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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
In the act of replying. Arnold snee.ed

In the act Of replying. Arnold sneesed
thrice.
.Catarrn." charged Gracia. you take
cold easily. and probably have a spell
Of tonsilftis every winter,
Certainly not. I-ouch!" He grabbed
his knee and bent over in q paroxysm
OF pain.
'Rheumatism!''
1T isn't" he protested. II slipped
and wrenched it,"
Gracia shook her head inexorably.
OF course. I love and trust you, but
must have a healthy husband"
But. Gracia, dearest"
Take me home.''
At the cold flnalfty Of her tones he
buried his face in his hands. 0racia
began to weep softly.
After ages and ages
Arnold" vcntured a quavery voice.
do you love me?''
do" he fervently affirmed. but I
haven't much confidence in your fam
lily physician's statements, He's biased. ;,
That's just the way It is with me.
I'd die for you and I'm sure DR.. Suuflls
would lie for you"
More silence.
Arnold. dear?''
Yes, love-
Instead OF taking me home. let's 10
70 disinterested doctor, ana then to
the parsons. f.
Dariinzs' Love Holiday in
Ldppincott's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
SECOND BANQUET.
Democrats Count ON John Burke rs =
Speaker.

With the assurance that John
Burke, former governor OF North Da-
kota and now treasurer of the United
States. will come to Topeka February
%, plans for the second Democratic
banquet Of the year are virtually COM
pleted. Burke will be the toplfner at
the February dinner and speeches will
also be made by United States Senator
william H. Thompson and five Demo-
cratic congressman from Kansas.
1t has been announced that Burke
will stop In Lawrence ON his way to
Topeka and will speak to the student
body at Kansas university. He will
make but two speeches In this state.
The former North Dakota governors
intimate association with the national
Democratic administration has made
Burke . national character and It is
believed that he win prove q big at
traction at the February banquet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
JOB TO kANGEISER.
Rumor Of F.. HI. Adams Successor as
Shop Extension Engineer.

It Is rumored in Topeka railroad cir
cles today that Paul Kangeiser. chief
clerk to the engineer of shop extension
at the Santa Fe motive power offices
here. is to be made chief of the office
upon the resignation of F. II. Adams.
Mr.. Adams has accepted a position
with the interstate commerce commits
sion in the valuation work OF the west
ern district at Kansas City.
Kangeiser has been chief clerk In
the office of F. III. Adams since the
latter was brought to Topeka from the
Gulf lines of the Santa Fe to take
charge of shop extension work. He is
q competent and experienced railway
man and has had many years OF ex-
perience in the work outlined by the
office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
EUROPE BLIZZARD SWEPT.
Most Severe Weather in Generatio
Prevails on the Continent.

Most Severe Weather In Generation
Prevails on the Continent.
Paris, Jan. 12.-Central Europe is
experiencing the most severe winter in
a generation The billiards. Of q fort
night ago, after abating somewhat.
seem to have returned with renewed
vigor In eastern Russia $50 deaths
from cold are officially reported and
stories of peasants devoured by wolves
are numerous. st. Petersburg is in
the grip of a three-foot snowfall with
communication almost cut on and
food supplies low.
In Bavaria and Alsace Lorraine
heavy snow storms have blocked rail-
road traffic and wrecked wires. Along
the low lying Rhine villages, watch
men are posted at various points to
warn the people whenever the flooded
waters reach the danger point In
Switzerland snow has been falling
since Friday.
floods is regarded as serious. Lake
Constance is approaching flood level.
In Belgium the floods are receding but
the snowfall continues and a sudden
drop in temperature would mean fur
Their flood loss. The damage in the
flooded districts is already enormous
and will require months to repair.
The foundations Of hundreds Of
houses are undermined. roads are
washed away, factories are filled with
mud and costly machinery ruined.
The condition of thousands Of home
less peasants has been made precari-
GUS by the blizzard.
In southern England the tempera-
ture dropped suddenly this week close
to freezing. Along the coast the
weather Is foggy and cold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
ELOPE|AEnT IN EUeENIC AGE
kissing Screens and ~Lung Tests''
Part Of Scientific Wo0ing.

'Oh, my heart il fluttering so?" cried
Gracia. as she reached the foot Of the
ladder. and Arnold's outstretched arms.
and listened. Appears to be a lealIy
valve" he gravely reported. You told
me you were perfectly sound.
''Dr. Ippykak said that was" de-
Tended Gracia.
Silently Arnold helped her into the
car.
did you bring your kissing screen?''
he asked, wrapping the robes around
her. IT forgot mine"
$3.50 did IT, she faltered nisera-
bly,.
.would you mind IL I borrowed the
chapneur's?''
'Arnold!" she calculated. horrined.
And he relapsed into taciturnity UNI
til
What does that cough mear-asthma
or weak lungs7''
IT swallowed q bug" she meelkly ex-
planned.
How did you happen to have your
mouth openr he demanded Have
you adenoids 20
Il was starting to tell you that ]
bly,. She was growing angry.
Smitten by contrition. he put his arm
about her-and discovered that she
was shaking violently.
Got chill?'' he questioned SUSPECT
ously. II didn't know you were subject
to malaria
! 'I'm not" she sobbed. Riding be-
side an ice man in TIM cold wind Il
enough to give anybody q chill"
The certificate Of your neurologist
stated specifically that You were NOT
historical. and here you are &C
cused Arnold.
Nor am l." InwardIy raging. but
ottwardly composed. she withdrew
from his embrace. Perhaps We had
better call this on? 20
Don't. 0FAcia," he begged Il didn't
mean that. But you know Z fellow
can't be too careful I'm choosing wife
these days.
Presently 0racia's turn came
What did you put In your mouth
just thenf she Quex1ed.
Sum-.
eLet me rec that bottle"
CoFpered. he confesed. TT was =
liver tAblet-fof Z touch o. bf1iousness-' =
All! Str1Doo TIT yuur aoeepse cef-
|ttdAte 0f1nt = - nSlr z6G -. = &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12

Art Requires Tha& Flint BE Patiently
Clipped, Flake by Flake.

Not all Indians can make arrow
heads. This art was the special func-
ton of the older and more skillful men,
lsht seems to nave been closely ASSOC
ciated with the medicine man of his
tribe; besides the usual customs, he pre-
serves many Of the more highly de-
veloped arts and crafts
In the manufacture OF arrow heads
flint and 'obsidian were used by the
Yanas.
Obsidian IL volcanic glass, occurring
in parts of California in the shape OF
dark prague powders Of small size.
When spIintered either by stone mallets
or by another rock 1t appears as
brownish or dark gray glass, uneven In
color.
Ishi breaks these powders BY hitting
them with another rock. Having OBJ
tanned fragments varying from Z to 4
Inches long. I to IL inches wide. and
shout q quarter of an inch thick, he II
prepared to Make his haka or heads.
The first flakes are large and freely
made. calculating to give by wide
transverse lines OF cleavage, and to e.
tablish the fundamental outlines Of the
point. Later these flakes are smaller
and more like finishing touches. The
tool he now uses IL not horn but iron
or soft steel
Smaller tools are made Of wire nails
driven into wooden handles 6 inches
long. These are flled to q nat rounded
driver.
In working me obsidian this edge is
held vertical to the stone and the
shaft of the taking tool in the plane
OF the left palm. Apparently the soft
metal permits the glass to make a
small dent in 1t which engages the two
and allows pressure being applied to
Tn fSc AsIr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
MAY Kill II.
That Ordinance Making Mayor
Purchasing Agent.
Commissioners Refer to It Is
Resurrection Of Power.

s The ordinance making the mayor
Of the city the cfty's purchasing agent
will probably be repealed. At meet
ing Of the city commission today, Com
missioner William Porter made mo-
ton that the city attorney draft an
ordinance repeating ordinance No.
z752, the ordinance in question. All
voted in favor of Porter's motion ex-
cept Mayor Cofran. who voter against
Although the ordinance has been in
existence since 1907, it has been in
force only few months. In making
his motion Commissioner Porter re-
fcrred to it,, as the recently resur-
summer an ordinance was framed
creating the office Of city purchasing
agent. 1t met opposition from Com
missioner Porter and was dropped
without being put to vote OF the
But in dropping the new ordinance.
Mayor Cofran resurrected the old
ordinance which makes him purchas-
ing agent and served notice that it
would be enforced. and since that time
all the commissioners have had to go
to Mayor Cofran and get his o. K for
the purchase of anything for the city
not specifically provided for by other
ordinances. The action today indi-
to the members of the commission.
but that it is agreeable to Mayor Cof-
ran.
Under the ordinance as it now exists,
the mayor has quite whip-hand
over the other commissioners, and ap-
parently the commissioners have de-
cided to take this power away from
him.
The ordinance provides that written
requisitions for all goods and materials
for each month must be made by the
heads Of departments on the mayor
at the the first of each month. and
reads in part as follows:
1.-The mayor, upon receipt OF such
reQuisitiOn, If he deem 1t advisable,
must endorse his approval upon the
same and shall dispose of such reQui-
sition as follows: He may. upon COM
petitive bid, purchase the goods at
the lowest cash price, subject to any
agreed cash discount; or he may turn
the reQuisition over to the city clerk.
with instructions to purchase on COM
petitive bid, at lowest cash price, sub
ject to any agreed cash discount, or
he may return the requisition to the
Office or head of department, MAX
ing the same, with instructions to
purchase at the lowest competitive
cash prize, subject to any agreed dis
counts; provided that all acquisitions
contemplating large expenditures.
shall be referred by the mayor to the
council for disposition. and no officer
or head of department shall purchase
any goods or materials Of any kind
whatsoever for the use of the city,
until he shall have on file in his Of
flee a requisition in writing duly ap-
proved by the mayor as his authority
for such act"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
WEATHER IS COLD.
Continued from Page one.)

CONTINUED from Page One.)
northern parts Of Nebraska and a lit
tie warmer in the southern portion.
Tho weather Is fair with little wind.
Des Moines, Jan. ia drop Of
nearly 80 degrees in temperature was
recorded through central Iowa today.
In Des Moines the thermometer stood
at Is above zero early today.
Burlington reported above zero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
BIRTHS REPORTED.

The following births were reported
70 the ONCE OF the city clerk today:
III. J. Lange and wife. r. r.. No. &.
Jan. 10. girl
Frank J. Collins and wife. so7 Or
chard street. Jan. I. girl.
Frank J. Collins and wife, 2Is Lake
street, Jan. 8. boy.
Oliver 8. Price and wife, s21 Mad
ison street. ian. Z. boy.
n. Il F1uke and wife. Soldier, Dec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12

$4,000 Red Fox Collar for. $1,000
$500 Fox and Persian Lamb
Combination Collar $3.50
$500 Genuine Black Lynx
$500 SSs5ae genuine mini. 6:i,:. ~ ~ =
5000 Genuine MIN Collar 436.o
$1,000 Genuine Mink Collar 4lo.o0
$500 Genuine Mink Collar o4o.Oo
$4,000 Genuine Mink Collar 4oG.oO
$11S.0O Genuine MIX Collar $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
Some Of the Fur Sets

$4,000 Bulgarian Lynx Set $3.50
$4,000 Mole and Seal COM
binatiOn Set 5000
$4,000 Russian Lynx Set. $500
$65.OO Japanese Cross Fox
Set $4,000
$1,000 Combination Hudson
Seal and Ring-Tail Set. $500
$1,000 Civet Cat Set for. $4,000
$1,000 Natural Cross Fox
Set -. -. $4,000
$500 reverse bort1ered Seal
ser .$4S.OO
$500 Natural Sable Fox
SET .$SO.OO
$500 Australian Opossum
Set $4,000
$4,000 plain Hudson Seal
SET $0O.UO
10000 Black Fox Set for $55. 90
$125.OO Genuine Brown Mar
ten Set $500
4185.OO Combination Hudson
Seal and Skunk Set. $1,000
$4,000 Hudson SoSl Set
with Squirrel Border. .$125.OO
$275.OO Genuine Hudson Seal
and Mole Comb. Set. $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
In the Second Place

These are all dependable furs Of
unquestioned style and quality
our own regular stock, ranging
from the least expensive to the
splendid furs from the famous
house of Revillon Freres. The
range includes every staple and
novelty kind and style.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
ON TO MEXICO.

CONTINUED from Page one.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12

Originally priced up to $2s.76-
including Arabian lamb, boucle,
heavy warm cloth (some Wooltex
and Printzess) and handsome plush
coats with large shawl collar and
ornamental fastening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-12
In the First Place

We have too many furs, having
bought anticipating the usual
fur weather during the earlier
part of the and we are
going to lose money now to re-
duce the stocks to the least
quantities in the shortest time.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13

lNDI\NAPOLIS Aug y Thc
League of 1914 an Organization Of
Communications. was completed
here today FOR the dual object Of
obtaining fair presentation in the
press of facts I'm connection with the
terrible war now raging in Europe
and Of obtaining funds to be used in
helping the sufferers living in Ger
many"
John Frnz,l banker. was elect
cd president and the charter members
include many OF the wel,thiest and
most prominent citizens Of Indian
apohs II is proposed 10 make the
membership - large and Widespread
as possible.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13

DTrAWR, Aug az. Canada has
cancelled licenses to- private wireless
s.|uons. Do Wgs .>p'JiuCd that mts-
~'f,s were being sent which the mil
ii..N authorities do not want over
",trd Holden. OF private wireless
llut licenses have been ordered TO
d.mantlc their Stations.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 Proposed
new proportional class and commodity
rates ON freight To- and from Aussis-
-lppi river crossings, held up since
last April pending investigations again
were suspended by the Interstate
Commerce Commission today until
February 10.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13

PROVIDENCE. r. J.. Aug. IL
Los Angeles and Washington toda,
were placed in nomination for the
1915 place at the International TYPO
graphical Union convention. The vote
Will be taken tomorrow.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13
Washington Buvs Rondrau

NTNNtATOLIS, Aur T. = Ho1ri
Rondoau, Minneapolis association out
fielder and catcher. was bought today
by the Washington Americans. In
exchange the local club will get four
players, as yet unauuouuccd.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13

FLklNS. ". Va. Aug ~. Gcprr.
NJ. Bowers of Martinshurg was today
nominated for congress hy Rcpuh-
Leans Of the Second West Virginia
district and convention here.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13

WINNIPEG Alp. H.. Ammunition
and unI,r, No being Skinned tn fbr
Pacific rOas. .n large Quantities. 4
special artillery train passed thruulh
tnD ,.g TODAY ol rout, to Naucul,,r
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-13

NEW YORK Aug 12.- Secretary
McAdoo today notified the North
American Grain Export association
that he would be- here Friday to dis
euss the problem OF shipping grain TO
Europe
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-19

Few towns of this size have the distinction
of appearing on the AlkaheSt Chautauqua and
Festival Circuit, and you may rest assured that
no town in the whole south will have better
ChautauQua than Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-19

Miss Halle Elaine GassaWaY,
the great reader, who isnot only charming
but positively inspiring.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-19

Regarded as one Of the most finished musical or
ganizations in America, and other things both in
teresting and entertaining.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-22
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

WHEREAS, Mary Tobey Holt Of Nor
ridgewock in the County of Somerset
and State of Maine, by her mortgage
deed dated September Ii, 1918, ana
recorded in Somerset County Registry
Of Deeds, Book S19. Page IS, conveyed
tn John T. TAYLOR n certain lot or par
eel OF land with the buildings thereon
situated in said Norridgewock bound
ed and described as follows to-wit: be
Ing situated on both sides of the road
leading from Norridgewock TO Larone'
- called. bounded on the Northwest
hv land owned or occupied by William
Il curtis and by land of Frank Peavey
on the Northeast by the back road
leading from the white school house
So called. to said Laroue; on the South-
east by land of Ellis II. TobeN ana on
the Southwest by land occupied pY
Joseph Berry and land occupied ny
Chester Sheaff. containing one hundred
Nifty acres. more or less. which SAID
mortgage was duly assigned by the said
John T. Taylor To the undersigned by
assignment dated March 9, 1914 ana
recorded in said Registry Book IA.
Fake 252; and
WHEREAS. the condition Of said
mortgage has been broken NOW
THEREFORE, by reason of the breach
~ the condition thereof | claim fore
closure of said mortgage.
Dated at Skowhegau, Maine. October
- \. II. 1914.
RENA ARCHER TAYLOR,
BY Butler X Butler
sW4G Her attorneys duly authorized
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-22
Positive Proof
Should Convince the Greatest Skeptic
In SkOwbegan

Because it's the evidence of n SHOW
hogan citizen.
Testimony easily investigated
The strongest endorsement Of merit
The best proof Read II.
John B. Nuttine, 95 Mt. Pleasant
Ave, Skowhegan. says: 4 think that
Doan's Kidney Pills are the best Kid
ney remedy in the world. ! ee, them
AT Sampson & Azores Drue Store
when | was suffering from sidney
complaint My chief trouble VAS lack
of control over the kidney seoretions
| had taken other remedies. but they
had helped me only for the time being.
II was different with Doans Kidney
Pills. They rid me of the complaint
and made my kidneys normal have
recommended this remedy 10 many OF
my friends and acquaintance
Price soc. at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Ptlls-the same that
Mr.. Nutting had. Foster lburn
o.. Props. Buffalo. N. Y.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-22
IN BOSTON MARKETS

Quotations giveH here are strictly
wholesale and retailers must expect
to pay more for small lots:
Butter-NortherH creamery extras,
80 a 32l2c: western creamery extras
5ol2 a sic; western frsts, 2Sl2 a
291ac
Cheese-York state. fancy. l5l2 a
tic: fair to good l4l2a15c; Young
America. 1872 a l6c.
Eggs-Choice hennery and nearby
43a45c: eastern extras, $500,
western extras. 34a35c; western
prime frsts. 26a &c; western hrsts
24d25c. storage firsts. 2Sd FAC; stor-
age extras, 24hc.
Apples-Gravenstei 50 25G3 Dbl;
Mcintosh reds, 81 25Q3; wealthies
81. 5oa9 so; snow, 81 50d2 SO;
Harveys. N75a2 Baldwins s15o
a.: pippins, 81 5oa1.75; greetings
$1.5on1.75; sweet apples, sl.50q2.
Potatoes-s1d1.lo per o-bu Big:
sweet potatoes. 80 n . IS Dbl.
Ponltry--Northern fowl, 9012lc;
native broilers. 2o4elc: northern
roasting chickens. large, 24095c
mixed. lSal9c. turkeys. western
frozen. fancy. 23 Il sc. medium. IS
6f20c. native sQuah, 50 5od3; native
pigeons. Sl.75U2 doz. native green
ducks. l5ul6c: native green geese
lSu poe.
Live poultry-Fowl. 15d16c; roos-
tiers l1d12c: broiler chickens. "A
dl6c.
Hay and straw-HaS. choice,
y33. SO: No. l grade, s22. No. 2
grade, s2oG2l: No. 3 grade s161
16. so: stock hay. y15915 so; rye
straw, $16.50GlT; oat straw, Sill.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-22
Somerset Traction Co.
Winter Arrangement OF Cars
Effective Monday, September 2Sth, 1914
FROM sKOwHEGAN

FROM SKOWHEGAS
Leave Skowhegan-6O0. 100. 500
900. 100, a. NJ. 100. zoo $50 $40
Leave Lakewood-6sO 100, $50, $50,
Use A. NJ $50. 2'sO' 400 $50 NV
arrive In Madison-7OO, 500 500.
10 90, 1900 A. NJ. 200, 500. 4.So, 500
500 p. NJ
FROM MADISON
Leave Madison 90. 500 500, 1000.
a NJ. 1910. 400. $50, 500, 500, 500
Leave Lakewood-7.sO so. $50 9 so. 100,
\ NJ. 1885. go, 400. $50. $50 $40
Arrive in skowhegan-s.oo, SOC 1000.
extra Local Cars leave for Cold
Brook at 1910 n. M 1905. sos, soV
? m.
N G. r. r. TRAIN CONNECTIONS Eff
FECTIVE SEPTEMBER IS, 1914
Close connection with trains leaving
Skowhegan at sos. 1855 a. m, and "a
p m.
Also with Maine Central trains arriv-
ing at Skowhegan ut '.52, 1910 a, m
and 4.59 p. m
close connections with Maine Central
trains leaving Madison (going north AT
10 II a m. for Kineo and Az p. m. for
Bingham
close connections with Maine Central
trains leaving Madison (going south }
al 74S a. m. from Bingham and ls,es
noon from kineo.
SUNDAY CAR SCHEDULE
Cars leave Skowhegan for Madison Al
$50, $50, 1870 a m. 100, 200. $50. wv
100 p. m.
cars leave Madison for Skowhegan at
$50, 1880 n. M. 1880. 400, $50, 5.oo'
SOC, 500 p, m.
Special Cars Furnished at any Time
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-22
That Tired Feeling
Is Often Unnatural

An extra hard days work may tire
you. But if the close of every day
finds you worn and weary your sys-
TEN needs a TONIC.
Il. F. Atwo3d's Medicine taken
daily, drives away that tired feeling.
1t has helped New England folks earn
the name of being "dreless workers,
and Mrs. Browns letter tells why il
has become their fayorite tonic.
West Pennington, Me:
As my mother. Mrs. Smith, is writ
ing in praise of your Il. F. Atwood S
Medicine, l too, would like to tell you
that | think it one of the best house
hold remedies. | consider ii one OF
the best tonics on the market"
(Signed) Mrs. Ida Brown.
The Big Bottle costs only IS cents
Trial Bottle FREE
Il. F. MEDICINE CO, Portland, Me-
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ToWne's orchestra rendered selec-
tons from time TO time during the
evening in its usual agreeable manner
and part of the program was cornet
solos by Victor Robbins. The decor
ations of the dining room, which were
the work of Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Hack
EFT, Mrs. Briggs and Miss Lola Good
win and other public spirited ladies of
the town. were carried out in foliage,
which brought to the evenings festi-
vities the beauties of the Maine woods
IN its glorious autumnal season.
This gathering. probably the most
important ever held under the auspices
of the Skowhegan Board of Trade, ter
minated about midnight. All present
must have felt they were participating
in an event long to be remembered in
the industrial history of Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-22

new tariff can do. The American
market is the most tempting n the
world for the foreigner. He has tried
his best to break down the wall OF
protection in order to enter it, and lihe
the camel, after getting his head
through he has succeeded up to the
time that the present great war broke
out in getting most of his body
through. The war. by affecting the
WOODEN and worsted mills of Europe,
has given us, at least for the present,
protection. and l expect to see the
wooden industry of the country go
ahead now in a wholesome way, when
the monetary conditions of the coun-
try permit.