Sc; dry salted do, 25a2T45c; picked do.
30G3715c.
Tallow-NO. rendered. 5@5zcs No. ?. Al
412c; grease. 29316e.
WOol-FaH elip-NOrthern free mountain
12014c; Humboldt and Mendocino. 13di5e;
southern. more less defective. 71s sdSl5c; fan
lambs, S41Oe for southern and 12Gljc for
Hops-Prices to growers are 12d16c per IN
tor lgOS, with 20G25e for contracts for new
crop delivery.
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CALL
Grain Markets Active and Firm
Another Advance I'm Hide Prices

lb tins, s.15e: 50 ID boxes, 65Oc Barrels and
so ID bags 1Oe; half barrels, 25c; boxes, soc
per 100 lbs more all grades.
The California and Hawaiian sugar refining
company quotes as follows: Granulated basis
5.45c; '.Higrade'' bar 5.S0c; powdered. 5.5Jc;
A crushed. 5.70c; berry, 545c; & II extra fns
dry granulated. 5.4Jc; coarse dry granulated.
b 45c: confectiOners' A. 5.45c: confectionery
crystal. 5.55c; cubes, 5-T0c; bricks, 57Oc extra
fine dry granulated 600 lb bags Only). 5.35c;
excelsior A. 5.O5c: extra @. 4.95c; golden O.
4.S5c; yellow d. 4.T5cs ii. & E. crystal dominos
S.45e. Additional per 100 lbs: In barrels and
80 ID bags 10c more: half barrels pc more;
boxes. 5Jc more 1Or all grades. Bar In S5 and
40 ID tins, Ito more: In 10 10 tins, S2.35 more
Minimum order. carload weight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17
The Bay States New Treasurer.

1t is SO common for Maine people
to win success and gain distinction in
Massachusetts that it is impossible
for Maine paper to give due atten-
ton to each individual case. A recent
instance. however. is rather out of the
ordinary and it is with pleasure that
Maine people note that the new state
treasurer Of Massachusetts is ma
the most loyal of its many sons in
Massachusetts. Elmer A. Stevens of
Somerville was elected state treasurer
to succeed State Treasurer Chaplin
who resigned to accept the position of
bank commissioner. Mr. Stevens is a
native of Industry. up in Franklin
county. and comes of good old Maine
stock. being son of the late Thomas
Stevens Of that town and a nephew of
years an editor of the Kennebec Jour
nal, and wen known for his services
as United States minister to Paraguay
and later to Hawaii.
The new state treasurer of Massa-
chusetts has been for several terms a
member of the Massachusetts legisla-
ture. resigning his seat in the senate
to accept his new office. Speaking of
his election, the Boston Journal says
''The Massachusetts, senate has had no
more prudent or progressive member
in recent years than Elmer A. Stevens"
suburb of Boston which is so full of
Maine people that one cannot throw
a stone in that city without hitting
a Maine man or a group of them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17
Why Business Houses Fail.

During the year 1908 there was a
total 14,O44 business failures, large and
small, in the United States. Brad
streets Mercantile agency has been
making an interesting study of these
failures along new line. namely, to
discover and classify the causes for
failure. So many men who fail to
make a success of their business at
tribute their failure to any cause but
the real one that there is sure to be
widespread interest in the results of
the investigation by Bradstreet's. In
making the investigation the attempt
was made to get at the real root of the
matter and not to draw the conclu-
sion merely from surface Indications.
1t was found that out of each 1000 fail
ures the causes were as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Everybody Smile!
Bangor Commercially

There was a time, some years ago,
when much was being said about the
Roosevelt smile. To be sure it
was said to be a White House smile
but it diffused itself wheresoever Mr..
Roosevelt went. 1t became contagious:
everybody caught on to it and it was
said to be ominous of prosperity and
to a coming era of good feeling.
More recently we have heard much
of the Taft smile. This is also a smile
Of the White House brand; but it is
said to be a genuine, hearty good
sized brand of the real smile-none of
the artificial, wooden, put-on affairs
which have no sense or meaning to
them. Such are not the kind we want
But what a source of inspiration, of
happiness, of content, of good feeling
towards all mankind is a real smile.
How it lights up a pathway over the
hard places of life What good cheer
it gives out every time it comes, just
because it is SO hearty and honest It
cannot help it.
1t is the season for smiles. Roose-
welt is off for Africa and Taft will
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17
Legislation in New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Legislature,
which has just adjourned, did work
along many lines exactly parallel with
that accomplished by the Maine leg
islature. This is not so much of CO.
incidence after all. for, naturally
enough, the same conditions exist to a
large extent in these two neighboring
states and they are influenced largely
by the same popular movements. Thus
we find that during the past winter
both states thoroughly revised their
militia laws: both made large appro-
priations to fight the gypsy moth; both
spent much time on liquor legis-
lation; both established new normal
schools and made generous appropria-
ton for existing state institutions:
both made appropriations for enlarge
ing the state capitols; both adopted
new state flag: both passed new
of forest fires; both increased the taxes
of various kinds of corporations, and
in various other matters they legis-
lated along practically the same line.
In one respect, at least, New Hamp-
shire vert farther than Maine, name
ly, in the enactment of a direct pri-
mary law. The New Hampshire leg
islature also enacted an anti-free- pass
law, something which Maine did lit
tie earlier The whole number of laws
passed at Concord was not nearly so
large as that passed at Augusta and
there was far less special and private
legislation. or course, the total appro-
priations in New Hampshire were
smaller than in Maine, since Maine is
much the larger and weather. state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

The women of Louisiana are said to
have put on their war paint. The
effort to GUST Miss Jean Gordon as
factory inspector and to establish ten
hours as the legal working day for
women and children has stirred up
storm The women of the New Era
Club have called a public meeting and
declare their intention of putting the
matter before the community in it's
true light The leading women of the
State are denouncing the attempt in
newspaper interviews, and the IN
f1uential labor unions have taken up
the cause of Miss Gordon and the
women and children, against certain
labor officials who had joined with the
Manufacturers Association on the
other side.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

soon come to Beverly in New England,
and why should we not all smile: inc
winter Is over and gone: spring is
here: the sun shines; the hens lay
and we have eggs for breakfast: red
and sour Strawberries are with US.
Why not smile?
Hard times and panics are oftener
derived from mental than from physi-
cal sources. Multiply the former al
infinitum and you have the panic
Multiply the smile and you have pros
perity
Optimism is to think more of JOY
than of sorrow, more of health than
of sickness, more of truth than OF
falsehood, more of honor than of per-
fidy, more Of honesty than of graft
more of hope than of despair, more OF
prosperity than of panic, more OF sue
cess than of failure, more of God than
of the devil The thought is father of
the deed.
Let us laugh If there is Don't
Worry or an Optimistic club near
where we are, let us join it right OH.
quick. Put off that dull. gray. morbid
look; away with melancholy and dys-
pcpsia. Get out where the sun SHINES
Let us Smile-no matter whether 1t pc
a smile of the Roosevelt or Taft brand,
or of any other. Tt is all the same.
The joy and goodness OF real smile
forms the best spring medicine one
can have Use it adj limitum.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

President Woolley of Mt. Holyoke
college having been widely quoted to
the effect that working girls make
better wives than college girls, she
now takes occasion to deny that she
said anything of the kind. Her de-
NAL will be of general interest,
especially to young men. She says.
Il have often said what believe, and
have verified by observation, THAI
college-bred women are ideal home
makers. It. would be both absurd and
untrue to say that working girls do
not also make good homes l have
never i'm any article or any address
made any comparison between the
two. and have no data for such COM
parisGn"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Here In New England il seems lit
tie out of season to be discussing crop
outiooks but In the state of Washington
which is in the same latitude. the farm
ers are rejoicing over the assurance of
an exceptionally good crop of winter
wheat. The report of the department
Of agriculture rates the conditions at
VI as compared with an average for a
still the staple crop of Washington,
but each year there is an increase in
the area planted to winter wheat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

There has arrived in London a Bud
dhist priest from India and his name
is MacGregor. A somewhat parallel
case is the following: In the eighteenth
century some Scots travelling in Russia
went on Sunday to worship in one OF
the churches. But great was their
surprise when their ears were struck
by the accents of the priest who came
round swinging the censor under their
noses: IF it disna dae We ony guld 1t
Wilma dae We ony HARM" This priest
turned out to be a Lowland peddler.
who, tired of practicing his trade in
Poland, had somehow managed to en-
ter the Greek church. and being lgno-
rant of the official tongue had num-
bled his part in good braid Scots. .
which was equally unintelligible to the
people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

In touching upon the rules of the
road for the regulation Of teams and
automobiles writer in the Boston
Globe asks the pertinent question.
And how many pedestrians are there
who observe the rules of the road?"
He then goes on to name some of the
well known sidewalk nuisances as
follows: LAS for offenders, there is
the woman whom the attractions Of
the show windows draw to the wrong
side Of the walk: the man who has an
idea the suddenness of whose coming
brings him to standstill; the UNI
brella or parasol carrier who holds
that dangerous weapon under the
arm: the gossips who stand in the
middle of a crowded sidewalk when a
doorway or side street would do as
we'll: most exasperating of all, the
man who turns to fling a last word
to a friend who has passed and drifts
across the walk with eyes behind him.
This last it is impossible to avoid.
You may dance from side to side, but
he Is sure to get you. One such
offender obstructs the dozen who are
behind him in hurry, for we are all
In a hurry. whether the hurry is un-
necessary or not"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Last summer the Glidden tourists
took in Maine on their run, hitting
most OF the high places and smother
ing the landscape with dust and the
stencil of gasoline. They were well
coined as cordially as the opportunity
permitted but there will be no general
mourning that they are going in the
other direction this year The annual
tour win be from Detroit to Denver
and the party will camp in tents by
the roadside Il %4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

The de3pised tramp cat has it sphere
Health committee of San Francisco in
its report explaining the means en-
ployed to prevent the spread of the
bnbonIc plague gives a large measure
Of credit to the homeless and hungry
cat" To combat the plague it was
necessary to kill off the rats. and the
cats that have to shift for themselves
did effective work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

There is a lesson for agricultural sec
tions nearer home in the Texas move
ment for the organization of Corn
clubs" throughout that great state to
encourage farmers sons to study farm
ing and do their best at it. Prizes for
the greatest amount of the best corn
grown on a given area are offered and
one of the rules Is that the boys must
farm the lands themselves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17
Maine Gossip
Faith.

He was the strongest man / knew,
Serene and self-securc:
Fashioned to mock at time and chance,
To suffer and endure.
/ saw him poor. unknown. despised,
Hew out his gradual way:
/ saw him battle mighty wrongs
AS If the war We're play.
saw him lift men up, the best,
When life went like a song
OF pleasant things, l saw him still
Simple and pure and strong.
And learning of his faith, I asked
How such a thing need be
In one so strong, and whence it came,
And thus he answered me:
God lives, God reigns, God loves the
world;
This much at least / know
With all my heart and SOUL because
Because l need Him SOL"
Saturday Evening Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

With plans made for a new million
summer 1t Is evident that southern
mills are not killing out the cotton
manufacturing industry of New Eng
land very fast 1t Is also a substantial
bit of evidence that business conf
dence ID pretty sound.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

What has become of that conStitu-
tional provision against cruel and I'M
usual punishments? Here is a Rhode
Island judge releasing q young man
awaiting trial for attempted murder in
order that he and the girl he tried to
shoot may be married.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Bryan's name was Kissed at the
latest harmony dinner" of the Demo-
Gratis. 1t Was hsfa at New York and
the guests Of honor were three Demo-
cratic governors Of states in which
~ Cyan electoral ticket was showed
-L~>r. Those pr sent may now ex-
pect to be read out OF the party
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

President Taft is popular in spite
voAion to golf, but nobody questions
that his love of baseball brings him
CLOSER to the American masses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Over in Holland they have made ar
rangements to fire 81 guns if it is a
girl and 101 if it is a boy. Are there no
Dutch suffragtttes to protect against
that kind of discrimination?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

In one days dispatches we are told
OF one young man who married his
atop mother and of another who mar
ried his mother-in-law OF course,
Cupid has to cut up an occasional
prank to vary the monOtony
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Crazy Snake. Castro. the young
Turks, the tariff orators and even the
strenuous huntsman of Mombasa must
now share the big headlines with the
heroes Of the diamond.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

esrAsLIshEp 1US

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held respond.
bic for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address oil communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17
Saturday, April II, 1909.

NOrdica announces that she VIII
marry a millionaire named Young.
Well, she be gan to marry young and
has kept at IL ever since.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Many schoolboys are taking a real
interest this spring in the section If
their geography which deals with
Africa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Another warm rain like that anC
the lakes would be free of ice an(
open for fishing a few weeks Garlic,
than has been predicted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

London is twelve miles broad one
way and seventeen the other. Every
year sees about twenty miles of new
streets added to it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

The diamonds will be little sof
in spots, but today and Monday vii
see the Maine baseball teams maxi
their real start on ~ the sprins
schedules
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

The freshet proved very mild
affair in comparison with those of the
old times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Milo will have special town meet
ing on Saturday afternoon to consider
the question of abating the town ia,
by the B. & A. railroad for the use OF
the employees in it's repair shops there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

Indications for record breaking
summer business are observed in the
passenger department of the M. c. r
r. and extensive preparations fol
handling large crowds are beins
made. Maine summer resorts are Al
unfailing attraction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

At least one Maine town will have
appropriate exercises on Patriots day
In Brunswick there will be a public
meeting in the evening at the Con-
gregational church and General
Joshua l.. Chamberlain will deliver
his famous lecture on abraham
Lincoln" prepared for the centenary
of that great president. This lecture
was given before the Loyal Legion at
Philadelphia on Lincoln's birthday
and is repeated by request
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-17

A hearing will be held in Bowdoin-
ham next Tuesday before State Com
missioner of Agriculture Gilman in
regard to granting the usual State
stipend to Topsham fair. AS a result
of criticism of last years fair the
stipend has thus far been withheld.