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The Washington times., 1914-05-05
Planning for the
StOrk'S Arrival

Among those things which all women
should know of. and Tany OF them DO
The Washington times., 1914-05-05
White Voile
Until Tomorrow Evening.

These are soc white voiles and
crepes. Gou'll note that these are
45 inches wide. inches wild C0o
er than usual. Yard ... OOC
The Washington times., 1914-05-05
Embroideries
IntIl Tomorrow Evening.

Wolfe Flouncings, 45 inches wide,
daintily embroidered in neat fig
ures and floral designs Also
Swiss embroidered flouncings, q
inches wide. Values to s1.06 400
yard ........... tON
The Washington times., 1914-05-05
White Gloves
For Tomorrow Only.

16-button washable Chamoisette
Gloves. also 2-clasp white NSo
silk gloves. 75c value .-.. fCS
Long White Glace Kid Gloves.
with white patented clasp. e1 co
Standard at $500 pair. U1sOC
The Washington times., 1914-05-05

The new Vest Belt of white kid,
butterfly girdle of shirred white
silk messaline $3.50 00o
Nalue ........-.---
Pearl Bead Necklaces, q inches
long. every. bead filled to look like
a real pearl Standard at 0Qo
$500 .............. wv
The Washington times., 1914-05-05

Onyx" Hose. white silk boot pat
tern. garter tops, double sole and
high spliced heel soc value. CSo
) pairs, s1.00. Pair -....... OOS
Pure silk white Hose, with dou-
BILE Isle garter tops. double sole
and high spliced heel S5c Coo
value. Pair ..-...........-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03

The Sawyer family of East Hebron
is somewhat remarkable in that at
present there are four generations
represented in it, all males, and
ranging from SO to IA years of age.
The Oldest member of the family,
John |. Sawyer, is one of the oldest
men in Oxford county. He is now
90 years of age, hale and hearty. He
was born in Standish and lived there
much of his life but of late years
has made his home in Hebron, where
he was a successful farmer as long
as he was able to conduct the bust
ness of a farm. He is a Civil War
veteran and was a middle aged man
at the time of the war which he re-
members most wildly His son, T..
W. Sawyer, is already well along in
years but shows a most active in
terest in the present day affairs. The
third generation is represented by
c. f. Sawyer. owner of the Hillcrest
fruit farm of East Hebron. Mr.
Sawyer is an up-to-date scientific
farmer Charles Francis Sawyer, a
boy of IA, completes the four genera
tons
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03
Snapped Thirty-ive Cents for Thirty
five Dollars

Very many incidents like the one
We are about to relate occur from
time TO time in Skowhegan and other
Somerset County towns. but this one
so perfectly illustrates them all that
ii is especially worthy of publication.
Some five years ago a Skowhegan
family equipped their home with
steam heat and took out a wood fur
mace. The old heater with its pipes
and registers was stored in the back
part of the cellar after some unsuc-
cessful efforts to find a customer for
it, Year after year the householder
and his wife made inquiry among
their friends and acquaintance for
some one who might want a second
hand furnace, and could get no offer
of any kind 1t finally occurred to
them to offer it for sale through the
eVerybody's column of the Indepen-
dent-Reporter The ad was written
and the order given TO run it four
weeks. At the end of the second
week, however, they had had some
thing like dozen inquiries and had
disposed of the furnace for the price
advertised. $500.
The joke of it was. that some Of
those who came to buy were from
their immediate neighborhood. and the
man to whom they sold lived almost
opposite them on the same street, not
over two hundred feet away
There probably are in about every
home articles of furniture or misccl-
laneous property which have ceased
to be of use TO the owner. and which
are a constant source of expense
through the room they take up and
the deterioration in value. In most
every instance they could be turned
into money through a very trivial eX-
pense. il would be well for us all to
apply the same ingenuity in dispos-
ing of unused property that we do to
our other business affairs.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03
" AR NEWS.
CONTINUED from First Page

Continued from First Page
August % Appalling losses in Bat
ue=Germans lost Two cruisers and
two Of their torpedo craft.-Many Of
their vessels badly battered in fight in
the North Sea. Fearful slaughter re-
ported in furious battle raging on the
land for days
August Eleven German vessels
go to the bottom, sunk in engagement
off Heligoland.--The French and Brit
fish are gathering every man and gun
an attempt TO stop the German ad-
vance on road to Paris.-Germans
shot seven priests.
August 31-French lines giving
ground before Germans.-Kitchene
makes optimistic statement-Bombs
in Paris-That city preparing for a
siege should lines opposing Germans
be roken.-Enormous stocks of food
placed in state ware houses and sheep
and cattle in vast numbers have been
herded in the Bots de Bologne.
September Great Britain, France
and Russia make protests to United
States against purchase by this coun-
try of German Merchant steamers to
build up the American marine-Ger-
mans make advance daily towards
Paris and allies are forced baek-Aus-
trian invasion of Russia blocked
September Turkey takes hand in
the tragedy, forcing Italy and Greece
to join.-French war office contents
itself with the simple statement that
as a result of the turning movement
of the German army and in order not
to accept battle under unfavorable
conditions, the French troops have
again retired. While Berlin claims
German victory over the Russians in
East Prussia in the capture of 10000
men, the Russians claim an important
victory over the Austrians on the
Galician side with 10000 prisoners.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03

me progressive hdlly nelu III tue
Municipal Building Monday evening
was well attended by the citizens.
Skowhegan Military Band furnished
music and the speakers were w. Fran
cls Berger of Gloversyille. n. Y,
Presbyterian clergyman, and Judge AL
bert d. Norton of st. Louis, No.
Both gentlemen delivered excellent ad-
dresses, Mr.. Berger dealing with the
Progressive principals and Judge Nor
toni making a special point of the
need of a great liberal party. The as
sembage was presided over by F. p,
Pencil.
Mrs. Dora T. Nye and Miss Dorothy
were visitors in Waterville Friday at
the home of Sullivan Maxim. Mrs
Ayc has just completed a summer
course of musical study with George
Pratt Maxim. Mr. Maxim will be re-
membered by many of the towns
people as the successful leader OF the
Festival Chorus, also as a teacher OF
piano-forte in our town some years
ago. Since then Mr.. Maxim has
studied abroad several seasons and is
at the present time an instructor in
the Faction Piano-forte School, Boston
and organist in Peoples Temple Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Berkeley St,
that city.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03
Bangor. Maine, Aug. 81, 1914.

To Whom it May Concern:
DR.. w. l.. Mebane, veterinary sur
geon, now located at Skowhegan, Me-
has rendered the Great Northern Pa
per Co. excellent service in the capaC-
ity of a veterinary and we always
found him well versed in the dis
eases of horses and cattle. 1t gives US
great pleasure to recommend him to
any who may employ him.
GREAT NORTHERN PAPER co.
By F. A. Gilbert.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03

Mrs. Dana Hall and little soa Of Chi
eago are visiting MRS. Blnn ". Page.
Malcolm Tilton has returned to RoX-
bury, Mass. after spending tho sum
mer in town.
The Catholic order OF Foraslera met
Friday evening for social gathering.
The ladies' were invited in and dane
ing and cards were enjoyed Refresh
ments we're served. Noe Beauprc Of
Biddeford state inspector Of accounts.
was present
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03
LOCAL ITEMS

William Sibald has recommended
work on the garage which he is to
build on Madison Ave The structure
will be for storage purposes and Mr..
Sibald will also move from his present
location and plans to be established
there by October IS
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03

Table girl and dish washer wanted
at Hotel Coburn at once.
Auto livery : passenger car Very
reasonable prices. Write me-. Edison
Church, Skowhegan.
The E. L. Nudd estate on West Front
st. is for sale. Inquire of Mrs c. E.
Norton, 40 West Front street
Vegetables and fruit canned at the
factory on Silver street, will taste good
next winter. See NJ. E. Bcales ad.
about custom canning in another col
umn. 49,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03
HARRY COHEN.


The Auction Sale, at the A. H.
Weeks Farm, West Athens, is to occur
Wednesday. September 9Th, at 1870 P
NJ. j. Z. Holman, Auctioneer See
more extended notice in another col
umn. lW36
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-09-03

Sell that horse, if you want to, with
an ad in Everybody's Column.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
How Romance Upset Progress
sive Politics
BY EDWIN MARKHAM.

TINE country postoffice at Pur-
ham had long been presided
over by an inefficient post
mistress, whose lamentable short
eomings as public official and
custodian of mail have been COW
cred up as much as possible by
the efforts Of her daughter,
Amanda. This is the situation we
find at the opening Of Mrgaret
Deland's homely, happy, yet pa
thetic little story, Partners,
sent out by Harper Brothers, of
New York
Finally, however, progressive
politics overcome neighborly toll
Grafton of lacks and losses in the
postofflce. II is decreed from
Washington that the partners,
mother and daughter, must give
way for new administration in
the Purham postoffiCe. Not even
the gift of a blue plush album
from the pleading postmistress is
sufficient to placate the austere
United States Government au-
thorities.
So, after all the proud years of
public office, the discredited
partners" must bow their heads
and retire. Now comes William
Sprague, the new appointee.
Watch the romantic diplomacy
with which he appeases Wash
ington, yet keeps intact the So
cial and business standing of the
partners"
Mandy" he said, I've thought
Of something. 1t isn't perhaps
Just the thing you'd like, but it's
the only way out Of the darned
mess. And I'm willin' Well. I
I'd really like it. Mandy"
Amanda's lips prted; her eyes
d.lated. A way OUT"
Get married. said william
Amanda stared at him
Il mean you and me-" William
explained. ITS like this Your
ma would be pleased and she'd
never know anything. I'd be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

no not let the thermometer
IL fool you. 1t is a very de-
ceptive instrument for
those who do not know how to
use it-and sometimes for those
who do, or think they do.
You may glance at your Their
mometer, hanging just outside the
door, one of these winter morn
ings. and see the mercury stand
ing at zero. Phew! You feel a
SILVER at the mere sight Of that
needle Of glacial metal, contract
ed down almost to the bottom OF
its tube. as if seeking refuge, and
glittering there like a miniature
icicle, cut off short.
You wrap yourself up as for an
arctic journey before venturing
out: thrust your gloved hands
into your big overcoat pockets;
put on your ear shields; start on
a run for the Office, or the rail-
road station, in order to get your
blood into state of defensive
circulation-and, in two or three
minutes you are streaming with
perspiratlon. You turn down
your collar. open your coat, and
find that the air is, though not
exactly balmy, decidedly bracing
and agreeable.
Yet there hangs that thermom
eter, steadily marking zero,
1t has deceived you, but still it
has told the truth-yet not the
whole truth; only the truth as it
sees it. 1t is zero weather for the
thermometer but it is not zero
weather for you. Evidently your
body and the thermometer have
not the same standards of meas
urement.
But, a few days later, perhaps,
you look again at your thermom-
eter on the porch as you are
about to go about your business,
and you find that it marks very
comfortable sum of degrees above
zero-what might truly be called
balmy weather, for winter. You
have forgotten the disagreement
that you had with the instrument
of science the other morning, and
you bow again, conidingly, to its
decree. 1t says the air is com
fortably warm. and a thermome-
ter surely ought to know, since it
is its sole business to measure
temperatures.
You leave off your heavy coat
and your wraps, bare your throat,
and start bravely away for office
or station, trying to feel as genial
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04

as the thermometer has assured
you that the weather is. But Won
are not half way to your destina.
ton before a shiver runs down
your back, your nose becomes an
icicle, your ears smart and burn
and you begin to sneeze or cough.
You feel that you have laid the
foundation OF a serious "cold"
which will probably put some
money in the pocket Of Your
neighbor, the doctor.
But if, scared by the thoughtor
pneumonia, you return home in
haste, you will see, as you glapcs
at it in passing, that the Their.
mometer on the porch stin stares
you down with its impudent as
sertion that the air this morning
is only moderately cold-iust
about the right temperature to be
enjoyable and healthful.
Now, where is the origin of the
deception, and why are you warm
when the thermometer is cold.
and cold when the thermometers
warm?
The whole trouble arises from
the essential difference between a
simple machine consisting of
glass tube and little mercury
and a complicated living body
with its multitude of interrelated
parts and functions. The Their
mometer has only one way Of
feeling changes of temperature.
and only one way of responding
to them. viz, by either expansion
or contraction of the liquid metal
in its tube. The human body is
heat engine continually radiating
away the heat produced within it
by its vital processes, and its
principal means of feeling
changes of temperature occurring
outside itself is through the diff
ferent rates at which its Unborn
heat is radiated away 10 sur
rounding air
When the air IS dry on a cold
morning there is little or no evap-
Grafton, and the skin is not Sc
riously affected by the cold But
if the air is charged with mois-
ture the invisible water drops
evaporate on touching the skin
and by their evaporation abstract
heat from the body, which feels
the resulting chill deep within
So, if the air is still, the cold does
not penetrate. but if it is breezy
new particles of cold air are con-
tinually swept against the skin
and more and more heat is alb
stracted from the body.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04

pleased; I'd have a home and Ia
be comfortable. You'd be pleased
cause you wouldn't be worried
about money. And I don't mind
being married the least bit; hon
est, ! don't. I like you, Mandy.
It's only fair to say ! like you
told your ma l liked you. ana
was comm up to tell you so.
you told mother?" said Amah-
da, in a whisper.
you haven't thought that way
about me, l know" he apoioslzeu'
and. of course, it's sudden ana
we'd have to be spry; we'd have
to get spliced before Mondal'
But just look at it, Mandy; rs
the only way to get ahead Of Mi'
Hamilton, confound him! COURSE
we'd never let on to your ma why
we did it; she could consider 'l'
a InlTu partner
"Oh. what shall do? she sa'''
William Sprague sat down DC
side her. then remembered me
imprudence of sitting on 'ne
grass in May, and rose. 81 though.
it all out" he assured her, 'ana
- co,,a m mo last night all Of
a sudden. Well, there, says /
to myself, weren't Mandy and NE
a couple Of fools not to tAinA % n,
that way Of settlin' this Aas"'
What do you say?'
She had nothing to say. She PD'
her hands over her face. o.,
WILLIE" she said under ''-
breath ,.
right" said william hearth
MY first wife called me W ..i'
and | like to hear it gain le''
we'll get along first rate. Manos,
me and you nd Jimmy ana $50
old lady. Come. now it's al
tied. amt it?" u
She drew half-sobb,ns &C. :
before she could speak = :, 80
must save mother, and Sol :.
so kind. SO very. very land u
think of this way-Wlllam.' -
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
Do You Want to Feel hopeful?
Look at This Od-F ashoncd Train Of Cars and Realize That
the Possibilities Of Progress Are Without Limit.

Our good great friend and poecal genius Ella Wheeler
Wilcox sends picture of the first steam train in America and
says Il feel as you should make editorial on this you can
do it so much better than t.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04

Of
m yoHes?" uttered
O
had lust "sdth IAN
If is m
wa St and DIN
of the of t
tpu oI Americans in
b
len k
n yell
To DISCONTINUE bhntot Benotn time
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-05
DECREASE AREA
Of COTTON CROP
PADCCAH COMMERCIAL gLUB
WANTS TO SET WIpt CrlUN
HECO'lF sINIHAI

Nea f. To- Nfrt
PADl CAi Tea De Ia'
farmers 90 This county ara arra.rH.
20 organize their respective conn
munltles into fhaf a.I b.. know. H
the PLANT Lees cotton ure.uI.a.
ton For the past several mont
% has been suggested H u.
the leading mar of I.I. county GOOD
the county press tha' t.e I..r..
plant less of flD ur0E .'. U..|
year. huf n4 step. con. f.... HU
recently fo puf 30 into t.e f.a
an orsanllatIou lr Io lUIf...F ....r
than eugRestIa. fllf tI.. .Hr...
dure the aCfeaF. If fHH .rF.....
ton ls carried fY success. .E..H f
all surely De- etrg Hw.. U
sign a pledge f1 ral... f..
axe of bis cotton.
Leading ..Il.H. OF rH .aHn..
mtg have been Hpu.nfaI a|
meeting fo prrl.. |.. .rHr'IHfH
locally. anl after fHH Done there
vii Do genera ASSEMBLE. uf Ia
ducah Tor tlt purpose 0I ..mp.,f.E
tho county organization I|s form
Of the pledge boa been UY'Ir. uUf
which is matter oI putting "a m1H
on oath that hr $500 DO what I.
agrees 90 1o There ru .la#uoI
amount aH t0 bro. fHH farmer aHIN
reduce The acreage hIf fHIf g. I.H
~ 90 him. huHrtrr rIrH farmer 1910
De prevailed upon fu ... Iur r.
tuffIUn Uf sf I...f halo .| ..f ...r.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-05

necessity. so recognized by al fhe
farm press
There Gre in tho United states &C.
c0rdIug fO fle census OF 1910. SIS
million three hundred aud sEfy-0re
thousand. rive hundred aud tN0
farms aiia fo'ai value ot fof
billion nine hundred rlI uIuety-lGe
THOUSAND Uf ninety dollars an
average value per farm of ~ 'h1.
sand four hundred HuI .ouy four
loIlaTs
a supply as0rRine one automo-
H.ie no farm .lus eag Zoo t.e
fafHfc hUf Doc demand s nu .r.
conceivable SOM. llE Htlol' e.
i4at. H. 900 Ha al.rleImafad a1I
.IsH ID comes f 500 represent e DO.
OIL. 1' prHrra. snd efficiency as flr
ahead l. GOO present as fIr supply
.f flsf 1at aIII He ahead 0f ile pre-
conn supply
I.. ar ..e supply IS only .1lu
.N per O..f The manufacturer
.HIs Ua.e fo produce over uf. mG
HH. mIr, cor. fo 600 lhr nm m.I.
.ef lone
500. ...r. .s scr f.r CTS demand
"a. Do. taken caro- 1l
Ilys, ore uu1ol t.IIy some lf
.Hn nrs IHat lsf Preside, William
Livingston or Oh, Dime SAVINGS
HaHE Detroit f1 peak go erfuu as
raIy OF fHe liberal support IH.
..as. are giving tho .Itomo1I.
dealers DO tIe small town. whore
'He dealer. do Iarre part 0I h,.r
.u, Rifh farmer
Commodore LIsIa4.t1ue said
.H airr before IHe American
F.uk,-. .o.uuon
t t.D greatest number OF Gag.
0if Turing seven months oI I..
makers anl dealers have boon
'nrrHH0rs. auI % Is 81 matter ~ r..
lnl concentration than .r fus.
.r.n fhIs growing industry bank
r aI tU .nIntr. have ular.I .
most Important pau win practically
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-05

/ ing Hog Pasture. W ~ Alexander.
. lhil1rfss
The Value of Pairs 20 Swine Grow
ers N s WIIam NARROW Okla.
Election o. officers
hil0uruur1f
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-11
HOT FROM THE WIRE
By Associated Press

London. - Lewis Harcourt, Secretary
| of State for the Colonies, to-day form
| ally notified the House of Common that
Viscount Gladstone would cease to be
Governor-Geenral of the Union of South
Africa in June.
washington. - A very satisfactory
condition of the public health in 1918
is indicated by the general death rate
of 1873 per 1000 of estimated popula-
tion in the registration States and
cities statistics for which the Census
Bureau announced to-day. The rate
for the same territory in 1912 was 1876,
and in 1911 was 1879 per 1000
New York. - To foster and protect
the interest and commercial relations
and the Chamber of German American
Commerce was incorporated to-day un-
der the laws of New York. The board
of directors consists of prominent mer-
chants and bankers.
Birmingham, Ala. Fire early to-
day destroyed the cotton seed house of
the Farmers and Millers' Cotton Seed
Oil Company The loss on building and
stock was estimated at $140, 900, par
of the fire has not been determined
New Orleans, La. Banking and
commercial representatives of several
Southern cities to-day gave their views
to the organization committee of the
Federal reserve system as to where one
of the Governments regional reserve
banks should be located
.Iuarez, Mcx: = Efforts of officials of
the Mexico Northwestern Railroad 10
confirm the report of the capture of
Castillo, the bandit have been fruit
/ less 1T was learned only that the re-
port was brought into Cumbre by A
| Mexican.