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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09


2.1e TROT-PURSE $500.
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Auhreon. N. tSheldon) ......2 2
Vandike, b g. (Bolduc) .........3 8
Time-216A. 2.171s. 2.19,2, 2.19a4.
a.1o PACE-PURsE $500.
Cheerful Charlie. CHI g, Dol
duc) l
The Midget, m. (Martin).. : 2
Dorothy Audubon. b m
(kinsley Observation-Disclosures. 2 3
The Ideal Lady, CHI m.
tDOre) as
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James W.. 70 g (Dore). l
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The Expose. b m (Burgess). .......3 3 8
+ Time-215 ga. 2.15 1-2, 2.l5 IL.
$50 TRoT-PURsE $500.
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Deep Drift. g Cook. ...........2 3
Winifred. b m (Rowe). 2 4
Also started: Aqueen. Dorothy Gay.
Earl the Great.
Time-2.N IL, 2.23 l-2, 225 IL. 2.25 IL.
2.23 PACE-PURSE $500.
Max P, or (Rowe) ...........7 2 l l
Teddy Bingen, h (King). ......2 1 2 ?
Normanding s., blk m (Smith)..1 6 5
Veto. b Dore). ...................3 8
Also started: Ed Barnes, Lillian Bond,
Harry Boy. Dorsey W., Hebimarque.
Time-2.1s 1-2, 30 IA, 222 ii, 2.12 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09

Mrs. A. B. Adams and Miss Sarah
Lloyd have moved from the Smith
house on Lake street to the upstairs
rent in the residence of A. H. Bailey.
Henry L. Adams of Damariscotta
passed several days in town last week.
Miss Marion Maxim gave a delight
full card party to her many friends
Friday evening. Whist was enjoyed
and refreshments were served.
Mrs. Thomas Bowker has returned
TO her home in Belfast, after a two
weeks visit in town.
The members of Patience Stanley
Chapter. D. A. R.. enjoyed their month
ly meeting Friday at the home Of Mrs.
Murray L. Stanley.
Several out of town guests were
present. Delicious refreshments were
served
The Indian lawn party to be held by
the Campfire Girls at the Cniversalist
lawn Tuesday evening promises many
amusing and entertaining features. A
feature will be the Legend of the
Winthrop Lakes"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09
CHEERFUL CHARLIE
AGAIN A WINNER

Holyoke, Mass. Aug. S.-Five races
were off on the last day of the short
Ship circuit Saturday. The best sport
was in the 2.2s pace which had to be
called on account of darkness at the
end OF the fourth heat, with Max P.
on the long end. The summary:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09
Mrs. Belle keene

Word has been received by relatives
Of the death in Minnesota OF Mrs.
Belle Keene. wife of DR.. Linwood NJ.
Keene. who passed away last week.
DR.. keene is the son of Mrs. Dora
keene of this place and his wife was
we'll -known and had a wide circle OF
friends in town, who will be grieved
TO learn of her death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-23

SATURDAY
October %, 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
lS - iIS-- .SSeecl -pl SNliooi suPS4 Nisioh. CHAIN OF INFLUENCE

most progressive of which are 'local taxa tion,' Compulsory attendance" and laws
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
LUSH KIDNEYS WITH SALTS F
 BACK IS ACHING Urgd authority says we eat too much meat, which
 clogs Kidneys ake glass of Salts when Kid , neys hurt or Bladder @ bothers you

No man or woman who eats meat regu- |rly can make a mistake by flushing the Idneys occasionally, says a well known Ilthority Meat forms uric acid which kcites the kidneys, they become over lorked from the strain, get sluggish and III to filter the waste and poisons from +e blood, then we get sick. Nearly all Journalism, headaches, liver trouble, frvousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and finary disorders come from sluggish |dneys.
 |rhe moment you feel dull ache in the |dneys or your back hurts or if the fine is cloudy. offensive, full of sedi- lent, irregular of passage or attended by |sensation of scalding, stop eating meat hd get about four ounces of lad Salts |pm any pharmacy; take a tablespoon l in a glass of water before breakfast Rdin a lew days your kidneys will act |le This famous salts is made from |e acid of grapes and lemon juice, com he'd with lithia, and has been used for fnerations to flush and stimulate the |dneys, also to neutralize the acids in line, so it no longer causes irritation, Jus ending bladder weakness. Dad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
 Jure; makes a delightful effervescent lhia-water drink which everyone should Ike now and then to keep the kidneys
 ean and active and the blood pure, |ereby avoiding serious kidney complica bns.-Adv. sv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
War Studies of German Youth

From Military Training for German Youth,' by Alfred Gradenwitz, in the American Review of Reviews for No- vember.
 The exposition at Berlin known as School and the War is most in- structive as showing the influence which the war. having wrought sucn notifications in the thinking and feel ing of nations, is exerting in more ways than one on the education of the rising generation. At this exposition one may follow in detail the manifold changes made by war in the curricula of German and Austro-Hungarian schools. Some of these changes, it is true, may have developed spontaneous ly as result of circumstances; others are the outcome of consistent plan ning
 Geography, for instance, a dry-as- the-dust subject to most pupils, may be wonderfully enlivened by reference to the events of the day. And how many pupils. once decidedly averse to mathematics. have developed sudden liking for that subject since the dis cussion of problems in surveying, dis tance estimation, and so forth, forms
 
 In physics much attention is bestowed on the study of trajectories or pro- Jectiles. aviation and kindred topics. In chemistry nothing could be more in teresting than the problems connect ed in some way or other with the present war and It's concomitant phe- nomena-explosives, artificial fertil- izers, chemistry of food and so forth.
 Teachers need no longer be afraid to touch problems of social economy and the psychology of nations which the Juvenile mind in normal times would lack maturity to understand In fact, there Is everywhere a preference for practical problems, and. though it might be dangerous to go too far in this direction there Is no denying that pupils are far more whole heartedly attentive, far more jealous than in the past, and that the stupid resignation which generally characterized the at titude of pupils toward the school. Is tending more and more to disappear.
 Changes of a peculiarly radical sort have been made in the field of physi- cal training. Gymnastics. at least in the upper forms, no longer constitutes the central feature of this branch of education. Shortly after the outbreak of tho war joint manifesto by the German ministries of war and educa- tion called on the youth of the coun- try. from the age of 16 onward, to de- vote themselves to the service of the fatherland. Participation in military training thus suggested was not made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

ception, hold that the county super intendent of education should be su- perviser of schools and that the county board of education should be wholly responsible for the business conduct of the school affairs of the county.
 'Rumors are current that some county superintendents who are over anxious about their reelection are already essay ing to prepare slate" that will assure their own retention in office, and there seems to be a companion desire on the part of a few teachers to seek member ship on the county board. It is hoped, however, that the thoughtful and patri- otic citizens of the county will see to 1t that those who attempt to play politics at the expense of the best interess Of the schools, shall receive the just dis approval-rather rebuke-they merit when the time of election comes round.
 ''The coming year is crisis in the educational history of the state. There are other things that will call for direc- ton and support but local taxation and county administration of schools are far and away the biggest pieces of construc- tive work that can engage us in 1915-16 Fortunately. both of these undertakings fit admirable into the scheme for the removal of adult illiteracy and will of necessity be reinforced by the apprecia- tion, patriotism and devotion of all those who look with favor upon a movement that has not other purpose than to make all men a little better and to tram them for little nobler service.
 s'In closing this report, therefore, wish to thank you as chief executive of the state for the dignified. sympathetic and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
German Boy Soldiers

From Military Training for German
 Youth" by Alfred Gradenwitz, in the
 American Review of Reviews for No
 yember.
 All the various tasks of military prac- tice that can be performed without arms marching. field duties, guard duties. ground practice, signals. and so forth are gone through with. The training takes place on two afternoons of the week az well as frequently on Sundays and during vacations For example, the boy companies of one of the Berlin Latin schools had practice for several days be- fore and after New Years in the Harz mountains, in spite of the snow and ice. The fact that on the afternoons set apart for military practice there is less time left for the pupils to prepare their les
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
[|NE ERA OPEN ID
 ALABAMA SCHOOLS SAYS N. r. FEAGIN PepOrt of Superintendent Shows Past Year One of Achievement
 FEW LAWS GREAT
 TRIUMPH FOR CAUSE
 hdless Chain of Influences Has Opened Up New Educa- tional Possibilities in Alabama
By L. S. BETTY

November 26.-(Special.) transmitting to Governor Henderson e annual report of the department of lucation, Supt. William F. Feagin de- ares that the scholastic year 1914-15 was le of remarkable achievements" These according to the superin- ndent of education, were brought scided improvement in the several lases of activity in which the depart ent has been engaged, but as the result
 complete transformation of certain ltiquated machinery that has obstructed ny considerable forward movement" Superintendent Feagin's statement in ,esenting the educational departments port to the governor comprises nearly
 typewriter pages, and deals with yery phase of activity in which the lucational forces of the state were en- lged during the past year. He calls tention to the receipts and disburse- ents of the year, the number of teachers nployed the number of children en-
 lied, and to the various educational ensures passed at the recent session
 the legislature.
 A year of Remarkable achievements" ,clares Superintendent Feagin, because
 witnessed the removal of "antiquated achipery' that has obstructed educa- onal progress. And the removal of such achinery, he asserts, was accomplished 7 the enactment of wise statutes, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

sons is recognized by the schol authori. ties, who reserve the days following prac. tce for extempore work. Moreover, there Is good reason to assume that the young men strengthened by military practice will show greater working capacity than the average city boys. Teachers who have been soldiers in their younger days are entrusted with the drilling.
 By reducing, wherever desirable, the age limit to 15 years it has been possible at every school to recruit at least one strong boy company. numbered and in- corporated in the great league embracing them all. In order to insure uniform- ity of training this branch of physical edrca ton has been placed under the con- trol of a royal general commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

compulsory, since it was believed that enthusiasm would become more gen. eral under system Of voluntary serv- ice.
 It may indeed seem strange that the idea of military training for the young should not have had its origin in Ger many, generally considered the cradle of militarism. In fact, however. Eng land and her dom \ions have long had Boy Scouts and juvenile regiments, and the idea has even been adopted In France, where individual liberty is so highly prized and where former Boy Scouts are now assured of a more rapid advance in the army. Even Rus sia has tried to do something in this way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
Working Up-The Electrician
By CARL H. MILAN Director ubIic Library

The public library has approximately 100 books on electricity and electrical engineering. Some of them are so ele- mentary as to be suited to the boy in his teens, some are advanced and can be understood only by an experienced electrical engineer. Some deal with electricity theoretically; many others are strictly practical
 The following titles show the many subdivisions of the general subject that are covered by the library books:
 American Handbook for Electrical Engineers" 1914, by Fender; Book of Wireless" 1915, by Collins; 'Dynamo- Electric Machinery" 1912, by Crocker Electric and Magnetic Measurements. 1907, by Roller; Electric Cooking, Heating and Cleaning" 1914, by Lam caster; Electric Furnace" 1914, by Stansfield; Electric Railway Engi- neering," 1911, by c. F. Harding; "Elec- trical Contracting 1910. by Auer-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

liberal-minded attitude you have assumed with reference to the educational situa- tion in Alabama, and may 1 presume through you to call upon every loyal minded true-hearted citizen of the state to federate for the gigantic struggle which we must wage if we are to realize in a large way upon the educational prospect that is now about to open up before us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

bacher "Electrical Machine Design; the Design and Specification of Direct and Alternating Current Machinery" 1913. by Alexander Gray; "Electrical Me- ters," 1913, by Jansky; ''Electricity for Young People," 1907, by Jenks; "Elec- tro-T Thermal Methods of Iron and Steel Production" 1914, by Kershaw; liar pers How to Understand Electrical Work" 1908, by Onken and Baker; 'Harper,s Wireless Book" 1913, by Verrell; "House Wiring" 1912, by ] Poppe; 'Hydro-electric Developments and Engineering" 19O9s by Rooster; "The Motorman and His Dut&s," 1907, by Guttman; Practical Armature and Magnet Winding" 1911, by Horstmann "Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering" 1914. by Alexander Gray; storage Batteries" 1912, by H. w. Morse; Transformer Practice" 1913. by w. T. Taylor; Transmission Cine Construction 1912, by Lundquist; Wiring Diagrams of Electrical Ap- paratus and Installations" 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
PAID IN TEACHERS SALARIES
 THE COMING YEAR

'The legislature has made it neces- sary to amend somewhat our pro- gramme for the coming year. We are to determine whether or not the sov- eroign people of Alabama shall have the right to vote local tax on prop erty for the education of all the child ren of all the people. Failure to adopt the amendment would be disastrous. The public must be educated to the obligations of the hour and only by statewide campaign shall we be able to win for our children equality and liberality of educational opportunity.
 Linked up close with the local tax amendment and scarcely less import ant in it's import, is the creation of a public sentiment that will demand and get county board of education com posed of those who are big enough and statesman like enough to administer the educational business of the county in big way. It is no reflection upon those who have heretofore served in the capacity of county board member to say that a much higher type of skill will be required In the future, of those who are to be chosen for such a po- stion. In order that the county su- perintendent of education may do what the law contemplates that he shall do namely, supervise the schools and give his time to educational affairs requiring expert professional attention, he must De Tel1eVeu or the IeQlum ana the re- sponsibility for raising, apportioning and disbursing money. Furthermore, since he is creature of the board and the board is directly responsible to the people by whom they were elected. it is manifest that only those should be chosen who in their business life and affairs have shown that they have that degree of wisdom and experience, financial and otherwise, that will en- able them to manage the schools of the county in the most business-like and progressive way possible.
 Heretofore the county superintend- ent of education being member of the board itself, has been compelled to give major portion of his time to the business side of the work at the expense of the professional side and the members of the board were relieved of additional responsibility because certain powers were conferred upon district trustees. In the future however the sole responsibility for the management and control of the schools of the county will devolve upon the county board of education, and the influence of the department will be brought to bear to secure persons of the biggest possible calibre to serve as county board members. This is in keep ing with the views of authorities on school administration who, without ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

fifth of the white children of the state and one-half of the colored children did not attend school at all during the year.
 The percentage of attendance for the past scholastic year was better, how ever, than the percentage of enroll ment The superintendent of education shows that the percentage of attend ance for the past year, based on en- rollment, was 63, where the percentage cf dance for the preceding year was only 61.
 Superintendent Feagin's report shows that for the year 1914-15 there were 5444 female teachers employed in the state and 2309 male teachers, an in- crease of 231 male and female teachers over the preceding year. The salaries paid out for the year 1914-15, however. amounted to $3,0464S4 against S2962,- 16S for the year 1913-14. These fig- ures show that the average yearly sal aries of teachers for the past year was something below the average yearly salaries for the preceding year.
 The greater part of Superintendent Feagin's report deals with school sta tistics He shows the number of teach CTS certificates issued, the number of institutes held during the year and various other matters In connection with the departments activities during the year.
 Superintendent Feagin shows that the value of public school property for white children during the past scho- lastic year was $7,12S,41S and that the equipment for these schools was valued at $70S,337. Negro school property dur ing the year had a valuation og s729,516 and equipment a valuation of SS4,256.
 In concluding his statement, Super- intendent Feagin said:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following real estate transfers
have lately been recorded at the office
of the Somerset Registry of Deeds.
Starks-Clyde e. Greenleaf to Nina
Gates Smith. Issie B. Creation to Ed
ward Woodkirk. Reuel B. Norton to
George w. Booth eft al.
Madison-Daniel M. Nichols to Maui
rice w. Flint. Ernest Emerson to
Blaine Emerson. Alice A. Pitts to
James M Spence
Anson-George F. Newell to John J..
Nelson ct al. Everett w. Preble to
Napoleon J. Grenier
Norridgewock-Ben b. Smith to Levi
W. Ham ct al. James E. Porter to
Theodore o. Travis.
Hartland-Carrie B. Stanhope to Ed
mund E. Davis.
Skowhegan-Frank Thompson ct al
to Peter Debe. Peter Breingan to
Alvin Clyde Whitney. Everett T.
Goodrich to Andrew A. Cobb.
Pittsfield-Eva A. Conner to Roscoe
w. Ames. Eva A. Conner to Tim
othy B. Jacobs.
Fairfield-Geo. G. Weeks to David
Lessor. Ebert Kelley ct al to Mary
York.
Brighton-Walter H. Hight to
Charles Green.
mithfield-Chester H. Haynes to
Wallace Emery.
Moose River-John ]. Sands to Hill
ARE Breton.
Lexington Plantation-Lydia A.
Boynton to Harry A. Lamkin.
Concord-Henry B. Merry to John
w. NORM. Mary w. Bowen to John
w NORM.
Moscow-Donald G. McTaggart to
Louise E. Lovejoy.
Athens-Ervin C. Huff to James M.
Dysart.
Additional transfers recorded since
the above were placed on file are as
follows:
Madison--Edi d. Steward to Err
nest Emerson. John Magee to John X.
Magee.
Palmyra-Ephraim M. Frost to The
Inhabitants of the Town of Palmyra.
Elwood M. Jackson to Arthur S. Grant
ct al Arthur S Grant ct al to Charles
o. Burns.
ittsfield-Arthur S. Grant ct al to
Harry r. Coolidge. Earl A. Hunter to
Melvin A. Taylor Clarence E. Grover
to John M. Lindsey.
Harmony-Wm. G. Bailey to Arthur
T. Marble.
Starks-Aaron Marden to Orland S.
Byron.
Hartland-Horace M. Lord to Jessie
A. Cummings.
Anson-Perley F. Paine to Olof
Olson ct al George A. Welch to Ruel
B. Norton.
kowhegan-William H. Heselton to
Loren NJ Sanborn. Loren M. Sanborn
to Walter f. Clark.
Inside page
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-25
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-25
CALIFORNIA LADY INTERESTED
IN NORTH ANSON
The Following Communication Lately
Received VIII Be of Interest to
Different Readers No Doubt

Los Angeles, Cal.
Observation-Disclosures Co.
Skowhegan, Maine.
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pupils in the different districts
where my life from seventeen to
twenty-three was~ spent, that
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itarian work. Three of my great
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luton.
Yours respectfully,
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