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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Mrs. Ann CARTS

Mrs Ann Curtis of Scion, widow OF
Ivory Curtis, died at her home, Wed
nesday morning. The immediate
cause of her death was a shock.
Mrs Curtis was Miss Ann Squires
and was born in Cornville, rs years
ago In 1861 she was married to
Ivory Curtis of Bingham and to them
were born four sons and a daughter:
Nelson end Fred of Scion, Frank OF
Bingham, Edgar of Oakdale, Cal. and
Mrs. Carrie Leydecker also of Oakdale,
Cal.
Mrs Curtis was a highly esteemed
and resp5 I'D womfn. She was al
ways kind neighbor and friend and
was beloved by all who knew her. She
was an excellent wife and mother ani
great lover of her home. She was
well known as an energetic worker
until four years ago, when she be-
came an invalid. Since that time she
has been confined to her chair by
rheumatism. AT first she was able
to use her hands little and thus
make the time pass more quickly, but
for the most of the time she has been
helpless. Although in this sad condi-
ton. Mrs. Curtis was always cheerful,
never complained and was always glad
to see anyone who called to see her.
She possessed an excellent memory
and delighted in telling of happenings
of years ago. She has always lived
in the home to which she came as a
bride of So years ago. Her son Frank
has always lived on the farm with her
and in her last years she has been
tenderly cared for by his wife. She
was a member of the Methodist
Church at Scion; also a member of
North Somerset Grange.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Still Doing Business
"Will you walk into my parlor?
Said spider to a fly;
'Tis the prettiest- little parlor

"Wll you walk into my parlor?
Said spider to fly;
Tis the prettiest- little parlor
That ever you did spy"
That spider Is old, but is still doing
business in the form of stock pro-
moters and gets his flies just as he
did in the poetry.
The Post office department esti-
mates that spiders" CIT calls them
swindlers) have mulcted the public
out OF $100, 100000 in the last two
years by the misuse Of mails. A
notable instance is that OF the Ster-
ling Debenture corporation whose
Offices in New York were raided by
Post Office inspectors last December,
and which Munsey's Magazine con-
siders the most important of the many
raids made by the department within
two years. This corporation sold
stocks and bonds of various kinds and
most OF them are said to be of no
value.
Another instance Is that of the
mining companies to which Julian
Hawthorne lent his name and which
are now in the courts on the charge
of selling worthless stocks.
1t Is passing strange why people who
work hard for their money part with
It forever 80 easily: and yet the litera-
ture sent out by some of these fake
concerns and the stories told by the
promoters of the companies are very
convincing.
The Spectator may take stock in a
new and untried enterprise if he
wants to; the man of wealth can in
vest In them and not suffer If they
fail, but the person who has saved
but little money, and will need that in
his old age, should use great care in
his Investments, buying only what are
olassed as seasoned" stocks-those
which save paid earned dividends for
u satisfactory period of years.
When proposition Is presented to
you which promises big returns, think
of the spider and the fly; remember
that the greater the promise the
greater the risk.
A Western man whom we have
quoted before said: Don't buy any
mining stock that promises 10 per
cent dividend. The stock that actu-
ally pays that Is not for sale; the
kind that is offered you may pay 1t a
little while but 1t will be from your
own money" If the people of Pisca-
taquis county will take that fact in
they will save lot of money; and il
they had taken 1t in years ago they
would have aNlot that they will never
see again.
The best way for the individual I'M
used to buying stocks and bonds is to
consult some one who Is used to 1t
and in whom no has cDn fidpncp YOur
bank president or cashier will be glad
to give advice on such matters for
they are interested in the welfare of
the people in their territory and want
them to invest their money wisely.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Coming Events

Nov Injecting of Town Improve
ment Society in Library Parlors
Nov. 15-G. A r. Post meets in Hes
elton Hall.
Nov. Irregular meeting of Eunice
Farnsworth Chapter, D. A. R. at the
home of Mrs. John c. Griffin.
Nov. 25-Regular meeting OF
Womans Club in Library Parlors.
Nov. 25-Regular meeting of W. c.
T. L.
Nov. 26-Regular meeting of Skow-
hogan Grange
Nov. 20, 81, 22-The Klark-Urban
Stock Co. at Skowhegan Opera House
Dec 3-Fair of the Working League
of the Congregational Church.
December -19-20-Annual Somer-
set Poultry Show in Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Portable Mill and Timber Land

WANTED TO BUY-Green Mountain
i1u'''O tf20
wANTED-white birch lumber saw
ed in "a boards #. long or "a
quantity and price. Maiden Parcel Han
die Co. Maiden, Mass. l3w5S
FINE TENEMENT-S rooms, bath,
electric lights, well and city water,
Madison avenue. l. j. Smith a3s
TO LET-Down Stairs rent. Cedar
st. Inquire OF w. II. Fowler. tbs
SELL YOUR FARM. II you have
farm Real Estate to sell, confer with
u.s. We can aid you. All letters or
interviews may be kept confidential II
you SO direct Independent-Repor
Co. tf32
PAIR OF HEAVY HORSES FOR
sALE-Weight about $500 lbs; on
would sell one or both Will exchange
II desired. for cows or young stock.
Chas. F. Longfellow, r. F. d. No 2, tf4S
FOR sALE-Black mare, safe for lady
or child TO drive. Not afraid of autos
VIII sell cheap to right party. Mrs.
Geo. A. Tilton r. F. d. No /, Skowhe.
gan, N. f. Tel 1922 4w4s'
wANTED-A good blacksmith Must
be good hoCse sheer. Shall use
Barcus Horse stock for bad horses
Good wages will be paid the right man.
Address ]. f. Lawrence, Scion. Me. Far
mers' Telephone 3-11. 4w43f
FOR RENT-Tenement, ground floor,
rooms. also stable Apply Az Madi-
son Ave, or Henry Thomas Fred
Woods store. tf43
HORSE FOR SALE--Good. heavy
work horse at a bargain. Steward &
Marston, Madison Ave. 4w43
LIVE POULTRY WANTED--Let me
know and I will call at your place.
pay cash. highest market price, ]. S,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Agricultural Machinery Goes All Over
the World

We have been running for several
weeks past display advertising for the
International Harvester Company, de-
scribing a few out of the wonderfully
complete line of machines manufac-
tured by them for agricultural pur-
poses, Steward & Smiley are the
Skowhegan representatives of this
firm. They handle the International
Manure Spreader. Moving Machines
Hay Rakes and other harvesting ma
chinery. also their line of harrows
and other tillage implements.
Other International Harvester Com
pany agents in Somerset County are
Selden Fitzgerald. Canaan; Henry
Bush, Athens; Henry Hoyt, Scion
Carson & Twombly Hinckley.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
PASTRY CooK WANTS POSITION.

PASTRY CoOk WANTS PosiTION.
80 years of age, 25 years experience
in hotels of Somerset and Franklin
Counties. Address Independent Re
porter Employment Agency, Skowhe-
gan tf46
STENOGR APHER AND TYPEWRIT-
ER WANTS POSITION. preferably In
Skowhegan Graduate of Bliss Bust
Reporter Employment Agency. Skowhe-
gan. tf46
SECOND HAND MooD WORKING
Machinery for Sale. Two Planers. one
Moulder and Engine Lathe. An in
frst-class condition. Adams & Burns
Skowhegan tf46
THREE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN
nifty for someone to get some good
foundation stock. Elmer +. Towne &
Son Madison. 4w46
HOOPs-Wanted large quantity of
first class I TT. IT. II IT.. ash hoops
Also IL = II #. birch and 10 IT.
straps. VIII pay the highest market
nrice u. w Rowe lbs Madison Ave.
Skowhegan Farmers phone 17-3J2w46'
LADIES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lady
agents to sell a quick selling line Of
Comfort Shoes. Liberal Commission.
The Foot Comfort Shoe Co. Box 127.
Beverly, Mass Sw46'
LoST-Surday Nov . on road be.
NFtN Sk'lWntBd1 anu J. dTIllT X TON, II
black Persian Lamb neck piece. Finder
viii confer n great favor by forwarding
same to this office aud will receive
suitable reward. fw46'
u. VI. STEW >RD HAS FOR SALT
Ill kinds Of dry stove wood VIII
deliver in lots of one-half cord or more.
Also one GRAY thresher. two-horse
mower. one gasolene engine. a few bar
~el churns. secondhand wagons. har-
ness etc INQUIRE at office on Island
~ nT of ri no
gan Lumber Co tf41
Modern cnnveniences. $500 a month.
Apply to W. Guy Pencil Madison Ave.
tf46
WHITE WYANDoTTE COCKERELs
and breeding pens for sale. Also r. /.
Red and Crossbred Pullets. Franklin
Danforth, Skowhegan. 4w45'
UPSTAIRS TENEMENT, rooms. in
Scammon Burrill house East Leavitt
St. to rent for one year or longer Pan
try. store room, garden and stable ROOM
Inquire little house in rear. Adde B.
Gee. tf44
| TURN THAT OLD JUNK INTO MON
! EY. Several dollars in value in old
| material around almost every house
and always a nuisance because always
in the way. Bring 1t to me and get
your cash. If more convenient drop
me. postal and I will call. Harry
Cohen. corner of School and Heselton
Streets. Skowhegan, Me. tf12
| ONE PAIR MEDIUM PRICED, heavy
| horses for sale. Weight about 1900
pounds. Herbert N Pratt. Skowhegan,
| r. F. d. No. 2 Farmers Telephone IA.
| iw45s
| PHOTOGRAPHER WANTS POSITION
] Am proficient in Dry Mounting. Spot
| ting, Retouching. and other branches Of
the trade, XRM, care Independent Re-
porter. tf45
PUREBRED WHITE CHESTER
Bears and sows for sale. Also a few
| barrows of the same stock. Weight
from IS to so pounds Price from SIS
TO $500. r. T. Patten. tao
JERSEY BULL, one year old. for sale.
Price will be made right. A. f. Jepson
r. F. d. No. l. Skowhegan. 1w45s
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Rose Landry returned Monday
to Watcrville. after visiting Miss Lena
Landry here.
Mrs. Martha Seton of Augusta
visited her mother Mrs Willis A. Bal
ley the first of this week.
Robert W. Haines spent Sunday in
Haines. The many friends of Miss
Haines in Skowhegan and vicinity
will be gratified to note that she is
improving from her recent serious ill
ness
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
EVERYBODYSC
COLUMN - 49,

Advertisements in this column not
TO exceed five lines inserted once for
25 cents. four times for so cents. Each
additional line five cents In comput-
ing lines reckon on an average of 7
words Stamps taken
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

children and a step-daughter besides
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Jefferson was the last to go of
family of four, Melvin Smith and
Rosilla Jewett of Madison and Julia
of New Hampshire.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Shoe Factory to Close Soon

The plant of the Commonwealth
Shoe Factory will probably be entire
ly shut down during the coming week
Work at the present time is being fin
ished in the various departments and
the company have already begun tc
remove portion of the machinery.
The building has lately been purchas-
ed by the American Wooden Co.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

The man who wants to buy has a
Crouch against you because you don't
let him know you have anything to
sell A quarter will tell him about it
with an ad in Everybody's Column.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Rich Red
Blood

II yours If you take HOODS
SARSAPARiLLA. which makes
tho blood normal in red and white
eorpuscIesi relieves pimples, boils,
scrofuIa, salt rheum or eczema,
eatarrh, rheumatism, dyspepsia,
seriousness, that tired feeling.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13
Would Make Them Better II They Could

The makers OF Foley Kidney Pills
know that they have absolutely the
best combination of curative and heal
ing medicines for kidney and bladder
ailments and urinary Irregularities that
II is possible to produce That Is why
Foley Kidney Pills are the best medi-
cine for the purpose you can buy. For
sale by Sampson & Avore.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

\ healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthy man an unhappy
slave. For impure blood and sluggish
liver use Burdock Blood Bitters. On
the market IS years 800 a bottle
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

a cough medicine for children must
help their coughs and colds without
bad effects on their little stomachs and
bowels. Foley's Honey and Tar eX-
actly fills this need No opiates, no
sour stomach. no constipation follows
its use. Stuffy colds. wheezy breath
ing. coughs and Group are all quickly
helped. For sale by sampson & Avore
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

Big bunch old papers. SC at this office
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

wANT-several pair of live mink
and will paw the highest prices r. G.
Hayes. Is Benedict St, f. Somerville
Mass 9w44S
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

WANTED TO BUY-Green Mountain
tf20
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

Observation-Disclosures lady with fair
education. experienced canvasser. age
% to 40. to travel and appoint agents
for a line of high grade toilet requi-
sit es in Maine. Good position for right
party. Reply in own handwriting.
stating age and experience in agency
work No canvassing whatever re-
CURED The L. F. Elliott Co. psf s.
4th St. Philadelphia, Pa AVA"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

LIVE POULTRY wANTED--Let me
know and I will call at your place.
pay cash, highest market price, ]. s,
Goldberg . Heselton st. tf43
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

APPLE Notwithstanding Size. 81
cents. four for a dollar, discount fol
larger quantities. Blunt Hardware
Company. tf44
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

30 years of age. % years experience
in hotels of Somerset and Franklin
Counties. Address Independent Re
porter Employment Agency, Skowhe-
gan. tff6
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-09

WOMEN PRAISE JUDGE WHO
JOLTED ANTI-SUFFRAGlST
New York. Aug. 9.-Loca1 suffrage
leaders are praising Magistrate Nc
CURE, who repTimanded Lawrence
Rupp for breaking up a woman suf-
frage meeting at which Rupp's wife
was speaking.
Rupp's defense was that he had
right to break up the meeting be-
cause his wife had not been at hone
to get supper for him. Mcclure ruled
that Rupp's domestic difficulties had
nothing to do with the case.
Mrs. RUpp is a brick" said Mar
tina Klatschen, organizer of the New
York Woman Suffrage party, today.
THAT man Rupp is just the type of
man who opposes equal suffrage. If
he'd been at home when he should
have, he would have had his supper
all right"
Mary Wesner. of California, who
came here to tell New York women
how they got the vote, said:
''The only mistake Magistrate Nc
CURE made was in not sending Rupp
to Jail for thirty days. It would have
given Mrs. Rupp some rest and quiet
and might have made Rupp appre-
ciate wife. If Mrs. Rupp never had
any opinions of her own and spent all
her time over the washtub and the
oven, Rupp might think her a perfect
wife"
Newspapermen interviewed Mrs.
Rupp at dinner yesterday. The four
little Rupps, washed, brushed and
cOmbed, sat about the table. Rupp
was not in sight.
"He hasn't been on time for dinner
for a week. 1 won't wait long for
him though, said Mrs. Rupp.
Rupp did not get home until 9:45
o'clock, and then it was a whirlwind
visit in search of clothes. He didn't
get any supper.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-09
Cincinnati,

Cincinnati, o. Suffragists and
anti-suffragists of Cincinnati today
condemned the action of Mrs. Law
renee Rupp of New York, who had
her husband arrested because he in
terTupted her speech at suffragist
meeting with the request that she go
home and cook supper.
Mrs. Mae Won Walden, president
of the Woman's Tax Payers League,
said:
mo good sufragist should permit
the cause - interfere with her home
duties. Mrs. Rupp should have pre-
pared her husbands supper before
going out to speak. Suffragists can
help the cause best by proving that
politics does not destroy home life"
Mrs, Florence Golf Smith, presi-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-09

when any woman neglects her
household duties to address a suf-
frage meeting her husband certainly
is justified in. informing the people
just what kind of a wife he has"
This was the comment today of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-09

Mrs. Catherine Reber, secretary Of
the Catholic knights and Ladies Of
America, and a leading anti-suffra-
gist, upon the arrest in New York Of
Lawrence Rupp for disturbing a suf-
frage meeting. .-- ...
This seems to be an age of femi-
me degeneracy,"" said Mrs. Reber.
The woman suffrage movement may
be classed with the fad for slit skirts
and transparent skirts, and suffrage
Crazed women desert their families
to go out on the stump. l think Mr..
Rupp was right in calling his wife
down and the magistrate who found
him guilty of disturbing the peace
was entirely wrong" --...
Miss Minnie Brandstatter, organ
izer for the Illinois Equal Suffrage
Association, said the magistrate was
quite right, but that he should have
sent the ObsteperOus Mr.. Rupp to jail.
''Mr. RUpp was trying to prove that
his supper was of more importance
than the future welfare of millions
of women" said Miss Branstatter.
''This wOman-his Wife-gave eigh-
teen years of her life as a domestic
servant while she bore and reared his
five children. At the end of that per-
iod of servitude she certainly had the
right to join a movement that would
aid those five children in escaping a
similar fate"
Cincinnati, o. Suffragists and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-12-24
HAYWOOD
FOLK WILL
CELEBRATE

East Side residents who are members
of the haywood colony are looking for
ward to a big time tomorrow, as ac-
cording to an established custom the
WHOLE neighborhood celebrates Christ
mas day from one big family. All
formaIity is laid aside and everybody
enters into the spirit of the occason.
From every home somebody joins the
club composed Of men, wom-
en- and children which visits every
home in the colony. At each place a
short program is carried out. As a
rule the head of the family is roasted
and the lady of the house is toasted.
She brings forth some delicious bakery
or some sweet meat which has been
specially prepared for the occasion and
treats the crowd. Everybody takes a
look at the presents this part of the
program being accompanied by suitable
comments on their uses and value for
the particular owner. A song winds
up the visit and the marching club is
off to the next place The days pro-
gram begins about eight o'clock and
will wind up with a visit to Homewood
for call at the home of o. d. Apple
yard on Detroit and ]. K. Stinson, both
of their families having been former
members of the haywood colony.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-12-24
Who Will Help Them?

If there is only one family in Ham
mond tomorrow where Christmas is q
failure that single exception will be
the household at 56e Ames avenue.
1t is poverty stark. awful and bleak
In a neighborhood Of unfriendly for
eigners this family which has known
better days is helpless to aid itself.
sickness. misfortune and unusual ad
versity have caused the plight. Three
attractive children are suffering the
pangs of hunger. the husband and
father is i'll, and the mother broken
hearted.
Who will take the spirit of Christ
mas to 5e6 Ames avenue and make
happy those who would otherwise be
miserable on tomorrow, the birthday
OF the Christ?
THE TIMES has Investigated the case
and the family is worthy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-12-24
RACE TRACK CASE
IS NEARING END
Sheetz and Hyams Proved to
Have no Connection With
Mineral Springs.

Rensselaer,. Ind. Dec. 24.-The Min
eral Springs race track case is nearing
an end and it seems quite probable that
1t will be through by Wednesday aft
ernoon, and that the numerous Lake
county lawyers and others will be able
to eat Christmas turkey at home and
not have 1t mixed with a discussion OF
lumber bills and jockey clubs.
The plaintiffs have devoted most
of their time to trying. to establish the
existence of a partnership, while the
defendants have sought to show that
instead OF a partnership the jockey
club was corporation, chartered in
South Dakota a number of rulings of
the court have seemed favorable to the
plaintiffs case and when at the con-
clusion of the plaintiffs testimony the
defendants moved to dismiss the case.
Judge Hanley ruled against the mo-
ton. He also ruled out this charter of
incorporation.
w. ]. Sheetz, of Gary. and H. A.
Hyams. of Indiana Harbor. were dis
missed as defendants. the plaintiff s
having failed to show that they were
in any manner connected with the al
legged partnership.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-12-24
Christmas Dips.

One man, James Collins proprietor of
the Collins bar. was frsked by dips
who yesterday undertook to work the
jam at the Hammond postoffice His
loss was something like IS, he is not
exactly sure of the amount.
One Hammond couple waited for over
two hours the other evening to mail
Christmas parcels at the postoffice.
Finally they intrusted their gifts to
one other in line
There has never in history been any
thing to compare with the rush this
season. The parcel post being less ex-
pensive it is patronized literally. The
force at the Hammond office is going
at capacity all day long.
There are tons of mail stacked in the
postoffice today and it would seem
that the current which is to sweep it
along through the mails would be
damned. But by dint OF Tong hours and
killing work the force is able TO handle
1t.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-12-24
DENOUNCE PRACTICE
OF CARELESS AUTO|STS

Mortimer Gates. federal employe at
the Hammond Distillery who was hit
by the Wuenschel bakery auto Mon
day while alighting from a street car
on Calumet avenue, Is still under the
Doctors care.
Incensed at the action of number
of Hammond autotists who disregard
the law regarding stopping at sreet in
tersections when street cars stop to
AXE on and let off passengers, Hammond
people may unite to protect against the
criminal carelessness of autoists. The
police have the names of several Of
tenders whom they will arrest and pros
ecute at the next offense Some of
Hammonds best known citizens are
guilty of this infraction of the ordi-
nances of the city. Mr.. Gates would
not have been injured had the driver
of the Wuenschel auto stopped instead
of passing the standing street car.