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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20
BELT FAST
Belfast Not to Be Represented
at the Maine Expositicn-
Memorial Day Program
Club Notes
DEATH OF MRS. DAVID w.
DYER

While it is deeply regretted By
many that Belfast and her industries
will not be represented at the coming
State Exposition to be held in Port
land. June eth and'19th inclusive. il
is hoped that the women of the city
Will make an attempt to exhibit some
OF the very excellent work that is done
here. All the women of Belfast and
the surrounding towns are most cord
tally invited to send their work TO the
committee on or before June End.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the afternoon of Memorial
Day, and will take place in Memorial
hall, Immediately after the parad )
comes back from Grove Cemetery:
Assembly, Lincoln's Address at Get
tysburg, General Orders Adjutant;
tenor solo. selected, George Z. White
Address of Welcome, Commander !.
w. Ferguson, Thomas H. Marshall
Post: Prayer, Chaplain Hatch; sopra-
no solo, selected. Mrs. Thomas Edwin
Bokwer: Memorial Day Address.
Ralph l. Morse. of Camp A. E. Clark.
Sons of Veterans: cornet solo. Arthur
H. WEIGH; reading, Mrs. Dora
Bridges instrumental Quartet, from
the Belfast Band: America. Each of
the societies connected with the G. A.
r., have furnished one number on the
program which promises to be most
impressive.
Mrs. Carl H. Stevens entertained
the Hospital club Tuesday night a,
her home in Congress street about IS
members attending.
The tea room in the Belfast Wo-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20

keyerything. when you've sat up nights
52Hrap piping &, up your toes in bandaces.
X19Aearing on salves that rub off or swell
.EMp the corn. pasting on cotton plasters
Ex&af make corns pop-eyed. Strengthening
fxp1r toes with razors, iabbng them with
kEnKeS and pruning to the quick with
kecis sors-and then YOU put on drops of
F''GETS-IT'' and see your corn fall right
off-why, II just looks like a miracle.
1 Just try it. "GETS-IT'' never fails No
pain. no trouble. Use it for any corn,
oailus. Wart or bunion.
-'Gf,TS-IT'' is sod by druggists every
where, &c. bottle. or sent direct by L.
Lawrence & Co, Chicago.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20
Somerset Real Estate Transfer.

Following are the recent real estate
transfers e. recorded at the Somerset
registry of deeds:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20
SK0WHECAN
Bible Class Convention Closes
Successful Meeting-WO-
man of SO Years, Thinks
Nothing of Daily s.
Mile Walk
OLDEST HORSE IN UNITED
STATES PASSES AWAY

The first convention of Baraca, Phil
athea, and other organized Bible
classes of the Maine State Sunday
School Association closed here Tues
day evening after very successful ses-
sion. Officers were elected at the aft
ernoon session for the ensuing year as
follows: Pres, Rev. II. s. Sellers, Bel
fas.. list vice Pres, Mrs. Philo Stew
ard, Skowhegan; End vice Pres,
Thomas Written, Caribou: Cor. Sec,
Miss Gertrude Carter Skowhegan: Rec.
Sec. Miss Lyra Fowle. WaterVille;
Treas. A. l.. Phinney, Portland. One
OF the pleasing incidents in the after
noon meeting was the reading of a
message from Marshall A. Hudson, the
founder of the BaracaP hilathea work
giving greeting 10 the first State con-
VcatiOn.
Every speaker had some inspiring
thought for the delegates to carry
back to their classes. Mrs. Alice f.
Baker of Leominster, Mass. Philathea
State secretary Of Massachusetts, in
her address on "Philathea Opportuni-
ties" was especially helpful. Other
speakers were: D. Stanley Evans,
Portland. or Organized Glass Work in
Maine; John NJ. Nichols. Lynn, Mass,
on The Ba~aca and Flilathea Idea +;
EeN George Merriam of the Bethany
church and Rev. r. Ii Wilson of the
Congregational church, skoWhegan.
Considerable business in the line of
organization vas taken up, including
the drawing up of q constitution and
bylaws, which We're adoped. the COM
mittec in charge of this important mat
ter being Miss Gertrude Carter. Show
hogan, Miss Myra Fowle, Waterville,
and A l. Phinney, Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20
''Me for 'GETS-IT'
When | Have Cornsa
RSimple AS Saying 1t; Never Fails.

I" l. does your heart good 10 SEQ how
easily ard quickly any corn comes on;
when you put "GETS-IT" on And then
when you've gone along for Years trying
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20

mems club will be opened next week
for the summer, and will be managed
by Mrs. John 0. Black.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20

Emerson of Skowhegan. They have
had eight children and never lost
child by death and 20 grandchildren
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-20

death has occurred among them.
Another interesting incident is that
at the 50th anniversary of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Emerson Saturday. every child,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
Bad Custom In Industry.

At least one state in this country has
taken definite means to prevent the
dangerous custom of Shuttle kiss
ing" q custom which results in dis
seminating tuberculosis and other
diseases. Similar action is now be-
ing sought in England. AS reported
in the Scientific American, United
States Consul Ingram of Bradford.
England, refers to the threading of
shuttles by the quick sucking motion
known as kissing the shuttle" and to
the dangers resulting directly from
the inhalation of lint and dust and
the further danger of infection as shut
ties are interchanged. 1t appears that
disinfectants are employed and refer
ence is made to the fact that one
weavers' association in report sug-
gests that the real remedy is self.
threading shuttle, while another as
sociation expressed the opinion that
a regulation making the use of self
threading shuttles compulsory could
be made without any harm to the
trade. While self-threading shuttles
have been devised, it would seem that
the field, in the event OF compulsory
regulations, is sufficiently large to en-
courage improvements
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
ONE THING HE ACCOMPLISHED
lnebriated Sailor Got a Little Salts
faction as a Result Of His Heavy
Potatlons.

Marines are sort of first cousins to
soldiers. Mighty little difference be-
tween them, excepting that a marine
doesn't get seasick as a general thing,
and soldiers always do when they get
a chance.
At a local hotel where they sell lit.
tie libations at two-bits per, they are
telling a pretty good story about a
marine who came ashore from one Of
the American warships recently and
started to invest lot of his months
pay in things they sell over the bar,
says the San Francisco Chronicle. He
started to do this thing at the water
front, where libations are dime
apiece. and gradually worked his way
uptown to this hotel, where it's two
bits shot. And in the hotel cafe he
butted into his lieutenant
The lieutenant called him down in
front of the entire crowd. Brown"
he said. you left the ship two hours
ago cold sober, and now you're lit up
like torchlight parade. Have you
got any idea you can drink all the
booze In town."
mo, shur," said Brown, saluting re-
spectfully, but unsteadily. Towns
too big to drink 1t all up, shur, but
I've done sho we'll they're steadily rails.
in the price the farther l CO."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
The MIscscant Who Had Set Fire to
It Staggered Down the Steps.

was merely the one lucky man in q
million-just as every survivor was
one in million, or, rather, in sew
eral millions, for the proportion was at
least that.
For two days | sheltered in a pleas
ant grove where there had been no
deaths. In those days, while badly de-
pressed and believing that my turn
would come at any moment, neyerthe-
less | rested and recuperated. So did
the pony And on the third day, put
ting what small store of timed pro.
visions possessed on the pony's back,
| started on across a very lonely land.
Not live man, woman or child did
encounter, though the dead we're every
where Food, however, was abundant.
The land then was not as 1t Is now.
1t was all cleared Of trees and brush,
and 1t was cultivated The food for
millions of mouths was growing. ripen-
ing and going to waste. From the
fields and orchards gathered vege-
tables, fruits and berries. Around the
ueSeTteu ldImHOuSeo 6Ot eS6a anu
caught chickens. And frequently ]
found supplies Of timed provisions In
the storerooms.
"A strange thing was what was talk.
ing place with all the domestic anil
mails. The chickens and ducks were
the first to be destroyed. while the
pigs were the first to go wild. followed
by the cats. Nor were the dogs long
in adapting themselves to the changed
conditions. There was a veritable
plague of dogs. They devoured the
corpses, barked and howled during the
nights, and in the daytime skunk about
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
Fiction rFTTT7 TTAHTC, Travel
STORY PAGE a.....

on leaving the motor car and remain.
ing with her. There was quite dis.
cussion about this, but in the. end we
gave In. 1t was just as we'll, for we
knew not which ones of us, II any,
might ultimately escape.
THAT night, the second OF our
march, we encamped beyond Haywards
in the first stretches of country. And
in the morning there were eleven of us
that lived. Also, during the night,
Wathope, the professor with the
wounded leg, deserted us In the motor
car. He took with him his sister and
his mother and most of our timed pro-
visions. 1t was that day, in the after
noon, while resting by the wayside,
that ] saw the last airship shall ever
see. The smoke was much thinner
here in the country, and first sighted
the ship drifting and veering helplessly
at an elevation Of two thousand feet.
What had happened could not conjec.
true, but even as we looked we saw
her bow dip down lower and lower.
Then the bulkheads of the various gas
chambers must have burst, for, quite
perpendicular. she fell like a plummet
to the earth. And from that day to
this have not seen another airship.
Often and often, during the next few
years, scanned the sky for them, hop
ing against hope that somewhere in
the world civilization had survived.
But 1t was not to be. What happened
with us in California must have hap.
pened with everybody everywhere.
another day, and at Niles there
were three of us. Beyond Niles, in the
middle of the highway, we found
Wathope. The motor car had broken
down, and there, on the rugs which
they had spread on the ground, lay the
bodies of his sister. his mother and
himself.
"Wearied by the unusual exercise OF
continual walking, that night | slept
heavily. Garfield and Parsons, my last
companions, were dead OF the plague.
Of the four hundred that sought shell.
ter in the Chemistry building, and of
the forty-seven that began the march,
alone remained--I and the Shetland
pony. Why this should be SO there is
no explaining. did not catch the
plague. that is all. | was immune.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
War Stops lmaoinsrv Ills.

A peculiar accompaniment of the
war is the reduction in the incomes Of
noted English physicians and sun
geons. Consultants who formerly
made $4,000 a year or SO, find them.
selves earning little or nothing. AS a
consequence they are volunteering
their services to the government in
such numbers that the authorities are
barely able to cope with the supply.
The reason for this loss Of practice
is said to be that the persons who
cherished imaginary illnesses in times
OF peace have forgotten their hypo-
chondria since the war began.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19

In the architecture new note; but in
the older structures, with which Ha-
vana is principally furnished, the old
Spanish architecture, with something
added, a something that is found in
the greater part Of Spanish-America,
the true characteristic of the capital
Is found The narrow streets, with
their still narrower sidewalks, are
lined with stores or residences of two
stories. The first floor of the resi-
dences especially is arcaded in front,
md over this extends a balcony on
the second floor. 1t is all typical of
the tropics, the streets being too mar
'ow to permit Of awnings, and these
permanent shelters from the suns
Gays and from the heavy rains in the
hummer. or rainy season, proving
probably more effective and conven-
lent.
The impression that the visitor re-
ceives at once, and the one that he
takes away with him, is that Havana
is beautiful foreign city. There is
an air Of comfort and of luxurious in
dolence in the place, but for all that it
is now very busy commercial port,
but the population is not so large as
to crowd the town, and the busy
scenes are chiefly witnessed at the
docks, where ships are being loaded
or unloaded, or at terminals Of the
railroads. 1t is an admirable place
to take a rest or to go sightseeing.
An Evening In Havana.
If you desire to see the inhabitants
Of Havana enjoying themselves you
must see them in the evening. Then
the Central park will be filed with
strollers, or with thousands seated on
little chairs which they rent for five
cents Spanish silver. listening to the
concert by either the Municipal band
or the Artillery band, both noted or
CARNATIONS In Cuba; and much the
same kind of brilliant scene is pre-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19

nered, kills policeman and is himself
killed. Enough Of adventure, excite
ment and tragedy to last a lifetime
crowded into few hours, with MUIR
der at the end. But what for? The
chances of the man getting away were
SO remote that only fool would have,
undertaken the job. The next day x
is in Kansas City. Two men rob *
shopkeeper of diamonds and money
and try to escape by running through
crowded streets, silly and futile
thing to undertake. The end of their
folly will be years and years of hard
work, hard living, lonesomeness and
hearthreaking monotony in prison.
The man who undertakes to live by
his wits, to get money without work
ing for it, is foreordained to failure.
And yet there are always men start
ing on that road. In general they are
men who failed in youth to learn the
lesson Of industry. They got the idea
that the end of life was to get on with
as little effort as possible. The boys
who are spared all work by indulgent
parents, who expect everything to be
done for them and to do nothing for
anybody else, are on the wrong road.
Kansas City Star.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19

in the distance. AS the time went by
noticed change in their behavior.
At first they we're apart from one an
other, very suspicious and very prone
to fight, but after not very long while
they began to come together and run
In packs The dog, you see, always
was a social animal, and this was true
before ever he came to be domesti-
Gated by man. In the last days Of the
world, before the plague, there were
many, many very different kinds OF
dogs-dogs without hair and dogs with
warm fur, dogs SO small that they
would make scarcely a mouthfui for
other dogs that were as large as noun.
tain lions. Well. all the small dogs,
and the weak types, were killed by
their fellows. Also, the very large ones
were not adapted for the Wild life and
bred out. AS a result the many differ
emit kinds Of dogs disappeared, and
there remained only, running in packs,
the medium-sized wolhsh dogs that
you know today.
1.-THE horses also went wild and all
the fine breeds we had degenerated
into the small mustang you know to-
day. The COWS likewise went wild, as
did the pigeons and the sheep. And
that a few of the chickens survived
you know yourself. But the wild
chicken of today is quite different
thing from the chickens we had in
those days"
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
cameIs In Warfare.

Camels are, as might be expected.
no new feature of warfare in the East.
Basar was in the year 656 the scene
of fight known as the battle of the
camel, in which Ayeshah, the wife of
Mohammed. headed the charge mount.
ed upon one of these beasts. And
down through the centuries Arab
hosts have been led by a girl riding
on a blackened camel, singing songs
of encouragement to her own side and
insult to the other. According to the
strict rules Of the game her capture
or death meant the fight OF her tribe,
while In the event of victory she led
the triumphal march.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
roRRo CASTLE

~ EFoRE the spanish-American
war visit to Havana, Cuba,
~ was something of an adven-
ture, and not altogether a safe
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
aple in the Last Ditch

ITO die in the last ditch" has be-
come one of the commonplaces of
proverbial philosophy. The words
were originally used by William Of
Orange during the Dutch war Of in.
dependence. when he was asked II he
did not see that the commonwealth
was ruined. Il shall never see the
ruin of my country" replied the
prince, stoutly. q shall die in the
last ditch" Animated by such a
spirit and led by such leader. 1t is
not to be wondered that the tide soon
turned and that the necessity for such
heroic measures never arose.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19

war visit to Havana, Cuba,
IN was something of an adven.
ture, and not altogether a safe
one because of the prevalence
Of yellow fever. But the American
sanitary engineers who followed the
army Of occupation cleaned up the
city and the island, and Havana is
now one of the most healthful places
in America. In recent years, too, the
transportation facilities for reaching
the West Indies have been so revolu-
tionized that the trip no longer re-
quires unusual endurance or courage,
being made easily and speedily in lux
ury.
Though Havana has been to a great
extent Americanized, it has not lost
its individual charm. In all the nu-
merous changes that have taken place
In the last dozen years no attempt
has been made to obliterate those
characteristics which were both pic
turesque and innocent, 1t is true
that if the tourist desires to ride in
~ 'OA0ASSb ehO hatANC Ndll ldBS, ut nd5
to make request, otherwise he is
more than likely to take a motor
car. AS, generally speaking, the
roads around Havana are good, these
little motor tours are very agreeable.
In this connection IL is useful to know
that one may bring into the island his
own motorcar without paying duty by
giving the necessary bond that 1t is
not for sale or for rent. Facilities
for storing and running the car are
entirely modern.
Still Foreign City.
Havana is still foreign city, SO far
as the eye discerns; and it may also
be said that 1t is foreign so far as
language is concerned. However, the
English-speaking tourist finds no diff
Guilty in making himself understood
Or In having his ideas as expressed
In his own choice Anglo-Saxon in
terpreted. English is spoken almost
everywhere.
In the recently erected public build
lngs, such as banks, railroad stations
and similar enterprises, there is seen
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19

scented at Malecon, the capitals famed
drive and promenade along the sea
wall. In the daytime the chairs which
one rents for small sum at night
are free. Theaters also are open In
the evening, and the ubiquitous NOV.
ing picture houses are also in opera
ton.
Havana is city of plazas, prom.
enades, colonnaded buildings, churcheai
and palaces. It is all very European
and yet there is just touch that
makes the American feel that while
he is in a strange country he is at
home and among friends. Sugar is
the islands greatest commodity. The
cane once planted continues for near
ly score Of years to give three good
crops of cane each year. 1t is now
possible for the tourist to visit the
sugar country from Havana, and the
railway also will take him into the
heart of the Vuelta Abajo country
in Pinar del Rio province, where the
finest cigar tobacco in the world, the
kind that goes into the real Habana,
is grown,
All of Cuba is enhancing in the ro-
mantle and entirely foreign landscape
it presents wherever one goes. The
trips from Havana are almost illimit-
able. The island has several good
railroad systems, and almost every
part of it that is likely to prove inter-
esting to tourist is tapped by one
or another of the transportation COM
panies.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
START ON THE WRONG ROAD
One Way of Accounting for Foolish
Way in Which Some Men
Waste Their Lives.

We can only wonder at the silly way
in which some men waste their lives.
One day it is man who enters a
bank, shooting this way and that,
scoops the money into bag while the
employees hide, leaps into stolen
motor car, enacts the robbery again in
another bank, and at last, when cor
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-10-07
'AXLEVY HERE LIKELY TO
D. INCREASE BY 20 PER CENT
lie Levy for State Taxes Is Bit Lower, That
sg Tor Municipal Expense Will Bt Higher
Ii BY Ten Mills

night, the council meeting at 1880
o'clock for that purpose. Under the
law it must be adopted by October 10.
1t seems likely that the levy for 1916
taxes will be close to 20 per cent
higher than for this year. The city
budget will call for % mills or over,
state levy for 6.S3 mills, city school
levy for mills and county levy for
942 mills, total of over 43 mills,
against 34.67 mills for this year. The
greatest increase is in the city budget
about 10 mills, the state levy being
actually lower. Assessed valuation of
Aberdeen property for next year is
$7,419,O74 against $7,552,017 this year,
but the city must raise by direct tax
alton $319,52952 next year against
$26S, ,010SS this year.
HoQuiam finally adopted its budget
for next year, Wednesday, calling for
expenditure of $1O1001.04, necessita-
ting levy of 20.915 mills.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-10-07
lis CITY A MECCA FOR THE SLICK-EARED
ADVERTISING SHARPS.

Il Here is about the way the scheme is worked. A
Han or woman, usually both arrive in town. They
are of the very smooth variety and have their little
game down very hne. Calling on an unsuspecting To-
cal minister they hold out the gitterng proposition
of supplying him with Church Directory without
charge if they can have the advertising privileges
On the face of it the minister no harm.
Then comes some more 'fine work. They get
couple of ladies enthused then out they 60 "seeking
whom they may devour." Calling on our merchants
atAy s3y they are from such and such church and
B WONT the merchant take advertisement and help
me church. Of course he will because he has not sand
cough to say no. and might hurt the feelings OF the
saiembe1s of that particular church. E
The next move is to 60 to all the printing estab
.shments to get the very lowest price the JOB In
st towns there is shop who is ready to do work at
out two-thrds of the proper price, SO this kind of
y op prints the directory. Now the wind up is this:
he church does not get cent Of the money but they
10 get hundred or two lists of membership with all
inds of worthless advertising and the smooth adver-
bing artists (note do not say "fakirs') silently
Nh away with big bundle of money and as the train
i the bridge they kiss thecity goodbye and
y say Ha! Ha! Easy money" AsA
4 It's nice little hold up and worked over and over
AGAIN; an people fall all over themselves to swal
low the bt and say 1--WE just have to do it,
Now ct a representative of reputable and
worthy nFspaper call in some OF these same firms
and preset the proposition Of advertising. Many of
them will ay, oh don't believe in advertising, ad-
vertising ont pay and give lot Of senseess and
+ foolish exuses that would make a wooden Indian
laugh would suggest that guardian
essary in tbs case, possibly citXeolcl might ap-
point one about $5OOO.00 year; il Mould be we'll
worth the roney - p&S 80 Eass 8 q X A III