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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
AUGUSTA WOMAN
IS SHOT BY HUSBAND
DEC. Is; ENFIELD, N. H.
Mrs. Walter Laramie, One of
Victims of Double Shooting,
Daughter of w. H. Austin of
This City

William II. Austin of the Thomaston
road left on the Saturday night Pullman
for Enfield. N. H.. in response to a tele-
gram received at o'clock that afternoon
and which stated that his daughter, An
mabel Laramie and her husband, Walter
D. Laramie, has been shot and were at
hospital in a dangerous condition. No
further particulars were given in the
telegram Mrs. Laramie, who is 10
years of age and has two children, visit
ed her father last spring in this city.
The Boston Sunday Globe contained the
following particulars of the shooting:
Enfield Center, N. H, Dec. 26.-walter
D. Laramie. aged "a, last night shot his
wife Annabel. aged 10, and then turned
the revolver on himself, infiicting a bad
wound in his head. Both are in a crit
ical condition. They were taken to the
Mary Hitchcock hospital this morning.
where it is said their recovery is doubt
full.
Laramie's condition is worse than that
of his wife, and in order to extract the
bullet, which lodged near his eye, it was
necessary to remove the eye.
The affair is the outcome of a quarrel.
Laramie and his wife have been living
apart for the past month. Mrs. Laramie
was employed in the American Wooden
Cos. mill in Enfield and came here to
spend Christmas. Her two children, aged
and years. were living with her pa
rents.
While she was here 1t is said that she
and Laramie made up and decided to live
together again. They left here early
last evening to drive to Enfield. When
near the home of Ned Gardner in
lonely part of the town. it is alleged that
Laramie pulled a revolver from his peck
ct and without warning fired two bullets
at his wife. both lodging in her head.
They drove directly back to their home
here and Mrs. Laramie was still con-
scious when she arrived.
As she was being taken into the house
Laramie stepped from the sleigh and.
taking the revolver from his coat pocket,
shot himself back of the right ear.
The thermometer being 80 below zero.
there were few people around the town
and few knew of the affair until this
morning when the officers arrived and
took the victims to HANOVER hospital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
The FertiIizins Rain.

Probably few students of agriculture
realize the fertilizing qualities Of trop-
ical rains In the Annales de Geogra-
phie M. Guillaume Capus. who has
chemically studied the effects of rainy
weather in French Indo China, says
that lightning produces large amounts
of nitric acid. In the thirteen districts
of the Tonkin delta of Indo- China,
where thunderstorms are frequent, Nj.
Capus asserts that the lightning an
nually produces an amount OF atmos-
pheric nitrogen equivalent to 1913
tons Of nitrate of soda, or 1850 tons
of sulphate of ammonia. the value of
which is nearly .S2Q.Q0QQQQ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
WINFIELD BROWN CAN
DIDATE u. S. DIST. ATTY

Winfield s. Brown of Mars Hill. who
was a visitor in town Saturday, is
candidate for the now vacant once Oh
United States district attorney TOT
Maine. Mr. Brown has long been prom
inent in the ranks of Aroostook Demo-
Gratis and has given considerable ell
fort To the Democratic program IN
that county in various campaigns. he
is well known as an able attorney ana
this fact is attested by the signatures
obtained in Augusta to petition 10
tho President for the nomination. inc
petition. which is signed by members
of the bar only, Is signed by score
or more of Augusta lawyers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
SEVERE RHEUMATIC
PAINS DISAPPEAR

Rheumatism depends on an acid
which flows in the blood. affecting the
muscles and joints, producing infiam-
nation. stiffness and pain. This acid
gets into the blood through some de-
feet in the digestive processes, and
remains there because the liver, kid
neys and skin are too torpid to carry
it off.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the old-time
blood tonic. is very successful in the
treatment of rheumatism 1t acts
directly, with purifying effect, on the
blood, and through the blood on the
liver, kidneys and skin, which 1t slim
ulates, and at the same time 1t i'm
proves the digestion.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla today. Sold
by all druggists.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
DIED.
CUMBERLAND

CUMBERLAND.
Portland-,Dec %. William ]. Silk. aged
46 years; Dec. ., Florence NJ McLewin,
aged 10 years,'3 months, 6 days; Dec. %.
Frederick w. Brice, aged IS years,
month; Lottie NJ. Lombard. aged 81
years.
Gorham, Dec. "a, Josiah E. Libby, aged
Sc years.
OXFORD
Canton-Dec II, Mrs. Lydia T. Walker,
aged So years.
Oxford-Dec. IA, Mrs. Marshall Gibbs
aged 81 years.
KNOX.
Rockland-Dec. %, William NJ. Webster
aged "a years.
PENOBSCOT.
Bangor-Dec. 20, Martin Patterson
aged SO years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Getch-
ell, Chelsea, was the scene of happy
gathering Friday The following guests
assembled for the Christmas dinner: Mr.
and Mrs William Getchell and son Will
liam, being the parents and brother of
John Getchell: Mrs. Carrie Raynes,
mother of Mrs. John Getehell; Mrs. Me-
lissa Chase, sister of Mrs. John Getchell,
and her two daughters, Elizabeth and
Catherine. The day was passed very
pleasantly by all and will long be re-
membered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

An unusually pretty wedding oc-
CURED on Christmas eve at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Hoxie,
clinton. when their daughter, Fern
I.eola. was united in marriage with
walter Rudolph Webendorfer of Pitts
field.
The home was beautifully decorated
with evergreen. ferns and potted
nlants Festoons Of evergreen formed
ana arch from which was suspended
a wedding bell of white, beneath which
the Young couple stood while Rev.
Herbert F. Milligan of Brown Memo
rial .Mathndist Episcopal church. per.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Elias McQuaid, who is very well known
in this city, has been named as assist
ant secretary to Governor David l.
Walsh of Massachusetts, and will enter
upon his duties the first of the coming
year. Mr.. McQuaid is a former member
of the staff of the Boston American and
during the campaign of 1910 followed ex-
Governor Frederick w. Plaisted in his
tour of the State. He is an old-time
telegraph operator and years ago worked
in Boston with Stephen j Hegarty of
this city and Charles O'Brien of Halo
we'll, both of whom are former manipu-
lators of the key and switchboard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
SPECIAL DISPENSATION
ON FISH DURING LENT

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Liverpool, Dec. 15.-The scarcity OF
fish because of mine laying operations
in the North Sea has reacted even in
Liverpool with the result that nsn Is
now so high priced that Archbishop
Whiteside has granted a. special DIS
pensation to the Catholics OF this do
cese relieving them from the duty OF
observing the two fast days a week
during the season Of the Advent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Trimmed hats reduced from 1915 to SIS,
now S.S7; trimmed hats reduced from
IS to s15. now s3.75 to $3.50: untrimmed
hats, real velvet, at SIC. to $3.50. All
trimmings at very low prices. Through
the remainder of December and January
a discount of from % per cent to SO 1-3
per cent. will be made on all Gossard
corsets-regular price $3.50 up, sold
either from stock or special orders. Mrs.
II. f. Prescott. 243 Water st. dee22dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Saturday morning was the morning
of the winter for low temperature and
tales of the cold were many The low
est temperature reported in the city
was 32 degrees below zero and other
reports were as follows: East Win
throp "a below; Riverside 81, and
Togus SO. Sunday, while still cold
failed to give any such figures. and
the lowest temperature reported was
Is below zero.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

aHose / of the fire department re-
sponded at BIS Saturday afternoon tas
still alarm due to a chimney fire
at the residence of Clarence H. Cram,
II Gage street but the trouble was
over before the team arrived. At go
Saturday evening the boys got another
call of the same kind, it being a Chin
ney fire at the house owned by VIII
Cole at 35 oxford street. Two chemi-
Gals were used.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
Samples Free by Mail

Dor pfmplW and blackheads the following
II most effective and economical treat
mont: Gently smear the affected parts with
Cut3cura Ointment on the end OF the finger,
but do not rub. Wash of the Cuticura Oint-
ment IN i've minutes with Cuticura Soap
end hot water ana continue bathing for
some minutes This treatment is best on
riding and retiring At other times use
Cuticurs Soap freely for the toilet and bath.
e anxjst in preventing Inflammation, irri-
tasion and ciogging Of the pores.
J Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment arc
cold eserywhere,s sample Of each with s2-p.
Skin Book viii be sent free upon request
Address: Cuticusa, Dept. 7. Boston:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Hard Catastrophe whose blood Is
pure are not nearly so likely to take
hard colds as are others. Hoods Sar-
saparilla makes the blood pure; and
this great medicine RECEIVERS the sys-
tenn after cold as no other medi-
cine does. Take Hoods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

In pimplee, very small and
looked as If small white seeds
were spilled all over my legs
and face. 1t burned and
itched so that scratched and
irritated it. My clothing made
1t worse and / could not sleep
many nights. For two months
] tried other remedies and they
didn't baIn mo THAI. MOD
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Capital Aerie, No. 1860, will hold
special meeting Monday Dec. %, at
the rooms 270 Water street. Impor-
tant business and all members re-
quested to be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. John Dyer of Bangor,
who had been passing the Christmas hol-
idays with Augusta relatives, left on the
Sunday morning train for Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
Gard of Thanks

Many thanks to the neishpors anu
the Augusta fire department LOT tne
prompt work in extinguishins the nre
at my house on the Bangor road.
f. S. CHENEY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
LOCAL BRIEFS

winfred S. Mcclellan, night clerk at
Hotel North, has returned from visit
at kennebunk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
Supper and Parish Meeting Tonight

All regular or occasional attendants
of the Penney Memorial church are
invited to the supper to be served by
the ladies at $50 tonight in the dining
room of the church. This will be fol-
lowed by the annual meeting OF the
parish.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Stockholders
of the State Trust Company will be held
at their banking rooms, No. 252 Water
St. Augusta, Maine. on Tuesday, JAN
Iary 18th, 1915, at II o'clock A. III.
GEO. c. LIRRY- Clark
dec2Smnn2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
MARRIED..
SAGADAHOC


Bath-Dec. "a. Raymond Il. Haley and
Deira F. Fletcher: Dec. %. Silas W.
Owen and Mrs. Clara E. Colson.
OXFORD. p
West Paris-Dec, 49, Joseph A. Carter
and Amy Belle Cole.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

The condition of Charles w. Walker
who has been Iii at his home, AZ Child
street, for several weeks, is very crit
ical.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Edward E. Phlbrook of Waterville was
the guest Sunday of his brother. Judge
Warren c. Philbrook of this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Smythe Flynn of South Carolina is
passing a few days in the city as the
guest OF Miss Marion Smith, Gannett
street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
Chas. &. Chenax

Church organ tuner. will be at North
Hotel week Of Dec. IA. Orders left with
Mr.. Davis will receive prompt atten-
ton. dec10dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
COLONIAL PROGRAM.

1.-THE Million Dollar Mystery'-Grace
cunard and Francis Ford in Second
Episode of "My Lady Raffles" Series
u. Warrenkerrigan in First Of
Terrence O'Rourke, Gentleman Ad-
venturer" Mutual WeekIy"-"Fat-
ty" Keystone, and Others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

soma Cuticura Soap an6 Ointment and they
afforded relief as soon as / bathed with the
Cuticura Soap and put the Cuticura ONT
meut on. In o week the trouble had COM
pletely disappeared" (Signed) Edward
r. Moscl, Jan. 81, 1914.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
LOCAL NOTICE

Nurse with 3h years hospital ex-
perience. Marie Sirois, IS Water
street. dec28d2ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL
r telephone 1856

Cards of thanks, obituary notices, res
olutions of respect, etc, will De
charged at the rate of ten cents per
line. No charge less than rs cents
Subscribers who fail to receive the
Journal promptly will confer favor
by notifying the office Immediately
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
IVY PO|SUN IN
HANDS FACE, LEGS
In Pimples. Started to Spread.
Burned, ltehed and lrritated.
Could Not Sleep Many Nights.
Used Cuticura Soap and 0int-
ment. Trouble Disappeared.

20 Ridgewood St.. Waterbury. Conn.,
81 got poison ivy on my hands. face and
legs and 1t started to spread. 1t broke out
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
FLOWERS For os,. n,..'

Orders telegraphed to all parts of the
Country. Decorations our Speciality
Phone day or night BLEW Portland
decSdlYr BERTHA r. LOUGEEI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28

Monday, December %, 1914.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
All Kinds Of Grief
Of a Crouch

keep up that practice without losing by
1t. I've known Mr.. Curfew to spend ten
cents IN one evening while among his
crOnles at the store, and he knew at the
time that l was stTGining every nerve to
save up enough money to buy a new ell
bow Tor the stOVepipe. the old one being
full OF holes, and filling the kitchen
with smoke and SCOT. 1 don't want a
man to be stingy with his money bu.
the idea of spending ten cents at one
time, and having nothing to show for it
but a bad breath, is carrying eXtrava-
gance too far
so 1 was glad when Mr. Curfew
seemed enchanted with the photograph.
We had eleven records, representing the
folk songs of many nations, including
the Chinese and EskimOs. The machine
had peculiarly loud and piercing tone,
and pretty soon the neighbors began
treating me with GOODNESS. Mrs. TUrpen-
tine, who had been over every Tuesday
for four years to borrow my sad irons.
didn't show up any more, and when I
met Mrs. Climax and remarked that it
was a beautiful morning, she Just
glared at me as though she suspected
me of having poisoned her AngOTa cat.
1 couldn't imagine what I had done to
get nv neighbOrs down on me, and was
in great distress.
Chen one evening Mr.. Curfew sat
playing his favOTite record, a Chinese bal
lad, over and over. 1t did seem that he
couldn't get enough of that record. He'd
play it by the hour, and l must say 1
used to get tired of it, as 1t reminded me
of q scene in a dentists waiting room,
when YOU hear the patient IN the Operat-
ing chair yelling for mercy. ! have no
doubt the Chinese are great musicians
but my musical education was neglected
when / was Young and l am not capa
bic of approaching it. Well, Mr.. Cur
few was PLAYING the Chinese record for
the eighth time. when q chunk of blum
nous coal, weighing about nine pounds,
came through the window from the outer
darkness, and caught him IN the side.
lie rolled around over the floor howl
ing for the police. and the photograph
went on shrieling bloody murder IN the
Chinese language, and such riot you
never heard
The neighbOTs came rushing IN TO
see what sort of a menagerie it was,
and when they learned the facts they
said it served us Just right: 1t was a
dlspcnsatiOn of Providence, they SAID. 1t
restored their confidence IN the theory
of eternal Justice. They had long been
wondering if we'd be permitted to tor
ture the ueighborhood with our old tin
monograph forever.
"Then my eyes were opened to the
truth, and I undcrstoon why the neigh
Dor women had been looking at me as
though l had stolen their washmgs of
the line. I'd rather have the good Will OF
my neighbors than all the classic music
the Chinese composers ever produced, SO
/ took that machine out in the yard
where everybody could see what L was
doing, and smashed it into small frag-
ments with the ak, and the very next
day I was invited to tea at Mrs NT-
tues-an honor few women in this end
of town can boast of.
$50 let me see you make yourself
scarce. mister, for, having no .Phonographl
records, I don't need a cabinet to put
them M
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

swinging its feet on a double rainbow.
After a man has been eloquent for
few years, he usually goes into politics
and runs for office. Dense throngs turn
out to hear him speak and as he de-
scribes the nobility of character which
leads his party to ignore its own in
terests and produce bumper crops when
it Is out of power the welkin rings like
a fire bell and his friends beg him to
get off the legislative ticket and run
for president.
After the same man has served the
people for a few years, he comes back
TOr reelection and takes out a stock OF
words which sound like the battle cry of
freedom with a smile of confidence. But
at this point, he usually runs up against
something that Is seventeen times more
eloquent than he is. 1t Is his record. His
record doesn't get on a platform and
wave its arms. 1t keeps quiet IN fourteen
languages, but oh how eloquent it Is
A good many times a quiet little record
only a few lines long viii not only out
argue its owner, but will chase him out
of town.
In the old days when a convention
would look up a record in the lumber
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

TLOQUENCE is the art of arranging
II words to look like pictures. When
- a man Is eloquent, he is as danger
GUS as if he were armed with a large
club. He captures states and cities by
firing large reverberatiDg words instead
Of cannon balls at them and turns MUIR
derers and chicken thieves loose upon
an unfortunate world by making strong
men weep until the jury bOv has to be
bailed out as he tells how badly the pTis-
oner's family viii feel if he isn't given
another crack at society.
An eloquent man can say Good
morning in a way that would sprOUt
orange trees in Dakota and can cause
an audience to rise to its feet and shout
wildly by describing the principles of
dry farming. All over the world men
willingly endure the horrors of banquets
in order to listen afteTward to. speakers
who can say nothing in sue ha manner
as to make it sound like a celestial choir
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

of some model homes for our WOrkmen
We are making them of concrete and
they are much more sanitary than the
ordinary dwelling"
Does Peru want immigratiOn?' I
asked.
Labor Is Too Plentiful.
yes" replied the president, but not
such immigration as is going to take
away the work from its own people.
Our Asiatic labor has not proved to be
a success The Chinese do not work,
and the japanese are too independent
and they want to work for themselves
Just now we have more labor than we
can use right here in Lima, and our
people are going to Chile. L should like
to see them stay here, and with the in
PRODUCTION of foreign capital we ought
to have plenty of work for every one
in Peru. The labOring classes Of the
high Andes are efficient, and even the
wild indians make excellent hands
what are the relations Of Peru to
the United StateS2" I asked.
They are of the very best nature"
replied the president. and be believe
that the friendship of the two countries
will grow closer and closer. You are
rich in money, and we are rich in mines
and lands We can help each other"
The ordinary cosS OF Want Ad in
The Ell PasO Herald is % cents. It
reaches an average of about $1,000
readers es en- issue.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

Copyright 1914. by Frank G. Carpen-
teri
INA, Peru, March IL had a long
chat with senior GuIuermo Bill
IL unghurst, the president Of the
Peruvian republic, before the recent
revolt which caused the presidents I'M
prisonment and exile. The natlohdi
palace stands on the plaza Mayor, at
right angles to the great caJheQLaI
that was found by Pizarro IN 1902
The palace itself was built about the
same time, and il has all the features
Of fine Spanish architecture Of the days
Of Columbus. 1t covers WhOIe CITY
block, and its ground floor area musI
be six or eight acres. II mas Two
stories and it consists Of large rooms
with wide marble starWayS leading 10
the second floor. The bulldlng runs
around patiOs, and in these are royaI
palms and tropical flowers On my
Wav in I was shown Ilg tree LndL
was planted by PizarrO. 1t is more
than 500 years old and Is still bearing
fruit
NV audience with the president was
arranged by the American minister 10
Peru Benton McAIillin, and we went TO
the De ace together. Passing the SOL
diers at the entrance, we walked
through the hall in which Plzarro was
killed, and assembled a marble stairway
to the second floor.
President BuIinghurst told me that
he was elected without applying Tor
the office He did not want to be
president and was about to retire from
active business His support was so
strong, however, that he was induced
TO head the presidential ticket and
he was putting In IA hours OF nara
labor each day in serving his country.
He was a progressive president ana
had under way reforms which IN
cIuded the building up Of the national
credit and the development Of Peru
along modern lines.
Peru is Too Greatly Coveted.
President Billinghurst said:
zone of the great troubles Of Peru
is that it is coveted by the countries
about her. We have an enormous ter
ritOry. Our country is One-sixth the
size of all Europe, and parts Of it are
exceedingly rich. We have about US
smaller countries, the most of which
look with longing eyes upon our pos
sessions.
I'VE are, in fact in the same posi-
ton as the rich man versus the poor
man. The rich man has many law