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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
We Can't Help Saying II

We freely own this little skit
Could not be any worse.
But we are merely starting it
To see who'll add a verse.
Peoria Herald-Transcript
If that's the case We'll take the dare,
And write one just as bad,
And thereby do our little share
To make your life more glad.
Springfield Union.
Wen kick in one to help kill time,
Though readers rave and curse;
For when it comes to writing rhyme
We never are averSe.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Which merely shows, beyond a doubt.
Upon its very face,
That all those rhymes were hammered
Like this, to fill up space.
Chicago Tribune.
And this one we are putting DER,
We do not like to boast,
Helps us to fill a little more;
So far we've filled the most
Houston Post.
If we could add some wit to this
OF course you know we would:
But, Just the same. we feel that we're
Some four lines to the good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

1t takes a woman to know thing is
going to happen because there IS no
reason for it,
The thing a woman can be surest oil
is that if her husband would buy her
a house they wouldn't be paying any
rent.
A woman who has been out 10 an
evening reception. undressed, mas 10
dress all up, when she gets home, TO
go to bed.
There's nothing that hurts a man $
feelings so much as for his VIE TO dig
up an old photograph of him in a queer
collar and tie.
What made woman know before
hand d thing was going to happen Is
she would have known II II nam I
been going to.-New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

human mind, the mental wireless sta
ton, is so much more wonderful that
the electric message waves of the wire
less is but a Pigment of brain possbili-
ty. Telepathy is but an elusive shad-
ow but it is destined to be a mighty
structure that will figure in every af-
fair of humanity. For, do we not
KNOW that souls are not wasted, and
that they are ever advancing in spirit
ual perfection of mortal embodiments?
And is not the animal with the soul
overcoming, in successive stages, all
the difficulties that lie between NOR
tally and Immortality?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
Coming Events

Oct. 2S-4-5-Maine Teachers Assocta-
tion. Portland.
Nov. 1874 Maine Pathological Annual
Meeting at Portland.
Maine Fair Dates
Nov. 12-l4-State genealogical. Port
land
Nov. 2O-24-N. e. Corn Exposition.
Boston.
Dec 4-6-Bangor Poultry Association,
Bangor.
Dec 1O-14-Main State Poultry As
ISOLATION, Portland
: Dec. 1s-2o-Freeport Poultry Assn.
Freeport.
Dec. s1-Jan. 2-Western Maine Poultry
Show, Norway
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
Whose Crime Is 1t?

A Boston exchange published the
following lead" to news story of the
week:
Calmly enacting blow after blow
and recounting each incident of what
proved to be the most grueseme muir
der tale ever confessed in a Boston
police station, with the one exception
of the story told by Chester L. Jordan,
Cornelius Donahue last evening in the
private office of Capt. Driscoll in the
East Dedham street station, demon
strated exactly how he had strangled
to death that morning his seventy
year-old crippled mother in their base
ment home at 1887 Washington street,
in the South End"
And here are some of Donahue's
own words to Inspector Driscoll. as
reported by the news dispatches:
"You see, | wanted a drink and
wanted it bad, and l knew she would
not give me cent" he said quietly,
Of tti etHS NCiih6 OH tAC lodeihS iNSS
tons.
THE night before had two big cans
of beer. and when l went to bed / was
SO drunk / didn't even take my shoes
off. This morning when | awoke my
nerves were all shot to pieces and l
went into the Kitchen, where my moth
er sleeps on small cot near the
stove, and tried to get the bank book
from under the mattress where | knew
she kept it. l had $85 in it in my
name, although she saved the money,
and / knew if l got it / could draw out
few dollars
She woke up suddenly, and when
tried to pull the book away she
scratched my face. Then | guess
went crazy. / jumped onto the bed
and put my knee onto her chest.
felt the bones snap. Then / choked
her and | remember hitting her twice
in the face with my fist and pounding
her head up and down. Then
choked her for long time-it seemed
like fifteen minutes-and then she
turned black in the face.
I'm sorry did it. / wouldn't have
| done it if it hadn't been for the id
| booze. I've been feeling rotten for the
past two weeks. l have been working
| for the past four years for the city
| driving a team nights. street cleaning,
| from the West End yard. l was only
pinched once before, and that was fol
being drunk"
| Here we have the spectacle of the
| United States government Furnishing
it's subjects for crimes inspired by a
traffic in which it is engaged for reve
nue..
| The United States sells men "booze,
and then electrocutes or hangs them
for the sickenins horrors they perpe.
trate under booze influence.
The United States lends the en-
couragement of its countenance, the
aid of its partnership, and share.
profits in business out of which M
good can come, and stupendous evi
i springs daily.
Cornelius Donahue, 80 years old
matricide, goes to meet his Maker dim
ly perceiying his own aecountabilit.
but, probably, having not the remotes
conception of the guilt of a people an,
a government that educated him up t
his awful crime by his surrounding
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
! The Mental Wireless.

How many of us have not had, at
some time. fieeting. indefnabie and
elusive moments. when we felt that
we were looking. through memory, in
to former existence-like the catch
ing Of a sentence from another line
when sCefitral,. is making connections
on the telephone? Sometimes, in keen
wakefulness, we catch a glimpse of our
own personality in an experience that
reason refuses to connect with present
existence. Is 1t memory" that
reaches beyond the activities of our
physical form? Or. is it a vision of flu
ture activities of the never dying part
of us, which we call the soul, in anoth-
er embodiment?
But we had not intended to slip into
the reincarnation deep water. We
started out to speculate a bit on the
common philosophy of the hour. The
more facts we butt up against and the
more doubts we raise, the more we
prove that we are capable thinking
machines. with ability to send out
mental waves and to receive the
thought suggestions of other mental
vibrations.
We intended to suggest something to
set our readers to thinking along line
just, beyond the ordinary routine. Can
we do 1t? Let US try it this way: Our
brains, we are beginning to under
stand, are best compared with wireless
stations We are constantly receiving
fragments of messagessofs which we
have not the remotestidea' of source
We think We have not time to. inves-
tigate these flashes from other mental
stations; that we cannot waste the con-
tration to even consider them. If we
did we would find that many of these
.'fieeting thoughts are capable of easy
solution and of amazing development.
If We did capture these sparks of la
tent brain energy. We should many
times find ourselves making use of an
idea, of which we have had hazy i'm
preston, before we discover it served
up from another mental station-some-
one else caught the message and in
terpreted it, whereas we got only
enough to furnish recognition when We
see It in print or hear it advanced.
Rather interesting, isn't it, when yol
begin to enlarge upon the possibilities
ofsyour think works being in telepathi'
touch with the greatest as we'll as thu
smallest thought stations; the sweet
est as well the most brutal: th'
most reyerent as well as the most pro
faney Well why not2 If you deny tn
possibility of anything in this age o
marveIs, you but prove that your men
tai receiving station is not high enough
or backed by sufficient brain dynamo
to connect with the big messages tina
are flying all about us.
Suppose, then, that instead Of squan
derSng the power Of our thought sta
tions b. reyeling in the mental repeti
ton of experiences which memory sup
pliec. We perfect our mental batterie
By cultivation and exercise until the
are in tune with thought waves no'
beyond the grasp of our receiving sta
tons.
To-day We consider wireless telegra
phy one III the most marvellous coneep
fions Of IN age Of maryels, and yet IL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

does net exist in this country. Few
buy agricultural land to rent it. Nor
have the money lenders. as one unin-
formed New York newspaper has as
serted. become large land owners.
Nevertheless. tenantry is an evil, even
though most of the renting owners
are former farmers and own but one
place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The less some people know about a
matter the surer they are that tney
know all there is to know about It,
Don't think a girl by any other name
would be as sweet, Alonzo. You may
find out your mistake after giving her
your own.
Before marriage a girl wants hef
fiance to write her love letters, bu'
after facing the parson with him sht
is satisfied with checks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
G A 8 T Q RIA
Happiest Girl in Lincoln.

lincoln, Neb., girl writes, II had
been aiiing for some time with chronic
constipation and stomach trouble. ] be-
gan taking Chamberlain's Tablets and in
three days i was able to be up and got
better right along. / am the proudest
girl in Lincoln to find such good medI-
cine" Sold by all dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
Edeecomb Grange.

Edgecomb Grange met Monday
night, Oct. Fl. with SO members and
visitors present. The third and
fourth degrees were worked for two
candidates. After which chicken
supper followed. The next meeting
will be the 26th
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

The strain on the Turkish wishbone
is becoming severe. Can you guess
what Italy and the Balkans are wish
ing as they pull? ~ tyygetf deaE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
Truly Wonderful Tablet.

The Chamberlain Medicine Co, of Des
Moines, Iowa, make a stomach and liver
tablet that is a wonder. Chamberlain $
Tablets improve the appetite, strengthen
the digestion and regulate the bowels
Only IS cents per package. Sold by all
dealers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

A Houston policeman has started an
innovation by shooting himself
Rrownwood CTex1 Bulletin.
If the Houston incident is an inno-
walton. let us devoutly trust that it is
one that will be followed.-Denison
CTex) Herald.
Hard fellows to get away from,
aren't they?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held response
BILE for the preservation or return of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publish
ers. Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

Our cares are all today, our joys are ali
today:
And in one little word, our life. what Is
-Tupper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
Maine Gossip
The Joys of Winter.

The snow will soon drift down the lanes
The flocks will huddle in the shed;
The frost will form upon the panes,
And old mems noses will be red;
The ladies, wrapped in furs, VIII stll
Contriye to seem superb and sweet,
And, seorning Winters searching chill,
Wear pumps that cover half their feet.
The brook that sang, ere long, VIII be
A winding, narrow strip of ice;
The coal men will again agree
Each week or two to raise the PRICE;
The ladies, with their elbows bare,
Will sally forth to face the storm,
Their hands incased in rich muffs where
Their slender fingers may be warm.
The sun will soon begin to set
Long ere the afternoon is spent;
The ianitors once more will let
A lack of steam cause discomfort,
And those who tell us that they sleep
On porches, thus to breathe pure ar,
VIII cover up their heads to keep
The frost from getting at them there.
Chicago Record Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
BETHLEHEM LODGE, NO. IS, r. g.

A. NJ Special communication, Monday
oct. 2S, $50. p NJ with work in the M
NJ degree Inspection. All sojourning
brethren are cordially invited to attend
GEORGE A. CoOMBS, w. Nj.
CHAS d. WHITE. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

Wilson must not think that phantom
votes will give him the ghost of a
show.-Philadelph Press.
Nor that straw votes afford grain
of hope.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
JEpHTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. .

Meetings at $50 O'Clock every second and
W. L. HAYDEN, G. P.4g
C. e. STEWART. Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. N.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday at
o'clock.
L. c. HUGHES. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
ODD FELLOWS HALL.
ASYLUM LODGE NO. 20 REGULAR

meeting Friday evening at 73O o'clock.
Work in First degree. Friday, Nov. l.
o. Il. FARNHAM, N. u. =
E. +. WESTON, Sec. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

The Herald tells us that the New
York eranks are to be segregated, II
the job be accurately performed it VIII
require lots of ground to colonize them
ard mint of money to keep them on
their ervation.-Houston Post.
How many square miles in Houston?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

A man who made flags in New York
city died leaving money in q savings
banks besides other property. 1t must
be that patriotism isn't wholly dead
even in the cash hunting and murder
metropolis Enterprise.
Did YOU know about our Augusta
marching clubs?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

What beautiful october! Splash!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

When Germany tackles the Stand
ard Oil trust it is up against stiff
eame.-Bridgepor Telegram.
From the outside it looks like light
proposition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

That the potato digging champion
following contribution from E. G. Pal
mer of Kent's Hill: lone better on the
potato digging stunt, Mr.. L. l.. Hack
EFT Of Kent's Hill, Me, 50 years of age,
dug by hand for e. G. Palmer. 6i
bushels of potatoes, from 7,SO A. NJ,
until 8 p. NJ. The rest of the day he
was called to help fight a fire in the
woods. He says be can easily beat this
on the same ground. Millinocket jour
nal, come again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

Gov. Marshall is credited with say
ing that he is in favor of vested rights
but not of vested wrongs. Digging
deep into this, there is meyer such a
thing as rights vested" if they are
RIGHTS, that is the whole story. the
"vested" addition to their name is not
needed nor wanted. 1t is only
WRONGS that change their nature by
becoming vested. Rights" are satisfied
TO be just plain rights, and vested
rights are invariably what except
for being vested would be wrongs
Ossipee Valley Herald.
Now Gov. Marshall ought to know
lust where he stands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

Friday, October Is, 1912.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26


The late Job, Holmes was one of the
early settlers of that part of Hebron
that was later set of to the town of
oxford He had family of boys. In
making his clearing he put in his
crops before building a barn. One of
his sons in talking of the way they
managed in getting in their corn. said
it was the practice to bring it from
the field and dump it in the yard.
where they husked the ears in the
evening to keep the bears away. The
boys would work as long as they
could keep awake when they went to
bed 1t was the rule of the father to
husk till he became so sleepy as to
miss throwing three ears of corn into
the basket in succession when he
would go to bed. II -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

1t has developed that the reported
finding by some Foxcroft young men,
of the earcase of a COW moose on the
shore of Sebec lake, was the means of
sending the veteran chief of game
wardens, Capt. w. T. Pollard of that
town, on wild goose chase of large
dimensions. The find was reported
to Capt. Pollard, and that official. al
ways alert to ferret out infractions of
the fish and game laws, departed for
the region of the slaughter, and after
searching about for two days discover
ed the remains of an old horse in the
place described by the discoveries. The
tail of the animal lay beneath the body
and inspection by Capt. Pollard dis
closed this appendase which, accord
ing to the game, wardens, does not
grow on COW moose. He therefore
amputated the tail and took it back to
Foxcroft presenting it TO the hunters,
who being the first to discover the
dead body, were entitled to the spoils,
according to Capt. Pollard's way of
reckoning things. The body of the
horse had evidently been on the spot
for several months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

conditions of labor and production
were more ideal than now" says vice
President Sherman, Those who view
labor and production from the same
angle he does will agfee.-Biddeford
Record.
Including every man of intelligence
and with the good of his countrymen
at heart
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

To feel strong, have good appetite and
digestion, sleep soundly and enjoy life.
use Burdock Blood Bitters, the family
system tonic. Price $l.0O.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

The Machias Union reports the de-
struction by fire, Sunday morning, Oct.
20, at Lubec, of the new home of Ralph
Colson. which he had recently complet-
ed and had occupied but few weeks
A remarkable feature in connection
with the incident was the fact that,
according to authorities, this was the
first private dwelling house to be des-
troyed by fire in Lubec within 40 years
Calais Advertiser: Border friends of
Blaine McKusick are delighted to hear
that he has received the appointment
of major in the Missouri Military
Academy at Mexico, Missouri. Major
McKusick is head of the department of
English and is physical director at the
academy He is strong on athletics
and accompanies the football team OF
the college all over Missouri. Major
McKusick has made hosts of friends In
the West, owing to his genial personal
ity 1t IS another case of Calais boy
making good. .y5
1t Is probable that the winter season
of 19f2-13 will prove record breaker
in regard to apple exports from Port
land as local dealers are planning on
decidedly heavy business. and ful!
eargoes of apples from Portland to
Hamburg, Germany, within the next
four weeks. 1t is probable that anoth-
er steamer will be chartered later and
it is expected that the regular trans
atlantic liners leaving Portland for
England will take out large shipments
of apples. The Jose is now at New
York and will probably come to Port
land next week to take on her cargo,
while the Juan is en- her way to New
York from Jamaica, and is dus to ar
rive within two weeks. The steamers
have been engaged in the banana trade
between New York and Jamaica dur
ing the summer months. All the car
goes of apples taken from Portland
will be loaded at the Grand Trunk
docks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

Can't Help Saying 1t Editor:
Will YOU be so good as to tell me what
use is proposed for the roof of the new
freight shed in Augusta-bowling alley,
skating rink, dance hall, roof garden or
city boulevard?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

Itch, Itch, Itch!-Scratch. Scratch
Scratch, The more you scratch, the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
For eczema, any skin itching. DOC. q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26

AS yet, Q. Reeyus, we must not be-
tray the confidence imposed in US, but
you may watch for later sensational
announcements.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-18
some one in particular in mind?"

some one in particular in mind?'
Eyes; Remington"
"Paul Remington Dunmeade ex-
claimed. Il had Suspected He
paused.
His ambition must fly high" Mur-
chell said, looking at Bob in surprise.
mo. He knows nothing Of the OBJ
ject of this visit. l don't suppose he
has ever thought of himself in con-
nection with the neXt governorship."
Nor am | prepared for the sugges-
ton" Murchell said thoughtfully.
"Can he be elected?"
"He stands as good a chance as any
n we could pick. He's the most
popular man in the Steel City. He
has a clean personal record. He's well
and favorably known over the state.
He has spoken in every county. He's
a good campaigner. and his youth is
In his favor"
"Then can we trust him?' Murchell
demanded, looking at Bob keenly.
YES" Bob answered firmly. almost
too firmly, Murchell thought.
"Well." Murchell said slowly. "you
may be right: but. frankly. while l
like and admire Remington, l haven't
absolute confidence in him He's bril-
liant and enthusiastic, but he lacks
stability of character. and / doubt If
he really has a high conception Of po-
litical responsibility. The next gov
mao x-;n l,x,a ,NAnJ ~ baaa n,yolf-
ties, as the present governor has had
need of them" He laid his hand
kindly on Dunmeade's arm.
eff we choose him I'll be back Of
him." Bob said, meeting Murchelrs
glance steadily. "And-I know him
better than you do-if | think there
ever is or can be the least doubt as to
his good faith or nerve | will with
draw my request"
The governor reached his hand
across the table to Bob. Your word
is good enough for me-"
For an hour they discussed the mat
ter in detail. Bob remaining very firm
in his demand. At last Murchells
consent was won.
Then il i settled" he said. Let us
hope we never regret it."
you will never regret it, Mr.. Muir,
chell." Bob replied earnestly. IF ]
should change my mind about Reming.
ton I'll support whomever you choose
"Do you really believe there is any
chance of your changing your mindY"
Il hope not" Bob answered quickly.
"In the meantime, gentlemen. be so
kind as to keep this quiet for the pres
ent. l prefer that Remington shouldn't
hear of it at once"
you have no objections to my wife
knowing. l hope" said Dunmeade. 81
have no secrets from her. you know"
"No. But please see to 1t that Mrs
Gilbert knows nothing about it-espe
cially Mrs. Gilbert,8 Bob added EN-
phatically.