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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
She Knew.

The modern rural postmaster has
not much time to read the post cards
of his neighbors, even if he wished to.
But his more or less mythical pro-
pensity for doing so has at least given
rise to many stories, one of which the
Boston Traveller repeats.
One day a young farmer drove to
town, and wound up at the village
postofice.
Hello, Seth" said he. Got any
thing here for me?"
Don't see nothin', Jake" rather
indifferently replied the postmaster.
"Was We expectin' sometime"
YES" answered the farmer. Il was
expectin' postal card from my Aunt
jimmy, tellin' me what day she was
comm down."
Hammer" called the postmaster TO
his wife, have We seen anything of a
postal card from Jake Leeds Aunt
Jinny?"
Yes was the prompt reply Of the
postmaster's wife. She is comm
down on Thursday
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
TYPICAL BLUE GRASS MEAL
cacies Were Offered Which No
Hunger Striker Could Resist.

Were you eyer in the blue grass re-
gion upon Sunday when the preach
er was to come, home with ma and pa
to dinner. On the day before, it would
get out to the negro quarters somehow
that the preacher man. was cominge
and then the feathers would fly.
The jam and jelly shelves would be-
rifed and finally the dinner came on
the table. There would be about half
a bushel of friend chicken from which
the necks, backb0nes and wings mad
been eliminated, done to rich brown
color; flanked with mashed potatoes
on one side Gold blue Meshannock) as
white as the driven snow and as light
and pleasing as the laugh Of a child;
beaten biscuits; jams, preserves and
that old-fashioned apple butter; corn
dodger about the size of your clench-
ed fist with husk like the shell CO a
cocoanut, and so on ad infinitum.
We children all had to wait for the
second table, but the old colored mann
my never let us suffer and imagine
sometimes we were better served than
the grownup people. Then the pie
the "punkin' pie. Never served in
less than quarter and always with a
spring cooled glass of cream as a
chaser"
Do you know how to eat 'punkin"
pie? Some of the degenerate scions.
of long-forgotten race OF barbarians
clip it off with a fork and / actually
saw fork the other day in your city
which had one of the tines widened
and sharpened so that it looked to me
like kind of shovel, and they use
these instruments to eat a "punkin''
pie with. !
But no well-bred citizen would desc.
crate ''punkin" pie by treating it in
this manner. The well-bred citizen
takes his piece of pie in his hand and
bites out crescents of rich, amber
hued deliciousness from the pie, while
the crust around the pie and the sides
Of the pie and the bottom of the pie
are Drowned flakes Of ecstacy. Half
the enjoyment Of eating a "punkin"
pie is in smearing some of it over
your face. A pie having the kind OF
crust that wouldn't stand alone ana
which would allow it's contents to run
all over your fingers and gum them up
would be fastened to the pigpeu.-'
Kansas City Star.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
Marriage.

There are too many divorces. There
are too many marriages of the Duluth
variety"
Jerome S. McWade, the millionaire
sociologist, was addressing the Du4
luth Y. M. G. A. on divorce. He con-
tinued:
"A very pretty girl from Duluth got
married five years 6 go. She is stout,
round-shouldered ma ron today, with a
complexion like leather. And this is
the little poem, entitled Marriage
that she wrote the other night while
her husband was attending a banquet
at the lodge:
II never dreamed Of such fate
When Ia girl-was courted;
Wife, mother, nurse, seamstress, cook,
house
Keeper. chambermaid, laundress,
pants
Presser, and flood scrubber, gen.
orally doing
The work of DOZEN
For the sake of being supported"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
aran m . Poultry Feed.

The value Of wheat bran as poul-
try food is better understood than for
merly. It is good for growing chicks
and laying hens. 1t contains 20 per
cent. more protein than whole wheat,
which makes it of great value, both
for building strong frames and IN
furnishing material for producing
eggs. The lime it contains il good
for bone making and for shells for
eggs. 1t is cheap and should be kers
before the fowls and always used In
the mash, either dry or moistsned
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23

conclusion of the governments action.
Individual Justice.
'.It is not fair that the private liti-
CANT should be obliged to set up and
establish again the facts which the
government has proved. He cannot
afford, he has not the power to make
use of such processes of inquiry as
the government has command Of.
Thus shall individual justice be done
while the processes of business are
rectified and squared with the general
conscience.
ri have laid the case before you, no
doubt as it lies in YOUR own mind, as
it lies in the thought of the country.
What must every candid man say OF
the suggestions have laid before you.
of the plain obligations-o which
have reminded you? That these are
new things for which the country is
not prepared? No; but that they are
old things now familiar, and must OF
course be undertaken If we are to
square our laws with the thought and
desire of the country. Until these
things are done, conscientious busi-
nessmen the country over will be I'M
satisfied. They are in these things
our mentors and colleagues. We are
now about to write the additional arti-
cles of our constitution Of peace, the
peace that is honor and freedom and
prosperity"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23

feeders. We must give ample food and
of the kind that will produce eggs.
Many poultrymen lose all of the
profits by keeping 20 hens on the feed
that would keep 100 hens profitably.
The most money is made where we al
most watch and feed individually.
Fowls like variety of food; they
often tire of one kind. We should
know the hens-their likes and dis
likes.
The health of the flock must be con.
sidered. Everyone who makes money
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-01-23
Winter Poultry Feed.

Save all the turnips, rutabagas,
pumpkins, ETC., that can be convent
emily stored for winter poultry food.
They may be fed either cooked or
raw. Cooked vegetables, Of course,
should be mashed and thickened with
ground grain. Always remove the
5eed from Eumckins.
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30
HOOkwOrm Disease Treated Free

The Chicot County Court, co.
operating with the IIookworn
commission, will conduct tempo
rarv Dispensaues for the rAaml
nation aud treatment OF hookworu
disease. These dispeusaries vii
be tree to all from go m to /
p. m at the following places:
Dermott, W ~ednesday, July goth,
Aueuet 5th, I2th and 10th.
Chloot, Thursday, luly 3oth
AUGUST 9TH, 18th aud 10th,
Eudora, FRIDAY, July 3Gst, Au
gust -th, 18th and 2Ist.
Lake Village, Saturday, August
Gst, Sth, 18th and 22nd.
Mondays and tuesdays win be-
spent in visiting inland communi.
ties of the railroads, where lee
lures on sanitation Will be deliver
ed at churches, schools and other
places.
Dr.. T. M. Fly, of the Hook
worm Commission, Will be il
charge OF these dlspensaries. as
sisted by a trained microscopist.
"A large per cent OF the people
of Arkansas are suffering iron
hookworm disease" says DIR. Fly
and consider their trouble due t.
some other disease. Hookworn
disease frequently causes head
ache, dizziness, shoftness O.
breath, paleness, easily tired our
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30

feeling Of the feet and legs, poor
appetite for breakfast, indigestion,
heartburn, stunted growth, and
poor progress In school work on
account OF poor memory. Ii you
have had ground itch, or dew
poison, or water itch, you should
be examined, as this is the first
sign Of the disease. 1t takes about
one drop of blood daily to feed
each worm.
You can have from less than
one hundred &c SIX thousand hook
worms which live in your small
bowel for from ten to twelve years,
suck your blood, inject a poison
into your system and produce an
inflammation OF the bowels from
their bites. These worms each
deposit from twOt 10 SIX thousand
eggs daily, which pass with the
bowel ~exCretions OF the injected
person, and Il sanitary closets are
not used, these eggs hatch out,
and i'll nine days the little worms
are ready to enter your body
through the mouth and skin
IlookwoIm disease, typhoid
fever, and many other serious and
often fatal diseases can be pre-
vented by proper sanitation. Lit
etature, explaining how, may be
had Tree AT every dispensary.
" hlIeln DeImott, DR.. Fly's Of
nee will be IN the office with DR..
Barlow in the Blythe building.
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30

mons in Dermott at the colored
Baptist church, claims to be no
years old, and is now hale and
hearty, and active, and seems to
enjoy life as much as anyone.
He was born at Springfield,
Mo, Oct. s, 1904. He has been
tor Io3 years and is known as the
worlds evangelist He at
tributes his long life to clean and
consistent habits, and compares
his age of usefulness to that OF
Noah, who vas I2o years buI ding
the ark.
He is now cutting his third set
of teeth.
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30
The Governments
Handy Man

Most Americans regard the
army and the navy as mere hight
ing machines that, at enormous
expense, have to BE- kept always
ready Tor a depIotable event that
vii perhaps never occur. As a
matter OF tact, those splendid ma
chimes are applicable, as the gov
eminent well knows, to manf
Other purposes than tl%RhtlnR.
In recent address to the grad
uatrne class at West Point, the
Secretary OF W al called the army
the a%ll-round handy man OF tht
government He proved his
point by mentioning some non
military or semlmilltary achieve
ments OF the army duIIng tht
ear since he took ottice.
In the spring OF IoIs, when the
region round Omaha was swept
by a tornado, aud when ten states
suffered trom the disastrous floods
IN the ONO and Mississippi al
leys, the army maintained law and
order, rescued lives, and dIstnb=
-. =...... ,. h..., 49, 4,..
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30

opening should be delayed until
March OF next year and WHY the
canal should be opened now TO the
ships OF commerce.
Sentiment is all TIGHT in its
place, but sentiment should not be
allowed to interfere with business,
and the practical decision OF Sec
tetary Garrison Will meet with
general apptoval.- Memphis Com
merCiai Appeal.
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30
Panama Canal to
Open August Is.

There will be no ostentatious
display when, on Aug. s, the
Panama Canal will be formally
opened for business.
The dedication ceremonies Will
occur next March, when President
Wilson, members OF the cabinet
and officers OF the world naVies
will sail from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific. This will be an auspi-
cious event and Will be he1alded
in every country.
On Aug. IS it will be different.
Secretary Garrison shows great,
good sense. He is a practical
man and believes IN practical
ideas. He shows an admirable
disregard for red tape and forma-
ity. This early opening OF the
canal may, to some extent, de
tract from the official dedication,
but business IS business, and there
is no reason why the canal should
remain idle tor nearly a year and
why commerce should be denied
the advantages 1t offers.
The international fleet will play
its part in time, and the sp|ectaCu
lar proceedings VIII attract world
wide attention. There need be- no
sentimental worry on this account
The great canal IS completed
1t is ready for public use. Mcr,
ceremony rs no valid excuse Ton
Withholding its benefits from com
merce. A preliminary period OF
usefulness will be a greater tribute
TO this wonderful American
achievement than all the speech
making and waving OF flags that
will take place at the official open
s.ag IN March. 1915.
Probably the first vessel to ass
through the great waterway will
be the Crlstobal, a War Depart
ment steamer now at Colon
When the Cristobal steamS from
her slip TO the Atlantic entrance
Of the canal IT will mark the con
ciusion by American enterprise OF
the greatest engineering task ever
undertaken, and the elimination
of 10 years OF the hardest kind OF
work against physical obstacles
which have severely taxed the
abilities OF the army engineer I'M
der Col Goethals.
Some things remain TO be done
10 perfect the waterway. The
channel through the Culebra Cut
in particular must be deepened
and widened. This will come
later. While 80 feet OF water
will answer immediate purposes,
it would hardly be safe to send
any of our super-dread-noughts
the canal Just yet. This
is another reason why the formal
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30
one game with Warren on July

one game with Warren on July
4th, winning by a score OF two TO
one. The Warren merchants have
increased their otter of 5000,
which they made on the first game,
to s3oo for the Warren team if
they win. A large number will 20
from here 10 root for the Dermott
boys, who we are confident will
come home with flying colors.
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30
Democratic Ticket.

Circuit Iudge-T. T. Butler.
Prosecuting Attorney E. l..
State Senator. l.. Carter,
Representative as 2. lerger.
County udge-Harty t. Cook.
Circuit Clerk Gaines Merritt.
County CleTk-Geo. Elder.
Sheriff.. +. AlCorn.
Assessor-H. c, Sawyer.
1reasurer=Abner Games.
Surveyor-H. n. Boulder.
Constahle-N. Friedman.
The Dermott news., 1914-07-30
Base Ball.

he games between Dermott
and Benton Monday and TUESDAY
on the local diamond resulted IN a
division OF hoh0rs, Dermott WIN
ning Monday with a score OF b to
o, the visitors winning tuesday
with a score OF to g. Batteries
Monday wtIe CUNNINGHAM and
Parker for Dermott, Meyers and
NeblItt tor Benton; tuesday, Gal
von and Parker tor Dermott,
Wolf and Movers tor Benton.
he Deimott Base Ball Team
1%ournevs forth today TO Warren,
where they will play the Warren
team today and tomorrow. These
games promise TO be hard fought
ones as they Will practically de-
eide the championship OF South
east Arkansas. Dermott played
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-21
Melien Arrives

Mr. Mellen arrived early, accompa-
MED by his counsel, ]. w. H. Grim.
He seated himself at the left of the
stand from which he is giving his tes-
tImony and chatted pleasantly with
several persons who greeted him.
He showed no signs of fatigue from
his prolonged effort of yesterday. How
long he may continue on the witness
stand, it was impossible to foretell to-
day. Mr.. Folk, chief counsel of the
commission, has prepared many ques
tions he has in mind and new points
for heterogeneous constantly are aris-
ing as the testimony develops
Chief Counsel Folk said as he enter
ed the hearing room that it was the
on tie stand throughout the day and
perhaps longer.
I'VE have not vet gone into the mat
ter of the acquisition by the New
Haven of the Rhode Island and Con-
necticut Trolley lines. We shall be
glad to have some information con-
corning those transactions.
Takes the Stand
When Mr. Mellen took the stand
Commissioners McChord and Daniels
were at the commission table.
when was a loan of 100000 made
to Haskell of the Boston Herald" be-
gan Mr.. Folk, in opening the proceed
ings.
Two years or more before notes of
Haskell were sold to Mr.. Billiard" Mr..
Mllen replied.
Asked to explain the transaction, he
said:
Il had known Mr.. Haskell some
years, and I laid the case before the
finance committee and they agreed to
the loan"
WAS the fact that he was owner of
the Boston Herald an inducement to
make the loan?" Mr.. Folk asked.
1T was certainly not a bad induce
ment."
did you have anything to do with
the re- organization of the Boston Her
ald?" Mr.. Folk asked.
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NONE POSSESSED TEMERITY
Continued from Page One)

er prospective purchasers, and thereby
''the price was boosted Just at the
close of the day it developed that former
United States Senator Nelson w. Ell
bridge of Rhode Island was primarily
instrumental in selling the trolley system
of that state to the New Haven.
Mr. Melen maintained that the trolley
lines acquired by the New Haven, gen.
crafty speaking, were valuable proper
ties and while they had cost a large
amount he believed the money had been
we'll invested He cited the three Con-
ncticut trolleys which had been leased
for SO years on a guarantee of ) per cent.
return. At the close of the day Mr.. Mel
len, who has been telling mis- story in
vigorous manner, perceptibly tired. His
voice began to lose its clearness. His
WEAKNESS seemed to be purely physical,
however.
Chief Counsel Folk indicated tonight
that Mr. Mellen might continue as a wit
ness in the program for two more days
or even longer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-21

nection with the ratification of tina
consolidation charter.
Mr.. Folk produced a letter from Mr..
May, treasurer of the New Haven, to
Mr.. Mellen, dated Aug. 2, 1904, in
which the payment of sums amounts
ing in all to about $4,000 to s. F.
Kelly, were mentioned, and the im-
portance of keeping the matter conf
Dental was dwelt upon.
Mr. Kelly. il is stated here" said
Governor Folk. was to get $40 per
share Of Montville Street Railway Co,
amounting to $99, $50, and 500 a share
of Norwich Street Railway stock. aga
gregating $4f,6S0. What was he to get
all this money for?'
II knew at the time, but cannot re.
call now" said Mr.. Mellen.
Mr.. Mellen added that Kelly was
connected with bank in Boston ana
he assumed that the sums were COM
missions paid him to gather together
the Norwich Line and other stock.
Did you pay in addition $99,7s0 to
Kelly for his services in acquiring the
stock of the Montville Line?"
II don't remember exactly. The rec-
ords will show
anu 3t1tuou etlSO W IAttIy as a NOiliFs
mission for other trolley purchases ?"
THAT may be
Purchase of r. |. Trolleys
Mr.. Folk, taking up the purchase by
the New Haven of the Rhode Island
trolley system asked if there had not
been a break in the negotiations af.
ter they had been begun.
There was an interruption of soma
months, possibly almost year. an
swered Mr.. Melen.
What caused You to resume tha
negotiations after they had halted?"
"Oh. l had conversations regarding
the matter with Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Do,
Ian and others"
Didn't Senator Nelson w. Aldricn
see you about the NATTER"
Yes, he called at my home at
Stockbridge and asked me what thu
status of the negotiations was. l told
him that from my standpoint did
not think / could WELD TO the terms.
He said he thought them too severe
and that he was going TO see Mr.. Do.
Ian. as l understood IT,. and l pre-3
Continued on Page -i2E olgmn ia
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Funeral of Walter Bubier

The funeral of the late Walter Blu
bier was held Tuesday afternoon at .
o'clock from his late residence on
Spring street, Rev. H. S. Dow Of
floating. The bearers were William
Pease. Elmer Morang, Ernest Kicker
and Charles Peacock. Among those
from out of town were Mrs. Ernest
Kicker and Mrs. Ellen Pease of Sa-
battus, Mrs. William Holman of Rich
mondx The flowers were many, among
them being a beautiful bouquet from
the Art Club. He was well-known in
Gardiner and leaves many friends.
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a, &, Doty

A. E. Doty of Somerville. Mass, for
merly of this city, passed away Mon
day after a brief illness. He is sur
vived by three children, Mrs. Charles
T. Stackpole, Jr, of Gardiner. Miss
Harriet Doty of Somerville and Chas
R. Doty of Boothbay Harbor; and by
one sister, Mrs. Nellie Brann of Wat
erville, and a step-father, B. M. Brad
bury of Fairfield.
Services We're held Wednesday aft
ernoon at Somerville, after which the
remains were sent to Fairfield, where
Masonic services will be held and the
interment made in the family lot at
Maplewood cemetery.
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AMUSE M ENTS
rio, Single and Pictures Tonight

Doris Greenwood, singing. dancing SOU
brette, corent soloist. the great Carroll
Gillette Trio and Pathe Play, in two
parts "a Slave of Satan His Inspira-
tion," Biograph, and "Old Doc Yak s
Christmas, Selig, makes a swell pro-
gram at the Coliseum today at 2.30, and
$50 The Carroll-Gillette Trio is consid-
cred one of the best acts ever booked in
the Keith houses and We are certainly
very lucky to secure the same, 1t is
hoped that 200 names will be secured that
the Grand Opera Stars may be heard in
the Coliseum on June g. The manage
ment is trying every way to secure this
big attraction. Come early to the coolest
theatre in Maine.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-21

"Ceylon, or Marvels of the Orient"
is the subject of free lecture to be
given at the Methodist Episcopal
church. Highland avenue, on Friday
evening at 7.45. One hundred and
twenty beautifully colored views will
be shown by good stereopticon Ian
tern, displaying the novelties, wonders
and most luxuriant vegetation of the
tropical world. Rev. NJ. Z. King of
Waverley. Mass, will be the lectur-
er, and following his custom a silver
Offering will be received, to be applied
to the annual missionary offering of
the church. The public cordially in
vited ADV
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A vivid Imagination might term the e

counter that took place. Wednesday noon
on the Gardiner side of the Gardiner and
Randolph bridge a pugilistic bout. but if
so the speaker would surely be in the
Jules Verne class. Two young men dis
carded coats and vests and started in.
The hundred or more onlookers when the
participants squared anticipated a Hanks
bout. but were sorely disappointed as the
unknown rules under which the bout was
pulled off evidently called for no blows
to be struck At all events none were,
at least no real ones, and the combatants
oontented themselves with punching holes
in the air. losing their dignity and wind,
and aiding the digestion of the specta-
tors
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Il think l said, Jerusalem or
something like that"
why didn't You demonstrate with
him and ask him how he came to do
this?"
4 did not think this was the way to
approach Mr.. Morgan"
Were you afraid to demonstrate
with him?'
at was not a question of being
afraid. l always had great respect
for Mr. Morgan. l had greater faith
in his judgment than l had in my
own
Was Mr. Morgan's the master
mind in New Haven matters ?"
His was the master mind pretty
nearly everywhere that Mr.. Morgan
was"
Mr., Mellen said that he thought Mr.,
Morgan might nave been willing to
yield to him in some matters of ordi-
nary business.
EVading Law by Mergers
Taking up the consolidation with the
New Haven of the New England
Steamship Co, and the Consolidated
Railroad Co, when 100000 900 went in
to the local treasury of the New Hav-
ell, Gov Folk asked if this transaction
was not to evade the Connecticut law
that prevented a railroad from in
creasiug its capital stock without dis
tributing it to the stockholders.
This may have been SO" answered
Mr.. Mellen.
so you did my merger what you
were prohibited by doing by law?''
asked Governor Folk.
THE merger was approved by law
and we liked the merger PLAN" said
Mr.. Mellen.
you were getting into he merger
habit"
THAT was the inception of 1t. We
went to the Connecticut Legislature
and an act was passed approving of
the merger"
"Who represented YOU before the
Legislature-Mr. Robbins" inquired
Mr.. Folk.
Yes" replied the witness.
Approved Robbins Fec
Mr.. Mellen said he approved the fee
of 100000 paid to Mr.. Robbins for his
legislative work in Connecticut in con
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-21

At the annual meeting of the Gar
diner High School Alumni Association
the following officers were elected:
Pres. J. NJ. L. Bates; Vice Pres, Miss
Blanche Libby; Sec, Miss Marion
Soule; Treas, Fred w. Hamiin; ex-
ecutive committee, w. C. Atkins Mrs.
B. W. Jackson, DR.. W. T. Pierce, Miss
Daisy Waterhouse, Mrs. ]. D. Genth-
ner. special committee was APP
pointed to make arrangements for the
usual reception which will be given the
graduating class.