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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02

Martha Dunn
Margaret Durmann
Elva Dusschee
Mrs. Cora Eastman
Gladys Eckhart
Julia Eckhart
Mary Edelman
Esther J. Edwall
c. L. Edwards
Mollie Edwards
Bertha Edwards
Bessie Eggert
Edna Ellis
Mary Entrikin
Fannie Entrikin
Laura Esta brook
Gladys Correne Evan
Agnes Farrar
Anna FeaSter
Annie Ferguson
Charlotte FickenScheI
Georgia First
Mary Fitzpatrick
Gladys Ford
Susie Forgy
Jessie Frick
Louise Forsberg
Mabel FreiStat
Minnie Frederick
Ellen Freed
Edna Frels
CIarissa G.. Freeman
Cecilia Frey
Florence Frisk
Kathryn Fuhr
Mabel Fuhrmann
Bonnibell Fullmer
Ada Gage
Margaret Gamble
Annie Gillespie
Mrs. Kate Gleason
Ella Goldman
Jennie Graham
Anna Gran
May Grant
Maude Graham
Clara Grandiu
Iona Griffin
Nell Groh
Marie Hanson
Irene lakewood
Puma Haejele
Hazel Hays
Audrey Hays
Dora Hartz
Hope Hayes
Augusta Hellpenstell
Hazel Healy
Amanda Henderson
Lefty Henry
Nellie Hintermeister
Rhea Hinrickson
Gertrude Hickman
Josephine Holland
Ethel HOff
D. B. Hoffman
Alicia Hoover
Marion Hubbard
Maude Huesing
Lois Huber
Lydia Hult
Mary HuSs
Jennie Hull
Jessie Hunt
Winfred Huntoon
Gertrude Huston
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02
Teachers Registered at Rock Island County Institute

Florence Morrison
Gertrude Mumma
Edna Mumma
AIDA Muse
Lestine Musgroye
Maureen Murray
II. ID. Myers
Mabel Nelson
Myrtle Nelson
Cora Nelson
Hazel NeuhauS
Maude Newton
Dora Newton
Grace NoftSker
Mabel NyStrom
Ella O'Donnell
Margaret O'Donnell
Francis Ohlin
Bessie Olson
Esther Olson
Isadora Ostrom
Frances Oswald
Helen PAIL
Wilhelmine PAIL
Ross Palmer
Mae Palmquist
Amy Pascoe
Ethel Pearsall
Mary p merry
Dorothy Peterson
Ida Pearsall
Esther E. Peterson
Z. l.. Philbrook
Dorothy Peasants
Georgia Porter
Lucille Powell
Elsie Quaintance
Mary Quayle
Carrie NJ. Quick
Ella Ramp
Irma Rain
Bernice Resser
Ora Redman
Flora Repine
Clara Redecker
Grace Reeves
Mary Reeves
Ethel Reynolds
Ida Resch
Anna Rettig
Elnora Reynolds
Alice Ritzler
Hazel Robb
Rosina Roberts
Herbert Roe
Maude Robertson
Amy Robinson
Viola Ross
Lille Roth
Mary Ryan
Myrtle savage
Charlotte Schneider
Margaret Schaible
Anna Schwegler
Lucia Schaab
Marguerite Schlotfel
Mary Schafer
Ada Schoessel
Emma Seefeldt
Clara Sellmer
Gertrude Sellers
Eta Setterdahl
Daisy Simmon
Anna Simpson
Nellie Shreve
Lola Smutz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02

Fannie Inglis
Mildred Jackson
Ethel Jens
Mabel c. Johnson
Mabel z. Johnson
Grace V. Johnson
Lille E. Johnson
Anna Johnson
Esther Johnson
Ruth z. Johnston
Hazel Johnston
Phoebe Jones
katherine Julian
Elsie j. Kahlke
Nellie Kellerstrass
Maude Kellogg
c. w. kenworthy
Charlotte Kenworth!
Mary Kelly
Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Ruth Kinsey
Hannah Kniberg
Goldie Kneberg
Louise Kock
Marion Kock
Rose Kuehl
Dorothy Lambert
Mary Lannen
Mable Lauritzson
Bernice LIE Claire
Kathryn Leopold
Adelia Leonard
Sue c. Lee
Ruth Lennon
Mabel Levey
F. r. Liddil
Anna Long
Hazel Long
Estelle Long
Ruth Lowe
Mabel Lundberg
Henrietta Lutt
Erna Lundeen
Anne Lyford
Ida Lysell
Mary Mccarthy
Florence Mccarthy
Edna Mccarthy
Bertha Mcconnell
Hazel Mcconnell
Emily McCurdy
Ina McLundy
Julia McGinty
Marina Mclaughlin
Anna McQuaid
Francis MARBLE
Anne Marble
Mabel Martin
Elizabeth Martin
Minnie Martin
Julia Mallette
.Adah Martin
Jennie Martin
c. H. MaXson
Maude Medill
Emma Melin
Clara Meyer
Julia Melchoir
Ara Miller
Natalie Mirield
Ida NJ. Millett
Ella Mitchell
Edith Moody
Hattie Moore
Mary Moore
Marian Moore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02
occupied the first ten places we're as


INA sens OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 22,330
The merchants OF the block will
give three other prizes besides the
diamond ring. which goes to Miss
Barth, winner OF the contest. The other
prizes will 20 to the next three win.
ners, the first prize being S25 in trade.
will go to Miss Katherine Bra
bander. who finished in second place.
the third being S15 in trade which is
won by Miss Gertrude Lewis, and Miss
Elsie Hill will receive $40 in trade for
taking fourth place.
Crown Queen Sept. 10.
The big event of the year for the
merchants of the 1900 block will be the
browning of Miss Barth as queen of
the 1900 block. when ceremonies be-
fitting the occasion will be carried
out. Preceding the crowning OF the
queen. parade will be given in which
will be decorated automobiles. men,
bers of the police department. city Of
hcials. those who helped Miss Barth
win the contest. merchants of the
block and a 20-piece band, which will
be at the head OF the parade. Miss
Barth will ride in the leading auto.
chants last evening in the Rock Island
house to make plans for this big cele-
bration and they will meet again Fri
day evening TO complete their arrange
ments.
The best decorated automobile In
the parade on September 10 will draw
prize of $50 in cash. Other prizes
will also be given out for first and
second places.
Thanks Her Friends.
Miss Barth today expressed her
thanks to her friends in the following
statement:
To all my dear friends who so nobly
aided and assisted me in this contest:
As l cannot see you all personally.
take this means TO thank you for your
efforts on my behalf.
BESSIE BARTH."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02

He who follows two hares is sure tC
catch neither.-Old Saying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02

Lola Spaid
Gertrude Spickler
A. C. Stanton
Edward NJ. Starr
Anna Steen
John Stoddard
Helen Story
Mary Stoltenberg
Anna Sober
Elizabeth Stelck
Jennie Sturgeon
Mabel Sundehn
Irene Sundehn
Ruby Sundeen
Ellen Swan
Edith Swanson
Alice Swanson
Jennie Swanquist
Mary Tague
Jessie Thacher
Hilma Toline
Mabel Toney
Amelia Trenkenschuh
Lelah Underwood
Minnie Vogel
Jennie Wahlstrom
Marvel Walker
Eta Wakefield
Mable Warman
Grace Weatherhead
Louise Weatherhead
Justin Washburn
Alice Westberg
Ida Weed
Irma Wenks
Marie Whitney
Jessie Whiteside
Kathryn Wiley
Dacie Williams
Bessie Williams
Mary Wilson
Geneva Witter
Leonora Witherspoon
Margaret Wilson
Wilhelmina Wistrand
Shirley Willard
Jane Wilcox
Eleanor Wickstrom
Francis Virgins
Myra Wood
Grace Wood
Edna Woodhaver
Anna Wright
Helen Wray
Ruby Young
Esther Young
Gertrude Yohn
Louise Yeomans
Myron Yolton
Ethel Young
Nellie Zeigler
Dora Zeigler
Genevieve thinner
Olga Zude
Maude Mcdonald
o. B. Watson
S. P. Willet
Rose Holland
Sadie Adams
Christine Sundine
Frank o. Austin
Claudia Rice
A. Z. Williams
Signe Johnson
Matthew O'Connell
Ellin Nystrom
Lillian Schafer
c. E. Simmons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02
CITY CHAT
advertisements

(Advertisements.)
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
For express, call William Tretz
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Independent Express & Storage,
R. ]. $751;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02
Bats and Fans.

The ordinary folding fan was invent
ed in the seventh century by Jap
anese artist. who derived the idea
from watching bat closing its wings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-02
BESSIE BARTH is
WINNER OF RING
IN 1900 CONTEST
Secures More Than Twice the
Number of Votes of Her
Nearest Competitor.
MISS BRABANDER SECOND
uIss Gertrude Lewis Is Third-Public
Coronation of Queen Held
September 10.
THE wINN ERs

THE WINNERS.
Eirst-Miss Bessie 6arth.
secono-Miss Katherine 8rabander.
Third-Miss Gertrude Lewis.
Fourth-MiSs Elsie Hill.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
SHOOTING AT WOODLAND

A rather serious shooting affair took
place up near Woodlawn at the home
Of Mr.. W.P .Peloquin last Sunday after.
noon about2 O'Clock in which Mr.. Jim
Peloquin was shot by Mr.. Wlkin Bush.
nell.
A number of friends had gathered at
the home of Mr.. W.P.P eloquin for the
enjoyment of the Sunday afternoon.
Sometime later Wilkn Bushnell came
mp to the gate and called for Jim Pelo'
quin. The conversation between the two
men resulted in Bushnell drawing his
revolver and firing twice at Peloquin.
One shot took effect in the lower left
side just cutting the skin and the other
in the left shoulder.
MIR. Peloqnin is still at the home OF
his brother, W.P. Peloquin, and is said
to be in a serious condition. Bushnell
was carried to Jennings and lodged in
Jail to await the action of the courts.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
The Sins of the Father

The Sins of the Father" was pre-
sented before fair sized audience last
night at the Auditorium, The play deals
with matter of very great Importance
as it is related to the contact OF the
white and negro races, No doubt there
are few SINS more heinous than miSceg-
enation of the races and long trains of
disgrace and suffering no doubt often
follow these sins.
This writer however does not take
very kindly to this character of play on
the stage. We are in sympathy with the
purpose of the author but we believe
that the presentation on the stage falls
very far short of the purpose designed
by the author, and so far as we are con-
cerned we can hardly endorse the meth
cd adopted in the presentation on the
stage. ear, ..o;u
The characters last night filled Their
respective roles fairly well and from
an ar, istic standpoint the presentation
was I'D to the standard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
the CITIZENS OF WELSH

The city board of health calls your
attention to the existence Of an.
other case of scarlet fever in the
family Of Mr.. CbaS. L, Abel, and to the
existence Of measles all over town.
These diseases, if permitted to spread,
will cause untold uneasineSs and work
a hardship on many people, and more
especially on the school which, under
an epidemic of either would cause its
closing for an indefinite period.
We therefore urge every one who
feels indiSposed or sick to call in
physician Immediately SO as to mini
mize as mucn as possible the danger Of
spread of the disease.
The physician will inform the person
of the symptom OF the disease and what
methods to adopt to watch over ones
self in order to detect the malady so
that exposures may be prevented more
easily.
We also urge parents whose children
have been exposed, dire city or indirect.
ly, to please keep them at home until
such time as the period of infection is
passed.
| In the event Of sickness Of these
children physician should be called in
Immediately and strict isolation o. the
child from the rest of the family should
follow for period of eight or ten days
according 10 the physicians advice
After the attending physician has
pronounced the infection period over,
the hsuse should be thoroughly fuml.
gated under the direction Of the at.
tending physician.
Hoping you will realize what a
calamity it would prove to have gen
eral injection OF the town and that each
and every one will help us by adhering
to these simple requests.
We beg to remein,
Respectfully
CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.
Coffee and cake at the Busy Bee
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
Stock Sale

In this issue OF the Journal appears
an advertisement of a public sale Of
stock belonging to Mr.. Geo. w. CoSner
at his Prairie View Farm three miles
north of Welsh.
This bunch of stock by reference to
the list appearing N the advertisement
ought to draw big crowd to this sale.
Some Of the best Angus and Here.
ford Cattle to be found in any herd will
be offered also good lot Of young
mules etc.
The sale will be on Friday November
27tn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
For Sale

The Trustees of the Methodist Church
have decided to sell the part of the
Parsonage which escaped the fire and
will build a new parsonage. There is a
considerable amount of good lumber
left in fairy good condition in the old
building ana they announce that all the
lumber in the building is for sale. ANY
one interested may inquire of either,
Messrs. j. j. Miller or S. o. ScogginS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
Ladies' Aid Society

ladies Aid society of the Metho.
sburch desires us to announce that
annual Bazaar and Chichen Pie
u which had been planned for
,ay November 21st at the Mason
Il has been postponed. This post
.nent has been thought best on &C.
sllof the scarlet fever and measles
tIon nowin Welsh.
he date of this affair will be an
med later,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
At the Methodist Church

Mrs. Ada Wallace Unrah will speak
in the Methodist Church Thursday and
Friday evening Nov 26. and q at 7:SO.
TO MY FRIENDS
This job OF routing speakers
Is the hardest thing / know
And even if the date don't suit
We hope to make it 60.
We know for local reasons"
So many think it wise
To "let the well enough alone"
And to evil shut their eyes.
But the enemy is wide awake
Though the European strife
Instead of falling off 1.-THE trade"
Is taking on new life
They know we Christian people
Think we must economic
Till this dreadful war is over,
They are taking down our size.
We're afraid the Lordll let us Starve
"Better hold to what you've got"
Till times are better and we
Sell our cotton or rice for the "spot"
His work can somehow get along
Til things pick upa bit,
And while the foe is on the run
With GoIded hands we sit.
Mrs. Unruh will tell you many things
About the dramshop's fate,
We hope you'll go to hear her
Though she comes whole month
late;
Just advertise her meetings well
And get her up crowd,
we know you'll have rouSing time
Of which you'll all be proud.
ALICE CAREY MCKINNEY,
+ Pres. La. w. C. T. U.
NOTICE: Mrs. Greer has
added a first class Dress
maker to her Millinery
business.
To My Friends
| have withdrawn from the Piano
Contest on account of leaving for New
Orleans. appreciate very much the
work of so many kind friends. My
number is 14S.
Very truly,
a MABEL STANBERRY !,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
Preaching at Fenton

We are requested to announce that
Rev. E. M. Stewart will preach at Fen.
ton next Sunday afternoon November
22nd at $3.50 o'clock.
Every body cordially invited to at
tend this service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
STANDING or CONTEST
ANTS IN PIANO CONTEST
WEEK ENDING NOV. 18TH

The Piano contest is beginning al,
ready to develop considerable interest
This is very fine opportunity for
some young lady to secure splendid
instrument in return for little work
From week to week the standing Of
the contestants will be published in the
Journal. Remember the contest is just
starting and now is the time to get in
the contest and get your friends busy &.
You can get votes either at the Coop.
er Drug Store or at the JOURNAL of.
flee.
Standing of contestants in the Piano
Contest. Week ending November 10 1914
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
Bring your dresses to
the Ladies Bazaar.
High School To.m0rroW

Miss Florence Kinney viii entertain
all-children, between the ages Of four
al and ten 10y, Saturday November
2lst, in High School Building, Room /
from four to five o'clock p. M, admis
sion Ave 81 cents.
PROGRAMME
|. How Cats fish In 0Cean waves
2. Three GuesseS.
8. The Little Girl and the Crow.
4. A Queer Hiding Place.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
Ambrose Breaux Sale

Mr.. Ambrose Breaux OF Iowa, is an
nouncing public sale Of his mules and
farm implements in this issue Of the
journal. The sale will take place on
the John Storer farm about one and a
half miles south of Iowa on next Wed.
nesday November 26th.
The attention of those interested is
called to his advertisement in this issue
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
Hot chocolate at the Busy Bee,
Tried and True class meets

The Tried and True Clsss OF the
Methodist church met with Miss Lois
Godfrey Wednesday evening.
The business Of the class was dispos'
ed of and the lesson studied, after
which Jolly good time was enjoyed.
Delicious refreshments of chocolate
and cake were served by the hostess.
The next meeting Of the class will be
held with Miss Ethel Miller Wednesday
December 9th, 19l4.-Class Reporter. j
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
\ letIve Liver Means Health.

YOU want good health, a clear
avlsxlon and freedom from Dizzi.
Constipation BiliouSneSS, Head
and Indigestion, take DR.. Kings
= Life Pills. They drive out fer.
tlnc and undigested foods, clear
Sood and cure Constipation, Only
ayour druggist.-Adv. limo
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
STANDING OF contestants III lIIe IdIIU
Contest. Week ending November 10 1914
Number

Note to Contestants:-All contest
ants will note that on Monday Novem.
Der 23rd the color of all votes will be
changed from yellow to brown and all
the yellow votes must be recorded by
edneSday November 25th in order to
be countedA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
Notice To Piano Contestants.

The Cooper Drug Co. announces that
the color of the votes in the Piano Con.
test will change next Monday and all
yellow votes will have to be registered
by next Wednesday in order to be
counted.
Those who are clipping coupons from
the journal will note beginning with
this issue that the date for redeeming
coupons will be limited and Contestants
will make note OF the date before which
the coupon must be registered.
After date votes given ION SubScrip'
ton to the Journal must be redeemed
within the prescribed time named on
the vote.
Piano certificates going fast ask
at The Journal Office or Cooper
Drug Co.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-20
SCHOOL CONCERT

The teachers and pupils Of the school
will give a concert at the Auditorium
next Wednesday evening November
25th beginning at soclock. The adj
mission fee will be 10 and 20 cents, the
proceeds to 90 to the benefit of the
school.
The following is the program:
PROGRAM
Greeting Song, 80. observation-disclosures.
The Pony Song.
The Owl !Song. observation-disclosures.
Kindergarten
Twilight Reyerle 80. ...........
Hilda Carr
The Circus Song. Alice d. Riley
Strange Lands Song. ......... MeiSsner
The Gingerbread Man. .MoszkonoSki
Second Grade
Instrumental Duet.
Beaulah Bourgeois and Lillian Hebert
Thanksgiving Play. ...................
Primary and kindergarten
Approach of Winter. ..... FIR. Silcher
Two part song by girls
Orphant Annie. ............ 49,. Riley
Elizabeth Stewart
Instrumental Solo,. ................
Lena Bates
Thanksgiving Song. Eleanor Smith
Fourth add Fifth Grade Boys
The Flower Chorus of the Nations. :.
................Fr From Lincregia Borgia
Glee Club
/ HumOreSke. liant. DoOraK
Violin and Piano. :. Miss McLees anc
Mr.. Trappey
( Somewhere Voice is Calling, Noroton
Miss Mcmahon
Way Down Upon the SWanee River. :.
................... foStel
Glee CluD
Instrumental Duet. ..,.. ...........,
Freida Goldsmith and Beatrice Romero
Over the Hills at Break of Day.
Adam Greibe
Glee Club
Trot du Cavelier. 49,. Fritz Spindlel
Marjorie Robinson
Good Night. Observation-Disclosures. Mage
Glee Club
Bring your dresses tt
the Ladies' Bazaar.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-14

fessions, Luther's Catechism, etc., be-
lieve that they have the body and
blood of Christ in the Lords supper.
On this point, however, their doctrine
is not the same as that of the Cath
Ollie Church. They believe that the
substance of Christ's body exists to-
gether with the substance of the
bread, and the substance of Christ's
blood, together with the substance of
the wine in some sort of mysterious
union. This is not the same as be-
lieving that the substance of the
bread is changed into the substance
of Christ's body and the substance of
the wine changed into the substance
of His blood. 2. The Protestant
Bible does not contain the same num-
Der of books as the Catholic Bible The
following are not found in it: First
and Second Machabees, Tobias, Judith,
Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, and
parts of the Books of Daniel and of
Esther.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-14

jority of the people cling to the an
cient Shinto faith and the more mod
ern Buddhism, while, since the intro
duction of western culture, agnosti-
cism and disbelief in all religions have
become prevalent among the intellect
ual and educated classes. The works
of all the great anti-religious philoso-
pliers of the occident, from Voltaire
and Paine to Spencer, Huxley, Hack
ell and Ingersoll, have been translated
into Japanese, and have exercised a
vastly greater influence than the
Christian Bible
st. Francis Xavier, a Spanish gen.
tleman who was a convert of st. Ig-
natius Loyola, founder of the Society
of Jesus, was the first to preach
Christianity in Japan. A number of
Jesuit missionaries followed in his
footsteps. For time they we're per-
mitted to spread the propaganda of
their faith in peace, and made many
converts, but in 1890, some forty years
after the death of st. Francis Xavier,
a fierce persecution of the Christians
broke out.
Many of the Christians were buried
alive, and left to die of starvation.
Others were lowered into a sulphur
Gus chasm. Noblemen as well as the
poor and humble shared in the hor-
rible fate melted out to those who re-
fused to recant. The Roman Catholic
Church, in memory of these martyrs,
has set aside the fifth of February as
their festival, and the date is annual,
ly observed by the Christians of Nip
pom.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-14
NAMES CATHOLIC GOVERNOR
BRIEF SKETCH OF THE CAREER
OF EDWARD kAvANAGH OF
MAINE, BY JAMES A. ROONEY.

In summarizing the career of Ed
ward Kavanagh, once Governor of
Maine, whose death occurred on Jan
uary Fl, 1874, his biographer, the Very
Rev. Mgr Charles w. Collins, says: "He
was a Catholic American, the son of
an Irishman, born in a Maine hamlet
and died before his forty-eighth birth
day. He fought his way through the
councils of his native State to Con-
gress, through five years of difficult
diplomatic work at Lisbon to Wash
ington on the boundary commission
and finally to the executive chair of
Maine; an unfinching Catholic when
the very name was abhorred. doubt if
there is a parallel to this career in
the American annals of that century"
This, in brief is the story Of the re-
markable career of Edward Kavanagh.
He was born April q, 1895, at Damar-
iscotta, the son of James Kavanagh,
native of Wexford, Ireland, and his
wife, Sarah Jackson Kavanagh, a con-
vert and of an old Boston family. He
was reared in a Catholic atmosphere,
for his fathers house was q welcome
haven to such early pioneers of the
faith as Fathers Matignon and Blen-
kinsop and Bishops Cheverus, Fen
wick and Carroll
The future Governor was educated
at Georgetown, st. Mary's, Baltimore,
and Trinity College, Dublin, and in his
twentieth year he took charge of his
fathers shipping business at Newcas-
tie, which had been crippled in the
War of 1872. Later he was admitted
to the bar, and when the Constitution
of Maine was adopted in 1919 he was
instrumental in having the clause de-
nying Catholics the right to hold Office
eliminated and the following substi-
tuted: Nor shall any religious test
be required as a qualification for any
Office or trust under this State
He went to Congress in 1881 and
served two terms, and he was after
ward appointed by President Jackson
as charge d'affaires at Libson, where,
after years of arduous diplomatic la
Dor, he succeeded in negotiating a
treaty giving to America valuable
trade privileges
On his return he was elected to the
Maine State Senate and was chosen
it's presiding officer, where a man of
his ability was needed in the settle
ment of the northeast boundary dis
pute. He was president Of the COM
mission and it was due largely to him
that a satisfactory compromise was
arrived at.
AS Governor Fairfield was chosen in
March, 1843, as United States Senator,
Edward Kavanagh automatically be-
came Governor of Maine. He held the
Office until the end Of the year and
on December % resigned as member
of the Senate and also announced his
intention to surrender the Governor
ship on January 2. His death oc-
CURED, as stated, on January q.