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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-12
FAIRFIELD

Officers elected: Modertor, Geo. NJ
Chapman; solectmen, l.. S. Bray, A. II.
Ellis, Wallace A. Hill; town clerk, w.
j. Bradbury; treasurer, W. W. Mer-
rill; collector, W. J. Bradbury; road
commissioner, appointed; school com
mittee, W p Hinckley. Money rails
ed fer schools, $1,000; highways,
$1,000; all other purposes, $1S,300; to-
tai amount raised $34,975; total rails
ed last year. $35,375
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CONCORD

Lena Cahill has been quite III win
bad cold but is some better at the
present writing.
Mr. swain has gone to Skowhegan
10 STAY for a time.
Harry Healey is in poor health.
The recent heavy rains and thaw
have raised the water in the brooks
So as To make the logging roads i'm
passable and people will have to com
plgte their hauling by the town road
Bernard Gordon has gone to Frank.
lin on a visit
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-12

October 9. 1924 Now lives at his
home on the Island. Skowhegan.
Alonzo r. Herrin, born in 1886. Now
lives on his farm at East Skowhegan.
Alanson NJ. Perkins, born in Madi-
son, Dec. l, 1928. Now lives at the
home of his daughter Mrs Carrie p.
Fairbrother Madison Avenue, Skow-
hogan.
Olive Holt Morse born in Bingham,
Dec. 1881. Now lives on Malbon s
Mills Road.
With any name sent, please give
date and place of birth and the name
of the household of which the person
reported is now a member
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PUGH CORNER AND VICINITY

Galen Kincaid is sick with the grip
Miss Louise Corson entertained a
party of friends at her home Saturday
evening.
Philip Hoyt, the twin baby of Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Hoyt has been very
sick, but is little better at this time.
Mrs. Rachael Norton who has been
suffering with dislocated shoulder is
improving.
We understand a new school house
is to be erected in this vicinity to be
equipped with furnace and other up
to date improvements. We hope the
report will prove true.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-12
HIGHLAND PLANTATION

Officers elected: Moderator, A. j.
Dumphy; assessors, w. L. Stafford, C.
L. Parker, o. S. Allen; Pit Clerk, W.
L. Stafford; treasurer, w. H Stafford ;
collector j. w. Howard; road commits
sioner, w H. Stafford school commit
tee, G. w. Could board of health, l..
c. Parsons. Money raised for high
ways, $500; total amount raised s1095.
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CONCORD

Officers elected. Moderator, G. w.
Higgins. selectmen, r. Boyington, c.
G. Cool. c. n Robinson; town clerk,
E. o. Nittum; treasurer. p. X. Nor
ris; collector, " J. Owens; school
committee c. y. Robinson, r. Boy
ington. Money raised for schools,
$3.50; highways $1,000; all other pur-
poses, $50; total amount raised,
SS935.00 total raised last year, 1929.
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ATHENS

News was lately received here of
the death of Nelson Bunker of She
boagan, Wis, at the age of about 62
years. He was formerly resident
of Athens and has two sisters and
brother living in this vicinity, namely
Mrs Sara E. Foss of Athens, Mrs.
Olivia Jewett of Scion and F. l.. Bun
ker of Athens
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S0LON

Mrs. Dana Waugh returned from
Skowhegan Saturday night where she
had been for the past few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Lovejoy of Chester
vile are the guests of their daughter
Mrs c. D. Abbey and family.
The Monday Night Club met with
Misses Nellie and Gertrude Brofee this
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-12
NEW PORTLAND

Officers elected. Moderator, F. f.
Pratt; selectmen. A. E. Mllay, H. p.
Jones, S. A. Perkins; town clerk, A.
:. Parsons; treasurer, W. B. Clark !;
collector, j. w Dunlap; school com
mittee, E. f. Pratt. W S. Parsons. +.
E. Atwood. Money raised for schools,
$500: highways $500; all other pur-
poses $500.
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NORTH NEW PORTLAND

Elmer Quint died at his home. North
New Portland, Thursday morning of
pernicious anemia, aged 81 years Mr.
Quint was a lifelong resident of the
town and for many years had a store
in the hotel block, selling out, on ac-
count of failing health, to his brother
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-12

Officers elected. Moderator \. G.
Bowman; sclectmen, O. " Clement
o. A. Pease, f. L. Clark; town clerk,
Geo l. Rand treasurer Harold
Pierce; school committee. G. c. Jack
son. Money raised for schools $500;
highways. $500. all other purposes.
S1u-O
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commissioner, Earl Taylor; school
committee, |. c. Pierce, reelected.
Money raised for schools. $3200.00;
highways. $31S3.o0; all other purposes,
$737SS5; total amount raised, $13,761.-
So: total raised last year. $12,68S.
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Everett Quint, about year ago. He
was Mason. belonging to Northern
Star Lodge. No. 2S, of North Arson.
and also a member of the Shrine.
The immediate relatives are brother
Everett. who resides al North village.
and sister, Mrs. Lila Hersey, who
is passing the winter in Florida.
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BINGHAM

Officers elected: Moderator Harold
|. Goss; selectmen, S. A. Smith, Henry
Cooley, Orison Gordon; town clerk,
Willis B. Goodrich; treasurer, E. w.
Moore; collector, c. w Dutton; road
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-12

Generally debilitated for years. Had
sick headache, lacked ambition, was
worn out and all run down. Burdock
Blood Bitters made me well woman"
Mrs. Chas. Freitoy. Moosup. Conn
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REVERE CnRNAILLE

Mrs Carrie French attended the Sor-
osis play at Skowhegan Monday night
Mrs. Henry Palmer arrived home
Monday from a visit With relatives in
Skowhegan.
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HING

News of the recent marriage of Mrs.
Gassandra Parkman Burrill of Au-
susta, a former resident of Hinckley
10 Mr.. Walter H. Davis also OF Angus
Ia have been received here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

to him that they could not yet trust themselves on the
untried of educational system without his
guidance.
But in 1908 Superintendent Aswell, believing that
the system then well enough developed to intrust
to other hands, retired State Superintendent and be-
president of the State Normal School, which was
then being established at Natchitoches 1t was here
that Mr. Aswel assumed the important role of prepar
ing the teachers of the State for their duties the
majority of them educated in that institution and
MANY of them return there each attend post
graduate courses
THE problem confronting the people of Louisiana in
1904 the dual one of resusctatng hfeless
system and setting it free from the sinister control of
local politics. Prior that time parish superintendent
appointed at the behest of the local political
leader and the appontee was first politician and IN
instances incidentally educator. The selection
of teachers by these superintendent, aided by supne
local school board, had apsed into practice of the
most fragrant favoritism, nepotism, and reward for
political service Little or no examination was re-
qured to test the fitness of the teachers and educa
tional efficiency fell into hopeless decay; did the
old school buildings of the post bellum period, for
new ones were erected
Superintendent Aswer, backed by Governor Blan-
chard the Legislature, and the people of the State
tackled the evil at the The passage of law
accomplished requiring the parish superintendent to
submit to rigid examinations to test their fitness, and
these important offices passed in single year from the
hands of politicians to those of practical schoolmen.
Then examinations for teachers provided by law,
and the occupation of the teacher ceased to be family
affair political plum, and handed to
scholars who fitted by training and experience to
instruct the young. Then followed a uniform
of study from the same textbooks all over the State
that when pupil went from parish to another
from school to another in the parish he
provided with card indicating his grade of advance
ment, and he entered the grade and went with
his training as in the former school, Libraries were
placed in all the schools. Teachers meetings were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

fines of his hotel room, he will probably discover that
the stationery rack the writing table is empty.
He will, therefore, call for stationery.
youth will fetch the same and for his trouble the
traveller will fee the youth The traveller fills a
sheet of the paper with hierogyphics and signs his
name. He then addresses the envelop and proceeds
to insert the letter into it. He finds the envelop
sealed He picks up another 1t is also sealed He
picks up the third of the three envelops which the
youth has brought him. 1t is also sealed. He
rings for the youth different youth appears. He
calls the latters attention to the stucktogether
velops.
dts the London dampness, Sir" replies the youth.
*Synoym for first youths tongue.
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Departure

TT well for the traveller in the task of conveying his
hand luggage from the cab to the railway train, to
enlist the services of porter The porter will carry
the hand luggage into the compartment of the train
for the traveller, and lifting it into the rack the
travellers seat will suddenly drop of the pieces
the floor and utter little cry of pain, simultaneously
putting his thumb into his mouth Inquiry will elicit
the information that 3Fit very eavy, Sir, and Hi
broke my nail in liftn' hit up, Sir.
The travellers fee will be regulated accordingly
The second part of this series iH appear early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

augmented by sympathy The door of a cab engaged
at hotel be closed not by Selling hold of the
HANDLE in America but by presenting sixpence to
the carriage starter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31
General Hints

AMONG the poitest of all Londoners are the atten-
dants at the hotel newsstands. When the traveller
buys his morning paper the first day of his arrival
the attendant will remark pleasantly that the gentle
need not bother with searching for copper where
with to pay for the paper: it will be all right for him
pay the attendant for his papers before he leaves the
city This method successfully adds another fee to the
travellers list.
If traveller desires to write letter in the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

@1ll fetch you some Others, Sir" Whereupon the
ond youth is feed for his trouble
Evening star., 1914-11-28
ONE SAVED, OTHER DROWNs.
Two Horses Back Over Wharf Into
River-Other Accidents.

Two horses owned by William II.
NARROW were backed overheard at the
10th street wharf yesterday afternoon
about $40 o'clock. The crew OF tho
harbor boat responded to a call for
sistance and rescued ono OF the horses.
The other animal was drowned.
George Turner. colored. seventy year.
old, 1914 u street northwest. was treat
ed at the Emergency Hospital last
night for injuries to his head and bod! :,
which resulted from a collision between
his carriage and a street car while
returning from a funeral at Harmony
cemetery The accident happened near
the entrance to the cemetery.
An automobile belonging to Morrs s
Hess. us 18th street northwest. yester-
day afternoon collided with "A herdc
in charge of Albert Robinson at Penn
west. The automobile was slightly
damaged.
An automobile owned by the Adams
Express Company struck lamp post IN
front of 702 1lth street northwest yes
terday afternoon about o'clock. The
breaking Of the globe of the street
lamp was the only damage done.
The umbrella stand and lamp at New
York avenue and 18th street northwest
were knocked down by an automobile
occupied by Victor II. Esch, i4th and
Fl streets northeast. about o'clock
last night. The stand was broken and
the lamp damaged.
A bicycle ridden by Emory Stansbur.-.
sixteen years old, 1929 34th stree
mobile on Pennsylvania avenue IN front
of the White House last night. The
bicycle was DANA ged, but its rider was
not hurt.
Evening star., 1914-11-28
CENTENNIAL OF THE ROTARY PRESS

Just 100 years ago today Frederick
Koenig tried out his cylinder press for
the London Times, the first printing
press run by steam. This press was
first used in the United States in 1877.
The introduction of the cylinder press
in the Times Office caused great COM
motion The manufacture OF the press
was carried on secretly. One night the
pressmen of the Times office waited IN
vain for the forms to come down. IneS
thought that news of tremendous I'M
portance must have delayed the paper.
Suddenly Mr. Walter. the edltor, ap-
peared among them and distributed .he
first sheets ever printed upon cylinder
uress. 1t could produce 1000 lmpres
sions an hour. Up to 1914 all news
papers were printed on hand presses.
George Bruce, who came to America
early in the last century, described nov
they got out the Philadelphia enron
icle There were three men TO each
hand press, one to pull the lever. one
to ink the forms, and one to take away
the papers. They worked desperately
hard for twenty minutes. then res'ea
twenty minutes. The output was. OF
course. very limited. about 80 papers
an hour.
Evening star., 1914-11-28
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Thanksgiving was generally observed
by special services in churches of all
denominations and many of the diplo-
matte corps attended the Pan-American
mass at St. Patrick's Church. c. w.
Arth was appointed assistant United
States attorney. Estimates for the
District of Columbia prepared by the
board Of Commissioners were the sub
ject of hearings before the subcommit
tee on District appropriations of the
House appropriations committee. a
site for the proposed new Eastern High
school, at 18th and East Capitol streets,
was approved by the board of educa-
ton. The Chamber of Commerce draft
ed IL form of law restricting the sale
of deadly weapons. a Star photog-
apher, flying in an aeroplane, took
photographs of the National Capital.
Produce commission merchants, nicd
demurrer to the Indictment charging
violation of the antitrust law i'll
boosting" food prices. Trial of con-
test of the will OF the late Stiison
Hutchins was begun. c. NJ. Fulton and
W. w Sullivan, two members Of the
Washington bar, were indicted, charged
with embezzlement of clients funds.
Among those who died during the week
was Floyd T. Frost, well known
Washington resident.
Evening star., 1914-11-28

Today the rotary press prints. folds
and counts anywhere from $4,000 to
10000 copies of an eighteen to twenty
page newspaper per hour, receiving
great rolls Of white paper and turning
them out as neatly folded newspapers.
Three inventors have made this achieve
ment possible. In 1SiS Richard Hoe in
vented the lightning press and solved
the speed problem. For the first time
the type was set around the cylinders
by means of the turtles" The first
type setting machine was invented in
1922, but it was not until 1885 that a
genuine labor-saving composing ma
chine was offered to the printing world.
Then in 1861 came the curved stereo-
typing machines. Within the last twen-
ty-fve years the web press. the COM
posing machines and the curved stereo-
tipping machine have been brought to
perfection. One machine compositor
can do the work of three by hand, and
with stereotypng machine the same
page of a newspaper. magazine or book
may be printed at the same time on L
score of presses.
Evening star., 1914-11-28
RESERVE BOARD HEARING.
Banks and Trust Companies to Con.
fer Over Admission Into system.

Conditions attending admission OF
state banks and trust companies into
the federal reserve system are to be the
subject of discussion between repre-
sentatives of these financial institu-
tions and the federal reserve board
Wednesday, in Washington. The fed
eral reserve board has called the con-
ference, advising the 100 or SO OF ap-
plicants of this status that the confer
encc is called and asking representa-
ton
Regulations governing admission OF
state banks and trust companies are to
be drafted as result of this conference.
While il is not regarded as essential
to the success of the federal reserN.
system that other than national banks
become members. the federal reserve
board considers that admission Of stat
banks and trust companies VIII
strengthen the system.
Evening star., 1914-11-28
Another Oppenheim Serial.

.The Way of These Women is a
worthy addition to the long line OF
serials by noted authors which We
have published in our Sunday Maga-
zine. 1t is from the pen of the cele-
brated novelist, Il. Phillips Open
helm. who enjoys as wide a popu-
Iarity in the United States as In his
own country.
In this, his latest story. there is
dramatic interest. comedy, tragedy,
a strange love situation. subtle psy-
chology and surprise. a dramatist.
an actress with a past. a marquis of
somewhat unsavory repute. a Iowa
BILE heroine and other vitally inter-
esting characters figure in it.
Just who the worthy and un-
worthy persons are you will be un-
able to guess until the very. end. and
you will be surprised in every chap
ter. That is one of the great cha rms
of Oppenheim-the element of sur
prise in his tales.
The scene shifts from England to
America at one stage of the action.
and throughout you will be wonder
ing what can possibly happen next.
The opening chapters will be found
tomorrow in The Sunday Magazine
of The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1914-11-28
MAKES MOTION FOR REVIEW.
Government Asks for Record in 0. &
C. Railroad Case.

In the Supreme Court Of the United
States yesterday the government,
through Solicitor General Davis, filed a
motion to have sent up for review the
entire record in the governments case
against the Oregon and California Rail-
road Company. involving 100000 acres
of land In oregon estimated to be
worth s75,000.0O0.
The land was granted to the railroad
by an act of Congress. but the govern
ment has charged that the terms were
not carried out and the land forfeited.
The case has gone through the district
and circuit courts.
The motion to certify up the entire
record is unusual. but was made in
view of the Importance of the case and
of the belief on the part of the gov
ernment attorneys that questions certi-
fed to the court by the circuit court
of appeals will not dispose Of the whole
case.
Evening star., 1914-11-28
HOMES OF WOMEN WRECKED
BY THE INVADERS
Women deserve a better fate.

American women are better off than
;heir European SISTERS IN most re-
poets our American girls. however
are Il highly nervous organization and
usually suffer from troubles peculiar
20 their sen.
When girl becomes woman. when
, woman becomes mother. when
women pass through tfA changes oe
middle life are the three periods Of
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Evening star., 1914-11-28
NEEDS BRITISH CHARTS
FOR SAFE NAVIGATION
Strategic Move of U. S. Navy Prac.
tically Impossible Outside
American Waters.

1t would be practically Impossible for
the United States Navy to make any
strategic move outside of American
waters unless it first purchased British
admiralty charts to insure safe naviga-
tlon- This statement is made by Capt.
Inomas Washington, photographer of
the navy, in his annual report He saws
MS ONCE has now fairly begun the task
OF reproducing by zincography these
BRUSH charts of which it would be
necessary to purchase 1852, and the
nope Is expressed that the United
states may soon be independent of for
elSn chartmakers for the safe nayi.-s
ton OF its ships in peace and war.
Steamship Lane Safest.
1t IS declared to be a matter reauir-
ing careful consideration as to whether
the existing steamship lanes should not
be made obligatory upon all vessels
crossing in or along them Safety at
sea would be enhanced thereby. it is
stated, and the question is recon-
mended Tor favorable action The ice
patrol maintained by the revenue cut
yer service, along the southern edge of
Tue ICE region, is declared to have
ton. ~ Id isa-
Recommendation is made for the es-
tapllshment of branch hydrographic
ohnces IN Panama and Los Angeles.
Cal, as the result of the opening Of
the 9ahama canal. and in view of the
great amount of work performed by
tne photographic officers it is urged
that they be relieved from the present
outy OF acting as recruiting officers.
Asks Increase of Employees.
In the estimates for the coming year
the photographer has recommended a
moderate increase in number of en-
ployes and their pay.
employees of the hydrogra phic Of
hce,' says the report" are, in general
paid much less than is paid to en-
ployes in other branches of the gov
eminent service doing similar work;
as. for instance, the coast and geodetic
and geological surveys These low
rates of pay have existed in this office
for many years. while in another
branch of the government service (the
coast survey the pay of many men do
ing similar work was two years since
&C nsiderably increased. 1t is only lust
and proper that the employees of this
office, who have worked patiently
faithfully and well. and under ad-
verse conditions, and whose output of
work IN character and quantity prob
ably surpasses any other branch of
the government service, should be paid
equally we'll. at least. as other en-
ployes engaged in similar duty"