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The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
COMEDY IN DOCTORS HASTE
rlurriedIy Drag Pee-Leeser to Hospital by Express- to. Operate on
 Foot.

PhoenixvilIe, Pa.-When William Springer. a resident of Royersford. was found lying along the Reading railway near that town, he told the men who found him that his foot had train. A stretcher was hurriedly brought Springer wes quickly placed on board an express train. which had been Jagged for the purpose, and was taken to Phoenixville. telegraph message to the station summoned the ambulance of the Phoenixville hos pital, and the hospital authorities in formed by telephone of the nature of Springer's injury, routed the house surgeons from bed and made the op erating room ready for an amputa- tion-
 Springer, from under the stretchei cover, protested against being taken to the hospital, and said he wanted to go home. His protestations were ig nored peremptorily but kindly, with the admonition of those about him that he lie perfectly still and not to worry.
 Upon his arrival here he was at once loaded into the ambulance and a record trip made to the hospital. Here he was rolled into the operating room and placed on the table.
 The sight of the white gowned sur. geons and nurses and the array of surgical instruments caused the con fused Springer to scream, but the ab- sence of9any. evidence of bleeding from the mangiedr limb led, the doctors quickly to the discovery that, while Springer had indeed lost foot. he was in greater need of carpenter than a surgeon. For the foot that he had lost was his wooden one. Spring er said he would have told them that H they hadn't refused to hear his pro tests.
 The doctors trimmed of the splin. tered leg and nailed a block of wood on the remnant to temporarily fill Khe need of the lost foot. Springer then set out for home.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Keen Busy.

T have known a great many men who worked hard for competence and they loafed themselves to death The man who does not keep busy starts down hill pretty soon and the one who gives up living interests un- fer the notion that he Is going to have a good time will soon be reading patent medicine almanacs and imag- ming he has all those things and then some. There is difference be- tween wholesome likeness and abso- Iute loahng. If you will stop to study the matter out.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
The Migration of storks.

Reference has been made to the departure of the storks from Alsace. The pathological bureau of. Buda- pest has recently published the re- suits of an interesting experiment. To the leg of a number of young birds light disk was attached, stat ing the place of origin and in the event of capture asking that the label might be detached and forwarded to Budapest.
 The rings returned show that the birds have reached Basutoland, the Transvaal and Cape Colony. Unfor- tunately only two of the ten captured birds escaped death. Eight of those graceful creatures had fallen to the unpitying and unerring aim of the sportsman. improperly so called.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
PEASANT FINDS A QUEEN
Covered With Jewels, Her Body Lay Buried Near Ancient Gaza,
 In Palestine.

The chance discovery near ancient Gaza, in Palestine. of tomb contain ing the embalmed body of a woman yearing crown and rich ornaments Is like an Arabian Nights tale.
 The discovery was made by man named Musa-el-Burtu while digging on his land, and this is a translation of the account of 1t sent from Jerusalem by Prof. Macalister to the Palestine exploration fund:
 When Musa went to his land and was working and digging in it he found little door He entered by it into cave divided into two chambers, and entering through the second door he found a. coffin of hardwood.
 And he opened it, and in the coffin was another of crystal. And he broke this and inside it he found one of the old queens embalmed, and on her head crown adorned with precious stones and on her neck a necklace of pearls and three chains beside on her breast, and above her head was a candlestick of gold and another at her foot"
 Another account from MT. Knese- vich of Gaza says that the sarcop- hagus was of pure white marble and was strongly protected by a sort of vault of huge stones built over it. The lid of sarcophagus was artistically carved in the exact form of the num- my. which was in excellent preserva- ton.
 The hair was loose and the head bound with filet the form of which suggested that the mummy was Ro- man, but the shoes were Egyptian. No inscription was on the sarcophagus. but book is said to have been found in it-New York Sun
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
REAL MERRY WIDOW
SHE RECEIVED 1,oo1 MARRIAGE
 PROPOSALS BEFORE WEDDING.
Newspaper Picture and Story of Her Beauty and Homestead in South Dakota Went Broadcast and
 Proposals Poured In.

Seattle, Wash.-There is story of real merry widow and exactly 1.O01 men Each and every one of the thousand and one begged for chance tc marry her. The one thousand and first man is the lucky one, and the wedding will occur shortly
 The merry widow-she is also young -is Mrs. Rilla May Dike, phone op- orator. It is questionable if Mrs. Dike ever saw single one of the 1000. But that did not detract from the ar dor of their love epistles They wrote from the north and south, east and west. They were old and young men, tall and fat. All sent their pictures, full bushel basket They kept up such bombardment of the pretty lit- tie widow that she was forced to leave her claim in South Dakota.
 Mrs. Dike was formerly an Iowa girl-Ottumwa being her home. Three years ago she married and with her husband went to South Dakota He was killed in a wreck and Mrs Dike bravely faced the world and took up a claim.
 She called her place Ottumwa and 1t is still known by that name in South Dakota. At the state fair in Huron in 1908, Mrs. Dike was awarded the prize for being the prettiest young woman in the state. Newspapers then devoted columns to her photo and beauty and that was the beginning of the worst.
 At first letters came by twos and threes, but finally the rural delivery man had to put on an extra mule to aid in hauling the mail out to Ottum- wa. There were letters-fat ones, too-photos, pictures, boxes of candy. dress goods, article for the toilet per fume. plumes, hat pins. ribbons and pet animals
 Mrs. Dike has bungalow on her 160 acres. There she opened and read every one of the proposals. Did she file them carefully away, tied in pink ribbons? Not Mrs. Dike.
 Her house needed papering. Moth ing would better serve for the purpose that ton or two of love letters. Mrs. Dike plastered the walls and the cell ings and used the photos for roofing, and with the surplus Built chicken corral. Over all she pasted this large sign:
 Love letter shack. Paste new pro posals on vacant space"
 Mrs. DiKe was literally driven off her claim. She came to Seattle early this year and found employment There however. her beauty attracted other wooers. and, though she fought them off with her rugged South Da- kota experience, she at last fell victim to Cupid and a Seattle business man won her hand.
 At one time Mrs. Dike had 1000 proposals; now the number is 1,001. And that one makes all the difference In the world.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Diet and Beauty.

Diet has much to do with the condi- ton of the pores of the face.
 If food is not suited to the indiyid- ual and is too rich, the system may try to throw it of by an emulation of oil through the pores. It is this which causes oily complexion. and the first step, of course, is to change the diet.
 Such foods should be adopted as are nutritious, easily digested, and lacking In grease.
 The list includes milk, eggs, fish, rare meats, rich spinach, beans and the like.
 Thick soups, pastries and elaborate desserts should be banished, and plenty of fruit eaten.
 Fresh air and careful washing of the face are. of course, necessary ac- compartments of the treatment
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Uses of Transfers.

During the evening rush hours two men were riding uptown together in Broadway car. says the New York Sun. One man paid the fares. Two transfers" he demanded.
 'Why transfers?" asked the other We get of at the Astor place and .an't use them"
 q know that" replied the man who nad paid the fares. "but I always ask for a transfer simply as . astfAr of urecauion, as a receipt
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Needle Went Throuoh sodv.

Wooster, Ohio.-Forty years ago 1Grs. s. T. Swartz of this city, when a small girl. tramped on a needle, a DOT kion of which could not be located by khe surgeon who gave her attention. lrhe other evening Mrs. Swartz felt a stinging pain in the left shoulder, and a little later drew forth a hard substance from under the skin. IL proved to be a piece of steel Iittl. more than half an inch long. Mrs- gwartz then recalled that the piecC O. steel in her hand had been in heA body all the 40 years, travelling around Co her shoulder.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
LIFE HAS BUT ONE PURPOSE
instruction and Refinement of the One Who To Alive Is Real object
 to Be Attained.

Life can have but one purpose-the instruction and refinement of the one who is alive. This true, life becomes the souls continuing adventure through shifting scenes and seasons, an adventure to which are incident ev- cry manner of lure, excitement and thrill. To hate such an adventure or to drudge through it, either through zisappTehsnsion or sloth, brings us only a foolish misery which makes . mock of the joy we ought to know. To hail the adventure and dive into 1t with manly eagerness and, hope, un- covers to eur inquiring eyes glory after glory, for those who ask receive, those who seek find. and to those who knock &he ssoor of life's great room swings free.
 The wise do not daily with life; they do not misc0nstrue- it; they de not neglect it; they do not wish to throw it away. For its intrinsic. worth they choose 1t above rubies and make of it an art whose object, whose com pensation, Is itself. The thoughtiess rabble worry themselves gray and thin over their occupation in life, or their station in life, but the wise man con cerns himself first with his craft and station which he catalogues rightly as incidents, not goals. Full well he knows that no mere thing-no jewel, trapping or other weighable posses sion-can spur or satisfy his spirit Only the sheer wine of living can do that, so he makes his drink and stays by the cask-Richard Wightman, in October Metropolitan
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Maqpie Expectations.

It would appear that some amount of superstition is associated with the magpie in country folklore; somehow or other the bird has acquired a more or less sinister reputation.
 This may be due to it's sable plum age CT perhaps to its artfulness. Thus, according to one doggerel relic of SUI perstition which one often hears in the south. the appearance of one mag. pie signifies sadness, two augur mirth. three foretell a death and four herald a birth.-Agricultural Econo- mist.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Suede and st.eI

A gray suede bag shaped like a feur-de-lis Is most attractive in its unique cut. Its mounting is steel, plain in design. which does not inter rere with the outlines of the bag. and the beading diners from that usually seen in that 1t Is done with large in stead of small beads.
 They measure about an eighth of an Inch in diameter and are of fine cut steel They are used to bring out a pattern on the bag and also to outline it's edges, and at the same time to sew the two sides of the bag together.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06

Worn with serge or cloth skirt of the same color this blouse would look very we'll. It has a yoke of silk and lace ornamented with fancy buttons and loops of cord; the velveteen is arranged in flat pleats that are carried from yoke to waist; the sleeve to be- tow elbow is of velveteen with cuff of silk, the under-sleeves of lace to match the yoke
 Materials required: 21k yardsFvelvez teen. 24 inches wide. x yard silk, % yard lace.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
Life of undersk,rts

When making or buying a petticoat, have 1t two inches longer than the re- quired length. Put in a one-inch tuck above the hem. which takes up the two inches.
 When the bottom ruffie or the hem of the skirt wears, let down the tuck, cut of the rufie or hem and hem up and you will have nice clean skirt again. as the bottom always wears hrst
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06

from the point Of style or comfort. It is surmounted by round turban of satin with a velvet coronet. on which a Persian band. embroidered with gold core, and studded with mock jewels, is mounted. about the crown and across the brim. When the lat ter shows an indentation over the lefs eye a stiff aigrette is placed. These turbans set down over the head and are worn at dashing and some times a little rakish angle. by the more youthful deyotees Of fashion.
 Equally full of style. more adapt& ble to individual wearers and the per lection of comfort and convenience, Is to be found Tn, the soft velvet hats
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06
carrv Few ToIIet ArtleI.s.

Women frequently carry many more toilet accessories than are needed. It Is perfectly fair to assume that the hostess will have a dressing table equipped, or that she will possess enough pieces for the wants of her guests. Every woman wishes to carry her own brush and comb. but hand mirror is heavy. and it is expected that one will be provided.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-06

HANDSOME long coat of plush or fur. finished with shawl collar and deep cuffs of fur. leaves nothing to be desired
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
New York Produce Market

New York, Dec o.
FLOER-Quiet but steady: receipts 5T.-
215; Shipments 12,5l3.
WHEAT-Spot firm, No. red s6q ele-
yator export basis and 9Si f o b afioat;
No i northern Duluth lis t b afioat,
receipts 1850 shipments Il s45
C0RN-Spot firm. export new 60 + b
afoat; Deeember closed 123; receipts l4s-
500. no shipments.
oATS-Spot easy. standard white s9l I'm
elevator. No. = 63. No . and No a2l.
natural white and white clipped 5lfd54t
on track.
PoRK-Steady
aBEEELFirm --tl
pound dull.
[ StGAR-Raw quiet. museovado 50 test
All; centrifugal 80 test 46l, malasses 50
test 3.s6; refined quiet.
changed
EGGS-Firmer: receipts 4l02; fresh
gathered extras 35a36, extra first 80: first
3la32: seconds 2S0i30: thirds and poorer
25d27 held fresh poor to fair 21m27. state,
ia. and nearby selected whites fair to
good 364i2; nearby whites small 2S132;
state. Pa. and nearby hennery browns
3oa56; do. gathered brown and mixed coll
ors 39H34
- PoTAToES-steady. European per lss
lbs > IUf3 20
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
EAGADAHOC
RIChMON

The funeral of the late Mrs. Salome
Densmore was held at the undertake
ing rooms of ]. Clark Flagg, Wednes"
day afternoon. Rev. J. w. Steele of
HalloweH officiated. Mrs. Densmore
always lived in Dresden. until within
a few years, when she and her daugh-
ter Amy came 10 this town. Her age
was IS years -Four children. Walter
w. and Benjamin of Dresden, Albert
of Boston, Elizabeth of New York,
and Amy Of this town, survive.
Rev. Charles p Kittredge died at
his home on Spruce street, Tuesday
morning, after long illness, death
being due TO consumption. Mr.. Kit
tredge came to Dresden TO live, about
three years ago, and early this fall
with his family moved to Richmond.
A widow and two children survive.
Rev. T. ]. Coolbroth of Waterviile
will officiate. The services will be held
ar the Free Baptist church, at l p
NJ, Friday. The remains will be taken
to Milo. Saturday. for burial.
The members of the Knight
Templars' Christmas Club of this town
met, at noon, Christmas day, at Ma
sonic hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28

point or so below the previous close The
movement bore the earmarks of short
selling. Efforts to advance the market
having failed, Il speculative venture on
the short side was attempted, ana II was
found to be easier to put prices down
than to put them up. There was moth
ing in the days news to supply impetus
to the movement, and to all appear
ances trading remained in the hands of
the professional element,
The distinctive movements of the day
prior to the sharp depression toward the
close Were among the specialties. one
of the most prominent was International
Mercantile Marine, which shared to a
many months.
Both classes of stocks as well as the
bonds were strong The buying came
largely from London and was reported
to be based on steps taken by the COM
pany to enter more largely into the
American domestic trade. National Bis
cult was forced up more than three
points, and North American Great
Northern Ore and some of the cope"
and steel stocks rose a point or more.
The afternoon decline, however, either
cancelled or reduced the gains.
Among the railroad stocks pressure
against Union Pacific was noticeable.
Lack of support for this stock, which
ing the last few weeks, supplied an in
eentive for the selling of other proni-
nent railroad issues. Rock Island :
movement attracted some attention be-
cause of the unfavorable November re-
port of the system.
The tone of the money market was
easier. London appeared as a bidder for
funds here, although the amount placed
WAS not large. Foreign exchange rates
Were depressed.
sales, par value. 200. United States
bonds We're unchanged on call
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28

products varying from unchanged figures
to 71c higher.
wIIEAT-Dec 945 May 90; July 94s
CORN-Dec. 65uA: May 64ns: July 64da
OATS-Dec 46s: May Az; July 43eG9.
1929 ~
LARD-Jan. s15@sl7l; May aNas. 42s;
July 9521
SHORT RIBS-S62l; July s.656l 672.
FI0UR-Steady.
RYE-No. = 9l492
FEED-Or mixing barley S5695.
MALTING-Fai to choice 115m127
TIMOTHY SEElD-12.6 0ftl5
ClONER-13 50Gf20 y.
MESS PORk-1I 75Gi15
lARD-9 TO-
SHORT RIBS. SIDES-S.125
Car lot receipts: Wheat II cars with
cars or contract grade: corn 429 cars with
OF contract grade; oats 500 cars. Total
receipts or wheat at Chicago Minneapolis
ana Duluth, today, 1872 cars, compared
with 4S2 last week and All ears the cor
responding day "a year ago.
~ TfEB-Steady: creameries a6f36;
daires 23li3l.,
E5GS-tasy; receipts 2633 cases at
"a prime lirsts 26m27
CHEESE Firm l66f1ks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
TUESDAY NIGHTS BOUTS.
Murphy outsluss Bedeli.

New York. Dec. 27.-Showing no
I'll effects from his recent fight with
Packey mcfarland, Tommy Murphy,
the pride of Harlem. dt4tfought and
outslugged Joe Bedell at the Royale
A. c. in Brooklyn. Tuesday night
Murphy earned seven of the 10 rounds
while the other three were in Bedelfs
favor.
Bedell fioored Tommy twice In the
second round and once in the fourth.
each knockdown being scored with
right swings TO the jaw. 1t did not
show any effect on Murphy as he was
ND in an instant fighting back. Muir
phv raised a lump over Bedelrs left
eye and opened the bad optic in the
last round
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
BOXING NOTES.

The complete program for the
American A. c., Boston, meeting,
Thursday night, will have Spider Muir
ply meeting Young Carlos, Patsey
De Luca against Young Mitchell. Tom
my Carlson opposing Mickey Brown
and Gilbert Gallant and Billy Nixon
furnishing the feature.
Mike CTwin) Sullivan and Frank
Perron have been secured to furnish
the Fall River fans with a 12-round
bout at the Colonial Club. New Years
night Sullivan has started in train
ing. as he expects hard battle from
the sturdy Pawtucket boxer.
Jimmy Moriarity and Young Trop
will meet at Millyille, Jan. l. In his
present condition Moriarity appears
TO have the match sewed up before
hand. Jimmy has gone to New Jer-
sey. but win be home in time for the
Millyille meeting
Jack Johnson's next fight probably
will be with Sam Money. the Negro
fighter, who defeated Sam Langford
in Australia over the 20-round route.
The champion, Tuesday, received
cable from Promoter Hugh Mcintosh
that Johnson would receive a guar
antee of $4,000, with liberal per-
centage, If he would agree to meet
McVey. If the Australian offer is ac-
cepted, the $4,000 must be deposited
in some reliable bank before Johnson
leaves Chicago. Al Kaufman also
hurled a challenge at the champion.
johnson took his first workout in five
weeks at O'Connelrs, Wednesday, He
has not donned the gloves In this
time. He asserted he would box any
of the fighters who frequent the State
street, Chicago, gymnasium.
Yale University's boxing classes are
growing bigger. each year. Between
$50 and zoe students will be enrolled,
after the Christmas holidays. At the
present time there are more students
taking up the manly art of self-de-
fence at old Eli than at the CORE
spending time, for many years. In the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
MADISON.

The annual parish meeting of the
Free Baptist church was held, Tues
day evening, in the church vestry.
and the officers elected We're: Moder-
ator, Rev George B. Southwicli; clerk.
Bryce X. Edwards; treasurer, Andrew
j. Williams: financial secretary. Miss
Jennie Smell: assistant financial sec
rotary, Mrs Abbie Crockett; trustee
for three years. Charles 5. Wescott.
Immediately following the parish
meeting came a church meeting, the
same officers being elected and the
following committees for the coming
year. Deaconesses Mrs. John Williams
and Mrs. Halle Williams; standing
committee, Mrs Frank Flanders. Miss
Maud Dyer. Mrs A. p. Foster, Mrs
C. +. Blackwell; visiting committee,
Mrs. Juhette Edwards. Mrs. Clara
Sawyer, Z. J. Washburn and Clarence
Longley; over committee. Miss Dyer
and Miss Ina Dunlap.
Mrs G. w Smith ami Mrs. Phil
brick of New Sharon are guests of Mr..
and Mrs Silas George, Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Faye Keefe, who have
been passing a week witt Mr.. keefe's
parents in Dover. \. H.. returned to
Madison, Tuesday night.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist church met. Tuesday. and
made plans for a Chicken dinner TO
be held on New Years day.
Misses Marion and Helen Johnson
are passing the week with their
grandmother in Norridgewock.
The following are the principal facts
in regard 10 the life of Mrs. Perham
Tinkham, whose funeral services We're
held, Tuesday: Mrs, Alice a. 6Nevins)
Tinkham was born in the town of
Starks, Oct. II, 1856. When she was Is
years old her father moved TO Arson
and bought the farm now owned by
her brother, George Nevins On Sept.
80, 1877, Mr.. and Mrs. Tinkham Were
married by Rev. r. G. Mitchell. MIR.
Tinkham having just returned from
a four-years residence in California.
To this union We're born four chill
dren, George Tinkham of Madison.
Mrs. II. C. Sterling and Mrs. Ernest
Andrews of Bingham, and Clifford
Tinkham of Arson. Most of their mar
ried life was passed in Bingham,
where they were active in maintain
ing religious services. In 1901 they
moved TO Arson. where they had since
made their home. Mrs. Tinliham's
mother died in the fall of 1910. and
the strain and anxiety in regard to her
illness made serious inroads on Mrs.
Tinkhams health, and soon after she
was attacked by severe mental
trouble with decisions that would not
he shaken. During the summer Mrs.
Tinkham seemed to have recovered
from her illness, but during the past
few weeks her head began 10 trouble
her again. She recognized in this a
return of the old trouble. and this was
supposed 10 have been the cause of
her suicide.
Charlie Adams oe Portland arrived
in Madison. Wednesds,y, to pass few
days with his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. George Chandler OF
Norridgewock We're the guests, over
Tuesday night, of relatives III town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
Boston Produce Market.

Boston. Dec. o.
BEEF-Fresh unchanged; whole cattle
fG9Mlit.
BRAN-TIigher 2STf2s 50. 55e5f
ern 37Am3s.
CHEEsE-Firm: New York 1sai7.
CORN-Ffrm: No 8 yellow u
aS7 WESTERN %
FLoUR-steady; spring patent s,o0
HAY-Steady; No. / grade s95.baqf9s 80
LAMBS-Steady, 9ai0
LARD-Firm; pure l0s
MINED FEED-Firm 2s 5963l So
OATS-Firm; No clipped white "a,
20 PaeoRk-unchanged; medium backs ia
Ola "niee @'o'a
SIGAR-Cnchanged granulated sos.
NEALS-SteadY. lsM4 ~