davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

A New York correspondent declares
that the new form of campaign against
the gambling resorts is effective
Dogged to the very doors of their
homes by city sleuths. scores of men
who are seen leaving any of dozen
OF the most gilded gambling palaces
here are this week struggling TO avoid
this move. method of the police to drive
patrons from Illegal resorts. For whole
nights and days wild-eyed scions OF
the first families have lately been
known to wander before the heavy
footsteps of these shadowers in a vain
attempt to throw them off the scent
before reaching home and exposing
their address and identity. Though
almost every one of the gh-piay
gambling establishments is now open
for business. il is reported that their
patronage has been reduced remeh-
dously by the unique espionage cam
paign OF the police force.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

But from the public we invite dis
eussion of this important question OF
the United States senatorship. We
believe it is question for Progress
sives to decide for themselves, be
tween right and wrong; between a
plain duty, respect of law and prece-
dent, and violation of all these for
temporary advantage or TO crafty
personal jealousy, personal ambition
or political spite.
If Editor Dingley is not as unfair
in his challenge as he is in his daily
complex tumble of insnuation and
invective, he will give his readers the
sion in the letters We have already
published. We do not ask him to
publish the editorial views of almost
every other paper in Maine. the pa
pers which he has been pleased to
class together as the "trustitied press.
Let him open his columns as we have
done. to the public and not presume
to denounce every one who disagrees
with him as fool. rascal or owned by
an imaginary hyphenated combination
Let Editor Dingley be honest enough
also, to inform his readers that the
Kennebec Journal has in no way at
tackled or criticized the ProgressiYes
as party or as individuals. Let us
make our meaning plain to our read
ers and to his. Editor Dingley. in his
Friday evening edition, said:
ut seems to us that it would be the
square deal for Mr.. Burleigh's organ to
publish in its own columns replies to its
criticism of the presressives.
This insinuation. the editor of the
Lewiston Journal is well aware is ut
terly false, and il is for such brazen
dishonesty and disregard of facts. that
we oppose the Lewiston Journal. We
have neither criticized the Progress
sives nor have we had a single letter
our position on this ques-
ton. We invite fair discussion of this
question in our columns, but we main
tain our restrictions against anony-
nous and irresponsible correspondents.
this to include the editor of the Lew
iston Journal. Let writer's give their
names and addresses. and confine their
to facts, emitting personal
tiles and abuse, slurs or insinuations,
for those things do not constitute ar
Editor Dingley is welcome to
that field. of which he has a monopoly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

So eco might have been given to poor
little real babies to save them and
make them happy, and then the dogs
could have lived luxuriously on the $50
left So many waste their time, their
money and their energy on the things
that are little, insignificant and low,
neglecting the things that are lofty
and divine.-The Christian Herald.
Governor Wilson Of New Jersey the
other day signed requisition papers
for the return of Charles Leroy Brown,
who had deserted his. wife and chill
dren, To Baltimore. BY the authority
of these papers the officer took Brown
from Vineland. n. j., to Baltimore to
answer an Indictment by the grand
jury there for deserving his family.
Brown left his family last March. Un-
al three months ago the mother work
ed to provide for herself and children.
Then she had to go to Johns Hopkins
Hospital to become the mother of an
other babe. During her illness her
savings had dWindled to a few pennies.
1t was then that she sold for S25 a
quantity of her blood to the surgeons
for TRANSMISSION to another woman. She
stood the operation well, and her blood
saved the Itte oil the olnet patent.
would sell more of my blood and would
even sacrifice my life if it would keep
my children from suffering
A mothers love-who can measure
it? Who can describe it? II is nearer
the love of the Christ than anything
this side of heaven. Amid the scenes
Of evil, the acts of frozen selfishness. |
the tragedies of crime, the beautiful
act of this devoted mother in selling
her lifes blood to save her children |
from starving appears in striking con-
trast to that other. who is spending |
fortunes on dogs that would rather t
run in the woods or the back yards
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
Moving Pictures and Crime.


The wretched plight of two youths
now under sentence of death in Cam
den calls attention to the need for
strcter censorship of the moving pic
lures representing crime. How these
infiame the imagination and put silly
notions into boyish heads is shown by
the warning one of Il tse misguided
youths has issued from The prison cell.
He was known as Cowboy Pete This
tells the whole story. He wanted to be
as big as the desperate outlaw wha
staggered under the spotlight. 1t IS
well for our young folk to see visions
and dream Dreams but pictures of this
flashy, bravado type can be dropped
without regret. They are the dope
and intoxicant to be classed with cigar
cites and drinks, and with these should
be put out of the program of any pub
lie entertainment.
Such pictures pander TO poor taste
and are often productive of serious con-
sequences. There is no need to advertise
| crime. Every parent knows how strong
| is the initiative faculty of the child, Of
ten simply amusing. But the mad es-
capades of a Cowboy Pete" or the po-
| lite scoundrelfsm of a Rallies are APP
| peals pernicious in their effects. Be
| sides exalting the ''bold bad man" and
putting false face upon affairs, such
exhibitions are calculated to encourage
| Hooliganism, and make 1T appear
smart to defy and outwit the au-
thorities. Instead of being taught that
law Is our protection, and obedience a
virtue, the natural inference is that
roguerylis courage and as such triumphs
in it's exceeding ceverness.
| Plenty of material for wholesome en-
tertainment exists, without resort tc
pictures inimical to private morals ans
public welfare. Much has already beer
done to Danish from the program scenes
i that ineite to disrespect and brutality
| The "prize-fighting film is disallowed
why should the 'six-shooter hold-up'
film be allowed to remain? We put z
wise check upon anarchistic speech, Is
this any more dangerous than the Grim
inal picture? No parent would dream OF
consenting to his boys accompanying
a "crook' upon his round. Is there nj
prohibition to pc put upon desperate
photo play being offered for his amuse
naentg The movement f6r stricter cen
sorship of the movies in regard to pie
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
A Real ,"Mother,n and Woman.

If you-.are short of food for mental
digestion. let us offer you something
from this weeks Christian Herald. It
is in the form of two little stories
which we think, should go together, the
better to fix the contrast in human
characteristic real mother and the
poor, unhappy make believe:
The papers report that wealthy
woman well known in the community
went to one of the finest hotels in New
York and engaged suite of four rooms
and three baths for the winter at $50
a day. There was a livingroom. a
bedroom and "a bath for herself. a
room and bath fer the maids. and a
bedroom and bath for her babies" as
she called her three dogs, two japanese
and one a P%kingese spaniel. Rising
from their satin lined baskets in the
morning, the dogs are bathed with
scented water in the big white tub
After that comes breakfast with milk
and toast. At luncheon the babies
are served with lamb chops and cream
ed potatoes Dinner consists of bii
of chicken, mashed potatoes, and 9
dessert of ice cream or some creamy
copfection The fare for the dogs il
SO day. $3.50 a year. 1t could hard
~ be thought possible that Their
should be such a wicked waste Q
money and such a misdirection of af
lection as this story would indicate
when there are so many children dyinI
for wanr OF foed. and whose hearts arr
crying for want OF love. The sum o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
saturday, November 80, 1912.
strpggling 70 secure coal at almost

Struggling to SECURE coal at almost
prohibBive prices, thousands of house
holders, merchants and manufactur-
ers in New York city are facing a
famine lin fuel that promises to work
more real hardship than was borne
here during the miners strike ten
years ago. While hundreds of thous-
ands of tons of the precious black dia-
monds have already been stored be-
low the frozen surface of the greater
city. it is learned that almost half OF
the necessary winter supply must still
be procured to keep New Workers
warm until spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
then baseball: then real es-

weather; then baseball: then real es-
tate, and after that the editorial page
After that he turns to the first page
and reads the headlines.
Now, if one really desired to know
how everybody reads the paper, he
would have TO know everybody, for
hardly any two people follow the same
system in reading the paper. and very
few OF them have any system at all In
reading.
Ask almost any one how he reads the
paper and he will have to stop and
study. Then he is likely to tell you
that IL makes a LOT of difference where
he reads thunder what conditions ne
attempts to look through the paper,
If he IS on his way home, upon
street car, it is generally the first
page that attracts his attention. lie
knows that he cannot do anything, like
concentration upon the car. SO he scans
the headlines OF the first page. IL he
should be at home, after the evening
meal. he reads more deliberately more
thoroughly. He is then mere likely to
pass lightly over the first page, with
its headlines Of murder and fire and
flood and storm. and to get down 10
that IN which he is especially interest
ed-to the market reports. to the real
estate matters, to the political contri-
buttons, to the editorial discussions
and so on.
The best read" people are those who
have system of reading, those. who
know what they read for and who have
a time for reading. But every one
does not go to that trobule, If it is
trouble. Perhaps majority of people
do not know why they read a paper
Dayton News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

Every time the attendant trims an
arc light 1t is necessary to remove a
piece of carbon which may be three
or four inches in length and this has
been heretofore thrown away. The
carbon can not be made any smaller
for the reason that the rapidity OF
their consumption varies so that it is
necessary TO provide a carbon of suf-
ficient length to insure that it shall
last a prescribed period. even though
1t should happen to be of a texture
that would consume more rapidly than
usual. There seemed to be no prospect
of making use of these pieces, but re-
Gently a thrifty German inventor en-
ployed by one of the electric compa-
MES has caused these pieces to be
saved and he makes use of them by
cementing them to the ends of new
carbons. In this way the entire car
bon is consumed. The time spent in
the reconstruction of the carbon is
very trifiing and the saving we'll worth
while where there are any great num-
Der of the stubs to be saved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

spondence nature. 1t may have been
that the mail carrier came too soon,
and frightened the miscreants away,
us the bag is placed on the crane only
about Is or 20 minutes before the car
rier is due. Miss Cole has written to
the post office department asking what
To Go with these letters, which she
now holds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
READING PAPERS.

A fellow With nothing else to do has
been taking note of how people read
newspapers. zone man." he says. will
ponnce upon the first page, another
upon sports; some go straight to the
market columns, some to want ads.
others to society theaters and what
not" All of which ought to be pretty
',wstefl Understood by mis- time '7se'
ksButl the gentleman himself has a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

A package of letters marked at the
Brooklin post office, tow years ago,
was found, last week, in rock pie
in that town, by two men who were
repairing a roadway, on Miss Jennie
Coles property. The letters were in
a good state of preservation. The ELS
worth Americans says that they had
been placed in the star route bag, IN
July, 1910. Miss Cole runs summer
hotel, "Tamerick Lodge" and the let
ters were mostly written by her
guests. One of the letters, addressed
abroad, was rather bulky, and evident
~ had been tempered with. Four or
five of the letters had been opened.
One letter, containing a check for
$1,000, had been opened, but the con-
tents were intact. Miss Cole had writ
ten note to Postmaster I. Z. stan
ley and placed it in sealed enve-
lope, with 10 cents which she owed
him. The money was gone, but the
note was left. Robbery seems to have
been the motive, but the denomina-
ton of the check found was evidently
too large to risk taking, and the other
letters opened were only of a CORE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
Coming Events

Dec 3-6-Maine Seed Improvement AS
ISOLATION and Maine Dairymen's Associa-
ton, annual meeting. at Portland.
Dec. 17-19-Maine State Grange, annual
session at Portland
Maine Fair Dates
Dec. 4-6-Bangor Poultry Association
Bangor
Dec. 10-14-Main State Poultry As
ISOLATION, Portland.
Dec. 18-20--Freeport Poultry Assn
Freeport.
Dec. a1-Jan 2-Western Maine Poultry
show, Norway.
prrAfter spending month on the island
where the onions come from Woody
should return much stronger.-Wash-
|sington Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

Miss Eieise Huart. says the Frank
lin Journal, had a narrow escape from
a serious accident, this week which she
will not care to repeat. Miss Huart
was on her way to her school in West
Pennington and as is her custom went
by the railroad embankment. While
walking down the yard she saw a loco
motive slowly approaching two con-
verging tracks and stepped between
them to let it pass. As it did so the
bunter beam struck her and knocked
her down. The engineer saw the acct
dent and FASTENED to her assistance
but the young lady had already picked
herself up uninjured, and her only fear
was. like most people, that someone
had seen her fall and. was laughing at
her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

During the month of October there
were distributed from the Camden fish
hatchery 900 salmon, ranging in
length from three to five inches. The
Knox county ponds which benefited
thereby were as follows: Rocky Pond,
West Roekport, $500; Mirror Lake,
1000; Chickawaukie Lake, 5000; South
Pond, Warren. 1900; Affords Lake, TO-
5000; Lily Pond, Rockport, $500. The
Camden hatchery has also distributed
during the season 237, 900 trout fry. The
next Legislature will be asked 10 APP
propriate the small sum necessary TO
build pools near the hatchery where
the trout fry may be cared for until
they are better able to take care, of
themselves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

All numbering records for the north
western part of Maine, says the Phil
lips correspondent of the Franklin
Journal, will be broken, this year, and
large part of the lumber cut, this
season, will be hauled out by rail
during the spring and early summer.
During the winter the hauling of last
seasons cut will be completed. Lum-
bermen are going into the woods every
day, carload at time. and at many
of the camps work is already well I'M
der way and at others just beginning.
A new village is growing up at the
end of the branch just built, this sea-
son. to the foot of Mt. Abram. This
village is called Barnjum, in honor
of the promoter of the enterprise, F.
J. d. Barnjum of Lynn, Mass. More
than 100000 feet of lumber of various
kinds for building purposes will be
cut at this point, this season, sawed
and shipped by rail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

lures Of crime is step III the right di-
rection The sooner these are cut OUT,
the better. 4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
AUGUSTA L0DGE OIHECTOf1
BETHLEHEM LODGE. NO. IS, p. &

A. NJ Stated communication. Monday,
Dec. 2, 80 p. NJ. Election of secretary.
All soiourning brethren are cordially in
vited to attend.
CHESTER s KINGSLEY, W. NJ.
CHAS D. WHITE, Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

Jack, the sagaeious six year old
Shepherd dog of F. r. Coburn of North
Newport, has been receiving much
praise and compliments in his success
in capturing live stock which had be-
come so wild that all attempts of men
trying to get them had proved futile.
Jack has always been an intelligent
dog, and has been trained by Mr.. Co
burn to be a good stock dog. His first
attempt in getting wild stock was two
years ago, when G. NJ. Cochran had
two heifers become wild, and he sue
cessfully got them. This year w. ID.
Crowel and Philander Folsom both
had heifers become so wild. one could
scarcely get in sight of them. but Jack
in both instances, in a short time herd
ed them. tAs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER. NO

10, O.. f. S. Stated meetings the first
Wednesday evening of each month at
100 All members soiourning In. the city
are invited to attend.
ELIZABETH T. MERRILL. w. M.
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON, Sec.
aug2S m-w-ftf f...5s#
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02
Maine Gossip
A Revere In Church.

I love the rector's voice, low ana sub
dued:
1t ealms me, makes me feel just right
and good.
Il wonder what Marie paid for that
love the subtle incense, sweet and
1t soothes one like the fragrance of
rose
The intonation, with its soft complaint.
GLOW terribly Mrs. Smith sings through
her noseD
All. there's my favorite hymn, 1t warns
my heart;
o. how can we from Cody ways depart?
q hope they won't sing all six verses,
thought
The Litany-when those dear words /
say,
! never wish from the straight way to
rove.
Far happier am to kneel and pray.
2 with lAnnie's complexion, how can she
wear mauye9
Our rector is the dearest man, love
Ills sermons! Just to hear him is a
treat.
Il wish there was cushion on this
SeatD
My soul seems lifted up from thoughts
One never tires of eloquenee like his,
Revealing earthly things as small and
vain.
ooh. dear! wonder just what time it
isD
How sweet this Sabbath morn of rest
and prayer,
When worldly things are laid aside,
forgot,
When my tired mind is lightened of its
care.
And purified of every idle thought!
When Sunday morning comes, I'm glad.
indeed
Like as, a. thirsty flower, with rain be-
pearled.
My heart is freshened in its heavenly
need.
would not miss my service for the
world
--Mathilde Bilbro, in Judge.
Game Warden Willis of Bath, re-
ports that Merrymeeting Bay was
SKINNED over with Il coat of ice Fri
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-02

Game Warden Willis of Bath, re-
ports that Merrymeeting Bay was
SKINNED over with coat of ice, Fri
day morning, Nov. 20, for the first time
this fall.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-26
CONDUCTING A COLLECTION.

Rev. Allen Fort, pastor of the
Baptist tabernacle in Chattanooga,
asked J. b. Capeheart. a railroad con-
ductor, to take up the collection one
day. II was Mr.. Capeheart's first ex-
rerience as taker of collections in
church.
He started down the center aisle.
There were several children in the
first pew and each put in a penny.
The people in the next pew also con-
tiibuted something each. A big, glum
fellow sat alone in the third pew.
Capeheart passed him the plate. The
man shook his head and stuck his
hands deep in his pocket.
Capeheart stopped, put up his hand
as If to jerk the bell cord and said:
well. you'll have to get off,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-26
WIVES.

What the true man wants with q
wife is her companionship, sympathy
and love. The way of life has many
dreary places in 1t, and man needs a
companion to 60 with him. A man Is
sometimes Overtaken by misfOrtunes;
he meets with failures and defeats;
trials and temptations beset him, and
he needs one to stand by and sympa-
thize. He has some hard battles to
fight with poverty, enemies and with
SIN; and he needs q woman that,
when he puts his arms around her. he
feels that he has something to fight
for; she will help him to fight; one
that will put her lips to his ear and
whisper words Of counsel, and her
hand to his heart, and impart inspira-
ton. All through life, through
storm and sunshine, conflict and VIC
tory through adverse and favoring
winds, man needs a woman's love.
The heart yearns for 1t. A sisters or
a mothers love will hardly supply the
need.-Ex.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-26

1t is very remarkable man in
deed in Washington, who Is Winning
greater recognition for himself, or
rejecting more credit on his State.
than is Duncan U. Fletcher, FlOri-
aa's senior senator. We note, with
qualification, that 1t is no unusual
circumstance for him to get before
the public in q prominent and IA
vorable way. His address to some
1000 Government Printing Office
employees on Washington's birthday
has been favorably commented on
BY leading papers throughout the
country, the Washington papers par
t!cularly yfeaturing the matter. 1t
always pleases this paper to be able
to note that a public servant is MAX
ing good, and Fletcher is undoubted-
~ doing this.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-26

When German was performing
some of his clever tricks Saturday
right, persons in the audience were
heard to suggest that he was work
ing in conjunction with his assist
ant. BE this as it may, there was
no "cOllusion" between the Lake
land Evening Telegram and the Su-
perintendent of the Lakeland Chau-
tauqua, when the latter, in thank
ing those who had assisted in max
ing the undertaking a success, gave
such signal recognition to the work
of this paper in behalf of the Chau-
tauqua. In fact, the editor was con-
siderably surprised, for in common
with newspaper men generally, he
has been accustomed to work for ev-
cry worthy public enterprise with
out any recognition, and expecting
no reward except the consciousness
Of duty done. What the Evening
Telegram did for the Lakeland
Chautauqua is what its editor has
been doing for every undertaking of
merit in this community for the past
eight years. 1t is only very rarely,
however, that the attention of the
public is directed to our work
through the beneficiaries of it hav-
ing the grace to thank us for it.
We boosted the Chautauqua because
il is a movement deserving every
thing We can say or do for it, and,
as heretofore, we shall continue to
get behind every project of merit
and push it for all We are worth,
content in knowing that we are &C.
complishing something for the gen.
eral good, whether the fact is gen.
orally recognized or not.