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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-23
COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak-Could
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.

Adrian, Mich. =" suffered terribly
with female weakness and baekache and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-23

solos, was given by two boys from
Good Will
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-23
Dairymen Forming Cow Test Asso-
Citations -

State Dairy Instructor F. S. Adams
will leave the middle of the week for
Fryeburg, Hiram and Cornish, where
he will be engaged in trying to organ
ize COW testing association. The can
yass of cows is complete for the towns
OF Sebec, Hudson, Foxcrcft and Dover
and the association will be organized
on June 20. The dairymen of these
towns have secured as their official
tester p II. Martin of Brookfield,
graduate of the agricultural depart
ment Of the University of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-23
New England Dairy Conference, July
list, at Boston ~

The officials of the State department
of agriculture have received notice of
the New England Dairy conference to
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Hi Gill Lesson.

MT. Editor: Some local curiosity and interest have been expressed in regard to the political situation in Seattle, Wash Why Mayor Gill was once re- called and afterwards elected by the aid Of the women voters is briefly stated in the following article from R. recent Boston paper:
 "THE LESSON OF HI GILL.
 There could hardly be stronger testimony to the power of woman sui frage than the complete right-about- face made by Mayor Hi Gill of Seattle. When there were no women voters among his constituents he ran for of fee on an open-town platform, and was elected. He appointed a chief of police fiagrantly in league with vice. Men of the better sortstarted a movement for GiiPs recall, but could not get enough signatures to the recall petition. Then women were given. the ballot. They filled out the petition. and Gill was re- called and his chief of police sent to prison. Now. four years later. Gill has run for mayor again. with the same constituency. except that women have been added to it. This time he ran on was elected-necause the opposition candidate was looked upon as the rep resentatiVe of the great predatory cor porations. besides being in favor of licensing gambling houses and broth and now Gill's first official act Is tC appoint as chief of police Seattle E leading champion of social reform and law and order Could there be 3 more amazing change. or a more striking proof of the power that Womens bal lots have to teach better behavior ever to an undesirable type of politician 2 (Signed) A. B. c. Norwich, March 30. 1914.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
AN ADMINISTRATION VICTORY.

The victory for the repeal of tho toll exemption clause of the Panama canal bill in the house as revealed by the vote of 247 to 161 is one of par ticular significance. Not only did the majority of 86 exceed the limit of ex- pectation upon the part of the admin istration, but it was a vote following 8 severe attack which concluded with a declaration of position, policy and opinion by Speaker Clark. This elev- enth hour appeal was calculated to create 8 stampede but how sisnaIly it failed Is indicated by the strength which the administration showed It was a decisive vote and particularly so in view of the kind of opposition which has been manifested. The ma jority was nearly three times as large as on the preliminary motions which regulated the debate
 From now on the contest must be waged in the senate and there every prospect of fliouster exists. Nothing else could be intended by the bill which Senator Fall has pre- scented providing for equal toll exemptions for shipping from Mex jco, Brazil. Chile, Argentina and other countries of this hemisphere and the proposition which has been advanced for the admission of foreign vessels to coastwise trade. Such are but tricks of the opponents of repeal tc cause delay and to bring q wrong influence to bear upon the important question under consideration. The house has played It's trump cards and if now remains to be seen how well the senate can handle the situat ton. The leadership of the president has thus far passed high test
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
ASoUITH'S MASTER MOVE.

The resourcefulness of Premier As
 quith has been recognized many times
 in the handling of hard situations, bur
 the manner in which he has tempo
 rarily solved the troublesome army
 muddle in Great Britain again reveals
 his clever control. Viewed from most
 any angle the situation was full of
 complications and presented a prob
 lem which was of as great if not great
 CT importance than the home rule question by which it was created It called for prompt but proper action and the premier again qualities as a strategiSt.
 Col. Seeley goes from the cabinet as the result of the heroic acknowledg
 ment of the part which he had played
 in the embarrassing situation. and in stepping into his place Premier Asquith adds to rather than decreases the bur l den of duties. It is a thankless pos 1 but one which from now on is going to be more prominent than ever in the political affairs of the country. The 1 course which has been pursued, how l ever, makes certain that it is the gov ernment which will rule the army and l not the army the government. and such i is as it should be. Thus does the pre- 1 mier kill two birds with one stone 1 Not only does he add firmness to the
 governments army policy. and elim 1 mate the weakness of the recent past but he also removes that from the close association with home rule leg i islation and allows that to proceed 1 upon its merits. In the meantime the 1 delay which must intervene before the premiers constituency can return him 1 to the house can be put to excellent | use. Asquith's move was that of 8 master hand
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
REGULATING RAILROADS.

With the railroad systems operat-
 ing under existing conditions it cannot help being apparent to the interstate
 commerce commission that when it
 comes to a regulation of these trans
 portation, lines, such regula ton must
 operate With the same equality towards
 all concerned. They must be regulated in Justice to the public and the ship Pfrs and in justice to the roads
 In this connection it is an important
 statement which has been made to the
 commission by the railways which yshows that there has been a decrease
 of over fifty-one million dollars in the
 net operating income in comparison with a similar period of the previous year This in view of the fact that the roads have been obliged to meet the increase in expenses because Of better equipment and increased wages following the decision of the arbitra- ton boards furnishes a situation to which proper consideration should be given
 The demand for the increase in the freight rates is one which should be l susceptible to proper adjustment and with the large decrease in income 1t is one which cannot come too early. For the purpose of keeping within bounds not a few roads have been forced to adopt the policy of retrench-
 ment and this has meant decreased service and the laying off of many thousand employees, all of which affects those who can least afford it, but it emphasizes the need of administering the square deal all around Regulation | has been demanded and has done much good, but there are conditions under which regulations cannot always mean | a downward trend However, the earlier
 a well balanced review and decision on 1 the merits of the case can be had the | better for all concerned.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
B. F. kEITH,s CAREER.

Even when opportunity is thrust upon some people they fail to take advantage of it. but such was not the case with the late B. F. Keith. who made himself widely known. amassed much wealth and entertained millions of people through q recognition of q chance to do business in q certain line. He entered entirely undeveloped fields when he branchsd out into the Keith type of vaudeville after demonstrating the value of exhibitions" but his abil- ity to catch the pulse of the people and to cater thereto took him high into the ranks of amusement world direc- tors. MT. Keiths entrance into such business came as the result of fas- cination for circus life. It got a grip upon him like it has upon many others and his first big opportunity came when he saw the chance to put on q show for himself This dime museum business underwent developments ac- cording to the demands of patronage until it grew to the continuous per formance and resulted in a circuit of large theatres in the principal cities of the east, and a dependable business with much profit.
 While Mir. Keith was establishing his fame and fortune he was also making most valuable contributions to this form of theatricals. The standard oi responsibility which was required by this manager from the early days oi his career showed the close interpre- tation of public sentiment and 1t was upon this commendable basis, and iI response to a demand for much enter tainment that he attained his position of influence in his business activities His success furnished an example as to what others in like circumstance can do by proper and persistent appli- cation to the opportunities which hs hefara them
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
SIGNS OF AGE

were out never would succeed in get ting home He added that sometimes the drifts in Chicago were so deep that one could not walk through them, and no taxi could negotiate them, and that he hoped-dubiously- hoped this present storm was not going to be that kind. Miss Bendler listened round eyed and murmured that the weather here must be perfectly terrible at times, and then settled back more cozily in her chair. Toms jaw set in dumb d&spair.
 Every time the hall clock would chime he would start like a stricken deer-and when Miss Bender finally rose to her feet he bounded to his, as if there were springs under him. He stood first on one foot and then the other when she dalhed over her good nights and the last I saw Of them they were going down the street in splen- did imitation of Christian martyrs fleeing from the lions, Tom actually pushing Miss Bendler in his haste. My psychic self told me that he was yawning all the while he rushed, too!
 Now, how is 8 man to make an inn precision on a girl if he acts like that The worst of it was, he didn't care what impression he made! All he could think of was the slumber he was missing and how late it would be when he got home! And, as I said, that's the first sign of age. I realize Tom is no longer youngi"
 "Gee." breathed the very young mar Why, I've been that way ever since can remember! That's no signi"
 Its a sign you're so juvenile you haven't even reached the first edge o1 romance" cruelty said the girl who likes to talk. Wait till you fall il love, little oneI I think I'll give Ton a pair of carpet slippers his nex birthday and crutch!" - Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
Some Things Missionaries Have Done

Missionaries have done more than any one class to bring peace among savage tribes.
 All the museums of the world have been enriched by the examples of the plants animals and products of dis Jant countries collected by mission aries.
 The export trade of the United States to Asiatic countries jumped from about s58, 1000, 900 in 1903 to about S127, ,000, 900 in 1905, which was due chiefly to missionary influence
 Missionaries were the first to give any information about the far inter for of Africa. They have given the world more accurate geographical knowledge of that land than all other classes combined.
 The Missionaries have expended the worlds commerce. The trade with the Fiji Islands in one year is more than the entire amount spent in fifty years in Christianizing them. A great English statesman estimated that when a missionary had been twenty years on the field he was worth in i his indirect expansion of trade and commerce z 900 per year to Brit ish mmerce.-ExChange
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Pride.


 Every healthily constituted person depends to some extent on others; we are not created to live alone. Natur- ally, We may hate to be under an ob- Igation to any person whatever; yet how can we escape? Society offers us no possibility of any such aloofnesS; solitude may give it to us, taking us into a desert of the morbid and un- wholesome.
 What we have called a defensive pride may be a very fine thing, and every child should be imbued with it. The humblest person may be too proud to commit a wrong. We meet with plenty of vanity, arrogance, conceit in business, but too little of the pride that scorns to get on by crooked methods. In social circles we meet many who are not too proud to be insincere to backbite, to talk meanly and maliciously of those who are not present to defend themselves; abund- ance of other brides are there, but not i this of the nobler quality. People seldom realize how mean it Is to take unfair advantages, to avail themselves of undue privilege, to triumph over weakness and strike at those. who are l down. It is pride we want of the right | sort, to save us from these disgraces. | So also in our labors and efforts, we need the right kind of pride to stimu- l late and support us. Humility may be 1 the best attitude toward our successes, ! but in our falls and failures We must i be too proud to yield.
 : Vanity is almost always weakness. if oIliy a pleasant weakness; nut the pride of the true man and the true 1 woman Is the nrlnest strength and i stay. Our pride should save Us from ! seltshness, for sefishness is always $
 mean and humiliaJins. We should be l proud of the good we can do. and also 1 of the good that we can receive. We 1 should be proud of our affections mak l ing them faithful and fervent and ben ehcent. We should be proud also of ! salf-restrain> of mastering our pas sionS.. curbing our heated ternpers knowing the right time to speak and the right time to be silent,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
WATCH YOUR STEP
Income ax.
BY THE CONDUCTOR

q knowed it was comin'. I been eyed.
 Them suffragists is gonna start window bustin' an hunger stril1in' right here in this United States. Tn incest old lady of all of 'em come out in speech tn other day an says fur here new income tax law.
 She says when tn tax man comes round with his hand out she's gonna hand him one she can't send him by away from her she's gonna stick him full O hatpins an holler Votes for women!'
 An when he drags her off to jaii she ain't gonna eat nothin' except a bite. An when tn judge an tn jury want her to come to court tn jailers wife is gonna say: Judge I cant get grandma to eat nothin'. An tn judge he'll look at tn law an hell say If she don't eat she ain't got nc income, an he'll tell tn turnkeep tc let her loose.
 Them suffragettes better not gel too excited about this income tax law. You got to be maxim $l0 day to get hit by it. They ain't many women I know maxim that much Lizzie aint. Her maw never did Lizzie's sister don't make that mucf ] d heSh
 Here's where tn women that ain got no money suffragistin' put II al l over them rich women that been dOin ! all tn newspaper talkin' an ain't beer l nikin' to Albany or Washington O. yellin' Votes for Women!' outsid' ] opera houses or parlors. If they 1 any fightin' tn government to do 1 them rich ones got to do it. The. got to pay tn income tax. Poor one | don't.
 Say, when yo show me a lot c | them millionaire women willin' to gt | to jail an darin' tn sheriff to pou soup in their faces. jest cause the,
 won't pay as much tax for who'll
 year as they blow for a pink feather
 when you show me that, they can hav
 my vote
 | T won't need 1t.
 Look out gettin' off there! B 1 careful
 Watch where you step!"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
OTHER VIEW POINTS

No wise man or woman will buy from mail order catalogue, be cheat ed as to quality, without any come back, if he or she can find what is wanted in the home store. The mer- chants who realize this are the ones who keep their towns off the mail or der list.-Meriden Journal
 If voters were honest and intelIi- gent, legislation might become an art in a far more honorable sense. Poli- tics would mean something better and pleasanter than it means today. Polit lcal parties would become the masters and not the slaves of personality New London Telegraph.
 A man named George W. Goethals says: T do not believe in exempting any vessels from paying for the use of the canal" From what we have heard of Goethals he can speak with authority about the canal, and he would not speak at all unless he had informed himself fully.-Waterbury Republican.
 We have no doubt that it is the automobile speeder who is responsible to great degree for the fearful wear of macadamized highways Being respon- sible for the deterioration the speed mad ones should in justice be made 10 pay TOT It. The unfalrneSS creepS in when those who are reasonable and careful are assessed for the sins of the trouble makers.-Bristol Press
 No one. who has been reading the dispatches from Torreon will say in future that war in Mexico is an opera bouffe. It is real war that is being waged at Torreon and both sides are fighting with a courage and despera- ton worthy of higher ideals and bet ter leaders. It is a pity to see blood shed like water in order to make se- cure the position of such men as Hu- erta and Villa.-Ansonia Sentinel. We have lost part of the advertising we got down in Washington. in years gone by when the old Second congress sional district of this state was always referred to as the most congested in the land. What do you hear about the Second district in this state now in the form of publicity? But districts | change 10 suit political conditions and ! the Second district of Connecticut now ! is different proposition than when comprised of Middlesex and New Ha- ven counties.-Middletow Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION
It's Me For pr. Edwards
 Olive Tablets.


 That is the joyful cry of thousands since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
 Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for IT years and calomei's old-time enemy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablets while treating patients for chronic constipation and torpid flyers.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do not contain calomel. but a healing, sooth- ing vegetable laxative. No griping is the keynote" of these little sugar coated, olive-colored tablets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. They never force them to unnatural action.
 If you have a dark brown mouth" now and then-a bad breath-a dull tired feeling-sick headache-torpid liver and are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and only pleasant results from one or two little Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take one or two every night just to keep right. Try them 10c and 25c per box. The Olive Tab let Co, Columbus. O. All druggists
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

Iowa has a criminal who was pa roled because of his record of IS years as United States marshal His appre- citation of his liberty is shown by shooting up household and attempt : ing robbery. Truly he must have had sufficient experience to have taught Aim better.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
sTATF1MRNT OF THE oWNERsHlP.

W management, circulation, etc. of Nor wien Bulletin. publi saa eli daily at Nor wich. Conn. required by Act of Aug. 24, 1912; Editor. A. ". Pearson. Nor rieh: managing editor Harvey NJ. Rriggs. Norwich; business manager, William H. OAt Norwich; pu bifshef, The Bulletin Co, Norwich Owners Estate F. H. Crane, New York; Charle n. Moves. Narwich; William IL Usat Norwich. No bondhoideTs. mortgag ees, and other security holders, holding per cent. or more of total amount of bords. mortgages or other securities. Average number of copies Of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the six months pre- ceding the date of this statement SSe2. Charles D. Noyes. President Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 31st day of March 1914 Lester Greenman. Mo- tary Public. (Sdy commission expires Feb. 1st. 1s16)
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

President Wilson declares the dem ocratic platform to be contradictory, which only goes to show how long il takes to find out the true meaning of the principles on which Il candidate makes his stand.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

Even those who have backed the mysterious political powwow at New Haven can hardly get any satisfac tion out of the progress which has been made. They evidently need the ser vices of "Suspender Jack" McGee,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

While it is held that it requires more brains to be a congressman than pres ident, it is a noticeable fact that the declaration comes from one inexperi . enced in the latter office
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

Either those jurors who convicted the gunmen have a poor opinion Of the decision favoring Becker or else they have little faith in their own judgment.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The Long Island mill superintendent who forbids the use of rouge by the girls in the mill isn't q very warm enthusiast for the paint up" part of a |'clean up" campaign
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

Six weeks to the opening of the straw hat season but there is still much reticence in gentle spring
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The Ohio trolley company which gives orders to carry passengers free rather than accept a three cent fare promises to become a friend of the travelling public.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

Ii is a negligible interest which pr. Cook is manifesting in the coming fifth anniversary observance of Peary's discovery of the pole.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The one day in all the year when ev- eryone can appreciate the wisdom of being right before going ahead
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The example of Brockton in plan ming to set out many hundred trees Arbor day is one which every city can afford to take up with gratifying re-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

If 1t is fight which is sought the British government will not have to make any bargains with the militants.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The cost of living has been making good strides upward and the strike of the coffin makers promises that the cost Of dying is also likely to advance
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

Connecticut isn't the only state where the abandoned farms are getting to be the highest priced pieces of prop erty to be found
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The Mandarin of Ten Chueng Prov lnCe. China, has ordered an American motorcycle with sidecare for use in official trips to the different cities of his province
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The continued use of brief in con nection with the Thaw case only adds confusion to long drawn out legal battle
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The question of What is an Indian ? has gotten before the supreme court. 1t might well be defined by a divorce court.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The weatherman shed more tears over the departure of March than was called for by the consensus of public opinion, epeatedly expressed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

Some people may be able to make a breakfast food of wild oats; others succeed in getting plenty of trouble from them
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

The man on the corner says; What some of us need is piano tuner to tinker with our souls and put ern in harmony with spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

When it comes to spring fashions it is the millinery which is the least shocking this season.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

J.F. CoNANT, II Franklin St Whitestone 5c and the J. F. C. 100 Cigars are the hest on the market
 Try them.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-01

kor,~set,, Wednesday, April 1, 1914.