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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
A Casket Factory Being
Built by {. c. Tracy.
Seven Births, One Marriage and
-Four Deaths in August.
Moses Fine Family Reunion Som.
eFset Real Estate Transfers.

Edwin c. Tracy is building a casket
factory on Madison avenue above the
fair grounds. This is the only industry
on the Plains and will be a great bene-
fit to this part of SkoWhegan. Growth
is very rapid in this section now, a
good many houses having been built
here in the last two years. Mr.. Tracy
has the frame of the building up and
expects to be ready for work in the
factory before winter. The factory is
TO be run by Mr.. Tracy and his son
Harold. This is the second casket fac
tory TO be built in town, the other run
by Nutting & Lord being on the south
side Of the river.
Seven births, one marriage, and four
deaths are recorded for the month Of
August at the town clerks office.
Rev. George Merriam has returned
from his annual vacation, part of
which he spent with his brother E +
Merriam, D. D., editor of the Watch
man in Sharon, Mass, and part with
his son George, who is boys secretary
of the 7. NJ. c. = III Portland. Mr.
Merriam also attended the wedding OF
Miss Annie EarthOrn to Nathaniel
Ernest Wheeler. which took place
Wednesday at Foxboro, Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
NEW AID TO CUPID.

Verna Mills, who appeared last season
with Blanche Walsh. will probably go
down in history as 1.-The photograph
bride" one thing is sure. however-she
recently sailed on the Campania with
Fred Mcintyre, her husband, who is the
son of a wealthy lawyer of Chicago. and
who courted her through mechanical re-
cords.
He saw Miss. Mills play in THE Test, q,
admired her, and when she returned to
New York Mcintyre secured her address
and wooed her 10y monograph
The couple became man and wife the
other day at the Little Church Around
the Corner.
Mcintyre could not effect a meeting
with Miss Mills. He tried many WAYS
and then thought he would use the pho
hoSraph route.
lie asked James Barton a friend, to
This is James Barton, who takes great
pleasure in introducing you to Mr. Fred
Mcintyre.
What's the sense of this nonsense?"
lsked Barton
But Mcintyre wouldn't saw
The words that Barton had spoken were
recorded on a photograph record, but he
didnt know it. After he had left the
place Mcintyre filled the rest of the re-
details. a
Miss Mills has a monograph, and Nc
lntyre was aware of the fact so he cent
10 her the record on which he was intro
duced to her. She put the record on her
heard. '' one
Records from Mcintyre, with moro
loVe talk on them, arrived In startIino
numbers, and earnest did McIntvra
appear to be that Miss Mills decided IN
allow him to meet her. "
They met. 1t was Just three mo,ths
,ater they became man and wife'NNew
York Telegraph. -NeT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
MUST LEAD SIMPLE LIFE.
capuchin Monks in Austria Have For
gotten Rigorous Rules.

The Capuchin monks OF Austria have
been recalled to the simpler life by a
'ircular issued by the head Of the or
Ter acting with the approval of the
pope. The friars are enjoined to re-
urn to the strict observance of the
,riginal rules Of the order, whereby
hey We're forbidden to wear hats or
hoes, the only garments allowed be
ng long GOVT with rope around the
waist, sandals and a skull cap, and an
lndershirts of wool in severe weather.
rhey We're also forbidden to wash,
)athe, shave or carry money.
The Capuchins are a numerous body
Austria, and it is in the vaults OF
heir monastery in Vienna that the
austrian emperors and members of the
imperial family are buried. Any visit
+ to Vienna Will have noticed that the
riars have greatly relaxed the original
igor of the rules of st Francis. They
wear hats and shoes, and they GER
ainly do not refrain from washing and
having. So far from dedicating their
ives entirely to the poor, many OF
hem are popular as father confessors
mong the ariStocracy.
What success will meet the attempt
o compel them to return to the life OF
he middle ages remains to be seen
he prior of the important Capuchin
Ionastery at Pressburg has signifieC
lis opinion by resignng his post, de-
laring in q letter to the pope that ne
; too Old to change his way of life.
he general feeling in the order is that
he new regulations should be binding
MY on the members who join after
he issue of the circular
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
IMPROVED OPPONENTS GAME.
Gen. Wright Hits Lawyer on Head
Teaching Him Golf.

De Lancey Nicoll has discovered a
new way to become proficient at golf
1t is heroic, but simple. All you have
to do is to go out on the links and get
some friend to bounce a driver on your
head.
Luke Wright. formerly governor gen
eral of the PHILIPPINES. who was hand
ling the driver. and all Mr.. Nicoll's 9TH
er friends We're greatly concerned for
several days in the fear that the noted
lawyer had sustained fracture of the
skull.
Gen Wright and Nj. Nichon were
playing on the links at Shinnecock
Hills which is near MIR. Nicolrs sum
mer home. After he came home from
the Philippines and became Secretary
of War Gen. Wright was initiated by
President Taft into golf. He's an eX-
pert. Mr.. Nicoll Is. tOo--now.
: But he never had been a match for
Luke Wright, and, therefore. when in
their game last Friday he had made il
a close score, he kept his eye intently
on the statesman's play. so closely that
his eye was riveted on the little ball
Just as Luke Wright drew back and
swept over a mighty blow. 1t never
hit the hall. 1t struck Mr.. Nicholl or
the left side of the head. Mr.. Nicholl
was, moreover. knocked out.
Doctors revived him. and he was ia
ken home. But when his ear was slit
ched up he refused to believe himself
gravely injured, and it has turned out
fortunately that he was not.
Wright can't put me out of the
vane that wav" declared Mr. Nicoll
I'm show him that I'm one of those
who can come back
And yesterday Mr.. Nicoll came to
town jubilant He had beaten Luke
Wright
THAT knock / got did me an awful
lot of good he asserted, i've played
better golf ever since. A crack on the
other side might make me champion.
Still I'm not too ambitious. you know"
New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05

through the same members which have
contributed to our mental makeup.
With the growth of the human mind has
come fine development of the hand and
,ne expire SsIVenesS of the face.
The hand has added much to our men
tai culture, and its mission is by no
means ended, as the supporters of man
llel training have demonstrated.
Aeons ago, after men had ceased to use
their hands as Instruments of locomotiOn.
they carried certain implements in them
upon all their daily expeditions. They
We're constantly exposed to unseen dan
gers, and the weapons of war, a shield
and spear, became almost a part of their
anatomy. The shield was held on the
left arm to protect the heart. and all the
the right This, passing through heredi-
ty. developed what we know as right
handedness. The mind was developed
with the manual deXterity. and the side
of the more deXterouS member became
more highly developed. .-f'
ON the left side of the brain is con-
trolled the right hand. So when a man
is born with manifest expertness with
the left hand it is d sign that i'll his case
the brain condition is reversed, so that
1t is really folly to attempt to train the
right hand to do what is normally the
left hands work.
Dr. Edward A. Spitzka. of the Jener-
son Medical College. Philadelphia, goes
further and says that it is nothing short
of criminal TO attempt to make a left
handed child risht-handed. 1t is contra
dieting his brain construction. and NAV
lead to the perVersion and failure of his
whole life. The brain is too intimately
involved in the ply Steal construction to
permit of tampering. 1t would be much
the same as attempting to alter the circu-
heart on the right side.-New York
World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
RID MONUMENT OF BIRDS.
How Marksman's Skill Was Made
Useful in indianapolis.

The Indiana soldiers and sailors monu-
meht winch has been infested with Dig
cons for months, is deserted by the few
pigeons that recently escaped the deadly
shots from a .32-caiber revolver in the
hands of F. P. Spangler. a local travel
ing man and expert revolver shot
Thirty-one dead pigeons. four of which
were brought down with two shots. com
prised Spangfler's record for the after
noon. The several remaining. pigeons
finally concluded there We're safer places
in indianapolis than the monument, and,
1t is believed. left for good.
Spangler. who likes to keep in practice.
ker, custodian of the monument. to shoot
the pigeons. Colonel Parker was anxious
to get rid of them and readily consented;
On Wednesday of this week, Spansled
killed thirty-six pigeons at the monu-
ment. \ large crowd watched him shoot.
From the way in which the forty, or fifty
steps, it is evident that pigeon potpie
will be the order in many Indianapolis
homes today.
Spangler recently shot eghty-six pig
cons from the Federal building. where
they had become nuisance MANY Of
anew. only to fall victims to Spanglers
deadly aim. Seven of the pigeons killed
at the monument did not fall to the
stone trimmings which ornament the
shaft. Three were wounded only to, fly
TO the ROOTS OF nearby buildings, where
they fell. Recently employees at the
monument robbed the nests of twenty
six squads.
Spansler, who is As years Old has been
shooting since he was boy. He saws
he learned to shoot with an old flintlock
rifle in Virginia. where he was born. In
shooting the pigeons he used IA target
volver. the barrel of which is twelve in
ches long. He has a permit from the au-
thorites which allows him to shoot only
fiobert cartridges in the weapon He
m sod fDu C Of ip1rt ,Nsr of
bird when only its head was visible
Indianapolis Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
MAKE GLASSES SWIFTLY.
-our Men Handle Glass at a Grea
Heat.

The making of wine glass is a fas-
clnat1nB sight to watch and a revela
ION to many. 1t requires the services
II four men and the processes are nu-
merous. ms erting his hollow iror
>ioWpipe into the mouth of one of the
'ots, or crucbles, the blower collects
efficient material" to form the bowl
Of wine glass.
Thismetal is a lump of hot, soft ma
terial, and is, of course, molten glass.
1t is made from white sand, red lead,
refined ash and saltpeter, mixed in Ger
tam proportions, and then it has been
resolved into molten glass, technically
known as metal The lump of material
on the end of the pipe is rolled to and
FRO on polished table to obtain the
desired smoothness and evenness of
surface.
After swinging the hot glass rapidly
through the air for some moments the
worker then blows down the pipe until
the lump of soft material has ex-
panded to the required size and shape,
When he gauges it with his calipers to
see that the dimensions are correct 1t
is now passed on to the second man,
VINO casts on sufficient metal to form
the stem, while on TO this again is add
ed material for the foot The pro-
cesses now follow one another rapidly,
the glass being passed from workman
fulhiis his particular task.
TO workman and back again. as each
over and over again the partially
completed object is inserted into the
furnace, where there is a heat of 1000
few moments, and then quickly with
drawn. to be further treated. With a
precision that only comes of long
training. one man trims the bowl of
the glass to the required size by cut
ting the superfiuous material away
with pair of shears. The bowl then
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05

Sometimes one wonders why that
African trip, after, all. Our own West
still has a few hair raising adventures
left. as proved by a recent happening
at Pine Creek. Ore A contractor had
taken his little boy to the scene of
some nearby waterworks improve
ments and the lad went to sleep in the
shade of the forest. His screams soon
brought the Frightened parent. who saw
his child being dragged away by a
cougar. 1t was only with the utmost
difficulty that the boy was saved and
the big cat driven off.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05

18Th wedding anniversary they with
party in automobiles and teams went
t. West Athens, where they enjoyed
most delightful time at the home oil
A. E. Walker. Tuesday evening a lit
tie party vas held at the home OF
ME-. and Mrs. Bernard. Those present
were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hayden
and daughter, Miss Mamie. and Miss
Lacy.
Miss Lizzie Higgins, one of the teach
ers in the SkoWhegan public Schools
arrived home Saturday night from Old
Orchard, where she had been visiting
ner sister, Mrs. Charles Leighton.
Arthur Wood was in town over sun
dav and Monday from Portland, the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred A, Wood
Miss Louise Case. a stenographer IN
Portland, was in town over Sunday,
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs f, +. Case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
A NEW THERMOMETER.
'emarkable Instrument Registers the
temperature in Any Part of Build
ing.

new thermometer is cOminp int,
sc i'll England and on the continan
II special technical purposes. 1t is ?
nipple instrument, both in construc
vi ana principle. and has the uniuu
vantage that the temperature of the
ellaf can be read from a gauge in tn.
tue or OF the hold of ship on tn
fldge or in the captains cabin. l.
ohslsts of a metallic bulb filled Will
qua, a pressure gauge graduated il
egfees of temperature and a fine COP
ef pipe connecting the two The pipe
iay be of any length and can be
visited INTO any shape. so long as its
If tghtness is not destroyed.
Inc operation of this inStrumen,
known as the Fournier thermometer
a temperature recorded is simple il
he extreme. When the bulb is heat.
d its contained liquid expands ant
ne higher the heat the greater the ex
anslon. The air in the tubing
Impressed, transmits the pressure f.
ne pressure gauge, and this, previous
y graduated in degrees. records the
PRESSURE as so many degrees cent?
grade. The heated bulb translates tn
eat INTO pressure, the capillary tub
lg carries it to the gauge at the othe,
nd of the line, and there ii is trans.
lted back into heat again on the
;auge face.
me possible commercial uses o
UGH thermometer are numerous. The
arlous inaccessible places on a loaded
teamer could be kept under constan
observation as to temperature b,
;auges in the captains quarters. Goa
unkers, the hold and on battleship:
he powder magazines could be watch.
d from hour to hour. and prompt at
ention given any indication of dan
erouS overheating. In a refrigeratin'
liant such Indicators in the offic
would show at a glance the condition
each cold storage room. This type
# Thermometer is already used by tn
rench and other railway companies
or showing the temperature Of super
leated steam.-New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05

Judge rings his bell and reduces him to
a mere onlooker.
The talk grows as the ranks are
thinned. There is great deal of chat
fling and some well meant advice to the
smokers At siXty-five minutes there
are only four men still in the running:
at seventy minutes there are only two.
They are solemn, and the others grow
graver AS the end Of the struggle
is seen to be approaching. A ciatter
and tinlile. as If something good We're
being made ready, comes up from the
cafe downstairs.
\ puff from one of the smokers
brings no smoke. He puffs again. then
blows through his pipestem. A spark
jumps from the bowl with bit of gray
ash, and that is all. The pipe is out
The one survivor stirs in his chair as
the bell rings and draws brisk Whit.
That Whit was too brisk, for the next
one is smokeless. The bell rings; the
contest is over.
lone hour. twenty minutes ana
hirty-three seconds the judge an
nounces, amid eXpectant silence.
a round of hearty handclapping
breaks out and afterwards the judge
presents the prizes. 4 pocket knife. 9
Tase for flowers. a bread basket and
some smailed knick-knacks are brought
from a corner where they have been
covered with tableclOth, and the win
let's are allowed to choose in order of
standing. Then something good docs
come up from the cafe downstairs; the
metal tables are cleared, and every
body sits down to talk it over.
lyon see, the pipe is really the CT
CARS superior" the scholmaster re-
'unles. as if he mad never been inter
'npted No judge could have given
fair. decision if these men had been
smoking cigars. In such q country
As America especially the practice o.
moking cantests woulG be benefit
americans would be better off if they
ook the time for long smokes and
would be blessing there even without
he thought.
| me object OF our club is to teach
ne world through its disciples how t.
Use tobacco and how to guard against
| ttuslng it. We refrain carefully from
| verindulsence. The rules require onl,
| hat each member smoke one pipe at
| 'acn meeting. The reason cigars anC
| Cigarettes are forbidden we all know
| is because We realize that the. pipe is
| ne true friend Of man ana is worthy
| u pelng jealousy cherished
ohlokefS cluD, or ''rOokerSclubS as
| he? are called in the Flemish tongue
| re round eVeryMher in Flanders an,
| re hardly less plentiful in the Othe,
| 'afts OF Selgiumm. OFTEN the club ha,
'oihs OF its own in the Smaller vii
! tgeS 1T usually meets with some ire
dldiity in the homes of the member.
| IN a convenient public house. Pitts
| 'urg Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
Wedding Rsceptiontor Mr.
And Mrs. c. f. Seekins,
Hearing On Overhead Bridge
Put Over to Sept. IS.
Interesting Personals About Home
People and the Visitors.

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F.
seekins of West P'ttsfield was the scene
Friday evening Of very happy event. it
being a wedding reception rendered them
by a large number Of relatives, friends
and neighbors. The marriage of Mr.
Seekins and Miss Daisy Willis occurred
Aug. g. They were the recipients of a
large number Of presents. The carriage
house was cleared and dancing was en-
joyed, music being furnished by Mr..
seekins' son, W. Fl. Seekins. violinist in
Kendalrs Orchestra Of Skowhegan. and
his sister, Mrs. Harry McCrillis Of Wa
terville Refreshments were served
Among those present from out of town
were Harry McCrillis and son of Water
VILE, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Seekins of
Pennington, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Merrill
and son of Lewiston, Mrs. John Pollard
Mrs Flora Cummings Of Manchester, N.
H.. Mrs. George Prescott of Augusta
Mrs Edward Hall of Waterville, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Blasdel of Palmyra.
Railroad Commissioners Jones and Kei-
ger were in town Wednesday on business
connected with the hearing which was TO
have taken place in regard to the matter
of the contemplated overhead bridge to
connect Merrimac street and North
Highland avenue. The hearing was put
over until Sept Is on account of the abb
sence of one Of the Maine Central Off
Gals.
Mrs. Dresser, widow of the late John
Dresser, who was a resident of this town
for many years. Is spending few days
here, the guest Of Mrs. Evelyn Call. Mrs.
Dresser resides at Ocean Park. where
she went from this town.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan S. Burrill are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth of son
The newcomer arrived Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Henry and little
son returned Saturday from Ocean Park
where Mrs Henry and son have spent tn
summer.
William Allen, who has been critically
Ill., has so far recovered as to be able to
20 to Sangerville, where he will visit his
mother for a time.
Mrs Amos ]. Melvin left Saturday for
a visit in Auburn with her sister. Mrs
Jennie Christie
Mrs. f. D. Sidelinger of Troy. a former
resident Of this town. spent Saturday
with friends.
Mrs. D. NJ. Parks returned to Ocean
here with her sister. Mrs. ]. II. Davis
Miss Carrie Frost Of st. Adams. who
has been engaged to have charge of thf
NJ. c. I. girls dormitory. arrived in town
Saturday to begin her duties.
Mrs. Gordon Wayness of Concord juno
ton, Mass, who Is visiting Mrs. F. X
Maxcy. went to Watervllle Saturday foi
short visit
Miss Ellen Johonnett went to Thorndikt
Saturday for a visit with friends
Mrs. Ira Howard is visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ethel Marden. in Knox.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Fitzgerald. who
have visited In Waterville and Augusta
have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Mansur and littl:
son of Augusta, who have been visiting
Mr.. Mansurs parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Granville Mansur. returned home Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ryan went to Ban
gor Saturday for a few days visit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05

Coiiiers Weekly, in conducting a
campaign against the public drinking
cup declares: The public drinking
cup mas been abolished in every
schooihouse and railroad train and
station in Michigan This is commit
hentary to Michigan, it is eloquent OF
good Intentions and it describes q
CONDITION which should be brought
ABOUT IN other states than Michigan
ne only trouble is that it is not true
ihe drinking cup has not been abol-
lshed in the trains and stations of
Michigan. Jets of running water
where no drinking cup is necessary
have been installed in some public
places in Detroit. but they are few
The Detroit Journal says that the
drinking cups may have been officially
abchshed. but regrets that any such
edicts have not been obeyed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05

The estimated / attendance at the
field day of the miners of Durham,
Eng, or the gala" as it is called. was
100000. A labor mass meeting was
held on the race course, where Mr..
Snowden, a well-known labor member
Of Parliament. took occasion to de-
plore a growing tendency among the
rank and file of union members to dis
regard the decisions of their leaders
He said that such responsibility, if
not checked. would weaken the trade
union movement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
Somerset Real Estate Transfers.

Following are the recent real estate
transfers as recorded in the Somerset
registry of deeds:
Mosccw-D. L. Blackwell to w. +.
Andrews. ct al. George A. Mention,
ct al. to Forest H. Colby; Forrest l..
Colby to John j. Lander.
Madison-Anne w Wentworth to I.
e. Curtis. ct al; /. E. Curtis, ct al, to
to Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.; Law
renee Hayden, ct al, to Ellen Emery:
Lawrence Hayden, ct al, to Philander
Hoyt
Palmyra-Wa Patten to Rose NJ.
Cook.
Skowhegan-John H. Dane to Edwin
+. Allen; Edwin T. Allen to Nathan
Fowler; Edith d. Steward to Isaac S.
Wheeler, ct al.
Hartland-Edith NJ. Tibbetts to
Frank Buckwald.
Bingham--Henry Nottage to Thorn
as MaEoney; Sarah p. Nottage to
Thomas Mahoney,
Athens-Carl +. Jones to A. w.
Weeks, ct al: Elizabeth Littlefield to
Horace HAYDEN.
Cornville--Edward n. Merrill to May
X Burton.
New Northumberland Woodcock to
w. s. Lovejoy.
Jackman-W. ]. Sands to Joseph
Poulin.
Solon--David b. Viles to n. A. Wes-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Burton Hall of
NJ. ictN
Mrs. A. j. Bernard for several days.
Mr.. Burton returned home this week.
Mrs Burton will visit short time
longer. Sunday of last week in oh
servance of MIR and Mrs. Bernard S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-05
IN THE NICK OF TIME
Couple, Accidentally Locked in Stee
Vault, Were Rescued BY Clerk.

Anderson, Ind, Sept 4.-Ray Girls
void and Miss Irene Stewart, employees
of the auditing department Of the In
diana Union Traction Company. were
accidentally locked in steel vault
and rescued by the chief clerk three
quarters of an hour ltaer. The CRIES
of the prisoners were not heard' anu
IL they had not been released they
would have succumbed to suHocatloil
r. half an hour.