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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09
Here and There in Maine

The law on wild ducks went into
effect New Years Day. This law,
however, does not protect sheldrake,
coot, oldsquaw and wild geese. There
are many of the latter birds found
about our coasts during the season,
but the geese have about finished fly
ing South, now. The coot, oldsquaw
and sheldrake are found about the
coast during the winter months. how
ever.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

The woodsmen sitting by the side OF
log cabin fire places In the vicinity Of
Reddington, say the Maine Woods, tell
stories of the tame bob cat that Is
supposed to live in that part of Tie
country Some person has named the
cat Bunny" for he Is sfond of rab-
bits as any other bob cat. Now and
then, the story goes. Bunny comes
out OF retirement and meets his
friends, allowing them to rub his
whiskers and smooth the fur on his
back. On these occasions the big bcb
cat purrs with sound that makes
one think of coffee grinder In full
action. There are people who have
met this cat who have tried to tweak
his stubby tail. But all who have
done SO have regretted the action, for
Bunny does not allow such liberties.
How the cat became tame enough to
allow people to pet him Is not explain
cd by the woodsmen who tell the
story.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Returning to her home port the day
before Christmas after a unique trip,
the Sea Coast Missionary yacht Sun
beam, under the charge OF the Rev
Alexander P. Macdonald, finished up
her Santa Claus trip which Mr.
Mac Donald has been taking during the
month of December, almost ever since
the mission was established. The So
ciety, which does its missionary work
of the Maine coast, plays Santa Claus
on a wholesale scale, and during the
month of December has distributed
lead after load of Christmas gifts to
many homes on the lonely islands or
tiny harbors of the miles of coastline
which Maine possesses. Were 1t not
for the visit of the missionary yacht,
many of these homes would be totally
destitute of the Christmas spirit alto
gether, and Mr.. Macdonald counts this
the happiest part of his cold and
often-times lonely work. With the
new boat the Sunbeam. the gift of
Mrs. John S. Kennedy, 1t has been pos
sible to extend the work greatly this
year, and Mr.. Macdonald plays tho
role of Santa Claus to the manner
born. A generous quantity of gifts
have been given to the mission by all
classes from more fortunate towns for
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Take the direct road" to health and
strength by using Foiey's Kidney Pills
for backache, rheumatism. weak, sOre
kidneys and bladder irregularities
Each ingredient is chosen for its posi-
tive healing and curative qualities
Foiey's Kidney Pills are the best med
cine you can buy for kidney and blad
der troubles. Mrs. J. NJ Findley, Ly
ons. Ca, says: II took Foleys Kidne,
Pills and they entirely cared me-" For
sale by all dealers
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

II Is n we'll known fact that the in
diligence in various diets Is followed
by various results in the human sys
TEN, some of which are beneficial and
some otherwise, but the versatile Ice
boro correspondent of the Richmond
Bee reports brand new one. Anent
the rabbit hunting season, he says
that a large number of rabbits have
been shot during the past two weeks,
and that roasted, fried or stewed rab
bit has been on the bill of fare of
many families. He further says:
Some Of our young people have in
dulged in this luxury to such an ex-
tent that they are noticed to be doing
the rabbit hop which resembles the
turkey trot In various ways. A good
Illustration of the rabbit hop is given
In the hobble. hobble while, in the
turkey trot 1t Is given in the gobble.
gobble."
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

The ball game absence Is the moth
er OF invention.
The more style We put on. the more
creditors we put off.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Most disflguring skin eruptions. scro-
fula, pimples. rashes etc, are due to
impure blood. Burdock's Blood Bitters
Is a cleansing blood tonic. Makes you
clear-eyed, clear-brained, clear skinned
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Peter Ward, who Is now in his 85th
year, is the only surviving member of
the crew of ship carpenters which
worked on the ship John Bunyan,
built in Master John Carver's ship
yard in 1850 for the late Capt. Amos
Nichols, writes the Searsport cores
pendent of the Belfast Journal. The
ship fell over on the stock while under
construction and was righted by Mas
ter Lowe, Boston rigger. who died
a few years ago. The Bunyan ended
her days on the Harding lodges, near
Boston light. as a coal barge. Mr..
Ward is now hale and hearty, having
retired from shipyard life when the
steamer Amadis was constructed in
1894, and which ended this industry in
Searsport that had continued very sue
cessfully for over so years.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

The remains of Albert l.. Temple
ton of Lewiston, one of Names most
prominent bankers, were disinterred
Saturday because Boston insurance
company refused to allow the claim
that death was due to fractured
skull, resulting from fall. On Mon
day evening, Dec. 90, he fell. injuring
his skull He was able to make his
way into the house, where his wife
found him wandering in a dazed con-
dition. His death followed shortly.
Three local physicians. who were in
attendance, agreed that death was due
to the accident. Among the physi-
clans was DR.. w l.. Haskell. county
medical examiner and local examiner
for the company. A representative Of
the insurance company arrived Sat
urday and after much difficulty gained
the consent of the family TO have the
body dsinterred. Other physicians
were sent from Portland by the com
pany, and at the second post norton
death WAS again stated as due to the
fracture of the skull sustained in the
fall.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

The business section of Portland
was visited by two serious fires early
Sunday morning, the total loss being
not far from $4,000. The large one
story building on Exchange street,
which was used as postoffice just af-
ter the great fire In 1866, and owned
by the Deering estate, was damaged
$4,000. The Tiger Shoe Co. was dam
aged $4,000; the Union Furnishing Co.
$4,000. All were insured. The second
fire was the four story brick block,
owned by James P. Baxter in Monu-
ment square. The building was dam
aged about $4,000; A r. Alexander,
stoves. $4,000; Connery & MCGOWAN,
clothing, $4,000 Other concerns suf-
fered slight losses. The cause of
neither fire Is known.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

q Inside Information is
the costly, valuable in
gredient that CURES
most prominently in all
business deals.
q There is a wealth OF
Inside Information - in
The want ads.
Many business men
whose preeminent sue
cess is attributed to a
highly developed fore
sight and shrewdness.
are in reality making
daily use Of this want ad
Inside Information. "
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

distribution. and 30 far az possible all
the lonely island and harbor folks
have been remembered.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Bridgton News: Evidently the time
has gone by when calves were hardly
worth raising up to the time when
they could be legally be sold for veal,
for good calf now brings price in
the market which Is worth something
Auldis Foster of South Bridgton
brings this fact forcibly home to the
mind of the reader with the record of
the sale of the calf which he has re-
Gently made in the Boston market.
The calf WAS from two-year"old heif-
er and lacked one day being six weeks
old when 1t was butchered. The meat,
hide and everything netted him in
Boston $3.50. The weight Of the
dressed meat was 140 pounds.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Plans are being made for the State
Boys Conference to be held In Port
land next February. 1t is thought
that fully 1000 boys Will attend and
the preliminary work is being taken
up In mder that the f, ccess OF thc
entertainment of the conference may
be assured The preliminary work In
cludes the financial, also laying plans
for providing entertainment for the
boys in the homes. The boys will be
entertained on the Harvard plan,
lodging and breakfast being provided
by the family entertaining the dele
gate or delegates. Plans for the ad-
dresses are being made by the State
officers, who have been in conference
with the officers of the international
committee In New York. Dr. Fisher,
physical department secretary of the
committee and c. C. Robinson, boys
department secretary of the commit
tee, and formerly boys secretary for
Maine, have been announced as speak
ers, and others will be announced
later
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

1t cost the state of Maine a small
fraction over two mills an acre to pa
troll and protect from fire vast ter
ritory of wild lands in northern
Maine during the last season. This
territory was under the direction OF
Hosea B. Buck of Bangor, chief ward
en- under Forest Commissioner Mace,
and 1t includes 95 townships. embrac-
Ing an area of 2,317,199 acres, and is
valued, according to the report of the
assessors for 1910. at $9,527,199 The
fire district tax of one and one half
mills on this valuation amounted to
this amount there was used $4,918.37.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Tho Bath authorities have taken
action to break up practice which
seems to have become chronic among
the small boys of that city. and that
Is, coasting Sundays. The crusade
began, last Sunday, when. as the re-
suit OF many complaints, a constable
was sent out to investigate. He went
all over the city, and on every hill
where there was good sliding he found
boys. They were all warned, and next
Sunday, II he catches any OF them,
they will be brought before Judge
ieegan to be dealt with according to
the law.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

The first baby TO be born In the new
sardine town OF Chamcook arrived re-
Gently to brighten the humble cabin
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tonga. The father of
the child TO whom this honor belongs
is the Italian foreman at the new
works. The baby boy has been chris
tened Casarco, this combination being
made up of the first letter Of the
Canadian Sardine Company. 1t Is
needless to add that the new town Is
proud of its first human product.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Big bunch old papers this Office 60.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

Although you can no longer shoot
deer, or moose, you may shoot foxes
IL they are In range of your gun. And
down in South Durham fox-hunting
seems to be pretty good these days
according to correspondent of the
Lewiston Sun who says: Norman and
Aubrey Sylvester and Leonard Jones
each shot fox last week and Leonard
Jones was out with Merit Mcintosh the
next day and got another.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

A strange man entered T. J. Dow's
store, Smyrna Mills, and asked for
Mr.. Dow to change bill for him Mr..
Dow told him that he could not change
the bill and the stranger asked for
cut of tobacco. Mr.. Dow turned
around to get the tobacco from a shelf
when the stranger picked up nail
hammer that lay on the counter and
struck Mr.. Dow on the head rendering
him lnsensible. When Mr.. Dow came
to himself, the man had gone. officers
were notified but they can get no clew
to his identity or whereabouts.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-09

who Is In his first season on the farm
he bought of ]. B. Blanchard In Maple
Grove, appears to be giving as good
an account OF himself farming 300
acres as he did farming 100 acres. 1t
has been rather an off crop year, but
from 81 acres of potatoes, Mr.. Savage
raised $500 barrels, and from Is
acres Of Cobblers he raised $500 bar
rels. He has 80 acres plowed for an
other year, when he expects to cult
vate 100 acres, and besides moving
several large rock piles, has built
four and one-half miles of fencing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
LICENSE TO WE'D REFUSED
Brooklyn Couple Turned Away
by Registrar in Jersey City.

The apparent matrimonial Intentions
Of Charles Turner. said to be the presi-
dent Of all oil corporation. at No. 81
Nassau street, were unknown to his
sister, Miss Cora Louise Turner. when
seen last night at their home, No. )
Montague Terrace, Brooklyn. How
ever, it was learned that Mr.. Turner
left his home for Jersey City some time
during the morning.
Word received from Registrar Carlln,
of the Jersey City Bureau of Vital Sta
six years old, Of No. Montague Ter
race, Brooklyn, and Annie Fallon,
twenty-one years old. of No. 115 Jay
street, Brooklyn, had applied for n
marriage license. The license was re-
fused because the man who accom-.
panied them as witness seemed to
know little concerning them.
At the Jay street address an elderly
woman who said she was the mother
of the young woman said her daughter
up to a short time ago was employed
I'm the Turner home as a maid. When
informed Of the visit of her daughter
at the Registrars office in Jersey city
she said she had not heard OF "a con-
templated marriage and refused to dis
cuss the affair further.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
BLAMES CITWF0R BIGAMY
,--e- -s. ~ 49,, --77------
Woman Says Statistics Were
Incorrect-Sues for 100000.

Miss Addie Garretson began suit in
the Supreme Court yesterday for $1OO.-
900, the amount she says she has been
damaged by the city because it's SER
wants supplied her with wrong informa-
ton as to the marital status of Max
Goldenberg, TO whom she was married
on September 2S, 1910. Goldenberg
was previously married, her complaint
states.
The young woman. who brings the
suit in her maiden name. although
there is no record in the papers on file
of her having had her marriage an
nulled, complains that after Golden
berg had proposed matrimony to her
she went to the Bureau of Vital Statis-
tics and inquired whether there was
any record OF Goldenberg ever having
been married from January l, 1907. TO
August %. 1910. the day upon which
she made the inquiry She received a
certificate. she says, signed by the as
s,stant registrar. which said that
Goldenberg was free to marry, and that
this information resulted in her losing
her status as an unmarried woman and
being coupled with deliberate big
amist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
DARE WINDOW LEDCES
IN FLEEING FLAMES
Occupants Of Burlington Apart
mentS Chamber Into Hol-
land House.
EXCITEMENT IN HOTEL
Guests, Aroused by Fire in Ad
joining Building, Dress
Hastily, but Soon Re-
gain Calm.

Climbing down the fire escapes OF
the Burlington Apartments. at No.
10 West 30th street. many of
the occupants got out Of the house
this morning as fire shot up from
tho second floor through the elevator
shaft. No one was injured. but there
was a general panic. and i'm the Hol-
land House. admitting on the burning
structure. there was intense excite
rnent
a great crowd bravcd the cold wind
Of Fifth avenue to watch the firemen
at work ard chcered the laddermen as
they brought woman after woman out
of the apartments.
Two of tho occupants who clambered
from the fifth floor down the fire escape
to the THIRD floor and then crossed
window ledges to the Holland House
windows were Mrs. w. II. Clague, jr..
Of Washington. and Mrs. Draper. who
lives i'm the Burlington.
Charles r. Harmon, who also lives on
the fifth floor, was awakened by the
odor of smoke He aroused his mother.
Mrs. j. II. Harmon, and relative, a
Mrs. c. 3. Stockwell, eighty years old.
He assisted both women In their night
clothes to the rear fire escape, where
they descended and made their way
into the Holland House. where clothing
was provided for the women and Mr..
Harmon. In reaching the fire escape
Harmon smashed a window, cutting
his hand badly.
There WAS much difficulty in getting
water on the fire when the fire appa-
ratus first arrived. for the nozzlemen
had hardly reached the rear OF the
lower hall when the hose burst In sew
eral places.
On the sixth floor were Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert s. Houston and Mr.. and Mrs.
+. NJ. Burdlck, of Brattleboro. VT.
Houston, who is vice-president OF the
Doubleday Page Publishing Company.
and Burdick wrapped blankets about
their wives. who did not have time to
dress. and carried them down the rear
fire escapes to the first floor. Several
times flame and smoke burst from the
windows as the men descended with
their burdens, but they managed to get
them to safety. and carried them into
the Holland House, where they we're
cared for by the management
The elevator shaft Of the house
served as a gigantic fiue for the fire on
the second floor. and smoke and flames
roared up the shaft and belched out at
the top as though the thing were IA
chimney.
Henry Smith, the elevator runner.
who has been in the Burlington for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
GHOST SEEKS BURNT COIN
Late Miser's Hoard Lost in
Fire-Hence Wrath.

Califon. n. J., March THE little
settlement of Mountainville. near here,
Is agitated by recent visitations from
a ghost, said TO be that of miser who
died fifteen years ago. shortly after a
barn in which he had hidden $4,000
in bills was burned by a vindictive
relative and the bills destroyed. The
miser was named Teets. and the inter-
probation Of the wraith's almost nightly
appearances is that Teets is searching
for the lost wealth.
Henry #. Apgar, whose farm is on
the site Of the miser's home, was the
first to see the apparition. His brother,
Lewis, and William A. Champion ara
among others who corroborate the
story. Their reports of the creepy ex-
periences they have had at the foot of
He'll Mountain have spurred the youth
Of the entire section to curiosity end
speculation as to the possibilities of
laying the ghost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08

many years, kept his car running from
the top To the bottom of the house
through the smoke and fire, until ~
became too hot for safety. He stood
between several Of the patrons of the
house and death After making his
final trip. Smith was so faint from the
effects Of the suffocating smoke and
heat that he almost fell as he left the
car.
Most of the guests reached the street
by the fire escapes and thirty-foot
scaling ladder run up on the 3Oth. street
side of the building.
The Holland House lobby was crowd
ed. Almost all the guests In mat
hostlery had got ont of bed and were
wandering half dressed about the lobby
and also assisting the people who had
come in from the Burlington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
NECK BROKEN TWO YEARS
Injuries Sustained in Football
Game Revealed by X-Rays.
TBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.l

BY Telegraph TO The Iribun..I
North Adams, Mass, March 1.-Oli-
YER Roberts, eighteen years old. has
just discovered that he has been go
ing about with a broken neck for the
last two years. He was hurt playing
football, and recently his neck began
TO cause him pain.
A physician found the sixth cervical
vertebra dislocated, if not fractured,
several inches of the upper part Of
the spine out Of place and the first rib
In the right side drawn up at an angle
by the pull of the muscles and forming
a hard lump at the base of the right
side of the neck.
An X-ray examination disclosed con-
ditions in accord with the doctors d.
agnosis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
C.. w. MORSE COMING HERE
May Purchase Deisel Engines
for Coast Line Steamers.
rBy Cable to The Tribune. I

London, March S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles w. Morse, who have been in
Europe for some months, left South
ampton yesterday by the Kaiserin Au-
guste Victoria en- route for New York.
Mr.. Morse has benefited much In health
by the cure at Wiesbaden.
During short visit To London he
began negotiations for the purchase oil
DIESEL engines for use on the American
coastwise steamers, but declined to say
If he had made a contract with the
DIESEL Company
Kenyon V. Painter, who recently re-
turned from a big game shooting ex-
pedition in South Africa, was also
aboard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
NETS 100000 IN A DAY
Pittsburgh Banker Sells VAL
liable Goal Lands to Steel %.
ny Telegraph to The Tribune.

ny leeGraph IN The Tribune.
Pittsburgh, March Z. - Josiah V.
thompson, a banker Of Uniontown, put
through a business deal to-day that
netted him a profit Of S1.0O0,OOO.
Thompson sold tract of coal land
to the Midland Steel Company for ST.
10000. an average Of $500 an acre.
The land lies in Washington and
Greene counties Less than eight years
ago Thompson bought the same prop
erty for S150,OO0. and carried a large
mortgage on IT, The deed to the steel
company was recorded to-day in
Waynesburg. Less than two months
ago Thompson divorced his second
wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
$4,000 FOR DRUNKEN LEAP
Hospital Must Pay for Leaving
Patient Unguarded.

Nineola. Long Island, March THE DR..
William N. Ross Health Sanatorium at
brentwood was ordered to pay damages
OF 5000 TO Edward German, garage
owner Of Hicksville. yesterday for In
juries received by him when he ieaped
from a third story window of the IN
stitution on April l3. 1912.
Surrogate John Graham OF Nassau
County, representing the injured man.
held that German was not properly
guarded by the sanatorium authorities
after he had warned them that his de-
lusions might reoccur. He was sunepng
from delirium tremens, and had testified
that he had drunk "a quart or more OF
whiskey a day"
A Jury sitting before Supreme Court
Justice Van Siclen awarded the verdict.
Corman asked for $4,000. lie broke both
his legs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
DUCHESS RECALCITRANT
Her Grace of Bedford Will Pay
No Taxes as Protest.

London. March THE Duchess of
Bedford. though strongly opposed to
militant tactics. has refused to pay the
property tax for Princes skating rink
in London, Of which she is the owner,
as a protest against the governments
treatment of the woman suffrage
nIIpsfinn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
RuTCHER DESERVED BLOW
u;s "15 Plus % Equals 39' Frees
Defendant in Assault Case.

M,ss Annie Malkin. Of No. 12l West
,o,.t street. went into the market OF
Abraham Tamber one day last September
.,,d bought half pound OF porterhouse
steak for 70 cents and pound OF frank
furters for 10 cents.
"tIow much?" she asked OF Tamber as
she opened her purse.
.u,birty-nine cents replied the butcher
hereat Miss Malkin and Tapber were
drawn into all argument that ended IN
h,ows and Tamber had Miss Mslkin ar
.ted for assault. Judge O'Sullivan and
a jury listened to the case In Gensra'
Sessions YESTERDAY. .,
DTamber." inquired Judge O'SulpVah'
"how much Is % cents and Ii cents!
.orbirty-nine cents!' shouted the COM
plainant a,o. -, ,,ou,t-
tai.
ANoosTURA BlrTERs lends delicious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08

ANoosTURA BirTERs lends delicious
a a vor 10 grape fruit and jeliies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08

what can I say?" he asked. My
grief is too great for words. i nave
come here for an indefinite visit I
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